Patents by Inventor Hisaya Shimizu

Hisaya Shimizu 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: 20170256997
    Abstract: Provided is a stator of a rotary electric machine excellent in insulation property and productivity, and a rotary electric machine equipped therewith. A stator of a rotary electric machine includes a stator core that is provided with a plurality of slots; and a stator coil that is provided in the slots, wherein N (herein, N is a positive even number) segment conductors are provided in each slot, wherein the stator coil is configured such that the plurality of segment conductors are connected through welding portions, each of which is provided in a conductor end portion of each segment conductor, wherein the conductor end portions are arranged in an annular shape in a circumferential direction in a coil end in an axial direction, and N annular rows are configured, and wherein directions of punching burr portions of a stator slot and the stator core on an inner-diameter side of the stator are inverted to a direction of a punching burr portion of the stator core on an outer-diameter side of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Yutaka MATSUNOBU, Hisaya SHIMIZU, Tomohiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20170133899
    Abstract: Provided are: a rotating-electrical-machine stator in which the height of coil ends of a stator coil is suppressed, while interference between adjacent conductors at the coil ends is avoided; and a rotating electrical machine provided with same. The rotating-electrical-machine stator is provided with: a stator core provided with a plurality of slots; and a stator coil inserted into the slots. The rotating-electrical-machine stator is characterized in that: the stator coil is provided with at least two conductors which are disposed in the same layer as a first conductor, and which are inserted into the slots adjacent to the first conductor; and the shapes of coil protrusions protruding radially outwards are configured so as to form arcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUDA, Hisaya SHIMIZU, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Kenichi NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160329773
    Abstract: Provided is a stator for a rotating electric machine equipped with a connection terminal having high manufacturability and vibration resistance; also provided is a rotating electric machine equipped with this stator. The stator, which is for a rotating electric machine equipped with a stator coil, is equipped with a connection terminal. The connection terminal has a crimping part to which stator coil input/output coil conductors are connected, and a fastening part which is mechanically connected to an external mechanism, with a melt material arranged on the fastening part. The input/output coil conductors are configured so as to be connected to the connection terminal, with the melt material provided on the crimping part therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Tomohiro FUKUDA, Hisaya SHIMIZU, Shin ONOSE, Kazuo OJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160276890
    Abstract: A stator in which the height of a coil end of a stator winding can be lowered is provided, and an electric rotating machine including such a stator is provided. In a stator of an electric rotating machine including a stator winding including neutral lines and output lines, the neutral lines are configured to include crawling portion extending circumferentially in the upper portion of a coil at the coil end, and the crawling portion includes an axial stepped portion. The output lines are configured to pass under the axial stepped portion in at least one location of three phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUDA, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Hisaya SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160036282
    Abstract: Provided are a coil having excellent insulation properties, a rotating electrical machine equipped with the same, and a method for manufacturing the same. The coil (60) has a covered portion where a conductive body (602) is covered with an insulating film (612) and a stripped portion where the insulating film is stripped off, and the stripped portion is electrophoretically coated with a resin material (601). The coil (60) may have a configuration wherein segment conductors (28) each having a covered portion and stripped. portion are included, connection parts are formed by the stripped portions of two different segment conductors (28) being connected cit coil ends (62), and the thickness of the resin material (601) is no more than the thickness of the insulating film (612) at the boundary portion (630) between the covered portion and the stripped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Tomohiro FUKUDA, Akira TOBA, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Takashi GENMOTO, Naoki NISHIKAWA, Hisaya SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150303754
    Abstract: A new rotor for a rotating electric machine assuring outstanding durability and reliability against vibration and facilitating equalization of resistances among a plurality of rotor coils, while allowing the leading ends of a plurality of lead wires to be disposed so as to congregate in one area, is provided. A plurality of stator coils 102 wound at a cylindrical stator core 101 each include leader portions led out from one of two ends of a slot along the axial direction and extending astride a plurality of slots. Lead wires 300 each formed at one end of a stator coil 102 are disposed so that their leading ends, oriented in the same direction, congregate in a single area. In a leader portion where a lead wire 300 is located, a turnback portion 400, made to turn back with an angle equal to or greater than 90° from an inclining wire portion 113, which is led out with an inclination along a predetermined direction from the slot, is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukuda, Takahiro Ohmori, Takashi Genmoto, Kenichi Nakayama, Hisaya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150222155
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine having downsized coil ends is provided. In a rotating electric machine having a stator 130 including a stator core 132 formed with a plurality of slots 420 rowed in a circumferential direction and a stator coil 138 inserted into the slots of the stator core, and a rotor 150 disposed rotatably with respect to the stator core with a clearance interposed therebetween. The stator coil is formed by a plurality of segment coils 28 being connected, the segment coils 28 being made of a conductor shaped into a rough U-shape and having a rectangular cross-section. The segment coil has at an end a connection portion 800 connected to another segment coil, the connection portion having a corner portion 810.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Tomohiro Fukuda, Masamichi Kase, Hiroshi Matahira, Kazuo Ojima, Dai Nakamura, Shin Onose, Mitsuaki Mirumachi, Hisaya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8054633
    Abstract: A power converter which can attain a reliable electric connection with electrodes of a power module by facilitating positioning of conductors connected to the electrodes of the power module. The power converter includes the power module having the plurality of electrodes in the form of plate-shaped conductors within a casing having a lid, and also includes a plurality of plate-shaped conductors connected to the electrodes of the power module. Male screws are embedded in ones of the electrodes of the power module provided at least on the side of the lid to be projected therefrom, the plate-shaped conductors connected to the electrodes having the male screws are formed therein with holes at locations corresponding to the male screws, the male screws being inserted in the corresponding holes, and electrically connected with the electrodes with nuts fastened to the male screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokihito Suwa, Keiji Kunii, Hisaya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090179510
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine main body 40 includes a rotor 4 having a fan, a stator 1, and housings 2, 3. An inverter unit 30 includes a case 14 and a plurality of switching semiconductor devices 15. The rotating electrical machine main body 40 and the inverter unit 30 are coupled with each other when the case 14 is connected to the housing 3. A cooling air circulated by rotation of a fan 12a cools the inverter unit 30 before flowing into the housing. Part of the case 14 is disposed between the rotating electrical machine main body 40 and the switching semiconductor devices 15, preventing thermal radiation radiated (or irradiated) from the rotating electrical machine main body 40 from reaching the switching semiconductor devices 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshida, Tokihito Suwa, Kazuto Oyama, Hisaya Shimizu, Yosuke Umesaki
  • Publication number: 20090127948
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator 1 and a rotor 6. The stator 1 includes an annular stator core 5 and a stator winding 3 that is a star connection of flat wire coils. Lead wires 3U-IB, 3U-IIB, . . . of the stator winding 3 extend from other coil ends substantially in parallel with an axial direction of the rotating electric machine. A neutral conductor connection device 100 has a neutral point connection bus bar 101 formed of a conductive plate. The neutral conductor connection device 100 connects between lead wires forming neutral conductors of the star connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisaya SHIMIZU, Yosuke Umesaki, Kenichi Yoshida, Kohei Ichikawa, Yoshimi Mori
  • Publication number: 20090002956
    Abstract: A power converter which can attain a reliable electric connection with electrodes of a power module by facilitating positioning of conductors connected to the electrodes of the power module. The power converter includes the power module having the plurality of electrodes in the form of plate-shaped conductors within a casing having a lid, and also includes a plurality of plate-shaped conductors connected to the electrodes of the power module. Male screws are embedded in ones of the electrodes of the power module provided at least on the side of the lid to be projected therefrom, the plate-shaped conductors connected to the electrodes having the male screws are formed therein with holes at locations corresponding to the male screws, the male screws being inserted in the corresponding holes, and electrically connected with the electrodes with nuts fastened to the male screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokihito Suwa, Keiji Kunii, Hisaya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7455133
    Abstract: An electric four-wheel drive vehicle and a control unit for the same, which can be applied to cars of class having larger displacements than the class to which the electric four-wheel drive vehicle equipped with the DC motor is applied, without increasing the cost over that of the known mechanical four-wheel drive vehicle. Front wheels of the vehicle are driven by an engine, and rear wheels are driven by an AC motor. A generator is driven by a rotating force of the engine to output DC power. An inverter converts the DC power outputted from the generator to AC power. A control unit controls the generator such that energy Pm required for driving the AC motor is outputted from the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Masaru Ito, Hisaya Shimizu, Kenta Katsuhama
  • Publication number: 20080224560
    Abstract: To provide an electric machine capable of being improved in both fabricability and reliability, and a process for manufacturing the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIDA, Kazuto Oyama, Hisaya Shimizu, Yosuke Umesaki
  • Patent number: 7374000
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle driving apparatus capable of providing a sufficient driving force. A driving high-power generator is driven by an engine. A DC motor is driven directly by energy from the generator. A driving generator output voltage control circuit controls output voltage of the generator in accordance with the demanded driving force from the vehicle to control the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Fukasaku, Keiichi Mashino, Yuuji Maeda, Susumu Tajima, Hisaya Shimizu, Keisuke Nishidate
  • Publication number: 20080007190
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a motor control apparatus and on-vehicle motor drive system which can easily protect components of an inverter from overvoltage even if surplus power occurs in a generator in a system without a battery between a generator and a motor. An inverter 32 converts the DC power generated by a generator 21 to AC power, and supplies it to an AC motor 40. A controller 100 controls DC-to-AC conversion in the inverter 32. Interruption means including an overvoltage detector 36 and a semiconductor switch 38 prevents the power generated by the generator 21 from being supplied to the inverter 32 when the inverter 32 is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunii, Tokihito Suwa, Hisaya Shimizu, Satoru Ohno
  • Patent number: 7308960
    Abstract: A vehicle drive train and drive train system is provided to simplify wire harness including power cables and reduce power loss in an engine-motor hybrid vehicle drive train system. The drive train and system includes some wheels driven by an engine, and other wheels driven by a motorized machine. When the running load is large, for example, starting a vehicle or running on a climbing lane, the motorized machine is activated for driving wheels in order to assist the engine. When no motor assistances is needed (for example, in low to medium load running or deceleration), the motorized machine functions as a generator to convert mechanical energy from the wheels into electric energy. The motorized machine, inverter, capacitor device and controller are integrated into a unit and the unit is attached to a differential gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisaya Shimizu, Takehiko Kowatari, Kousaku Oono, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Innami
  • Patent number: 7279855
    Abstract: A vehicle electric drive system and a hybrid engine-motor type vehicle drive system realizing simplification and miniaturization of electric parts and, moreover, reduction in cost while maintaining performances can be provided. A part 1 of wheels is driven by an engine. The wheels are driven by a motor as necessary. The motor, a generator, and an accessory battery are connected to each other via a voltage step-up/step-down device. The voltage step-up/step-down device has a function of stepping up power of the battery and supplying the stepping up power to the motor, and a function of stepped down power of the generator and supplying the stepped down power to the battery and the accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Tahara, Keisuke Nishidate, Kenichi Yoshida, Hisaya Shimizu, Toshiyuki Innami, Shinichi Fujino
  • Publication number: 20060201730
    Abstract: An electric four-wheel drive vehicle and a control unit for the same, which can be applied to cars of class having larger displacements than the class to which the electric four-wheel drive vehicle equipped with the DC motor is applied, without increasing the cost over that of the known mechanical four-wheel drive vehicle. Front wheels of the vehicle are driven by an engine, and rear wheels are driven by an AC motor. A generator is driven by a rotating force of the engine to output DC power. An inverter converts the DC power outputted from the generator to AC power. A control unit controls the generator such that energy Pm required for driving the AC motor is outputted from the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Masaru Ito, Hisaya Shimizu, Kenta Katsuhama
  • Publication number: 20060152180
    Abstract: A vehicle electric drive system and a hybrid engine-motor type vehicle drive system realizing simplification and miniaturization of electric parts and, moreover, reduction in cost while maintaining performances can be provided. A part 1 of wheels is driven by an engine. The wheels are driven by a motor as necessary. The motor, a generator, and an accessory battery are connected to each other via a voltage step-up/step-down device. The voltage step-up/step-down device has a function of stepping up power of the battery and supplying the stepping up power to the motor, and a function of stepped down power of the generator and supplying the stepped down power to the battery and the accessories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuo Tahara, Keisuke Nishidate, Kenichi Yoshida, Hisaya Shimizu, Toshiyuki Innami, Shinichi Fujino
  • Patent number: 7044255
    Abstract: An electric generating system for automobiles has a primary generator which is driven by an internal combustion engine of an automobile and supplies power to an electric load of the automobile and an electric motor for driving wheels of the automobile which are not driven by the internal combustion engine. A secondary generator is driven by the internal combustion engine and drives the motor. A control unit controls the secondary generator and the electric motor. The control circuit controls the output of the generator according to a driving force requested by the automobile, and the driving force of the electric motor is controlled by the output of the secondary generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Maeda, Keiichi Mashino, Hisaya Shimizu, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Fukasaku, Susumu Tajima, Toshiyuki Innami, Keisuke Mishidate