Patents by Inventor Fujio Ando

Fujio Ando 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: 10333373
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator operatively associated with an inner and outer circumferential jigs including sequentially ordered steps of inserting segment coils, each constituting of a pair of straight portions connected with a connecting portion in a U-like shape, in slots of a stator core, rotating a twisting ring while distal end parts of the pairs of straight portions protruding on an opposite side to the connecting portions are engaged with ring grooves of the twisting ring to twist and shape in one direction the distal end parts located in odd-numbered positions from an outer circumferential side or an inner circumferential side in a radial direction and twist and shape the distal end parts located in even-numbered positions in an opposite direction to the one direction, and welding the distal end parts twisted in the one direction and the distal end parts twisted in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fujio Ando, Hirotsugu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20170104397
    Abstract: In a stator, segment coils each consisting of a pair of straight portions connected with a connecting portion in a U-like shape are set in slots of a stator core. Each straight portion has distal end parts protruding on an opposite side to the connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fujio ANDO, Hirotsugu IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140030078
    Abstract: In a stator, segment coils each consisting of a pair of straight portions connected with a connecting portion in a U-like shape are set in slots of a stator core. Each straight portion has distal end parts protruding on an opposite side to the connecting portions. The distal end parts in odd-numbered positions from an outer or inner circumferential side in a radial direction are twisted in one direction and shaped radially outward and the distal end parts located in even-numbered positions are twisted in an opposite direction to the one direction and shaped radially inward to be joined to each other on the same circumference by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fujio Ando, Hirotsugu Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8587177
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a distributed winding type multi-phase coil. This coil includes unit coils made by winding a flat conductor wire in plural turns. The unit coils are mounted in slots of the stator core and connected with each other. Each unit coil includes an outer-layer coil and an inner-layer coil each being concentrically wound. Those two layer coils are made of a single continuous flat conductor wire. A winding start portion of the outer-layer coil and a winding end portion of the inner-layer coil form first and second connection end portions of the unit coil respectively. The first and second connection end portions are located separately on both edges of the unit coil above an upper end face of the stator core. The first connection end portion is placed close to an inner circumference of the stator core and the second connection end portion is placed close to an outer circumference of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Kitamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Fujio Ando, Masayoshi Haga
  • Patent number: 8427024
    Abstract: To provide a stator capable of achieving downsizing and high output power and a stator manufacturing method, a stator comprises a split stator core and slots formed between the teeth, and protrusion-formed coils each being made of a flat rectangular conductor and placed in the slots. Each protrusion-formed coil has a shape including, in a coil end portion, a lead-side protrusion or a non-lead-side protrusion formed to protrude upward in an axial direction of the stator core from a first oblique side portion, a second oblique side portion, a third oblique side portion, and a fourth oblique side portion, and a first oblique side portion, a second oblique side portion, a third oblique side portion, and a fourth oblique side portion. The lead-side protrusion or the non-lead-side protrusion is designed with a height to avoid interference between the protrusion-formed coils placed in the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Fujio Ando, Masayoshi Haga, Manabu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20120025658
    Abstract: To provide a stator capable of achieving downsizing and high output power and a stator manufacturing method, a stator comprises a split stator core including teeth and slots formed between the teeth, and protrusion-formed coils each being made of a flat rectangular conductor and placed in the slots. Each protrusion-formed coil has a shape including, in a coil end portion, a lead-side protrusion or a non-lead-side protrusion formed to protrude upward in an axial direction of the stator core from a first oblique side portion, a second oblique side portion, a third oblique side portion, and a fourth oblique side portion, and a first oblique side portion, a second oblique side portion, a third oblique side portion, and a fourth oblique side portion. The lead-side protrusion or the non-lead-side protrusion is designed with a height to avoid interference between the protrusion-formed coils placed in the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Fujio Ando, Masayoshi Haga, Manabu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20120007460
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a distributed winding type multi-phase coil. This coil includes unit coils made by winding a flat conductor wire in plural turns. The unit coils are mounted in slots of the stator core and connected with each other. Each unit coil includes an outer-layer coil and an inner-layer coil each being concentrically wound. Those two layer coils are made of a single continuous flat conductor wire. A winding start portion of the outer-layer coil and a winding end portion of the inner-layer coil form first and second connection end portions of the unit coil respectively. The first and second connection end portions are located separately on both edges of the unit coil above an upper end face of the stator core. The first connection end portion is placed close to an inner circumference of the stator core and the second connection end portion is placed close to an outer circumference of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Kitamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Fujio Ando, Masayoshi Haga