Patents by Inventor Seiya MORIMOTO

Seiya MORIMOTO 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: 20240006969
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotor having insertion holes arranged in a circumferential direction around an axis and a magnet and resin placed in each insertion hole includes: a first step of placing the magnet and resin in each first insertion hole, and identifying an unbalance position by rotating the rotor at a first rotation speed; a second step of placing the magnet and resin in each second insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a second rotation speed; and a third step of placing the magnet and resin in each third insertion hole in which the magnet is not placed in the first step, and rotating the rotor at a third rotation speed smaller than the second rotation speed. The second and third insertion holes are relatively far from and close to the unbalance position respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito KATSUME, Seiya MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11554676
    Abstract: A motor device for a vehicle includes a stator, a rotor, a bearing, an inverter, and a controller. The stator is attached into a housing and includes a concentrated winding coil. The rotor includes a permanent magnet. The bearing supports a rotating shaft of the rotor. The inverter controls an energization state of the concentrated winding coil. If a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than a threshold, the controller outputs a control signal to the inverter to execute field weakening control, and thereby makes a potential difference between the housing and the rotating shaft lower than a withstand voltage of the bearing. The control signal controls the energization state of the concentrated winding coil. The field weakening control generates magnetic flux of the concentrated winding coil in a direction of weakening magnetic flux of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hanaoka, Akihito Katsume, Seiya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20200406761
    Abstract: A motor device for a vehicle includes a stator, a rotor, a bearing, an inverter, and a controller. The stator is attached into a housing and includes a concentrated winding coil. The rotor includes a permanent magnet. The bearing supports a rotating shaft of the rotor. The inverter controls an energization state of the concentrated winding coil. If a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than a threshold, the controller outputs a control signal to the inverter to execute field weakening control, and thereby makes a potential difference between the housing and the rotating shaft lower than a withstand voltage of the bearing. The control signal controls the energization state of the concentrated winding coil. The field weakening control generates magnetic flux of the concentrated winding coil in a direction of weakening magnetic flux of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Masatoshi HANAOKA, Akihito KATSUME, Seiya MORIMOTO