Patents by Inventor Mikito Sasaki

Mikito Sasaki 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: 20240235360
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotating machine includes: a stator; a rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets; and a magnetic pole piece rotor including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces each disposed at a radial position between the stator and the rotor. Each of the magnetic pole pieces has a magnetic pole piece end face facing one side in an axial direction. Each of the rotor magnets has a rotor magnet end face facing the one side. At least part of the magnetic pole piece end face is located on the other side in the axial direction relative to the rotor magnet end face, or a finger end face, of each of a plurality of fingers, facing the one side is located on the other side relative to a tooth end face, of a tooth of the stator, facing the one side, the plurality of fingers being configured to hold therebetween a stator magnet disposed on the tooth from both sides in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MAGNOMATICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi IKEMI, Ryoji OKABE, Takatoshi MATSUSHITA, Mikito SASAKI, Stuart CALVERLEY, David POWELL, Glynn COOKE, Radu-Stefan DRAGAN
  • Publication number: 20240154511
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotating machine, includes: a stator which includes a plurality of stator magnets arranged so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction; a rotor which includes a plurality of rotor magnets arranged so as to be aligned in the circumferential direction, and in which the number of magnetic poles of the plurality of rotor magnets is less than the number of magnetic poles of the plurality of stator magnets; and a magnetic pole piece rotor which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces arranged so as to be aligned in the circumferential direction at a radial position between the stator and the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MAGNOMATICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikemi, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki, Stuart Calverley, David Powell
  • Publication number: 20240154510
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotating machine, includes: a stator which includes a plurality of stator magnets arranged so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction; a rotor which includes a plurality of rotor magnets arranged so as to be aligned in the circumferential direction, and in which the number of magnetic poles of the plurality of rotor magnets is less than the number of magnetic poles of the plurality of stator magnets; and a magnetic pole piece rotor which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces arranged so as to be aligned in the circumferential direction. Each of the magnetic pole pieces has: a first face opposed to the rotor in a radial direction; and a second face opposed to the stator in the radial direction and having a circumferential length longer than a circumferential length of the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikemi, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki, Ryoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20240084893
    Abstract: A power generation system includes: a prime mover; a magnetic gear generator configured to be driven by an input from the prime mover to generate power; a power converter connected to the magnetic gear generator; an operation mode switch unit configured to switch an operation mode of the magnetic gear generator to a step-out avoidance mode in response to that a step-out parameter indicating a risk of step-out of the magnetic gear generator exceeds a prescribed allowable range; and a reduction command unit configured to give the prime mover an input reduction command to reduce the input from the prime mover and configured to give the power converter a torque reduction command to reduce a generator torque of the magnetic gear generator, in the step-out avoidance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Wakasa, Mikito Sasaki, Yuichiro Yazaki, Takatoshi Matsushita, Yoshiki Kato
  • Publication number: 20230352994
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotary electric machine includes: a stator which includes a stator core formed in an annular shape centered on an axis, a coil installed inside a slot of the stator core, and a plurality of stator magnets installed inside the stator core at intervals in a circumferential direction about the axis; a first rotor which includes a plurality of pole pieces provided inside the stator at intervals in the circumferential direction of the axis; and a second rotor which includes a rotor core provided inside the first rotor and a plurality of rotor magnets provided in the rotor core at intervals in the circumferential direction. The stator further includes an anti-vibration member that is made of fiber-reinforced plastic and is installed on an inner surface of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Kentaro Hayashi, Takatoshi Matsushita, Akihiko Umeda, Mikito Sasaki, Masayuki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20230085134
    Abstract: An axial-gap coreless rotary electric machine includes rotors, stators, and a case. Armature coils of the stators include a first coil segment and a second coil segment disposed to face the first coil segment. The case includes a first case segment and a second case segment disposed to face the first case segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi ISOBE, Masahiko EZUMI, Mikito SASAKI, Masahiro NII
  • Publication number: 20230046584
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device, which is disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear, includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the magnetic gear. Each of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces includes a plurality of plate-shaped electrical steel sheets having a longitudinal direction. The plurality of electrical steel sheets are laminated along the circumferential direction, with the longitudinal direction being along an axial direction of the magnetic gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Mikito SASAKI, Takatoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230049224
    Abstract: An outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly for a magnetic gear which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed on an outer circumferential side of the outer diameter side magnet field pole piece assembly along a circumferential direction, includes: a plurality of magnetic pole pairs disposed on the outer circumferential side of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces along the circumferential direction; and a support member for supporting the plurality of magnetic pole pairs from the outer circumferential side. A space along an axial direction is formed in at least a part between an outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs and an opposite surface of an inner circumferential surface of the support member opposite to the outer circumferential surface of each of the plurality of magnetic pole pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Akihiko Umeda, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230049968
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotary electric machine is provided with: a casing; a stator including a stator core, a coil, and a plurality of stator magnets; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces provided inside the stator; and a second rotor including a rotor core provided inside the first rotor and a plurality of rotor magnets provided in the rotor core, wherein the stator core includes a back yoke and a plurality of teeth protruding radially inward from the back yoke and provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, a plurality of the stator magnets are attached to radially inner end portions of the teeth in the circumferential direction, and the stator magnets are attached to the stator core so that a first portion of the tooth to which the stator magnets are attached is allowed to separate from a second portion of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Takatoshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20230046567
    Abstract: A magnetic geared rotary electric machine includes: a casing; a stator including a stator core fixed to the casing and formed in an annular shape centered on an axis, a coil installed inside a slot of the stator core, and a plurality of stator magnets installed inside the stator core at intervals in a circumferential direction about the axis; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces provided inside the stator at intervals in the circumferential direction about the axis; and a second rotor including a rotor core provided inside the first rotor and a plurality of rotor magnets provided in the rotor core at intervals in the circumferential direction. The stator core includes a back yoke surrounding the axis and a plurality of teeth formed on the back yoke at intervals in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230045743
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear, includes: an outer circumferential cover member disposed opposite to the outer diameter side magnet field and having a cylindrical shape; an inner circumferential cover member disposed opposite to the inner diameter side magnet field and having a cylindrical shape; and a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction between the outer circumferential cover member and the inner circumferential cover member. The outer circumferential cover member includes a plurality of outer circumferential side facing portions facing outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a plurality of outer circumferential side connecting portions for connecting two adjacent outer circumferential side facing portions of the plurality of outer circumferential side facing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Yasutaka Aoki, Takayuki Shimizu, Ryoji Okabe, Akihiko Umeda, Takatoshi Matsushita, Mikito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230029489
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a plurality of magnets on support members disposed opposite to each other across a gap. The plurality of magnets include: first magnets having a magnetization direction orthogonal to a support surface of each of the support members; and second magnets having a magnetization direction parallel to the support surface, and form a Halbach magnet array. Either of the first magnets or the second magnets has a first dimension orthogonal to the support surface which is smaller than a first dimension of the other of the first magnets or the second magnets, either of the first magnets or the second magnets being formed into a recessed shape as viewed from a side of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Takatoshi Matsushita, Akihiko Umeda
  • Publication number: 20230018880
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device according to an embodiment is a magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear that includes an annular member which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of holding members respectively disposed between the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a cover member which is made of a composite material obtained by impregnating continuous fiber extending along the circumferential direction with a matrix resin. The cover member is disposed on at least one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the annular member. A relation of ?·tc?t?½·tc is satisfied, where tc is a gap between the annular member and the magnet field and t is a thickness of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Akihiko UMEDA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Patent number: 11075555
    Abstract: An axial gap motor includes: a first stator and a second stator disposed to be opposite to each other in an axial direction; and a rotor including a first magnet layer in which a plurality of first main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of first auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in a circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the first stator and a second magnet layer in which a plurality of second main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of second auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in the circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the second stator between the first stator and the second stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Masahiro Nil
  • Patent number: 10944307
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the annular rotor; an input or output shaft coupled at a first end thereof to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the annular rotor in a central space defined in a central portion of the annular rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input or output shaft than an end of the annular rotor adjacent to the external device in the axial direction of the annular rotor and connecting the input or output shaft and the annular rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Umeda, Mikito Sasaki, Shin Asano, Hiroshi Sato, Hisanobu Shinoda, Shinichi Isobe, Atsushi Yuge
  • Publication number: 20200266681
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the rotor; an input/output shaft coupled at a first end to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the rotor in a central space formed in a central portion of the rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input/output shaft than an end of the rotor adjacent to the external device is in the axial direction and connecting the input/output shaft and the rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko UMEDA, Mikito SASAKI, Shin ASANO, Hiroshi SATO, Hisanobu SHINODA, Shinichi ISOBE, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20190386551
    Abstract: An inner coil end portion of a coil includes inner notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap inner coil end portions of other coils which are adjacent to the coil in an axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the inner coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction. An outer coil end portion of the coil includes outer notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap outer coil end portions of the other coils which are adjacent to the coil in the axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the outer coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Masayuki SAKAI, Hisanobu SHINODA, Keisuke Ota, Ryoji OKABE
  • Publication number: 20190044401
    Abstract: An axial gap motor includes: a first stator and a second stator disposed to be opposite to each other in an axial direction; and a rotor including a first magnet layer in which a plurality of first main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of first auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in a circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the first stator and a second magnet layer in which a plurality of second main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of second auxiliary pole magnets are arranged in a Halbach array in the circumferential direction to increase a magnetic field strength toward the second stator between the first stator and the second stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Mikito SASAKI, Masahiro NII
  • Patent number: 10033234
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator that generates a rotating magnetic field; a rotor supported rotatably by a shaft within the stator; an outermost peripheral permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded inside the rotor in an arced shape forming a convexity at the inner surface of the rotor; and an inner permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded at the inside of the rotor in parallel to the outermost peripheral permanent magnet. The arc angle of the permanent magnets is greater than 90°, the thickness at the center of both inner permanent magnets is thinner than the thickness at the center of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet, and the thickness at the ends of both inner permanent magnets is thicker than the thickness at the ends of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: U-MHI PLATECH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 9641032
    Abstract: In the regions around a magnetic shielding space, curved portions and having a rounded shape, which protrude toward the interior space of a magnetic shielding space, are formed at ends of a first side and a second side close to a first end and a second end of an outer-periphery side. In the vicinity of angular portions and of the magnetic shielding space that are positioned at both ends of the outer-periphery side, the magnetic flux density for a given cross-sectional area of a channel through which a short-circuit magnetic flux flows is reduced, and thus, the level of the short-circuit magnetic flux is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Mikito Sasaki, Shinichi Isobe