Patents by Inventor Hiroshi KINPARA

Hiroshi KINPARA 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: 11336158
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a core of a rotating electrical machine includes: a preparation step of preparing a press device; a fixing step of fixing a steel sheet to a shaft member held by the press device by passing the shaft member through a hole provided in the steel sheet and extending in a stacking direction; and a processing step of performing press-working on the steel sheet by the press device in a state where the steel sheet is fixed to the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Patent number: 11271460
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Patent number: 11258341
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Patent number: 11190088
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Patent number: 11165314
    Abstract: A mandrel formed of urethane is inserted into a hollow shaft and is compressed axially by a die and a pad. The shaft is then fit in a shaft through hole of a rotor core. Thereafter, compression of the mandrel is released or reduced, and the mandrel is removed from the shaft. Thus, in fitting the hollow shaft in the shaft through hole of the rotor core, deformation of the shaft is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kinpara
  • Patent number: 11108056
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fuel cell that can reduce the amount of an adhesive applied to join a pair of sheet-like separators together while also avoiding failures in the conveyance of the separators. A separator, which has a bent portion on the peripheral edge thereof and has a recess and a projection formed on one surface and the other surface, respectively, of the separator by the bent portion, is used. The conveying step includes gripping the bent portion at opposite ends of each separator using grippers. The seal portion forming step includes disposing an adhesive in the recess formed by the bent portion of one of the separators, and fitting the projection formed by the bent portion of the other separator in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihito Ona, Takahide Katagiri, Keisuke Miyanaga, Hiroshi Kinpara
  • Patent number: 11005323
    Abstract: A shaft of a rotor includes a cylindrical core member and a resin member. An uneven portion made up of first hole portions is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the core member. The resin member covers the outer peripheral surface of the core member, while being adhesively fixed to the first hole portions. A rotor core is attached to a periphery of the resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Segawa, Hiroshi Kinpara
  • Publication number: 20210135550
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi KINPARA, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Publication number: 20210135551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi KINPARA, Takashi TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro SEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10916996
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JTDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Takashi Takahashi, Tomohiro Segawa
  • Patent number: 10892669
    Abstract: A rotor core includes a laminated iron core in which an electrical steel sheets are laminated, a magnet slot being provided in the laminated iron core and extending in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core, and a magnet that is fixed to an inside of the magnet slot through resin. The resin includes a filler, and the filler has a length in a longitudinal direction larger than a length in a width direction. The filler is oriented such that the longitudinal direction is directed towards a surface of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kinpara
  • Patent number: 10879761
    Abstract: In a rotor of a rotating electric machine, a rotor core is fixed by plastically deforming a shaft having a simple structure. The rotor core is formed by laminating steel sheets provided with shaft holes. The shaft is formed of a hollow metal component and is inserted so as to penetrate through the shaft holes in the steel sheets. A wall surface of the shaft is partially cut in the circumferential direction, and of two wall surface regions aligned in the axial direction with a cut portion in between, the wall surface region positioned on the side farther from the rotor core is plastically deformed in the radial direction. In this way, protruding portions that open the cut portions are formed. End surfaces of the rotor core are pressure bonded and fixed by the cut portions of these protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kinpara
  • Patent number: 10714763
    Abstract: A method for producing a fuel cell separator capable of ensuring the working accuracy for a separator material. A surface of a mold is provided with grooves, each groove having a depth and width each equivalent to or larger than the thickness of a coating layer and equivalent to or smaller than the thickness of the separator material, the mold including an upper die having a projection/recess pressing surface on which projecting and recessed surfaces extending in a predetermined direction are alternately provided, and a lower die having a projection/recess pressing surface in a shape complementary to that of the pressing surface of the upper die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinpara, Taichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200076256
    Abstract: A shaft of a rotor includes a cylindrical core member and a resin member. An uneven portion made up of first hole portions is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the core member. The resin member covers the outer peripheral surface of the core member, while being adhesively fixed to the first hole portions. A rotor core is attached to a periphery of the resin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro SEGAWA, Hiroshi KINPARA
  • Publication number: 20200067384
    Abstract: A rotor core includes a laminated iron core in which an electrical steel sheets are laminated, a magnet slot being provided in the laminated iron core and extending in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core, and a magnet that is fixed to an inside of the magnet slot through resin. The resin includes a filler, and the filler has a length in a longitudinal direction larger than a length in a width direction. The filler is oriented such that the longitudinal direction is directed towards a surface of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi KINPARA
  • Publication number: 20190229346
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fuel cell that can reduce the amount of an adhesive applied to join a pair of sheet-like separators together while also avoiding failures in the conveyance of the separators. A separator, which has a bent portion on the peripheral edge thereof and has a recess and a projection formed on one surface and the other surface, respectively, of the separator by the bent portion, is used. The conveying step includes gripping the bent portion at opposite ends of each separator using grippers. The seal portion forming step includes disposing an adhesive in the recess formed by the bent portion of one of the separators, and fitting the projection formed by the bent portion of the other separator in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kunihito ONA, Takahide KATAGIRI, Keisuke MIYANAGA, Hiroshi KINPARA
  • Publication number: 20190181733
    Abstract: A mandrel formed of urethane is inserted into a hollow shaft and is compressed axially by a die and a pad. The shaft is then fit in a shaft through hole of a rotor core. Thereafter, compression of the mandrel is released or reduced, and the mandrel is removed from the shaft. Thus, in fitting the hollow shaft in the shaft through hole of the rotor core, deformation of the shaft is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi KINPARA
  • Publication number: 20190115812
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotational electric machine rotor includes: forming a rotor shaft having a non-circular sectional outer shape; forming a rotor core by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic body thin plates each including a center hole having a non-circular shape corresponding to the non-circular sectional outer shape of the rotor shaft; and forming a protruding part for fixing the rotor core and the rotor shaft to each other by inserting the rotor shaft into the non-circular center hole of the rotor core and squashing the rotor shaft extending out of an axial-direction end face of the rotor core by using a predetermined swaging jig to expand the rotor shaft outward beyond an outer periphery of the non-circular section along the axial-direction end face of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi KINPARA, Takashi TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190115810
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a core of a rotating electrical machine includes: a preparation step of preparing a press device; a fixing step of fixing a steel sheet to a shaft member held by the press device by passing the shaft member through a hole provided in the steel sheet and extending in a stacking direction; and a processing step of performing press-working on the steel sheet by the press device in a state where the steel sheet is fixed to the shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi KINPARA, Takashi TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190109511
    Abstract: In a rotor of a rotating electric machine, a rotor core is fixed by plastically deforming a shaft having a simple structure. The rotor core is formed by laminating steel sheets provided with shaft holes. The shaft is formed of a hollow metal component and is inserted so as to penetrate through the shaft holes in the steel sheets. A wall surface of the shaft is partially cut in the circumferential direction, and of two wall surface regions aligned in the axial direction with a cut portion in between, the wall surface region positioned on the side farther from the rotor core is plastically deformed in the radial direction. In this way, protruding portions that open the cut portions are formed. End surfaces of the rotor core are pressure bonded and fixed by the cut portions of these protruding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi KINPARA