Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Arakawa

Hirokazu Arakawa 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: 20230307966
    Abstract: A split-type laminated iron core is composed by laminating a plurality of metal plate materials having an annular shape. The metal plate material includes a first split piece and a second split piece arranged in a circumferential direction and divided by a predetermined cutting line. A shear surface formed on a first end surface of the first split piece and a shear surface formed on a second end surface of the second split piece abut on each other, and the first split piece and the second split piece are temporarily connected via the cutting line defined by a boundary between the first end surface and the second end surface so that the first end surface and the second end surface do not completely overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko UMEDA, Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Daisuke KOMIYA
  • Patent number: 11632023
    Abstract: A laminated iron core includes a plurality of blanked iron core pieces laminated together, a continuity of side parts of the iron core pieces configuring a side surface of the laminated iron core. The side part of each iron core piece includes a specific light reflection area having a prescribed width along a circumferential direction, where the specific light reflection area has different light reflection characteristics from the other area of the side part of the iron core piece, and a striped pattern, configured by the specific light reflection areas, exists on the side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Arakawa, Takashi Maruyama, Kenichi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 11605990
    Abstract: An annular core piece in which an annular core piece can be received inside a contour of an outer circumstance of the annular core piece and the number of recesses formed on the outer circumstance is small is provided. In an annular core piece including a plurality of recesses opened in an outer circumferential part, the recess includes a narrowed part and a raised part, and a transverse width of the narrowed part is made narrower than a transverse width of a different region present on a side of a bottom of the recess further beyond the narrowed part, and the raised part is formed such that a part of the bottom of the recess is raised and projected toward an opening end of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Arakawa, Yusuke Hasuo
  • Publication number: 20200161942
    Abstract: A laminated iron core includes a plurality of blanked iron core pieces laminated together, a continuity of side parts of the iron core pieces configuring a side surface of the laminated iron core. The side part of each iron core piece includes a specific light reflection area having a prescribed width along a circumferential direction, where the specific light reflection area has different light reflection characteristics from the other area of the side part of the iron core piece, and a striped pattern, configured by the specific light reflection areas, exists on the side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Takashi MARUYAMA, Kenichi TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 10581303
    Abstract: A laminated iron core includes a plurality of blanked iron core pieces laminated together, a continuity of side parts of the iron core pieces configuring a side surface of the laminated iron core. The side part of each iron core piece includes a specific light reflection area having a prescribed width along a circumferential direction, where the specific light reflection area has different light reflection characteristics from the other area of the side part of the iron core piece, and a striped pattern, configured by the specific light reflection areas, exists on the side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Arakawa, Takashi Maruyama, Kenichi Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20200014256
    Abstract: An annular core piece in which an annular core piece can be received inside a contour of an outer circumstance of the annular core piece and the number of recesses formed on the outer circumstance is small is provided. In an annular core piece including a plurality of recesses opened in an outer circumferential part, the recess includes a narrowed part and a raised part, and a transverse width of the narrowed part is made narrower than a transverse width of a different region present on a side of a bottom of the recess further beyond the narrowed part, and the raised part is formed such that a part of the bottom of the recess is raised and projected toward an opening end of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Yusuke HASUO
  • Patent number: 10476339
    Abstract: In a cross sectional plane perpendicular to a center axis line of an annular core, a connection projection and a connection recess have complementary configurations in which the connection projection and the connection recess are narrowed in width with distance from coupling surfaces, the connection projection and the connection recess respectively include a pair of friction surfaces and a pair of friction surfaces extending in a direction separate from the coupling surfaces, the friction surface of the connection projection is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection projection, and the friction surface of the connection recess is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Masahiro Izumi, Hirokazu Arakawa, Yusuke Hasuo, Frank Frister, Achim Neubauer
  • Patent number: 10411568
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated stator core includes: blanking an electrical steel sheet at 1st to Nth (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) positions arranged in the width direction of the electrical steel sheet to form 1st to Nth blank members, and laminating the 1st to Nth blank members to form a laminated stator core. The shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the kth (k is a natural number of 1 to N) blank member differs from the shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the mth (m is a natural number of 1 to N and satisfying m?k) blank member such that the shapes of given two blank members do not agree with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsui High-tec, Inc., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Arakawa, Go Kato, Syo Yamaguchi, Shinya Sano
  • Publication number: 20180198343
    Abstract: In a cross sectional plane perpendicular to a center axis line of an annular core, a connection projection and a connection recess have complementary configurations in which the connection projection and the connection recess are narrowed in width with distance from coupling surfaces, the connection projection and the connection recess respectively include a pair of friction surfaces and a pair of friction surfaces extending in a direction separate from the coupling surfaces, the friction surface of the connection projection is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection projection, and the friction surface of the connection recess is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Masahiro IZUMI, Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Yusuke HASUO, Frank FRISTER, Achim NEUBAUER
  • Publication number: 20170338724
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated stator core includes: blanking an electrical steel sheet at 1st to Nth (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) positions arranged in a row in the width direction of the electrical steel sheet to form 1st to Nth blank members, and laminating the 1st to Nth blank members to form a laminated stator core. The shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the kth (k is a natural number of 1 to N) blank member differs from the shape or arrangement of at least one odd-shaped part of a plurality of odd-shaped parts in the mth (m is a natural number of 1 to N and satisfying m?k) blank member such that the shapes of given two blank members do not agree with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Go KATO, Syo YAMAGUCHI, Shinya SANO
  • Patent number: 9539799
    Abstract: A laminated core manufacturing method for performing rotational lamination by conveying a band-shaped material to be stamped 10 to a die apparatus to successively perform presswork, stamping out and dropping manufactured core pieces 20 into a blanking die 21 and rotating the blanking die 21 by a predetermined angle, in which a positioning mechanism for the blanking die 21, which has rotational lamination guide pins and rotational lamination guide holes 23-30, is disposed inward from both ends in a width direction of the band-shaped material to be stamped 10 and temporary holes 13-16 for the rotational lamination guide pins to be inserted are provided in the band-shaped material to be stamped 10. The structure allows downsizing of the die apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori Oba, Hirokazu Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20160285325
    Abstract: A laminated iron core includes a plurality of blanked iron core pieces laminated together, a continuity of side parts of the iron core pieces configuring a side surface of the laminated iron core. The side part of each iron core piece includes a specific light reflection area having a prescribed width along a circumferential direction, where the specific light reflection area has different light reflection characteristics from the other area of the side part of the iron core piece, and a striped pattern, configured by the specific light reflection areas, exists on the side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Takashi MARUYAMA, Kenichi TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140231003
    Abstract: A laminated core manufacturing method for performing rotational lamination by conveying a band-shaped material to be stamped 10 to a die apparatus to successively perform presswork, stamping out and dropping manufactured core pieces 20 into a blanking die 21 and rotating the blanking die 21 by a predetermined angle, in which a positioning mechanism for the blanking die 21, which has rotational lamination guide pins and rotational lamination guide holes 23-30, is disposed inward from both ends in a width direction of the band-shaped material to be stamped 10 and temporary holes 13-16 for the rotational lamination guide pins to be inserted are provided in the band-shaped material to be stamped 10. The structure allows downsizing of the die apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori Oba, Hirokazu Arakawa