Patents by Inventor Kouhei Yoshikawa
Kouhei Yoshikawa 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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Patent number: 11699547Abstract: A reactor includes a coil, an annular magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit when the coil is excited, a plurality of divided reactors arranged in parallel, and a holding member that holds the plurality of divided reactors in a state in which the divided reactors are arranged in parallel at a predetermined spacing. Each of the divided reactors includes a coil unit that is formed of a wound wire and constitutes a part of the coil and a core unit that passes through the coil unit from one end of the coil unit to the other end and constitutes a part of the magnetic core. The core unit has an inner core portion inserted through the coil unit, and outer core portions that protrude from both ends of the coil unit and extend in a direction that intersects the inner core portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kazushi Kusawake, Shintaro Nanbara
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Patent number: 11569018Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion, and a magnetic core including a core piece having an inner core portion disposed inside the winding portion. The core piece is a compact made of a composite material that contains a magnetic powder and a resin. The reactor further includes: a first projection that is integrated with and projects from an outer peripheral face of the inner core portion, and comes into contact with an inner peripheral face of the winding portion so as to position the winding portion in a diameter direction of the winding portion, and a second projection that is integrated with and projects from the core piece at a position opposing an end face of the winding portion, and comes into contact with the end face of the winding portion so as to position the winding portion in an axial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11462354Abstract: Provided is a reactor including: a coil having wound portions; and a magnetic core including core pieces having inner core portions arranged inside of the wound portions. The core pieces are molded bodies of a composite material including a magnetic powder and a resin, and the reactor includes: projections that are integrally molded with and protrude from outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions, and that position the wound portions in radial directions by coming into contact with inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions; and inner resin portions that fill spaces between the inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions and the outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions excluding the projections.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11404198Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a coil provided with two winding portions that are obtained by winding a winding wire such that axes of the winding portions are parallel to each other, and a magnetic core including a rectangular parallelepiped inner core portion disposed in each of the winding portions, and outer core portions that are disposed outside the winding portions and are for linking the inner core portions, in which at least one of two outer corner portions out of four corner portions of each of the inner core portions includes a corner chamfering portion that has been chamfered more than an inner corner portion that is opposite the outer corner portion, the four corner portions facing an inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the two outer corner portions being disposed on the side of each winding portion that is distant from the other winding portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouji Nishi, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11295888Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil including a first winding portion and a second winding portion formed by winding a winding wire, such that axes of the winding portions are parallel; and a magnetic core including: a first inner core portion arranged in the first winding portion; a second inner core portion arranged in the second winding portion; and outer core portions that are arranged outside of the winding portions and couple both inner core portions. A specification of a constituent material of the first inner core portion and a specification of a constituent material of the second inner core portion are different, and the second inner core portion is configured such that alternating-current loss of the second inner core portion and the second winding portion is smaller than alternating-current loss of the first inner core portion and the first winding portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouji Nishi, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20210327639Abstract: A reactor includes a coil, an annular magnetic core that forms a closed magnetic circuit when the coil is excited, a plurality of divided reactors arranged in parallel, and a holding member that holds the plurality of divided reactors in a state in which the divided reactors are arranged in parallel at a predetermined spacing. Each of the divided reactors includes a coil unit that is formed of a wound wire and constitutes a part of the coil and a core unit that passes through the coil unit from one end of the coil unit to the other end and constitutes a part of the magnetic core. The core unit has an inner core portion inserted through the coil unit, and outer core portions that protrude from both ends of the coil unit and extend in a direction that intersects the inner core portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kazushi Kusawake, Shintaro Nanbara
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Patent number: 11139107Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a pair of wound portions that are arranged side-by-side; a magnetic core having inner core portions that are disposed inside the wound portions and outer core portions that are exposed from the wound portions; and gap portions each constituted by a portion of respective insulating members that are disposed between the coil and the magnetic core, the gap portions dividing the outer core portions in a direction in which the wound portions are arranged side-by-side.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba
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Patent number: 10892081Abstract: A reactor including: a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes an inner core portion that is located inside the winding portion and an outer core portion that is located outside the winding portion; an inner interposed member that is interposed between an inner surface of the winding portion and the inner core portion; and an end surface interposed member that is interposed between an end surface of the winding portion and the outer core portion. The inner interposed member is provided with first positioning portions that engage with the end surface interposed member and are located so as to respectively face a first pair of surfaces of the outer core portion to position the outer core portion, the first pair of surfaces being composed of a pair of surfaces that face each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kouji Nishi, Takashi Takada, Shintaro Nanbara
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Publication number: 20200143974Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a coil provided with two winding portions that are obtained by winding a winding wire such that axes of the winding portions are parallel to each other, and a magnetic core including a rectangular parallelepiped inner core portion disposed in each of the winding portions, and outer core portions that are disposed outside the winding portions and are for linking the inner core portions, in which at least one of two outer corner portions out of four corner portions of each of the inner core portions includes a corner chamfering portion that has been chamfered more than an inner corner portion that is opposite the outer corner portion, the four corner portions facing an inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the two outer corner portions being disposed on the side of each winding portion that is distant from the other winding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouji Nishi, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200118727Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil including a first winding portion and a second winding portion that are formed by winding a wire, the winding portions being disposed side by side; and a magnetic core including a first inner core portion that is disposed on an inner side of the first winding portion, a second inner core portion that is disposed on an inner side of the second winding portion, and outer core portions that are disposed on an outer side of the two winding portions and connect end portions of the two inner core portions. In the coil, a circumferential length of the second winding portion is shorter than a circumferential length of the first winding portion, and the reactor includes a heat dissipation plate that is disposed on at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the second winding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouhei Yoshikawa, Akinori Ooishi
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Publication number: 20200111596Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion, and a magnetic core including a core piece having an inner core portion disposed inside the winding portion. The core piece is a compact made of a composite material that contains a magnetic powder and a resin. The reactor further includes: a first projection that is integrated with and projects from an outer peripheral face of the inner core portion, and comes into contact with an inner peripheral face of the winding portion so as to position the winding portion in a diameter direction of the winding portion, and a second projection that is integrated with and projects from the core piece at a position opposing an end face of the winding portion, and comes into contact with the end face of the winding portion so as to position the winding portion in an axial direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200075230Abstract: Provided is a reactor including: a coil having wound portions; and a magnetic core including core pieces having inner core portions arranged inside of the wound portions. The core pieces are molded bodies of a composite material including a magnetic powder and a resin, and the reactor includes: projections that are integrally molded with and protrude from outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions, and that position the wound portions in radial directions by coming into contact with inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions; and inner resin portions that fill spaces between the inner peripheral surfaces of the wound portions and the outer peripheral surfaces of the inner core portions excluding the projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200016536Abstract: A carbon dioxide removal device 100 that include an adsorbent 1 and a reaction vessel 10 that have the adsorbent 1 installed therein, and that brings a gas to be treated containing carbon dioxide into contact with the adsorbent 1 and thereby removes carbon dioxide from the gas, in which the carbon dioxide removal device 100 further includes a water adjustment unit 20 that supplies water to the reaction vessel 10 and discharges water from the reaction vessel 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro AOSHIMA, Yasuhiko YOSHINARI, Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Taigo ONODERA, Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Masato KANEEDA
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Publication number: 20200005986Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil including a first winding portion and a second winding portion formed by winding a winding wire, such that axes of the winding portions are parallel; and a magnetic core including: a first inner core portion arranged in the first winding portion; a second inner core portion arranged in the second winding portion; and outer core portions that are arranged outside of the winding portions and couple both inner core portions. A specification of a constituent material of the first inner core portion and a specification of a constituent material of the second inner core portion are different, and the second inner core portion is configured such that alternating-current loss of the second inner core portion and the second winding portion is smaller than alternating-current loss of the first inner core portion and the first winding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Kouji Nishi, Kouhei Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20190301754Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner 100 used in a space R containing a gas having a concentration of carbon dioxide of 5000 ppm or less, the air conditioner 100 including a flow path 10 connected to the space R, in which a removal section 10c for removing carbon dioxide contained in the gas is disposed in the flow path 10, an adsorbent 80 containing cerium oxide is disposed in the removal section 10c, and the carbon dioxide adsorbs on the adsorbent 80 as the adsorbent 80 comes into contact with the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro AOSHIMA, Toshikatsu SHIMAZAKI, Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Masato KANEEDA
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Publication number: 20190287714Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a pair of wound portions that are arranged side-by-side; a magnetic core having inner core portions that are disposed inside the wound portions and outer core portions that are exposed from the wound portions; and gap portions each constituted by a portion of respective insulating members that are disposed between the coil and the magnetic core, the gap portions dividing the outer core portions in a direction in which the wound portions are arranged side-by-side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba
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Publication number: 20190262795Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing carbon dioxide, the adsorbent containing cerium oxide and has a pore diameter having a differential pore volume of 0.0085 cm3/g-? or more in a region where a pore diameter is 7 ? or less in pore distribution measured by Horvath-Kawazoe method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro AOSHIMA, Toshikatsu SHIMAZAKI, Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Masato KANEEDA
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Publication number: 20190267184Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a pair of wound portions arranged side-by-side, a magnetic core having inner core portions and outer core portions, and a case that houses an assembly of the coil and the magnetic core. The case includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion that opposes outer peripheral surfaces of the outer core portions. The magnetic core is composed of a composite material and is joined to the bottom plate portion and the side wall portion. When a direction in which the wound portions are arranged in a side-by-side arrangement direction, the side wall portion includes a cut-out portion that exposes at least one of an external side surface of one of the wound portions and an external side surface of the other of the wound portions in the side-by-side arrangement direction to the outside of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhiro INABA
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Publication number: 20190255509Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing carbon dioxide, the adsorbent containing cerium oxide containing cerium and a metallic element (excluding cerium) having an electronegativity of 1.00 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro AOSHIMA, Yasuhiko YOSHINARI, Toshikatsu SHIMAZAKI, Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Taigo ONODERA, Masato KANEEDA
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Publication number: 20190217241Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent used for removing carbon dioxide from a gas comprising carbon dioxide, the adsorbent comprising a cerium oxide and having an average pore diameter of 50 nm or less, the average pore diameter measured by the BET method using argon gas as an adsorption gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro AOSHIMA, Toshikatsu SHIMAZAKI, Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Kouhei YOSHIKAWA, Masato KANEEDA