Patents by Inventor Minoru Mera
Minoru Mera 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).
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Patent number: 7667363Abstract: Outer circumference of a rotor is alternately provided with a plurality of circumferential portions and a plurality of convex portions. Straight lines each connecting a rotational axis to one of circumferential centers of circumferential portions are referred to as radial lines. Straight lines each bisecting one of convex portions are referred to as bisectors. A plurality of magnetic flux blocking regions are located on a rotor. One of the magnetic flux blocking region is located in a range between the radial line and the bisector adjacent to and preceding the radial line in the rotation direction. Therefore, a permanent magnet embedment rotating electric machine is capable of preventing decreases in torque and suppressing torque ripple.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Taku Adaniya, Tatsuya Horiba, Taizo Hirano, Kensuke Ikai, Minoru Mera
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Patent number: 7652405Abstract: A plurality of convex portions are located inside of a virtual circumferential surface. Each convex portion connects an adjacent pair of circumferential portions with each other. Each convex portion is an arcuate curve bulging radially outward. Each convex portion defines a minimum radius. A difference between a radius R and the minimum radius is a depth Dh. Dhr=Dh×25.5/R. A range of an angular width A in relation to circumferential portion and a range of the depth Dh are set by the following expression, (5.6×Dhr+11.3)°×6/p?A<35°×6/p and A<[360/p?2×arccos]°??(1) Therefore, decrease in torque is prevented. Torque pulsation is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Taku Adaniya, Minoru Mera, Kiyoshi Uetsuji, Ai Saeki, Masatoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fukasaku
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Patent number: 7649296Abstract: A stator includes a first through a third windings, and a first and a second interphase insulators. The first interphase insulator has a first pair of strip-shaped insulating sheets and a first connecting portion. End portions of the insulating sheets are connected to the respective opposite end portions to form joints. The first connecting portion connects the insulating sheets so that the joints are shifted so as to be disposed in a region avoiding an interference with the first winding on both of a lead-extending side and the opposite side. In the second interphase insulator similarly constructed, a second connecting portion connects a second pair of the strip-shaped insulating sheets so that joints are shifted so as to be disposed in a region avoiding an interference with the third winding on both of the lead-extending side and the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Kiyoshi Uetsuji
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Patent number: 7541711Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes teeth, coils each wound about one of the teeth, and a yoke. Each tooth includes a tooth main body and a tooth reinforcing portion, which is integrally molded with at least a part of the surface of the tooth main body. The tooth main portions are formed a powder magnetic core material. The tooth reinforcing portions have a higher mechanical strength than that of the tooth main bodies. The yoke has fitting openings each receiving one of the teeth. Each tooth is fitted to the corresponding fitting opening in such a manner that the tooth reinforcing portion contacts a wall surface that defines the fitting opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Taku Adaniya, Minoru Mera, Hideo Nakai, Kenji Hiramoto
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Patent number: 7538468Abstract: A housing of an electric motor includes an inner circumferential surface, which includes recesses arranged along the circumferential direction. On an outer circumferential surface of a stator core of a stator are provided protrusions arranged along the circumferential direction. Fitting each protrusion to the corresponding recess fixes the stator core to the housing. A rotor is provided radially inward of the stator. In a state where each protrusion is fitted to the corresponding recess, a pair of side surfaces of each protrusion are retained by a pair of inner side surfaces of the corresponding recess in the circumferential direction of the housing. A gap is formed between an end face of each protrusion and an inner bottom surface of the corresponding recess facing the end face along the entire surface of the end face.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Masatoshi Kobayashi, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Ai Saeki, Hiroshi Fukasaku
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Patent number: 7531936Abstract: A stator includes a cylindrical stator core and a coil. The stator core is formed by stacking a plurality of core sheets. The stator core has a groove formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof and a slot. The coil is inserted in the slot. The groove is located parallel to an axis of the stator core and the slot is skewed with respect to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Tatsuya Horiba
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Patent number: 7521833Abstract: A rotating electric machine including circumferential portions respectively corresponding to magnetic pole centers of permanent magnets and defined along the outer circumference of the rotor at a plurality of locations, with each circumferential portion extending along part of a virtual circumferential surface, which is coaxial with the rotor. The circumferential portions are spaced from one another in the circumferential direction. Convex portions connect adjacent pairs of the circumferential portions. Each convex portion is located radially inward from the circumferential surface, projects in a radially outward direction, and includes angled portions directed in the radially outward direction. The rotating electric machine suppresses decrease in the average value of the output torque and does not use reluctance torque to increase the average value of the output torque.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Taku Adaniya, Ai Saeki, Kiyoshi Uetsuji, Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Masatoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080174197Abstract: A stator includes a first through a third windings, and a first and a second interphase insulators. The first interphase insulator has a first pair of strip-shaped insulating sheets and a first connecting portion. End portions of the insulating sheets are connected to the respective opposite end portions to form joints. The first connecting portion connects the insulating sheets so that the joints are shifted so as to be disposed in a region avoiding an interference with the first winding on both of a lead-extending side and the opposite side. In the second interphase insulator similarly constructed, a second connecting portion connects a second pair of the strip-shaped insulating sheets so that joints are shifted so as to be disposed in a region avoiding an interference with the third winding on both of the lead-extending side and the opposite side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Kiyoshi Uetsuji
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Publication number: 20070290567Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes teeth, coils each wound about one of the teeth, and a yoke. Each tooth includes a tooth main body and a tooth reinforcing portion, which is integrally molded with at least a part of the surface of the tooth main body. The tooth main portions are formed a powder magnetic core material. The tooth reinforcing portions have a higher mechanical strength than that of the tooth main bodies. The yoke has fitting openings each receiving one of the teeth. Each tooth is fitted to the corresponding fitting opening in such a manner that the tooth reinforcing portion contacts a wall surface that defines the fitting opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Taku Adaniya, Minoru Mera, Hideo Nakai, Kenji Hiramoto
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Publication number: 20070273239Abstract: A housing of an electric motor includes an inner circumferential surface, which includes recesses arranged along the circumferential direction. On an outer circumferential surface of a stator core of a stator are provided protrusions arranged along the circumferential direction. Fitting each protrusion to the corresponding recess fixes the stator core to the housing. A rotor is provided radially inward of the stator. In a state where each protrusion is fitted to the corresponding recess, a pair of side surfaces of each protrusion are retained by a pair of inner side surfaces of the corresponding recess in the circumferential direction of the housing. A gap is formed between an end face of each protrusion and an inner bottom surface of the corresponding recess facing the end face along the entire surface of the end face.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Masatoshi Kobayashi, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Ai Saeki, Hiroshi Fukasaku
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Publication number: 20070257576Abstract: Outer circumference of a rotor is alternately provided with a plurality of circumferential portions and a plurality of convex portions. Straight lines each connecting a rotational axis to one of circumferential centers of circumferential portions are referred to as radial lines. Straight lines each bisecting one of convex portions are referred to as bisectors. A plurality of magnetic flux blocking regions are located on a rotor. One of the magnetic flux blocking region is located in a range between the radial line and the bisector adjacent to and preceding the radial line in the rotation direction. Therefore, a permanent magnet embedment rotating electric machine is capable of preventing decreases in torque and suppressing torque ripple.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Taku Adaniya, Tatsuya Horiba, Taizo Hirano, Kensuke Ikai, Minoru Mera
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Patent number: 7278938Abstract: A power transmission device includes a first one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a pulley to a rotating shaft, and a second one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a rotor of a motor to the rotating shaft. The first one-way clutch is of inner cam type in which an engagement cam-surface is formed in an outer periphery of a first inner ring, while the second one-way clutch is of outer cam type in which an engagement cam-surface is formed in an inner periphery of a second outer ring. This arrangement improves engagement performance of the first one-way clutch as well as reducing heat generation of the second one-way clutch, so that the lifetime of grease is prolonged.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Ichihara, Hajime Watanabe, Hideki Fujiwara, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Akinobu Kanai, Naoki Usui, Tomoharu Arai
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Publication number: 20070210669Abstract: An electric motor includes an annular housing and an annular stator core having the inner periphery the shape of which differs from a perfect circle. The stator core is supported by the housing in such a manner that the outer periphery of the stator core and the inner periphery of the housing are partially in contact with each other. The inner periphery of the stator core is deformed to become close to the shape of the perfect circle when the stator core is securely fitted in the housing by shrink fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Ai Saeki
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Publication number: 20070200447Abstract: A plurality of convex portions are located inside of a virtual circumferential surface. Each convex portion connects an adjacent pair of circumferential portions with each other. Each convex portion is an arcuate curve bulging radially outward. Each convex portion defines a minimum radius. A difference between a radius R and the minimum radius is a depth Dh. Dhr=Dh×25.5/R. A range of an angular width A in relation to circumferential portion and a range of the depth Dh are set by the following expression, (5.6×Dhr+11.3)°×6/p?A<35°×6/p and A<[360/p?2×arccos]° ??(1) Therefore, decrease in torque is prevented. Torque pulsation is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Taku Adaniya, Minoru Mera, Kiyoshi Uetsuji, Ai Saeki, Masatoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fukasaku
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Patent number: 7195110Abstract: There is provided a one-way clutch unit that is simple in structure and compact. An annular recess 67 is provided in an inner periphery of a side of a deep groove ball bearing portion 55 of a first inner ring 7 of a first one-way clutch 1, and an end portion on the side of a deep groove ball bearing portion 65 of a second one-way clutch 2 is disposed in the annular recess 67. Thereby, the dimension in an axial direction of the one-way clutch unit is reduced by a dimension in the axial direction of the second one-way clutch 2 that is disposed in the annular recess 67.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignees: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Takahiro Ichihara, Hajime Watanabe, Hideki Fujiwara, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Akinobu Kanai, Naoki Usui, Tomoharu Arai
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Publication number: 20060267443Abstract: A stator includes a cylindrical stator core and a coil. The stator core is formed by stacking a plurality of core sheets. The stator core has a groove formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof and a slot. The coil is inserted in the slot. The groove is located parallel to an axis of the stator core and the slot is skewed with respect to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Tatsuya Horiba
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Publication number: 20060250041Abstract: A rotating electric machine including circumferential portions respectively corresponding to magnetic pole centers of permanent magnets and defined along the outer circumference of the rotor at a plurality of locations, with each circumferential portion extending along part of a virtual circumferential surface, which is coaxial with the rotor. The circumferential portions are spaced from one another in the circumferential direction. Convex portions connect adjacent pairs of the circumferential portions. Each convex portion is located radially inward from the circumferential surface, projects in a radially outward direction, and includes angled portions directed in the radially outward direction. The rotating electric machine suppresses decrease in the average value of the output torque and does not use reluctance torque to increase the average value of the output torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Taku Adaniya, Ai Saeki, Kiyoshi Uetsuji, Hiroshi Fukasaku, Minoru Mera, Masatoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7040871Abstract: A compressor provided with a torque limiter constructed such that, in view of possible occurrence of accidental locking of the compressor, in the case where a one-way clutch is used in place of an electromagnetic clutch in order to permit a refrigerant compressor for a vehicle air-conditioning system to be driven by an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine, when an excessive torque is to be transmitted by the one-way clutch, rollers ride over wedge surfaces and fall into pocket sections, or sprags are reversed to roll-over.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignees: Denso Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Motohiko Ueda, Yasuo Tabuchi, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Tomoharu Arai
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Publication number: 20060091752Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed surrounding the stator and being rotatable around the stator. The rotor has a plurality of permanent magnets each of which is movable in a radial direction of the rotor. The radially outward movement of the permanent magnets is urged by centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Taku Adaniya, Minoru Mera, Kiyoshi Uetsuji
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Patent number: 7007781Abstract: There is provided a compact one-way clutch unit that can perform connection and disconnection of power in two systems. An end portion on a side of a deep groove ball bearing portion 65 of a second one-way clutch 2 is disposed in an annular recess 67, which is provided at an end portion in an inner peripheral surface of a first inner ring 7, so that the dimension in an axial direction of a one-way clutch unit is reduced. Further, an outer peripheral diameter on a side of the deep groove ball bearing portion 65 is made smaller than that on the side of a one-way clutch portion 60 of a second outer ring 14 so as to reduce a diameter of the recess 67 and the outer peripheral diameter of the first outer ring 5 of the first one-way clutch 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Ichihara, Hajime Watanabe, Hideki Fujiwara, Minoru Mera, Taku Adaniya, Akinobu Kanai, Naoki Usui, Tomoharu Arai