Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Hiraga

Kazuhito Hiraga 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: 11843284
    Abstract: Provided are a rotor of a rotary electric machine, and a rotary electric machine, in which torque ripple can be efficiently reduced with a simple configuration. In the rotor of the rotary electric machine which is rotatably disposed in a stator, and the rotary electric machine including the stator, and the rotor rotatably disposed in the stator, two or more magnets are arranged per pole, and arranged such that separation distances, between the two or more magnets per pole along a circumferential direction of the rotor, alternately vary every pole along the circumferential direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhito Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20220311293
    Abstract: Provided are a rotor of a rotary electric machine, and a rotary electric machine, in which torque ripple can be efficiently reduced with a simple configuration. In the rotor of the rotary electric machine which is rotatably disposed in a stator, and the rotary electric machine including the stator, and the rotor rotatably disposed in the stator, two or more magnets are arranged per pole, and arranged such that separation distances, between the two or more magnets per pole along a circumferential direction of the rotor, alternately vary every pole along the circumferential direction of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhito HIRAGA
  • Patent number: 11342823
    Abstract: Provided are a clamp jig for inhibiting an increase in the size of clamping equipment, and reducing the load during clamping by clamping after doing preliminary aligning of a segment end part; a stator manufacturing device; and a method for manufacturing a stator. The clamp jig 40 has a pair of clamp bodies 41, extended in a stator core radial direction, for clamping from both sides in the stator core circumferential direction the end part of an electric conductor, which is inserted in the stator core and welded; and a convex part 42 provided extending in the stator core axis direction at the bottom of the clamp body 41, the convex part being inserted between unwelded electric conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kazuhito Hiraga, Hideaki Onda, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo
  • Patent number: 10992209
    Abstract: A locator-equipped clamp jig capable of suppressing interference between base sections of segments when clamped by the clamp jig, a stator manufacturing device, and a method for manufacturing a stator. The locator-equipped clamp jig has a locator that is provided to part of a main clamp body on a stator core side and has a plurality of protrusions arranged on an upper surface of an electrical conductor that is adjacent, in the radial direction of the stator core, to an electrical conductor being clamped by the main clamp body, the width of the protrusions in the radial direction of the stator core being at least the width of one of the electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Kazuhito Hiraga, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Patent number: 10644413
    Abstract: A method for joining segments (electrical conductors) includes first and second joining steps. The first joining step includes welding a group of the segments including ends, such that the first group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The second joining step includes welding a second group of the segments including ends, which are composed of the segments whose ends are arranged in a column in the radial direction, such that the second group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The first group includes a segment as a first electrical conductor including the end which is located at the middle portion of a group of the segments including the ends in the radial direction. The second group includes a segment as a second electrical conductor including the end which crosses the first electrical conductor on the opposite sides with respect to the middle portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junya Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20190305621
    Abstract: The wound coil (7) includes first to fourth inner bases (11a) to (11d), first to fourth outer bases (12a) to (12d). The wound coil (7) includes first to fourth upper connection portions (16a) to (16d), first to third lower connection portions (17a) to (17c), and first to fourth winding portions (18a) to (18d). In the first to fourth winding portions (18a) to (18d), the third and fourth upper connection portions (16c) and (16d) are stacked on the first and second upper connection portions (16a) and (16b) in the circumferential direction D1 and the first and third lower connection portions (17a) and (17c) are continuously stacked on the second lower connection portion (17b) in the circumferential direction D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichiro Oka, Kazuhito Hiraga, Kenichi Omagari
  • Publication number: 20190081539
    Abstract: Provided are a clamp jig for inhibiting an increase in the size of clamping equipment, and reducing the load during clamping by clamping after doing preliminary aligning of a segment end part; a stator manufacturing device; and a method for manufacturing a stator. The clamp jig 40 has a pair of clamp bodies 41, extended in a stator core radial direction, for clamping from both sides in the stator core circumferential direction the end part of an electric conductor, which is inserted in the stator core and welded; and a convex part 42 provided extending in the stator core axis direction at the bottom of the clamp body 41, the convex part being inserted between unwelded electric conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kazuhito Hiraga, Hideaki Onda, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20190036428
    Abstract: A locator-equipped clamp jig capable of suppressing interference between base sections of segments when clamped by the clamp jig, a stator manufacturing device, and a method for manufacturing a stator. The locator-equipped clamp jig has a locator that is provided to part of a main clamp body on a stator core side and has a plurality of protrusions arranged on an upper surface of an electrical conductor that is adjacent, in the radial direction of the stator core, to an electrical conductor being clamped by the main clamp body, the width of the protrusions in the radial direction of the stator core being at least the width of one of the electrical conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Kazuhito Hiraga, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20180166796
    Abstract: A method for joining segments (electrical conductors) includes first and second joining steps. The first joining step includes welding a group of the segments including ends, such that the first group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The second joining step includes welding a second group of the segments including ends, which are composed of the segments whose ends are arranged in a column in the radial direction, such that the second group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The first group includes a segment as a first electrical conductor including the end which is located at the middle portion of a group of the segments including the ends in the radial direction. The second group includes a segment as a second electrical conductor including the end which crosses the first electrical conductor on the opposite sides with respect to the middle portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junya Tachikawa
  • Patent number: 9077233
    Abstract: An insertion system for electrical conductors is provided that can widen the gap between insulating paper. An insertion system (1) includes: a first moving part (4) that causes a leg of the coil element (10) to move in an insertion direction of a slot (16); a guide part (3) that guides the leg into the slot (16); and a pair of first spreader plates (7A) and a pair of second spreader plates (7B) that can spread at a leading end side thereof, in which these pairs of spreader plates are formed so as to extend inclined relative to the insertion direction so as to approach each other towards a leading end side, and a gap therebetween is narrower than a width of insulating paper (17) at the leading end side, and is wider than a width of the leg of the coil element (10) at a base end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Yutaka Matsumoto, Kenichi Ohno, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junji Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140013592
    Abstract: An insertion system for electrical conductors is provided that can widen the gap between insulating paper. An insertion system (1) includes: a first moving part (4) that causes a leg of the coil element (10) to move in an insertion direction of a slot (16); a guide part (3) that guides the leg into the slot (16); and a pair of first spreader plates (7A) and a pair of second spreader plates (7B) that can spread at a leading end side thereof, in which these pairs of spreader plates are formed so as to extend inclined relative to the insertion direction so as to approach each other towards a leading end side, and a gap therebetween is narrower than a width of insulating paper (17) at the leading end side, and is wider than a width of the leg of the coil element (10) at a base end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Toru Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Yutaka Matsumoto, Kenichi Ohno, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8552611
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil end structure of a rotating electric machine which is able to miniaturize the coil end structure without having an insulation coating of a flat wire being affected. A coil segment 4 is composed of a plurality of flat wires. A surface of each flat wire confronting another in a slot 2a (legs 41 and 41) is identical to the surface confronting the other at a coil end (head 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Matsuoka, Kazuhito Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20120200190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil end structure of a rotating electric machine which is able to miniaturize the coil end structure without having an insulation coating of a flat wire being affected. A coil segment 4 is composed of a plurality of flat wires. A surface of each flat wire confronting another in a slot 2a (legs 41 and 41) is identical to the surface confronting the other at a coil end (head 42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Matsuoka, Kazuhito Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20110260572
    Abstract: A motor stator (10) is provided with a stator core (11) having a plurality of slots (16), insulation members (12) which are disposed in the plurality of slots, and coils of a plurality of phases (13) which are respectively formed by distributed-winding wires (20) in prescribed slots of the plurality of slots disposed spaced apart at intervals of a predetermined number of slots via the insulation members. The wires are disposed within the insulation members in a condition that tensions are applied to the wires. The stator core, the insulation members and the coils are physically fixed together by the tensions of the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hiraga, Kenichi Omagari, Takumi Shibata, Masahito Kakema, Yoshihisa Matsuoka, Mitsuhiro Okamura, Eiji Ninomiya, Takeshi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20100323206
    Abstract: A film composed of a metal or a semimetal is formed on a surface of a soft magnetic powder including iron and oxygen (in step S102). In this case, a silicon-containing film is desirably formed on a surface of the film. Next, compaction is performed on the soft magnetic powder, so that a green compact is obtained (in step S103). Since the film is a metal film or a semimetal film having a high ductility, the density of the green compact produced by the compaction can be higher, and generation of damage, such as cracks or the like, can be prevented in the film. The effects can be also obtained in a case of formation of the silicon-containing film. Next, the green compact is subjected to heating, so that a surface and an interface of the soft magnetic powder of the green compact are oxidized, so that an insulation film is formed (in step S104). Generation of eddy current loss can be prevented by the oxide film. As a result, productivity and magnetic properties can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Kazuhito Hiraga, Yoshiki Hirano
  • Patent number: 6071464
    Abstract: A process for modifying the surface of a base metal formed from a hard material instead of forming a coating film thereon comprises compacting a powder of a hard material, baking the compacted product, dipping the baked product in an alkoxide containing titanium, and sintering the alkoxide-covered baked product in a nitrogen gas atmosphere. The sintered product has very hard titanium carbide, nitride or carbide-nitride particles deposited on the base metal surface. The particles are partly embedded in the base metal and partly protrude from its surface, and are, therefore, very unlikely to come off, while they withstand a temperature change very well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Funaki, Mitsuo Kuwabara, Kazuhito Hiraga, Tetsuya Ohishi
  • Patent number: 5945167
    Abstract: A grain growth accelerator in a form dispersed in an aqueous solution or an organic solvent is introduced into a preliminarily fired body, and thereafter the preliminarily fired body is fired in a main firing process. In the main firing process, a volumetric diffusion of metal and grain growth of ceramic particles are caused as the firing temperature increases. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a composite material which has such a gradient function that it is ceramic-rich on its surface and metal-rich in its inside, a high degree of surface hardness and toughness, and an interface-free structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kuwabara, Mitsuhiro Funaki, Kazuhito Hiraga, Tetsuya Ohishi
  • Patent number: 5704994
    Abstract: A shaped object with a roughened surface is immersed in an aqueous solution of a metal salt and/or a solution of an organic metal. After the shaped object is dried, it is heated to form a metal-diffused layer in the shaped object and a ceramic surface layer on the shaped object. The ceramic surface layer has a large hardness, and is prevented from peeling off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kuwabara, Mitsuhiro Funaki, Kazuhito Hiraga, Tetsuya Ohishi