Patents by Inventor Keisuke Koide
Keisuke Koide 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).
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Publication number: 20110193440Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. A motor having a rotor and as stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. The stator is arranged to be opposite to the rotor with a gap along the radial direction. The gap between the stator and the rotor is set to satisfy an expression 1<B/A, where A represents the shortest gap distance between the stator and the magnets, and B represents the shortest gap distance between the stator and the salient poles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: YOJI YAMADA, SEIYA YOKOYAMA, YOSHIAKI TAKEMOTO, SHIGEMASA KATO, KEISUKE KOIDE, SHINJI SANTO
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Publication number: 20110148240Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a stator core and multiphase coils. Each coil is wound about the teeth by distributed winding, in such a manner as to wind two or more consecutive teeth in single winding. The opening degree each of salient pole opposed to the distal ends of the teeth is set greater than or equal to twice the opening angle of the distal end of each tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Koide, Seiya Yokoyama, Shigemasa Kato, Yoji Yamada, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Shinji Santo
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Publication number: 20110140562Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. A first auxiliary groove is formed in a surface of each salient pole that is opposed to the teeth. Each first auxiliary groove has first and second side surfaces facing each other in the circumferential direction. The first side surface is closer to a circumferential center of the salient pole than the second side surface. When the angle from the circumferential center line to the first side surface of each salient pole about the axis of the rotor is represented by KC1, the opening angle between the circumferential ends of the distal end of each tooth about the axis is represented by KA, and the opening angle between the circumferential ends of each salient pole about the axis is represented by KB, the following expression is satisfied: KC1=KA?KB/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigemasa Kato, Seiya Yokoyama, Yoji Yamada, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Keisuke Koide, Shinji Santo
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Patent number: 7732965Abstract: An embedded magnet type motor is disclosed. The rotor core of the motor has radially extending first accommodation holes and V-shaped accommodation holes. Each V-shaped accommodation hole includes a second accommodation hole and a third accommodation hole. A first gap is formed in each first accommodation hole. The first gap is not occupied by the corresponding first magnet. A second gap is formed in each second accommodation hole. The second gap is not occupied by the corresponding second magnet. A third gap is formed in each third accommodation hole at a radially outer portion. The third gap is not occupied by the corresponding third magnet. Each second gap and the adjacent third gap form one V-shaped gap. The angular width ?a of each first gap and the angular width ?b of each V-shaped gap are determined to satisfy the expression: 0.60<?a/?b<1.60.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nakayama, Hirotaka Itoh, Yoshiyuki Takabe, Keisuke Koide, Yoshihito Nishikawa
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Patent number: 7705504Abstract: A rotor of an embedded magnet type motor has a plurality of magnets forming magnetic poles, the number of which is represented by P. A rotor core includes first accommodation holes, the number of which is represented by P/2, extending in a radial direction, and V-shaped accommodation holes, the number of which is represented by P/2, having a V shape protruding outward in a radial direction. The first accommodation holes and the V-shaped accommodation holes are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. The V-shaped accommodation holes include a second accommodation hole and a third accommodation hole corresponding to two straight lines forming the V shape. The first accommodation hole is adjacent to the second accommodation hole at one side in the circumferential direction, and is adjacent to the third accommodation hole at the other side.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Takabe, Keisuke Koide, Yoshihito Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20100007310Abstract: A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current computed by the computation unit. The notification unit uses a dedicated command to notify the computer of the charge current. The battery pack includes: a storage unit for storing therein a first threshold value and a second threshold value relating to the temperature information, and the computation unit may compute the optimal charge current depending on which of ranges divided by the first threshold value and the second threshold value the temperature information belongs to.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke Kawamoto, Satoshi Okachi, Kenichiro Kamijo, Seiji Tsukada, Keisuke Koide, Norio Fujimori, Hidetoshi Shimada
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Publication number: 20090125979Abstract: An authenticating system according to the present invention has a characteristic structure of which an authenticating section 32 of a note type PC 10 and an authenticating section 42 of a battery 20 are directly connected through I/O ports 51 and 61, respectively. Thus, the authenticating system according to the present invention can be relatively easily accomplished using a conventional system. The present invention can be applied to a system that is composed of a plurality of electronic devices that perform an authenticating process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Shimada, Norio Fujimori, Keiichi Komaki, Keisuke Koide, Tsuyoshi Ookubo, Kenichiro Kamijo, Daiki Yokoyama, Kenichi Takahira, Katsuhisa Tatsukawa
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Patent number: 7495858Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, and a determination section. The hard disk drive is capable of moving a head of the hard disk drive to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains a low frequency component from the detected acceleration and determines whether it is necessary to move the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone based on the low frequency component.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide
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Patent number: 7474970Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup section. The hard disk drive is capable of retracting a head to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains high frequency components from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, obtains a vibration level corresponding to the obtained high frequency components, compares the vibration level with a threshold value which has been set up, and determines whether or not there is a necessity to retract the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone. The threshold value setup section allows a user to change the threshold value and set up the changed threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide, Hirotaka Takahashi, Masaru Kawata
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Patent number: 7462971Abstract: A first armature winding and a second armature winding each include a tubular member, a first conductor arranged in a radially inner side of the tubular member, and a second conductor arranged in a radially outer side of the tubular member. The first conductor includes a first coated portion, which is coated by a coating formed from an insulator, and a first wire connection portion, which is free from the insulator. The second conductor includes a second coated portion, which is coated by a coating formed from an insulator, and a second wire connection portion, which is free from the insulator. The first wire connection portion and the second wire connection portion are electrically connected to each other. A large output is obtained from a slotless motor including the first armature winding and the second armature winding.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Koide, Takahiro Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Takabe, Shinichi Naitou, Yoshihito Nishikawa, Makoto Morisaki
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Publication number: 20080265706Abstract: An embedded magnet type motor is disclosed. The rotor core of the motor has radially extending first accommodation holes and V-shaped accommodation holes. Each V-shaped accommodation hole includes a second accommodation hole and a third accommodation hole. A first gap is formed in each first accommodation hole. The first gap is not occupied by the corresponding first magnet. A second gap is formed in each second accommodation hole. The second gap is not occupied by the corresponding second magnet. A third gap is formed in each third accommodation hole at a radially outer portion. The third gap is not occupied by the corresponding third magnet. Each second gap and the adjacent third gap form one V-shaped gap. The angular width ?a of each first gap and the angular width ?b of each V-shaped gap are determined to satisfy the expression: 0.60<?a/?b<1.60.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: Asmo Co. LtdInventors: Takahiro Nakayama, Hirotaka Itoh, Yoshiyuki Takabe, Keisuke Koide, Yoshihito Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20080238358Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a battery, a main body, a charging section, an obtaining section, and a controlling section. The battery has first information with which charging of the battery is controlled. The main body operates with the battery as a power supply. The charging section charges the battery. The obtaining section obtains the first information from the battery. The controlling section controls the charging section based on the obtained first information and causes the charging section to perform a charging according to another battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Keisuke KOIDE, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Okachi, Takayuki Yajima
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Publication number: 20070177295Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, and a determination section. The hard disk drive is capable of moving a head of the hard disk drive to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains a low frequency component from the detected acceleration and determines whether it is necessary to move the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone based on the low frequency component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide
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Publication number: 20070171230Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a first image signal; a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity higher than the first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a second image signal; an output changeover section capable of selectively outputting one of the first or second image signals; an inputting section configured to input a user operation to select one of the first graphics chip or the second graphics chip; and a control section configured to control the output of the output changeover section in response to the inputted user operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunichiro Iwase, Keisuke Koide, Tatsuya Tobe, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20070150211Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup section. The hard disk drive is capable of retracting a head to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains high frequency components from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, obtains a vibration level corresponding to the obtained high frequency components, compares the vibration level with a threshold value which has been set up, and determines whether or not there is a necessity to retract the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone. The threshold value setup section allows a user to change the threshold value and set up the changed threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide, Hirotaka Takahashi, Masaru Kawata
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Publication number: 20070103024Abstract: A rotor of an embedded magnet type motor has a plurality of magnets forming magnetic poles, the number of which is represented by P. A rotor core includes first accommodation holes, the number of which is represented by P/2, extending in a radial direction, and V-shaped accommodation holes, the number of which is represented by P/2, having a V shape protruding outward in a radial direction. The first accommodation holes and the V-shaped accommodation holes are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. The V-shaped accommodation holes include a second accommodation hole and a third accommodation hole corresponding to two straight lines forming the V shape. The first accommodation hole is adjacent to the second accommodation hole at one side in the circumferential direction, and is adjacent to the third accommodation hole at the other side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro NAKAYAMA, Yoshiyuki TAKABE, Keisuke KOIDE, Yoshihito NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20060238058Abstract: A first armature winding and a second armature winding each include a tubular member, a first conductor arranged in a radially inner side of the tubular member, and a second conductor arranged in a radially outer side of the tubular member. The first conductor includes a first coated portion, which is coated by a coating formed from an insulator, and a first wire connection portion, which is free from the insulator. The second conductor includes a second coated portion, which is coated by a coating formed from an insulator, and a second wire connection portion, which is free from the insulator. The first wire connection portion and the second wire connection portion are electrically connected to each other. A large output is obtained from a slotless motor including the first armature winding and the second armature winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Koide, Takahiro Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Takabe, Shinichi Naitou, Yoshihito Nishikawa, Makoto Morisaki
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Publication number: 20050276426Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a sound output device for outputting sound based on digital audio data. The information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A first receiver receives setting data for setting a volume of sound output from the sound output device, the volume being set by a function implemented by a first computer executing a first program. A second receiver receives a setting signal for setting a volume of sound output from the sound output device, the volume being supplied from a setting unit provided for the sound output device. A calculator calculates first volume control data that controls the volume of sound output from the sound output device based on the setting data and the setting signal, the volume being controlled by a second computer executing a second program. A first output unit outputs the first volume control data to the sound output device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Kenji Takagi, Yuichiro Sasabe, Keisuke Koide, Kiyoshi Hasegawa