Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Takaichi

Kazuhiro Takaichi 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: 10583579
    Abstract: A field-pole magnet manufacturing apparatus fractures a magnet fixed on a die serving as a lower tool by causing a punch of an upper tool to press the magnet while in contact with the magnet. At least one projection is formed in the punch of the upper tool symmetrically with respect to the central position of the magnet in the width direction of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hiroharu Takeuchi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Patent number: 9908255
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing magnet segments constituting a field pole magnetic body formed by cleaving a magnetic body at a plurality of scheduled cleaving parts is provided. The apparatus includes placing tables on which a magnetic body having a coating applied to an outer surface thereof is placed, a pressing unit that cleaves the magnetic body by pressing the magnetic body from an opposite side of an incision at a scheduled cleaving part arranged between two of the placing tables, and a cutting unit that cuts the coaling of the magnetic body present at the scheduled cleaving part after the magnetic body is cleaved, by applying a moment in a direction opposite to a moment generated in the magnetic body between the two placing tables at the time of cleaving. Cleaving divides the magnetic body into a magnet segment and an uncleaved magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi
  • Patent number: 9899148
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a field pole magnet body includes a reference jig having reference surfaces in a lengthwise direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction for positioning the plurality of cleaved and divided magnet fragments; a lengthwise direction pressing means that presses the magnet fragments from the lengthwise direction to the lengthwise direction reference surface; a width direction pressing means that presses them from the width direction to the width direction reference surface; and a thickness pressing means that presses them from the thickness direction to the thickness direction reference surface. The lengthwise direction pressing means is operated to press the magnet fragments in a state in which a pressing force of at least one of the width direction pressing means and the thickness direction pressing means is suppressed to be weaker than a pressing force generated by the lengthwise direction pressing means or is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsushita, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Kimio Nishimura, Kazuhiro Takaichi, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 9659707
    Abstract: A one-piece field-pole magnet is manufactured by filling a gap formed between magnetic pieces placed on a plane with an adhesive or resin. During the process, a pushing member applies a pushing force onto each of the magnet pieces in a thickness direction thereof. The pushing member comprises pushing parts each of which pushes each of the magnet pieces, thereby equalizing the pushing forces applied to the respective magnet pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Patent number: 9625539
    Abstract: A magnet evaluating device evaluates an evaluation magnet by passing the evaluation magnet, which is formed by connecting a plurality of magnetic sections with insulating material in between, and a master magnet of the same form through an alternating magnetic field generated by an excitation coil, measuring the eddy current occurring in the magnetic section as voltage or current occurring in a detection coil and comparing the measured value for the evaluation magnet and the measured value for the master magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Higaki, Kimio Nishimura, Masahiro Omata, Hideki Watanabe, Yasuhisa Koike, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Hiroaki Shibukawa, Kazuhiro Takaichi, Hideo Sakuyama, Yuhei Yamane, Yoshito Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9613749
    Abstract: A manufacturing device for a field pole magnet body includes a reference jig having reference surfaces in the lengthwise direction, width direction, and thickness direction for positioning a plurality of cleaved and divided magnet fragments in an aligned state. The manufacturing device further includes a first pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments to the thickness direction reference surface from the thickness direction of a magnet body to align them in the thickness direction, and a second pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments to the width direction reference surface from the width direction of the magnet body to align them in the width direction. An operational axis line of a pressing part of at least one of the first and second pressing means is arranged to be tilted such that it approaches the lengthwise direction reference surface at the side that abuts the magnet fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsushita, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Kimio Nishimura, Kazuhiro Takaichi, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 9330840
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a field pole magnetic body formed by laminating magnet segments produced by cutting and dividing a permanent magnet and to be arranged in a rotary electric machine includes a housing part adapted to successively house a plurality of the magnet segments having adhesive applied to cut surfaces with the cut surfaces facing each other and has an inner side surface adjacent to outer side surfaces of the housed magnet segments, and a pressing unit adapted to press the magnet segments housed in the housing part toward a bottom part of the housing part in a longitudinal direction. The magnet segments are restrained in a width direction and a thickness direction by the inner side surface of the housing part when the magnet segments are pressed by the pressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi
  • Patent number: 9251951
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnet segment of a field pole magnet body includes cleaving a magnet material at a plurality of cleavage target regions arranged with an interval in a longitudinal direction of the magnet material. The cleavage process includes cleaving the magnet material sequentially from the cleavage target region closer to one side edge of the longitudinal direction of the magnet material, wherein a notch is formed in each of the plurality of cleavage target regions of the magnet material such that a depth of the notch closer to the one side edge becomes deeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Publication number: 20160011282
    Abstract: A magnet evaluating device evaluates an evaluation magnet by passing the evaluation magnet, which is formed by connecting a plurality of magnetic sections with insulating material in between, and a master magnet of the same form through an alternating magnetic field generated by an excitation coil, measuring the eddy current occurring in the magnetic section as voltage or current occurring in a detection coil and comparing the measured value for the evaluation magnet and the measured value for the master magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji HIGAKI, Kimio NISHIMURA, Masahiro OMATA, Hideki WATANABE, Yasuhisa KOIKE, Takashi SEKIKAWA, Yasushi MATSUSHITA, Akihisa HORI, Takumi OHSHIMA, Michito KISHI, Kiyoshi HASEGAWA, Hiroaki SHIBUKAWA, Kazuhiro TAKAICHI, Hideo SAKUYAMA, Yuhei YAMANE, Yoshito OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150158197
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing magnet segments constituting a field pole magnetic body by cleaving a magnetic body having a coating applied to outer surfaces at a plurality of scheduled cleaving parts includes placing tables on which the magnetic body is to be placed, a pressing unit adapted to cleave the magnetic body by pressing the magnetic body at the scheduled cleaving part arranged between two placing tables, and a cutting unit adapted to cut the coating present at the scheduled cleaving part pressed by the pressing unit after the magnetic body is cleaved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi
  • Publication number: 20150143691
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a field pole magnetic body formed by laminating magnet segments produced by cutting and dividing a permanent magnet and to be arranged in a rotary electric machine includes a housing part adapted to successively house a plurality of the magnet segments having adhesive applied to cut surfaces with the cut surfaces facing each other and has an inner side surface adjacent to outer side surfaces of the housed magnet segments, and a pressing unit adapted to press the magnet segments housed in the housing part toward a bottom part of the housing part in a longitudinal direction. The magnet segments are restrained in a width direction and a thickness direction by the inner side surface of the housing part when the magnet segments are pressed by the pressing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi
  • Publication number: 20150034691
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnet segment of a field pole magnet body includes cleaving a magnet material at a plurality of cleavage target regions arranged with an interval in a longitudinal direction of the magnet material. The cleavage process includes cleaving the magnet material sequentially from the cleavage target region closer to one side edge of the longitudinal direction of the magnet material, wherein a notch is formed in each of the plurality of cleavage target regions of the magnet material such that a depth of the notch closer to the one side edge becomes deeper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Publication number: 20150000114
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a field pole magnet body includes a reference jig having reference surfaces in a lengthwise direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction for positioning the plurality of cleaved and divided magnet fragments in an aligned state with their cleaved faces facing each other; a lengthwise direction pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments from the lengthwise direction in which they are arranged to the lengthwise direction reference surface in order to align the magnet fragments in the lengthwise direction; a width direction pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments from the width direction of the magnet fragments to the width direction reference surface to align them in the width direction; and a thickness pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments from the thickness direction of the magnet fragments to the thickness direction reference surface to align them in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsushita, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Kimio Nishimura, Kazuhiro Takaichi, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20140360009
    Abstract: A manufacturing device for a field pole magnet body includes a reference jig having reference surfaces in the lengthwise direction, width direction, and thickness direction for positioning a plurality of cleaved and divided magnet fragments in an aligned state. The manufacturing device further includes a first pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments to the thickness direction reference surface from the thickness direction of a magnet body to align them in the thickness direction, and a second pressing means that presses the plurality of magnet fragments to the width direction reference surface from the width direction of the magnet body to align them in the width direction. An operational axis line of a pressing part of at least one of the first and second pressing means is arranged to be tilted such that it approaches the lengthwise direction reference surface at the side that abuts the magnet fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsushita, Hideki Watanabe, Takashi Sekikawa, Kimio Nishimura, Kazuhiro Takaichi, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20140331483
    Abstract: A one-piece field-pole magnet is manufactured by filling a gap formed between magnetic pieces placed on a plane with an adhesive or resin. During the process, a pushing member applies a pushing force onto each of the magnet pieces in a thickness direction thereof. The pushing member comprises pushing parts each of which pushes each of the magnet pieces, thereby equalizing the pushing forces applied to the respective magnet pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hideki Watababe, Takashi Sekikawa, Yasushi Matsushita, Akihisa Hori, Takumi Ohshima, Michito Kishi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Publication number: 20140231483
    Abstract: A field-pole magnet manufacturing apparatus fractures a magnet fixed on a die serving as a lower tool by causing a punch of an upper tool to press the magnet while in contact with the magnet. At least one projection is formed in the punch of the upper tool symmetrically with respect to the central position of the magnet in the width direction of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kimio Nishimura, Hiroharu Takeuchi, Kunitomo Ishiguro, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhisa Koike
  • Patent number: 8747583
    Abstract: This invention is a manufacturing device for a permanent magnet disposed in a rotating electrical machine, in which a plurality of magnet pieces, each formed by being fractured and split along a notch groove, are aligned and joined to each other with an adhesive interposed between fractured surfaces. First pressing means for aligning the plurality of fractured and split magnet pieces with the fractured surfaces opposed to each other in a width direction by pressing from the width direction of the permanent magnet and second pressing means for aligning the plurality of magnet pieces in a thickness direction by pressing from a thickness direction of the permanent magnet are provided. Moreover, third pressing means for joining the opposing fractured surfaces of the magnet piece with the interposed adhesive by pressing the plurality of magnet pieces from a longitudinal direction of the permanent magnet is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kunitomo Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20130087265
    Abstract: This invention is a manufacturing device for a permanent magnet disposed in a rotating electrical machine, in which a plurality of magnet pieces, each formed by being fractured and split along a notch groove, are aligned and joined to each other with an adhesive interposed between fractured surfaces. First pressing means for aligning the plurality of fractured and split magnet pieces with the fractured surfaces opposed to each other in a thickness direction by pressing from the thickness direction of the permanent magnet, second pressing means for aligning the plurality of magnet pieces in a width direction by pressing from a width direction of the permanent magnet are provided. Moreover, third pressing means for joining the opposing fractured surfaces of the magnet piece with the interposed adhesive by pressing the plurality of magnet pieces from a longitudinal direction of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takaichi, Kunitomo Ishiguro