Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Kashiwabara

Keiichiro Kashiwabara 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).

  • Publication number: 20230009899
    Abstract: A stator, of a rotating electrical machine, includes a core including a plurality of teeth and a slot formed between the teeth, and a plurality of coils inserted into the slot and fixed with varnish, in which the plurality of coils is disposed side by side in a radial direction in the slot, and the varnish is most applied to at least an innermost diameter side coil among the plurality of coils in the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki NOTO, Hiroshi AOKI, Shunsuke ISOGAI, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Norifumi YASUDA, Tsutomu YOSHINARI
  • Patent number: 11502581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 11437876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotating electrical machine capable of fixing a permanent magnet at a defined position of a magnet insertion hole without providing a filling groove for injection of a filler in a rotor core and, of course, without lowering performance as the rotating electric machine. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention includes: a rotor; and a stator, the rotor including: a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnet insertion holes; a permanent magnet inserted into the magnet insertion hole; and a filler configured to fix the permanent magnet to the magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nitta, Yasuyuki Saito, Yuji Kobayashi, Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida
  • Publication number: 20220263389
    Abstract: A driving unit includes a rotary electric machine which has a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, a rotary electric machine case, and an electric power conversion device. The electric power conversion device is disposed on one side of the rotary electric machine in an orthogonal direction. A first coolant is stored in a rotary electric machine accommodating portion of the rotary electric machine case. The driving unit has a first connecting portion electrically connecting the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device and a second connecting portion electrically connecting a sensor provided to the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed between the rotary electric machine and the electric power conversion device in the orthogonal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Heisuke KOBAYASHI, Takeshi HOSHINOYA, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Norifumi YASUDA, Manabu YAZAKI, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Akira FUJIWARA, Hideaki NOTO, Shunsuke ISOGAI, Yu ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220247253
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine case includes a case body having a cylindrical shape surrounding a rotating electrical machine and a side wall portion provided on at least one end side of the case body in a rotation axis direction. The side wall portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction when viewed from the rotation axis direction of a rotating electrical machine and the plurality of ribs include ribs having different circumferential widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NISHIDA, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Akira FUJIWARA, Sachio KAWADA, Hideaki NOTO, Shunsuke ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11370152
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method, which is method for manufacturing a rotor that includes a rotor core and a magnet inserted into a slot formed in the rotor core, includes a magnet-insertion step of inserting the magnet into the slot; and a fixing-material-injection step of injecting a fixing material into a space between an inner surface of the slot and the magnet from a plurality of fixing-material-injection portions of the slot. In the fixing-material-injection step, a time for starting injection of the fixing material into the slot is made to differ among the plurality of fixing-material-injection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara
  • Publication number: 20210006123
    Abstract: An electric rotary machine case, which has a cylindrical shape and accommodates an electric rotary machine, includes a passage extending along a rotation axis direction of the electric rotary machine on an outer periphery of the electric rotary machine, and a protrusion portion protruding radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the electric rotary machine case, the protrusion portion having the passage formed inside the protrusion portion. The protrusion portion has a flat surface in a cross-section orthogonal to a rotation axis of the electric rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro KASHIWABARA, Rintaro ENDO, Atsushi NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10868450
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core having a slot in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a permanent magnet inserted in the slot, and a resin injected into the slot to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, wherein an injection fixing space into which the resin is injected to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, and a non-injection space into which the resin is not injected are provided in a space within the slot, the non-injection space is disposed at a position adjacent to an outer side of the rotor core in a radial direction with respect to the injection fixing space, and an edge of the non-injection space includes a surface of the resin injected into the injection fixing space, and a first region on an inner surface of the slot which continues to the surface of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 10787194
    Abstract: A power system includes an electric motor for driving a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle, an electric motor control device for controlling the electric motor, a transmission disposed on a power transmission path between the electric motor, the left and right wheels, a differential device for distributing output decelerated by the transmission to the left and right wheels, a case which accommodates the electric motor, the transmission, and the differential device, a left axle of which one end is connected to the differential device and the other end extends from the case to be connected to the left wheel, and a right axle of which one end is connected to the differential device and the other end extends from the case to be connected to the right wheel. A conductive rotation allowing member having conductivity is provided between the differential device and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rintaro Endo, Taku Ueda, Keiichiro Kashiwabara
  • Publication number: 20200295629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20190270477
    Abstract: A power system includes an electric motor for driving a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle, an electric motor control device for controlling the electric motor, a transmission disposed on a power transmission path between the electric motor, the left and right wheels, a differential device for distributing output decelerated by the transmission to the left and right wheels, a case which accommodates the electric motor, the transmission, and the differential device, a left axle of which one end is connected to the differential device and the other end extends from the case to be connected to the left wheel, and a right axle of which one end is connected to the differential device and the other end extends from the case to be connected to the right wheel. A conductive rotation allowing member having conductivity is provided between the differential device and the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rintaro ENDO, Taku UEDA, Keiichiro KASHIWABARA
  • Publication number: 20190103775
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core having a slot in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a permanent magnet inserted in the slot, and a resin injected into the slot to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, wherein an injection fixing space into which the resin is injected to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, and a non-injection space into which the resin is not injected are provided in a space within the slot, the non-injection space is disposed at a position adjacent to an outer side of the rotor core in a radial direction with respect to the injection fixing space, and an edge of the non-injection space includes a surface of the resin injected into the injection fixing space, and a first region on an inner surface of the slot which continues to the surface of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20190047189
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method, which is method for manufacturing a rotor that includes a rotor core and a magnet inserted into a slot formed in the rotor core, includes a magnet-insertion step of inserting the magnet into the slot; and a fixing-material-injection step of injecting a fixing material into a space between an inner surface of the slot and the magnet from a plurality of fixing-material-injection portions of the slot. In the fixing-material-injection step, a time for starting injection of the fixing material into the slot is made to differ among the plurality of fixing-material-injection portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara