Patents by Inventor Manabu Yazaki

Manabu Yazaki 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: 20220255411
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine system includes a rotary electric machine, a housing for housing the rotary electric machine, and a rotation parameter detector for detecting the rotation parameter of a rotating shaft constituting the rotary electric machine. The rotating shaft includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and a first bearing and a second bearing are provided between the housing and the first end portion, and between the housing and the second end portion, respectively. The first end portion includes a protruding tip that protrudes out of the housing through the first bearing. The rotation parameter detector is provided at the protruding tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tatsuya Choji, Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11370152
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method, which is method for manufacturing a rotor that includes a rotor core and a magnet inserted into a slot formed in the rotor core, includes a magnet-insertion step of inserting the magnet into the slot; and a fixing-material-injection step of injecting a fixing material into a space between an inner surface of the slot and the magnet from a plurality of fixing-material-injection portions of the slot. In the fixing-material-injection step, a time for starting injection of the fixing material into the slot is made to differ among the plurality of fixing-material-injection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara
  • Publication number: 20220103032
    Abstract: A first magnet, a second magnet, a fourth magnet, and a third magnet are retained on a rotor of a rotary electric machine in this order alongside one another in a circumferential direction. Magnetic fields of the first magnet and the fourth magnet are oriented in radial directions of a stator. Magnetic fields of the second magnet and the third magnet are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. When the rotor is viewed in plan from above or below, a ratio of a total surface area of the first magnet and the fourth magnet to a total surface area of the second magnet and the third magnet is S14:S23=1:0.2 to 1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Yoshihisa Kubota, Shoei Abe, Sho Yaegaki, Shigeru Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220103033
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. Teeth portions of the stator each include a base portion that protrudes in a radially inward direction of a yoke portion, a flange portion that is wider than the base portion, and an expanding portion interposed between the base portion and the flange portion. An angle of intersection between the base portion and the expanding portion is 108° to 130°. A distance (thickness) from an inner circumferential side end part to an outer circumferential side end part of the flange portion is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Shigeru Tajima, Shoei Abe, Yoshihisa Kubota, Sho Yaegaki
  • Publication number: 20220103031
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. In the stator, slots are formed between adjacent ones of teeth portions. An electromagnetic coil is provided in the slots. A distal end on an inner circumferential side of the electromagnetic coil is offset from an inner circumferential side end part of a base portion, which is a part of the teeth portion, toward a yoke portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Shigeru Tajima, Shoei Abe, Yoshihisa Kubota, Sho Yaegaki
  • Patent number: 11239735
    Abstract: A motor unit includes: a first rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical first stator, a first rotor disposed coaxially with the first stator, a first shaft disposed coaxially with the first rotor, and a cylindrical first casing accommodating the first stator and the first rotor; a second rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical second stator, a second rotor disposed coaxially with the second stator, a second shaft disposed coaxially with the second rotor, and a cylindrical second casing accommodating the second stator and the second rotor; a single drive device which is integrally fixed across a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the first rotor in the first casing and a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the second rotor in the second casing; and a surface-matching fixing portion which is fixed by a fixing member while an axial end surface of the first casing comes into contact with an axial end surface of the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 11198353
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive unit. The driving unit includes an electric rotary machine and a power conversion device. The drive unit is connected to a cooling liquid introduction pipe for introducing a cooling liquid to the drive unit, and the drive unit is connected to a cooling liquid discharge pipe for discharging the cooling liquid from the drive unit. The cooling liquid introduction pipe is connected to a cooling liquid introduction pipe connecting portion. The cooling liquid discharge pipe is connected to a cooling liquid discharge pipe connecting portion. The cooling liquid introduction pipe connecting portion and the cooling liquid discharge pipe connecting portion are provided above a lower end portion of the drive unit to connect the cooling liquid introduction pipe and the cooling liquid discharge pipe from the vehicle width direction of the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshinoya, Manabu Yazaki, Heisuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210001701
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive unit. The driving unit includes an electric rotary machine and a power conversion device. The drive unit is connected to a cooling liquid introduction pipe for introducing a cooling liquid to the drive unit, and the drive unit is connected to a cooling liquid discharge pipe for discharging the cooling liquid from the drive unit. The cooling liquid introduction pipe is connected to a cooling liquid introduction pipe connecting portion. The cooling liquid discharge pipe is connected to a cooling liquid discharge pipe connecting portion. The cooling liquid introduction pipe connecting portion and the cooling liquid discharge pipe connecting portion are provided above a lower end portion of the drive unit to connect the cooling liquid introduction pipe and the cooling liquid discharge pipe from the vehicle width direction of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi HOSHINOYA, Manabu YAZAKI, Heisuke KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10868450
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core having a slot in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a permanent magnet inserted in the slot, and a resin injected into the slot to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, wherein an injection fixing space into which the resin is injected to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, and a non-injection space into which the resin is not injected are provided in a space within the slot, the non-injection space is disposed at a position adjacent to an outer side of the rotor core in a radial direction with respect to the injection fixing space, and an edge of the non-injection space includes a surface of the resin injected into the injection fixing space, and a first region on an inner surface of the slot which continues to the surface of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 10819172
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine is disclosed which includes a rotor yoke including annular magnetic steel sheets stacked in an axial direction having magnet slots into which magnets inserted, Each magnetic steel sheet includes first through-holes to form the first internal cavities; second through-holes, each having a shape fit for each second internal cavity and configured to form part of one of the second internal cavities; and third through-holes, each having a shape for communication between one of the first internal cavities and one of the second internal cavities and to form, with one of the second through-holes, part of the one of the second internal cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20200295643
    Abstract: A rear-wheel drive device 1 includes a first electric motor 102A and a second electric motor 102B, each of which includes an electric motor main body and a rotational-state-quantity detection device. The relative positions between the reference position MS1 of a stator 14A of the first electric motor 102A and the reference position RS1 of a resolver stator 93 of the first electric motor 102A and the relative positions between the reference position MS2 of a stator 14B of the second electric motor 102B and the reference position RS2 of a resolver stator 93 of the second electric motor 102B coincide with each other based on a rotational direction of the first electric motor 102A and the second electric motor 102B which is either the rotational direction during forward movement of a vehicle 3 or the rotational direction during backward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMADA, Manabu YAZAKI, Nobuaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200295629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor unit that includes: a rotary electrical machine that has a cylindrical stator, a rotor disposed coaxially with the stator, a shaft disposed coaxially with the rotor, and a cylindrical case that houses the stator and the rotor; and a drive unit that has a swell swelling toward the case and is fixed to a circumferential surface that is located in a radial direction of the rotor and is the case. The case has a recess that corresponds to the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Heisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Hoshinoya, Sachio Kawada, Akira Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20200295627
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes: a cylindrical stator core which includes a plurality of slots; a coil which includes a first coil end inserted into the slot and protruding toward one side of the stator core in an axial direction and a second coil end protruding toward the other side in the axial direction; a rotor which is disposed coaxially with the stator core; a shaft which is disposed coaxially with the rotor; and an end wall which is provided at an end side of the shaft and faces the first coil end in the axial direction. The end wall includes a refrigerant outlet which opens in the axial direction so that a refrigerant supplied from the outside is ejected toward the first coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Atsushi Nishida, Teruhito Niimi, Takuji Yano, Akira Kito, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Yuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200295642
    Abstract: A motor unit includes: a first rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical first stator, a first rotor disposed coaxially with the first stator, a first shaft disposed coaxially with the first rotor, and a cylindrical first casing accommodating the first stator and the first rotor; a second rotating electric machine which includes a cylindrical second stator, a second rotor disposed coaxially with the second stator, a second shaft disposed coaxially with the second rotor, and a cylindrical second casing accommodating the second stator and the second rotor; a single drive device which is integrally fixed across a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the first rotor in the first casing and a peripheral surface in a diameter direction of the second rotor in the second casing; and a surface-matching fixing portion which is fixed by a fixing member while an axial end surface of the first casing comes into contact with an axial end surface of the second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Sachio Kawada, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroshi Hamano, Tsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 10753771
    Abstract: A brushless resolver includes a rotor having a one-phase excitation coil and a stator having two-phase detection coils. The rotor is mounted to a shaft of a motor to detect a rotation angle of the motor. An induction coil is located around the shaft. The induction coil is connected to the excitation coil. Electromotive force induced in the induction coil by a change of magnetic flux of the motor, which passes through the shaft, is used as an excitation signal supplied to the excitation coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ando, Kenichi Nakazato, Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20200119602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotating electrical machine capable of fixing a permanent magnet at a defined position of a magnet insertion hole without providing a filling groove for injection of a filler in a rotor core and, of course, without lowering performance as the rotating electric machine. A rotating electrical machine of the present invention includes: a rotor; and a stator, the rotor including: a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnet insertion holes; a permanent magnet inserted into the magnet insertion hole; and a filler configured to fix the permanent magnet to the magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takayuki NITTA, Yasuyuki SAITO, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Manabu YAZAKI, Keiichiro WABARA, Atsushi NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10587161
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator and a case. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets disposed in the rotor core, and an end face plate disposed such that an inside surface thereof is in contact with an end face of the rotor core. The stator includes a stator core and a coil disposed in the stator core, and is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor to face the rotor. The case accommodates the rotor and the stator, and includes a storage portion for storing liquid therein. A lower part of the rotor is immersed in the storage portion, and a liquid guide groove or a liquid guide hole is provided on an outside surface of the end face plate to extend in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki, Nobuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10587168
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator and a case. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets disposed in the rotor core, and an end face plate disposed such that an inside surface thereof is in contact with an end face of the rotor core. The stator includes a stator core and a coil disposed in the stator core, and is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor to face the rotor. The case accommodates the rotor and the stator, and includes a storage portion for storing liquid therein. A lower part of the rotor is immersed in the storage portion, and a liquid guide portion is provided on an outside surface of the end face plate to extend in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki, Nobuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10447115
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, stator and a motor case. The rotor includes a rotor core, plural magnets disposed in the rotor core, and an end face plate disposed such that an inside surface thereof is in contact with an end face of the rotor core. The stator includes a stator core and a coil. The stator is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor to face the rotor. The motor case accommodates the rotor and the stator and has a storage portion for storing liquid therein. A lower part of the rotor is immersed in the storage portion, and the motor case has an inclined wall extending from an upper side toward the permanent magnet or a peripheral part of the permanent magnet and guiding liquid scraped upward by the rotor to the magnet or the peripheral part of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Hayashi, Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20190103775
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core having a slot in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a permanent magnet inserted in the slot, and a resin injected into the slot to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, wherein an injection fixing space into which the resin is injected to fix the permanent magnet in the slot, and a non-injection space into which the resin is not injected are provided in a space within the slot, the non-injection space is disposed at a position adjacent to an outer side of the rotor core in a radial direction with respect to the injection fixing space, and an edge of the non-injection space includes a surface of the resin injected into the injection fixing space, and a first region on an inner surface of the slot which continues to the surface of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kashiwabara, Atsushi Nishida, Manabu Yazaki