Patents by Inventor Hazuki KAWAMURA

Hazuki KAWAMURA 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: 20240014717
    Abstract: A stator manufacturing method includes an inserting step of inserting lead-side segment coils covered with an insulating film and lead-opposite-side segment coils covered with an insulating film into a plurality of slots formed between a plurality of teeth radially protruding from an annular yoke, along the axial direction of the yoke, and electrically connecting the segment coils by using connecting members, in the inserting step, the plurality of segment coils are collectively inserted into the slots, and the method further includes an exposing step of forming the segment coils with exposed conductor portions by forming holes penetrating the insulating films in crossover parts of the segment coils while the segment coils are inserted in the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Ken SHIRAI, Hazuki KAWAMURA, Kohei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11652391
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil includes a preparation step of preparing a copper wire, a winding step of winding a plurality of aluminum wires around the copper wire, and a pressing step of pressing the copper wire and the plurality of aluminum wires so as to form an aluminum coat around the copper wire and form an anodized aluminum film on the surface of the aluminum coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Kohei Watanabe, Hazuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20220407377
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided. Coil ends protrude outward from a first end of a stator core in a direction along a central axis. An imaginary straight line is orthogonal to both of a central axis of a core body and an axis extending in an up-down direction. Half the coil ends above the imaginary straight line are in a first portion. Each of the segment coils in the first portion includes an outer peripheral surface that faces in a direction opposite from the central axis. The outer peripheral surface of each of the segment coils includes a twisted surface. The direction in which the twisted surface faces becomes closer to the direction facing the stator core as the twisted surface extends toward the first end of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Kohei WATANABE, Hiroshi INANO, Hazuki KAWAMURA, Tomoyuki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20220393524
    Abstract: First-fourth slots may be provided in an inner circumferential surface of a stator core. A coil may include first-third segments conductor. Each of the conductors may include a U-shape. The first segment conductor may be inserted in the first slot and the second slot in a state where a coupling portion of the first segment conductor is located at a position facing a first end surface. The second segment conductor may be inserted in the second slot and the third slot in a state where a coupling portion of the second segment conductor may be located at a position facing a second end surface. The third segment conductor may be inserted in the third slot and the fourth slot in a state where a coupling portion of the third segment conductor may be located at a position facing the first end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei WATANABE, Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hazuki KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11394261
    Abstract: Disclosed are: preparing a rotor core having a plurality of magnet holes spaced near a circumferential edge of the rotor core; preparing a plurality of permanent magnet units each including a porous body and a magnet main body disposed in contact with each other; and inserting the permanent magnet units into the magnet holes and securing the permanent magnet units in the magnet holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Haruki Kusamaki, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220200416
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil includes a preparation step of preparing a copper wire, a winding step of winding a plurality of aluminum wires around the copper wire, and a pressing step of pressing the copper wire and the plurality of aluminum wires so as to form an aluminum coat around the copper wire and form an anodized aluminum film on the surface of the aluminum coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Kohei WATANABE, Hazuki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220149687
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a coil. The coil has a first segment coil, a second segment coil having a wire diameter greater than a wire diameter of the first segment coil, and a crossover wire connecting the first segment coil and the second segment coil. The first segment coil is disposed in a slot radially innermost to the stator core. At least one second segment coil is disposed in the slot. The crossover wire has a changeover portion at which a wire diameter of the crossover wire changes from a wire diameter of the first segment coil to a wire diameter of the second segment coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei WATANABE, Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hazuki KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11309760
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row along a circumferential direction of the stator core, and a stator coil composed of a winding wire wound around the teeth. The stator coil includes coil end portions extending, outside the stator core in an axial direction thereof, along a substantially circumferential direction of the stator core, and straight portions extending along the axial direction, the straight portions being at least partially housed in a slot which is a void defined by two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth. In the rotary electric machine, a cooling groove is formed at least in the straight portion, the cooling groove functioning as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows, and each straight portion includes only one cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
  • Patent number: 11277046
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row along a circumferential direction of the stator core, and a stator coil composed of a winding wire wound around the teeth. The stator coil includes coil end portions extending, outside the stator core in an axial direction thereof, along a substantially circumferential direction of the stator core, and straight portions extending along the axial direction, the straight portions being at least partially housed in a slot which is a void defined by two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth. In the rotary electric machine, a cooling groove is formed at least in the straight portion, the cooling groove functioning as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows, and each straight portion includes only one cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka, Haruki Kusamaki
  • Publication number: 20210305865
    Abstract: A stator core of a stator includes a plurality of teeth around a rotation axis and slots respectively provided between the teeth. A coil that is formed by connecting a plurality of coil segments is wound around the teeth. At a coil end protruding from an end surface of the stator core in the rotation axial direction, a widened portion is provided in the coil segment. Therefore, a cross-sectional area of the coil segment at the coil end is different from that on the inner side of the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hazuki KAWAMURA, Kohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200235627
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row along a circumferential direction of the stator core, and a stator coil composed of a winding wire wound around the teeth. The stator coil includes coil end portions extending, outside the stator core in an axial direction thereof, along a substantially circumferential direction of the stator core, and straight portions extending along the axial direction, the straight portions being at least partially housed in a slot which is a void defined by two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth. In the rotary electric machine, a cooling groove is formed at least in the straight portion, the cooling groove functioning as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows, and each straight portion includes only one cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hazuki KAWAMURA, Kohei WATANABE, Yuki TANAKA, Haruki KUSAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20200212731
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having an annular shape, the stator core being wound with a coil. The stator core includes a plurality of magnetic plates and a porous body intervening between the plurality of magnetic plates, the plurality of magnetic plates and the porous body being layered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Haruki Kusamaki, Hazuki Kawamura, Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200212743
    Abstract: Disclosed are: preparing a rotor core having a plurality of magnet holes spaced near a circumferential edge of the rotor core; preparing a plurality of permanent magnet units each including a porous body and a magnet main body disposed in contact with each other; and inserting the permanent magnet units into the magnet holes and securing the permanent magnet units in the magnet holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Haruki KUSAMAKI, Hazuki KAWAMURA, Kohei WATANABE, Yuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200169152
    Abstract: A stator of a dynamo-electric machine including: a stator core having a plurality of slots; and a stator coil wherein the stator coil includes: lower conductor segments inserted into the slots, a plurality of coupling members with fitting recesses formed therein such that inside the slots, tips of upper conductor segments are press-fitted into the fitting recesses to couple together the conductor segments, and a plurality of heat dissipation sheets placed between outer circumferential surfaces of the coupling members and inner surfaces of the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hazuki KAWAMURA