Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Koga

Kiyotaka Koga 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: 20170222508
    Abstract: A stator assembling method where each of the plurality of the concentrically wound coils has vertexes oriented outward in a axial direction in the planned coil end portions, and a distance in the axial direction between the vertexes of the planned coil end portions on both sides in the axial direction of each of the plurality of concentrically wound coils is gradually reduced toward the conductive wire mounted on the inner diameter side of the stator core from the conductive wire mounted on the outer diameter side of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo HASHIMOTO, Shingo SATO, Kazuya IWATSUKI, Kiyotaka KOGA, Koji HIRABARU
  • Publication number: 20170141632
    Abstract: A stator manufacturing method that includes a lead wire bending process of inserting a plurality of concentrically wound coils into slots, each of the concentrically wound coils being formed by winding a flat conductive wire for a plurality of turns, each of the slots being formed between every two adjacent teeth extending radially inward from an annular back yoke of a stator core, and bending lead wire portions of the inserted concentrically wound coils projecting in an axial direction from an end surface of the stator core, and a second bending process of bending the lead wire portions using the connection parts as fulcrums so that the lead wire portions approach the end surface of the stator core along the circumferential direction of the stator core after the first bending process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo HASHIMOTO, Shingo SATO, Masaki SAITO, Kiyotaka KOGA
  • Patent number: 9214847
    Abstract: Provided is a motor comprising: a stator equipped with a coil basket, which is a distributed winding coil that uses flat wire, and a stator core; and a rotor with a central shaft. The motor is characterized in that: the coil end at one end of the coil basket has bent sections that are bent on the rotor side in relation to wire sections inside slots of the stator core; and a lower-side concentric section and horizontal sections, which comprise the coil end at the other end, are positioned further toward the shaft center side of the rotor than the inner peripheral surface of the teeth; and the coil end at one end and the coil end at the other end comprise five flat wires that are lap wound in a flatwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kitamura Manabu, Atsushi Watanabe, Takashi Yamada, Shingo Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Kawasaki, Kiyotaka Koga
  • Patent number: 9172280
    Abstract: A conductor for a coil of a rotating electrical machine that includes a conductor wire bundle formed by gathering a plurality of conductor wires and a flexible insulating covering material that covers a periphery of the conductor wire bundle. The conductor has an intra-covering gap formed inward of the insulating covering material in a radial direction so that the conductor wires can move relative to each other in the intra-covering gap, and a cross-sectional shape of the insulating covering material along a perpendicular plane that is perpendicular to an extending direction in which the conductor wire bundle extends can be deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Koga
  • Patent number: 9077216
    Abstract: A stator for a rotating electrical machine includes a stator core with a plurality of slots; and coils attached to the stator core. The coils are each structured by winding a covered conductor wire bundle around the stator core. The covered conductor wire bundle is structured by covering an outer circumference of a conductor wire bundle with a flexible insulating cover, the conductor wire bundle consisting of an assembly of a plurality of conductor wires. A plurality of the covered conductor wire bundles is disposed in each slot such that adjacent pairs of the covered conductor wire bundles are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Koga
  • Publication number: 20130193798
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a core having a plurality of slots disposed in a distributed manner in a circumferential direction of a cylindrical core reference surface, the slots each having a slot opening portion that opens in an opening direction toward one side in a radial direction of the core reference surface, and a coil conductor wire wound around the core. The coil conductor wire has a deformable cross-sectional shape, a diameter of the coil conductor wire with a circular cross-sectional shape is larger than a slot opening width which is a width of the slot opening portion in the circumferential direction, and the coil conductor wire is flexible enough to be flattened so as to be equal to or less than the slot opening width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Kiyotaka KOGA
  • Publication number: 20130192057
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coil unit includes inserting a coil conductor wire into a slot from a slot opening portion with a circumferential wire width of the coil conductor wire equal to or less than a slot opening width, the slot opening width being a width of the slot opening portion in the circumferential direction, the circumferential wire width being a wire width of the coil conductor wire in a direction parallel with the slot opening width, the coil conductor wire being a conductor wire with a deformable cross-sectional shape, and a diameter of the coil conductor wire with a circular cross-sectional shape being larger than the slot opening width; and pressing the coil conductor wire inserted into the slot in a depth direction which is opposite to the opening direction to deform the cross-sectional shape of the coil conductor wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Kiyotaka KOGA
  • Publication number: 20130127289
    Abstract: A conductor for a coil of a rotating electrical machine that includes a conductor wire bundle formed by gathering a plurality of conductor wires and a flexible insulating covering material that covers a periphery of the conductor wire bundle. The conductor has an intra-covering gap formed inward of the insulating covering material in a radial direction so that the conductor wires can move relative to each other in the intra-covering gap, and a cross-sectional shape of the insulating covering material along a perpendicular plane that is perpendicular to an extending direction in which the conductor wire bundle extends can be deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Kiyotaka KOGA
  • Patent number: 8344575
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a stator and manufacturing method of the stator in which the coil conducts of the stator have three phases (a U phase, V phase, and W phase), which are arranged in a distributed winding form in a plurality of slots of a stator core. The coil conductors of the three phases each include a slot conductor portion that is disposed in the slot, and a pair of coil end conductor portions disposed on both axial sides of the stator core to connect the slot conductor portions disposed in the different slots. The stator also includes a first side transition wire portion in each phase that is disposed further toward a radial inner side than an inner peripheral end surface of a tooth provided on each circumferential side of the slot so as to overlap another first side transition wire portions in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Masaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20120319523
    Abstract: Provided is a motor comprising: a stator equipped with a coil basket, which is a distributed winding coil that uses flat wire, and a stator core; and a rotor with a central shaft. The motor is characterized in that: the coil end at one end of the coil basket has bent sections that are bent on the rotor side in relation to wire sections inside slots of the stator core; and a lower-side concentric section and horizontal sections, which comprise the coil end at the other end, are positioned further toward the shaft center side of the rotor than the inner peripheral surface of the teeth; and the coil end at one end and the coil end at the other end comprise five flat wires that are lap wound in a flatwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kitamura Manabu, Atsushi Watanabe, Takashi Yamada, Shingo Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Kawasaki, Kiyotaka Koga
  • Publication number: 20120274172
    Abstract: A stator for a rotating electrical machine includes a stator core with a plurality of slots; and coils attached to the stator core. The coils are each structured by winding a covered conductor wire bundle around the stator core. The covered conductor wire bundle is structured by covering an outer circumference of a conductor wire bundle with a flexible insulating cover, the conductor wire bundle consisting of an assembly of a plurality of conductor wires. A plurality of the covered conductor wire bundles is disposed in each slot such that adjacent pairs of the covered conductor wire bundles are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka KOGA
  • Publication number: 20120228984
    Abstract: In an armature, a coil includes a plurality of conductor segments, each provided with a conducting side section and a pair of protruding sections. The two protruding sections in each pair extend in opposite directions from each other with respect to a circumferential direction. Each protruding section is joined to a protruding section of another conductor segment to which that conductor segment is joined. At least one of each two protruding sections joined to each other is provided with an offset bend section that offsets a tip towards the other protruding section in a radial direction. The join surfaces formed on the tips of the two protruding sections are joined facing each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Koga
  • Patent number: 8164229
    Abstract: An armature for a rotating electrical machine, the armature includes a cylindrical core having a plurality of longitudinally extending slots that are dispersedly arranged in a circumferential direction; and coils wound around the slots, wherein each of the slots is formed such that an inner circumferential opening thereof that is open radially inwardly is smaller in a circumferential width than a slot interior positioned on a radially outer side of the inner circumferential opening, and linear conductors forming the coils are each formed to be larger in the circumferential width than the inner circumferential opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Kiyotaka Koga, Shinichi Otake, Keiichi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20120019085
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine armature that can be produced by a simplified manufacturing process and at a reduced manufacturing cost. The armature core includes a plurality of slots extending in the axial direction of a cylindrical core reference surface and are distributed in the circumferential direction of the core reference surface and a coil wound in the armature core. The coil is formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; each of the segment conductors includes a straight conductor side portion disposed in the slot, a parallel projecting portion extending in parallel with an extension direction of the conductor side portion to project in the axial direction from the armature core, and an oblique projecting portion provided opposite the parallel projecting portion in the axial direction and extending from the conductor side portion to project in the axial direction from the armature core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka KOGA, Shogo MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20100289374
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a stator and manufacturing method of the stator in which the coil conducts of the stator have three phases (a U phase, V phase, and W phase), which are arranged in a distributed winding form in a plurality of slots of a stator core. The coil conductors of the three phases each include a slot conductor portion that is disposed in the slot, and a pair of coil end conductor portions disposed on both axial sides of the stator core to connect the slot conductor portions disposed in the different slots. The stator also includes a first side transition wire portion in each phase that is disposed further toward a radial inner side than an inner peripheral end surface of a tooth provided on each circumferential side of the slot so as to overlap another first side transition wire portions in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Masaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20100187938
    Abstract: An armature for a rotating electrical machine, the armature includes a cylindrical core having a plurality of longitudinally extending slots that are dispersedly arranged in a circumferential direction; and coils wound around the slots, wherein each of the slots is formed such that an inner circumferential opening thereof that is open radially inwardly is smaller in a circumferential width than a slot interior positioned on a radially outer side of the inner circumferential opening, and linear conductors forming the coils are each formed to be larger in the circumferential width than the inner circumferential opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Kiyotaka Koga, Shinichi Otake, Keiichi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20100102681
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a stator formed by disposing coils of a plurality of phases in a plurality of slots formed along an axial direction of a stator core; a rotor rotatably provided on an inner peripheral side of the stator; and a rotation position detector for detecting a rotation position of the rotor disposed on the one axial end side of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Yoshihisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7085144
    Abstract: In a device for removing inverter noise, a pair of bus bars extending in parallel are grounded via a pair of capacitors. The capacitors are connected to the bus bars and to a grounding terminal at positions symmetrical to the pair of bus bars. Therefore, the inductance components are balanced from the source of noise to the grounded point, and impedance components are decreased from the two bus bars to a point grounded through the capacitors, making it possible to effectively remove high-frequency noise on the DC bus line of the inverter without requiring a large amount of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Aisin A W Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shin Taguchi, Kiyotaka Koga, Katsuhiko Hattori
  • Publication number: 20040257841
    Abstract: In a device for removing inverter noise, a pair of bus bars extending in parallel are grounded via a pair of capacitors. The capacitors are connected to the bus bars and to a grounding terminal at positions symmetrical to the pair of bus bars. Therefore, the inductance components are balanced from the source of noise to the grounded point, and impedance components are decreased from the two bus bars to a point grounded through the capacitors, making it possible to effectively remove high-frequency noise on the DC bus line of the inverter without requiring a large amount of space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Taguchi, Kiyotaka Koga, Katsuhiko Hattori
  • Patent number: 6822353
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an electric motor control unit includes a heat sink that contacts power modules of the unit, a concave portion continuously formed in the heat sink and a wall member mounted on an opening face side of the concave portion so as to be fixed to the sink together define a coolant passage in the heat sink. In the heat sink, a projection projects from a mounting surface with respect to the wall member, and is fitted into a hole of the wall member and fixed to the heat sink by press-fitting. Thus, fluid leakage from cavities in a thin wall portion at a bottom of a bolt, such as in the case of conventional bolting, is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Koga, Masayuki Takenaka