Patents by Inventor Kai IIJIMA

Kai IIJIMA 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: 11808163
    Abstract: A turbine housing has: a first inner member; a second inner member contacting with the first inner member; a turbine scroll flow path enclosed and defined by the first inner member and the second inner member; a first casting housing covering the first inner member at a side opposite to the second inner member; a second casting housing covering the second inner member at a side opposite to the first inner member; an aperture formed in one or both of the first casting housing and the second casting housing and including an opening that opens to an outside; a tube member arranged in the aperture and defining an inlet flow path connected to the turbine scroll flow path; and an inner opening defined by the first inner member and the second inner member and overlapping with one end of the tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Sugiura, Yuji Sasaki, Kai Iijima, Ryosuke Yumoto, Tatsuya Fukui, Yoshihito Katsu
  • Patent number: 11788552
    Abstract: An example rotary machine includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, and a cooling jacket disposed around the stator. The cooling jacket includes an inner body part being cylindrical and in contact with the stator, an outer body part being cylindrical and surrounding the inner body part, and a groove through which a cooling medium passes, the groove circling helically around an outer circumference of the inner body part at least once. The groove has a pair of side surfaces opposed in a direction of an axis of rotation of the rotor, and a bottom surface connected to each of the pair of side surfaces. Each of the pair of side surfaces is formed having a draft angle inclined away from each other, the draft angle inclined relative to a release direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kai Iijima, Tatsuya Fukui, Hikaru Sugiura, Yoshihito Katsu
  • Publication number: 20230231431
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes a rotatable shaft, and a magnet structure mounted around the shaft. The magnet structure includes magnet pieces including a first magnet piece and a second magnet piece. The first magnet piece has a fracture surface facing the second magnet piece, and an outer surface forming a circumferential surface of the magnet structure. A surface roughness of the fracture surface is greater than a surface roughness of the outer surface of the first magnet piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Naoki OIWA, Natsuki YONEYAMA, Yuji SASAKI, Yoshihito KATSU, Hikaru SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20230198355
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes a shaft body, a cylindrical magnet covering an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body, a cylindrical protective layer covering an outer circumferential surface of the magnet and an annular end ring having the shaft body inserted therethrough, and in contact with an end surface of the magnet. The end ring is fixed to the shaft body by an inner circumferential resin portion formed between an inner circumferential surface of the end ring and the outer circumferential surface of the shaft body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Naoki OIWA, Natsuki YONEYAMA, Yuji SASAKI, Yoshihito KATSU, Hikaru SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 11664694
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes an inner sleeve, a cylindrical permanent magnet disposed around the inner sleeve, and a resin portion formed by charging a gap between the inner sleeve and the permanent magnet with a resin. The inner sleeve includes a small diameter portion. The small diameter portion is located to face an inner peripheral surface of an end portion of the permanent magnet in an axial direction. The small diameter portion is formed to have a diameter smaller than a diameter of a portion facing an inner peripheral surface of a center portion of the permanent magnet in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Iijima, Hikaru Sugiura, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsuya Fukui, Yoshihito Katsu, Ryosuke Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20230125199
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes an electric motor including a rotor and a stator, a rotating shaft to be rotated driving the electric motor, an impeller attached to the rotating shaft, an inner case surrounding the stator and to which the stator is fixed, and an outer portion externally mounted on the inner case. The outer portion includes an inner circumferential surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the inner case, and a flow path groove formed on the inner circumferential surface and through which a refrigerant passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Yuji SASAKI, Hikaru SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20230122181
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core having an annular shape; teeth that protrudes inwardly in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface of the stator core; an insulator that covers the teeth; and a winding wound around the teeth with the insulator interposed between the winding and the teeth. The teeth includes: a right surface extending in a first direction along a central axis of the stator core; a left surface extending in the first direction; a top surface that extends between the right surface and the left surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a bottom surface that extends between the right surface and the left surface in the second direction; and a through-hole portion penetrating through the teeth from the top surface to the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsuya FUKUI
  • Patent number: 11359642
    Abstract: This electric compressor includes a rotation shaft including a first end and a second end, a compressor impeller which is mounted on the first end of the rotation shaft and includes a back surface facing the second end, a motor disposed between the first end and the second end of the rotation shaft, a wall portion which separates an impeller space and a motor space from each other and includes a reference wall surface having a shape along the back surface of the compressor impeller, and a bypass hole which is formed in the wall portion to connect the impeller space to the motor space and includes a first opening which opens to the impeller space. In the wall portion, a recessed portion which is disposed around the first opening of the bypass hole and recessed from the reference wall surface is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kai Iijima, Tatsuya Fukui, Hikaru Sugiura, Yoshihito Katsu, Takashi Yoshida, Takashi Mori
  • Publication number: 20220034239
    Abstract: A turbine housing has: a first inner member; a second inner member contacting with the first inner member; a turbine scroll flow path enclosed and defined by the first inner member and the second inner member; a first casting housing covering the first inner member at a side opposite to the second inner member; a second casting housing covering the second inner member at a side opposite to the first inner member; an aperture formed in one or both of the first casting housing and the second casting housing and including an opening that opens to an outside; a tube member arranged in the aperture and defining an inlet flow path connected to the turbine scroll flow path; and an inner opening defined by the first inner member and the second inner member and overlapping with one end of the tube member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru SUGIURA, Yuji SASAKI, Kai IIJIMA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Tatsuya FUKUI, Yoshihito KATSU
  • Publication number: 20220029487
    Abstract: An example motor rotor includes a cylindrical magnet which is disposed around a rotation shaft, a protective layer which is disposed around the magnet, and a middle resin portion which is disposed between the magnet and the protective layer. The magnet has a cylindrical shape that extends continuously in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft. A surface treatment portion is formed on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the magnet or an inner peripheral surface of the protective layer, to impart adhesion with the middle resin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hikaru SUGIURA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Kai IIJIMA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Yoshihito KATSU, Kuniaki IIZUKA, Ryosuke YUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220021255
    Abstract: A motor rotor includes an inner sleeve, a cylindrical permanent magnet disposed around the inner sleeve, and a resin portion formed by charging a gap between the inner sleeve and the permanent magnet with a resin. The inner sleeve includes a small diameter portion. The small diameter portion is located to face an inner peripheral surface of an end portion of the permanent magnet in an axial direction. The small diameter portion is formed to have a diameter smaller than a diameter of a portion facing an inner peripheral surface of a center portion of the permanent magnet in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Hikaru SUGIURA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsuya FUKUI, Yoshihito KATSU, Ryosuke YUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210203199
    Abstract: An IPM motor includes a rotation shaft, a rotor, and a stator. The rotor includes a rotor body, a magnet, and a resin filled between the magnet and the rotor body. The magnet includes a magnet main surface, a magnet back surface, and a magnet side surface. The rotor body includes a slot side surface facing the magnet side surface. The slot side surface includes a first flat surface portion and an inclined surface portion. The resin includes a first side surface resin portion filled between the magnet side surface and the first flat surface portion and a second side surface resin portion filled between the magnet side surface and the inclined surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kai IIJIMA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Yuji SASAKI, Hikaru SUGIURA, Kuniaki IIZUKA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Yoshihito KATSU
  • Publication number: 20210115925
    Abstract: An example rotary machine includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, and a cooling jacket disposed around the stator. The cooling jacket includes an inner body part being cylindrical and in contact with the stator, an outer body part being cylindrical and surrounding the inner body part, and a groove through which a cooling medium passes, the groove circling helically around an outer circumference of the inner body part at least once. The groove has a pair of side surfaces opposed in a direction of an axis of rotation of the rotor, and a bottom surface connected to each of the pair of side surfaces. Each of the pair of side surfaces is formed having a draft angle inclined away from each other, the draft angle inclined relative to a release direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Kai IIJIMA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Hikaru SUGIURA, Yoshihito KATSU
  • Publication number: 20210102551
    Abstract: This electric compressor includes a rotation shaft including a first end and a second end, a compressor impeller which is mounted on the first end of the rotation shaft and includes a back surface facing the second end, a motor disposed between the first end and the second end of the rotation shaft, a wall portion which separates an impeller space and a motor space from each other and includes a reference wall surface having a shape along the back surface of the compressor impeller, and a bypass hole which is formed in the wall portion to connect the impeller space to the motor space and includes a first opening which opens to the impeller space. In the wall portion, a recessed portion which is disposed around the first opening of the bypass hole and recessed from the reference wall surface is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Kai IIJIMA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Hikaru SUGIURA, Yoshihito KATSU, Takashi YOSHIDA, Takashi MORI