Patents by Inventor Keiu Kanada

Keiu Kanada 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: 11804741
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayumi Takazawa, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Yasuhide Yagyu, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Keiu Kanada
  • Publication number: 20230318423
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11735345
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing the Halbach magnet array includes the steps of: (a) magnetizing at least two first magnetic material pieces in a direction parallel to a first direction, and (b) magnetizing at least one second magnetic material piece in a direction parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, in this order. In the step (a), the first magnetic material pieces and the second magnetic material piece are alternately arranged in the second direction with the first magnetic material pieces being each adhered to the adjacent second magnetic material piece, and the magnetization is performed under a condition in which a residual magnetization ratio r1 of the first magnetic material pieces is higher than a residual magnetization ratio r2 of the second magnetic material piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Reimi Sakaguchi, Masaaki Ito, Takuya Nomura, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Motoki Hiraoka, Mitsutoshi Akita
  • Patent number: 11711004
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11594946
    Abstract: An axial gap motor is configured such that: a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a rotor pedestal, and a plurality of magnets; and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a stator pedestal, and coils wound around the stator cores. A first divided surface of each rotor core faces an N-pole of a corresponding magnet, and a second divided surface of the each rotor core faces an S-pole of a corresponding magnet. Respective divided surfaces of the rotor cores are placed to face respective divided surfaces of the stator cores across the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Keiu Kanada, Kensuke Komori, Masaaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20220384083
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing the Halbach magnet array includes the steps of: (a) magnetizing at least two first magnetic material pieces in a direction parallel to a first direction, and (b) magnetizing at least one second magnetic material piece in a direction parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, in this order. In the step (a), the first magnetic material pieces and the second magnetic material piece are alternately arranged in the second direction with the first magnetic material pieces being each adhered to the adjacent second magnetic material piece, and the magnetization is performed under a condition in which a residual magnetization ratio r1 of the first magnetic material pieces is higher than a residual magnetization ratio r2 of the second magnetic material piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Reimi Sakaguchi, Masaaki Ito, Takuya Nomura, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Motoki Hiraoka, Mitsutoshi Akita
  • Publication number: 20220376567
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Kazuaki HAGA, Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI, Takuya NOMURA, Shinya SANO, Yasuhide YAGYU, Takeshi TOMONAGA, Hisanori KOMA, Keiu KANADA
  • Publication number: 20220203440
    Abstract: Provided is a rare earth magnet that allows suppressing deterioration of magnetic properties and a method for manufacturing the same. The rare earth magnet of the present disclosure includes a magnet body containing a rare earth element R1, a transition metal element T, and boron B and includes a main phase. A region in the vicinity of a corner portion of the magnet body of a constituent surface constituting a surface of the magnet body is a processed surface on which a removal process has been performed, and a region closer to a center than the region in the vicinity of the corner portion of the constituent surface is a non-processed surface on which the removal process is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Kazuaki HAGA, Daisuke ICHIGOZAKI, Masaaki ITO, Hisanori KOMA, Shinya SANO, Kensuke KOMORI, Keiu KANADA
  • Patent number: 11309777
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while limiting the amount of permanent magnets used. A magnetic pole of a rotor includes an auxiliary magnet embedded in a rotor core and at least one main magnet arranged on an outer circumferential side than the auxiliary magnet of the rotor. In each magnetic pole, the distance from an end of the main magnet, the end facing the auxiliary magnet, to the auxiliary magnet facing the main magnet is shorter than the length of the main magnet in the radial direction. In a cross-section orthogonal to the rotation axis of the rotating electrical machine, the main magnets of each magnetic pole are arranged so as to be asymmetrical about a virtual line passing the rotation axis and axisymmetrically dividing the auxiliary magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Kazuaki Haga, Motoki Hiraoka, Daichi Maruyama, Hisamitsu Toshida, Kyoko Nakamura, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11211856
    Abstract: A resolver that ensures improvement in a detection sensitivity is provided. The resolver according to the present disclosure includes a rotor and a stator arranged to surround an outer peripheral surface of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core, the stator includes a stator core and a coil, the stator core includes a plurality of teeth disposed at intervals along a circumferential direction, the plurality of teeth project toward the outer peripheral surface side of the rotor, and the coil is wound around the plurality of teeth. A gap permeance between the rotor and the stator varies in association with a rotation around a rotation axis of the rotor. The rotor further includes a porous machinable film containing a magnetic metal, and the porous machinable film is disposed on a projecting portion on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritaka Miyamoto, Tomonari Kogure, Keiu Kanada
  • Publication number: 20210328489
    Abstract: An axial gap motor is configured such that: a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a rotor pedestal, and a plurality of magnets; and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed along the circumferential direction of a stator pedestal, and coils wound around the stator cores. A first divided surface of each rotor core faces an N-pole of a corresponding magnet, and a second divided surface of the each rotor core faces an S-pole of a corresponding magnet. Respective divided surfaces of the rotor cores are placed to face respective divided surfaces of the stator cores across the magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuaki HAGA, Keiu KANADA, Kensuke Komori, Masaaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20210328490
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu KANADA, Kazuaki HAGA, Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI, Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Takuya NOMURA, Shinya SANO, Takeshi TOMONAGA, Hisanori KOMA, Yasuhide YAGYU, Kensuke KOMORI, Tatsuhiko HIRANO, Masaaki ITO, Hiroaki WAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210281153
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine capable of obtaining a higher torque while limiting the amount of permanent magnets used. A magnetic pole of a rotor includes an auxiliary magnet embedded in a rotor core and at least one main magnet arranged on an outer circumferential side than the auxiliary magnet of the rotor. In each magnetic pole, the distance from an end of the main magnet, the end facing the auxiliary magnet, to the auxiliary magnet facing the main magnet is shorter than the length of the main magnet in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu KANADA, Daisuke ICHIGOZAKI, Kazuaki HAGA, Motoki HIRAOKA, Daichi MARUYAMA, Hisamitsu TOSHIDA, Kyoko NAKAMURA, Akira YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200195112
    Abstract: A resolver that ensures improvement in a detection sensitivity is provided. The resolver according to the present disclosure includes a rotor and a stator arranged to surround an outer peripheral surface of the rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core, the stator includes a stator core and a coil, the stator core includes a plurality of teeth disposed at intervals along a circumferential direction, the plurality of teeth project toward the outer peripheral surface side of the rotor, and the coil is wound around the plurality of teeth. A gap permeance between the rotor and the stator varies in association with a rotation around a rotation axis of the rotor. The rotor further includes a porous machinable film containing a magnetic metal, and the porous machinable film is disposed on a projecting portion on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritaka MIYAMOTO, Tomonari Kogure, Keiu Kanada
  • Patent number: 9514870
    Abstract: A rare earth magnet production method of the present invention includes a placing step of placing a magnet material including a compact or a sintered body of powder particles having a rare earth magnet alloy, and a diffusing material containing a diffusing element to improve coercivity, in a vicinity of each other; and a diffusing step of diffusing the diffusing element into an inside of the magnet material by exposing the magnet material heated to vapor of the diffusing element evaporated from the diffusing material heated; and wherein the diffusing step is a step of heating the diffusing material independently of the magnet material to diffusing material temperature which is different from heating temperature of the magnet material called magnet material temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Kaneko, Hisaaki Takao, Yukio Takada, Motoki Hiraoka, Keiu Kanada
  • Patent number: 8866574
    Abstract: A process for producing a rare earth magnet comprises: an adhesion step of causing a diffusion element capable of diffusing inwardly to adhere to the surface part of a magnet material comprising a compact or sintered body of rare earth alloy particles; and an evaporation step of heating the magnet material in vacuum to evaporate at least a portion of the diffusion element having been retained on or in the surface part of the magnet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Kaneko, Yukio Takada, Motoki Hiraoka, Keiu Kanada
  • Publication number: 20130335180
    Abstract: A process for producing a rare earth magnet comprises: an adhesion step of causing a diffusion element capable of diffusing inwardly to adhere to the surface part of a magnet material comprising a compact or sintered body of rare earth alloy particles; and an evaporation step of heating the magnet material in vacuum to evaporate at least a portion of the diffusion element having been retained on or in the surface part of the magnet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji Kaneko, Yukio Takada, Motoki Hiraoka, Keiu Kanada
  • Publication number: 20130315775
    Abstract: A rare earth magnet production method of the present invention includes a placing step of placing a magnet material including a compact or a sintered body of powder particles having a rare earth magnet alloy, and a diffusing material containing a diffusing element to improve coercivity, in a vicinity of each other; and a diffusing step of diffusing the diffusing element into an inside of the magnet material by exposing the magnet material heated to vapor of the diffusing element evaporated from the diffusing material heated; and wherein the diffusing step is a step of heating the diffusing material independently of the magnet material to diffusing material temperature which is different from heating temperature of the magnet material called magnet material temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji Kaneko, Hisaaki Takao, Yukio Takada, Motoki Hiraoka, Keiu Kanada
  • Patent number: 8497613
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a permanent magnet includes the steps of a) producing a permanent magnet (1), b) fracturing the permanent magnet (1) to obtain two or more separate pieces (13), and c) restoring the permanent magnet (1) by fitting the fracture surfaces of adjacent separate pieces (13) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Shigeto Takeuchi, Keiu Kanada, Masafumi Suzuki, Tomonari Kogure
  • Publication number: 20120080972
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered magnet that is capable of, as compared to conventional divided magnets, significantly reducing eddy loss, flexibly accommodating diverse shape and dimensional variations, and significantly lowering productions costs while maintaining the desired coercivity, as well as a method of producing same. It is a sintered magnet 10 in which one kind of base magnet 1 of an identical shape or a plurality kinds of base magnets 1 . . . with varying shapes that is/are in the shape of a rectangular cuboid or cube whose edges are each in the range of 1 to 10 mm in length are plurally provided side by side in each of a longitudinal direction and transverse direction forming a plane and a height direction that is orthogonal to this plane, and the magnetic force between at least adjacent base magnets 1, 1 maintains the joint between the base magnets 1, 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiu Kanada