Patents by Inventor Masaki Horii

Masaki Horii 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: 10404139
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: an annular cooling oil channel that is configured inside an externally mounted frame so as to face axially toward coils that are arranged in an annular shape and such that a surface that faces the coils is made into an opening; an oil pump; a nozzle that sprays cooling oil that is conveyed under pressure from the oil pump into the cooling oil channel from above; and a plurality of oil flow direction changing projections that are respectively disposed inside the cooling oil channel and are arranged circumferentially so as to face gaps between the coils and such that cooling oil receiving surfaces face upstream in a direction of flow of the cooling oil so as to change the cooling oil that flows through the cooling oil channel to an axial flow so as to be supplied to the gaps between the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Hiroyuki Higashino
  • Patent number: 10320247
    Abstract: Ventilation apertures are respectively formed circumferentially so as to pass axially through an inner circumferential side of a rotor core, rotor grooves are respectively formed circumferentially on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core so as to have groove directions in an axial direction, and a centrifugal fan is fixed to the shaft at an end of the rotor core near the front frame, and a cyclic path is formed in which, during operation of the centrifugal fan, cooling air flows into the ventilation apertures from near a rear frame, passes through the ventilation apertures and flows out near the front frame, flows radially outward near the front frame and flows into the rotor grooves, passes through the rotor grooves and flows out near the rear frame, and flows radially inward near the rear frame and flows into the ventilation apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Horii
  • Patent number: 10164491
    Abstract: Winding bodies are produced by repeatedly winding a ?-shaped coil pattern that is formed by inserting the conductor wire sequentially into a second slot, a first slot, a second slot, and a third slot, so as to alternate an axial direction of insertion into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot, for two turns in a radial direction, and are configured such that a plurality of rectilinear portions that are respectively inserted into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot are linked continuously by coil end portions, and a liquid coolant is supplied to a coil end that is constituted by the coil end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Atsushi Sakaue, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10116178
    Abstract: A coolant flow channel is formed so as to pass axially through a rotor core radially inside magnet housing apertures, a linking flow channel is formed so as to have a flow channel width that is narrower than a maximum flow channel width of the coolant flow channel, so as to link the coolant flow channel and the magnet housing apertures, and so as to pass axially through the rotor core, and permanent magnets are fixed to an inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures by an adhesive that is disposed only between a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially outer side and the inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures so as to expose a region of a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially inner side that faces the linking flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Masaya Inoue, Yoshiaki Kitta
  • Patent number: 9991754
    Abstract: A permanent magnet 21 is housed in a magnet housing aperture 20, an adhesive is disposed only between an outside wall surface 20a that is positioned on a radially outer side of an inner wall surface of the magnet housing aperture 20 and an outside surface 21a that is positioned on a radially outer side of a surface of the permanent magnet 21 such that the permanent magnet 21 is fixed so as to be closer to the outside wall surface 20a, and a cooling flow channel 23 through which a coolant is made to flow is formed by an inside surface 21b that is positioned on a radially inner side of the surface of the permanent magnet 21 and an inside wall surface 20b that is positioned on a radially inner side of the inner wall surface of the magnet housing aperture 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Masaya Inoue, Yoshiaki Kitta
  • Patent number: 9960649
    Abstract: A coolant flow path structure which cools a rotor is configured of a first coolant flow path forming a radial coolant flow path of the rotor and a second coolant flow path communicating with the first coolant flow path and forming an axial coolant flow path of the rotor, and a negative pressure structure, which brings an exist of the coolant flow path structure into a negative pressure as a result of a rotation of the rotor, is provided at the exit of the second coolant flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yoshinori, Yoshiaki Kitta, Koichi Ojima, Hiroyuki Higashino, Toshiya Chazono, Masaki Horii
  • Patent number: 9847698
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor having improved overall cooling efficiency by enabling a coolant to flow around a stator and around and through a rotor in parallel for the stator and the rotor to allow the stator and the rotor to be cooled in parallel. In the electric motor, after an automatic transmission fluid flowing into a first coolant inflow port (10) passes through a shaft internal flow path and rotor internal flow paths (27), the automatic transmission fluid passes through a coolant exhaust port (20) to flow out of a housing (18). After the automatic transmission fluid flowing into a second coolant inflow port (11) passes through a clearance (31) between the housing (18) and a stator (17) and around coil ends (29) of stator coils (16), the automatic transmission fluid passes through the coolant exhaust port (20) to flow out of the housing (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yoshinori, Masaki Horii
  • Publication number: 20170047822
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: an annular cooling oil channel that is configured inside an externally mounted frame so as to face axially toward coils that are arranged in an annular shape and such that a surface that faces the coils is made into an opening; an oil pump; a nozzle that sprays cooling oil that is conveyed under pressure from the oil pump into the cooling oil channel from above; and a plurality of oil flow direction changing projections that are respectively disposed inside the cooling oil channel and are arranged circumferentially so as to face gaps between the coils and such that cooling oil receiving surfaces face upstream in a direction of flow of the cooling oil so as to change the cooling oil that flows through the cooling oil channel to an axial flow so as to be supplied to the gaps between the coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki HORII, Hiroyuki HIGASHINO
  • Patent number: 9570950
    Abstract: A permanent magnet embedded rotary electric machine includes: permanent magnets 23 respectively accommodated in the magnet accommodation holes 25. In the magnet accommodation hole 25, a portion of each permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially outer side of the rotor iron core 21 is fixed to the rotor iron core 21, and a refrigerant passage 27 is formed, in a shaft direction of the rotor iron core 21, between the rotor iron core 21 and a portion of the permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially inner side of the rotor iron core 21. Protrusions 28 are provided, perpendicularly to a passing direction of a refrigerant, on an exposed portion 21a of the rotor iron core 21 in the refrigerant passage 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Horii, Masaya Inoue, Yoshiaki Kitta
  • Publication number: 20160322874
    Abstract: A coolant flow path structure which cools a rotor is configured of a first coolant flow path forming a radial coolant flow path of the rotor and a second coolant flow path communicating with the first coolant flow path and forming an axial coolant flow path of the rotor, and a negative pressure structure, which brings an exist of the coolant flow path structure into a negative pressure as a result of a rotation of the rotor, is provided at the exit of the second coolant flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu YOSHINORI, Yoshiaki KITTA, Koichi OJIMA, Hiroyuki HIGASHINO, Toshiya CHAZONO, Masaki HORII
  • Publication number: 20160322876
    Abstract: Winding bodies are produced by repeatedly winding a ?-shaped coil pattern that is formed by inserting the conductor wire sequentially into a second slot, a first slot, a second slot, and a third slot, so as to alternate an axial direction of insertion into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot, for two turns in a radial direction, and are configured such that a plurality of rectilinear portions that are respectively inserted into the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot are linked continuously by coil end portions, and a liquid coolant is supplied to a coil end that is constituted by the coil end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki HORII, Atsushi SAKAUE, Masaya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20160261158
    Abstract: A coolant flow channel is formed so as to pass axially through a rotor core radially inside magnet housing apertures, a linking flow channel is formed so as to have a flow channel width that is narrower than a maximum flow channel width of the coolant flow channel, so as to link the coolant flow channel and the magnet housing apertures, and so as to pass axially through the rotor core, and permanent magnets are fixed to an inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures by an adhesive that is disposed only between a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially outer side and the inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures so as to expose a region of a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially inner side that faces the linking flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki HORII, Masaya INOUE, Yoshiaki KITTA
  • Publication number: 20160149450
    Abstract: A permanent magnet 21 is housed in a magnet housing aperture 20, an adhesive is disposed only between an outside wall surface 20a that is positioned on a radially outer side of an inner wall surface of the magnet housing aperture 20 and an outside surface 21a that is positioned on a radially outer side of a surface of the permanent magnet 21 such that the permanent magnet 21 is fixed so as to be closer to the outside wall surface 20a, and a cooling flow channel 23 through which a coolant is made to flow is formed by an inside surface 21b that is positioned on a radially inner side of the surface of the permanent magnet 21 and an inside wall surface 20b that is positioned on a radially inner side of the inner wall surface of the magnet housing aperture 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki HORII, Masaya INOUE, Yoshiaki KITTA
  • Publication number: 20160099633
    Abstract: Provided is an electric motor having improved overall cooling efficiency by enabling a coolant to flow around a stator and around and through a rotor in parallel for the stator and the rotor to allow the stator and the rotor to be cooled in parallel. In the electric motor, after an automatic transmission fluid flowing into a first coolant inflow port (10) passes through a shaft internal flow path and rotor internal flow paths (27), the automatic transmission fluid passes through a coolant exhaust port (20) to flow out of a housing (18). After the automatic transmission fluid flowing into a second coolant inflow port (11) passes through a clearance (31) between the housing (18) and a stator (17) and around coil ends (29) of stator coils (16), the automatic transmission fluid passes through the coolant exhaust port (20) to flow out of the housing (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu YOSHINORI, Masaki HORII
  • Publication number: 20150115751
    Abstract: A permanent magnet embedded. rotary electric machine includes: permanent magnets 23 respectively accommodated in the magnet accommodation holes 25. In the magnet accommodation hole 25, a portion of each permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially outer side of the rotor iron core 21 is fixed to the rotor iron core 21, and a refrigerant passage 27 is formed, in a shaft direction of the rotor iron core 21, between the rotor iron core 21 and a portion of the permanent magnet 23 corresponding to the radially inner side of the rotor iron core 21. Protrusions 28 are provided, perpendicularly to a passing direction of a refrigerant, on an exposed portion 21a of the rotor iron core 21 in the refrigerant passage 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki HORII, Masaya INOUE, Yoshiaki KITTA
  • Patent number: 9018794
    Abstract: An electric power controller for a vehicle with stop-start system is provided to prevent electric energy from being decreased in a power capacitor when an engine is in an idle-stop state. The engine is in the idle-stop state by idle-stop control means, the transfer of the electric energy between the power capacitor and a vehicle-mounted battery is stopped by power control means connected between the power capacitor and the vehicle-mounted battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeru Okabe, Masaki Horii
  • Publication number: 20140333163
    Abstract: Ventilation apertures are respectively formed circumferentially so as to pass axially through an inner circumferential side of a rotor core, rotor grooves are respectively formed circumferentially on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core so as to have groove directions in an axial direction, and a centrifugal fan is fixed to the shaft at an end of the rotor core near the front frame, and a cyclic path is formed in which, during operation of the centrifugal fan, cooling air flows into the ventilation apertures from near a rear frame, passes through the ventilation apertures and flows out near the front frame, flows radially outward near the front frame and flows into the rotor grooves, passes through the rotor grooves and flows out near the rear frame, and flows radially inward near the rear frame and flows into the ventilation apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki HORII
  • Patent number: 8788167
    Abstract: A clutch control unit includes a clutch motor controller that controls a clutch motor. The clutch motor controller has a target clutch motor current computing unit that computes a target clutch motor current for adjusting torque of the clutch motor to be torque corresponding to an operating state of the vehicle, and a motor driving and braking selection unit that selects a motor driving mode in which the clutch motor is driven by applying feedback control on an output of the clutch motor or a motor braking mode in which the clutch motor is braked by short-circuiting the clutch motor according to a difference between the target clutch motor current and an actually detected clutch motor current. It thus becomes possible to provide a control system of a transmission that engages a clutch by a motor braking force in a manner that suits the running state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Ishikawa, Takeru Okabe, Nozomu Kamioka, Tomohisa Shoda, Masaki Horii, Yasufumi Ogawa, Shiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 8698453
    Abstract: A full charge control apparatus includes a temperature detection accuracy decision unit and a full charge decision unit. The temperature detection accuracy decision unit detects an engine speed, a vehicle speed and an ambient temperature and, based on these surrounding conditions, determines whether the difference between the temperature of the battery estimated from a measurement by a temperature sensor and a true battery temperature falls within a specified accuracy range. If the battery temperature measurement accuracy is not within the specified range, the criteria for judging the fully charged state of the battery are modified to ensure that the battery will not be under-charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Horii
  • Publication number: 20120293121
    Abstract: A full charge control apparatus includes a temperature detection accuracy decision unit and a full charge decision unit. The temperature detection accuracy decision unit detects an engine speed, a vehicle speed and an ambient temperature and, based on these surrounding conditions, determines whether the difference between the temperature of the battery estimated from a measurement by a temperature sensor and a true battery temperature falls within a specified accuracy range. If the battery temperature measurement accuracy is not within the specified range, the criteria for judging the fully charged state of the battery are modified to ensure that the battery will not be under-charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki HORII