Patents by Inventor Hirooki Tokoi

Hirooki Tokoi 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: 20240128824
    Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine comprising: a stator core with plurality of slots, a coil covered with insulated conductor wire, wherein the coil comprising plurality of storages stored in the slots and plurality of coil ends that are outside of the slots, conductor of coil end close to the conductor of the heterophase coil having insulating materials at only one of the surfaces, either the inner diameter surface close to the conductor of the heterophase coil or outer diameter surface of the heterophase coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji IKEDA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Mizuki NAKAHARA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Masaru AMAIKE, Yuji TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20240097508
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine (1000) including: a rotor (200); a stator (100) surrounding a periphery of the rotor (200); a first recessed portion (133) disposed in an inner circumferential surface of a back yoke (130) of the stator (100), and extending in an axial direction of the stator (100); and a tooth (120) having one end fitted in the first recessed portion (133), a clearance formed between the first recessed portion (133) and the one end of the tooth (120) fitted in the first recessed portion (133) being smaller in a circumferential direction of the stator (100) than in a radial direction of the stator (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Mizuki NAKAHARA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Masaru AMAIKE, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toru SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230238897
    Abstract: A power conversion device capable of shortening the time required for acceleration of a motor and a metal processing device including the power conversion device are provided. Then, a power conversion device 10 includes a converter 100 configured to convert an AC voltage from outside to a DC voltage Vo and a converter controller 107 configured to control the converter 100. The converter 100 includes a voltage doubler circuit 104 configured to boost the DC voltage Vo when activated, and outputs the DC voltage Vo having a voltage value different in accordance with the activation and stop of the voltage doubler circuit 104. The converter controller 107 activates the voltage doubler circuit 104 at a first time that is earlier by a predetermined period than a second time at which a speed command value ?* of the motor 130 rises from a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mizuki NAKAHARA, Hirooki TOKOI, Kenji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220385204
    Abstract: A power conversion device and a press apparatus capable of preventing an excessive current in a DC-link capacitor are provided. The power conversion device 10 includes a voltage-doubling rectifier circuit 12. In the voltage-doubling rectifier circuit 12, in a voltage-doubling rectification mode, a common connection node Nc between two capacitors 102a and 102b is connected to a predetermined node. A current detector circuit 107 detects a switching current (IL) flowing in the switching elements SW1 and SW2, and a current detector circuit 108 detects a load current Ild of a load 15. In a mode switching period from a full-wave rectification mode to a voltage-doubling rectification mode, a controller circuit 110 controls the switching of the switching elements SW1 and SW2, based on the switching current (IL) and the load current Ild.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mizuki NAKAHARA, Hirooki TOKOI, Kimihisa FURUKAWA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11251670
    Abstract: An axial air-gap rotary electric machine includes a stator, a coil, and a bobbin. The bobbin includes a tube and a flange. The coil is wound on the outer periphery of the tube portion with regular winding. A number of turns of each of a plurality of layers wound around an external side of a last layer in contact with the flange is at least one less than a number of turns of each of a plurality of layers wound around an adjacent internal side of the last layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Daisuke Kitajima, Tomonori Kawagoe, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Shuuichi Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11205935
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a structure with which it is possible to improve the heat dissipation performance and efficiency of an axial gap dynamo-electric machine. Accordingly, the present invention is an axial gap dynamo-electric machine of such construction that a disc-shaped rotor in which permanent magnets are disposed is provided in the axial direction and a stator is disposed in the axial-direction center portion, wherein the outer circumferential side of a stator winding is in intimate contact with the inside diameter of a housing, embedding with a mold resin is used for the housing and a stator core and for a stator coil and the housing so that a connection is established with the housing, and the housing comprises a nonmagnetic, electrically nonconductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Hirooki Tokoi, Kenta Deguchi
  • Patent number: 11190062
    Abstract: The moldability of the stator of an axial gap type rotating electric machine improved. The axial gap type rotating electric machine has: a stator comprising core members disposed about a rotating shaft in a ring shape with a predetermined space from adjacent core members, said core members each having a core around which a coil is wound, the number of the turns of the coil being less on the outer perimeter side than on the inner perimeter side, the core members being molded with mold material; and a rotor facing an end surface of the core in the shaft direction through a predetermined gap. The core members comprise: a first core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is larger than the number of winding layers on the other side; and a second core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is less than the number of winding layers on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Tomonori Kawagoe, Daisuke Kitajima, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Shuuichi Takahashi, Hirooki Tokoi
  • Patent number: 11165312
    Abstract: This invention reduces the shaft voltage of an axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine while ensuring high output and high efficiency. Said axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine comprises the following: a stator comprising a plurality of stator cores, each of which comprises a core and a coil, arranged in a circle around a shaft; a housing, the inside surface of which faces the stator radially; and at least one rotor, the surface of which faces the surface of the stator with a prescribed air gap interposed therebetween in the radial direction of the shaft. The rotor has, on the outside thereof, a conductive section comprising a conductive member. This axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine has a first region where the inside surface of the housing faces the aforementioned conductive section radially and a second region, closer to the stator than the first region is, that extends to the coil side surfaces that face the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10992203
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Kenji Uzawa, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Ryousou Masaki
  • Publication number: 20200395808
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Kenji UZAWA, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru SAKAI, Ryousou MASAKI
  • Patent number: 10804765
    Abstract: A highly reliable electromechanical integral motor is provided. In the electromechanical integral motor including an axial gap type motor and a power conversion control device, the power conversion control device is mounted on an end bracket portion of the motor. Additionally, a space is provided between the end bracket portion of the motor and the power conversion control device. Further, the end bracket portion of the motor and the power conversion control device are fixed by a plurality of fixing members, and at least one set of the plurality of fixing members is disposed to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tanie, Yoshitaka Iwaji, Yuji Enomoto, Hirooki Tokoi, Takayoshi Nakamura, Naoki Sakurai, Fusao Houjyou, Kohei Matsushita
  • Patent number: 10763716
    Abstract: An axial-air-gap rotating electric machine with a stator bobbin is provided. The bobbin renders the respective turn counts of windings in the machine the same and minimizes the lengths of connecting wires between continuous windings regardless of the continuous turn count, the direction in which each winding is wound, and whether the number of stages is odd or even. The bobbin, which has a tubular shape that substantially matches the exterior shape of a core, is provided with flanges that extend outwards from near the respective openings in the bobbin. One of the flanges has two first notches, and the other flange has a second notch. The axial positions of the starting and finishing ends of coils on adjacent stator cores are the same, and the flanges containing the notches through which the ends of the coils are run are on the same side with respect to the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Daisuke Kitajima, Tomonori Kawagoe, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Shuuichi Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10756600
    Abstract: To reduce an axial voltage while securing a high output, high efficiency, and assemblability of an axial gap rotary electric machine. An axial gap rotary electric machine includes: a stator, formed by arranging a plurality of core members circularly about a shaft in a direction in which magnetic lines are parallel with the shaft, the core member having at least an iron core and a coil wound around an outer circumference of the iron core; at least one rotor facing the stator with a predetermined air gap interposed therebetween in a shaft axial direction; and a housing having an inner circumferential surface opposing the stator and the rotor in a radial direction. The axial gap rotary electric machine further includes a wiring board that has: a bus portion continuous in the circumferential direction; a coil connection portion protruding from the bus portion and connected to the coil; and an external connection portion protruding from the bus portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10566876
    Abstract: To significantly improve a heat dissipation property of an axial gap rotary electric machine within a size necessary for configuring a motor. In an axial gap rotary electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor in an axial direction, the stator has a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction and coils wound around the stator cores, and a heat pipe obtained by filling an inside of a metal hollow pipe with a refrigerant is arranged in a gap between adjacent coils formed in an outer diameter portion of the stator in a radial direction and a housing with a necessary insulation distance between the coils and the heat pipe. The heat pipe extends in a direction of a rotation axis and an opposite output side, and is in contact with a heat dissipating fin outside an end bracket on the opposite output side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Hirooki Tokoi, Naoki Sakurai, Hisashi Tanie, Kenta Deguchi
  • Patent number: 10536042
    Abstract: An axial air gap type electric motor includes: a stator with stator cores in a ring shape around a rotating shaft and including a laminated iron core that is a prismatic body of metal plate-like members laminated in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, a tubular bobbin with an inner diameter into which the laminated iron core is inserted, and a coil wound on the extension of the outer diameter of the laminated iron core; and a rotor plane-facing the rotating shaft direction end section of the stator with a predetermined air gap interposed therebetween. The laminated iron core includes: a core member with continuously laminated metal plate-like members, the widths of which increase in a rotational direction of the rotating shaft from the center toward a radial direction; and a core member with continuously laminated metal plate-like members, the widths of which are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Daisaku Takahashi, Jun Sakurai, Shuuichi Takahashi, Hirooki Tokoi, Yukimasa Maeda
  • Patent number: 10530210
    Abstract: To ensure ready assembly of a stator and reliably reduce the shaft voltage in an axial air gap rotating electric machine, an axial air gap rotating electric machine has a circular ring-shaped stator formed by a plurality of stator cores arranged about a rotational axis direction in a ring shape. Each stator core comprises a tubular bobbin and a coil, with the tubular bobbin having an iron core inserted into a bobbin inner tubular portion substantially matching the peripheral shape of the iron core. The axial air gap rotating electric machine has a first conductive member having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion contacting the end surface of the bobbin opening portion. The horizontal portion contacts parts of the iron core outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin inner tubular portion, and the vertical portion is conductively connected to the inner circumferential housing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Ryousou Masaki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20200006998
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a structure with which it is possible to improve the heat dissipation performance and efficiency of an axial gap dynamo-electric machine. Accordingly, the present invention is an axial gap dynamo-electric machine of such construction that a disc-shaped rotor in which permanent magnets are disposed is provided in the axial direction and a stator is disposed in the axial-direction center portion, wherein the outer circumferential side of a stator winding is in intimate contact with the inside diameter of a housing, embedding with a mold resin is used for the housing and a stator core and for a stator coil and the housing so that a connection is established with the housing, and the housing comprises a non-magnetic, electrically nonconductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Kenta DEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10523100
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial air-gap rotary electric machine with which it is possible to achieve downsizing and increased output as well as an improvement in the support strength of a molded resin and housing and a reduction in the manufacturing cost of the housing. Provided is an axial air-gap rotary electric machine having: a stator in which a plurality of core members, which have at least an iron core and a coil, are arranged in a circular shape centered around a rotating shaft and curved around the inner peripheral surface of a housing; and a rotor that faces an end surface of the iron core with a prescribed air gap therebetween in the radial direction of the rotating shaft. Therein, the housing has, in the surface facing the stator, a hole that communicates with the outside, and the stator has a resin molded portion formed by filling a resin into at least the surface of the core members facing the inner peripheral surface of the housing, and into the hole, and molding integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Shinya Yamaji, Toshifumi Suzuki, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Ryousou Masaki
  • Patent number: 10454325
    Abstract: The present invention ensures reliability while reducing the size of an axial air gap rotating electric machine. An axial air gap rotating electric machine has: a stator comprising a plurality of core members arranged in a ring shape, said core members each having an iron core, a coil wound in an iron core outer periphery direction, and a bobbin disposed between the iron core and the coil; and a rotor plane-facing an end surface of the iron core via an air gap in a rotating shaft radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Hirooki Tokoi, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Jun Sakurai, Tomonori Kawagoe, Daisaku Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190058374
    Abstract: To significantly improve a heat dissipation property of an axial gap rotary electric machine within a size necessary for configuring a motor. In an axial gap rotary electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor in an axial direction, the stator has a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction and coils wound around the stator cores, and a heat pipe obtained by filling an inside of a metal hollow pipe with a refrigerant is arranged in a gap between adjacent coils formed in an outer diameter portion of the stator in a radial direction and a housing with a necessary insulation distance between the coils and the heat pipe. The heat pipe extends in a direction of a rotation axis and an opposite output side, and is in contact with a heat dissipating fin outside an end bracket on the opposite output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi .Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Naoki SAKURAI, Hisashi TANIE, Kenta DEGUCHI