Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tahira
Hiroki Tahira 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: 8875381Abstract: A coil strand is wound on an insulator to produce a divided core member, and then the divided core member is placed on a table. While the table rotates about its axis, ends of the coil strands are inserted into lead end holding grooves, which are defined in a surface of the insulator on an outer circumferential edge of a stator and which extend along a circumferential direction of the stator.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Yasuto Ohashi
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Patent number: 8847457Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a plurality of lead end holding grooves defined in insulators at an outer circumferential surface of a stator core, for guiding respective ends of coil leads therein. The lead end holding grooves are defined by ledges of the insulators. The ledges have respective lands which are convex in widthwise directions of the lead end holding groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Masahiko Kamiyama, Kenji Kitamura, Takashi Nakayama
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Publication number: 20120272512Abstract: A coil strand is wound on an insulator to produce a divided core member, and then the divided core member is placed on a table. While the table rotates about its axis, ends of the coil strands are inserted into lead end holding grooves, which are defined in a surface of the insulator on an outer circumferential edge of a stator and which extend along a circumferential direction of the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Yasuto Ohashi
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Publication number: 20120267979Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a plurality of lead end holding grooves defined in insulators at an outer circumferential surface of a stator core, for guiding respective ends of coil leads therein. The lead end holding grooves are defined by ledges of the insulators. The ledges have respective lands which are convex in widthwise directions of the lead end holding groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Satoru Uchiumi, Hiroki Tahira, Kohei Fujinoto, Masahiko Kamiyama, Kenji Kitamura, Takashi Nakayama
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Patent number: 8136566Abstract: A laminating apparatus for laminating a separator, a membrane electrode structure member and another separator on top of each other includes a placement base which places the separator on the placement base, a first clamp which holds a portion of the upper surface of the separator placed on the placement base, first moving means which superimpose the membrane electrode structure member on the upper surface of the separator placed on the placement base, a second clamp which holds a portion of the upper surface of the thus superimposed membrane electrode structure member, second moving means which superimpose the separator on the upper surfaces of the membrane electrode structure member and second clamp, a pressing member which presses the separator in the central portion thereof to deform the separator elastically to thereby bring the separator into contact with the membrane electrode structure member, and pull-out means which pull out the second clamp from between the membrane electrode structure member and sType: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Tahira
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Patent number: 7768636Abstract: A belt inspecting apparatus applies illuminating light beams (R, G, B) through light guides to a flat inner portion, a flat outer portion, flat side portions, and curved portions of a metal belt. The illuminating light beams, which are reflected by the metal belt, are guided through the light guides to color cameras, which detect the illuminating light beams as image information. A surface state decision unit compares the detected image information with normal image information in order to determine whether the metal belt contains flaws therein or not.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Obara, Hiroki Tahira
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Patent number: 7720565Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 7698018Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20090314420Abstract: A laminating apparatus for laminating a separator, a membrane electrode structure member and another separator on top of each other includes a placement base which places the separator on the placement base, a first clamp which holds a portion of the upper surface of the separator placed on the placement base, first moving means which superimpose the membrane electrode structure member on the upper surface of the separator placed on the placement base, a second clamp which holds a portion of the upper surface of the thus superimposed membrane electrode structure member, second moving means which superimpose the separator on the upper surfaces of the membrane electrode structure member and second clamp, a pressing member which presses the separator in the central portion thereof to deform the separator elastically to thereby bring the separator into contact with the membrane electrode structure member, and pull-out means which pull out the second clamp from between the membrane electrode structure member and sType: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Tahira
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Publication number: 20090147249Abstract: A belt inspecting apparatus applies illuminating light beams (R G. B) through light guides to a flat inner portion, a flat outer portion, flat side portions, and curved portions of a metal belt. The illuminating light beams, which are reflected by the metal belt, are guided through the light guides to color cameras, which detect the illuminating light beams as image information. A surface state decision unit compares the detected image information with normal image information in order to determine whether the metal belt contains flaws therein or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Obara, Hiroki Tahira
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Publication number: 20070271000Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20070250209Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 7251545Abstract: The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unit 300 for measuring size (l, t) of the ring w, first convey unit 400 for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker 500 having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey unit 400, a second convey unit 700 for conveying out the rings from the first stocker 500 means for stacking, and a control unit 900.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 6845291Abstract: A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conveType: GrantFiled: October 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Tahira, Kazutoshi Takada, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Masao Nitta
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Patent number: 6781343Abstract: In a hybrid power supply device constituted such that a secondary battery (4) is charged by a fuel battery (3) and electric power is supplied from the secondary battery (4) to a load (1), even when there are variations among residual capacities of individual unit secondary batteries (4a) constituting the secondary battery (4), the secondary battery (4) can be charged properly without causing overcharging in each of unit secondary batteries (4a). The fuel battery (3) is divided into a plurality of unit fuel batteries (3a), each consisting of a predetermined number of cells, and each unit hybrid power supply (2a) is constituted by connecting each unit fuel battery (3a) with each unit secondary battery (4a) through each charging switch (13) in parallel. The charging switch (13) is controlled independently for each unit hybrid power supply (2a) on the basis of the residual capacity of each unit secondary battery (4a) to perform charging of the unit secondary battery (4a) by the unit fuel battery (3a).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Demachi, Yasuhisa Saito, Toratsugu Kuwahara, Teruyuki Oka, Satoshi Tabuchi, Toshiyuki Kubo, Ken Onuma, Hiroki Tahira
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Publication number: 20040144202Abstract: The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unit 300 for measuring size (l, t) of the ring w, first convey unit 400 for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker 500 having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey unit 400, a second convey unit 700 for conveying out the rings from the first stocker 500 means for stacking, and a control unit 900.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saitao, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20040059461Abstract: A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conveType: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventors: Hiroki Tahira, Kazutoshi Takada, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Masao Nitta