Patents by Inventor Noboru Niguchi

Noboru Niguchi 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: 20260142511
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core rotatably disposed about a rotating shaft and formed of a first magnetic material; a plurality of first salient poles formed of the first magnetic material and formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rotor core; a plurality of second salient poles provided radially outside the plurality of first salient poles of the rotor core and formed of a second magnetic material having lower iron loss than the first magnetic material; and a stopper, formed of an insulating material, that is engaged with the first salient poles and the second salient poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Taku HONDA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Yasuhisa KODAMA
  • Patent number: 12620846
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine comprises: a stator including: a stator core having a plurality of stator teeth formed circumferentially; stator coils arranged in the respective bottoms of a plurality of stator slots formed between the stator teeth and wound on the stator teeth in a concentrated winding manner; and stator magnets arranged near the respective openings of the plurality of stator slots, a first rotor having a plurality of pole pieces and disposed coaxially with the stator to face the stator magnets; and a second rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets and disposed coaxially with the first rotor to face the first rotor, wherein the circumferential width of stator teeth positioned between the adjacent two of the stator magnets is narrower than the circumferential width of the stator slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki Kometani, Ryoji Miyatake, Atsushi Yamamoto, Noboru Niguchi, Katsuhiro Hirata, Hironori Suzuki, Takuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20250379535
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes an inverter part in which a plurality of switch arms are connected in parallel, a diode part that includes a pair of diodes, for each of the switch arms, including a first diode and a second diode, and a switch controller that controls voltage to be applied to gates of the first switch valves and the second switch valves included in the inverter part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Noboru NIGUCHI, Yasuhisa KODAMA
  • Patent number: 12451789
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic strain wave gear device that makes it possible to achieve both improvement of the efficiency of assembly work and suppression of decrease in energy conversion efficiency. A magnetic strain wave gear device includes: a stator having a stator core, a stator winding, and a stator magnet; a first rotor; and a second rotor. The second rotor includes a second rotor core provided with a plurality of rotor magnet insertion holes and a plurality of rotor magnets inserted into the plurality of respective rotor magnet insertion holes. The first rotor includes a cylindrical first rotor core and a first rotor end plate. The first rotor end plate has a rotor magnet passage hole through which the rotor magnets can be inserted into the rotor insertion holes from outside in a direction of a rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA University
    Inventors: Yosuke Uchida, Ryoji Miyatake, Atsushi Yamamoto, Haruyuki Kometani, Noboru Niguchi, Katsuhiro Hirata, Kazuaki Takahara, Hironori Suzuki, Takuya Ito
  • Patent number: 12431776
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki Kometani, Ryoji Miyatake, Takuro Yamada, Kenji Tanaka, Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Kazuaki Takahara, Hironori Suzuki, Takuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20240421643
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine comprises: a stator including: a stator core having a plurality of stator teeth formed circumferentially; stator coils arranged in the respective bottoms of a plurality of stator slots formed between the stator teeth and wound on the stator teeth in a concentrated winding manner; and stator magnets arranged near the respective openings of the plurality of stator slots, a first rotor having a plurality of pole pieces and disposed coaxially with the stator to face the stator magnets; and a second rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets and disposed coaxially with the first rotor to face the first rotor, wherein the circumferential width of stator teeth positioned between the adjacent two of the stator magnets is narrower than the circumferential width of the stator slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki KOMETANI, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Noboru NIGUCHI, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Patent number: 12119770
    Abstract: A motor apparatus and a method for driving the motor apparatus capable of reducing the number of switches while individually controlling each phase of a switched reluctance motor having two systems of three-phase windings provided to one rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA A.H.MOTORLAB
    Inventors: Noboru Niguchi, Nozomu Takemura
  • Publication number: 20240291418
    Abstract: A motor apparatus and a method for driving the motor apparatus capable of reducing the number of switches while individually controlling each phase of a switched reluctance motor having two systems of three-phase windings provided to one rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA A.H.MOTORLAB
    Inventors: Noboru Niguchi, Nozomu Takemura
  • Patent number: 11979072
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor includes a stator including a plurality of teeth that produce a magnetomotive force, a first rotor that rotates by the magnetomotive force of the stator, and a second rotor that, in response to rotation of the first rotor, rotates at a lower speed than the first rotor. The first rotor, the second rotor, and the stator are disposed coaxial to each other, and a plurality of magnets of different polarities are disposed in respective slot openings present between each two adjacent teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Ukaji, Noritaka Aso, Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Kazuaki Takahara, Hironori Suzuki, Tsubasa Kamigaki
  • Publication number: 20240120817
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki KOMETANI, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Takuro YAMADA, Kenji TANAKA, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20240097547
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic strain wave gear device that makes it possible to achieve both improvement of the efficiency of assembly work and suppression of decrease in energy conversion efficiency. A magnetic strain wave gear device includes: a stator having a stator core, a stator winding, and a stator magnet; a first rotor; and a second rotor. The second rotor includes a second rotor core provided with a plurality of rotor magnet insertion holes and a plurality of rotor magnets inserted into the plurality of respective rotor magnet insertion holes. The first rotor includes a cylindrical first rotor core and a first rotor end plate. The first rotor end plate has a rotor magnet passage hole through which the rotor magnets can be inserted into the rotor insertion holes from outside in a direction of a rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yosuke UCHIDA, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Haruyuki KOMETANI, Noboru NIGUCHI, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20220052596
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor (1) includes a stator (30) including a plurality of teeth (31) that produce a magnetomotive force, a first rotor (10) that rotates by the magnetomotive force of the stator (30), and a second rotor (20) that, in response to rotation of the first rotor (10), rotates at a lower speed than the first rotor (10). The first rotor (10), the second rotor (20), and the stator (30) are disposed coaxial to each other, and a plurality of magnets (34) of different polarities are disposed in respective slot openings (31c) present between each two adjacent teeth (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Ukaji, Noritaka ASO, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Tsubasa KAMIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220014079
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor includes a stator, a first inner rotor that is disposed to an inner side of the stator and rotates by a magnetomotive force of the stator, a first center rotor disposed between the stator and the first inner rotor, a second center rotor disposed to an inner side of the first inner rotor, and a second inner rotor disposed to an inner side of the second center rotor. The stator, the first center rotor, the first inner rotor, the second center rotor, and the second inner rotor are disposed coaxial to each other, and the first inner rotor includes first outer magnetic pole pairs disposed in a circumferential direction and a plurality of first inner magnetic pole pairs disposed in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime UKAJI, Noritaka ASO, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Tsubasa KAMIGAKI
  • Patent number: 10734875
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor that rotates around a rotation axis serving as a center and has a plurality of salient poles protruding in directions perpendicular to the rotation axis, and a stator that includes an annular structural body disposed radially outside the rotor and surrounding the rotor, and 6×n windings provided along a circumferential direction of the structural body, a field signal for generating field magnetic flux and a drive signal for driving the rotor as a three-phase rotary electric machine being superimposed on each other to be input to each of the windings. n is a natural number equal to or larger than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Yuki Ohno, Akira Kohara, Masayuki Katoh, Hajime Ukaji, Teiichirou Chiba
  • Publication number: 20200161948
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a first rotor, a stator, and a second rotor that are coaxially disposed in stated order from radially centermost to radially outermost and spaced apart from one another, the stator including a plurality of pole pieces and a plurality of windings in a circumferential direction. The first rotor and the second rotor each include permanent magnets or electromagnets, the plurality of windings generate electromagnetic torque in the first rotor and the second rotor, the electromagnetic torque is magnetically transferred to the second rotor by rotation of the first rotor, or magnetically transferred to the first rotor by rotation of the second rotor, and in one of the first rotor and the second rotor, torque that is magnetically transferred from an other of the first rotor and the second rotor is superimposed on the electromagnetic torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hajime UKAJI, Yuichi YOSHIKAWA, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10014738
    Abstract: A magnetic wave gear device (1A, 1B, 1F) includes: a first member (10), a second member (20), and a third member (30) which are rotatable relative to one another around a rotation axis (R). The second member (20) is disposed between the first member (10) and the third member (30), and includes magnetic material pieces (21). The first member (10) includes first permanent magnets (12A, 12B). The third member (30) includes: a plurality of pole teeth (32), a pole tooth (32) being wound with a coil (33); and second permanent magnets (34B), each second permanent magnet (34B) being disposed between pole teeth (32) next to each other, and the magnetic poles of sides of the second permnanent magnets (34B) facing the second member (20) being the same pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Narifumi Tojima, Koshi Ishimoto, Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Ariff Zaini, Tsubasa Oshiumi, Eiki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20170093257
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor that rotates around a rotation axis serving as a center and has a plurality of salient poles protruding in directions perpendicular to the rotation axis, and a stator that includes an annular structural body disposed radially outside the rotor and surrounding the rotor, and 6×n windings provided along a circumferential direction of the structural body, a field signal for generating field magnetic flux and a drive signal for driving the rotor as a three-phase rotary electric machine being superimposed on each other to be input to each of the windings. n is a natural number equal to or larger than one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Yuki OHNO, Akira KOHARA, Masayuki KATOH, Hajime UKAJI, Teiichirou CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20160006304
    Abstract: A magnetic wave gear device (1A, 1B, 1F) includes: a first member (10), a second member (20), and a third member (30) which are rotatable relative to one another around a rotation axis (R). The second member (20) is disposed between the first member (10) and the third member (30), and includes magnetic material pieces (21). The first member (10) includes first permanent magnets (12A, 12B). The third member (30) includes: a plurality of pole teeth (32), a pole tooth (32) being wound with a coil (33); and second permanent magnets (34B), each second permanent magnet (34B) being disposed between pole teeth (32) next to each other, and the magnetic poles of sides of the second permnanent magnets (34B) facing the second member (20) being the same pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narifumi TOJIMA, Koshi ISHIMOTO, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Ariff ZAINI, Tsubasa OSHIUMI, Eiki MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8739919
    Abstract: The invention provides a motor including: a cylindrical motor case having a bottom that supports an outer circumferential surface of a stator core by an inner circumferential surface thereof; and a bracket that supports an output shaft side bearing and closes an opening of the motor case; wherein the stator core is press-fitted into the motor case from the opening such that a part of the stator core is exposed from the motor case, and a part of the stator core that is not press-fitted to the motor case forms a sliding fitting wall capable of providing a sliding fitting connection with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Noboru Niguchi, Naotake Kanda, Toshimasa Soku
  • Patent number: 8541965
    Abstract: A command current setting portion has a target value corrector that calculates d-axis and q-axis current command values idc, iqc that are to be supplied to an open-loop controller, based on d-axis and q-axis current target values id*, iq*. When d-axis and q-axis voltage target value vd*, vq* calculated from the d-axis and q-axis current target values id*, iq* by the motor circuit equations exceed a voltage limit, this target value corrector 26 corrects the d-axis and q-axis current target values id*, iq* by the field weakening control such that d-axis and q-axis voltages vd, vq and d-axis and q-axis currents id, iq satisfy ?(vd2+vq2)?Vlim and ?(id2+iq2)?Ilim respectively. The d-axis and q-axis current command values idc, iqc are obtained by this correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ueda, Yuji Kariatsumari, Shigeki Nagase, Noboru Niguchi, Hiroshi Sumasu