Patents by Inventor Seikichi Masuda

Seikichi Masuda 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: 8994245
    Abstract: The permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine has an overhung rotor support structure in which a shaft of a rotor is supported at only one end side thereof by a bearing provided on one side of a casing of the electrical rotating machine. Another end side of the rotor shaft to be a bearing support-free side is capable of being joined to an end of a shaft of a prime mover via a flange formed at an end of the shaft. The rotor shaft is configured such that, upon a state of not being coupled to the prime mover shaft, the flange on the bearing support-free side is joined to an end face of the casing through a retaining member to be prevented from moving in any of an axial, radial and circumferential directions of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Masahiro Hori, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Patent number: 8760095
    Abstract: To prevent demagnetization of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine, a rotating machine control device according to the present invention is a rotating machine control device comprising: a power converter having a switch part on each of a positive side and a negative side for each phase; and short circuit detection unit for detecting a short circuit of the switch part, wherein a command to turn on positive-side switches and negative-side switches of a plurality of phases of the switch part is issued in the case where the short circuit detection unit detects the short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Daigo Kaneko, Kento Mochizuki, Takeshi Shinomiya, Daisuke Kori, Seikichi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140028146
    Abstract: An induction motor includes: a stator and a rotor arranged so as to face the stator via a void, the rotor including conductor bars in a plurality of slots formed by a plurality of teeth arranged so as to extend in the circumferential direction of a rotatably held rotor core, wherein the circumferential width of distal end portions of the slots on the radially outside of the rotor core are narrowed by distal end portion of the teeth on the radially outside of the rotor core, and the teeth are each formed with a projection protruding in an arcuate shape from the distal end of the tooth on the radially outside of the rotor core toward the conductor bar in each of the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji SUGIMOTO, Akiyoshi KOMURA, Mamoru KIMURA, Seikichi MASUDA, Masatoshi KOIKE, Mikio ENDO
  • Patent number: 8400040
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotary electric machine has a rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets buried into the rotor core by being incorporated into respective permanent magnet slots. The permanent magnet slot per one pole is divided at least into four slots along an outer circumferential direction in the rotor core, and in respective rest core-portions between adjacent divided permanent magnet slots in the rotor core, a width of a first rest core-portion at the middle of each pole and a width of a second rest core-portion between adjacent poles of different polarities are formed larger than that of the others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Mamoru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120228990
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine which realizes a rotor retaining structure for securely preventing the rotor before being coupled to a prime mover from moving in any of not only the axial and radial but also rotational (circumferential) directions, even in a case where it is a large capacity (with a large magnetic attractive force) permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine having an overhung rotor support structure. The permanent magnet type electrical rotating machine (1) has an overhung rotor support structure in which a shaft (7) of a rotor (3) is supported at only one end side thereof by a bearing (9) provided on one side of a casing (2) of the electrical rotating machine. Another end side of the rotor shaft (7) to be a bearing support-free side is capable of being joined to an end of a shaft of a prime mover via a flange (10) formed at an end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Masahiro Hori, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20120146336
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine comprises a stator with a stator coil applied in a plurality of slots provided in a stator core, a rotor disposed opposite to the stator with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween, the rotor including a permanent magnet embedded in each of magnet-insertion holes provided in a rotor core of the rotor while polarity of the permanent magnet being varied on a pole-by-pole basis, and end plates disposed at ends of the rotor core, in the axial direction thereof, respectively, in which one end plate of the end plates disposed at the ends of the rotor core, in the axial direction thereof, respectively, is also provided with magnet-insertion holes, and each of the magnet-insertion holes provided in the one endplate is filled up with a non-magnetic material, thereby stopping up each of the magnet-insertion holes provided in the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiro HORI, Mamoru Kimura, Akiyoshi Komura, Takayuki Koizumi, Masayasu Fujieda, Seikichi Masuda, Nobuhiko Obata
  • Publication number: 20120146567
    Abstract: To prevent demagnetization of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine, a rotating machine control device according to the present invention is a rotating machine control device comprising: a power converter having a switch part on each of a positive side and a negative side for each phase; and short circuit detection unit for detecting a short circuit of the switch part, wherein a command to turn on positive-side switches and negative-side switches of a plurality of phases of the switch part is issued in the case where the short circuit detection unit detects the short circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka IWAJI, Daigo Kaneko, Kento Mochizuki, Takeshi Shinomiya, Daisuke Kori, Seikichi Masuda
  • Patent number: 8148865
    Abstract: Movement of magnets due to centrifugal force is restricted. In a permanent magnet rotating electrical machine 100 having a stator 1 and a rotor core 5 provided with a plurality of permanent magnets 3 inserted in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor 5, each permanent magnet 3 has inclined surfaces on the outer circumferential side of the rotor 2 and the thinnest portions of the inclined surfaces are adjacent to permanent magnets of the opposite polarity. Further, each magnet 3 has a convex-shaped cross section and is divided into two magnet segments 3, 3. A magnetic pole bridge 15 is formed at the boundary of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3. Thus, movement of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 due to centrifugal force is firmly restricted, and the peeling off of the rotor core 5 and the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 from each other is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Daisuke Kori, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20120032539
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating machine has a stator, in which armature windings are formed in a plurality of slots formed in a stator iron core, and also has a rotor, in which two magnet insertion slots are formed for each pole in a rotor iron core in a V shape when viewed from the outer circumference of the rotor and one permanent magnet is embedded in each magnet insertion slot with polarity alternating for each pole; a wall at one end of the magnet insertion slot on the external diameter side of the rotor is formed with three arcs having different curvatures, one of the three arcs being parallel to the outer circumference of the rotor, and a wall at the other end of the magnet insertion slot on the internal diameter side of the rotor is formed in an arc shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro HORI, Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Seikichi Masuda, Mamoru Kimura, Nobuhiko Obata, Takayuki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20110163624
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine, wherein the rotation direction of a rotor is a defined direction, a groove is provided in a rotor core on the radial outside with respect to permanent magnets, and the groove is provided in a position inclined from the centerline between the permanent magnets within a magnetic pole head and at the same time in a position excluding an end portion of a permanent magnet insertion hole on the radial outside, in order to enable a reduction in a no-load induced electromotive force and prevention of a decrease in output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro HORI, Daisuke Kori, Akiyoshi Komura, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Seikichi Masuda, Mamoru Kimura, Nobuhiko Obata
  • Patent number: 7952249
    Abstract: A rotor is deployed such that the rotor becomes coaxially rotatable with a stator. A shaft is fixed onto the axis of a rotor iron-core. 1-pole constituting magnet slots are deployed into V-character pattern along an outer circumference portion of the rotor iron-core. Permanent magnets are embedded into the magnet slots. For the 1 pole, the 2 pieces of same-polarity permanent magnets are embedded into the V-character pattern. The configuration of each embedded permanent magnet is designed as follows: From the thickness of the permanent-magnet edge portion on the inner-diameter side of the rotor iron-core, which becomes the center of the V-character pattern, the thickness of the permanent magnet gradually increases toward the outer-diameter side of the rotor iron-core, which become the right and left edge portions of the V-character pattern. Simultaneously, curved lines are provided on both edge portions of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Mamoru Kimura, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20100176682
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotary electric machine has a rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets buried into the rotor core by being incorporated into respective permanent magnet slots. The permanent magnet slot per one pole is divided at least into four slots along an outer circumferential direction in the rotor core, and in respective rest core-portions between adjacent divided permanent magnet slots in the rotor core, a width of a first rest core-portion at the middle of each pole and a width of a second rest core-portion between adjacent poles of different polarities are formed larger than that of the others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kori, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Mamoru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090322175
    Abstract: A rotor is deployed such that the rotor becomes coaxially rotatable with a stator. A shaft is fixed onto the axis of a rotor iron-core. 1-pole constituting magnet slots are deployed into V-character pattern along an outer circumference portion of the rotor iron-core. Permanent magnets are embedded into the magnet slots. For the 1 pole, the 2 pieces of same-polarity permanent magnets are embedded into the V-character pattern. The configuration of each embedded permanent magnet is designed as follows: From the thickness of the permanent-magnet edge portion on the inner-diameter side of the rotor iron-core, which becomes the center of the V-character pattern, the thickness of the permanent magnet gradually increases toward the outer-diameter side of the rotor iron-core, which become the right and left edge portions of the V-character pattern. Simultaneously, curved lines are provided on both edge portions of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KORI, Mamoru KIMURA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI, Seikichi MASUDA, Masayasu FUJIEDA
  • Publication number: 20090015090
    Abstract: Movement of magnets due to centrifugal force is restricted. In a permanent magnet rotating electrical machine 100 having a stator 1 and a rotor core 5 provided with a plurality of permanent magnets 3 inserted in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor 5, each permanent magnet 3 has inclined surfaces on the outer circumferential side of the rotor 2 and the thinnest portions of the inclined surfaces are adjacent to permanent magnets of the opposite polarity. Further, each magnet 3 has a convex-shaped cross section and is divided into two magnet segments 3, 3. A magnetic pole bridge 15 is formed at the boundary of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3. Thus, movement of the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 due to centrifugal force is firmly restricted, and the peeling off of the rotor core 5 and the permanent magnet segments 3, 3 from each other is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Mamoru Kimura, Daisuke Kori, Hiroyuki Mikami, Seikichi Masuda, Masayasu Fujieda
  • Patent number: 5389749
    Abstract: An elevator system which is provided with power converters, electric motors supplied with power from the power converters, and a torque distributing section having functions for determining allocation of output power from the power converters on the basis of a required torque, by which an elevator is operated on the basis of functions selected in accordance with the operation mode. The system is able to save power in the elevator operation and also improve control functions and increase system capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Building Systems Engineering And Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Hokari, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Hiromi Inaba, Yoshio Sakai, Hideaki Takahashi, Seikichi Masuda, Takei Ando, Toshiaki Kurosawa, Akihiro Nokita, Masahiro Konya