Patents by Inventor Shumpei HAYASHI

Shumpei HAYASHI 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: 20230402909
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic field generating device and an electric motor with which it is possible to generate a large amount of magnetic flux using a simple construction. The magnetic field generating device is provided with a magnetic pole element, a facing magnetic body opposing the same in an opposing direction, and an inner support member. The magnetic pole element includes a plurality of first iron cores, a plurality of second iron cores, a plurality of third iron cores, a plurality of fourth iron cores, and a plurality of back surface permanent magnets. Each of the plurality of first to fourth iron cores has a magnetic pole surface opposing the facing magnetic body and a back surface on the opposite side thereto, and the plurality of back surface permanent magnets are disposed on the back surfaces of each of the plurality of first to fourth iron cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Shumpei HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230231459
    Abstract: Provided is a linear motor capable of having enhanced thrust density. The linear motor includes a magnetic pole element and an armature including coils. The magnetic pole element includes magnetic pole element cores and permanent magnets. The magnetic element cores include first cores, second cores, third cores, and fourth cores, each aligned in the linear motion direction. The permanent magnets are interposed between mutually adjacent magnetic element cores among the magnetic element cores. The armature is divided into a first armature portion opposed to the first and third cores, a second armature portion opposed to the first and second cores, a third armature portion opposed to the third and fourth cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Shumpei HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11223249
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an armature and a mover. The armature includes an armature coil. The mover includes a plurality of pole blocks each including an iron core disposed to face the armature and a plurality of permanent magnets which surround the iron core such that a surface of the iron core, which faces the armature, is open. The plurality of permanent magnets in each pole block are disposed such that magnetic poles thereof facing the iron core are equal in polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shumpei Hayashi, Takashi Tokuyama, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20210359559
    Abstract: An electric motor includes an armature and a mover. The armature includes an armature coil. The mover includes a plurality of pole blocks each including an iron core disposed to face the armature and a plurality of permanent magnets which surround the iron core such that a surface of the iron core, which faces the armature, is open. The plurality of permanent magnets in each pole block are disposed such that magnetic poles thereof facing the iron core are equal in polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Shumpei HAYASHI, Takashi TOKUYAMA, Tsuyoshi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10384753
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a launcher for an underwater vehicle by which thrust force of a mover arranged movably in a water conducting tube can efficiently be obtained. The mover forms a plurality of magnetic circuits in which magnetic flux generated by a plurality of permanent magnets flows, and the plurality of magnetic circuits includes a first magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of circumferential magnets, a second magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of axial magnets, the second magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit, and a third magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through a radial magnet, the third magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Shimada, Hiroyoshi Matsui, Tomohiro Taira, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Shumpei Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10381890
    Abstract: An axial gap type dynamo-electric machine (1) comprises: a stator (2) provided with a magnetic core (21) and an exciting coil (22); a rotor (3) provided with a plurality of permanent magnets (4) circumferentially arranged around a rotation center axis (AX), the rotor (3) being also provided with a disk-shaped base material (31) for supporting the permanent magnets, the rotor (3) being disposed at an axial distance from the stator (2); and affixation members (5) for affixing the permanent magnets (4) to the base material (31). The permanent magnets (4) are provided with front surfaces facing the stator (2), rear surfaces facing the base material, and engagement-receiving sections (412, 422, 432) formed at peripheral edges of the permanent magnets (4). The affixation members (5) include: engagement sections (512) engaging the engagement-receiving sections; and affixation sections (511) forming mechanical affixation structures relative to the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Inoue, Takashi Hiekata, Hiroaki Kawai, Shintaro Sasai, Tetsuya Ogawa, Toshiro Yamashita, Shingo Kasai, Shumpei Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190144091
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a launcher for an underwater vehicle by which thrust force of a mover arranged movably in a water conducting tube can efficiently be obtained. The mover forms a plurality of magnetic circuits in which magnetic flux generated by a plurality of permanent magnets flows, and the plurality of magnetic circuits includes a first magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of circumferential magnets, a second magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of axial magnets, the second magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit, and a third magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through a radial magnet, the third magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Ryo SHIMADA, Hiroyoshi MATSUI, Tomohiro TAIRA, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Shumpei HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180198335
    Abstract: An axial gap type dynamo-electric machine (1) comprises: a stator (2) provided with a magnetic core (21) and an exciting coil (22); a rotor (3) provided with a plurality of permanent magnets (4) circumferentially arranged around a rotation center axis (AX), the rotor (3) being also provided with a disk-shaped base material (31) for supporting the permanent magnets, the rotor (3) being disposed at an axial distance from the stator (2); and affixation members (5) for affixing the permanent magnets (4) to the base material (31). The permanent magnets (4) are provided with front surfaces facing the stator (2), rear surfaces facing the base material, and engagement-receiving sections (412, 422, 432) formed at peripheral edges of the permanent magnets (4). The affixation members (5) include: engagement sections (512) engaging the engagement-receiving sections; and affixation sections (511) forming mechanical affixation structures relative to the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Koji INOUE, Takashi HIEKATA, Hiroaki KAWAI, Shintaro SASAI, Tetsuya OGAWA, Toshiro YAMASHITA, Shingo KASAI, Shumpei HAYASHI