Patents by Inventor Shingo Soma

Shingo Soma 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: 20230342689
    Abstract: A production discontinuation information extraction unit (101) obtains production discontinuation information that indicates information on scheduled equipment that is a piece of equipment with production scheduled to be discontinued. A manufactured equipment search unit (102) extracts associated equipment that is a piece of equipment associated with the scheduled equipment based on the production discontinuation information. A facility affected range search unit (103) extracts a facility in which the associated equipment is positioned. A maker value extraction unit (110) obtains sales profit information of associated equipment of a maker that manufactures the associated equipment. A risk and value calculation unit (105) calculates, based on the sales profit information, a value of the maker manufacturing the associated equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo SOMA, Satoshi KAEDE
  • Patent number: 11646615
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a substantially annular rotor core and a plurality of magnetic pole portions formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. Each magnetic pole portion includes an outer diameter side magnet portion configured by an outer diameter side circular arc magnet arranged so as to protrude radially inward and an inner diameter side magnet portion located radially inward of the outer diameter side magnet portion and configured by a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged so as to radially inward of the radially outer magnet portion. Each arc magnet is an arc magnet in which an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface have the same arc center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Yoshihisa Kubota, Tatsuya Ohzu
  • Patent number: 11411451
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core having: a plurality of magnet insertion holes; and a punched portion; and a plurality of magnetic pole portions. The punched portion is provided so as to pinch a q-axis magnetic path of each magnet pole portion in the radial direction with the plurality of magnet pole portions. The punched portion includes: a first punched hole located on a d-axis of each magnet pole portion; a pair of second punched holes facing each other across the first punched hole in the circumferential direction; and a pair of ribs formed between the first punched hole and the pair of second punched holes. The pair of ribs is provided such that a distance between the pair of ribs is increased from an outer side to an inner side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Tatsuya Ohzu
  • Patent number: 11233432
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core including a rotor shaft hole in which a rotor shaft is fastened, a plurality of magnet insertion holes provided along the circumferential direction, and a hollow hole provided between the rotor shaft hole and the magnet insertion holes in the radial direction; and a plurality of magnetic pole portions constituted by permanent magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes. The hollow hole includes an intersection of the q-axis of each magnetic pole portion and a virtual circle passing through the innermost diameter portion of the magnet insertion holes around the axis of the rotor core, and the hollow hole is disposed to face the magnet insertion holes of adjacent magnetic pole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Yoshihisa Kubota, Tatsuya Ohzu
  • Patent number: 11142064
    Abstract: In an electric vehicle including a motor shaft connected to a drive motor, a counter shaft coupled with the motor shaft, a drive shaft coupled with the counter shaft, a drive wheel coupled with the drive shaft, a plurality of bearings configured to support the counter shaft, and a plurality of gears configured to rotate integrally with the counter shaft, a torque sensor is disposed in a region in which a slope of a bending moment occurring on the counter shaft is minimum at a time that the drive motor is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohzu, Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11131592
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a drive motor having an output shaft with a hollow portion, and a torque sensor arranged inside the hollow portion. The output shaft is formed by a magnetic body. A vehicle can include the motor unit. The drive motor can be a traction motor that generates traction drive force of the vehicle, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Tanaka, Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma
  • Patent number: 11121598
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnetic pole portions arranged along a circumferential direction, and a plurality of arc magnets constituting the magnetic pole portions. Each magnetic pole portion includes a magnet portion of at least two layers along a radial direction. In front view, the rotor core includes an outer diameter side magnet insertion hole, an inner diameter side magnet insertion hole, and a refrigerant flow path hole provided between an outer diameter side magnet portion and an inner diameter side magnet portion to overlap a d-axis. A minimum width of a magnetic path formed between the outer diameter side magnet insertion hole and the refrigerant flow path hole is equal to or larger than a minimum width of a magnetic path formed between the outer diameter side magnet insertion hole and the inner diameter side magnet insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamata, Yoshihisa Kubota, Shingo Soma
  • Patent number: 11097722
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a second rotating electric machine; a first transmission path configured to transmit force generated by the second rotating electric machine to a wheel; a first clutch that is arranged in the first transmission path and configured to switch between a connected state and a disconnected state between the second rotating electric machine and the wheel; and an ECU configured to control the second rotating electric machine and the first clutch. In the electric vehicle, a torque sensor is arranged between the first clutch and the wheel in the first transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hoshino, Yutaka Arimura, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11092503
    Abstract: A sensor unit includes a shaft having a hollow portion and a torque sensor that is arranged inside the hollow portion and detects torsional torque acting on the shaft from inside the shaft. A motor unit can include the sensor unit and a drive motor. A vehicle can include the motor unit. A drive motor can be a traction motor that generates a traction drive force for the vehicle, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210242732
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a substantially annular rotor core and a plurality of magnetic pole portions formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. Each magnetic pole portion includes an outer diameter side magnet portion configured by an outer diameter side circular arc magnet arranged so as to protrude radially inward and an inner diameter side magnet portion located radially inward of the outer diameter side magnet portion and configured by a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged so as to radially inward of the radially outer magnet portion. Each arc magnet is an arc magnet in which an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface have the same arc center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo SOMA, Yoshihisa KUBOTA, Tatsuya OHZU
  • Patent number: 11081940
    Abstract: A drive motor includes a torque sensor on an outer circumference of a shaft. The drive motor includes a rotor, a rotor shaft arranged inside the rotor, and an output shaft that is joined to the rotor shaft by a joint having a loose element. In the drive motor, the output shaft outputs rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output side. The torque sensor is arranged on an upstream side of the joint in a range not overlapping with the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Tatsuya Ohzu, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11038388
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core of an approximately annular shape which has plural sets of plural magnet insertion holes arranged radially, the plural sets being arranged in a circumferential direction with a predetermined gap, and plural permanent magnets which are inserted into the magnet insertion holes, respectively. Each permanent magnet has a circular arc shape in a radial section, and a curved surface thereof is convex toward a rotation shaft of the rotor. Plural permanent magnets which are respectively inserted into the radially arranged plural magnet insertion holes in each set includes a first permanent magnet which is positioned on an outer circumferential surface side and a second permanent magnet which is positioned on a rotation shaft side and has a radial thickness equal to or larger than a radial thickness of the first permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Yoshihisa Kubota
  • Patent number: 10889289
    Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a torque sensor configured to detect a torque, and which is disposed on a second transmission path connecting a first rotary electric machine and a first branch point on a first transmission path. When a first switching device is placed in a connected state and a vehicle wheel is driven by an internal combustion engine, a control device causes an inverted phase torque, which is opposite in phase to a detected torque detected by the torque sensor, to be generated in the first rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hoshino, Yutaka Arimura, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10797568
    Abstract: A motor unit including a drive motor that includes an output shaft having a hollow portion; a torque sensor arranged within the hollow portion; and a cooling mechanism. The cooling mechanism has one end of a coolant path arranged inside the hollow portion and cools the drive motor and the torque sensor. A vehicle can include the motor unit. The drive motor can act as a traction motor generating traction drive force of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohzu, Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10797980
    Abstract: The present invention is to analyze information collected from each device via a network to a server, thereby not only detecting an abnormal state of the device itself, but also proposing replacement with another device being the most beneficial in a user's life or presenting an beneficial usage. An information notifying apparatus according to the present invention is further comprising: an information receiving unit configured to receive usage information transmitted from an electric device on a client side; an external condition information acquiring unit configured to acquire external condition information relating to performance or an operation state of the electric device; a presented information determining unit configured to determine information to be notified to a user based on the usage information and the external condition information; and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the information determined by the presented information determining unit to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Yoshida, Kosuke Nakajima, Satoko Sakajo, Shingo Soma
  • Patent number: 10730508
    Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a torque sensor configured to detect a torque, and which is disposed between an internal combustion engine and a first switching device on a first transmission path. When the first switching device is switched from a disconnected state to a connected state, a control device calculates a torque difference between a target torque of the internal combustion engine corresponding to a specified point on the first transmission path, and a detected torque or the like detected by the torque sensor. Further, the control device generates in a first rotary electric machine or a second rotary electric machine a compensation torque that compensates for the torque difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hoshino, Yutaka Arimura, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10693330
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor and a stator core. The rotor has an outer circumferential wall around a rotational axis. The rotor includes a magnet and a groove. The magnet has a magnetic pole center. The groove is provided in the outer circumferential wall to be recessed toward the rotational axis to have a bottom point. An angle between a first virtual line connecting the bottom point of the groove and the rotational axis and a second virtual line connecting the magnetic pole center and the rotational axis viewed along the rotational axis is from 30% to 47% of an electric angle of 90 degrees. The stator core includes an inner circumferential wall. The stator core includes teeth projecting from the inner circumferential wall toward the stator axis. A cross-sectional shape of each teeth includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Soma
  • Publication number: 20200185991
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core including a rotor shaft hole in which a rotor shaft is fastened, a plurality of magnet insertion holes provided along the circumferential direction, and a hollow hole provided between the rotor shaft hole and the magnet insertion holes in the radial direction; and a plurality of magnetic pole portions constituted by permanent magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes. The hollow hole includes an intersection of the q-axis of each magnetic pole portion and a virtual circle passing through the innermost diameter portion of the magnet insertion holes around the axis of the rotor core, and the hollow hole is disposed to face the magnet insertion holes of adjacent magnetic pole portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo SOMA, Yoshihisa KUBOTA, Tatsuya OHZU
  • Publication number: 20200185990
    Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core including a plurality of magnet insertion holes provided along the circumferential direction; and a plurality of magnetic pole portions constituted by arc magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes. The arc magnet, constituting each magnetic pole portion, is arranged to protrude inward of the rotor core in the radial direction, and has thick portions protruding to the outer peripheral surface at both circumferential end portions of the outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo SOMA, Yoshihisa KUBOTA, Tatsuya OHZU
  • Patent number: 10673308
    Abstract: A drive motor in which a torque sensor is arranged on an outer circumference of a shaft, includes a rotor, a rotor shaft arranged inside the rotor, and an output shaft that is joined to the rotor shaft by a spline joint and outputs rotational force of the rotor shaft to the output side. The torque sensor is arranged on an output side of the spline joint in a range not overlapping with the spline joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimura, Daisuke Hoshino, Tatsuya Ohzu, Shingo Soma, Yosuke Tanaka