Patents by Inventor Shigeyoshi Sato

Shigeyoshi Sato 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: 9882442
    Abstract: An axial gap type rotating electric machine, having a stator with first tooth parts protruding in an axial direction and formed in a concentric arc-like manner, and a rotor with magnetic poles arranged in a distributed manner in the circumferential direction, and the magnetic poles include second tooth parts that protrude in the axial direction and are formed in a concentric arc-like manner, the second tooth parts being opposedly arranged so as to respectively engage with the first tooth parts with the intermediation of the air gap. The rotor is incorporated in the rotating member so as to be movable in the axial direction and so as not to be rotatable with respect to the rotating member. The rotating electric machine further includes an urging device that makes the air gap between the rotor and the stator adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakamoto, Shigeyoshi Sato, Shunsuke Takeguchi, Shun Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20150214797
    Abstract: An axial gap type rotating electric machine including a stator that includes m salient poles that protrude from a discoid magnetic material in a rotating shaft direction and are arranged in a circumferential direction. A winding wire is wound around an outer periphery of each of the salient poles. The rotor includes n permanent magnet poles and n rotor magnetic materials that are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. The permanent magnet poles each include a magnet pole piece and a permanent magnet that are fixedly attached to each other and arranged in an axial direction, the magnet pole piece being made of a magnetic material. A plurality of teeth are formed in a concentric arc-like manner in an opposing part between: the magnet pole pieces and the rotor magnetic materials; and the stator so as to engage with each other with the intermediation of the air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150108856
    Abstract: In order to achieve improvement in speed and torque of a rotating electric machine according to an inexpensive, simple, and highly reliable method, Provided is a rotating electric machine including: a stator; a rotor that is rotatably arranged with an intermediation of an air gap in a rotating shaft direction with respect to the stator; and a primary-side mechanism that rotates concentrically with a shaft center of the rotor. The primary-side mechanism includes: a fixed position rotating pulley that is arranged so as to be immovable in the rotating shaft direction; and a variable position rotating pulley that is arranged so as to be movable in the rotating shaft direction with respect to the fixed position rotating pulley. The variable position rotating pulley rotates and moves in an axial direction integrally with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150091405
    Abstract: An axial gap type rotating electric machine, having a stator with first tooth parts protruding in an axial direction and formed in a concentric arc-like manner, and a rotor with magnetic poles arranged in a distributed manner in the circumferential direction, and the magnetic poles include second tooth parts that protrude in the axial direction and are formed in a concentric arc-like manner, the second tooth parts being opposedly arranged so as to respectively engage with the first tooth parts with the intermediation of the air gap. The rotor is incorporated in the rotating member so as to be movable in the axial direction and so as not to be rotatable with respect to the rotating member. The rotating electric machine further includes an urging device that makes the air gap between the rotor and the stator adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI, Shun YASUDA
  • Patent number: 8952589
    Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine of axial-gap type in which a stator and a rotor are opposed to each other in arrangement and winding axis is parallel with a rotating shaft direction, the stator has an “m” protruding in the rotating shaft direction are distributed along a circumferential direction thereof, in which the winding pole is formed of a magnetic member having a plurality of teeth in a circular-arc shape in a diameter direction, and wherein the rotor is formed of a magnetic member having a plurality of teeth in a circular-arc shape in a diameter direction, and the number of the teeth of the stator and the rotor are arranged in a manner opposite to each other through air gap so as to be engaged with each other. The stator and the rotor are opposed on both sides of the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakamoto, Shigeyoshi Sato, Shunsuke Takeguchi
  • Publication number: 20140132092
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine having high efficiency and torque, in which the stator is provided with a stator core including an annular yoke portion and n winding poles radially extending from the annular yoke portion, the rotor core includes a circumference portion having small teeth substantially in parallel with the rotary shaft, and an end surface portion having small teeth substantially perpendicular to the rotary shaft, the circumference portion of the winding pole in the stator and the circumference portion of the rotor core in the rotor face each other via an air gap to provide a radial gap, and the end surface portion of the winding pole in the stator and the end surface portion of the rotor core in the rotor face each other via an air gap to provide an axial gap, and n is an integer of 2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140117790
    Abstract: An electrical machine having high torque and reliability and low cost, has a stator and rotor facing each other via an air gap, and a bracket at each of both shaft-direction end surfaces of the stator and rotor. The stator core is formed of a dust core, and a stator side guide portion projecting in the shaft direction concentrically with an inner peripheral portion of the stator, is provided on each of both side surface portions of the stator core, a bracket side guide portion, which is fitted to the stator side guide portion, is provided at each of the brackets, and the air gap is secured by making the stator side guide portion fitted to the bracket side guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140021822
    Abstract: To realize a highly efficient rotating electrical machine having high torque at low cost by a reliable method. The inner rotor type rotating electrical machine including a stator core and a rotor core facing each other, and a gap provided in a recessed and projected state between the stator core and the rotor core, the rotating electrical machine being featured in that the stator core includes at least an armature and is configured by assembling a plurality of divided dust cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130313838
    Abstract: The disclosed is a linear motor which comprises an armature part including a coil, a field magnet part including a permanent magnet or an electromagnet, and a yoke part, in which the armature part is distributed in the field magnet part to excite the coil in the armature part, and which gives either the armature part or the field magnet part a rectilinear motion, wherein the armature part has a molded body in which the coil is covered with a magnetic substance, or has a structure in which a wall is formed on at least one of the internal circumference and the outer circumference of the coil with a magnetic cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130293037
    Abstract: The disclosed is a rotating electric machine, comprising a magnetic iron stator and a surface permanent magnet type rotor, wherein a wire-winding axis and a rotating axial core of the stator cross each other orthogonally, and inner diameter portion of the stator is provided with an iron core having m wire-winding salient-poles arrayed circumferentially, and becomes gradually smaller from one side to another side in its axial direction, wherein the rotor has n poles with an arrangement that north poles and south poles are arrayed alternately in its circumferential direction, peripheral portion of the rotor becomes gradually smaller from one side to another side in its axial direction, and the stator and the rotor are engaged rotatably via a tapered air gap, wherein m is a positive integer of two or more, and n is a positive even number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Masafumi SAKAMOTO, Shigeyoshi SATO, Shunsuke TAKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20040055242
    Abstract: A panel wall construction method comprising the steps of applying in advance an adhesive agent to the whole of a panel main body surface or to the whole of a decorated sheet back surface, covering the edge of the panel main body surface or decorated sheet back surface with a protective paper sheet which is peelable and which does not decrease the adhesive strength of the adhesive agent, using the panel with the decorated sheet, which is in the form of the panel main body and the decorated sheet bonded together, fixing the panel with the decorated sheet to a panel supporting backing material with a fixing tool (7) in an installation field, superposing the extensions of the decorated sheets and cutting them at a suitable cutting position, removing the cut ends, peeling the protective paper sheet, and sticking the unstuck portion of the decorated sheet to the panel main body; thus, even a layman can finish the wall surface easily and neatly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Hiromu Iwakawa, Shigeyoshi Sato