Patents by Inventor Masaaki Takemoto

Masaaki Takemoto 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: 11264861
    Abstract: A rotor core for a rotating electrical machine includes a laminated body that has insertion holes, a permanent magnet accommodated inside each of the insertion holes and fixed to the laminated body, and an end plate arranged at an end of the laminated body in the rotation axis direction. The laminated body includes annular flat metal plates that are stacked. A circumferential edge of the end plate is welded and fixed to circumferential edges of the metal plates such that the end plate is arranged at an end of the laminated body in the rotation axis direction to close openings of the insertion holes. A through-hole extends through an outer edge portion of at least one of an outermost metal plate of the laminated body or the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20200220422
    Abstract: A rotor core for a rotating electrical machine includes a laminated body that has insertion holes, a permanent magnet accommodated inside each of the insertion holes and fixed to the laminated body, and an end plate arranged at an end of the laminated body in the rotation axis direction. The laminated body includes annular flat metal plates that are stacked. A circumferential edge of the end plate is welded and fixed to circumferential edges of the metal plates such that the end plate is arranged at an end of the laminated body in the rotation axis direction to close openings of the insertion holes. A through-hole extends through an outer edge portion of at least one of an outermost metal plate of the laminated body or the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10079529
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a core of a rotating electric machine includes arranging a permanent magnet in a receptacle of a core body and injecting an anchoring material into a gap between a wall surface of the receptacle and an outer surface of the permanent magnet. A liquid crystal polymer, more specifically, liquid crystal polyester is used as the anchoring material. The liquid crystal polymer is injected at a velocity of 100 to 300 millimeters per second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Masubuchi, Masaki Sugiyama, Masaaki Takemoto, Masayuki Kito
  • Patent number: 9755489
    Abstract: A rotor core is manufactured by forming thin plate-like core pieces including holes, forming a lamination body including insertion holes by laminating the core pieces, and inserting and embedding a permanent magnet in each of the insertion holes of the lamination body. The holes of each core piece include one or more first holes, in each of which a position determining portion for determining the position of the permanent magnet is formed, and one or more second holes, in which a position determining portion is not formed. Each insertion hole of the lamination body is formed by overlapping first holes of some of the core pieces and second holes of the remaining core pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Takemoto, Takasuke Shikida
  • Patent number: 9653974
    Abstract: A core has accommodating slots each accommodating a permanent magnet. A fixing agent is injected into the space between the inner surface of each accommodating slot and the outer surface of the associated permanent magnet. A liquid-crystal polymer is used as the fixing agent. More specifically, liquid-crystal polyester is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Masubuchi, Masaki Sugiyama, Masaaki Takemoto, Masayuki Kito
  • Publication number: 20160181896
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a core of a rotating electric machine includes arranging a permanent magnet in a receptacle of a core body and injecting an anchoring material into a gap between a wall surface of the receptacle and an outer surface of the permanent magnet. A liquid crystal polymer, more specifically, liquid crystal polyester is used as the anchoring material. The liquid crystal polymer is injected at a velocity of 100 to 300 millimeters per second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MASUBUCHI, Masaki SUGIYAMA, Masaaki TAKEMOTO, Masayuki KITO
  • Publication number: 20140375165
    Abstract: A core has accommodating slots each accommodating a permanent magnet. A fixing agent is injected into the space between the inner surface of each accommodating slot and the outer surface of the associated permanent magnet. A liquid-crystal polymer is used as the fixing agent. More specifically, liquid-crystal polyester is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MASUBUCHI, Masaki SUGIYAMA, Masaaki TAKEMOTO, Masayuki KITO
  • Publication number: 20140000096
    Abstract: A rotor core is manufactured by forming thin plate-like core pieces including holes, forming a lamination body including insertion holes by laminating the core pieces, and inserting and embedding a permanent magnet in each of the insertion holes of the lamination body. The holes of each core piece include one or more first holes, in each of which a position determining portion for determining the position of the permanent magnet is formed, and one or more second holes, in which a position determining portion is not formed. Each insertion hole of the lamination body is formed by overlapping first holes of some of the core pieces and second holes of the remaining core pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Masaaki TAKEMOTO, Takasuke SHIKIDA
  • Publication number: 20120274163
    Abstract: A power unit includes a case, a first rotary electric machine arranged inside the case, a second rotary electric machine that is arranged parallel to the first rotary electric machine and that is arranged inside the case, a plurality of conductors that send electric power to the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and that receive electric power from the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and a cover member that covers a single opening provided in the case and communicating an inside of the case with an outside of the case, the plurality of conductors passing through the cover member. A valley shape is formed by an outer peripheral surface of the first rotary electric machine and an outer peripheral surface of the second rotary electric machine. The opening is provided in a portion of the case that faces the valley shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsumoto, Keiji Takizawa, Hiroshi Hoshina, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Masaaki Takemoto