Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Urano

Hiroaki Urano 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: 20080035399
    Abstract: A motor has a stator core, a coil, a rotor, and a motor case in which the stator core, the coil, and the rotor are housed. The motor is also provided with a fluid carrying member that is arranged around a coil end of the coil in the motor case and has an inlet hole that is communicated with a fluid supply source and a distribution hole that is communicated with a space inside the motor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Murata, Michitaka Tsuchida, Hiroaki Urano
  • Publication number: 20080035407
    Abstract: A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor, which transmits rotational output of an output shaft of a motor to a wheel via a counter gear, is provided with an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the counter gear and an oil flow path that leads oil from the oil pump to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi MURATA, Michitaka Tsuchida, Hiroaki Urano
  • Patent number: 6166499
    Abstract: A power output apparatus 20 implements a smooth switching between the connection of a rotor-rotating shaft 38 of an assist motor 40 with a crankshaft 56 of an engine 50 and the connection of the rotor-rotating shaft 38 of the assist motor 40 with a drive shaft 22, and enables the power output from the engine 50 to be output to the drive shaft 22 with a high efficiency. The power output from the engine 50 is converted to a desired power by a clutch motor 30 having rotors 31 and 33 respectively linked with the crankshaft 56 and the drive shaft 22 and by the assist motor 40 connected to either the crankshaft 56 or the drive shaft 22 via a first clutch 45 and a second clutch 46, and is output to the drive shaft 22. The connection of the assist motor 40 is switched in the state where both the clutches 45 and 46 are set in ON position, when the revolving speed of the engine 50 is made coincident with the revolving speed of the drive shaft 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Kanamori, Yasutomo Kawabata, Norihiko Akao, Hiroaki Urano, Masaru Hirako, Tetsuya Miura
  • Patent number: 5844342
    Abstract: A power output apparatus 20 includes an engine 50, a clutch motor 30 having rotors 31 and 33 respectively linked with a crankshaft 56 and a drive shaft 22, an assist motor 40 attached to a rotor-rotating shaft 38, a first clutch 45 for connecting and disconnecting the rotor-rotating shaft 38 to and from the crankshaft 56, a second clutch 46 for connecting and disconnecting the rotor-rotating shaft 38 to and from the drive shaft 22, and a controller 80 for controlling the motors 30 and 40. The controller 80 operates the clutches 45 and 46 according to the states of the engine 50 and the drive shaft 22 and changes the connection of the rotor-rotating shaft 38, so as to enable power output from the engine 50 to be efficiently converted by the motors 30 and 40 and output to the drive shaft 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Miyatani, Yasutomo Kawabata, Shigetaka Nagamatsu, Eiji Yamada, Tetsuya Miura, Akihiko Kanamori, Shigeru Matsuhashi, Yutaka Taga, Ryuji Toh, Satoshi Koide, Hiroaki Urano, Norihiko Akao, Shinji Kogure, Yoshiaki Taga, deceased, Shigeo Taga, heir, Takiko Taga, heiress