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).

  • Patent number: 9800112
    Abstract: An electrical collecting and distributing member holding structure is composed of a stator including a multiplicity of cores arranged annularly, windings wound around the multiplicity of cores respectively, and an insulator for electrical insulation between the cores and the windings, a plurality of annular electrical collecting and distributing members held around the stator to collect and distribute electric current to the windings, and a holding portion formed on the insulator. The plurality of electrical collecting and distributing members are being held in the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: HITACHI METALS, LTD, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Egami, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9653975
    Abstract: A rotor having permanent magnets 10 includes: a laminated core body 13 having a shaft hole 12 in the center thereof and magnet insertion holes 15 around the shaft hole 12; permanent magnets 16 disposed in the respective magnet insertion holes 15; and first and second end face plates 18, 19 disposed on one axial end and the other axial end of the laminated core body 13, respectively, the first and second end face plates 18, 19 including first and second through holes 32, 33, respectively. The first and second through holes 32, 33 each overlap a contour of a magnet insertion hole 15 on a radially inner side or a radially outer side in a plan view, and have first and second tapered portions 34, 35 gradually expanding the diameter toward the magnet insertion hole 15, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Patent number: 9630486
    Abstract: A vehicle including a mounted object, which is supported by a framework member of the vehicle with a supporting member and which is disposed offset to one side of the vehicle with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-rear direction, wherein the mounted object includes an extending portion that extends from the mounted object while inclined to a vertical direction or that extends from the mounted object in a horizontal direction, and that is formed such that, when an external force of a predetermined value or larger is exerted on the mounted object from the one side to displace the mounted object to the other side by a predetermined amount or larger, the extending portion abuts on a surface of the right-left framework member, the surface facing upward in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Patent number: 9500500
    Abstract: The number of turns and the winding direction of a cosine-phase coil wound around an i-th tooth and the number of turns and the winding direction of a sine-phase coil wound around the i-th tooth are set according to Tc,i=TSmax cos(ms?i+?2)+T2c cos(me?i+?1) and Ts,i=TSmax sin(ms?i+?2)+T2s cos(me?i+?1), respectively, where TSmax: a first reference number of turns of each of the detecting coils of each phase, T2c: a second reference number of turns of each of the cosine-phase coils, T2s: a second reference number of turns of each of the sine-phase coils, me: a pole pair number in a magnetic flux distribution formed by the exciting coils, ms: a pole pair number in each magnetic flux distribution formed by the detecting coils of each phase, ?1: the phase of the exciting coils, ?2: each phase of the cosine-phase coils and the sine-phase coils, and ?i: a mechanical angle of the i-th tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Ookawara, Toshifumi Yoshikawa, Hirokuni Wakui, Kenichi Nakazato, Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20160297291
    Abstract: A vehicle including a mounted object, which is supported by a framework member of the vehicle with a supporting member and which is disposed offset to one side of the vehicle with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-rear direction, wherein the mounted object includes an extending portion that extends from the mounted object while inclined to a vertical direction or that extends from the mounted object in a horizontal direction, and that is formed such that, when an external force of a predetermined value or larger is exerted on the mounted object from the one side to displace the mounted object to the other side by a predetermined amount or larger, the extending portion abuts on a surface of the right-left framework member, the surface facing upward in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Patent number: 9419487
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a stator core that is formed of a plurality of split core pieces that are annularly arranged therein, coil conductors being wound around respective split core pieces. One ends of the respective coil conductors which are wound around the respective split core pieces are connected to power supply terminals for corresponding phases, and other ends of the respective coil conductors are connected to each other to form a neutral point, the respective coil conductors are formed of rectangular wires, and the neutral point-side end portions of the respective coil conductors are led to an outside of the stator core from one point on a circumference of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono, Satoshi Yamada, Tarou Genda
  • Publication number: 20160233748
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate used for manufacturing a rotor, the method includes: (a) stamping out a plurality of workpieces from a metal sheet wherein each of the workpieces has a temporarily-interlocking portion; and (b) obtaining a laminate including the workpieces integrated together by the temporarily-interlocking portion, wherein each of the workpieces further has a shaft hole, a magnet insertion hole, and a weight-reducing hole formed between the shaft hole and the magnet insertion hole, and the temporarily-interlocking portion is provided to the weight-reducing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio Matsunaga, Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Yusuke Hasuo, Masahiro Izumi, Manabu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20160211711
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core. The rotor core has magnet insertion holes which are arranged at first circumferential intervals and in which permanent magnets are disposed. The rotor core includes steel plates, a first core block, and a second core block. The steel plates are stacked in an axial direction of the rotor. The first core block includes first steel plates among the steel plates stacked with rotational stacking at a rotational stacking angle corresponding to a common multiple of a first circumferential interval among the first circumferential intervals and a second circumferential interval among second circumferential intervals. The second core block includes second steel plates among the steel plates stacked with the rotational stacking at the rotational stacking angle from a position shifted by an angle corresponding to the first circumferential interval relative to the first core block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160164350
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate used for manufacturing a laminated core including a circumferential yoke part and a plurality of magnetic pole parts radially extending from the yoke part. This method includes: feeding a metal sheet drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die; stamping out a plurality of workpieces from the metal sheet in the progressive die, wherein each of the workpiece comprises a temporarily-interlocking portion between adjacent magnetic pole portions; and stacking the workpieces to integrate these workpieces together by the temporarily-interlocking portion to obtain the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio MATSUNAGA, Hisatomo ISHIMATSU, Yusuke HASUO, Masahiro IZUMI, Manabu YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9337694
    Abstract: Provided is an electricity collection and distribution ring excellent in durability and the easiness of manufacturing while the size thereof is reduced, and also provided is a method for manufacturing the electricity collection and distribution ring. The electricity collection and distribution ring (2) comprises: first to fourth bus rings (21 to 24) for collecting electricity from and distributing electricity to each of the phase coils (111, 112, 113) of a three-phase motor (1); a plurality of fixing members (3) disposed at a plurality of predetermined positions in a circumferential direction of the first to fourth bus rings (21 to 24) and mutually fixing the first to fourth bus rings (21 to 24); and a plurality of connection terminals (4) for connecting the first to fourth bus rings (21 to 24) and the lead-out lines of the respective phase coils (111, 112, 113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Egami, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Kazuhiko Tomita, Toru Sumi, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Publication number: 20150345995
    Abstract: The number of turns and the winding direction of a cosine-phase coil wound around an i-th tooth and the number of turns and the winding direction of a sine-phase coil wound around the i-th tooth are set according to Tc,i=TSmax cos(ms?i+?2)+T2c cos(me?i+?1) and Ts,i=TSmax sin(ms?i+?2)+T2s cos(me?i+?1), respectively, where TSmax: a first reference number of turns of each of the detecting coils of each phase, T2c: a second reference number of turns of each of the cosine-phase coils, T2s: a second reference number of turns of each of the sine-phase coils, me: a pole pair number in a magnetic flux distribution formed by the exciting coils, ms: a pole pair number in each magnetic flux distribution formed by the detecting coils of each phase, ?1: the phase of the exciting coils, ?2: each phase of the cosine-phase coils and the sine-phase coils, and ?i: a mechanical angle of the i-th tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki OOKAWARA, Toshifumi YOSHIKAWA, Hirokuni WAKUI, Kenichi NAKAZATO, Manabu YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9136739
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator around which coil conductor wires for a plurality of phases are wound, a housing that contains the stator, and a terminal block that is mounted on the housing and connects end portions of the coil conductor wires for the respective phases led from the stator to corresponding external power supply lines. A coolant is supplied to the stator in the housing. The terminal block includes: a plurality of relay conductors, each relay conductor having one end connected to an external power supply line and the other end connected to an end portion of the coil conductor wires for 10 the respective phases, and a terminal block body that is made of an insulating material and holds the plurality of relay conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Koichi Ono, Manabu Yazaki, Tarou Genda
  • Publication number: 20150084469
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core being rotatable around a rotational axis. The rotor core includes a plurality of steel plates stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the plurality of steel plates includes a plurality of magnet insertion piece holes, a plurality of through piece holes, a radially inner side annular ring, a radially outer side annular ring, and a plurality of ribs. The plurality of magnet insertion piece holes are provided at every first circumferential space. The plurality of magnet insertion piece holes constitute a plurality of magnet insertion holes in a state in which the plurality of steel plates are stacked in the stacking direction while the plurality of steel plates are rotated by the first circumferential space at every timing at which a predetermined number of the plurality of steel plates are stacked in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150061431
    Abstract: An electrical collecting and distributing member holding structure is composed of a stator including a multiplicity of cores arranged annularly, windings wound around the multiplicity of cores respectively, and an insulator for electrical insulation between the cores and the windings, a plurality of annular electrical collecting and distributing members held around the stator to collect and distribute electric current to the windings, and a holding portion formed on the insulator. The plurality of electrical collecting and distributing members are being held in the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi EGAMI, Manabu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150061430
    Abstract: An electrical collecting and distributing member holding structure is composed of a stator including a multiplicity of cores arranged annularly, windings wound around the multiplicity of cores respectively, and an insulator for electrical insulation between the cores and the windings, a plurality of annular electrical collecting and distributing members held around the stator to collect and distribute electric current to the windings, and a holding portion formed on the insulator. The holding portion includes a plurality of recesses formed therein. The plurality of electrical collecting and distributing members are being held in the holding portion in such a manner as to be partially received in the plurality of recesses, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi EGAMI, Hidenori OKADA, Manabu YAZAKI, Koichi ONO
  • Publication number: 20150061445
    Abstract: A rotor having permanent magnets 10 includes: a laminated core body 13 having a shaft hole 12 in the center thereof and magnet insertion holes 15 around the shaft hole 12; permanent magnets 16 disposed in the respective magnet insertion holes 15; and first and second end face plates 18, 19 disposed on one axial end and the other axial end of the laminated core body 13, respectively, the first and second end face plates 18, 19 including first and second through holes 32, 33, respectively. The first and second through holes 32, 33 each overlap a contour of a magnet insertion hole 15 on a radially inner side or a radially outer side in a plan view, and have first and second tapered portions 34, 35 gradually expanding the diameter toward the magnet insertion hole 15, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisatomo Ishimatsu, Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono
  • Patent number: 8941275
    Abstract: A rotational axis of a first motor 102A and a rotational axis of a second motor 102B are disposed on the same straight line. A connector 72 of the first motor 102A and a connector 72B of the second motor 102B are disposed substantially in mirror symmetric positions, and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the first motor 102A and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the second motor 102B are disposed in non-mirror symmetric positions, and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the first motor 102A and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the second motor 102B differ from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tarou Genda, Koichi Ono, Satoshi Yamada, Manabu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 8917000
    Abstract: An arrangement structure includes: a motor including: a motor main body including a stator and a rotor, the rotor being disposed to be rotatable relative to the stator; a case member configured to store the motor main body; and a connecting conductor configured to electrically connect an inside conductor disposed inside the case member and an outside conductor disposed outside the case member; and a support device fixed to the case member and a frame member of a vehicle, the support device being configured to support the motor on the frame member, wherein the connecting conductor is arranged directly below a fixing portion where the support device is fixed to the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Nobuchika Ukai, Masakazu Yoshii, Koichi Ono, Takehiro Endo, Masahiro Sato, Takahide Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140354094
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a stator core that is formed of a plurality of split core pieces that are annularly arranged therein, coil conductors being wound around respective split core pieces. One ends of the respective coil conductors which are wound around the respective split core pieces are connected to power supply terminals for corresponding phases, and other ends of the respective coil conductors are connected to each other to form a neutral point, the respective coil conductors are formed of rectangular wires, and the neutral point-side end portions of the respective coil conductors are led to an outside of the stator core from one point on a circumference of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Koichi Ono, Satoshi Yamada, Tarou Genda
  • Publication number: 20140327332
    Abstract: A rotational axis of a first motor 102A and a rotational axis of a second motor 102B are disposed on the same straight line. A connector 72 of the first motor 102A and a connector 72B of the second motor 102B are disposed substantially in mirror symmetric positions, and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the first motor 102A and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the second motor 102B are disposed in non-mirror symmetric positions, and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the first motor 102A and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the second motor 102B differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tarou Genda, Koichi Ono, Satoshi Yamada, Manabu Yazaki