Patents by Inventor Suetaro Shibukawa

Suetaro Shibukawa 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: 6222296
    Abstract: An electric motor, wherein a space factor of a coil in a stator or a rotor is enhanced, and which has a central part core comprising a plurality of laminated electromagnetic steel plates stamped out into a predetermined slot sectional shape and an end part core which is disposed on at least one end part toward a laminating direction of the central part core and a core shape of the end part core is different from the core shape of the central part core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sakai, Yukinori Taneda, Hiromichi Hiramatsu, Noriaki Yamamoto, Yuji Enomoto, Takashi Ishigami, Motoya Ito, Fumio Tajima, Masaharu Senoh, Suetaro Shibukawa
  • Patent number: 6211587
    Abstract: For achieving small-sizing and high efficiency by improving heat radiation of coils, and further for simple-construction to be easily disassembled, thereby being environment-friendly from a view point of recycling, an electric rotating machine comprising: a stator 1a being constructed by inserting coils 10a into slots 11 of a stator core 2a; an outer frame 4 being divided into a plurality thereof, so as to cover periphery of the stator core of said stator; a pair of bearing holder portions 6a and 6b, each having a fitting portion 35a or 35b to be fitted into an inner diameter reference surface 25a at both end portions of said stator and being provided with a bearing 8a or 8b at an axial center portion thereof, and being attached at both sides of said stator core so as to cover coil end portions dropping out at both sides of said stator; a squeezing mechanism (30, 32a, 32b, 6a, 6b) fixing the outer frame at an outer periphery of the stator core, by a wedge function between each of the bearing holder portions a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Yukinori Taneda, Noriaki Yamamoto, Suetaro Shibukawa, Masaharu Senoh, Fumio Tajima
  • Patent number: 6208054
    Abstract: A magnetic gap is provided between a permanent magnet of a rotor and an auxiliary magnetic pole portion which is arranged adjacent to the permanent magnet in a peripheral direction. A gradual change in a magnetic flux density distribution of a surface of the rotor is obtained and a cogging torque and a torque pulsation are restrained. By obtaining a reluctance torque according to the auxiliary magnetic pole, a permanent magnet electric rotating machine in which the cogging torque and the torque pulsation are restrained can be obtained and further an electromotive vehicle having the permanent magnet electric rotating machine can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: 6188157
    Abstract: An electrically driven motor vehicle having mechanism including a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits high speed of rotation. The permanent magnet dynamo electric machine includes a stator having a stator iron core in which a stator winding is wound, and a rotor facing the inner circumference of the stator and rotatably supported thereby. The rotor has a rotor iron core and a number of permanent magnets arranged in a ring inside the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core is provided with a number of permanent magnet insertion holes equal to the number of permanent magnets so as to position the permanent magnets at positions at which the ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, where R0 is the radius of the rotor and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the permanent magnets at the side thereof remote from the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: 6133662
    Abstract: A permanent magnet electric machine comprises a stator provided with windings and a rotor disposed with an air gap between the stator and the rotor. A plurality of permanent magnets are arranged along and fixed to the circumference of the rotor. The angular circumferential extent of a surface of each permanent magnet facing the stator is determined so that an induced voltage in the machine has a waveform that approximates a sinusoidal waveform, to suppress the peak of the induced voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsunobu, Fumio Tajima, Takashi Kobayashi, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: 6034459
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type dynamoelectric machine for driving a motor vehicle has a stator with a stator iron core and a rotor with a rotor iron core facing the stator iron core through an air gap permitting rotation of the rotor. A plurality of permanent magnets are embedded along the circumference of the rotor iron core. The mechanical angle .theta. formed about an axial center by the outer circumferential width of a side of each of the permanent magnets which face the stator is set to,.theta.=n.times..tau..sub.s +16/Pwherein .tau..sub.s is the slot pitch of the stator 1 in mechanical angle, P is number of poles of the dynamoelectric machine and n is an integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsunobu, Fumio Tajima, Shouichi Kawamata, Takashi Kobayashi, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi
  • Patent number: 6034460
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator salient poles, three-phases windings wound around said stator salient poles, a rotor rotatable held inside the said stator, and permanent magnets inserted into said rotor and positioned opposite to said stator salient poles, wherein said three-phase windings are concentratively wound around each of said stator salient poles, said windings of each phase are wound around at more than one stator salient pole, and said windings of each phase have a phase difference of voltage between at least one of the windings and the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobe, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: 5936323
    Abstract: Plural magnet insertion holes are provided at a vicinity of an outer peripheral of a laminated rotor core toward a circumferential direction and extend toward an axial direction. The magnet insertion holes are divided into plural toward the axial direction and each of the plural magnet insertion holes is shifted at a predetermined angle toward a circumferential direction. The permanent magnet is arranged in the magnet insertion hole and the permanent magnet is fixed to the laminated rotor core through a clearance fill-up agent. The cogging torque is reduced and the reduction in noises is improved and a permanent magnet rotation type rotor constituted by low cost materials is prevented from damaging or destroying by the centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suetaro Shibukawa, Keiji Oda, Kiyoshi Hirano, Yoshikazu Kadowaki, Fumio Tajima
  • Patent number: 5886433
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine is provided with an arrangement in the form of a plurality of cooling tubes disposed in or adjacent the stator core of the machine and through which a coolant is caused to flow. The coolant tubes extend axially with respect to the rotor of the machine and are spaced around the circumference of the stator. In order to regulate the cooling efficiency and reduce the coolant pressure loss in the coolant tubes, a branching arrangement in combination with a valve arrangement is disposed in at least one of the end brackets of the machine to control the flow of coolant in parallel selectively through different combinations of cooling tubes. The branching arrangement includes a plurality of circumferentially disposed chambers which communicate with respective groups of cooling tubes in parallel, and the valve arrangement allows connection of these chambers selectively in different combinations to a coolant supply and a coolant exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Oda, Hiroshi Hamano, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Kiyoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 5811904
    Abstract: In order to realize a permanent magnet dynamo electric machine which permits a high speed of rotation, the permanent magnet dynamo electric machine includes a stator 20 having a stator iron core 22 in which a stator winding 24 is wound, and a rotor 30 facing the inner circumference of the stator 20 and rotatably supported thereby, the rotor 30 having a rotor iron core 32 and a plurality of permanent magnets 36 arranged inside the rotor iron core 32 so as to face the stator iron core 22, wherein the rotor iron core 32 is provided with the same number of permanent magnet insertion holes 34 as the number of permanent magnets 36 for receiving the same at positions where the ratio R1/R0 is equal to or more than 0.85, wherein R0 is the radius of the rotor 30 and R1 is the radius of an imaginary circle drawn by inscribing the faces of the plurality of permanent magnets 36 at the side remote from the stator 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Tajima, Yutaka Matsunobu, Shouichi Kawamata, Suetaro Shibukawa, Osamu Koizumi, Keiji Oda
  • Patent number: 5503804
    Abstract: A catalyzer control apparatus for purifying exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine has an electrically heated catalyzer that is heated by a battery which battery is isolated from the conventionally provided engine battery. The temperature of the catalyzer is detected by a sensor and a control circuit located with an engine control unit selectively applies power to heat the catalyzer. The catalyzer is arranged to be pre-heated prior to engine start and by isolating the battery for heating the catalyzer from the normally provided engine battery so, because the catalyzer takes a great power, engine starting is enhanced by virtue of having separate batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Fujishita, Takeshi Atago, Keiichi Mashino, Suetaro Shibukawa, Shigeyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 5390493
    Abstract: A catalyst heating control device for cleaning automotive engine exhaust gases, comprising a generator, at least one battery, a catalyst heating control apparatus, a battery charging device and an electronic fuel injector. Before starting the engine, the catalyst is preheated. At the start of the engine, the catalyst preheat control is curtailed according to the state of the batteries. The catalyst current control is performed by detecting the catalyst activation temperature. The catalyst is heated usually to about 350.degree. C., at which point the current supply for heating is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Fujishita, Takeshi Atago, Keiichi Mashino, Suetaro Shibukawa, Shigeyuki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 4503823
    Abstract: An ignition timing control circuit for internal combustion engine comprising a pulse generator which provides a pair of pulses in synchronization with the crank shaft rotation, a pair of polygonal wave generators for providing two types of polygonal waves, one having a constant amplitude, the other having a peak level which varies depending on the engine speed, and a comparator which detects the point of time at which the two waves have the same level and provides an ignition signal at this point, whereby the timing of ignition can be varied automatically, based on the engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suetaro Shibukawa, Hiroshi Katada