Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sakaue

Atsushi Sakaue 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: 10770943
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine is installed such that a central axis of a rotating shaft is horizontal, and coolant suction apertures are formed at positions on a cylindrical portion of a frame that are vertically above first and second coil ends, and strip-shaped insulating papers are inserted such that a thickness direction is in a radial direction between radially adjacent conductor portions of portions of the conductor wire that constitute the first and second coil ends, and are disposed so as to extend circumferentially across positions that are vertically below the coolant suction apertures inside the first and second coil ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Shogo Okamoto, Masaya Inoue, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino
  • Patent number: 10594195
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a stator winding coil includes: a bulging portion forming step that forms a bulging portion on a conductor wire; a crank portion forming step that forms a crank portion on the central portion of the bulging portion; an oblique portion forming step that forms oblique portions on the conductor wire at two ends of the bulging portion; a rectilinear portion forming step that forms rectilinear portions on the conductor wire at opposite ends of the oblique portions from the bulging portion; and a circular arc forming step that forms the oblique portions into a circular arc shape after forming the rectilinear portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Tatsuro Hino, Atsushi Sakaue, Kazunori Muto, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Kohei Egashira, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Akita
  • Patent number: 10511202
    Abstract: Slot accommodation portions of single coils forming an armature coil are arranged so as to be stacked in the radial direction in a slot. On the anti-wire-connection side, a one-side extending portion which is a coil end extending from the slot accommodation portion in the first layer, and a one-side extending portion which is a coil end extending from the slot accommodation portion in the second layer, extend in the same direction. No insulation sheet is provided in intervals between coil ends extending in the same direction, such as the extending portions (23b) and (21b) and extending portions (21d) and (22d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Egashira, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino, Shinkichi Sawa, Masashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10491059
    Abstract: While lamination of steel sheets to be included in a stator core having a plurality of tooth portions is performed through swaging at yoke portions and through swaging at tooth portions, the stator core is formed in such a way as to include the tooth portion having a portion that is pressed into another steel sheet through swaging and the tooth portion having no portion that is pressed into another steel sheet through swaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Naomi Kikuchi, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino, Akihiro Yamamura, Shogo Okamoto, Shinji Nishimura, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10461591
    Abstract: A stator winding is formed by mounting winding bodies individually into pairs of slots of a stator core separated by a predetermined number of slots, the winding bodies each being formed by winding a jointless, continuous conductor wire coated with insulation for m turns into a helical shape such that end portions of rectilinear portions are linked by coil ends, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, and the coil ends include a top portion that displaces by a predetermined amount in a radial direction at an approximately central portion between the linked rectilinear portions, the radial displacement at the top portions is approximately a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (m?1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Hironori Tsuiki, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10439455
    Abstract: A tooth groove is provided at a border portion between a tooth body portion and a protrusion. The angle between a tooth body portion lateral face which is a lateral face in the circumferential direction of the tooth body portion and a tooth body portion stop portion which is a face, of the tooth groove, continued from the tooth body portion lateral face is the right angle or an acute angle. The protrusion is rotated toward the outer side in the circumferential direction, to bring a protrusion stop portion into close contact with the tooth body portion stop portion, the protrusion stop portion being an outer-circumferential-side lateral face of the protrusion, thereby forming a shoe in a tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aiko Nakano, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino, Kazunori Muto, Yoshihiro Harada, Shinkichi Sawa, Masashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10411534
    Abstract: The rotor includes: a rotor core having a plurality of insertion holes penetrating in an axial direction at intervals in a circumferential direction; and magnets respectively provided in the insertion holes. A space is formed between a hole inner side peripheral surface of each insertion hole and a magnet inner side peripheral surface of each magnet. An adhesion layer portion is formed between a hole outer side peripheral surface of each insertion hole and a magnet outer side peripheral surface of each magnet, and the hole outer side peripheral surface of each insertion hole and the magnet outer side peripheral surface of each magnet with which the adhesion layer portion contacts are formed in a flat-surface shape. A width in a radial direction of the space is longer than a width in the radial direction of the adhesion layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aiko Nakano, Atsushi Sakaue
  • Patent number: 10404115
    Abstract: A contour line on the outer circumferential side of each magnet hole in the first layer is formed to be an arc passing through a total of three intersections, i.e., an intersection of a d axis and a reference magnetic flux line which is a magnetic flux line as a reference positioned inward by a predetermined number of magnetic flux lines from the outer circumferential edge of a rotor core, and intersections of: the reference magnetic flux line; and sides at the circumferential ends of the magnet hole which are positioned inward by a bridge dimension from the outer circumferential edge of the rotor core. Thus, a rotary electric machine that enables maximum utilization of reluctance torque and magnet torque and suppression of torque ripple can be obtained with simple processing and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawasaki, Kimiyasu Furusawa, Atsushi Sakaue, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Akita, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10396614
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electrical machine includes: a plurality of annularly arranged stator cores; a stator winding attached to slots of the stator cores; and a shell (22) that retains the stator cores. In the stator of the rotating electrical machine, the ends of coil terminal wires (19), (20) on the innermost circumferential side and the outermost circumferential side of each slot are oriented in the axial direction of the stator; and side surfaces of the ends of the terminal wires (19), (20) are brought into contact with each other and are welded above the coil end (21) of the stator winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kitora, Masashi Nakamura, Masaya Inoue, Shogo Okamoto, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino
  • Patent number: 10333360
    Abstract: An iron core member has: first divided yoke portions; second divided yoke portions alternately arranged with the first divided yoke portions; a first tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of each first divided yoke portion, a second tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end; a third tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of the second divided yoke portion on the second tooth portion side, and a fourth tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end. A tooth end portion of the first tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent fourth tooth portion are integrally joined at a first tooth end joint portion, and a tooth end portion of the second tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent third tooth portion are integrally joined at a second tooth end joint portion, thereby providing one continuous sheet of the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hino, Akira Hashimoto, Masaya Inoue, Akihiro Yamamura, Shogo Okamoto, Atsushi Sakaue, Hironori Tsuiki
  • Patent number: 10250092
    Abstract: Winding bodies are configured such that radially inner terminals of a conductor wire extend outward at a first axial end of an armature core from a radially innermost position inside slots, and radially outer terminals of the conductor wire extend outward at the first axial end of the armature core from a radially outermost position inside the slots, and respective phase windings of an armature winding are configured by directly joining together the radially inner terminals and by directly joining together the radially outer terminals of the winding bodies that constitute identical phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Akira Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10236738
    Abstract: The armature winding is configured by mounting into slot pairs n types of winding bodies that are each configured by winding a conductor wire for m turns into a helical shape, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, the n types of winding bodies have different spacings between rectilinear portions that are linked by coil ends, are housed in n adjacent pairs of slot pairs, and are configured so as to be concentric, the coil ends include a top portion at an approximately central portion, and the radial displacement at the top portion is approximately a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (m?1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions that are housed inside the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Hiroyuki Akita, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaya Inoue, Akira Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10177611
    Abstract: A stator core for a rotating electrical machine includes an annular yoke portion; a tooth group fitted to an inner side of the yoke portion and formed such that both ends in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential side of adjacent teeth are integrally connected with each other by a thin connection portion; and a slot for accommodating a stator winding. The yoke portion has grooves at regular intervals in an inner circumferential surface thereof and extending in an axial direction of the stator, the grooves each having a V shape such that a cross section thereof perpendicular to the axial direction opens toward an inner side of the stator core. Each tooth has, at an outer-circumferential-side end thereof, a fitting portion whose cross section perpendicular to the axial direction is formed in a wedge shape so as to allow the tooth to be fitted along the corresponding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawasaki, Atsushi Sakaue, Hisashi Namura, Shinichi Ito, Satoru Akutsu, Masatsugu Nakano, Toyoaki Udo
  • Patent number: 10170950
    Abstract: First and second winding bodies are each configured so as to have a helical shape by winding a conductor wire for m turns, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, an armature winding is configured by mounting two-lane winding bodies into respective pairs of slots, two-lane winding bodies being configured by assembling the first and second winding bodies, the coil ends include a top portion that displaces in a radial direction at a central portion, and the radial displacement at the top portion is a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 2×(m?1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions, 4×m of the rectilinear portions being housed inside the slots so as to line up in single columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Hironori Tsuiki, Hiroyuki Akita, Akira Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10170952
    Abstract: Coils that constitute an armature winding are produced by winding a conductor wire that has a rectangular cross section, the coils each include: four rectilinear portions that are inserted into a pair of slots; and three coil end portions that link the four rectilinear portions consecutively by each connecting together end portions of two selected rectilinear portions, the coils being mounted into the armature core so as to be arranged at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction, the coil end portions include: a bulging portion that protrudes axially outward in a convex shape; and oblique portions that link the two connected rectilinear portions and the bulging portion, the bulging portion has a crank portion that displaces radial positions of the two connected rectilinear portions by a set amount, and a cross-sectional area of the bulging portion is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the oblique portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Egashira, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino, Kazunori Muto, Hironori Tsuiki
  • Patent number: 10164490
    Abstract: In a rotary electric machine according to the present invention, an armature winding includes a plurality of distributed winding bodies that are each produced by winding a single conductor wire that is insulated, that is jointless and continuous, and that has a constant cross-sectional area perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, the conductor wires include first through third coil end portions that link first through fourth rectilinear portions and first through fourth rectilinear portions, and are formed such that radial widths w? of the first through fourth rectilinear portions are wider than radial widths w of the first through third coil end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Tatsuro Hino, Atsushi Sakaue, Akira Hashimoto, Kazunori Muto, Masashi Nakamura, Shinkichi Sawa, Hiroyuki Akita
  • Patent number: 10164491
    Abstract: Winding bodies are produced by repeatedly winding a ?-shaped coil pattern that is formed by inserting the conductor wire sequentially into a second slot, a first slot, a second slot, and a third slot, so as to alternate an axial direction of insertion into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot, for two turns in a radial direction, and are configured such that a plurality of rectilinear portions that are respectively inserted into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot are linked continuously by coil end portions, and a liquid coolant is supplied to a coil end that is constituted by the coil end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10153674
    Abstract: An armature for an electric machine according to the present invention includes: an armature core in which a plurality of slots are arranged in a circumferential direction; and an armature winding that is mounted to the armature core, and includes a plurality of two-lane winding bodies that are each produced by stacking and winding two jointless continuous conductor wires that are coated with insulation such that the two conductor wires are stacked in a radial direction of the armature core, the two-lane winding bodies being arranged at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction so as to be mounted into a third slot, a first slot, and a second slot that line up consecutively in the circumferential direction at an angular spacing of six slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Atsushi Sakaue, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Akita, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10153673
    Abstract: Bridge portions forming coil end portions, at both ends in an axial direction, of a stator of the rotating electrical machine according to the present invention are configured coaxially about an axis of the stator; at least one bridge portion of the bridge portions of each coil at both ends in the axial direction is located outward of an inner peripheral surface of the stator; and a gap is present between an end surface of a stator core in the axial direction and each bridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Hiroyuki Akita, Akira Hashimoto, Koji Kawamura, Sachiko Kawasaki, Atsushi Sakaue
  • Patent number: 10110083
    Abstract: A side surface at the outside of a plurality of teeth portions of one separated core is faced to a side surface of teeth portions of an adjacent separated core, so as to form a second slot which is straddled between the adjacent separated cores, and a first slot is formed by a plurality of teeth portions of one separated core, and a width size of the first slot is identical to a width size of the second slot, and coil conductor storage space is formed in the first slot via a first insulating component, and coil conductor storage space is formed in the second slot via a second insulating component, and a thickness size of the first insulating component is different from a thickness size of the second insulating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yoshinori, Atsushi Sakaue, Tatsuro Hino, Hironori Tsuiki, Shinichi Okada, Hiroki Shiota, Masaya Inoue, Shogo Okamoto, Shinji Nishimura, Akira Hashimoto, Shinkichi Sawa, Yutaka Ikura, Ryuichi Kitora