Patents by Inventor Emi TSUKAMOTO

Emi TSUKAMOTO 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: 11962192
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: a permanent magnet; a rotor including a first rotor core having a first electrical steel sheet and a second rotor core having a second electrical steel sheet; and a stator including a stator core. The first electrical steel sheet is located outside the stator core. A relationship among a minimum width BL1 of a first left bridge, a thickness tL1 of the first left bridge, a minimum width BR1 of a first right bridge, a thickness tR1 of the first right bridge, a minimum width BL2 of a second left bridge, a thickness tL2 of the second left bridge, a minimum width BR2 of a second right bridge, and a thickness tR2 of the second right bridge satisfies (BL1×tL1+BR1×tR1)>(BL2×tL2+BR2×tR2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Tsukamoto, Masahiro Nigo
  • Patent number: 11949291
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator core having an annular shape about an axis, a coil wound on the stator core, and a rotor core disposed on an inner side of the stator core in a radial direction about the axis. The rotor core has a stacked body in which a plurality of steel laminations are stacked in a direction of the axis, and a magnet insertion hole famed in the stacked body. The rotor core has a length in the direction of the axis longer than that of the stator core. A magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole. The rotor core has a first region where the magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole and a second region where the magnet is not inserted in the magnet insertion hole, in the direction of the axis. At least one steel lamination in the second region of the rotor core has an opening area smaller than an opening area of each steel lamination in the first region of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Tsukamoto, Masahiro Nigo
  • Patent number: 11863020
    Abstract: A rotor core has a magnet insertion hole, an opening formed adjacent to the magnet insertion hole in the circumferential direction, and a thin wall portion formed between the opening and an outer circumference of the rotor core. A stator core has a length in the axial direction shorter than that of the rotor core. The rotor core has a facing region where the rotor core faces the stator core in the radial direction and an overhang region where the rotor core protrudes from the stator core in the axial direction. A distance from the center axis to a portion of the outer circumference located on a radially outer side of the magnet insertion hole is longer in at least part of the overhang region than in the facing region. The minimum width of the thin wall portion in the radial direction is the same in both regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nigo, Yuji Hirosawa, Emi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11831212
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a coil wound around the stator core. The coil includes at least one first winding and at least one second winding connected to the first winding in series. The stator satisfies (C1/S1)>(C2/S2), where S1 is a total cross-sectional area on a first side of a coil-end part of the coil, S2 is a total cross-sectional area on a second side of the coil-end part, C1 is a total cross-sectional area of the first winding on the first side, and C2 is a total cross-sectional area of the first winding on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Tsukamoto, Koji Yabe
  • Patent number: 11750053
    Abstract: A first coil including a first metal, and a second coil including a second metal having a lower electrical resistivity than the first metal are disposed in a slot of a stator core. The slot includes a slot opening, a curved slot bottom portion connecting to a yoke, and first and second side portions disposed between the slot opening and the slot bottom portion. A first straight line connects borders between the slot bottom portion and either of the side portions. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the slot bottom portion. A second region is located between the slot opening and the first straight line in the radial direction. Areas S1 and S2 of the first and second regions, and total cross-sectional areas A1 and A2 of the first coil in the first and second regions satisfy (A1/S1)>(A2/S2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Tsukamoto, Koji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20230198328
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having a yoke and a tooth, an insulator provided on the tooth, and a coil wound around the tooth via the insulator. The yoke has a first hole provided in an end surface in an axial direction of the stator core. The tooth has a second hole provided in the end surface. The second hole is provided at the center of the tooth in a circumferential direction of the stator core and arranged on a straight line passing through the first hole and extending in a radial direction of the stator core. The insulator has a first convex portion fitting into the first hole and a second convex portion fitting into the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Masahiro NIGO
  • Patent number: 11496006
    Abstract: A slot includes a coil housing portion having first and second side portions and a bottom portion. A first straight line connects first and second points which are boundaries between the bottom portion and the side portions. A slot opening has third and fourth points closest to the first and second side portions. A second straight line connects the first and third points. A third straight line connects the second and fourth points. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the bottom portion. A second region is surrounded by the second straight line and the first side portion, and is surrounded by the third straight line and the second side portion. A third region is surrounded by the three straight lines. Areas A1, A2 and A3 of the three regions and total cross-sectional areas S1, S2, S3 of coils therein satisfy (S1/A1)>(S2/A2)>(S3/A3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Tsukamoto, Koji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20220263362
    Abstract: An electric motor includes: a permanent magnet; a rotor including a first rotor core having a first electrical steel sheet and a second rotor core having a second electrical steel sheet; and a stator including a stator core. The first electrical steel sheet is located outside the stator core. A relationship among a minimum width BL1 of a first left bridge, a thickness tL1 of the first left bridge, a minimum width BR1 of a first right bridge, a thickness tR1 of the first right bridge, a minimum width BL2 of a second left bridge, a thickness tL2 of the second left bridge, a minimum width BR2 of a second right bridge, and a thickness tR2 of the second right bridge satisfies (BL1×tL1+BR1×tR1)>(BL2×tL2+BR2×tR2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Masahiro NIGO
  • Publication number: 20220166270
    Abstract: A rotor core has a magnet insertion hole, an opening formed adjacent to the magnet insertion hole in the circumferential direction, and a thin wall portion formed between the opening and an outer circumference of the rotor core. A stator core has a length in the axial direction shorter than that of the rotor core. The rotor core has a facing region where the rotor core faces the stator core in the radial direction and an overhang region where the rotor core protrudes from the stator core in the axial direction. A distance from the center axis to a portion of the outer circumference located on a radially outer side of the magnet insertion hole is longer in at least part of the overhang region than in the facing region. The minimum width of the thin wall portion in the radial direction is the same in both regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro NIGO, Yuji HIROSAWA, Emi TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220103030
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator core having an annular shape about an axis, a coil wound on the stator core, and a rotor core disposed on an inner side of the stator core in a radial direction about the axis. The rotor core has a stacked body in which a plurality of steel laminations are stacked in a direction of the axis, and a magnet insertion hole famed in the stacked body. The rotor core has a length in the direction of the axis longer than that of the stator core. A magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole. The rotor core has a first region where the magnet is inserted in the magnet insertion hole and a second region where the magnet is not inserted in the magnet insertion hole, in the direction of the axis. At least one steel lamination in the second region of the rotor core has an opening area smaller than an opening area of each steel lamination in the first region of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Masahiro NIGO
  • Patent number: 11266282
    Abstract: A suction tool includes: a hollow cylindrical main pipe having: a rear end side connected to a vacuum cleaner main body; a front end portion in which a main suction port is formed; and a hollow cylindrical sub pipe having: a rear end side at which an inside of the hollow cylindrical sub pipe communicates with an inside of the main pipe; and a front end portion in which a sub suction port is formed. The sub pipe is movable between a retracted position in which the front end portion of the sub pipe is arranged so as to be retracted from the front end portion of the main pipe, and a use position in which the front end portion of the sub pipe is arranged so as to protrude from the front end portion of the main pipe along an axial direction of the main pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuchika Tsuchida, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Emi Tsukamoto, Masami Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20210083541
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a coil wound around the stator core. The coil includes at least one first winding and at least one second winding connected to the first winding in series. The stator satisfies (C1/S1)>(C2/S2), where S1 is a total cross-sectional area on a first side of a coil-end part of the coil, S2 is a total cross-sectional area on a second side of the coil-end part, C1 is a total cross-sectional area of the first winding on the first side, and C2 is a total cross-sectional area of the first winding on the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Koji YABE
  • Publication number: 20200358327
    Abstract: First and second coils are disposed in a slot of a stator core. A conductor of the second coil has a lower electrical resistivity than a conductor of the first coil. The slot includes a slot opening, a slot bottom portion disposed on a radially outer side of the slot opening, and first and second side portions disposed therebetween. A first straight line connects borders of the slot bottom portion with the first and second side portions. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the slot bottom portion. A second region is located on a radially outer side of the slot opening and on a radially inner side of the first straight line. Areas S1 and S2 of the first and second regions, total cross-sectional areas A1 and A2 of the first coil in the first and second regions satisfy (A1/S1)>(A2/S2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Koji YABE
  • Publication number: 20200266676
    Abstract: A slot includes a coil housing portion having first and second side portions and a bottom portion. A first straight line connects first and second points which are boundaries between the bottom portion and the side portions. A slot opening has third and fourth points closest to the first and second side portions. A second straight line connects the first and third points. A third straight line connects the second and fourth points. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the bottom portion. A second region is surrounded by the second straight line and the first side portion, and is surrounded by the third straight line and the second side portion. A third region is surrounded by the three straight lines. Areas A1, A2 and A3 of the three regions and total cross-sectional areas S1, S2, S3 of coils therein satisfy (S1/A1)>(S2/A2)>(S3/A3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Emi TSUKAMOTO, Koji YABE
  • Publication number: 20190239705
    Abstract: A suction tool includes: a hollow cylindrical main pipe having: a rear end side connected to a vacuum cleaner main body; a front end portion in which a main suction port is formed; and a hollow cylindrical sub pipe having: a rear end side at which an inside of the hollow cylindrical sub pipe communicates with an inside of the main pipe; and a front end portion in which a sub suction port is formed. The sub pipe is movable between a retracted position in which the front end portion of the sub pipe is arranged so as to be retracted from the front end portion of the main pipe, and a use position in which the front end portion of the sub pipe is arranged so as to protrude from the front end portion of the main pipe along an axial direction of the main pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuchika TSUCHIDA, Katsuyuki YAMAMOTO, Emi TSUKAMOTO, Masami KUROSAKI