Patents by Inventor Masatomo Shirouzu

Masatomo Shirouzu 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: 20180254135
    Abstract: An operator is prevented from touching terminals and the like. A reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three core coils disposed inside the outer peripheral iron core. Each of the core coils includes a core and a coil wound onto the core. The reactor further includes a terminal base that has a plurality of terminals connected to leads extending from the coils and is disposed on one end of the outer peripheral iron core, and an electric shock prevention cover for covering the terminals of the terminal base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180233266
    Abstract: A reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core and at least three iron-core coils that contact or are connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. Each of the iron-core coils includes iron cores and coils wound onto the iron cores. The reactor further includes an external cooling unit disposed outside the outer peripheral iron core, to cool the outer peripheral iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180233275
    Abstract: A three-phase AC reactor according to the present invention includes a peripherally enclosing external core; at least three core coils being in contact with or connected to an interior of the external core, each of the core coils including a core and a coil wound around the core, and the adjoining core coils being magnetically connected through a gap; and a barrier fitted on an end portion of the external core so as to enclose side surfaces of the coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180233265
    Abstract: A reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three iron-core coils that contact or are connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. Each of the iron-core coils includes iron cores and coils wound onto the iron cores. A space is formed between each of the coils and the outer peripheral iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180204667
    Abstract: A three-phase reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core for surrounding the outer periphery of the three-phase reactor, and at least three iron core coils, which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. The at least three iron core coils includes iron cores and coils wound around the iron cores. Gaps, which can be magnetically coupled, are each formed between two adjacent ones of the iron cores. The three-phase reactor further includes a vibration suppressing structure part disposed in the vicinity of the gaps so as to reduce vibrations occurring at the gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180182529
    Abstract: A transformer includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three iron core coils, which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. The at least three iron core coils each include an iron core, and at least one of a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are wound around the iron core. Gaps, which can be magnetically coupled, are formed between two adjacent ones of the at least three iron cores, or between the at least three iron cores and a central iron core positioned at the center of the outer peripheral iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Shirouzu, Kenichi Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20180183280
    Abstract: A single-phase reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core, at least four iron cores, which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core, and coils which are wound around at least two iron cores of the at least four iron cores. Gaps, which can be magnetically coupled, are each formed between two adjacent ones of the at least four iron cores, or are formed between the at least four iron cores and a central iron core positioned at the center of the outer peripheral iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180182540
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three iron core coils which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. The at least three iron core coils each include an iron core, and at least one of a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are wound around the iron core. The at least three iron core coils are arranged in a circle, and the iron core of one of the at least three iron core coils is in contact with the iron cores of the other iron core coils adjacent to the one iron core coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Shirouzu, Kenichi Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20180182522
    Abstract: A reactor includes a plurality of iron cores and a winding wound on any of the plurality of iron cores; a gap is formed between two iron cores facing against each other; a gap-facing surface of one iron core has an area larger than that of a gap-facing surface of the other iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180122564
    Abstract: A three-phase AC reactor according to an embodiment includes a peripheral iron core that forms an outer periphery, and at least three iron core coils that are in contact with or connected to inner surfaces of the peripheral iron core. Each iron core coil includes an iron core and a coil wound around the iron core. The at least three iron core coils form gaps between the iron core coils adjoining each other so as to be magnetically connectable through the gaps. Each coil has coil extension members that extend from coil ends to connection points to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180090262
    Abstract: A three-phase AC reactor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input and output terminal block; a peripheral iron core disposed under the input and output terminal block; and at least three iron-core coils each constituted of an iron core and a coil wound around the iron core, so as to contact an inner surface of the peripheral iron core or so as to be coupled to the inner surface. The at least three iron-core coils form gaps that can be magnetically coupled between two of the iron-core coils adjoining each other. The three-phase AC reactor includes a phase-based coil extending member unit that extends from coil end portions of the coils as base points to connection points of the input and output terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tsukada, Kaname Matsumoto, Makoto Takeshita, Yuuichi Yamada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20180068776
    Abstract: A reactor includes a core body; a first end plate and a second end plate which sandwich and fasten the core body; and a plurality of axis portions disposed in the vicinity of an outer edge portion of the core body or outward of the core body and supported by the first end plate and the second end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Maeda, Masatomo Shirouzu, Takafumi Kajiya
  • Publication number: 20180025830
    Abstract: A three-phase AC reactor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes three-phase coils that are not arranged in parallel, an input and output terminal block having an input and output unit having a parallel arrangement, and an external connection position change unit disposed between a coil end of each of the three-phase coils and the input and output terminal block to connect the coil end to the input and output terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENICHI TSUKADA, Kaname Matsumoto, Makoto Takeshita, Yuuichi Yamada, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20170372828
    Abstract: A reactor capable of eliminating a heat source provided within a power cabinet housing a motor drive device. The reactor includes a tubular core, a coil installed inside the core, a terminal which is provided at an axially first end of the core and which is connected to the coil, and an attachment flange which extends radially outside of the core and which is provided between the terminal and a second end of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20170221628
    Abstract: A three-phase reactor includes: an outer peripheral iron core; and at least three iron-core coils that come in contact with an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core or are joined to the inner surface. The at least three iron-core coils include corresponding iron cores and corresponding coils wound around the iron cores, and gaps that can magnetically connect one iron-core coil of the at least three iron-core coils and an iron-core coil adjacent to the one iron-core coil to each other are formed between the one iron-core coil of the at least three iron-core coils and the iron-core coil adjacent to the one iron-core coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Shirouzu, Takuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20170154718
    Abstract: A multi-phase reactor is configured to include a first core arranged at a center of the reactor; a plurality of second cores provided outside the first core and arranged so that each of magnetic paths with respect to the first core is in a loop shape; and one or a plurality of windings wound around each of the second cores. With this configuration, the multi-phase reactor capable of setting a constant value of inductance for each phase is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Maeda, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20170084377
    Abstract: A three-phase reactor includes: a central iron core; an outer peripheral iron core surrounding the central iron core; and at least three connecting units that magnetically connect the central iron core and the outer peripheral iron core to each other, in which each of the connecting units includes at least one connecting iron core, at least one coil wound around the connecting iron core, and at least one gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Maeda, Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20170012498
    Abstract: A motor-driving device includes a power element, a supporting body supporting the power element and a radiator detachably attached to the supporting body. The surface area of the contact surface between the back surface of the supporting body and the radiator is larger than the surface area of a reference contact surface when the supporting body and the radiator contact each other in a plane extending in a direction perpendicular to the attaching direction of the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Patent number: 9462727
    Abstract: The LC filter includes a first AC reactor having a first core and a first coil whose terminal is connected to an AC power source, a second AC reactor having a second core and a second coil whose terminal is connected to a power convertor which converts AC to DC, a capacitor, a casing to house these components, a cooling air introduction portion which introduces cooling air into the casing, and a cooling air discharge portion which discharges the cooling air from the casing in a predetermined direction. The second AC reactor is positioned so as to provide a second gap between the outer periphery of the second coil and the casing, and so that the axial direction of the second coil coincides with the flow direction of the cooling air flowing along the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu
  • Publication number: 20150351278
    Abstract: The LC filter includes a first AC reactor having a first core and a first coil whose terminal is connected to an AC power source, a second AC reactor having a second core and a second coil whose terminal is connected to a power convertor which converts AC to DC, a capacitor, a casing to house these components, a cooling air introduction portion provided on one surface of the casing, which introduces cooling air therein, and a cooling air discharge portion provided on the opposite surface of the casing, which discharges the cooling air in a predetermined direction. The second AC reactor is positioned so as to provide a second gap between the outer periphery of the second coil and the casing, and so that the axial direction of the second coil coincides with the direction of the flow of the cooling air flowing along the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Masatomo Shirouzu