Patents by Inventor Haruo Koharagi
Haruo Koharagi 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).
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Patent number: 8358040Abstract: A permanent magnet type electric rotating machine having a high resistance permanent magnet used for the electric rotating machine, the permanent magnet containing a magnetic powder and a fluorine compound, in which the current waveform is controlled for reducing the loss to satisfy a relation: A<C<B and restrict the 7th higher-harmonic component to 20% or less where A is the content for the 5th higher harmonic component, B is the content for the 7th higher harmonic component, and C is the content for the 11th higher harmonic component, assuming the total of contents for the fundamental components of a current supplied to the findings being 100%.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Haruo Koharagi, Yuji Enomoto
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Patent number: 8241021Abstract: In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is placed at the compression part in the hermetic container.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kazuyuki Fujimura, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Shigekazu Nozawa, Kenji Tojo, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Publication number: 20110020161Abstract: In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is placed at the compression part in the hermetic container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kazuyuki Fujimura, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Shigekazu Nozawa, Kenji Tojo, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Patent number: 7772736Abstract: The inventive self-initiated permanent magnet synchronous motor has a rotor that has two-pole permanent magnets, as well as magnetic substances in a peripheral direction between the magnetic poles of the permanent magnets. The present invention provides a high-efficiency, high-torque permanent magnet synchronous motor with an improved power factor, its rotor, and a compressor using the permanent magnet synchronous motor, without a reduction in the maximum torque and an increase in costs.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang
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Patent number: 7626301Abstract: An electric rotating machine having permanent magnets having a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets, a stator iron core disposed in opposite relation with the rotor, and a stator winding wound around the stator core, wherein the stator core is constituted by a yoke and a plurality of teeth portions disposed to the yoke. The teeth portions are projected towards the inner periphery of the rotor. The teeth portions are made of amorphous magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignees: Japan Servo Co., Ltd., Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Haruo Koharagi, Motoya Ito, Katsuyuki Yamasaki, Ryoso Masaki, Shoji Ohiwa, Chio Ishihara, Masahiro Mita
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Patent number: 7531934Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a self-start synchronous motor for preventing deterioration of permanent magnets used in a rotor, and also for enhancing the efficiency of the self-start synchronous motor, the self-start synchronous motor comprising a stator having a stator core and windings wound around the stator core, and a rotor having an outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the stator and arranged inside of the stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor core over an entire periphery thereof, end rings provided on opposite end sides of the conductor bars and constituting a squirrel cage conductor in cooperation with the conductor bars, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core and arranged at a position inner than that of an inner peripheral surface of the conductor bars.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Baiying Hang, Tomio Yoshikawa, Yasuro Ohishi, Akeshi Takahashi, Haruo Koharagi
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Patent number: 7501734Abstract: The invention provides a motor comprising a stator and a rotor. The stator core includes a laminated stator core made of laminated stator core plates in which straight cut surfaces are formed on a circular outer peripheral surface of the laminated stator core plates. The straight cut surfaces of the laminated stator core plates are circumferentially displaced every predetermined laminated stator core plates so that the straight cut surfaces are uniformly distributed in an axial and a circumferential direction of the laminated stator core. Therefore, a flow passage for lubricating oil is ensured, while local magnetic saturation of the stator core is dissolved and a cogging torque and an induced voltage waveform distortion rate are improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang, Shigekazu Nozawa, Susumu Nakayaka, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20090010776Abstract: In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is placed at the compression part in the hermetic container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kzuyuki Fujimura, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Shigekazu Nozawa, Kenji Tojo, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Patent number: 7453181Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a rotor having cage windings and permanent magnets placed on an inner peripheral side of these cage winding bars, where the permanent magnets are placed and polarized so that a ratio ?/? between a circumferential pitch angle ? of magnetic flux distribution of the permanent magnets and a magnet pole pitch angle ? is between 0.67 and 0.91.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Kikuchi, Haruo Koharagi, Akeshi Takahashi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang
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Patent number: 7442017Abstract: In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is-placed at the compression part in the hermetic container.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kazuyuki Fujimura, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Shigekazu Nozawa, Kenji Tojo, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Publication number: 20070284961Abstract: The inventive self-initiated permanent magnet synchronous motor has a rotor that has two-pole permanent magnets, as well as magnetic substances in a peripheral direction between the magnetic poles of the permanent magnets. The present invention provides a high-efficiency, high-torque permanent magnet synchronous motor with an improved power factor, its rotor, and a compressor using the permanent magnet synchronous motor, without a reduction in the maximum torque and an increase in costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang
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Publication number: 20070145851Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a rotor having cage windings and permanent magnets placed on an inner peripheral side of these cage winding bars, where the permanent magnets are placed and polarized so that a ratio ?/? between a circumferential pitch angle ? of magnetic flux distribution of the permanent magnets and a magnet pole pitch angle ? is between 0.67 and 0.91.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Satoshi Kikuchi, Haruo Koharagi, Akeshi Takahashi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang
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Publication number: 20060267441Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a self-start synchronous motor for preventing deterioration of permanent magnets used in a rotor, and also for enhancing the efficiency of the self-start synchronous motor, the self-start synchronous motor comprising a stator having a stator core and windings wound around the stator core, and a rotor having an outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the stator and arranged inside of the stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars embedded in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor core over an entire periphery thereof, end rings provided on opposite end sides of the conductor bars and constituting a squirrel cage conductor in cooperation with the conductor bars, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core and arranged at a position inner than that of an inner peripheral surface of the conductor bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Baiying Hang, Tomio Yoshikawa, Yasuro Ohishi, Akeshi Takahashi, Haruo Koharagi
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Publication number: 20060191601Abstract: A permanent magnet type electric rotating machine having a high resistance permanent magnet used for the electric rotating machine, the permanent magnet containing a magnetic powder and a fluorine compound, in which the current waveform is controlled for reducing the loss to satisfy a relation: A<C<B and restrict the 7th higher-harmonic component to 20% or less where A is the content for the 5th higher harmonic component, B is the content for the 7th higher harmonic component, and C is the content for the 11th higher harmonic component, assuming the total of contents for the fundamental components of a current supplied to the findings being 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Haruo Koharagi, Yuji Enomoto
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Publication number: 20060181173Abstract: The invention provides a motor comprising a stator and a rotor. The stator core includes a laminated stator core made of laminated stator core plates in which straight cut surfaces are formed on a circular outer peripheral surface of the laminated stator core plates. The straight cut surfaces of the laminated stator core plates are circumferentially displaced every predetermined laminated stator core plates so that the straight cut surfaces are uniformly distributed in an axial and a circumferential direction of the laminated stator core. Therefore, a flow passage for lubricating oil is ensured, while local magnetic saturation of the stator core is dissolved and a cogging torque and an induced voltage waveform distortion rate are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Tomio Yoshikawa, Baiying Huang, Shigekazu Nozawa, Susumu Nakayaka, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20060140792Abstract: In order to make a displacement type compressor be able to reliably start without increasing an outside diameter dimension of the compressor while using a self-start synchronous motor having high energy efficiency, the displacement type compressor according to the invention includes the self-start synchronous motor which starts as an induction-motor and performs synchronous operation by performing synchronization pull-in almost at a synchronous rotational frequency, a compression part having a compression chamber which compresses a working fluid, and a hermetic container which houses the self-start synchronous motor and the compression part. The displacement type compressor is provided with a start load reducing means which reduces a load of the compression part at startup and is-placed at the compression part in the hermetic container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicant: Hitachi Air Conditioning Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Tsuchiya, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kazuyuki Fujimura, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Shigekazu Nozawa, Kenji Tojo, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Publication number: 20060082241Abstract: An electric rotating machine having permanent magnets comprising a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets, a stator iron core disposed in opposite relation with the rotor, and a stator winding wound around the stator core, wherein the stator core is constituted by a yoke and a plurality of teeth portions disposed to the yoke. The teeth portions are projected towards the inner periphery of the rotor. The teeth portions is made of amorphous magnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Applicants: Japan Servo Co., LTD., Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Metals Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Haruo Koharagi, Motoya Ito, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Ryoso Masaki, Shoji Ohiwa, Chio Ishihara, Masahiro Mita
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Patent number: 6917133Abstract: An air conditioner comprising a compressor including a compression unit and a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, wherein the permanent magnet rotating electric machine includes a stator, into which concentratively wound armature windings are inserted in such a way as to surround a plurality of teeth formed in a stator core, and a rotor having permanent magnets accommodated into a plurality of permanent magnet inserting holes formed in a rotor core. Each pair of adjacent ones of said permanent magnets is arranged generally in one of a convex V-shaped configuration and a convex U-shaped configuration with respect to a rotor axis, and a substantially V-shaped recess portion is formed between adjacent poles in outer circumferential surface portions of the rotor core.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Haruo Koharagi, Masaharu Senoh, Keiji Noma, Kohei Ishii, Kazuo Sato, Satoshi Kikuchi, Miyoshi Takahashi, Kouki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6838798Abstract: In a permanent magnet type rotating electric machine comprising a stator of which concentratedly wound armature windings are disposed in a plurality of slots formed in a stator core so as to surround teeth and a rotor accommodating permanent magnets in a plurality of permanent magnet insertion holes formed in a rotor core, a part of outer circumferential faces of slots is formed to extend substantially in parallel with a part of inner circumferential faces of the teeth, thereby, a permanent magnet type rotating electric machine with limited noises can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Takahata, Shinichi Wakui, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Miyoshi Takahashi, Masaharu Senoh, Keiji Noma, Hiroshi Hirayama, Takashi Seshimo, Shigeya Kawaminami
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Patent number: 6759777Abstract: A permanent magnetic type electric rotating machine includes: a stator having armature winding arranged in several slots formed in a stator core; and a rotor having permanent magnets held in several permanent magnetic insertion holes formed in a rotor core, in which a peripheral surface of the rotor core is configured to be a combination of arcs around two points different from a center of the rotor core for each magnetic pole in such a manner that when an axis extending in a central direction of a magnetic pole of the rotor is a d axis, and an axis extending in a direction between magnetic poles that is offset from the central direction of the magnetic pole by 90 electrical degrees is a q axis, a radial distance from a center of the rotor core to a periphery of the rotor is reduced gradually from the d axis to the q axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Takahata, Shinichi Wakui, Haruo Koharagi, Satoshi Kikuchi, Miyoshi Takahashi