Patents by Inventor Koji Kawanami

Koji Kawanami 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: 20220181938
    Abstract: A novel dynamo-electrical machine is provided that can inhibit an increase in the height of a coil end positioned toward a turn portion and improve the cooling performance around the turn portion of a segment coil. A segment coil 31 includes a first linear portion 34r, a second linear portion 34a, and a turn portion 33 including a top portion 33c. The first linear portion 34r is inserted into a specified slot 22. The second linear portion 34a is inserted into another particular slot 22 different from the specified slot 22. The turn portion 33 extends from one end face portion of a stator core 21 toward the outside of the axial direction of the stator core 21 and connects the first linear portion 34r and the second linear portion 34a. The linear portions 34r and 34a of the multiple segment coils 31 are inserted and placed in the slots 22 in a layering manner from the inner periphery to the outer periphery in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo Electric Motor Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruaki NAKASHIMA, Takayuki KOIZUMI, Hidenori OKADA, Koji KAWANAMI, Kazuhisa SATO
  • Patent number: 10862367
    Abstract: A stator of an electric rotary machine includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion. The first abutting portion and the second abutting portion are welded by laser welding in a state where the abutting portions abut against each other, and the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion include bonding surfaces which are bonded to each other. In the axial direction, a height from an insulating cover film to the bonding surface in one abutting portion is greater than a height from an insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the other abutting portion, and in a radial direction, a protruding distance from the insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the one abutting portion is greater than a retraction distance from the insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the other abutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Koji Kawanami, Fumiya Nishii, Tomotaka Iki
  • Patent number: 10811944
    Abstract: A stator of an electric rotary machine includes: a stator core; and a coil including a plurality of first coil segments and a plurality of second coil segments. An end part of the projection part of the first coil segment is joined with an end part of the projection part of the second coil segment through laser welding in a state of abutting to the end part of the projection part of the second coil segment. And abutting portions abutting to each other between the projection part of the first coil segment and the projection part of the second coil segment include joining surfaces joined with each other and engaging surfaces engaged with each other and orthogonal to the joining surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Iki, Fumiya Nishii, Koji Kawanami
  • Publication number: 20190280542
    Abstract: A stator of an electric rotary machine includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion. The first abutting portion and the second abutting portion are welded by laser welding in a state where the abutting portions abut against each other, and the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion include bonding surfaces which are bonded to each other. In the axial direction, a height from an insulating cover film to the bonding surface in one abutting portion is greater than a height from an insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the other abutting portion, and in a radial direction, a protruding distance from the insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the one abutting portion is greater than a retraction distance from the insulating cover film to the bonding surface in the other abutting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KAWANAMI, Fumiya NISHII, Tomotaka IKI
  • Publication number: 20190260275
    Abstract: A stator of an electric rotary machine includes: a stator core; and a coil including a plurality of first coil segments and a plurality of second coil segments. An end part of the projection part of the first coil segment is joined with an end part of the projection part of the second coil segment through laser welding in a state of abutting to the end part of the projection part of the second coil segment. And abutting portions abutting to each other between the projection part of the first coil segment and the projection part of the second coil segment include joining surfaces joined with each other and engaging surfaces engaged with each other and orthogonal to the joining surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotaka IKI, Fumiya NISHII, Koji KAWANAMI
  • Patent number: 9496758
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a rotating shaft. The rotor core includes a through-hole, an inner circumference-side rotor core, an outer circumference-side rotor core, and a plurality of ribs. Each of the plurality of ribs includes a first curved rib and a second curved rib. The first curved rib extends to one side in a circumferential direction from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side. The first curved rib has a curved shape that bulges toward the outer circumference side and toward another side in the circumferential direction beyond a straight line that connects a first connecting portion between the first curved rib and the inner circumference-side rotor core and a second connecting portion between the first curved rib and the outer circumference-side rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Kawanami
  • Publication number: 20140225471
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a rotating shaft. The rotor core includes a through-hole, an inner circumference-side rotor core, an outer circumference-side rotor core, and a plurality of ribs. Each of the plurality of ribs includes a first curved rib and a second curved rib. The first curved rib extends to one side in a circumferential direction from an inner circumference side toward an outer circumference side. The first curved rib has a curved shape that bulges toward the outer circumference side and toward another side in the circumferential direction beyond a straight line that connects a first connecting portion between the first curved rib and the inner circumference-side rotor core and a second connecting portion between the first curved rib and the outer circumference-side rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji KAWANAMI
  • Patent number: 7670941
    Abstract: A method for production of semiconductor devices which includes the steps of forming, on an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate, a copper-containing conductive layer in such a way that its surface is exposed, performing heat treatment with a reducing gas composed mainly of hydrogen on the surface of the conductive layer, performing plasma treatment with a reducing gas on the surface of the conductive layer, thereby permitting the surface of the conductive layer to be reduced and the hydrogen adsorbed by the heat treatment to be released, and forming an oxidation resistance film that covers the surface of the conductive layer such that the surface of the conductive layer is not exposed to an oxygen-containing atmospheric gas after the plasma treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kawanami, Kiyotaka Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070048995
    Abstract: A method for production of semiconductor devices which includes the steps of forming, on an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate, a copper-containing conductive layer in such a way that its surface is exposed, performing heat treatment with a reducing gas composed mainly of hydrogen on the surface of the conductive layer, performing plasma treatment with a reducing gas on the surface of the conductive layer, thereby permitting the surface of the conductive layer to be reduced and the hydrogen adsorbed by the heat treatment to be released, and forming an oxidation resistance film that covers the surface of the conductive layer such that the surface of the conductive layer is not exposed to an oxygen-containing atmospheric gas after the plasma treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Kawanami, Kiyotaka Tabuchi