Patents by Inventor Hiroki UME

Hiroki UME 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: 20250141325
    Abstract: An armature manufacturing method includes an insulating member disposing step for disposing an insulating member on a core so that first portions of the insulating member protrude to one side in an axial direction from end faces of tooth portions on the one side in the axial direction. The armature manufacturing method includes a bending step for bending, toward each of the tooth portions, the first portions of the insulating member that protrude from the end face of each of the tooth portions on the one side. The armature manufacturing method includes a winding looping step for looping a winding around each of the plurality of tooth portions on which the bent first portions are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki UME, Takahiro SONODA, Isao KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 11770037
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor configured to rotate with a shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of yoke portions and a plurality of holding portions each corresponding to a space portion provided between the adjacent yoke portions and configured to hold therein a magnet. At least one of the plurality of yoke portions includes a tab portion extending towards the holding portion and configured to hold the magnet held in the holding portion. The holding portion includes an insertion space provided between a first end portion of the yoke portion in an axial direction of the shaft and the tab portion. The insertion space allows the magnet to be inserted into the insertion space towards an inner side in a radial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yui, Hiroki Ume, Hideaki Kato, Takahiro Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20210305860
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor configured to rotate with a shaft. The rotor includes a plurality of yoke portions and a plurality of holding portions each corresponding to a space portion provided between the adjacent yoke portions and configured to hold therein a magnet. At least one of the plurality of yoke portions includes a tab portion extending towards the holding portion and configured to hold the magnet held in the holding portion. The holding portion includes an insertion space provided between a first end portion of the yoke portion in an axial direction of the shaft and the tab portion. The insertion space allows the magnet to be inserted into the insertion space towards an inner side in a radial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki YUI, Hiroki UME, Hideaki KATO, Takahiro SONODA