Patents by Inventor Kenji FUKAMI

Kenji FUKAMI 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: 20240072284
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for a load device may include a fuel cell, a battery, and a controller configured to control the fuel cell and the battery. The controller may be configured to: cumulatively calculate first accumulated electric energy generated by the fuel cell; cumulatively calculate a power generation efficiency average at the time of storage of the first accumulated electric energy; calculate required power generation efficiency to generate electric power that meets a power demand of the load device; under a first condition where the power generation efficiency average is lower than the required power generation efficiency, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power that meets the power demand; and under a second condition where the power generation efficiency average is higher, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power at a specific operating point and cause the battery to discharge deficient electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya FUKAMI, Kenji SATO, Hiroaki MORI
  • Patent number: 11196317
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary structure, and a rotor rotatable about a central axis with respect to the stationary structure. The stationary structure includes a stator including a coil, a bracket that supports the stator, and a circuit board disposed between the stator and the bracket. The bracket includes a board support that holds the circuit board between the bracket and the stator in an axial direction. The board support includes a wiring through hole that penetrates the board support in the axial direction and through which a wire extending from the circuit board passes, a lid that partially covers the wiring through hole, and a guide bridge that is located inside the wiring through hole when viewed in the axial direction and holds the wire between the lid and the guide bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takemoto, Kenji Fukami
  • Publication number: 20200106322
    Abstract: A motor includes a stationary structure, and a rotor rotatable about a central axis with respect to the stationary structure. The stationary structure includes a stator including a coil, a bracket that supports the stator, and a circuit board disposed between the stator and the bracket. The bracket includes a board support that holds the circuit board between the bracket and the stator in an axial direction. The board support includes a wiring through hole that penetrates the board support in the axial direction and through which a wire extending from the circuit board passes, a lid that partially covers the wiring through hole, and a guide bridge that is located inside the wiring through hole when viewed in the axial direction and holds the wire between the lid and the guide bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Kenji FUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180076696
    Abstract: A stationary portion of a motor includes a stator core including teeth, an insulator covering a surface of the stator core, a coil including a conductive wire, a housing, and a circuit board. The housing includes a cylindrical portion in which the stator core is fixed to the outer circumference thereof and a base portion extending from the cylindrical portion radially outward. The circuit board is disposed above the base portion and below the stator core, to which the conductive wire is electrically connected. The insulator includes a tubular portion covering the outer circumference of the cylindrical portion and a vertically deformable elastic portion protruding from the tubular portion radially outward. The circuit board is fixed to the upper surface of a seat portion of the base portion. The circuit board is in contact with the lower surface of the elastic portion radially inside the seat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kosuke MIZUIKE, Tsuyoshi HIROKAWA, Kenji FUKAMI, Koji KADOWAKI