Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Miyamoto

Tomohiko Miyamoto 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: 20130166126
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a power unit including an engine and a rotating electrical machine; a power supply apparatus connected to the rotating electrical machine; an oil pump unit including a mechanical oil pump and an electric oil pump for cooling the rotating electrical machine; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is constituted by an EOP idling determination unit that determines an idling state of the electric oil pump, and an engine starting processing unit that performs processing to drive the mechanical oil pump by starting the engine in accordance with the determination of the EOP idling determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Kenjiro Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120242178
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a rotor whose axis is disposed in a horizontal direction, a stator core that is disposed in an outside of the rotor, a coil that is wound in a slot which is provided along the axial direction of the stator core, whose end sections of windings protrude from a front end and a rear end of the stator core in the axial direction as coil ends and whose one end of a winding wire is drawn as a lead wire to the outside, and an annular cooling jacket. The cooling jacket has an opening through which the lead wire of the coil is drawn to the outside and the opening is provided at a predetermined height position above an upper end of the coil end as a reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Tetsuo Wakita
  • Publication number: 20120126642
    Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor, stator, and covers. A stator coil is a pre-wound coil inserted into slots of a stator core from its inner side. A no-lead-wire side coil end portion of the stator coil protrudes radially inward. A no-lead-wire side coolant chamber is liquid-tightly defined by the cover covering the no-lead-wire side coil end portion and a seal plate(s) that is attached from or on a radially inner side of the stator core so as to cover an opening between the inner peripheral edge of the cover and the inner peripheral edge of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko MIYAMOTO, Naoto KOSHINO, Hiroshi HOSHINA, Keiji TAKIZAWA, Ko HASHIMOTO, Tetsuo WAKITA
  • Publication number: 20120091838
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine uses coolant to cool coil end portions that protrude outward, one from each end surface of a stator core, in a stator that includes a stator core and coils that are wound in a circumferential direction of the stator core. This cooling structure includes a lead side cover member that covers a lead side coil end portion to which a lead wire that supplies electricity to the coils is connected, and forms a first coolant chamber within which coolant is stored; and a non-lead side cover member that covers a non-lead side coil end portion positioned opposite the lead side coil end portion in the axial direction, and forms a second coolant chamber within which coolant is stored. A coolant communicating path is provided that communicates the first and second coolant chambers in a manner that enables coolant to flow therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Tetsuo Wakita
  • Publication number: 20120025642
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine that can be improved in cooling performance is provided. An end plate includes an annular plate portion arranged to be spaced from a rotor in an axial direction and secured to a rotation shaft, and a tubular portion protruding from an outer edge of the annular plate portion to abut on an axial end surface of the rotor. A partition plate arranged between the rotor and an end plate forms a first space between the rotor and the partition plate and a second space between the annular plate portion and the partition plate. A communication passage allowing the first space and the second space to communicate with each other is formed in the partition plate at a radially outer side relative to a permanent magnet. A through hole extending through the annular plate portion in the axial direction is formed in the annular plate portion at a radially inner side relative to the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON SOKEN, INC
    Inventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Ryotarou Okamoto, Hirohito Matsui, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Eiji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120017425
    Abstract: A stator core is fixed by a centering jig, and in this state, a fixing hole is formed in a flange portion provided on a fastening ring for the stator core, using a central position as a reference for positioning, by drilling with a drill. The fixing hole is opened to be located at a distance relative to the central position. In a plan view, the fixing hole is opened at a predetermined central angle interval (for example, intervals of 120°) relative to the central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Endo, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hiroaki Urano, Atomi Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20110215660
    Abstract: A motor-generator which is a rotating electrical machine is provided with a coil end cover and a plurality of connecting wires. The coil end cover forms a cooling oil passage around a coil end portion and a cooling oil passage around a coil end portion, and a cooling oil communicating passage that communicates the cooling oil passage with the cooling oil passage on the inside of the stator core. The plurality of connecting wires are provided in the cooling oil passage. The direction in which the cooling oil flows in the cooling oil passage is the same as the direction in which the connecting wires extend at an angle from the radial outside to the radial inside of the stator core. The flowrate of cooling oil in the cooling oil passage is set larger than the flowrate of cooling oil in the cooling oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Yasuhiro Endo, Tomoka Sonohara, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Masao Okumura, Atomi Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20110139522
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device having two independent systems provided for two driving wheels, respectively, each system including a rotating electrical machine, an output member to be connected to a corresponding driving wheel, and a drive transmission system. The transmission also includes a counter deceleration mechanism, which connects the rotating electrical machine and the output member to each other. A case integrally accommodates the rotating electrical machines, the output members, and the drive transmission systems of the two systems. The rotation axes are provided so that their respective rotation axes are parallel to each other, and are positioned so as to overlap each other in the rotation axis direction. The rotating electrical machine of each system is provided with an output portion located on one side of the rotating electrical machine which is distal from the corresponding driving wheel in the rotation axis direction of the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Takenaka, Atsushi Teshima, Ryuta Ishida, Tomohiko Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7932686
    Abstract: A drive device having at least one electric motor that inputs and outputs motive power includes: a plurality of capacitors; a plurality of relays for capacitors that connects and disconnects the motor and the capacitors; and a relay control device that controls the relays for capacitors. The relay control device controls the plurality of relays for capacitors so that during a system start-up, a part of the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected, that is, a partially-on-state is established, after a first predetermined condition is satisfied during the partially-on-state, the part of relays for capacitors are disconnected and a remaining part of the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected, and after a second predetermined condition is satisfied during the remainder-on-state, all the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Tsuchiya, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7911091
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a rotating electrical machine including a stator and a rotor, the cooling structure including magnet accommodating holes provided in a rotor core of the rotor, the magnet accommodating holes extend between axial core end faces of the rotor core, wherein permanent magnets are accommodated in the magnet accommodating holes; a plurality of voids, which prevent leakage flux, in contact with the permanent magnets and extending between the axial core end faces; and a rotor cooling-liquid supply passage that supplies cooling liquid to one core end face, wherein the cooling liquid supplied from the rotor cooling-liquid supply passage is introduced into the voids to prevent leakage flux, and the permanent magnets are cooled by the cooling liquid flowing through the voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Takenaka, Hiroaki Sanji, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Ryuta Ishida
  • Patent number: 7767076
    Abstract: The reforming of heavy oil with supercritical water or subcritical water is accomplished by mixing together supercritical water, heavy oil, and oxidizing agent, thereby oxidizing vanadium in heavy oil with the oxidizing agent at the time of treatment with supercritical water and separate vanadium oxide. The separated vanadium oxide is removed by the scavenger after treatment with supercritical water. In this way it is possible to solve the long-standing problem with corrosion of turbine blades by vanadium which arises when heavy oil is used as gas turbine fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20090261762
    Abstract: A drive device having at least one electric motor that inputs and outputs motive power includes: a plurality of capacitors; a plurality of relays for capacitors that connects and disconnects the motor and the capacitors; and a relay control device that controls the relays for capacitors. The relay control device controls the plurality of relays for capacitors so that during a system start-up, a part of the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected, that is, a partially-on-state is established, after a first predetermined condition is satisfied during the partially-on-state, the part of relays for capacitors are disconnected and a remaining part of the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected, and after a second predetermined condition is satisfied during the remainder-on-state, all the plurality of relays for capacitors are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Tsuchiya, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090015081
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a rotating electrical machine including a stator and a rotor, the cooling structure including magnet accommodating holes provided in a rotor core of the rotor, the magnet accommodating holes extend between axial core end faces of the rotor core, wherein permanent magnets are accommodated in the magnet accommodating holes; a plurality of voids, which prevent leakage flux, in contact with the permanent magnets and extending between the axial core end faces; and a rotor cooling-liquid supply passage that supplies cooling liquid to one core end face, wherein the cooling liquid supplied from the rotor cooling-liquid supply passage is introduced into the voids to prevent leakage flux, and the permanent magnets are cooled by the cooling liquid flowing through the voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Takenaka, Hiroaki Sanji, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Ryuta Ishida
  • Patent number: 7435330
    Abstract: A heavy oil reforming method which reforms a heavy oil to give a fuel suitable for a gas turbine, eliminates sulfur and vanadium, i.e., harmful components, from a heavy oil, and enables almost all the hydrocarbons in the heavy oil to be used in gas turbine combustion; an apparatus therefor; and a gas turbine power generation system using the reformed heavy oil as fuel is disclosed. The method includes reacting a heavy oil with supercritical water and then with a scavenger for sulfur and vanadium to eliminate sulfur and vanadium from the heavy oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Morihara, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20080099373
    Abstract: The reforming of heavy oil with supercritical water or subcritical water is accomplished by mixing together supercritical water, heavy oil, and oxidizing agent, thereby oxidizing vanadium in heavy oil with the oxidizing agent at the time of treatment with supercritical water and separate vanadium oxide. The separated vanadium oxide is removed by the scavenger after treatment with supercritical water. In this way it is possible to solve the long-standing problem with corrosion of turbine blades by vanadium which arises when heavy oil is used as gas turbine fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Patent number: 7285250
    Abstract: In order to prevent exhaust pipe for exhausting perfluorocompound (PFC) decomposition gas after washing from corrosion, a mist separating apparatus is provided at a rear stage of the washing tower for washing the PFC decomposition gas. The corrosion of the exhaust pipe can be prevented by removing the mist from the washed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kanno, Hisao Yamashita, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Shin Tamata, Yoshiki Shibano, Takeo Komuro, Tsugihiro Yukitake, Terufumi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7264710
    Abstract: The reforming of heavy oil with supercritical water or subcritical water is accomplished by mixing together supercriticai water, heavy oil, and oxidizing agent, thereby oxidizing vanadium in heavy oil with the oxidizing agent at the time of treatment with supercritical water and separate vanadium oxide. The separated vanadium oxide is removed by the scavenger after treatment with supercritical water. In this way it is possible to solve the long-standing problem with corrosion of turbine blades by vanadium which arises when heavy oil is used as gas turbine fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20070144941
    Abstract: The reforming of heavy oil with supercritical water or subcritical water is accomplished by mixing together supercritical water, heavy oil, and oxidizing agent, thereby oxidizing vanadium in heavy oil with the oxidizing agent at the time of treatment with supercritical water and separate vanadium oxide. The separated vanadium oxide is removed by the scavenger after treatment with supercritical water. In this way it is possible to solve the long-standing problem with corrosion of turbine blades by vanadium which arises when heavy oil is used as gas turbine fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20060011511
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a heavy oil reforming method which reforms a heavy oil to give a fuel suitable for a gas turbine, eliminates sulfur and vanadium, i.e., harmful components, from a heavy oil, and enables almost all the hydrocarbons in the heavy oil to be used in gas turbine combustion; an apparatus therefor; and a gas turbine power generation system using the reformed heavy oil as fuel. This method comprises reacting a heavy oil with supercritical water and then with a scavenger for sulfur and vanadium to eliminate sulfur and vanadium from the heavy oil. The apparatus for reforming a heavy oil is equipped with a reactor for reacting a heavy oil with supercritical water, a scavenging apparatus filled with a scavenger for scavenging sulfur and vanadium in the heavy oil, and a connecting pipe for connecting the reactor and the scavenging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Morihara, Hiromi Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20050072137
    Abstract: The reforming of heavy oil with supercritical water or subcritical water is accomplished by mixing together supercritical water, heavy oil, and oxidizing agent, thereby oxidizing vanadium in heavy oil with the oxidizing agent at the time of treatment with supercritical water and separate vanadium oxide. The separated vanadium oxide is removed by the scavenger after treatment with supercritical water. In this way it is possible to solve the long-standing problem with corrosion of turbine blades by vanadium which arises when heavy oil is used as gas turbine fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hokari, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Morihara, Hiromi Koizumi