Patents by Inventor Motoo KITAHARA

Motoo KITAHARA 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: 11496016
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor capable of improving the reliability of a connection between a lead conductor and a terminal member. A stator includes a winding wound around a stator core and having a lead conductor at an end thereof, and a terminal member having a connection portion to the lead conductor of the winding. The connection portion of the terminal member includes a winding-side connection portion that fixes the lead conductor, and a leading-end-side connection portion that fixes a portion closer to a leading end of the lead conductor than the winding-side connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukuda, Kenichi Nakayama, Motoo Kitahara, Kazuo Ojima
  • Patent number: 11387719
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress reduction of insulation reliability between stator coils. A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine according to the present invention is a method of manufacturing a stator including an insulating member intervening between a plurality of coil end portions each protruding from a stator core, the method including: a first step of disposing an interposed member to cover part of the insulating member between the plurality of coil end portions; and a second step of welding part of each of the plurality of coil end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Arai, Motoo Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10666102
    Abstract: An electric machine capable of easily and efficiently assembling a rotor core to a rotating shaft is provided. A rotor core is formed by laminating a first steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a first protrusion portion to be accommodated in a groove portion of a rotating shaft and a second steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a second protrusion portion to be accommodated in the groove portion of the rotating shaft. The first protrusion portion of the first steel plate has a first engaging portion deformed by a side surface of the groove portion of the rotating shaft. At least a part of the first engaging portion of the first steel plate is disposed in a space formed between a second protrusion portion of the second steel plate and the side surface of a groove portion of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Okamoto, Shinji Yamazaki, Yuichiro Baba, Ryoji Kobayashi, Motoo Kitahara, Yuki Arai
  • Publication number: 20200014260
    Abstract: In a rotor, a permanent magnet 300 is an angulated pillar member of which the cross section perpendicular to the rotor shaft center is rectangular, and includes two pairs of facing side surfaces 310 to 340 which extend along the rotor shaft center, and the paired-up side surfaces 310 and 320 are provided such that one side surface is provided on a side near the rotor shaft center and the other one is provided on the outer peripheral side of the rotor. In the magnet storage slot 200A, a protruding portion 210 is provided which protrudes from an inner peripheral surface of the slot and abuts on a side surface 310 on a side near the rotor shaft center of any pair of side surfaces 310 and 320 in the two pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki ARAI, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Motoo KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190312493
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress reduction of insulation reliability between stator coils. A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine according to the present invention is a method of manufacturing a stator including an insulating member intervening between a plurality of coil end portions each protruding from a stator core, the method including: a first step of disposing an interposed member to cover part of the insulating member between the plurality of coil end portions; and a second step of welding part of each of the plurality of coil end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki ARAI, Motoo KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190252936
    Abstract: An electric machine capable of easily and efficiently assembling a rotor core to a rotating shaft is provided. A rotor core is formed by laminating a first steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a first protrusion portion to be accommodated in a groove portion of a rotating shaft and a second steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a second protrusion portion to be accommodated in the groove portion of the rotating shaft. The first protrusion portion of the first steel plate has a first engaging portion deformed by a side surface of the groove portion of the rotating shaft. At least a part of the first engaging portion of the first steel plate is disposed in a space formed between a second protrusion portion of the second steel plate and the side surface of a groove portion of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hiromitsu OKAMOTO, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Yuichiro BABA, Ryoji KOBAYASHI, Motoo KITAHARA, Yuki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20190006904
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor capable of improving the reliability of a connection between a lead conductor and a terminal member. A stator includes a winding wound around a stator core and having a lead conductor at an end thereof, and a terminal member having a connection portion to the lead conductor of the winding. The connection portion of the terminal member includes a winding-side connection portion that fixes the lead conductor, and a leading-end-side connection portion that fixes a portion closer to a leading end of the lead conductor than the winding-side connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro FUKUDA, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Motoo KITAHARA, Kazuo OJIMA
  • Patent number: 10153672
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine, which can achieve improvement of a reluctance torque, reduction of stress and improvement of a power factor at the same time, and can also realize high output, and an electrically driven vehicle having the rotating electric machine are provided. A permanent magnet is arranged on a q-axis that connects magnetic poles of a rotor; a gap is formed in a radial direction of the permanent magnet; another permanent magnet is arranged facing the said permanent magnet so that these permanent magnets may sandwich a d-axis which connects centers of the magnetic poles; and another gap is formed at a position corresponding to a position of the said gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saito, Yuji Kanoh, Tomohiro Adachi, Motoo Kitahara, Tomohiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20180248453
    Abstract: A rotor with high productivity, a rotating electric machine including the rotor, and a method of manufacturing the rotor are provided. A rotor of a rotating electric machine includes a permanent magnet and a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole, the permanent magnet being inserted into the magnet insertion hole. The void between the permanent magnet and the magnet insertion hole is filled with a thermosetting powdered resin. A method of manufacturing the rotor of the rotating electric machine includes: a first step of inserting the permanent magnet and the thermosetting powdered resin into the magnet insertion hole; a second step of thermally hardening the powdered resin while rotating the rotor core; and a third step of magnetizing the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Tomohiro FUKUDA, Motoo KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160301271
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine, which can achieve improvement of a reluctance torque, reduction of stress and improvement of a power factor at the same time, and can also realize high output, and an electrically driven vehicle having the rotating electric machine are provided. A permanent magnet is arranged on a q-axis that connects magnetic poles of a rotor; a gap is formed in a radial direction of the permanent magnet; another permanent magnet is arranged facing the said permanent magnet so that these permanent magnets may sandwich a d-axis which connects centers of the magnetic poles; and another gap is formed at a position corresponding to a position of the said gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SAITO, Yuji KANOH, Tomohiro ADACHI, Motoo KITAHARA, Tomohiro FUKUDA