Patents by Inventor Kiyomi Kawamura
Kiyomi Kawamura 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: 20230387775Abstract: Provided is a magnetic geared motor and a magnetic gear that support pole pieces with high rigidity, have small residual stress, and are very easy to assemble. Included are stator, first rotor that rotates by magnetic flux generated by stator, and second rotor that rotates at a speed different from that of first rotor. Second rotor includes a plurality of pole pieces annularly arranged along the circumferential direction of second rotor, and frame including a circumferential portion including a plurality of gaps respectively corresponding to the plurality of pole pieces and in each of which the corresponding one of the plurality of pole pieces is at least partly inserted. The plurality of pole pieces and frame are integrated with mold resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: EIKI MORIMOTO, KIYOMI KAWAMURA, YASUAKI MATSUSHITA, NORITAKA ASO
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Patent number: 11811282Abstract: A coil device includes a first coil including a plate-shaped first coil body having a first and second end. The first coil body is spirally wound on a columnar portion along the extending direction of the columnar portion such that the second end is positioned on one side in the extending direction relative to the first end. The coil device further includes a second coil including a plate-shaped second coil body having a third end and a fourth end. The second coil body is spirally wound on the columnar portion along the extending direction such that the third end is positioned on the one side in the extending direction relative to the second end of the first coil, and the fourth end is positioned on the one side in the extending direction relative to the third end. The second coil is in electrically parallel connection with the first coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Ukaji, Mitsuoki Hishida, Kiyomi Kawamura, Toshiyuki Tamamura
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Publication number: 20220320932Abstract: A coil is configured with stacked n turns (where n is an integer of 2 or more) of spirally wound conductive wire having a rectangular cross-section. A k-th turn (where k is an integer and 1?k?n) of the coil has at least a straight portion and a corner portion extending from an end part of the straight portion. On an outer peripheral surface of the corner portion, there are formed at least a first bent portion bent toward an inner peripheral side and a second bent portion bent toward the outer peripheral side, and curvature C1 of the first bent portion is different from curvature C2 of second bent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: HIROKI SAKAGUCHI, YOSHIHARU NAKAMURA, SHOICHI KOYAMA, TOSHIKIYO KAWAMURA, KIYOMI KAWAMURA, HIDEYUKI TANIGUCHI, AKIHIKO WATANABE
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Patent number: 11411452Abstract: A coil is a coil of a conductive wire that has a quadrangular cross section, that is spirally wound and laminated to have a series of turns including first to n-th turns (n is an integer of 3 or more), and that is provided, on at least some of the first to n-th turns in the coil, with deformed portions representing recesses each having a shape different from a shape of another portion of the conductive wire. In each of the first and n-th turns respectively lying at both ends of the series of turns, an outer surface lying on a side opposite to a center of the series of turns extends flush along with a plane intersecting the series of turns.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Mitsuoki Hishida, Kiyomi Kawamura
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Publication number: 20210344242Abstract: A coil device includes a first coil including a plate-shaped first coil body having a first and second end. The first coil body is spirally wound on a columnar portion along the extending direction of the columnar portion such that the second end is positioned on one side in the extending direction relative to the first end. The coil device further includes a second coil including a plate-shaped second coil body having a third end and a fourth end. The second coil body is spirally wound on the columnar portion along the extending direction such that the third end is positioned on the one side in the extending direction relative to the second end of the first coil, and the fourth end is positioned on the one side in the extending direction relative to the third end. The second coil is in electrically parallel connection with the first coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Hajime UKAJI, Mitsuoki HISHIDA, Kiyomi KAWAMURA, Toshiyuki TAMAMURA
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Publication number: 20210249924Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor at a predetermined distance from the stator. The stator includes an annular yoke, a plurality of teeth connected to the inner circumference of the yoke, and a plurality of coils each wound around an associated one of the teeth. Each coil has coil ends at both ends in an axial direction. At least one of the coil ends has, in an end surface thereof in the axial direction, a first recess extending along the radius of the stator. The first recess houses a first wiring member connecting the coils together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Tamamura, Kiyomi Kawamura, Keiichiro Nukada
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Publication number: 20210021167Abstract: A coil is a coil of a conductive wire that has a quadrangular cross section, that is spirally wound and laminated to have a series of turns including first to n-th turns (n is an integer of 3 or more), and that is provided, on at least some of the first to n-th turns in the coil, with deformed portions representing recesses each having a shape different from a shape of another portion of the conductive wire. In each of the first and n-th turns respectively lying at both ends of the series of turns, an outer surface lying on a side opposite to a center of the series of turns extends flush along with a plane intersecting the series of turns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: YUYA MAEDA, TOSHIYUKI TAMAMURA, MITSUOKI HISHIDA, KIYOMI KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 10348141Abstract: A motor of this invention comprises a rotor having a permanent magnet, the number of which magnet poles is P, and a stator including M pcs of teeth, the teeth arranged in a circumferential direction in a manner to face the permanent magnet through a spatial gap, wherein the stator includes stator core having the number M of the teeth, and a winding wire wound about each of the tooth, wherein the number P of the magnet poles and the number M of the teeth have a relation defined by formulae (2/3)M<P<(4/3)M, and M?P, and wherein ratio (t1/Ds) of teeth tip width t1 to stator inside diameter Ds is given by a formula 0.18<(t1/Ds)<0.25.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Haruhiko Kado, Kiyomi Kawamura
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Patent number: 9893575Abstract: A permanent-magnet-embedded electric motor includes a stator having a coil wound on a stator core, and a rotor disposed rotatably inside the stator through a gap to an inner circumferential surface of the stator core. The rotor is provided with a rotor core formed of laminated steel plates having a plurality of magnet-embedding holes, and a permanent magnet housed and retained in each of the magnet-embedding holes. A thickness of the bridge portions formed between edges of the magnet-embedding holes and an outer circumference of the rotor core, and a thickness of a thinned link portion connecting adjoining two of the bridge portions are thinner than a thickness of the steel plates.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yasushi Kato, Haruhiko Kado, Noritaka Aso
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Patent number: 9647518Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a laminated iron core from a thin sheet, the method includes coining the thin sheet from below to form a thinned bridge portion on an outer peripheral portion of an iron core piece, blanking the iron core piece from the thin sheet from above or below after forming the bridge portion, and laminating the iron core piece on another iron core piece to manufacture the laminated iron core.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Tadashi Iida, Kiyomi Kawamura, Koichi Mitamura
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Patent number: 9641055Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a laminated iron core from a thin sheet, the method includes coining the thin sheet from above to form a thinned bridge portion on an outer peripheral portion of an iron core piece, blanking the iron core piece downwardly from the thin sheet using a set of an outer-shape blanking punch and a die after forming the bridge portion, wherein the outer-shape blanking punch includes a projection portion fitted into the bridge portion when blanking, and laminating the iron core piece on another iron core piece to manufacture the laminated iron core.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Tadashi Iida, Kiyomi Kawamura, Koichi Mitamura
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Publication number: 20170005536Abstract: A motor of this invention comprises a rotor having a permanent magnet, the number of which magnet poles is P, and a stator including M pcs of teeth, the teeth arranged in a circumferential direction in a manner to face the permanent magnet through a spatial gap, wherein the stator includes stator core having the number M of the teeth, and a winding wire wound about each of the tooth, wherein the number P of the magnet poles and the number M of the teeth have a relation defined by formulae (2/3)M<P<(4/3)M, and M#P, and wherein ratio (t1/Ds) of teeth tip width t1 to stator inside diameter Ds is given by a formula 0.18<(t1/Ds)<0.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hu LI, Yuichi YOSHIKAWA, Hiroshi MURAKAMI, Haruhiko KADO, Kiyomi KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 9502928Abstract: A motor of this invention comprises a rotor having a permanent magnet, the number of which magnet poles is P, and a stator including M pcs of teeth, the teeth arranged in a circumferential direction in a manner to face the permanent magnet through a spatial gap, wherein the stator includes stator core having the number M of the teeth, and a winding wire wound about each of the tooth, wherein the number P of the magnet poles and the number M of the teeth have a relation defined by formulae (2/3)M<P<(4/3)M, and M?P, and wherein ratio (t1/Ds) of teeth tip width t1 to stator inside diameter Ds is given by a formula 0.18<(t1/Ds)<0.25.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Haruhiko Kado, Kiyomi Kawamura
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Publication number: 20160285326Abstract: A permanent-magnet-embedded electric motor includes a stator having a coil wound on a stator core, and a rotor disposed rotatably inside the stator through a gap to an inner circumferential surface of the stator core. The rotor is provided with a rotor core formed of laminated steel plates having a plurality of magnet-embedding holes, and a permanent magnet housed and retained in each of the magnet-embedding holes. A thickness of the bridge portions formed between edges of the magnet-embedding holes and an outer circumference of the rotor core, and a thickness of a thinned link portion connecting adjoining two of the bridge portions are thinner than a thickness of the steel plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: KIYOMI KAWAMURA, HIROAKI KAWASAKI, YUICHI YOSHIKAWA, YASUSHI KATO, HARUHIKO KADO, NORITAKA ASO
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Publication number: 20150372572Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a laminated iron core from a thin sheet, the method includes coining the thin sheet from above to form a thinned bridge portion on an outer peripheral portion of an iron core piece, blanking the iron core piece downwardly from the thin sheet using a set of an outer-shape blanking punch and a die after forming the bridge portion, wherein the outer-shape blanking punch includes a projection portion fitted into the bridge portion when blanking, and laminating the iron core piece on another iron core piece to manufacture the laminated iron core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC , INC., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro HASHIMOTO, Tadashi IIDA, Kiyomi KAWAMURA, Koichi MITAMURA
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Publication number: 20150372571Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a laminated iron core from a thin sheet, the method includes coining the thin sheet from below to form a thinned bridge portion on an outer peripheral portion of an iron core piece, blanking the iron core piece from the thin sheet from above or below after forming the bridge portion, and laminating the iron core piece on another iron core piece to manufacture the laminated iron core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC , INC., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro HASHIMOTO, Tadashi IIDA, Kiyomi KAWAMURA, Koichi MITAMURA
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Patent number: 8876493Abstract: A fan motor includes a pair of fans axially mounted to both sides of a rotary shaft of the motor. The motor includes an inner rotor placed inside a stator wound with windings and an outer rotor placed outside the stator. The motor thus has a dual-rotor structure where the inner rotor and the outer rotor are held such that both the rotors can rotate on the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yasushi Kato
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Publication number: 20130076195Abstract: A motor of this invention comprises a rotor having a permanent magnet, the number of which magnet poles is P, and a stator including M pcs of teeth, the teeth arranged in a circumferential direction in a manner to face the permanent magnet through a spatial gap, wherein the stator includes stator core having the number M of the teeth, and a winding wire wound about each of the tooth, wherein the number P of the magnet poles and the number M of the teeth have a relation defined by formulae (2/3)M<P<(4/3)M, and M?P, and wherein ratio (t1/Ds) of teeth tip width t1 to stator inside diameter Ds is given by a formula 0.18<(t1/Ds)<0.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Haruhiko Kado, Kiyomi Kawamura
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Patent number: 8371021Abstract: A process of manufacturing segments, an anisotropic direction of which is continuously changed in a plane vertically by a uniform magnetic field maintained in a constant direction and a process of arranging a plurality of segments on a circumference, extruding the segments in a ring shape by rheology based on the viscous deformation of the segments, from one thrust-direction end surface of the segments, and subsequently compressing the segments from both thrust-direction end surfaces of the segments are necessarily included. A ring magnet, anisotropy of which is controlled in a continuous direction, is provided, and a source for generating a static magnetic field has energy density (BH) max?160 to 180 kJ/m3.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Fumitoshi Yamashita, Kiyomi Kawamura, Yukihiro Okada, Hiroshi Murakami
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Patent number: 8344570Abstract: A rotor (21) is an interior permanent magnet rotor formed of a rotor core (24) in which a plurality of permanent magnets (25) are embedded at predetermined intervals. First protruding portions (26) and second protruding portions (27) are formed on an outer peripheral face of the rotor, the first protruding portions (26) each opposing the vicinity of a central portion of each of the permanent magnets and having a substantially arc-shaped cross section protruding outward and the second protruding portions (27) each opposing the vicinity of an end portion of each of the permanent magnets and protruding outward. One first protruding portion and two second protruding portions correspond to one permanent magnet. The formation of the first and second protruding portions as described above on the outer peripheral face of the rotor makes it possible to sufficiently reduce the torque ripple and the noise caused by the distortion of air-gap magnetic flux distribution.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Takashi Ogawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yasuyuki Yokouchi