Patents by Inventor Shinya Sano

Shinya Sano 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: 20240033635
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a main body apparatus that executes a virtual game, and a game screen is displayed on a display. On the game screen, a player character and background objects such as a floor, stairs and a door are displayed, an indicating object is displayed so as to surround the player character. The indicating object is an object that indicates a direction that the player character is to move, and specifically, indicates a target point set in a virtual space. The indicating object includes a first direction indicating portion of a circular shape or cylindrical shape and a second direction indicating portion of a triangular shape, and a horizontal orientation and a lean are controlled so that a direction toward a colored portion from a non-colored portion of the first direction indicating portion faces the target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya SANO, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Takaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20240033634
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a main body apparatus that executes a virtual game, and a game screen is displayed on a display. In the game screen, a player character and background objects such as a floor, stairs and a door are displayed. In a normal mode during play of a normal game, if a change to a shooting mode is selected, a virtual camera is arranged in a position and a direction that are set based on a position and a direction of a virtual camera in the normal mode. Moreover, if a change to a menu mode from the normal mode is selected, the virtual camera is arranged based on a position and a direction of the player character to view a virtual space over a shoulder of the player character. If the shooting mode is selected in the menu mode, the virtual camera is arranged in a position and a direction that are set based on a position and a direction of the virtual camera in the menu mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya SANO, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Takaki ABE
  • Patent number: 11804741
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayumi Takazawa, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Yasuhide Yagyu, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Keiu Kanada
  • Patent number: 11799367
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method is a method that allows magnetized magnets inserted in second magnet holes of a second rotor core to be inserted, while retaining magnetism, into first magnet holes of a first rotor core. This method includes a placing step of placing the second rotor core on a first end surface, in a stack thickness direction, of the first rotor core such that the second magnet holes overlap the first magnet holes, and an extruding step of extruding the magnetized magnets from the second magnet holes toward the first magnet holes using a non-magnetic jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Sano, Kensuke Komori
  • Publication number: 20230318423
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11711004
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20220376567
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor fixed to a rotary shaft, a stator arranged so as to surround the rotor with a gap from the rotor in a radial direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the rotary shaft, and a case accommodating the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores made from a soft magnetic material, and a rotor fixing member that fixes the rotor cores. The stator includes a plurality of stator cores made from a soft magnetic material, a stator fixing member that fixes the stator cores, and coils wound around the stator cores, respectively. The motor includes at least two sets of the rotor and the stator, and the sets are stacked in an axis direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Kazuaki HAGA, Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI, Takuya NOMURA, Shinya SANO, Yasuhide YAGYU, Takeshi TOMONAGA, Hisanori KOMA, Keiu KANADA
  • Patent number: 11431213
    Abstract: A rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles aligned in a circumferential direction, each magnetic pole includes a first magnet equipment portion and a second magnet equipment portion positioned more toward an inner circumferential side than the first magnet equipment portion, the second magnet equipment portion has a pair of inner magnet holes placed symmetrically with respect to a center of the magnetic pole, and one or more inner magnets equipped in each of the inner magnet holes, each inner magnet hole has a bent line shape with one or more points of bending in an axial direction view, and an end, on a center side in a circumferential side of the magnetic pole, of the inner magnet hole is expanded on both sides in a thickness direction thereof, and functions as a magnetic barrier having a larger thickness than the inner magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Gangi, Shinya Sano, Yasuhide Yagyu, Takanori Kadota, Keiji Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220203440
    Abstract: Provided is a rare earth magnet that allows suppressing deterioration of magnetic properties and a method for manufacturing the same. The rare earth magnet of the present disclosure includes a magnet body containing a rare earth element R1, a transition metal element T, and boron B and includes a main phase. A region in the vicinity of a corner portion of the magnet body of a constituent surface constituting a surface of the magnet body is a processed surface on which a removal process has been performed, and a region closer to a center than the region in the vicinity of the corner portion of the constituent surface is a non-processed surface on which the removal process is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Kazuaki HAGA, Daisuke ICHIGOZAKI, Masaaki ITO, Hisanori KOMA, Shinya SANO, Kensuke KOMORI, Keiu KANADA
  • Publication number: 20220085702
    Abstract: A rotor manufacturing method is a method that allows magnetized magnets inserted in second magnet holes of a second rotor core to be inserted, while retaining magnetism, into first magnet holes of a first rotor core. This method includes a placing step of placing the second rotor core on a first end surface, in a stack thickness direction, of the first rotor core such that the second magnet holes overlap the first magnet holes, and an extruding step of extruding the magnetized magnets from the second magnet holes toward the first magnet holes using a non-magnetic jig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya SANO, Kensuke KOMORI
  • Publication number: 20210328490
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu KANADA, Kazuaki HAGA, Toshimitsu TAKAHASHI, Mayumi TAKAZAWA, Takuya NOMURA, Shinya SANO, Takeshi TOMONAGA, Hisanori KOMA, Yasuhide YAGYU, Kensuke KOMORI, Tatsuhiko HIRANO, Masaaki ITO, Hiroaki WAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11146154
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor includes mounting a plurality of core members to a shaft in a state by inserting the shaft into a shaft hole that penetrates through the plurality of core members in a height direction. An inner diameter of the shaft hole is larger than an outer diameter of the shaft. The method includes pressing the plurality of stacked core members together in the height direction to form a stack in which the plurality of core members are located adjacent to each other, and the shaft hole is engaged with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Shinya Sano
  • Patent number: 11056939
    Abstract: A rotor that includes a permanent magnet; and a rotor core that has a magnet placement hole in which the permanent magnet is disposed, wherein the stress relaxation magnetic flux suppression hole is formed such that a total width of a minimum width of a first magnetic flux passage between a portion of the stress relaxation magnetic flux suppression hole on a first side in the longitudinal direction and the magnet placement hole and a minimum width of a second magnetic flux passage between a portion of the stress relaxation magnetic flux suppression hole on a second side in the longitudinal direction and the magnet placement hole is less than a total length of a length of the first magnetic flux passage in the longitudinal direction and a length of the second magnetic flux passage in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukiyasu Sugiura, Masayuki Ikemoto, Naoto Saito, Suguru Gangi, Shinya Sano
  • Patent number: 11005318
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine, the rotor including: a rotor core; a rotor shaft having a tubular shape, passing through a radially inner side of the rotor core to be coupled to the rotor core, and extending along an axial direction; an oil supply path that supplies oil to the rotor shaft, a portion to be lubricated that is disposed on a first axial side with respect to the rotor core, wherein one side in the axial direction is defined as the first axial side and another side in the axial direction is defined as a second axial side; and a lubrication oil path through which oil is supplied to the portion to be lubricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakane, Takefumi Komaki, Masayuki Ikemoto, Yoshinari Nakagawa, Minoru Anai, Shinya Sano
  • Patent number: 10930954
    Abstract: In an inspection method for inspecting occurrence of a deformation in a fuel cell, a change amount between a pressure loss parameter value before an impact and a pressure loss parameter value after the impact is found, and when the change amount is a reference value determined in advance or more, it is determined that the deformation occurs inside the fuel cell. It is determined that the deformation occurs inside the fuel cell due to the impact, in at least either of a case where the change amount of a first pressure loss parameter value that is a pressure loss parameter value in a gas passage is a first reference value or more and a case where the change amount of a second pressure loss parameter value that is a pressure loss parameter value in a refrigerant passage is a second reference value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Enomoto, Toshiyuki Tonuma, Shinya Sano, Kento Ida
  • Patent number: 10879778
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes: a rotor core having magnet holes; magnets inserted in the magnet holes of the rotor core. Each of the magnets includes two first surfaces respectively facing outward and inward of the rotor radial direction, and two second surfaces respectively facing one side and the other side of the rotor circumferential direction. Both ends in the rotor axial direction of at least one first surface of the two first surfaces are covered with electric insulating films, and a lateral surface region between both ends of the one first surface that are covered with the electric insulating films, and the two second surfaces are covered with no electric insulating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Gangi, Hiroyuki Hattori, Shinya Sano, Ken Noda
  • Patent number: 10868453
    Abstract: The rotor of the rotating electric machine includes the rotor shaft and the rotor core. The rotor shaft has the shaft refrigerant passage and the refrigerant supplying port on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft, the shaft refrigerant passage extending in an axial direction, the refrigerant supplying port communicating with the shaft refrigerant passage. The rotor core has the rotor core refrigerant passage and the refrigerant receiving port on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor core, the rotor core refrigerant passage extending in the axial direction, the refrigerant receiving port communicating with the rotor core refrigerant passage and facing the refrigerant supplying port of the rotor shaft. A clearance groove part is provided at a portion that is on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor core and that faces the refrigerant supplying port of the rotor shaft, the clearance groove part extending in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Noda, Shinya Sano, Hiroyuki Hattori, Masayuki Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20200364952
    Abstract: A work vehicle state detection system includes: a travel state detector provided in a work vehicle having a rotating machine and detecting a travel state of the work vehicle; a vibration sensor in the rotating machine; a travel state data acquisition unit acquiring travel state data indicating the travel state; a condition satisfaction determination unit determining whether the travel state satisfies a condition; a vibration detection data acquisition unit acquiring vibration detection data indicating a detection value of the vibration sensor when the travel state satisfies the condition; a normal vibration data storage storing normal vibration data indicating a detection value of the vibration sensor when the rotating machine is normal and the travel state satisfies the condition; and an analysis unit that, based on the vibration detection data and the normal vibration data, analyzes a state of the rotating machine when the vibration detection data is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Sano, Yoshitaka Hirano, Matsuo Yoshimoto, Shinji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10784732
    Abstract: A method of punching a core piece having a bridge formed between a radially-outer end of a magnet insertion hole and an outer region of the core piece. The method includes providing a magnetic steel sheet and a punch configured to form the core piece, punching out the magnet insertion hole from the magnetic steel sheet, and forming a through hole that defines a radially-outer contour of the bridge by punching the magnetic steel sheet. The method includes forming the bridge between the radially-outer end of magnet insertion hole and the outer region of the core piece, and blanking the core piece, from the magnetic steel sheet, in an exterior shape with the punch while avoiding an edge of the punch from coinciding with the radially-outer contour of the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Sano, Masahiro Izumi
  • Patent number: 10767748
    Abstract: A mechanical device includes a housing, a transparent spacer member, a magnet, and an image capturing device. The housing has an internal space in which a machine component immersed in oil is housed. The spacer member is disposed in an opening of the housing. The magnet is supported by the spacer member. The image capturing device captures the internal space of the housing via the spacer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Chikugo, Shuuji Hori, Mutsumi Ono, Kiyotaka Saitou, Shinya Sano, Takeaki Unno