Patents by Inventor Hayato Yoshino

Hayato Yoshino 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: 20130214635
    Abstract: In an induction motor, when dimensions of respective elements of a rotor slot are defined as TB: a shortest distance between a center side of an inner circumferential slot and an outer circumference of the rotor; TC: a circumferential width of an innermost circumference of an outer circumferential slot; TD: a circumferential width of an outermost circumference of the inner circumference slot; and TE: a shortest distance between an end side of the inner circumferential slot and the outer circumference of the rotor, and when dimensions of respective elements of a stator iron core are defined as TF: a width of teeth; TG: a width of a teeth tip end; and TH: a width of a slot opening part, the dimensions of the respective elements of the rotor slot and the dimensions of the respective elements of the stator iron core satisfy the following relationships: TF/(TG+TH)×TD/2?TB?TD/2; and TF/(TG+TH)×TD/2?TE?TD/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Takahiro Tsutsumi, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20130175896
    Abstract: A rotor of an induction motor according to the present invention is a rotor including a squirrel-cage secondary conductor, wherein the rotor slot is constituted by an outer circumferential slot formed near an outer circumference of the rotor and an inner circumferential slot communicating with the outer circumferential slot and formed inside of the outer circumferential slot, a circumferential width TC of an innermost circumference of the outer circumferential slot is smaller than a circumferential width TD of an outermost circumference of the inner circumferential slot, and a circumferential width of the outer circumferential slot is smaller as the outer circumferential slot approaches to the outer circumference of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Takahiro Tsutsumi, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 8466597
    Abstract: To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor 1 of an induction motor of this invention may include slots 3 formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots 3 may be formed so that top slots 3a are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core 1a, and bottom slots 3b are arranged on an inner side of the top slots 3a. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot 3a is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot 3b, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth 4 between adjacent top slots 3a is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth 4 between adjacent bottom slots 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20130140922
    Abstract: A rotor of a permanent magnet embedded motor according to this invention includes: a rotor iron core formed by stacking a predetermined number of electromagnetic steel plates perforated in a predetermined shape; a plurality of permanent magnet insertion holes formed along an outer circumferential section of the rotor iron core; permanent magnet end gaps provided at both ends of the permanent magnet insertion hole; a permanent magnet inserted in the permanent magnet insertion hole; and a plurality of slits formed in an iron core section on the outer side of the permanent magnet insertion hole. The width in the radial direction of a slit thin section of each of the slits between the slit and the rotor iron core outer circumference gradually increases from an inter-electrode side toward a magnetic pole center and changes in a sine wave shape having a peak in the magnetic pole center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Yoshikazu Fujisue, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 8344581
    Abstract: To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor of an induction motor of this invention may include slots formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots may be formed so that top slots are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core, and bottom slots are arranged on an inner side of the top slots. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth between adjacent top slots is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth between adjacent bottom slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 8319388
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an induction motor having an ideal efficiency at the normal operation time, while obtaining a high locked-rotor torque without having to use a special drive circuit. According to the induction motor related to the present invention, the induction motor has a rotor 11 having a double squirrel-cage secondary conductor, wherein the rotors 11 includes a rotor core 11a formed by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates, outer layer slots 40a filled with conductive material, installed along an outer peripheral edge of the rotor core 11a, inner layer slots 40b filled with conductive material, disposed inside of the outer layer slot 40a in the radial direction, and inner peripheral thin bridges 82 made of electromagnetic steel plate, installed in between the outer layer slots 40a and the inner layer slots 40b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Koji Yabe, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20120242182
    Abstract: A rotor of a permanent magnet embedded motor includes a rotor iron core formed by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic steel sheets punched into predetermined shapes, a plurality of permanent-magnet insertion holes formed along an outer circumferential portion of the rotor iron core and each including permanent-magnet end-portion cavities on its both ends, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into the permanent-magnet insertion holes, and a plurality of slits formed in the outer-peripheral side iron core portion outside of each permanent-magnet insertion holes, wherein a distance between a first slit present in a radial direction of each of the end portions of the permanent magnets and a second slit, which is adjacent to the first slit and closer to the center of its magnetic pole, is smaller than a distance between those slits other than the first and second slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba
  • Patent number: 8207646
    Abstract: To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor 1 of an induction motor of this invention may include slots 3 formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots 3 may be formed so that top slots 3a are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core 1a, and bottom slots 3b are arranged on an inner side of the top slots 3a. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot 3a is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot 3b, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth 4 between adjacent top slots 3a is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth 4 between adjacent bottom slots 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20120060547
    Abstract: A motor for a compressor comprises: a stator including a plurality of slots each having a slot opening, teeth formed between neighboring slots; and a rotor arranged at an inner side of the stator, a number of permanent magnet holes, the number of which is same as a number of magnetic poles, and permanent magnets. The rotor includes at least a first pair of slits, provided at an outer peripheral core part of the permanent magnet inserting hole, extending orthogonally to the inserting hole, arranged symmetrically with respect to a magnetic pole center, and a distance between the first pair of slits is smaller than a width of the teeth; and a second pair of slits, arranged at an outer inter-pole side of the first pair of slits, provided at a position where the tooth and the magnetic pole center of the rotor match, and facing the slot openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujisue, Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8106557
    Abstract: It is an objective to provide a permanent magnet synchronous motor that is highly efficient with low vibration and low noise. A stator 30 includes a stator core 1 that includes magnetic pole teeth 2 each formed between adjacent slots 3, and stator windings 4 that are provided in the slots 3 of the stator core 1. A rotor 40 includes a rotor core 5, a plurality of magnet retaining holes 8, permanent magnets 7 inserted in the magnet retaining holes 8, and a plurality of slits 6 in the rotor core 5 on an outer circumferential side of the magnet retaining holes 8. Among the slits 6, slits 6 in a vicinity of a magnetic pole center of the rotor core 5 are oriented in a direction where a magnetic flux generated by a permanent magnet 7 converges outside the rotor core 5, whereas slits 6 in a vicinity of a pole border portion of the rotor core 5 are oriented in another direction that is different from the direction of the plurality of slits 6 in the vicinity of the magnetic pole center of the rotor core 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Yoshio Takita, Koji Yabe, Takashi Ishigaki, Koji Masumoto
  • Patent number: 8022588
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a highly efficient and low-cost single-phase motor by producing the motor in a form that allows a proper material layout, with securing a magnetic path of a coreback of a stator iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Yoshio Takita, Koji Yabe, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20110193439
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotor for an electric motor in which permanent magnets can be arranged efficiently. A rotor of the electric motor according to the present invention comprises a rotor core constructed by punching out silicon steel lamination plates into a predetermined shape and laminating a predetermined number of the silicon steel lamination plates; a plurality of cavities provided on the rotor core; flat-shaped permanent magnets having a cross-sectional face made by a long side and a short side, inserted to the cavities; a chamfered portion formed on a portion of, among intersecting points of the long side and the short side of the permanent magnets, at least the intersecting point near an outer peripheral portion of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba
  • Publication number: 20110140565
    Abstract: To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor of an induction motor of this invention may include slots formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots may be formed so that top slots are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core, and bottom slots are arranged on an inner side of the top slots. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth between adjacent top slots is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth between adjacent bottom slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji YABE, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20110081263
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a highly efficient induction motor which does not degrade the fitting strength of shrink-fit and of which the starting torque is high, and further to obtain a highly reliable hermetic compressor which suppresses the oil amount flowing out of the hermetic compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Koji Yabe, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi, Yoshikazu Fujisue
  • Publication number: 20110070108
    Abstract: In a rotary electric motor a first stator core and a second stator core are disposed coaxially so as to be separated by a predetermined distance axially and such that circumferential positions of teeth are aligned, and a first rotor core and a second rotor core on which salient poles are disposed at a uniform angular pitch circumferentially are fixed coaxially to a rotating shaft so as to be positioned on inner peripheral sides of the first stator core and the second stator core, respectively, and so as to be offset circumferentially by a pitch of half a salient pole from each other. A first permanent magnet that is magnetically oriented such that a direction of magnetization is radially inward is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a core back of the first stator core, and an outer peripheral surface of the first permanent magnet and the outer peripheral surface of the core back of the second stator core are linked by a frame that is made of a magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Arita, Masaya Inoue, Masahiro Iezawa, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Toshihiko Miyake
  • Patent number: 7868509
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a highly efficient and low-cost single-phase motor and a hermetic compressor employing the motor by producing the motor in a form that allows a proper material layout, with securing a magnetic path of a coreback of a stator iron core. According to the present invention, in a single-phase motor having a stator including a stator iron core formed by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets and provided with a slot and single-phase two-pole distributed windings composed of a main winding and an auxiliary winding contained in the slot, and a rotor placed through a gap on an inner circumference of the stator, at least five notches each having a roughly straight lined shape are provided on an outer circumference of the stator iron core, so that a quadrangle is formed by straight lines including four notches out of the at least five notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Yoshio Takita, Koji Yabe, Osamu Kazama
  • Publication number: 20100253174
    Abstract: To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor 1 of an induction motor of this invention may include slots 3 formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots 3 may be formed so that top slots 3a are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core 1a, and bottom slots 3b are arranged on an inner side of the top slots 3a. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot 3a is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot 3b, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth 4 between adjacent top slots 3a is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth 4 between adjacent bottom slots 3b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Hayato Yoshino, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20100247347
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an induction motor having an ideal efficiency at the normal operation time, while obtaining a high locked-rotor torque without having to use a special drive circuit. According to the induction motor related to the present invention, the induction motor has a rotor 11 having a double squirrel-cage secondary conductor, wherein the rotors 11 includes a rotor core 11a formed by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates, outer layer slots 40a filled with conductive material, installed along an outer peripheral edge of the rotor core 11a, inner layer slots 40b filled with conductive material, disposed inside of the outer layer slot 40a in the radial direction, and inner peripheral thin bridges 82 made of electromagnetic steel plate, installed in between the outer layer slots 40a and the inner layer slots 40b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Koji Yabe, Kazuhiko Baba, Tomoaki Oikawa, Takahiro Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20100119390
    Abstract: An object is to provide a permanent magnet motor that highly reduces torque fluctuation, thereby reducing noise and vibration. The permanent magnet motor may be formed as follows: a length D of a permanent magnet 8 in a longitudinal direction is the same as or longer than a width A between sides of the magnetic pole tooth 3 in the circumferential direction in an end portion of the magnetic pole tooth 3, and a distance C between tip portions of a pair of the first slits 13a and 13b within the same pole is smaller than the width A between the sides of the magnetic pole tooth 3 in the circumferential direction in the end portion of the magnetic pole tooth 3. The permanent magnet motor, thus formed, may be characterized in that cut surfaces 12 face the first slits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Baba, Hayato Yoshino, Koji Yabe, Masahiro Nigo, Koji Masumoto, Tomoaki Oikawa, Yoshio Takita
  • Publication number: 20100117477
    Abstract: It is an objective to provide a permanent magnet synchronous motor that is highly efficient with low vibration and low noise. A stator 30 includes a stator core 1 that includes magnetic pole teeth 2 each formed between adjacent slots 3, and stator windings 4 that are provided in the slots 3 of the stator core 1. A rotor 40 includes a rotor core 5, a plurality of magnet retaining holes 8, permanent magnets 7 inserted in the magnet retaining holes 8, and a plurality of slits 6 in the rotor core 5 on an outer circumferential side of the magnet retaining holes 8. Among the slits 6, slits 6 in a vicinity of a magnetic pole center of the rotor core 5 are oriented in a direction where a magnetic flux generated by a permanent magnet 7 converges outside the rotor core 5, whereas slits 6 in a vicinity of a pole border portion of the rotor core 5 are oriented in another direction that is different from the direction of the plurality of slits 6 in the vicinity of the magnetic pole center of the rotor core 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electic Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Yoshino, Yoshio Takita, Koji Yabe, Takashi Ishigaki, Koji Masumoto