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).

  • Publication number: 20160065035
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAMURA, Shogo OKAMOTO, Masaya INOUE, Atsushi SAKAUE, Tatsuro HINO
  • Publication number: 20160056679
    Abstract: A stator winding includes forty-eight winding bodies 22 that are each produced by winding a jointless continuous conductor wire that is coated with insulation, and that are arranged at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction so as to be mounted into a first slot 131, a second slot 132, and a third slot 133 that are circumferentially consecutive at an angular spacing of six slots. The winding bodies 22 are configured into a ?-shaped coil pattern that is formed by inserting the conductor wire 19 sequentially into the first slot 131, the second slot 132, the third slot 133, and the second slot 132, so as to alternate an axial direction of insertion into the first slot 131, the second slot 132, and the third slot 133.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Akita, Hironori Tsuiki, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 9268045
    Abstract: A neutron detector with a unique neutron detecting element is disclosed. The neutron detecting element has an inner cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body including a ZnS phosphor, and a neutron converter material which contains 6Li or 10B is arranged outside of the cylindrical substrate; a scintillator fluorescence detection body made by placing coiled wavelength shift fibers where two wavelength shift fibers are wound in parallel along the cylindrical substrate on said inner cylindrical neutron scintillator; and an outer cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body is arranged inside of the cylindrical substrate, the outer cylindrical neutron scintillator being arranged on the scintillator fluorescence detection body. The fluorescence signals converted into pulse signals by two optical detectors are led to a coincidence circuit, and when two fluorescence signals are measured simultaneously during the predetermined period of time, a neutron signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Chichibu Fuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Tsutsui, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20150381001
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori TSUIKI, Hiroyuki AKITA, Atsushi SAKAUE, Masaya INOUE, Akira HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150349597
    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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAUE, Hironori TSUIKI, Hiroyuki AKITA, Akira HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150298763
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal is detachable and engageable with a cleat that can be attached to shoes. The bicycle pedal basically includes a pedal shaft having a rotational center axis, a pedal main body and a clamp part. The pedal main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is on the opposite side of the first surface. The pedal main body is rotatably supported by the pedal shaft around the rotational center axis. The clamp part has at least three cleat clamping portions that detachably retain the cleat on at least the first surface of the pedal main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Atsushi SAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20150302988
    Abstract: Provided is a rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing device for performing an edgewise-bending process for a rectangular wire to form a coil, the rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing device including a fixing unit for fixing the rectangular wire, a pressing tool for pressing a surface formed by a long side of a rectangular cross section of the rectangular wire, and a bending tool for bending the rectangular wire into a predetermined coil shape, wherein the edgewise-bending process is performed while the surface formed by the long side of the rectangular cross section of the rectangular wire is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro SHIRAI, Hiroyuki AKITA, Atsushi SAKAUE, Shinichiro YOSHIDA, Masaya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20150288262
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a winding body includes: a bulging portion forming step in which bulging portions are formed by bending at a set pitch on a conductor wire; a crank portion forming step in which the crank portions are formed by bending on central portions of the bulging portions; an inclined portion and rectilinear portion forming step in which inclined portions and rectilinear portions are formed by bending on the conductor wire on which the bulging portions are formed at a set pitch and on which the crank portions are formed on each of the bulging portions after completion of the bulging portion forming step and the crank portion forming step; and a circular arc portion forming step in which the inclined portions are bent and formed into a circular arc shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Hiroyuki Akita, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150249372
    Abstract: In the electric machine according to the present invention, conductor wires are housed inside slots so as to be arranged into multiple layers in one column so as to contact each other in a slot depth direction in each column such that a longitudinal direction of a long side of an oblong cross section of a conductor portion faces in the slot depth direction, and a thickness of a portion of an insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in the slot depth direction is thinner than a thickness of a portion of the insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in a direction of slot arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAUE, Hiroyuki AKITA, Hironori TSUIKI, Masaya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20150229189
    Abstract: In this method for manufacturing an armature winding for an electric machine, a rectangular conductor wire is wound helically by bending and shaping linking portions between rectilinear portions and coil ends to set angles while feeding the rectangular conductor wire, by repeating steps in which the rectangular conductor wire is fed by a set amount of feeding, the rectangular conductor wire is gripped and fixed by first through fourth chucks, the rectangular conductor wire is bent by pressing a first former near a root of the rectangular conductor wire, and gripping and fixing of the rectangular conductor wire by the first through fourth chucks is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Hiroyuki Akita, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150207374
    Abstract: A U-phase coil that constitutes the armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 that make approximately one round circumferentially that are formed by connecting in series in order of circumferential arrangement winding bodies that are housed in slot pairs that are separated by 360 electrical degrees. The U-phase coil is configured by consecutively or alternately connecting the four first through fourth small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 in series such that two of the small coil groups that are housed in identical slots are positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Masaya Inoue, Akira Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150200575
    Abstract: A U-phase coil that constitutes an armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 that make one round circumferentially, that are formed by connecting in series in order of circumferential arrangement winding bodies that are housed in slot pairs that are separated by 360 electrical degrees. The U-phase coil is configured into a parallel circuit in which the first and fourth small coil groups U101 and U202, which are connected in series, and the second and third small coil groups U102 and U201, which are connected in series, are connected in parallel by linking together winding ends within a radially Inner winding end group using crossover wires 711 and 721, and by linking together winding ends within a radially outer winding end group using a crossover wire 821.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuiki, Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150171690
    Abstract: An armature winding includes a plurality of distributed winding bodies that are each produced by winding a single conductor wire that is insulated, 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, and first gaps are formed between radially adjacent coil end portions to allow a cooling medium to pass through the first gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohisa YOKOTA, Atsushi SAKAUE, Hironori TSUIKI, Tatsuro HINO, Shinkichi SAWA, Masashi NAKAMURA, Shogo OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150171693
    Abstract: Four layers of first coil rows formed by arranging first coil ends at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction are arranged in a radial direction to configure a first coil end group, three layers of second coil rows formed by arranging second coil ends at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction are arranged in a radial direction to configure a first coil end group, a cylindrical first insulating paper is housed inside the first coil end rows and inside the second coil end rows, and a cylindrical second insulating paper is housed between the first coil end rows and between the second coil end rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Hironori Tsuiki, Masaya Inoue, Shinkichi Sawa, Masashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150162787
    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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Hiroyuki Akita, Hironori Tsuiki, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150097122
    Abstract: A neutron detector with a unique neutron detecting element is disclosed. The neutron detecting element has an inner cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body including a ZnS phosphor, and a neutron converter material which contains 6Li or 10B is arranged outside of the cylindrical substrate; a scintillator fluorescence detection body made by placing coiled wavelength shift fibers where two wavelength shift fibers are wound in parallel along the cylindrical substrate on said inner cylindrical neutron scintillator; and an outer cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body is arranged inside of the cylindrical substrate, the outer cylindrical neutron scintillator being arranged on the scintillator fluorescence detection body. The fluorescence signals converted into pulse signals by two optical detectors are led to a coincidence circuit, and when two fluorescence signals are measured simultaneously during the predetermined period of time, a neutron signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Noriaki Tsutsui, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20150084449
    Abstract: Obtain a rotary electric machine by which a share of coil slots for a stator winding in slots, which are formed in a stator core, can be increased, and heat generation at a central portion of a stator can be decreased. The stator winding is composed of coil slots, which are inserted to the slots, and coil ends extended toward the outside in the axis direction of the stator core; and the coil conductors of the coil slots are configured in such a way that cross-sectional areas at central portions in the axis direction are wider cross-sectional areas at both end portions, and the cross-sectional areas of the coil conductors are reduced along the coil slots from the central portions to the both end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka IKURA, Shinkichi Sawa, Tatsuro Hino, Tetsuya Yokogawa, Atsushi Sakaue
  • Publication number: 20140196312
    Abstract: A lacing cord is used in an article to be laced that includes shoes, clothing and bags. The lacing cord basically includes a core wire and at least one protruding part. The core wire includes at least one wire member. The at least one protruding part is provided to a peripheral section of the core wire so as to intersect with an axial direction of the core wire and to protrude radially outward from the peripheral section of the core wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAUE, Kanji KIRIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140028130
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator having a connection member forming a three phase delta connection by coil windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Sonoda, Atsushi Sakaue, Satoru Akutsu
  • Publication number: 20130221776
    Abstract: An electric power steering electric motor apparatus includes: an electric motor including: a motor housing; a stator; a rotor; and a power supplying portion that supplies electric power to the stator; and a controlling unit including a driving circuit that supplies electric power to the electric motor; a connecting portion; a controlling circuit; and a case that covers the driving circuit and the controlling circuit, the electric motor and the controlling unit being mounted coaxially onto a gear housing that reduces rotational speed of the electric motor so as to position the controlling unit on a side near the gear housing, and the connecting portion being connected to the power supplying portion inside the case through an opening portion formed on the case, and being positioned and held by an insulating member so as to be insulated from the case and the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakaue, Yoshihito Asao, Satoru Akutsu, Isao Sonoda, Kazuhisa Takashima