Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Komura

Akiyoshi Komura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10128732
    Abstract: Provided is a highly responsive linear motor that can be constructed by reducing the weight of a mover. In order to attain this object, the linear motor includes a secondary side in which magnets and ladder-shaped members of a magnetic material are arranged in alternate manner in a rectilinearly moving direction of the mover, the ladder-shaped members each holding one of the magnets; and a primary side that includes magnetic pole pieces arranged in close proximity to the secondary side from above and below in a direction perpendicular to the rectilinearly moving direction with a common coil wound around each of the magnetic pole pieces, the primary side including a magnetic material core interconnecting the magnetic pole pieces; wherein the ladder-shaped members of a magnetic material are formed with grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 9712032
    Abstract: A linear motor is capable of miniaturization of a device, sharing of effective magnetic fluxes between the magnetic poles adjacent to each other, and decreasing a magnetic attractive force acting between a mover and an armature, and a linear motor drive system. The linear motor includes a mover, formed by lining up a plurality of pieces of permanent magnets or magnetic materials while inversing a magnetization direction thereof, and an armature. First and second magnetic pole teeth are disposed in such a way as to vertically tuck the permanent magnet or the magnetic material. A magnetic material links the first magnetic pole tooth to the second magnetic pole tooth, thereby forming a path for a magnetic flux, and windings are disposed on the first magnetic pole tooth and the second magnetic pole tooth, respectively. At least two units of the armatures are lined to be linked to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Akiyoshi Komura, Yoshitaka Iwaji
  • Patent number: 9484793
    Abstract: An electrical rotating machine system that can be easily maintained and can provide improved power generation efficiency. The electrical rotating machine system includes: a first electrical rotating machine having a first stator that has first stator windings, and a first rotor that has first rotor windings and is disposed on the internal diameter side of the first stator so as to have a gap between the internal diameter side of the first stator and the first rotor itself; a second electrical rotating machine having a second stator that has second stator windings, and a second rotor that has second rotor windings and is disposed on the internal diameter side of the second stator so as to have a gap between the internal diameter side of the second stator and the second rotor itself; and at least one power converter that is electrically connected to the first rotor windings and the second rotor windings, and configured to rotate when the first rotor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Nobuhiro Kusuno, Tomomichi Ito, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Daisuke Kori, Motonobu Iizuka, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 9419498
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator including a stator core and stator coils, a rotor provided rotatably with a gap to the stator, a housing that stores the stator and the rotor, a fan that circulates air inside the housing through the gap in the housing, a heat exchanger that cools the air circulated by the fan, and an air guiding plate including an air guiding route formed therein for guiding the air cooled by the heat exchanger such that the cooled air flows into the gap without coming into contact with the stator coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 9225213
    Abstract: An electrical rotating machine includes: a rotating shaft; a rotor, equipped with permanent magnets, and formed to rotate with the rotating shaft, a stator disposed in opposition on an outside-diametral side and via a clearance with respect to the rotor; and anti-demagnetization conductors extending in the axial direction of the shaft, the conductors each being disposed inside the rotor, wherein: the anti-demagnetization conductors are provided in pairs of two for each of magnetic poles of the rotor; the two anti-demagnetization conductors forming a pair are electrically interconnected; and, inside the rotor, the two paired anti-demagnetization conductors are disposed at different-polarity sides of two corresponding permanent magnets in a circumferential direction of the rotor, the different-polarity sides each being more adjacent to the circumferential direction of the rotor than to an end portion of one of the two corresponding permanent magnets existing close to each other in one magnetic pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Akiyoshi Komura, Daisuke Kori, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Motonobu Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20150222167
    Abstract: A linear motor is capable of miniaturization of a device, sharing of effective magnetic fluxes between the magnetic poles adjacent to each other, and decreasing a magnetic attractive force acting between a mover and an armature, and a linear motor drive system. The linear motor includes a mover, formed by lining up a plurality of pieces of permanent magnets or magnetic materials while inversing a magnetization direction thereof, and an armature. First and second magnetic pole teeth are disposed in such a way as to vertically tuck the permanent magnet or the magnetic material. A magnetic material links the first magnetic pole tooth to the second magnetic pole tooth, thereby forming a path for a magnetic flux, and windings are disposed on the first magnetic pole tooth and the second magnetic pole tooth, respectively. At least two units of the armatures are lined to be linked to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Akiyoshi Komura, Yoshitaka Iwaji
  • Patent number: 8994245
    Abstract: The permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine has an overhung rotor support structure in which a shaft of a rotor is supported at only one end side thereof by a bearing provided on one side of a casing of the electrical rotating machine. Another end side of the rotor shaft to be a bearing support-free side is capable of being joined to an end of a shaft of a prime mover via a flange formed at an end of the shaft. The rotor shaft is configured such that, upon a state of not being coupled to the prime mover shaft, the flange on the bearing support-free side is joined to an end face of the casing through a retaining member to be prevented from moving in any of an axial, radial and circumferential directions of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Masahiro Hori, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20150001969
    Abstract: Provided is a highly responsive linear motor that can be constructed by reducing the weight of a mover. In order to attain this object, the linear motor includes a secondary side (a mover 30) in which magnets 3 and ladder-shaped members 4 of a magnetic material are arranged in alternate manner in a rectilinearly moving direction of the mover 30, the ladder-shaped members 4 each holding one of the magnets 3; and a primary side (a stator 201) that includes magnetic pole pieces 1 arranged in close proximity to the secondary side from above and below in a direction perpendicular to the rectilinearly moving direction with a common coil 2 wound around each of the magnetic pole pieces 1, the primary side including a magnetic material core 11 interconnecting the magnetic pole pieces 1; wherein the ladder-shaped members 4 of a magnetic material are formed with grooves 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Publication number: 20140252910
    Abstract: There is provided an induction machine having a squirrel-cage rotor, the rotor including: a rotor core; a plurality of rotor slots formed on the rotor core and aligned circumferentially at a predetermined interval; a plurality of rotor bars inserted into one of the plurality of rotor slots; and a plurality of rotor slits formed adjacent to the plurality of rotor slots on an outer circumferential side of the rotor core. The each rotor slit is formed as a hollow such that a cross sectional shape thereof is distinguished into three parts of a slit outer circumferential part, a slit intermediate part, and a slit inner circumferential part. A circumferential width of the each rotor slit on an innermost circumferential side is larger than that on an outermost circumferential side. A circumferential width of the slit intermediate part increases from an outer circumferential side toward an inner circumferential side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki KUNIHIRO, Kazuo NISHIHAMA, Motonobu IIZUKA, Kenichi SUGIMOTO, Masanori SAWAHATA, Akiyoshi KOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140152154
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator including a stator core and stator coils, a rotor provided rotatably with a gap to the stator, a housing that stores the stator and the rotor, a fan that circulates air inside the housing through the gap in the housing, a heat exchanger that cools the air circulated by the fan, and an air guiding plate including an air guiding route formed therein for guiding the air cooled by the heat exchanger such that the cooled air flows into the gap without coming into contact with the stator coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 8692435
    Abstract: A rotor slot is asymmetrically shaped with respect to a straight line drawn from the central axis of the rotation of the rotor in a radial direction, and has a slot opening, the circumferential width of which is smaller than that of the rotor slot, at the top of the rotor slot, so that a loss generated in the rotor due to a carrier harmonic component can be reduced and the power factor can be improved, enabling a current generated in an armature winding to be suppressed and thereby improving efficiency in a rated operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Sawahata, Mamoru Kimura, Satoshi Kikuchi, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 8653703
    Abstract: The permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprising a stator with a stator coil wound on a stator iron core, a rotor with a plurality of permanent magnets disposed in the circumferential direction in a rotor iron core, which is disposed opposite to the stator iron core of the stator with a predetermined spacing therebetween and is fixed to a shaft, a water-cooling unit disposed around the outer circumference of the stator iron core, and a fan fixed to the shaft on the same side as at least one axial end of the rotor iron core to circulate cooling air in the permanent magnet rotating electric machine; further comprising ventilation paths, through which the cooling air flows, formed around the outer circumference of the water-cooling unit; wherein after the cooling air has been circulated by the fan in the machine for cooling, the cooling air is led to the ventilation paths to perform heat exchange between the cooling air flowing in the ventilation paths and the water-cooling unit, after which the cool
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Shogo Serita, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Masaaki Endo, Yoshihiro Yasui, Ai Nagano, Mamoru Kimura, Motonobu Iizuka, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Publication number: 20140028146
    Abstract: An induction motor includes: a stator and a rotor arranged so as to face the stator via a void, the rotor including conductor bars in a plurality of slots formed by a plurality of teeth arranged so as to extend in the circumferential direction of a rotatably held rotor core, wherein the circumferential width of distal end portions of the slots on the radially outside of the rotor core are narrowed by distal end portion of the teeth on the radially outside of the rotor core, and the teeth are each formed with a projection protruding in an arcuate shape from the distal end of the tooth on the radially outside of the rotor core toward the conductor bar in each of the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji SUGIMOTO, Akiyoshi KOMURA, Mamoru KIMURA, Seikichi MASUDA, Masatoshi KOIKE, Mikio ENDO
  • Publication number: 20140001912
    Abstract: An electrical rotating machine includes: a rotating shaft; a rotor, equipped with permanent magnets, and formed to rotate with the rotating shaft, a stator disposed in opposition on an outside-diametral side and via a clearance with respect to the rotor; and anti-demagnetization conductors extending in the axial direction of the shaft, the conductors each being disposed inside the rotor, wherein: the anti-demagnetization conductors are provided in pairs of two for each of magnetic poles of the rotor; the two anti-demagnetization conductors forming a pair are electrically interconnected; and, inside the rotor, the two paired anti-demagnetization conductors are disposed at different-polarity sides of two corresponding permanent magnets in a circumferential direction of the rotor, the different-polarity sides each being more adjacent to the circumferential direction of the rotor than to an end portion of one of the two corresponding permanent magnets existing close to each other in one magnetic pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Mamoru KIMURA, Akiyoshi KOMURA, Daisuke KORI, Tetsuo FUJIGAKI, Motonobu IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20130127280
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine that can improve efficiency in the high-speed operation state thereof and improve the efficiency of an electric vehicle in the high-speed operation state thereof by the use of the electric rotating machine. An electric rotating machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a stator core with slots and stator windings. The rotor includes a rotor core and a plurality of first permanent magnets and of second permanent magnets. The rotor core is provided with laminated electromagnetic steel sheets and formed with a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction. The plurality of first and second permanent magnets form the plurality of corresponding magnetic poles. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet for forming each of the magnetic poles of the rotor are different from each other in recoil permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Shinji Sugimoto, Akiyoshi Komura, Shigeru Kakugawa, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8421285
    Abstract: For providing a permanent magnet type generator that has a limited inside temperature rise gradient even if the capacity thereof is increased and permits to reduce the size thereof, the present invention provides a ventilation means that increases the inner gas (air or cooling wind) quantity that is caused circulated via the heat exchanger causing to flow outer air is increased more at a region facing the outer air exhaust side in the heat exchanger than at the outer air inlet side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Masahiro Hori
  • Publication number: 20130082545
    Abstract: To provide a linear motor including a mover having an excellent magnetic characteristic even if rigidity is improved, can reduce an amount of magnets, and has high rigidity and less easily bends. A linear motor according to the present invention is a linear motor (R1) including a propulsion generating mechanism that enables an armature (200) including an armature iron core (100, 101) and an armature winding (2a, 2b) wound around magnetic pole teeth (11, 12) of the armature iron core and a mover (8) including permanent magnets (3) to move relatively to each other. The armature iron core (100, 101) includes the magnetic pole teeth (11, 12) on both sides respectively arranged to be opposed to both surfaces on one side and the other side of the permanent magnets (3) via a gap (4) and a core (1) that connects the magnetic pole teeth (11, 12) on both the sides. A common armature winding (2a, 2b) is arranged on a plurality of the armature iron cores (100, 101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Kengo Goto, Yasuaki Aoyama, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Patent number: 8400029
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator that includes a cylindrical stator core and a stator winding wire wound around the stator core; and a rotor disposed facing the stator via a gap; wherein at least one cooling medium path extending in a direction of a central axis of the stator core is provided in the stator; and the cooling medium path is inclined relative to the central axis of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugimoto, Akiyoshi Komura, Koji Obata, Takashi Ishigami, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8350434
    Abstract: For providing a permanent magnet type rotary electric machine that can reduce magnetic fluxes concentrated to one side in rotating direction on a magnetic pole circumferential face that causes torque ripple as well as ensure the mechanical strength, in the present invention, an outer circumference of respective magnetic poles is formed in a circular arc having a same curvature as well as the magnetic pole center axes of the respective magnetic poles are displaced with respect to the rotation center of a rotor so that an air gap between a stator and the respective magnetic pole outer circumferences at one side in the rotating direction is widened in comparison with the air gap at the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hori, Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura
  • Publication number: 20120228990
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine which realizes a rotor retaining structure for securely preventing the rotor before being coupled to a prime mover from moving in any of not only the axial and radial but also rotational (circumferential) directions, even in a case where it is a large capacity (with a large magnetic attractive force) permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine having an overhung rotor support structure. The permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine (1) has an overhung rotor support structure in which a shaft (7) of a rotor (3) is supported at only one end side thereof by a bearing (9) provided on one side of a casing (2) of the electrical rotating machine. Another end side of the rotor shaft (7) to be a bearing support-free side is capable of being joined to an end of a shaft of a prime mover via a flange (10) formed at an end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Masahiro Hori, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Patent number: 4833976
    Abstract: The axial piston pump is provided with two annular seals mounted in the housing and sealingly engaging the piston to define a sealing fluid zone therebetween. An annular ring is provided between the seals to control the flow of sealing fluid through the fluid zone. This ring includes an internal helical flush duct for guiding the sealing fluid helically about the piston from one end of the ring to the other end of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Kleven Loland A/s
    Inventor: Magnus Loland