Patents by Inventor Kenichi Fukunaga

Kenichi Fukunaga 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: 11705785
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors held in the slots. The slots extending outward in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface of the stator core. The slots include first and second slots. The second slot is shallower than the first slot. The segment conductors include a segment conductor including a first rectilinear portion held in the first slot, a second rectilinear portion held in the second slot, and a coupler coupling the first rectilinear portion and the second rectilinear portion to each other. The first rectilinear portion and the second rectilinear portion protrude from an end surface of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro Nagase, Kenichi Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11695308
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core, a stator winding, and a sensor unit. The stator has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors respectively inserted in the slots. The sensor unit includes a sensor holding conductor, and a temperature sensor. The sensor holding conductor is welded to first and second segment conductors among the segment conductors. The temperature sensor is held by the sensor holding conductor. The sensor holding conductor includes first and second end portions, and a bent portion. The first end portion is welded to an end portion of the first segment conductor. The second end portion is welded to an end portion of the second segment conductor. The bent portion couples the first end portion and the second end portion to each other. The temperature sensor is held at an inner side of the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Katsume, Kenichi Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11677287
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a cylindrical shape and a plurality of slots. The stator winding includes a plurality of phase windings each including a plurality of segment conductors inserted into the slots and coupled to each other in series. Each of the segment conductors has a pair of straight parts and a bend. The pair of straight parts is accommodated in two of the plurality of slots. The bend protrudes from an end face of the stator core and couples the pair of straight parts to each other. In each of the plurality of slots, the number of the bends protruding from the end face of the stator core to extend in one of circumferential directions matches the number of the bends protruding from the end face of the stator core to extend in the other of the circumferential directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukunaga, Kimihiro Nagase
  • Patent number: 11670979
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes a core inner-peripheral portion including slots. The stator winding includes a phase winding including segment conductors. The phase winding includes parallel conductors connected in series. Each parallel conductor includes ones of the segment conductors connected in parallel. The segment conductors include weld end portions protruding from the slots, bent in circumferential directions of the stator core, and welded to one another to constitute conductor joint portions. The weld end portions include weld end portions which protrude from each of the slots and which include first and second weld end portions. The first and second weld end portions are bent in the circumferential directions. The second weld end portions are smaller in number than the first weld end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20220060093
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine includes heating a stator core so as to expand the stator core. The stator core has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The method includes inserting conductor groups in the slots of the heated stator core. The conductor groups each include segment conductors. The method includes cooling the stator core where the conductor groups are inserted so as to provide an interference between each of the slots and a corresponding one of the conductor groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Kenichi FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220052586
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors held in the slots. The slots extending outward in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface of the stator core. The slots include first and second slots. The second slot is shallower than the first slot. The segment conductors include a segment conductor including a first rectilinear portion held in the first slot, a second rectilinear portion held in the second slot, and a coupler coupling the first rectilinear portion and the second rectilinear portion to each other. The first rectilinear portion and the second rectilinear portion protrude from an end surface of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kimihiro NAGASE, Kenichi FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210408856
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes a core inner-peripheral portion including slots. The stator winding includes a phase winding including segment conductors. The phase winding includes parallel conductors connected in series. Each parallel conductor includes ones of the segment conductors connected in parallel. The segment conductors include weld end portions protruding from the slots, bent in circumferential directions of the stator core, and welded to one another to constitute conductor joint portions. The weld end portions include weld end portions which protrude from each of the slots and which include first and second weld end portions. The first and second weld end portions are bent in the circumferential directions. The second weld end portions are smaller in number than the first weld end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20210359562
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core, a stator winding, and a sensor unit. The stator has a hollow cylindrical shape and includes slots. The stator winding includes segment conductors respectively inserted in the slots. The sensor unit includes a sensor holding conductor, and a temperature sensor. The sensor holding conductor is welded to first and second segment conductors among the segment conductors. The temperature sensor is held by the sensor holding conductor. The sensor holding conductor includes first and second end portions, and a bent portion. The first end portion is welded to an end portion of the first segment conductor. The second end portion is welded to an end portion of the second segment conductor. The bent portion couples the first end portion and the second end portion to each other. The temperature sensor is held at an inner side of the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Akihito KATSUME, Kenichi FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210218306
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a cylindrical shape and a plurality of slots. The stator winding includes a plurality of phase windings each including a plurality of segment conductors inserted into the slots and coupled to each other in series. Each of the segment conductors has a pair of straight parts and a bend. The pair of straight parts is accommodated in two of the plurality of slots. The bend protrudes from an end face of the stator core and couples the pair of straight parts to each other. In each of the plurality of slots, the number of the bends protruding from the end face of the stator core to extend in one of circumferential directions matches the number of the bends protruding from the end face of the stator core to extend in the other of the circumferential directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukunaga, Kimihiro Nagase
  • Patent number: 5035995
    Abstract: A substance-conjugated complement component C1q is provided. A substance such as signal emitting substances or cell function regulating substances is conjugated via a sulfur atom to at least one site of the component. The site is not involved in binding immunoglobulins. A marker-labelled complement component C1q is used for measuring a complement-binding antibody, an antigen, a neutralizing antibody or a substance produced internally of and at the surface of a cell or a microorganism by measuring the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignees: Calpis Food Industry Co., Ltd., Fumiaki Taguchi
    Inventors: Fumiaki Taguchi, Isamu Mitsui, Kinichi Hara, Masaro Hayashi, Kunio Ezawa, Kenichi Fukunaga, Jun Kuranari
  • Patent number: 4882423
    Abstract: A substance-conjugated complement component Clq is provided. A substance such as signal emitting substances or cell function regulating substances is conjugated via a sulfur atom to at least one site of the component. The site is not involved in binding immunoglobulins. A marker-labelled complement component Clq is used for measuring a complement-binding antibody, an antigen, a neutralizing antibody or a substance produced internally of and at the surface of a cell or a microorganism by measuring the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignees: Calpis Food Industry, Fumiaki Taguchi
    Inventors: Fumiaki Taguchi, Isamu Mitsui, Kinichi Hara, Masaro Hayashi, Kunio Ezawa, Kenichi Fukunaga, Jun Kuranari
  • Patent number: D272823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Buscom Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaga