Patents by Inventor Kenji Nakayama

Kenji Nakayama 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: 10840761
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core that includes a plurality of slots; a stator coil that is formed by connecting a plurality of segment conductors to each other; and an insulating member that has insulating properties, in which the segment conductor includes a slot portion and an inclined portion, the slot portion is disposed inside the slot, the inclined portion is disposed outside the slot to be inclined from the slot portion, the insulating member is mounted on the stator core and includes a first insulating portion and a plurality of second insulating portions, the first insulating portion is disposed next to the slot portion, the second insulating portions extend from the first insulating portion in an axial direction and are provided along a radial direction of the stator core, and the second insulating portions insulate adjacent segment conductors in an coil end from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishigami, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10802273
    Abstract: The combiner has a reflecting surface that reflects incident light. When the incident light has an incident angle in a range from 0° to 25°, inclusive, defined as a first value, in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm, inclusive, the upper limit wavelength of a wavelength range having a reflectance of 90% or more of the reflectance peak of the incident light is shorter than 700 nm. When the incident angle takes a second value in a range from 60° to 85°, inclusive, in the wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm, inclusive, the reflectance peak of an S-wave component contained in the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 570 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Yukio Hibino, Akito Sawada
  • Publication number: 20200287430
    Abstract: A cogging torque in a rotary electric machine is sufficiently reduced. The rotor core includes a magnetic pole having the base formed on the outer peripheral side of the storage space. A plurality of magnetic poles are provided in the circumferential direction, and include the first protrusion protruding from the base in one circumferential direction along the outer periphery of the rotor core, and the second protrusion which is provided on the opposite side to with the base interposed and protrudes from the base along the outer periphery of the rotor core in the other circumferential direction. At least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is located on the outer peripheral side from the first line segment which is a virtual line connecting the end of the first protrusion and the end of the second protrusion, and is provided such that the space is provided with respect to the first line segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kazutami TAGO, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Kenji NAKAYAMA, Yuji TSUJI, Takayuki CHIKAOKA
  • Patent number: 10768419
    Abstract: In a head-up display device, first and second cover parts of a cover each cover an opening. The first cover part is turnable about a first rotation fulcrum fixed to a housing, with respect to the housing. The second cover part is turnable about a second rotation fulcrum fixed to first and second ends of the first cover part, with respect to the first cover part. The head-up display device includes a biasing member that biases the second cover part toward the outside of the housing when the cover covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20200266677
    Abstract: A torque ripple in a rotary electric machine is sufficiently reduced. At least two of the plurality of laminated plates in the rotor core include a magnetic pole having the base formed on the outer peripheral side of the storage space, and a bridge part connected to the magnetic pole. A plurality of magnetic poles are provided in the circumferential direction, and the first space is formed between the bases of a pair of magnetic poles adjacent in the circumferential direction. The q-axis outer peripheral portion, which is located between the pair of circumferentially adjacent magnetic poles and is in contact with the first space, is provided on the inner peripheral side of the base. The base includes the side surface portion which is in contact with the first space, and the protrusion which is provided on the outer peripheral side of the side surface portion and protrudes in the circumferential direction with respect to the side surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kazutami TAGO, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Kenji NAKAYAMA, Yuji TSUJI, Takayuki CHIKAOKA
  • Patent number: 10678051
    Abstract: In a head-up display device, in accordance with lifting and lowering operations of a combiner, each protrusion of a combiner support moves along a guide portion, causing a cover-operation member to turn about a rotary axis in a direction in which a cover is opened or closed. The guide portion includes, from top in order: a first guide portion which engages with the protrusion in a first state (use state); a second guide portion which engages with the protrusion when the cover-operation member turns; and a third guide portion which engages with the protrusion in a second state (non-use state). The angle formed by the direction in which the first guide portion extends and the direction in which the third guide portion extends is less than the angle formed by the direction in which the first guide portion extends and the direction in which the second guide portion extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Kosuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10656417
    Abstract: First and second cover members of a cover of a head-up display device cover an opening region of a housing. The first cover member is rotationally movable with respect to the housing around a first rotation fulcrum fixed to the housing. The second cover member is rotationally movable with respect to the first cover member around second rotation fulcrums respectively fixed to first and second end parts of the first cover member. When the first cover member turns with respect to the housing and the second cover member turns with respect to the first cover member, the first end part is located at an outer side than a first side of a mirror, and the second end part is located at an outer side than a second side of the mirror. The second cover member is not present in an optical path of light projected from a projector to the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20200108502
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to determine whether or not an accessory fitted onto an apparatus interferes with operation of a movable part of the apparatus; set a movable range of the movable part to a range within which operation of the movable part is not interfered by the attachment, when a determination is made that the accessory interferes with operation of the movable part; and control a driver that drives the movable part such that the movable part is driven within the set movable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Toshiya KUNO
  • Publication number: 20200039578
    Abstract: There is provided a novel electric power steering device capable of continuing a steering assist function as much as possible even in an environment where moisture enters inside a housing of an electric motor due to breakage of a rubber boot and an electrical short circuit phenomenon occurs. A stator 14 around which a winding is wound is vertically divided into two areas in the direction of gravity, a winding 16 of one system is wound in the upper stator area of the stator 14 while the winding 16 of the other system is wound in the lower stator area of the stator 14, and power of the winding of one system is controlled by an electronic control means 33 of one system while power of the winding of the other system is controlled by an electronic control means 34 of the other system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi KANAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10447184
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electrical machine in which torque ripple can be decreased at the time of one-side electrical current supply. A motor includes a stator coil constituted by concentrated windings arranged to teeth where an integer N?2. The stator coil includes first and second winding units and each of which is constituted by windings and which are independent from each other, the windings constituting the first winding unit are arranged in three teeth groups, each of which includes adjacent teeth and which are provided at 120-degree pitches in terms of mechanical angle, and the windings constituting the second winding unit are arranged in teeth which are the teeth not included in the three teeth groups. That is, the windings constituting the second winding unit are also arranged in three teeth groups, which are provided at 120-degree pitches in terms of mechanical angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Nakayama, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10401624
    Abstract: A headup display device includes: a display having an emission surface that emits display light relating to predetermined information; a reflecting member that is disposed above the display and reflects the display light emitted from the display; a combiner part on which the display light reflected off the reflecting member is incident; a transmissive member that is disposed between the display and the reflecting member to cover the emission surface and transmits the display light emitted from the display toward the reflecting member; and a blocking member that is disposed above the transmissive member and blocks out light that is reflected off the transmissive member to be incident on the combiner part. A transmissive-member-side end of the blocking member is disposed to be movable from a first position where the light is blocked out to a second position closer to the transmissive member than the first position is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Yutaka Masui, Kousuke Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190235290
    Abstract: A display device includes a fixed light source, a heat dissipator, a liquid-crystal panel, and a controller. The heat dissipator is attached to the light source. The liquid-crystal panel includes a display area and is movable with respect to the light source. The controller controls movement of the liquid-crystal panel to change the distance between the liquid-crystal panel and the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: KENJI NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10310263
    Abstract: A combiner lifting device includes: a support unit that includes a first pin and a second pin, and supports a combiner; and two side surface portions disposed on both sides of the combiner, respectively. Each of the side surface portions includes a first groove along which the first pin slides, and a second groove along which the second pin slides. The side surface portions support the support unit in such a manner that the support unit is rotatable around the first pin when the first pin is located at an end of the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Kousuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10288880
    Abstract: A panel opening/closing device includes: a support which supports a panel and is turnable about a first rotary shaft; a dial which is turnable about a second rotary shaft in accordance with an operation by a user; and a movable unit which undergoes horizontal movement and includes pins inserted into a groove of the dial and a groove of the support, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Takahiro Kuroda, Yutaka Masui, Yasushi Ejiri
  • Patent number: 10279459
    Abstract: A holding pin protrudes from a first opening of a through hole, enters a hole formed in a tip tool, and holds the tip tool. A spring member energizes the holding pin. A bush is press-fitted in the through hole and supports the spring member at a first end portion thereof. An inner diameter of a second opening of the through hole is formed larger than an outer diameter of the bush. As a result of this, a second end portion of the bush is arranged to avoid contact with the second opening of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsubakimoto, Hidenori Shimizu, Kenji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190131840
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a concentrated winding brushless motor of a permanent magnet type, in which a lead wire and a jumper wire to a tooth far away from the adjacent tooth are disposed at the ends of coils on an axially reverse side in order to make a manufacturing work of coils efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kazutami TAGO, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Hideki KITAMURA, Kenji NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190113748
    Abstract: The combiner has a reflecting surface that reflects incident light. When the incident light has an incident angle in a range from 0° to 25°, inclusive, defined as a first value, in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm, inclusive, the upper limit wavelength of a wavelength range having a reflectance of 90% or more of the reflectance peak of the incident light is shorter than 700 nm. When the incident angle takes a second value in a range from 60° to 85°, inclusive, in the wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm, inclusive, the reflectance peak of an S-wave component contained in the incident light has a wavelength shorter than 570 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: KENJI NAKAYAMA, YUKIO HIBINO, AKITO SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20190064521
    Abstract: In a head-up display device, in accordance with lifting and lowering operations of a combiner, each protrusion of a combiner support moves along a guide portion, causing a cover-operation member to turn about a rotary axis in a direction in which a cover is opened or closed. The guide portion includes, from top in order: a first guide portion which engages with the protrusion in a first state (use state); a second guide portion which engages with the protrusion when the cover-operation member turns; and a third guide portion which engages with the protrusion in a second state (non-use state). The angle formed by the direction in which the first guide portion extends and the direction in which the third guide portion extends is less than the angle formed by the direction in which the first guide portion extends and the direction in which the second guide portion extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: KENJI NAKAYAMA, KOSUKE SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190033591
    Abstract: In a head-up display device, first and second cover parts of a cover each cover an opening. The first cover part is turnable about a first rotation fulcrum fixed to a housing, with respect to the housing. The second cover part is turnable about a second rotation fulcrum fixed to first and second ends of the first cover part, with respect to the first cover part. The head-up display device includes a biasing member that biases the second cover part toward the outside of the housing when the cover covers the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: KENJI NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190027989
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core that includes a plurality of slots; a stator coil that is formed by connecting a plurality of segment conductors to each other; and an insulating member that has insulating properties, in which the segment conductor includes a slot portion and an inclined portion, the slot portion is disposed inside the slot, the inclined portion is disposed outside the slot to be inclined from the slot portion, the insulating member is mounted on the stator core and includes a first insulating portion and a plurality of second insulating portions, the first insulating portion is disposed next to the slot portion, the second insulating portions extend from the first insulating portion in an axial direction and are provided along a radial direction of the stator core, and the second insulating portions insulate adjacent segment conductors in an coil end from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi ISHIGAMI, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Kenji NAKAYAMA