Patents by Inventor Shinji Nishimura

Shinji Nishimura 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: 8519591
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes: a rotor that has 2n field poles, where n is a positive integer; and a stator including: a stator core in which 2nĂ—6 slots that are partitioned by adjacent teeth are formed at a predetermined pitch circumferentially; and first and second three-phase alternating-current windings that are each configured by delta-connecting three phase windings that are mounted to the stator core such that an electrical angle phase difference therebetween is 120 degrees, each of the phase windings being configured by connecting in series pairs of coil winding portions that are mounted to the stator core so as to have different electrical angular phases from each other, and an electrical angle phase difference between the first and second three-phase alternating-current windings is 30 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130140816
    Abstract: A power supply system for a motor vehicle is provided with: a generator that includes a rotor having a field coil and a stator having an armature coil; a rectifier that rectifies AC power generated in the armature coil; an excitation control circuit that takes control of a voltage applied to the field coil; a capacitor that is connected to the DC side of the rectifier, and receives and transfers the rectified power; a battery connected to an electric load of the motor vehicle; a DC-DC converter that is connected between the capacitor and the battery and capable of converting unidirectionally or bidirectionally an input DC voltage into any DC voltage; and a selection switch capable of selecting as a power supply source for the excitation control circuit either the capacitor or the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Nozomu KAMIOKA, Shinji Nishimura, Noriyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 8334633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamoelectric machine that enables heat that is generated in a permanent magnet to be transmitted to a fan and be radiated from the fan effectively, that suppresses occurrences of damage to the fan that result from centrifugal forces that act on the permanent magnet, and that also enables the fan to be prepared easily and inexpensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Moriyuki Hazeyama, Hiroyuki Akita, Ryuichi Shimomura, Masaya Inoue, Masao Morita, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120314608
    Abstract: In a distributed information communication processing system in which a plurality of information communication devices provides a service through a network, response speed, electric power consumption, and further reliability are improved. The distributed information communication processing system which provides various services is configured by associating an entrance node (EN) which executes filtering near sensors, actuators, and terminals being information sources, an intelligent node (IN) which changes an information processing position and executes information processing and communication processing instead of a data center (DC), and a management node (MN) which manages these nodes. Thereby, real time type information processing can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Michitaka Okuno, Shinji Nishimura, Hidetaka Aoki, Yuji Tsushima, Takeki Yazaki, Yuji Ogata
  • Patent number: 8324780
    Abstract: An automotive dynamoelectric machine that achieves disposing of permanent magnets and thickening of field coil wire by disposing trough portions on yoke portions and disposing magnet holders that hold the permanent magnets so as to span the trough portions to ensure outlet space for field coil lead wires. In the dynamoelectric machine, trough portions are formed on respective portions of yoke portions between circumferentially adjacent claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, a magnet holder is disposed so as to span over a trough portion, and a permanent magnet is held by the magnet holder. A lead wire is led out of a rotor from a field coil so as to pass through a space that is bounded by the trough portion and the magnet holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Inoue, Masao Morita, Kanji Shinkawa, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Hirokazu Akai, Kazunori Tanaka, Shinji Nishimura, Hiroyuki Akita, Ryuichi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8304950
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine that can suppress increases in rotor inertia to extend belt service life and increase field magnetomotive force to increase output. In the dynamoelectric machine, first and second magnetic guidance members are fitted into first and second holding grooves that are disposed so as to extend axially on facing portions of first and second trough portions radially outside inner wall surfaces, and are disposed so as to span over first and second trough portions. First and second permanent magnets that are magnetically oriented in a reverse direction to a magnetic field that originates from a field coil are fitted into and held by interfitting grooves of the first and second magnetic guidance members so as to face inner circumferential surfaces near tip ends of second and first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions so as to have a predetermined clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Masaya Inoue, Kanji Shinkawa, Masao Morita, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Takeshi Mori, Hiroyuki Akita, Ryuichi Shimomura, Kazunori Tanaka, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120267969
    Abstract: A center frame is fastened to a first bracket and a second bracket such that a first mated protrusion and a second mated protrusion are fitted together with a first mated recess portion and a second mated recess portion so as to be mated. O rings are disposed annularly so as to be held between an end surface of the first bracket and a first axial end surface of the center frame, and between an end surface of the second bracket and a second axial end surface of the center frame on an opposite side from outer circumferential inner wall surfaces of the first mated recess portion and the second mated recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki IWAMOTO, Masaya INOUE, Shinji NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20120267975
    Abstract: The embedded permanent magnet electric motor includes: a rotor having: a rotor core that has an outer circumferential surface that is constituted by a plurality of convex surfaces that are circular arc-shaped curved surfaces that are arranged continuously at a uniform angular pitch circumferentially; and a plurality of permanent magnets that are embedded in the rotor core so as to be positioned on a radially inner side of each of the circular arc-shaped curved surfaces; and a stator having: a stator core in which teeth are respectively disposed so as to extend radially inward from an annular core back and are arranged at a uniform angular pitch circumferentially to configure open slots; and a stator coil that is constituted by a plurality of concentrated winding coils that are wound into concentrated windings on each of the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji NISHIMURA, Yoichi Kuroda, Masaya Inoue, Moriyuki Hazeyama
  • Patent number: 8148864
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes first and second magnet seat portions disposed to project from portions of first and second yoke portions that face respective inner circumferential surfaces near tip ends of second and first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and magnet housing portions disposed integrally to extend axially outward from outer circumferential portions of a pair of flange portions of a bobbin, extend near the first and second yoke portions that face the inner circumferential surfaces near the tip ends of the first and second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and be held by the first and second magnet seat portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Masaya Inoue, Kanji Shinkawa, Masao Morita, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Hiroyuki Akita, Shinji Nishimura, Norihiro Murata
  • Patent number: 8097994
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle AC generator in which the contact face of at least one of a pair of cases that make contact with the respective axis-direction end faces of a stator core is provided with a cooling air path that connects the outer circumferential surface of a coil end portion with the outer circumferential surface of the stator core and has an opening in the axis direction at the outer circumferential surface of the stator core so that the coolability of the coil end portions of the stator coil is raised, and the amount of cooling air is increased so that the overall coolability of the AC generator is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ito, Shinji Nishimura, Yoshiro Imazawa
  • Patent number: 8090269
    Abstract: A data transmission system comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter comprises a phase encoder for partitioning consecutive bit data to be input in data in units of X bits; and converting a 2x value indicated by the data of X bits in unique association with an (N/2?1)Y value of a Y symbol, and for confining use of signal points, from among the signal points of N-ary phase, only to a signal point P1 (at a phase angle 0) and N/2?2 signal points P(2n+2) (where 1?n<N/2?2). The receiver comprises a phase decoder for notifying an error detection when a signal point other than a signal point that are permitted to be used is received, and performing an error correction by changing the signal point to a signal point which has a smaller hamming distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Toyoda, Kenro Sekine, Shinya Sasaki, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20110260697
    Abstract: In order to receive a power generation command from the outside of a body, to transmit power generation control condition with respect to the power generation command to the outside, and to enable a vehicle to drive properly depending on the condition; a minimum value selector by which on-duty of a switching element by the power generation command inputted from the outside of the body of a control device is compared to on-duty of the switching element calculated inside the body of the control device and smaller on-duty of both on-duties is selected to perform ON/OFF control of the switching element is included, and the selected on-duty is transmitted to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Publication number: 20110260696
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle AC generator which restricts an upper limit of a field current to the maximum field current at a set voltage even when a power generation voltage becomes large, is obtained. In the control device for the vehicle AC generator, in which a DC voltage obtained by rectifying an AC output voltage of an armature coil in the AC generator with a rectifier is applied to a field coil to obtain a field current and the field current is controlled by ON/OFF of a switching element connected in series to the field coil, an upper limit restriction unit in which an upper limit of on-duty of the switching element is set to a set voltage/the DC voltage, is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Patent number: 8042256
    Abstract: Respective divided segments of a collet are moved radially outward by moving an arbor axially. The respective divided segments thereby press an inner circumferential surface of a stator core of a stator from radially inside such that the stator is held coaxially by the collet. Next, shaping rollers are lowered so as to press an outer circumferential surface of the stator core. The stator is rotated by rotating the collet in that state. Thus, the inner circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed so as to conform to the collet and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed by the shaping rollers, correcting the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core so as to be coaxial and so as to have a high degree of roundness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Harada, Toshiaki Kashihara, Kensaku Kuroki, Yasukazu Nishimura, Shogo Okamoto, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20110248687
    Abstract: A power supply system for a motor vehicle is provided with: a generator that includes a rotor having a field coil and a stator having an armature coil; a rectifier that rectifies AC power generated in the armature coil; an excitation control circuit that takes control of a voltage applied to the field coil; a capacitor that is connected to the DC side of the rectifier, and receives and transfers the rectified power; a battery connected to an electric load of the motor vehicle; a DC-DC converter that is connected between the capacitor and the battery and capable of converting unidirectionally or bidirectionally an input DC voltage into any DC voltage; and a selection switch capable of selecting as a power supply source for the excitation control circuit either the capacitor or the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nozomu KAMIOKA, Shinji NISHIMURA, Noriyuki WADA
  • Publication number: 20110204651
    Abstract: An engine generator is provided having an improved cooling effect realized by cooling air while ensuring a compact arrangement of components in a housing. The engine generator includes an engine 2, a generator 3, an inverter 4, a control device, a fuel tank 7, an air cleaner 16, a muffler 18, a radiator 6, and a housing 5 accommodating the foregoing components. The engine generator includes cooling air inlets 12 and 11 and a cooling air outlet 14 on sides of the housing 5 with a cooling air passage disposed between the inlets and outlet. The generator 3, the inverter 4, and the air cleaner 16 are disposed further upstream than the engine 2 along a cooling air passage. The fuel tank 7, the radiator 6, and the muffler 18 are disposed further downstream than the engine 2 along the cooling air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: Yanmar Co., Ltd., Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Nishimura, Masaru Sakamoto, Norikazu Sakata
  • Publication number: 20110148232
    Abstract: An automotive dynamoelectric machine that achieves disposing of permanent magnets and thickening of field coil wire by ensuring outlet space for field coil lead wires. In the dynamoelectric machine, trough portions are formed on portions of yoke portions between respective circumferentially adjacent claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. Magnet holders are disposed so as to span over all of the trough portions on a pole core body at a rear end excluding a predetermined trough portion, and permanent magnets are held in each of the magnet holders. A field coil lead wire is led out from the rotor so as to pass through the trough portion over which a magnet holder is not disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Masaya Inoue, Masao Morita, Hirokazu Akai, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110146058
    Abstract: Respective divided segments of a collet are moved radially outward by moving an arbor axially. The respective divided segments thereby press an inner circumferential surface of a stator core of a stator from radially inside such that the stator is held coaxially by the collet. Next, shaping rollers are lowered so as to press an outer circumferential surface of the stator core. The stator is rotated by rotating the collet in that state. Thus, the inner circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed so as to conform to the collet and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed by the shaping rollers, correcting the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core so as to be coaxial and so as to have a high degree of roundness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HARADA, Toshiaki Kashihara, Kensaku Kuroki, Yasukazu Nishimura, Shogo Okamoto, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7944183
    Abstract: An output voltage controller for an AC vehicle generator is proposed. The output voltage controller can easily suppress variation in rectified output voltage due to a switching surge without using a slope generation circuit in a voltage adjustment circuit. An excitation circuit that excites a field coil 13 includes a circulation element 31, a semiconductor switch element 33, an inductor 35, and transient voltage absorption means 40. The circulation element 31 is connected in parallel to the field coil 13. The semiconductor switch element 33 is connected in series with the field coil 13 and turned on and off by a voltage adjustment circuit 60. The inductor 35 is connected in series with the field coil 13 and the semiconductor switch element 33. The transient voltage absorption means 40 absorbs a transient voltage generated in the inductor 35 in association with the switching of the semiconductor switch element 33 between ON and OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20110109178
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automotive dynamoelectric stator that enables vibration resistance of a lead portion to be ensured and reductions in area of the lead portion and a coil end group that is exposed to a cooling airflow to be suppressed without increasing work or cost. In a dynamoelectric machine according to the present invention, first lead portions that connect a plurality of windings to configure phase windings are each led axially outward from a rear-end coil end group, and then disposed so as to extend parallel to an axially outer peripheral surface of the rear-end coil end group so as to cross at least one other first lead portion, and so as to be separated from the axially outer peripheral surface of the rear-end coil end group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Okamoto, Shinji Nishimura, Shiro Iizuka, Yoshiro Imazawa, Ken Nishikawa, Michiya Yasui, Kensaku Kuroki, Yoshihiro Harada, Naoya Nishikawa