Patents by Inventor Jiro KUROKI

Jiro KUROKI 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: 9385567
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a rotor core. The plurality of permanent magnets are to form magnetic poles. The rotor core includes stacked steel sheets, magnet holes, a plurality of cutouts, and fixing elements. The magnet holes are provided in the stacked steel sheets. The plurality of permanent magnets are provided in the magnet holes. The plurality of cutouts are provided between the plurality of permanent magnets located adjacent in a circumferential direction of the rotor core to form different magnetic poles. The fixing elements are to fix the steel sheets to each other. The fixing elements are provided at positions on an outer peripheral side of inner peripheral end portions of the cutouts and between the cutouts and the magnet holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagahiro, Jiro Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20140062252
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a rotor core. The plurality of permanent magnets are to form magnetic poles. The rotor core includes stacked steel sheets, magnet holes, a plurality of cutouts, and fixing elements. The magnet holes are provided in the stacked steel sheets. The plurality of permanent magnets are provided in the magnet holes. The plurality of cutouts are provided between the plurality of permanent magnets located adjacent in a circumferential direction of the rotor core to form different magnetic poles. The fixing elements are to fix the steel sheets to each other. The fixing elements are provided at positions on an outer peripheral side of inner peripheral end portions of the cutouts and between the cutouts and the magnet holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro NAGAHIRO, Jiro KUROKI