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).

  • Patent number: 12573892
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Mizuki Nakahara, Toshifumi Suzuki, Masaru Amaike, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toru Sakai
  • Publication number: 20250343447
    Abstract: There included are a rotor (3), a stator core (21) having a plurality of slots (21c) between the rotor (3) and a back yoke (21a), resin bobbins (22) each of which includes a plurality of coil insertion holes (22a) arranged along a radial direction of the stator core (21) and is fit into the slot (21c), and a first gap hole (22ca) provided to a side wall (22c) that is closest to the back yoke (21a) among side walls of the bobbin (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yu HASEGAWA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Kenji IKEDA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI
  • Publication number: 20250337294
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a stator core (21) having a slot (21a); a bobbin (22) fitted in the slot (21a) and having a through hole (22c) penetrating in an axial direction of the stator core (21); a coil (23) inserted in the through hole (22c); a plurality of protrusions (22e) that protrude from at least one of an inner periphery of the through hole (22c) and an outer periphery of the coil (23), and guide the position of the coil (23) in the through hole (22c); and a resin filled on the periphery of the coil (23) in the through hole (22c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kenji IKEDA, Hirooki TOKOI, Yuji ENOMOTO, Takahito MURAKI, Yu HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI, Toru SAKAI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Masaru AMAIKE
  • Publication number: 20250251418
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a magnet on a conveyed object side, a magnetic pole including a tooth made of a ferromagnetic body and a winding outside the tooth, a yoke for forming a magnetic circuit comprising a ferromagnetic body, the magnetic circuit coupling a plurality of the magnetic poles, and a drive circuit for supplying a current to the winding. A magnetic field is generated at the magnetic pole by a voltage applied, and a thrust conveys the object in a horizontal direction. The magnetic pole includes a first magnetic pole where current is supplied to apply a force in a conveyance direction, and at least one adjacent magnetic pole, the current is supplied to a windings of the adjacent and first magnetic poles simultaneously, and a magnetic saturation level is controlled by a magnetic flux generated by the at least one adjacent magnetic pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hirooki TOKOI, Shinji AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20250253731
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine including: a rotor (200); a stator core (110) having a slot (111) provided with an opening portion (112) on the rotor (200) side; a bobbin (150) that is fitted into the slot (111), and into which a coil (140) is inserted; a projecting portion (152) disposed on the opening portion (112) side in the bobbin (150); and a resin (160) fixing the stator core (110), the coil (140), and the bobbin (150) to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Kenji IKEDA, Mizuki NAKAHARA, Yu HASEGAWA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Toru SAKAI, Masaru AMAIKE, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 12255551
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuki Nakahara, Hirooki Tokoi, Kenji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11984816
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mizuki Nakahara, Hirooki Tokoi, Kimihisa Furukawa, Yuki Kawaguchi
  • 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