Patents by Inventor Seiya Yokoyama

Seiya Yokoyama 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: 20160028277
    Abstract: A multi-Lundell motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes first and second rotor cores and a permanent magnet. The first and second rotor cores each include claw poles in the circumferential direction. The permanent magnet is magnetized in the axial direction between the first and second rotor cores. The stator includes first and second stator cores and a winding. The first and second stator cores each include claw poles in the circumferential direction. The winding is arranged between the first and second stator cores and extended in the circumferential direction. At least one of the first and second rotor cores and the first and second stator cores include core segments arranged in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takemoto, Seiya Yokoyama, Masashi Matsuda, Shigemasa Kato
  • Patent number: 9239058
    Abstract: A rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, a field magnet, and an auxiliary magnet. The first rotor core includes a first core base and a plurality of first hook-shaped poles. The second rotor core includes a second core base and a plurality of second hook-shaped poles. The first and second hook-shaped poles are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The field magnet is arranged between the first and second core bases in an axial direction. The field magnet cause the first hook-shaped poles to function as first poles and the second hook-shaped poles to function as second poles. The auxiliary magnet includes at least two interpolar magnet portions, which are integrally formed. Each interpolar magnet portion is arranged in a void between the first hook-shaped pole and the second hook-shaped pole and magnetized in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ASMO, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Chie Morita, Yoko Tateishi, Yuuki Fujii, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150295458
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, a case, and back-surface magnet portions. The rotor has a first rotor core, a second rotor core and a field magnet. Each of the first and second rotor cores has a core base and claw-shaped magnetic poles. The field magnet is sandwiched between the first rotor core and the second rotor core and causes the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the first rotor core and the second rotor core to function as different magnetic poles. The back-surface magnet portions include a second and a first back-surface magnet portions respectively provided on the back surfaces of the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the second rotor core and the first rotor core. Size of the second back-surface magnet portion differs from size of the first back-surface magnet portion are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Koji Mikami, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Hironari Suzuki, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150295457
    Abstract: A rotor includes first and second rotor cores, a field magnet, and an annular magnet. The first and second rotor cores each include a core base and core magnetic poles. The core magnetic poles are provided on an outer peripheral portion of the core base at equal intervals. The core bases are faced with each other. The core magnetic poles are alternately arranged in a peripheral direction. The annular magnet is a resin molding product including a magnetic pole magnet portion and an inter-pole magnet portion. The annular magnet has a non-contact portion not in contact with the first and second rotor cores. A gate mark portion in injection molding of the annular magnet is arranged in the non-contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Chie Morita, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150222152
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a case. The stator includes a stator core and windings. The rotor is provided inside the stator. The rotor includes first and second rotor cores and a field magnet. The first and second rotor cores each includes a core base and claw-shaped magnetic poles. The core bases are opposed to each other and the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the first and second rotor cores are alternately disposed in a circumferential direction. The field magnet is disposed between the core bases in the axial direction. The field magnet is magnetized in the axial direction so as to cause the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the first rotor core and the second rotor core to function respectively as first magnetic poles and second magnetic poles. At least part of an end part of the case in the axial direction is made of a non-magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Chie Morita, Koji Mikami, Seiya Yokoyama, Masaru Irie
  • Patent number: 9041269
    Abstract: There is provided a motor including a rotor and a stator arranged outside the rotor in the radial direction. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the rotor core and functioning as one magnetic pole, and salient poles integrated with the rotor core, each arranged between adjacent magnets and at a distance from the magnets. The salient poles function as the other magnetic pole. A stator has a stator core having a plurality of teeth extending in the radial direction of the stator and arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and multi-phase coils attached to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemasa Kato, Seiya Yokoyama, Yoji Yamada, Keisuke Koide, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Shinji Santo
  • Patent number: 8981612
    Abstract: A rotor is provided with a first rotation member having a plurality of first claw poles in a circumferential direction and a second rotation member having a plurality of second claw poles in a circumferential direction. By of fitting each second claw pole in a cutout portion between first claw poles and by fitting each first claw pole in a cutout portion between second claw poles, the first rotation member and the second rotation member are assembled to each other. At least either one of the first rotation member and the second rotation member is formed of a magnet. Based on a magnetic field generated by the magnet, the first claw poles and the second claw poles have alternating north poles and south poles in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiya Yokoyama, Yoji Yamada
  • Patent number: 8980560
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for efficiently detecting DNA methylation. The method for detecting DNA methylation comprises subjecting DNA to bisulfite treatment, subjecting DNA after bisulfite treatment to a first PCR, subjecting the resultant to nested PCR, and subjecting amplified DNA to denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kagoshima University
    Inventors: Seiya Yokoyama, Suguru Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 8933610
    Abstract: A rotor includes at least one of a group of one or more auxiliary magnets that are located between first and second claw poles in a circumferential direction and magnetized to be magnetic poles of the same polarity as the first and second claw poles and another group of one or more auxiliary magnets that are located on a rear side of the first and second claw poles and magnetized to have radially outer portions of the same polarity as the first and second magnetic poles. The auxiliary magnets are arranged to protrude beyond at least one of axial end surfaces of the first and second core bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Chie Morita, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8890386
    Abstract: A rotor includes first and second rotor cores and a field magnet placed between the first and second rotor cores. Each of the rotor cores has a main body portion and a plurality of extensions, which extend radially outward from the main body portion at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The field magnet causes the individual extensions to function as magnetic poles. A magnetic pole constituting section including at least part of each of the extensions and the first main body portion of each rotor core are made of different materials, made of the same material but formed as separate elements, or includes regions having different properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chie Morita, Yoji Yamada, Seiya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20140265706
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets, which function as first magnetic poles, and salient poles, which function as second magnetic poles. A ratio X1:X2 of a quantity X1 of magnetic pole portions of the rotor, which is the sum of the quantity of the magnets and the quantity of the salient poles, and the quantity X2 of slots is 2n:3n (n being a natural number). The sum of a magnetic pole occupying angle ?1 of the magnet and a magnetic pole occupying angle ?2 of the salient pole is 360°. The magnetic pole occupying angle ?1 is set in a range of 180°<?1?230°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji YAMADA, Seiya YOKOYAMA, Shigemasa KATO, Yoshiaki TAKEMOTO, Yoko TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20140265703
    Abstract: A motor including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes teeth and windings. Each tooth has a distal portion defined by a radially inward side of the stator. The rotor, which is arranged inward in the radial direction from the stator, includes a rotor core, magnets, and salient poles. Each salient pole is separated by a void from the magnet that is adjacent in the circumferential direction. The distal portion of each tooth is longer than a radially outward side of each magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Yamada, Seiya Yokoyama, Keisuke Koide, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Shigemasa Kato, Toshihiro Uchida
  • Publication number: 20140252904
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor and a case. The rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, and a field magnet. Each of the first rotor core and the second rotor core includes a core base and a plurality of claw poles. The field magnet is located between the core bases. The case includes a cylindrical yoke housing and a lid. To balance magnetic flux from the first rotor core with magnetic flux from the second rotor core, the distance between the rotor and the stator is varied from the distance between the rotor and the yoke housing or the teeth of the stator are shaped to enable magnetic saturation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Koji MIKAMI, Shigemasa KATO, Yoji YAMADA, Seiya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140225462
    Abstract: A rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, a permanent magnet and a resin layer. The first rotor core includes a first core base and first claw-shaped magnetic poles arranged at equal intervals on a peripheral portion of the first core base. The second rotor core includes a second core base and second claw-shaped magnetic poles arranged at equal intervals on a peripheral portion of the second core base. The first rotor core and the second rotor core are combined with each other so that the first and second core bases are opposed to each other and the first and second claw-shaped magnetic poles are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotor. The permanent magnet includes at least a main field magnet. The main field magnet is located between the first and second core bases in the axial direction, and is magnetized in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yoji YAMADA, Chie MORITA, Seiya YOKOYAMA, Koji MIKAMI, Takahiro TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20140203677
    Abstract: A rotor with four axially stacked rotor cores, and a plurality of field magnets interposed between them. Each rotor core includes a rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole. Each rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles are respectively extending from and formed on each rotor core at equal angle intervals. Tip end surfaces of the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole abut against or are closely opposed to each other axially. Tip end surfaces of the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles abut against or are closely opposed to each other in the axial direction. The plurality of field magnets are magnetized in the axial direction such that the field magnets causes the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as first magnetic poles, and cause the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as second magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TAKEMOTO, Yusuke MORIMOTO, Masashi MATSUDA, Seiya YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8786161
    Abstract: A motor in which drive current supplied to a winding is controlled in accordance with a rotational position of a rotor detected from a waveform of an induced voltage between phases. The motor is provided with a stator including 3×n teeth and windings for three phases. A rotor includes a rotor core, an n number of magnets, and an n number of salient poles. The magnets function as one of the magnetic poles, the salient poles function as the other one of the magnetic poles. Each salient pole is spaced apart by a gap from the adjacent ones of the magnets in the circumferential direction. The magnets and gap are arranged inward in the radial direction from the rotor core. An electrical angle between two ends of each magnet is set to be smaller than an electrical angle between two ends of each salient pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takemoto, Toshihiro Uchida, Seiya Yokoyama, Shigemasa Kato
  • Publication number: 20140139065
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a rotor. The rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core and a field magnet. The first rotor core includes a plurality of first magnetic pole portions arranged in a circumferential direction. The second rotor core includes a plurality of second magnetic pole portions arranged in the circumferential direction. The field magnet is arranged between the first rotor core and the second rotor core in an axial direction. When the field magnet is magnetized in the axial direction, the first magnetic pole portions function as first magnetic poles and the second magnetic pole portions function as second magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Yoji YAMADA, Koji MIKAMI, Chie MORITA, Takahiro TSUCHIYA, Seiya YOKOYAMA, Takayoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140139079
    Abstract: A rotor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, a field magnet, and a detected portion. The first rotor core includes a first core base and a plurality of first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. The second rotor core includes a second core base and a plurality of second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. The first and second core bases face to each other, and the first and second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. The field magnet is located between the first and second core bases in the axial direction. The field magnet has the first claw-shaped magnetic pole portion function as a first magnetic pole and has the second claw-shaped magnetic pole portion function as a second magnetic pole. A detected portion, which generates a magnetic flux, is arranged at an outer axial end surface of the first rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Shigemasa KATO, Yoji YAMADA, Koji MIKAMI, Seiya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140127691
    Abstract: This invention is intended to provide a method capable of diagnosis of pancreatic tumor type at an early stage. More specifically, this invention relates to an examination method for determining pancreatic tumor type comprising detecting the degree of methylation in a 5?-untranslated region or a region comprising a 5?-untranslated region and a translated region of a gene encoding a mucin core protein in a pancreatic fluid sample from a subject, and identifying the pancreatic tumor as being of pancreatic tumor type selected from the group consisting of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the gastric type, an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the intestinal type, and an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreatobiliary type using the degree of methylation as an index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seiya Yokoyama, Suguru Yonezawa, Sho Kitamoto
  • Patent number: 8653771
    Abstract: A controller for use with a motor including a stator, around which three-phase coils are wound, and a rotor, which includes a magnet functioning as a first magnetic pole and a salient pole of a core functioning as a second magnetic pole. The controller supplies the three-phase coils with excitation currents having a predetermined phase difference from one another to drive and rotate the rotor. The controller includes a current adjustment unit that adjusts a fundamental wave current using high-order currents for third order and ninth order components in a q-axis to reduce torque ripple. The excitation current is generated based on the fundamental wave current adjusted by the current adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Santo, Seiya Yokoyama, Yoji Yamada, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Shigemasa Kato, Kenta Goto