Patents by Inventor Shingo Fubuki

Shingo Fubuki 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: 9257881
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a coolant supply passage. Coils are wound on the teeth of the stator. The rotor is disposed coaxially with the stator, and has an outer circumferential surface that faces respective distal end faces of the teeth with a constant gap formed therebetween. The coolant supply passage is disposed inside the rotor, and is configured to eject a coolant from a coolant outlet of the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward the distal end face of a corresponding one of the teeth so as to supply the coolant to the gap. A discharge groove is formed in the distal end face of the corresponding tooth. The discharge groove is inclined radially outwardly of the stator, from a coolant supply position as an axial position of the stator facing the coolant outlet, toward one edge of the distal end face of the corresponding tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jodosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shingo Fubuki
  • Patent number: 9214846
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes two or more separate permanent magnet pieces each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a fractured surface formed when a permanent magnet block is fractured. The separate permanent magnet pieces include a first separate permanent magnet piece and a second separate permanent magnet piece. At the time when the permanent magnet block is fractured, the first and second separate permanent magnet pieces are adjacently located and a first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and a second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are adjacent to each other. The permanent magnet is configured such that the first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and the second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are located in positions out of contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Fubuki
  • Patent number: 9065316
    Abstract: A stator structure for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape in which slots and pole pieces are formed on an inner peripheral side and alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, a conductor segment which is a conducting wire having a rectangular cross section inserted in one of the slots through an insulator being connected with a conductor segment similarly inserted in another slot to form a coil. Each insulator has a shape including a pair of opposite side surface portions connected with an intermediate portion along a wall surface defining the slot. Each insulator includes end protrusions facing each other at free ends of the side surface portions to position the conductor segments. The insulators are made of an insulating and elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Yasuji Taketsuna, Yasushi Nishikuma, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Tomohiro Takenaga
  • Publication number: 20150008770
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a coolant supply passage. Coils are wound on the teeth of the stator. The rotor is disposed coaxially with the stator, and has an outer circumferential surface that faces respective distal end faces of the teeth with a constant gap formed therebetween. The coolant supply passage is disposed inside the rotor, and is configured to eject a coolant from a coolant outlet of the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward the distal end face of a corresponding one of the teeth so as to supply the coolant to the gap. A discharge groove is formed in the distal end face of the corresponding tooth. The discharge groove is inclined radially outwardly of the stator, from a coolant supply position as an axial position of the stator facing the coolant outlet, toward one edge of the distal end face of the corresponding tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Shingo FUBUKI
  • Publication number: 20140109392
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a rotor in which a plurality of cleaved magnet pieces are mounted in a rotor core with cleaved surfaces of the cleaved magnet pieces in an engaged state. In a cleaving step, a magnet workpiece having a recess in a surface thereof is cleaved at the recess as a starting point, thereby producing a first magnet piece and a second magnet piece. In a surface processing step, the cleaved surface is processed to reduce protrusions on the cleaved surface of the first magnet piece. Accordingly, the engagement between the cleaved surfaces is poor, the contact area is reduced, and the contact resistance is increased. As a result thereof, the eddy currents in the cut magnets flow less easily, and loss caused by eddy currents may be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Nishikuma, Tetsuyoshi Fukaya, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20140013582
    Abstract: A method for cleaving a plate-shaped workpiece formed with two or more linear recesses into three or more parts includes: a first positioning step of holding the workpiece by a positioning unit in place to position a first linear recess; a first clamping step of clamping one side of the first linear recess by a fixing clamp and the other side by a rotating clamp; a first cleaving step of moving back the positioning unit and rotationally separating the rotating clamp; a second positioning step of releasing the clamps and causing the positioning unit to position a second linear recess; a second clamping step of clamping one side of the second linear recess by the fixing clamp and the other side by the rotating clamp, and a second cleaving step of moving back the positioning unit and rotationally separating the rotating clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Tetsuyoshi Fukaya, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Yasushi Nishikuma
  • Patent number: 8371340
    Abstract: An edgewise winding method for forming an edgewise winding having a non-circular outer shape including a bent portion, a short side portion, and a long side portion is achieved by feeding a wire by a length corresponding to the short side portion or the long side portion and edgewise bending the wire by a bending jig while rotating an entire winding to form the bent portion. A side surface of the long side portion of the winding is supported by a first support block, a second support block, a first stopper block, a second stopper block, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20120256512
    Abstract: A stator structure for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape in which slots and pole pieces are formed on an inner peripheral side and alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, a conductor segment which is a conducting wire having a rectangular cross section inserted in one of the slots through an insulator being connected with a conductor segment similarly inserted in another slot to form a coil. Each insulator has a shape including a pair of opposite side surface portions connected with an intermediate portion along a wall surface defining the slot. Each insulator includes end protrusions facing each other at free ends of the side surface portions to position the conductor segments. The insulators are made of an insulating and elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Yasuji Taketsuna, Yasushi Nishikuma, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Tomohiro Takenaga
  • Patent number: 8250734
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a motor stator including individually mounting second and third coils on second and third teeth that are located on both sides of a first tooth, deforming a first coil with an air core before it is mounted on the first tooth, and inserting a first part of the deformed coil into a slot on one side of the first tooth, and inserting a second part of the deformed coil into the slot on the other side of the first tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20120194025
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes two or more separate permanent magnet pieces each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a fractured surface formed when a permanent magnet block is fractured. The separate permanent magnet pieces include a first separate permanent magnet piece and a second separate permanent magnet piece. At the time when the permanent magnet block is fractured, the first and second separate permanent magnet pieces are adjacently located and a first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and a second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are adjacent to each other. The permanent magnet is configured such that the first fractured surface of the first separate permanent magnet piece and the second fractured surface of the second separate permanent magnet piece are located in positions out of contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20120086298
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multilayered wound coil, a stator, and a manufacturing method therefor. The stator is provided with: a stator core comprising laminated steel sheets; and a coil which is wound around a teeth section formed on the stator core and has a plurality of layers formed in the circumferential direction of the stator core. The winding of the coil proceeds in either the radial direction or the circumferential direction of the stator core, whichever direction has fewer adjacent conductors, and doubles back at the end in said direction. This reduces the difference in potential between adjacent conductors, making it possible to ensure insulation between adjacent conductors even with a thinner insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Keita Okumura, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20110057537
    Abstract: A winding method of forming a coil by edgewise bending a flat rectangular conductor comprises a step of edgewise bending the rectangular conductor to form edgewise bending portions so that two predetermined two adjacent bent portions are formed so that an outward bulging portion to be generated by edgewise-bending of the flat rectangular conductor is generated in a concentrated manner in a side between the two edgewise bent portions, and the side having the bulging portion constitutes each of a pair of opposite sides of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Matsushita, Kenji Harada, Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20100212771
    Abstract: An edgewise winding method for forming an edgewise winding having a non-circular outer shape including a bent portion, a short side portion, and a long side portion is achieved by feeding a wire by a length corresponding to the short side portion or the long side portion, and edgewise bending the wire by a bending jig while rotating an entire winding to form the bent portion. A side surface of the long side portion of the winding is supported by a first support block, a second support block, a first stopper block, a second stopper block, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20100066198
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for manufacturing a motor stator including: a stator core 30 provided, in an inner surface thereof, with a plurality of slots 32 and a plurality of teeth 31 each radially inwardly extending and tapering toward the center of the stator core, the teeth including at least a first tooth 31A, a second tooth 31B, and a third tooth 31C, and the slots and the teeth being arranged alternately; and a plurality of trapezoidal coils 10 each of which is inserted in each slot, each coil being formed of a rectangular conductor 15 that has a square section and is concentrated-wound into a trapezoidal shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20100026133
    Abstract: A coil production method capable of improving the space factor of a rectangular conductor with respect to the slot of a stator core, a coil of a motor, and a stator of a motor. The coil production method in which one surface of a rectangular conductor is brought into contact with a shaft with guide, and edgewise bending is performed along the curved surface of the shaft, wherein a deforming mechanism for reducing the plate thickness of a plate thickness changed portion corresponding to each of four corners of a coil over the entire width of the rectangular conductor is provided, the deformation mechanism is used to deform the plate thickness changing portion, and the plate thickness changing portion of the rectangular conductor is edgewise-bent to form a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada
  • Publication number: 20100000624
    Abstract: An edgewise bending processing method and apparatus comprise a restraining mechanism for restraining a rectangular-section wire having a rectangular cross-section with long sides and short sides in such a way as to press a surface of the wire including the long side and hold the wire in contact with a surface of the wire including the short side; and an external guide and a rotating mechanism for edgewise bending the rectangular-section wire. The restraining mechanism restrains part of the wire in a restraining dimension that is shorter than a length of the short side and in a range of elastic deformation of the wire, and the external guide and the rotating mechanism bend the wire edgewise at the short side of the wire that is in contact with the restraining mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Masayuki Matsushita, Kenji Harada, Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20090261682
    Abstract: A coil sub-assy includes a coil plate which has an insulating film attached to at least one side thereof and an “I”-shaped portion to be inserted into a slot of a stator core. The plurality of coil plates forming coils of an identical phase are laminated in a thickness direction of the “I”-shaped portion. The coil plates opposite to each other are formed such that a shortest distance between end faces of the “I”-shaped portions in a width direction is longer than a shortest distance between end faces of the “I”-shaped portions in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada, Yasuji Taketsuna, Yuya Takano
  • Publication number: 20090230807
    Abstract: A stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of slots in a direction parallel to a rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine; a plurality of coil plate laminated bodies formed in such a manner that a plurality of coil plates each having an insulating film attached to at least one side are laminated in a radial direction; and transition members connecting the coil plate laminated bodies inserted into different ones of the slots. The stator has at least one of a first shape in which at least two transition members are provided so as to cross each other as seen from the direction parallel to the rotating shaft and a second shape in which one coil plate (128) is formed by integrally combined coil plate constituting members (200, 202) each having a substantially flat shape and being bent in a front-back direction as seen from the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Fubuki, Kenji Harada, Yasuji Taketsuna
  • Publication number: 20090096313
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of slots in a direction parallel to the rotating shaft of a rotating electrical machine; and a coil plate laminated body formed by laminating a plurality of I-shaped coil plates, each of which has an insulating film adhered at least on one side, in a diameter direction. In the coil plate laminated body, a plurality of coil plates are inserted inside a resin insulator inserted into the slots so that the insulating film is arranged between the coil plates, and the coil plates are integrally held by the resin insulator. The resin insulator integrally holds the coil plate laminated body of a plurality of phases in the same slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Harada, Yasuji Taketsuna, Shingo Fubuki
  • Publication number: 20090072653
    Abstract: A stator of rotary electric machine includes a plurality of winding bodies of a concentrated winding type in which two conductive wires are wound in rows. Assuming that the number of conductive wires supplied to each winding body is P, the number of slots (winding bodies) of the entire stator is T, and the number of neutral points (the number of stars) is S, winding wires extending between the winding bodies are twisted at spacing intervals of N winding bodies (N is a natural number) determined to satisfy the following relation: T=3×S×P×N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Harada, Shingo Fubuki