Patents by Inventor Natsumi SUGI

Natsumi SUGI 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: 11916437
    Abstract: In an IPM rotor, a first core sheet has a first sheet hole forming a part of an accommodation hole. The first sheet hole has an edge portion having a flat spring portion which is bent by a magnet through insertion of the magnet into the accommodation hole. A pair of recesses forming a clearance with respect to the magnet are formed at both side portions of the flat spring portion of the edge portion of the first sheet hole. A size of the clearance is set based on a relationship between a magnitude of a pressing force of the flat spring portion on the magnet and variation in pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Okazaki, Natsumi Sugi, Yu Hirotani, Akihiko Mori, Satoru Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11901772
    Abstract: A rotor core of a rotating electrical machine has interpole bridges each disposed on an outer circumferential side with respect to a permanent magnet in a non-magnetic portion between the poles, and interpole diameter bridges each surrounded by two permanent magnets and an interpole bridge. The outer circumferential surface of each interpole bridge is formed by a first flat surface. Thus, a path of a magnetic flux passing through a magnetic gap is lengthened, so that a q-axis inductance is reduced. In addition, a width in a radial direction of each interpole bridge and a width in a circumferential direction of each interpole diameter bridge are constant, and each interpole bridge and each interpole diameter bridge are disposed so as to be perpendicular to each other to form a T shape. Thus, the concentration of stress during press-fitting of the permanent magnet into a magnet hole can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kodai Okazaki, Kenta Motoyoshi, Yuji Takizawa, Hiroko Ikeda, Hidenori Sasaki, Yu Hirotani, Satoru Akutsu, Masafumi Okazaki, Natsumi Sugi
  • Patent number: 11404925
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor includes a stator, and a rotor having a rotor core disposed opposing an inner side of the stator across an air gap, a permanent magnet disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor core, and a field pole of the rotor core in which the permanent magnet is disposed, wherein the field pole has a radius smaller than an arc centered on a shaft attached to an inner side of the rotor, a multiple of a slit whose longitudinal axial direction is a radial direction of the rotor core are formed in the field pole, and an interval between a first central line positioned between a multiple of the slit and a second central line positioned between a neighboring multiple of the slit is enlarged as the first central line and the second central line head toward an outer peripheral side of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Takizawa, Satoru Akutsu, Masafumi Okazaki, Natsumi Sugi
  • Publication number: 20220037942
    Abstract: A rotor core of a rotating electrical machine has interpole bridges each disposed on an outer circumferential side with respect to a permanent magnet in a non-magnetic portion between the poles, and interpole diameter bridges each surrounded by two permanent magnets and an interpole bridge. The outer circumferential surface of each interpole bridge is formed by a first flat surface. Thus, a path of a magnetic flux passing through a magnetic gap is lengthened, so that a q-axis inductance is reduced. In addition, a width in a radial direction of each interpole bridge and a width in a circumferential direction of each interpole diameter bridge are constant, and each interpole bridge and each interpole diameter bridge are disposed so as to be perpendicular to each other to form a T shape. Thus, the concentration of stress during press-fitting of the permanent magnet into a magnet hole can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kodai OKAZAKI, Kenta MOTOYOSHI, Yuji TAKIZAWA, Hiroko IKEDA, Hidenori SASAKI, Yu HIROTANI, Satoru AKUTSU, Masafumi OKAZAKI, Natsumi SUGI
  • Publication number: 20210234419
    Abstract: In an IPM rotor, a first core sheet has a first sheet hole forming a part of an accommodation hole. The first sheet hole has an edge portion having a flat spring portion which is bent by a magnet through insertion of the magnet into the accommodation hole. A pair of recesses forming a clearance with respect to the magnet are formed at both side portions of the flat spring portion of the edge portion of the first sheet hole. A size of the clearance is set based on a relationship between a magnitude of a pressing force of the flat spring portion on the magnet and variation in pressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi OKAZAKI, Natsumi SUGI, Yu HIROTANI, Akihiko MORI, Satoru AKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20200127509
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor includes a stator, and a rotor having a rotor core disposed opposing an inner side of the stator across an air gap, a permanent magnet disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor core, and a field pole of the rotor core in which the permanent magnet is disposed, wherein the field pole has a radius smaller than an arc centered on a shaft attached to an inner side of the rotor, a multiple of a slit whose longitudinal axial direction is a radial direction of the rotor core are formed in the field pole, and an interval between a first central line positioned between a multiple of the slit and a second central line positioned between a neighboring multiple of the slit is enlarged as the first central line and the second central line head toward an outer peripheral side of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji TAKIZAWA, Satoru AKUTSU, Masafumi OKAZAKI, Natsumi SUGI