Patents by Inventor Masahiro Seguchi

Masahiro Seguchi 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: 20250202387
    Abstract: A wound-field rotating electric machine includes: a stator including a stator winding; and a rotor having magnetic poles aligned in a circumferential direction and a field winding provided for each of the magnetic poles. A controller includes a control unit and an acquisition unit. The control unit controls a stator current through the stator winding and a field current through the field winding. The acquisition unit acquires a rotation parameter that indicates a rotation state of the rotor. When the rotor is in a high-rotation state in which a rotation speed of the rotor is higher than a predetermined rotation speed, the control unit controls the field current to be larger than in a state not being the high-rotation state, and controls the phase of the stator current to a field-weakening phase that weakens a field flux of the field winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventor: MASAHIRO SEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250070695
    Abstract: A control device is applied to a system including a rotary electric machine having a stator having a stator winding and a rotor having a field winding. The control device includes an operation unit that operates a current flowing through the stator winding and a field current flowing through the field winding in order to control a torque of the rotary electric machine to a command torque, and a determination unit that determines whether the command torque increases suddenly. The operation unit increases a degree of excitation of the field winding during a predetermined period from when it is determined that the command torque suddenly increase until the torque of the rotary electric machine converges to the command torque, compared to the degree of excitation of the field winding during a period after the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: MASAHIRO SEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240022124
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, main pole portions, and a field winding. A center axis of the main pole portion extending in a radial direction passing through a rotation center axis of the rotor is defined as a first axis, an axis passing through a center position of the first axis adjacent in the circumferential direction and a rotation center axis and extending in a radial direction is defined as a second axis, and an axis passing through a center position of the first axis and the second axis that are adjacent in the circumferential direction and the rotation center axis and extending in the radial direction is defined as a third axis. An outer end portion of the field winding in the circumferential direction in each of the main pole portions is positioned between the second axis and the third axis in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: MASAHIRO SEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11870312
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a field coil having first and second windings connected in series with each other, a rotor having main poles on which the first and second windings are wound, and a stator having a stator coil comprised of phase windings to which harmonic currents are respectively supplied to induce field current in the field coil. In the rotor, there are formed a series resonant circuit including the first winding and a capacitor and a parallel resonant circuit including the second winding and the capacitor. The first winding is radially located closer to the stator than the second winding is. Moreover, N1<N2 and 120°<?s<240°, where N1 and N2 are respectively the numbers of turns of the first and second windings and ?s is a phase offset between electric currents flowing respectively in the series and parallel resonant circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20240006967
    Abstract: A field winding type rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a stator core and multiphase stator windings. The rotor has a rotor core, a main pole portion provided at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and protruding radially from the rotor core, and a field winding wound around the main pole portion. A plurality of magnetic poles having alternating polarities in the circumferential direction are formed by flowing a field current through a field winding. The stator winding is provided on a peripheral surface of the stator core on the rotor side in a radial direction. The stator core is not provided with teeth protruding radially from the stator core toward the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: MASAHIRO SEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11502562
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core, stator teeth arranged in a circumferential direction and each radially protruding from the stator core, and a stator coil wound on the stator teeth. The rotor includes a rotor core, main poles arranged in the circumferential direction and each radially protruding from the rotor core, and a field coil wound on the main poles. Each of the stator teeth and the main poles extends in an axial direction. Each of the main poles has a pair of main-pole end portions located respectively at circumferential ends of the main pole and both radially facing the stator. For each of the main poles, in at least one of the main-pole end portions of the main pole, there is formed at least one cut for part of an axial length of the main pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 11251688
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a stator includes a stator winding, a field winding includes a series-connection body including a plurality of winding portions, and a rotor includes main pole portions protruding from a rotor core in a radial direction. A harmonic current for inducing a field current in the field winding flows to the stator winding. A rectifying element is connected in series to the field winding, configures a closed circuit with the field winding, and rectifies the field current that flows to the field winding to flow in one direction. In a capacitor, a first end is connected to a connection point between adjacent winding portions and a second end is connected to either of both ends of the rectifying element. A partitioning portion is disposed between at least a single set of adjacent winding portions among the plurality of winding portions and includes a magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 11218065
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a rotor where both a series resonant circuit including a first winding and a capacitor and a parallel resonant circuit including a second winding and the capacitor are formed. The first winding is radially located closer than the second winding to a stator. The capacitance of the capacitor and the ratio of the number of turns of the second winding to the number of turns of the first winding are set to have the amplitude of a total resultant magnetic flux lower than the amplitude of a field resultant magnetic flux. The total resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of the field resultant magnetic flux and magnetic flux generated by harmonic currents flowing in phase windings of a stator coil. The field resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of magnetic fluxes generated by harmonic currents flowing in the first and second windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 11196308
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a field coil having a serially-connected coil section pair consisting of first and second coil sections, a diode having its cathode and anode respectively connected to opposite ends of the serially-connected coil section pair, a rotating shaft, and a rotor having main pole portions radially protruding from a rotor core. In the rotating electric machine, there are formed both a series resonance circuit including the first coil section and at least one capacitor and a parallel resonance circuit including the second coil section and the at least one capacitor. Electronic components electrically connected with the field coil, which include the diode and the at least one capacitor, are arranged so that an overall center of gravity of all the electronic components is located closer than each of centers of gravity of the electronic components to a central axis of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20210226489
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core, stator teeth arranged in a circumferential direction and each radially protruding from the stator core, and a stator coil wound on the stator teeth. The rotor includes a rotor core, main poles arranged in the circumferential direction and each radially protruding from the rotor core, and a field coil wound on the main poles. Each of the stator teeth and the main poles extends in an axial direction. Each of the main poles has a pair of main-pole end portions located respectively at circumferential ends of the main pole and both radially facing the stator. For each of the main poles, in at least one of the main-pole end portions of the main pole, there is formed at least one cut for part of an axial length of the main pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210226499
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a field coil having first and second windings connected in series with each other, a rotor having main poles on which the first and second windings are wound, and a stator having a stator coil comprised of phase windings to which harmonic currents are respectively supplied to induce field current in the field coil. In the rotor, there are formed a series resonant circuit including the first winding and a capacitor and a parallel resonant circuit including the second winding and the capacitor. The first winding is radially located closer to the stator than the second winding is. Moreover, N1<N2 and 120°<?s<240°, where N1 and N2 are respectively the numbers of turns of the first and second windings and ?s is a phase offset between electric currents flowing respectively in the series and parallel resonant circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11050330
    Abstract: A field winding type rotary machine includes a stator having a stator core and a stator coil wound on the stator core, a rotor having a rotor core and a rotor field coil wound on the rotor core, and a rectifier element connected between both ends of the rotor field coil. The field winding type rotary machine includes a capacitor having a first terminal connected to an anode terminal of the rectifier element and a second terminal connected to any point of the rotor field coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20200373822
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a stator includes a stator winding, a field winding includes a series-connection body including a plurality of winding portions, and a rotor includes main pole portions protruding from a rotor core in a radial direction. A harmonic current for inducing a field current in the field winding flows to the stator winding. A rectifying element is connected in series to the field winding, configures a closed circuit with the field winding, and rectifies the field current that flows to the field winding to flow in one direction. In a capacitor, a first end is connected to a connection point between adjacent winding portions and a second end is connected to either of both ends of the rectifying element. A partitioning portion is disposed between at least a single set of adjacent winding portions among the plurality of winding portions and includes a magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200373823
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a rotor where both a series resonant circuit including a first winding and a capacitor and a parallel resonant circuit including a second winding and the capacitor are formed. The first winding is radially located closer than the second winding to a stator. The capacitance of the capacitor and the ratio of the number of turns of the second winding to the number of turns of the first winding are set to have the amplitude of a total resultant magnetic flux lower than the amplitude of a field resultant magnetic flux. The total resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of the field resultant magnetic flux and magnetic flux generated by harmonic currents flowing in phase windings of a stator coil. The field resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of magnetic fluxes generated by harmonic currents flowing in the first and second windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10756661
    Abstract: A field winding type rotating electric machine, whose power factor is cos ?, includes a stator, a rotor with a field winding, a rectifying element, a drive unit and a control unit. When performing rectangular-wave or overmodulation energization, the control unit generates a voltage pulse pair, which induces a current pulse pair, by: setting a reference time to the center of an ON duration or OFF duration of a control signal of a first phase; and providing a temporary ON duration and a temporary OFF duration after a predetermined angle from the reference time. The predetermined angle is within a predetermined range including cos?1 ? in electrical angle. The temporary ON duration is provided to temporarily turn ON a control signal of a second phase during an OFF duration thereof. The temporary OFF duration is provided to temporarily turn OFF a control signal of a third phase during an ON duration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Seguchi, Junichi Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20200251940
    Abstract: A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a field coil having a serially-connected coil section pair consisting of first and second coil sections, a diode having its cathode and anode respectively connected to opposite ends of the serially-connected coil section pair, a rotating shaft, and a rotor having main pole portions radially protruding from a rotor core. In the rotating electric machine, there are formed both a series resonance circuit including the first coil section and at least one capacitor and a parallel resonance circuit including the second coil section and the at least one capacitor. Electronic components electrically connected with the field coil, which include the diode and the at least one capacitor, are arranged so that an overall center of gravity of all the electronic components is located closer than each of centers of gravity of the electronic components to a central axis of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10727773
    Abstract: A field winding type rotating electric machine includes: a stator armature winding wound on a stator core; a rotor field winding wound on a rotor core; a rectifying element connected to both ends of the rotor field winding; a capacitor having one end connected to one end of the rectifying element and the other end connected between the two ends of the rotor field winding; and a control circuit configured to supply electric current, which includes a fundamental component for generating rotational torque and a harmonic component having a shorter period than the fundamental component and superimposed on the fundamental component, to the stator armature winding and thereby induce excitation current in the rotor field winding. Moreover, an inductance of the rotor field winding and a capacitance of the capacitor are in a resonant relationship with a frequency of the harmonic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Seguchi, Junichi Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20190312539
    Abstract: A field winding type rotating electric machine includes: a stator armature winding wound on a stator core; a rotor field winding wound on a rotor core; a rectifying element connected to both ends of the rotor field winding; a capacitor having one end connected to one end of the rectifying element and the other end connected between the two ends of the rotor field winding; and a control circuit configured to supply electric current, which includes a fundamental component for generating rotational torque and a harmonic component having a shorter period than the fundamental component and superimposed on the fundamental component, to the stator armature winding and thereby induce excitation current in the rotor field winding. Moreover, an inductance of the rotor field winding and a capacitance of the capacitor are in a resonant relationship with a frequency of the harmonic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SEGUCHI, Junichi NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20190296672
    Abstract: A field winding type rotating electric machine, whose power factor is cos ?, includes a stator, a rotor with a field winding, a rectifying element, a drive unit and a control unit. When performing rectangular-wave or overmodulation energization, the control unit generates a voltage pulse pair, which induces a current pulse pair, by: setting a reference time to the center of an ON duration or OFF duration of a control signal of a first phase; and providing a temporary ON duration and a temporary OFF duration after a predetermined angle from the reference time. The predetermined angle is within a predetermined range including cos?1 ? in electrical angle. The temporary ON duration is provided to temporarily turn ON a control signal of a second phase during an OFF duration thereof. The temporary OFF duration is provided to temporarily turn OFF a control signal of a third phase during an ON duration thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SEGUCHI, Junichi NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20190207491
    Abstract: A field winding type rotary machine includes a stator having a stator core and a stator coil wound on the stator core, a rotor having a rotor core and a rotor field coil wound on the rotor core, and a rectifier element connected between both ends of the rotor field coil. The field winding type rotary machine includes a capacitor having a first terminal connected to an anode terminal of the rectifier element and a second terminal connected to any point of the rotor field coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SEGUCHI