Patents by Inventor Noriaki Hino

Noriaki Hino 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: 7876012
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator having a plurality of slots and teeth, armature windings wound around the teeth, and a rotor disposed inside the stator, wherein an alloy member is disposed in the inner periphery of the stator and the magnetic compensator has its surface or inside thereof a high resistance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Noriaki Hino
  • Publication number: 20100252341
    Abstract: The electric rotary machine comprises a stator and a rotor. The rotor is incorporated rotatablly inside the stator keeping an air gap between the rotor and the stator, the rotor being divided into at least two of a first rotor and a second rotor in a direction of a rotating shaft thereof, and each of the first and second rotors having field magnets with different polarities disposed alternatively in a rotating direction of the rotor. A magnetic flux control mechanism controls effective magnetic fluxes by varying positions of the field magnets of the second rotor relatively with respect to that of the first rotor in at least the rotating direction of the rotor. The stator core is provided with a magnetoresistive layer that is interposed in the path of the effective magnetic fluxes in the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kohin SHU, Taizo Miyazaki, Akiyoshi Komura, Noriaki Hino
  • Publication number: 20090267441
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a stator including at least two element coils of the same phase each having a plurality of turns and connected to each other through a coil-to-coil connection wire, the element coils being arranged in adjacent slots, respectively; and a rotor rotatably provided to the stator through a gap. The element coils of the same phase are fitted in the adjacent slots so that wound around portions of the element coils partially overlap each other. The coil-to-coil connection wire connects at a coil end portion conductor wires extending from linear conductor wire portions of innermost wires of the element coils contained in the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi HIRAMATSU, Takashi Ishigami, Yasuyuki Saito, Yuichiro Tanaka, Kenichi Nakayama, Yutaka Matsunobu, Noriaki Hino
  • Publication number: 20090230802
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a stator, and a rotor which is disposed oppositely to the stator with a gap interposed. The stator comprises a stator core, and a distributed stator winding mounted to the stator core. The stator core comprises a ring-like yoke core, and a plurality of teeth cores which protrude from the yoke core in the radial direction. The rotor comprises a rotor core, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core. A pair of non-magnetic portions is created inside the rotor core and on both sides of the circumferential width of a permanent magnet for one magnetic pole. In the rotor core located on the stator side of the pair of non-magnetic portions, a pair of magnetic paths is created as the result of the creation of the pair of non-magnetic portions. Furthermore, a groove or hole is created on the outer circumferential portion of the rotor core and between the adjacent magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Akinori Kamiya, Noriaki Hino, Fumio Tajima, Tsutomu Miyoshi, Hideki Nihei
  • Publication number: 20090224627
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator having stator windings; and a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator, said rotor having a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnets and a plurality of magnetic auxiliary salient poles formed between poles of the magnets. In this rotary electric machine: a magnetic air gap is provided in an axial direction of the rotor in a position shifted in a circumferential direction from a q axis passing through a center of the magnetic auxiliary salient pole within the magnetic auxiliary salient pole; and an amount of shifting the magnetic air gap from the q axis in the circumferential direction differs according to a position of the magnetic air gap in the axial direction so as to cancel torque pulsation in energization caused due to the magnetic air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shinji Sugimoto, Akinori Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20090224623
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a stator, a rotor inserted in a bore of the stator such that an air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor, and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in a peripheral portion of the rotor core of the rotor in a circumferential arrangement. Slits are formed in portions of the rotor core each extending between the adjacent magnetic poles. Compressive stress is induced in portions of the rotor core each extending between the slit and the permanent magnet when stress is induced in the portion of the stator core extending between the slit and the permanent magnet by centrifugal force produced when the rotor rotates and acting on the permanent magnet and a pole piece covering the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SAITO, Tsuyoshi Goto, Noriaki Hino, Katsuhiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20090179518
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof. In a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio TAJIMA, Yutaka MATSUNOBU, Masashi KITAMURA, Noriaki HINO, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Shigeru KAKUGAWA, Takashi YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 7521832
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof. In a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Masashi Kitamura, Noriaki Hino, Takashi Kobayashi, Shigeru Kakugawa, Takashi Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20090072647
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine includes a stator having a stator core provided with a teeth unit and a coil wound around each tooth in the teeth unit in a concentrated fashion and a rotor rotatably supported with air gap against the teeth unit of the stator, the rotor having a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets held by the rotor core, wherein the permanent magnet is a rare earth magnet made of rare earth magnetic particles bound with SiO2. Also disclosed is an automobile that includes the electric rotating machine in which the permanent magnet in the rotor is a rare earth magnet made of rare earth magnetic particles bound with SiO2, and the stator in the electric rotating machine has a stator core provided with a teeth unit and a coil wound around each tooth in the teeth unit in a concentrated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki HINO, Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Yutaka Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 7471004
    Abstract: An AC generator comprises a rotor and a stator having a three-phase winding. A three-phase inverter is connected to the three-phase winding. Here, the three-phase winding comprises at least two independent three-phase windings. Switching elements for respective phases of the three-phase inverter are connected in parallel by the number of the independent three-phase windings, and in-phase windings are individually connected to their parallel switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Noriaki Hino, Shinji Shirakawa, Keiichi Mashino, Masanori Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7425786
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine that is capable of producing a higher output and is suitable for high-speed rotation. A pair of nonmagnetic portions are formed in a rotor core at opposite ends of each pole. The waveform of induced voltage and a motor voltage are adjusted based on two parameters, i.e., an angle covering minimum magnetic path portions formed by the nonmagnetic portions and a magnet width. Assuming that a circumferential pitch of teeth cores with respect to a rotor axis is ?s (degree) and an opening angle contained by a circumferential width between radial width minimum points of the pair of magnetic path portions with respect to the rotor axis is ? (degree), ??(n+Y)×?s (n: integer larger than 0) is met. Y=0.5 is set when the stator windings are wound in a distributed winding way, and Y=0.9-1.2 is set when they are wound in a concentrated winding way. The magnet forming one pole is divided into two parts, and a bridge portion is formed between the two divided magnet parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Yutaka Matsunobu, Fumio Tajima, Takashi Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20070200346
    Abstract: An AC generator comprises a rotor and a stator having a three-phase winding. A three-phase inverter is connected to the three-phase winding. Here, the three-phase winding comprises at least two independent three-phase windings. Switching elements for respective phases of the three-phase inverter are connected in parallel by the number of the independent three-phase windings, and in-phase windings are individually connected to their parallel switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Noriaki Hino, Shinji Shirakawa, Keiichi Mashino, Masanori Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20070145847
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator having a plurality of slots and teeth, armature windings wound around the teeth, and a rotor disposed inside the stator, wherein a degauss alloy member is disposed in the inner periphery of the stator and the magnetic compensator has its surface or inside thereof a high resistance layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Noriaki Hino
  • Patent number: 7224079
    Abstract: An AC generator comprises a rotor and a stator having a three-phase winding. A three-phase inverter is connected to the three-phase winding. Here, the three-phase winding comprises at least two independent three-phase windings. Switching elements for respective phases of the three-phase inverter are connected in parallel by the number of the independent three-phase windings, and in-phase windings are individually connected to their parallel switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Noriaki Hino, Shinji Shirakawa, Keiichi Mashino, Masanori Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7215034
    Abstract: An A.C. generator has a rotor that is equipped with a permanent magnet and a field coil. The output of the A.C. generator charges the high-voltage battery. Voltage of the high-voltage battery is stepped-down by a DC/DC converter and supplied to the low-voltage battery. When the motor controller detects that the field coil has not been energized, the higher-rank controller switches so as to generate power by means of the permanent magnet of the A.C. generator and charge the low-voltage battery. This mechanism enables power to be generated when a circuit malfunctions. Thereby, a power supply system for vehicle can generate power when a circuit malfunctions so that the driver on the vehicle can drive the vehicle to a repair shop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Shinichi Fujino, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Toshiyuki Innami, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070085436
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof. In a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Masashi Kitamura, Noriaki HINO, Takashi Kobayashi, Shigeru Kakugawa, Takashi Yasuhara
  • Patent number: 7151335
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof; resulting in a permanent magnet rotating electric machine effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Masashi Kitamura, Noriaki Hino, Takashi Kobayashi, Shigeru Kakugawa, Takashi Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20060113858
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine that is capable of producing a higher output and is suitable for high-speed rotation. A pair of nonmagnetic portions are formed in a rotor core at opposite ends of each pole. The waveform of induced voltage and a motor voltage are adjusted based on two parameters, i.e., an angle covering minimum magnetic path portions formed by the nonmagnetic portions and a magnet width. Assuming that a circumferential pitch of teeth cores with respect to a rotor axis is ?s (degree) and an opening angle contained by a circumferential width between radial width minimum points of the pair of magnetic path portions with respect to the rotor axis is ? (degree), ??(n+Y)×?s (n: integer larger than 0) is met. Y=0.5 is set when the stator windings are wound in a distributed winding way, and Y=0.9-1.2 is set when they are wound in a concentrated winding way. The magnet forming one pole is divided into two parts, and a bridge portion is formed between the two divided magnet parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Yutaka Matsunobu, Fumio Tajima, Takashi Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20060113849
    Abstract: In order to provide a motor characterized by a high level of efficiency equal to or better than that of using the silicon steel plate, achieved by easy production method and reduced core loss, which result from reduction in the manpower for production by using the sintered metal or powdered iron core in at least one of the stator and rotor, the present invention provides a motor comprising a stator and a rotor wherein either one of said stator or rotor has a magnet, and the other has a magnetic substance. This motor is further characterized in that the main magnetic flux flowing between the stator and rotor changes in the three-dimensional directions according to the magnetic structure of this motor, and at least part of said magnetic substance is composed of an aggregate of magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Noriaki Hino, Shouichi Kawamata, Kazumasa Ide, Yasuo Matsuda, Toshihiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20060038406
    Abstract: An A.C. generator has a rotor that is equipped with a permanent magnet and a field coil. The output of the A.C. generator charges the high-voltage battery. Voltage of the high-voltage battery is stepped-down by a DC/DC converter and supplied to the low-voltage battery. When the motor controller detects that the field coil has not been energized, the higher-rank controller switches so as to generate power by means of the permanent magnet of the A.C. generator and charge the low-voltage battery. This mechanism enables power to be generated when a circuit malfunctions. Thereby, a power supply system for vehicle can generate power when a circuit malfunctions so that the driver on the vehicle can drive the vehicle to a repair shop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Hino, Shinichi Fujino, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Toshiyuki Innami, Takashi Kobayashi