Patents by Inventor Shigeharu WAKUI

Shigeharu WAKUI 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: 10903706
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core, magnets, and a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft includes a refrigerant passage, a refrigerant supply part provided on one side of the refrigerant passage and configured to supply the refrigerant from the rotor shaft to the rotor core, a refrigerant discharge part provided on the other side of the refrigerant passage and configured to return the refrigerant from the rotor core to the rotor shaft, and a passage partition part configured to block flow of the refrigerant between the one side and the other side of the refrigerant passage. The rotor core includes a plurality of heat exchange chambers having a circumferential length larger than a radial length, and the heat exchange chamber communicates with the refrigerant supply part on one side of the refrigerant passage and communicates with the refrigerant discharge part on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu Wakui
  • Patent number: 10746278
    Abstract: In a support structure of a power system, the power system includes: an electrical motor; a transmission; and a housing supported by a frame member of the vehicle via a mount arm. The transmission includes a first planetary mechanism having first to third rotating elements, the electrical motor is connected to the first rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, the left and right wheels are connected to the second rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, and the housing is connected to the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism. A fastening member that fastens the housing and the mount arm is disposed so as to overlap in the axial direction with a connecting portion that connects the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu Wakui
  • Publication number: 20190379250
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core, magnets, and a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft includes a refrigerant passage, a refrigerant supply part provided on one side of the refrigerant passage and configured to supply the refrigerant from the rotor shaft to the rotor core, a refrigerant discharge part provided on the other side of the refrigerant passage and configured to return the refrigerant from the rotor core to the rotor shaft, and a passage partition part configured to block flow of the refrigerant between the one side and the other side of the refrigerant passage. The rotor core includes a plurality of heat exchange chambers having a circumferential length larger than a radial length, and the heat exchange chamber communicates with the refrigerant supply part on one side of the refrigerant passage and communicates with the refrigerant discharge part on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu WAKUI
  • Publication number: 20180363755
    Abstract: In a support structure of a power system, the power system includes: an electrical motor; a transmission; and a housing supported by a frame member of the vehicle via a mount arm. The transmission includes a first planetary mechanism having first to third rotating elements, the electrical motor is connected to the first rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, the left and right wheels are connected to the second rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, and the housing is connected to the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism. A fastening member that fastens the housing and the mount arm is disposed so as to overlap in the axial direction with a connecting portion that connects the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu WAKUI
  • Publication number: 20170299035
    Abstract: A differential device includes a ring gear having a center axis of the ring gear. A pinion shaft is provided in the ring gear such that a shaft axis of the pinion shaft is substantially perpendicular to the center axis and substantially coaxial with a diameter of the ring gear. The pinion shaft is rotatable together with the ring gear around the center axis. A first attaching member is connected to the ring gear and has a first fitting hole into which a first end portion of the pinion shaft is fitted. A second attaching member is connected to the ring gear and has a second fitting hole into which a second end portion of the pinion shaft is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeharu WAKUI