Patents by Inventor Shinichi Isobe

Shinichi Isobe 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: 20240094660
    Abstract: A developer storage device that stores developer includes a frame having an internal space and an inlet, a partition portion for partitioning the internal space into first and second chambers, the partition portion including a communication port through which the first and second chamber communicate, a conveyance portion arranged in the internal space and configured to convey the developer, and a detection unit detecting an amount of the developer stored in the first chamber. When the amount of the developer in the first chamber is less than a predetermined value, the developer is conveyed to a far side portion of the first chamber by the conveyance portion. When the detection unit detects that the amount of the developer in the first chamber reaches the predetermined value or more, the conveyance portion conveys the developer to the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shuichi Gofuku, Shinichi Ueda, Kenichirou Isobe
  • Patent number: 11843282
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor includes: a rotating element extending along an axis; and a retaining body formed of metal and configured to hold the rotating element from an outer peripheral side, where the retaining body includes: a plurality of annular members annularly surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the rotating element and arranged at intervals in the axis direction; and a plurality of connecting members arranged in a circumferential direction between the annular members adjacent to each other so as to connect the annular members. As a result, a path of eddy current is limited and the eddy current can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikemi, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 11691708
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion; a shroud surrounding the shaft portion and including an inside surface that forms a flow path-forming surface defining a flow path with the shaft portion; a first propeller rotatably provided in the flow path; a second propeller rotatably provided on a downstream side of the first propeller in the flow path; and a motor including a rotor that is fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the second propeller and that is accommodated in the shroud, and a stator that surrounds the rotor via a clearance and that is fixed in the shroud. A portion of the flow path-forming surface on a downstream side of the second propeller decreases in diameter toward the downstream side, and the shroud includes an inlet flow path that is open at a portion between the first propeller and the second propeller of the flow path-forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Hideyuki Kudo, Shinichi Isobe, Shigeki Senoo
  • Publication number: 20230085134
    Abstract: An axial-gap coreless rotary electric machine includes rotors, stators, and a case. Armature coils of the stators include a first coil segment and a second coil segment disposed to face the first coil segment. The case includes a first case segment and a second case segment disposed to face the first case segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi ISOBE, Masahiko EZUMI, Mikito SASAKI, Masahiro NII
  • Publication number: 20230018880
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device according to an embodiment is a magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear that includes an annular member which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of holding members respectively disposed between the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a cover member which is made of a composite material obtained by impregnating continuous fiber extending along the circumferential direction with a matrix resin. The cover member is disposed on at least one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the annular member. A relation of ?·tc?t?½·tc is satisfied, where tc is a gap between the annular member and the magnet field and t is a thickness of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Akihiko UMEDA, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20220411035
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion; a shroud surrounding the shaft portion and including an inside surface that forms a flow path-forming surface defining a flow path with the shaft portion; a first propeller rotatably provided in the flow path; a second propeller rotatably provided on a downstream side of the first propeller in the flow path; and a motor including a rotor that is fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the second propeller and that is accommodated in the shroud, and a stator that surrounds the rotor via a clearance and that is fixed in the shroud. A portion of the flow path-forming surface on a downstream side of the second propeller decreases in diameter toward the downstream side, and the shroud includes an inlet flow path that is open at a portion between the first propeller and the second propeller of the flow path-forming surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wataru YAMADA, Hideyuki KUDO, Shinichi ISOBE, Shigeki SENOO
  • Publication number: 20220315183
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion; a shroud having an inside surface with a diameter decreasing from an upstream side toward a downstream side, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller and including a rotor having a ring-like shape fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and fixed in the shroud, in which a plurality of the propellers are provided to be spaced apart in the axis direction, the motors are provided in an identical number to the propellers to correspond to each of the propellers, and of a plurality of motors, the rotor of the motor positioned more on the downstr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220320923
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor includes: a rotating element extending along an axis; and a retaining body formed of metal and configured to hold the rotating element from an outer peripheral side, where the retaining body includes: a plurality of annular members annularly surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the rotating element and arranged at intervals in the axis direction; and a plurality of connecting members arranged in a circumferential direction between the annular members adjacent to each other so as to connect the annular members. As a result, a path of eddy current is limited and the eddy current can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi IKEMI, Shinichi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20220315184
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a first propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a second propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud on the downstream side of the first propeller; an outer periphery driving motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the first propeller; and an inner periphery driving motor provided in the shaft portion and configured to rotationally drive the second propeller in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the first propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220315181
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the propeller; and a bearing apparatus provided only to the shaft portion, out of the shroud and the shaft portion, and rotationally supporting the propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220315185
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion and having a diameter decreasing from an upstream side on one side in the axis direction toward a downstream side on another side in the axis direction, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller, the motor including a rotor having a ring-like shape and being fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and being fixed in the shroud, in which the motor is a conical motor in which diameters of the rotor and the stator decrease from the upstream side toward the downstrea
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Patent number: 10944307
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the annular rotor; an input or output shaft coupled at a first end thereof to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the annular rotor in a central space defined in a central portion of the annular rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input or output shaft than an end of the annular rotor adjacent to the external device in the axial direction of the annular rotor and connecting the input or output shaft and the annular rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Umeda, Mikito Sasaki, Shin Asano, Hiroshi Sato, Hisanobu Shinoda, Shinichi Isobe, Atsushi Yuge
  • Patent number: 10916888
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector that restricts a movement amount in a direction of detachment between connectors even when an engagement mechanism between the connectors is disengaged. A connector is configured to be used to electrically connect a first electronic device and a second electronic device to each other. This connector includes a fixation-side connector provided on a first electronic device side and including a tubularly formed insertion portion, an electric wire-side connector connected to the second electronic device via an electric wire and configured to be inserted in the insertion portion of the fixation-side connector, and a restriction portion provided on an opposite side of the electric wire-side connector from an insertion direction that is a direction in which the electric wire-side connector is inserted into the insertion portion outside the fixation-side connector and the electric wire-side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Kohtaro Shiino, Shinichi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20200266681
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes an armature unit including an annular rotor configured to be rotatable around an axis and a stator disposed on a radially outer side of the rotor; an input/output shaft coupled at a first end to an external device and extending along an axial direction of the rotor in a central space formed in a central portion of the rotor; and a coupling device disposed closer to a second end of the input/output shaft than an end of the rotor adjacent to the external device is in the axial direction and connecting the input/output shaft and the rotor so as to be able to transmit a torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko UMEDA, Mikito SASAKI, Shin ASANO, Hiroshi SATO, Hisanobu SHINODA, Shinichi ISOBE, Atsushi YUGE
  • Publication number: 20200205117
    Abstract: This position calculation device for calculating the position of a user terminal that is performing DC is provided with: a transmission unit that transmits, to first wireless base station, accuracy level information indicating the accuracy of positioning of the user terminal based on the type of service; a reception unit that receives, from the first wireless base station, positioning information indicating the result of positioning of the user terminal carried out at the first wireless base station when the accuracy level information indicates a first accuracy level, and receives, from the first wireless base station, positioning information indicating the result of positioning of the user terminal carried out at second wireless base station when the accuracy level information indicates a second accuracy level higher than the first accuracy level; and a position calculation unit that calculates the position of the user terminal by using the positioning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Na Yo, Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari, Shinichi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20200067233
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector that restricts a movement amount in a direction of detachment between connectors even when an engagement mechanism between the connectors is disengaged. A connector is configured to be used to electrically connect a first electronic device and a second electronic device to each other. This connector includes a fixation-side connector provided on a first electronic device side and including a tubularly formed insertion portion, an electric wire-side connector connected to the second electronic device via an electric wire and configured to be inserted in the insertion portion of the fixation-side connector, and a restriction portion provided on an opposite side of the electric wire-side connector from an insertion direction that is a direction in which the electric wire-side connector is inserted into the insertion portion outside the fixation-side connector and the electric wire-side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki MURAKAMI, Kohtaro SHIINO, Shinichi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20190386551
    Abstract: An inner coil end portion of a coil includes inner notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap inner coil end portions of other coils which are adjacent to the coil in an axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the inner coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction. An outer coil end portion of the coil includes outer notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap outer coil end portions of the other coils which are adjacent to the coil in the axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the outer coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Masayuki SAKAI, Hisanobu SHINODA, Keisuke Ota, Ryoji OKABE
  • Patent number: 10033234
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator that generates a rotating magnetic field; a rotor supported rotatably by a shaft within the stator; an outermost peripheral permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded inside the rotor in an arced shape forming a convexity at the inner surface of the rotor; and an inner permanent magnet that is a permanent magnet embedded at the inside of the rotor in parallel to the outermost peripheral permanent magnet. The arc angle of the permanent magnets is greater than 90°, the thickness at the center of both inner permanent magnets is thinner than the thickness at the center of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet, and the thickness at the ends of both inner permanent magnets is thicker than the thickness at the ends of the outermost peripheral permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: U-MHI PLATECH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikito Sasaki, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 9641032
    Abstract: In the regions around a magnetic shielding space, curved portions and having a rounded shape, which protrude toward the interior space of a magnetic shielding space, are formed at ends of a first side and a second side close to a first end and a second end of an outer-periphery side. In the vicinity of angular portions and of the magnetic shielding space that are positioned at both ends of the outer-periphery side, the magnetic flux density for a given cross-sectional area of a channel through which a short-circuit magnetic flux flows is reduced, and thus, the level of the short-circuit magnetic flux is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Mikito Sasaki, Shinichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 9540041
    Abstract: After a Hall IC sensor is set in a connector in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor and a harness are electrically connected to each other, the connector and the Hall IC sensor are inserted from an opposite side of a connector insertion hole in a radial direction toward one side of the connection insertion hole in the radial direction, and a first magnetism collection ring and a second magnetism collection ring are inserted into a torque sensor container portion from a first opening portion in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor is situated between the first magnetism collection ring and the second magnetism collection ring in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS STEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Shinichi Isobe, Kohtaro Shiino