Patents by Inventor Ryohei Kubo
Ryohei Kubo 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: 8888650Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes a motor generator, a speed reduction mechanism connected to a rotor shaft of the motor generator, an output shaft connected to the speed reduction mechanism, an intermediate wall separating the motor generator from the speed reduction mechanism, and a bearing that is fixed to the intermediate wall and supports the rotor shaft. The motor generator, intermediate wall, speed reduction mechanism, and output shaft are disposed in this order, and a ring gear of the speed reduction mechanism is fixed. The ring gear is fixed to the intermediate wall via a ring gear flange that is positioned relative and fixed to the intermediate wall by a centering mechanism and a locking mechanism. The centering mechanism is formed by fitting a boss of the ring gear flange and the intermediate wall. The locking mechanism is disposed on an outer peripheral side relative to the centering mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignees: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Mori, Ryohei Kubo, Hiroki Shintani, Koji Takasu, Haruhisa Suzuki, Masabumi Nishigaya
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Patent number: 8550956Abstract: A planetary gear unit inside a case includes coaxial sun and ring gears, a planetary pinion gear that meshes with the sun and ring gears, and a carrier that holds the planetary pinion gear, the ring gear being fixed with respect to the case, and a flange disposed inward of the ring gear. The ring gear is fixed to a case wall, via the flange, the wall extending radially inward, and the flange being prevented from rotating with respect to the wall by a rotation prevention mechanism. The rotation prevention mechanism includes a plurality of case holes on the same circle in the wall, flange holes in the flange at positions corresponding to the case holes, and rotation prevention members fitted into the case and flange holes to prevent rotation of the flange with respect to the wall with the flange relatively movable axially with respect to the wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryohei Kubo, Atsushi Mori, Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20130072345Abstract: A planetary gear unit inside a case includes coaxial sun and ring gears, a planetary pinion gear that meshes with the sun and ring gears, and a carrier that holds the planetary pinion gear, the ring gear being fixed with respect to the case, and a flange disposed inward of the ring gear. The ring gear is fixed to a case wall, via the flange, the wall extending radially inward, and the flange being prevented from rotating with respect to the wall by a rotation prevention mechanism. The rotation prevention mechanism includes a plurality of case holes on the same circle in the wall, flange holes in the flange at positions corresponding to the case holes, and rotation prevention members fitted into the case and flange holes to prevent rotation of the flange with respect to the wall with the flange relatively movable axially with respect to the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Ryohei KUBO, Atsushi MORI, Kouichi KATO
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Publication number: 20130008274Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes a motor generator, a speed reduction mechanism connected to a rotor shaft of the motor generator, an output shaft connected to the speed reduction mechanism, an intermediate wall separating the motor generator from the speed reduction mechanism, and a bearing that is fixed to the intermediate wall and supports the rotor shaft. The motor generator, intermediate wall, speed reduction mechanism, and output shaft are disposed in this order, and a ring gear of the speed reduction mechanism is fixed. The ring gear is fixed to the intermediate wall via a ring gear flange that is positioned relative and fixed to the intermediate wall by a centering mechanism and a locking mechanism. The centering mechanism is formed by fitting a boss of the ring gear flange and the intermediate wall. The locking mechanism is disposed on an outer peripheral side relative to the centering mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Mori, Ryohei Kubo, Hiroki Shintani, Koji Takasu, Haruhisa Suzuki, Masabumi Nishigaya
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Patent number: 8154160Abstract: A drive device control unit that controls a drive device including a rotating electrical machine, the drive device control unit includes a control substrate that controls the drive device; a switching element module that forms an inverter that drives the rotating electrical machine; a smoothing capacitor that smoothes an input power supply of the inverter; a first base having the switching element module fixed thereto; and a second base supported by the first base and having the smoothing capacitor fixed to a first surface of the second base, wherein the control substrate is fixed to a second surface of the second base opposite to the first surface having the smoothing capacitor fixed thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Patent number: 7855887Abstract: An inverter unit includes a reactor and switching elements that form a voltage boost circuit that boosts a power supply voltage; a switching element for an inverter that forms an inverter circuit to be supplied with the power supply voltage boosted by the voltage boost circuit; and a cooling unit provided with a coolant passage that carries coolant along a cooling face with which the reactor and the switching elements of the voltage boost circuit and the switching element of the inverter circuit are in contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Patent number: 7847450Abstract: A hybrid drive unit includes a main body case having a connection portion connected to an engine, the main body case accommodating therein a rotating electric machine; and an inverter case integrated with the main body case, the inverter case accommodating therein an inverter that controls the rotating electric machine, wherein an inverter breather is disposed in a side wall portion of the inverter case on a side of the connection portion so as to provide communication between an inside and an outside of the inverter case.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Publication number: 20090213564Abstract: A drive device control unit that controls a drive device including a rotating electrical machine, the drive device control unit includes a control substrate that controls the drive device; a switching element module that forms an inverter that drives the rotating electrical machine; a smoothing capacitor that smoothes an input power supply of the inverter; a first base having the switching element module fixed thereto; and a second base supported by the first base and having the smoothing capacitor fixed to a first surface of the second base, wherein the control substrate is fixed to a second surface of the second base opposite to the first surface having the smoothing capacitor fixed thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Publication number: 20090206662Abstract: An inverter unit includes a reactor and switching elements that form a voltage boost circuit that boosts a power supply voltage; a switching element for an inverter that forms an inverter circuit to be supplied with the power supply voltage boosted by the voltage boost circuit; and a cooling unit provided with a coolant passage that carries coolant along a cooling face with which the reactor and the switching elements of the voltage boost circuit and the switching element of the inverter circuit are in contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Publication number: 20090206709Abstract: A hybrid drive unit includes a main body case having a connection portion connected to an engine, the main body case accommodating therein a rotating electric machine; and an inverter case integrated with the main body case, the inverter case accommodating therein an inverter that controls the rotating electric machine, wherein an inverter breather is disposed in a side wall portion of the inverter case on a side of the connection portion so as to provide communication between an inside and an outside of the inverter case.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Kakuda, Ryohei Kubo
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Patent number: D1023074Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Taiki Furuki, Ryo Masuda, Yuya Kusaka, Ryohei Sumiyoshi, Junichi Murakami, Takahiro Kubo