Patents by Inventor Katsumi Amano

Katsumi Amano 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: 9003639
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a plurality of hole portions arranged in the circumferential direction, a magnet inserted into a plurality of hole portions each, and a filling portion injected into the hole portion. The filling portion is injected into the hole portion from a gate facing a central part in the width direction of the magnet in the opening of the hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Atsushi Watanabe, Kenichiro Fukumaru, Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20140151926
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Hirotoshi Mabu, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8728375
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Hirotoshi Mabu, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20120305180
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi MATSUBAYASHI, Hirotoshi MABU, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20120285004
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a plurality of hole portions arranged in the circumferential direction, a magnet inserted into a plurality of hole portions each, and a filling portion injected into the hole portion. The filling portion is injected into the hole portion from a gate facing a central part in the width direction of the magnet in the opening of the hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro HARUNO, Taketo TAKEUCHI, Atsushi WATANABE, Kenichiro FUKUMARU, Katsumi AMANO, Kazutoshi UEDA, Takashi FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8268219
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Hirotoshi Mabu, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8127431
    Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core in a preheating device to preheat the laminated core; a second process of removing the preheated laminated core from the preheating device and disposing the laminated core between upper and lower dies of a resin sealing apparatus; a third process of pressing the laminated core by the upper and lower dies and liquefying resin material in resin reservoir pots by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material from the pots into the magnet insertion holes by plungers inserted and moving vertically in the pots and thermally curing the resin material. The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets in the laminated core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8058767
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a magnet-inserted hole portion; a magnet inserted into the magnet-inserted hole portion; and a resin portion injected into the magnet-inserted hole portion. The rotor core is constructed by axially stacking a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets. The electromagnetic steel sheets include: an electromagnetic steel sheet having the magnet-inserted hole portion and a weight-reducing-purpose hole portion provided separately from the magnet-inserted hole portion; and an electromagnetic steel sheet located on at least one axial end of the rotor core and having a portion covering the hole portion formed in the electromagnetic steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Katsumi Amano, Takashi Fukumoto, Kazutoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8020280
    Abstract: An object is to provide a rotor manufacturing method capable of reducing a rotor unbalance amount by controlling a magnet arrangement position in a rotor core and improving work efficiency when fixing a magnet to the rotor core by using resin. A lower surface of a rotor core is arranged in a lower mold. A magnet is arranged in a lower mold. A magnet is contained in each of magnet containing holes formed in the rotor core in such a manner that a predetermined space is assumed between an upper surface of the rotor core and an upper surface of the magnet. An upper mold is arranged on the upper surface of the rotor core. The upper mold and the lower mold apply a pressure to the rotor core and a molten resin is supplied with pressure from an internal diameter side via the predetermined space into the plurality of magnet containing holes from respective cylinder arranged in the upper mold. Thus, the magnets are molded by resin while pressing the magnets toward the outer diameter side of the magnet containing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukumaru, Katsumi Amano, Takashi Fukumoto, Kazutoshi Ueda, Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110179633
    Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core in a preheating device to preheat the laminated core; a second process of removing the preheated laminated core from the preheating device and disposing the laminated core between upper and lower dies of a resin sealing apparatus; a third process of pressing the laminated core by the upper and lower dies and liquefying resin material in resin reservoir pots by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material from the pots into the magnet insertion holes by plungers inserted and moving vertically in the pots and thermally curing the resin material. The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets in the laminated core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 7974518
    Abstract: A record/play device includes a recording unit that records, on a recording medium, a series content data sequentially input to the record/play device, a playback unit that plays back, while recording the data by the recording unit, the content data recorded on the recording medium, and a control unit that controls simultaneous record and play. The control unit includes a data size changing unit that changes a data size at which the content data is to be recorded on the recording medium to a data size different from a data size at which content data that has been recorded on the recording medium is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Shisei Cho, Katsumi Amano
  • Patent number: 7965587
    Abstract: A recording and reproduction system includes a recording system and a reproduction system. The reproduction system reproduces (simultaneous reproduction) data of content while the data is being recorded by the recording system. The recording system records information on recording process to a management area as management data. The reproduction system reads the management data to control reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Shisei Cho
  • Patent number: 7950133
    Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core in a preheating device to preheat the laminated core; a second process of removing the preheated laminated core from the preheating device and disposing the laminated core between upper and lower dies of a resin sealing apparatus; a third process of pressing the laminated core by the upper and lower dies and liquefying resin material in resin reservoir pots by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material from the pots into the magnet insertion holes by plungers inserted and moving vertically in the pots and thermally curing the resin material. The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets in the laminated core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110115126
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Hirotoshi Mabu, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 7897089
    Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Hirotoshi Mabu, Katsumi Amano, Atsushi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110000079
    Abstract: An object is to provide a rotor manufacturing method capable of reducing a rotor unbalance amount by controlling a magnet arrangement position in a rotor core and improving work efficiency when fixing a magnet to the rotor core by using resin. A lower surface of a rotor core is arranged in a lower mold. A magnet is arranged in a lower mold. A magnet is contained in each of magnet containing holes formed in the rotor core in such a manner that a predetermined space is assumed between an upper surface of the rotor core and an upper surface of the magnet. An upper mold is arranged on the upper surface of the rotor core. The upper mold and the lower mold apply a pressure to the rotor core and a molten resin is supplied with pressure from an internal diameter side via the predetermined space into the plurality of magnet containing holes from respective cylinder arranged in the upper mold. Thus, the magnets are molded by resin while pressing the magnets toward the outer diameter side of the magnet containing holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukumaru, Katsumi Amano, Takashi Fukumoto, Kazutoshi Ueda, Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7854056
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to propose a method of producing a rotor, capable of reliably fixing a magnet to a rotor core with resin and preventing breakage of the rotor core. The present invention includes a step of fixing a permanent magnet to a rotor core by injecting molten resin into a slot by injection molding on the condition that, assuming that: a dimension between an end surface of the rotor core and an end surface of the permanent magnet is a core end surface-magnet interval; and a minimum value of a dimension between an inner surface of the slot and a side surface of the permanent magnet, allowing the molten resin to fully fill a clearance between the inner surface of the slot and the side surface of the permanent magnet by injecting the resin into the slot through a cylinder, is a minimum slot-magnet interval value, and a value of the core end surface-magnet interval is equal to or larger than the minimum slot-magnet interval value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Kenichiro Fukumaru, Kentaro Haruno, Taketo Takeuchi, Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20100134637
    Abstract: A photographing management server is provided with a photographing request information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing request information from a photographing request device, a photographing load information transmission request unit that transmits the photographing request information and requests the transmission of photographing load information including a load amount, a photographing load information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing load information, a photographing request subject determining unit for determining a photographing device requested to photograph in accordance with the photographing load information, a photographing request unit for requesting the photographing device determined by the photographing request determining unit to photograph, an image data acquiring unit for acquiring image data from the photographing device requested by the photographing request unit and an image data provision unit for providing image data to the photographing request device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shisei cho, Katsumi Amano, Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Tsuyoshio Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100083486
    Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core in a preheating device to preheat the laminated core; a second process of removing the preheated laminated core from the preheating device and disposing the laminated core between upper and lower dies of a resin sealing apparatus; a third process of pressing the laminated core by the upper and lower dies and liquefying resin material in resin reservoir pots by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material from the pots into the magnet insertion holes by plungers inserted and moving vertically in the pots and thermally curing the resin material. The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets in the laminated core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 7653984
    Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core (13) in a preheating device (18) to preheat the laminated core (13); a second process of removing the preheated laminated core (13) from the preheating device (18) and disposing the laminated core (13) between upper and lower dies (14, 15) of a resin sealing apparatus (29); a third process of pressing the laminated core (13) by the upper and lower dies (14, 15) and liquefying resin material (17) in resin reservoir pots (16) by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material (17) from the pots (16) into the magnet insertion holes (12) by plungers (32) inserted and moving vertically in the pots (16) and thermally curing the resin material (17). The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets (11) in the laminated core (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui High-tec, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Amano, Kazutoshi Ueda