Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Sano

Tomohisa 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).

  • Patent number: 11967867
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes: a field element that includes a magnet portion that includes a plurality of magnetic poles; an armature that includes an armature winding of multiple phases; and a power converter that is electrically connected to the armature winding. The rotating electric machine also includes: a plurality of electrical components that configure the power converter; and a housing member that includes a cylindrical portion that is provided on a radially inner side of a magnetic circuit portion that includes the magnet portion and the armature winding, and to which the plurality of electrical components are disposed. The cylindrical portion is provided with a coolant passage through which a coolant flows. The plurality of electrical components are arranged in the housing member on a radially inner side of the cylindrical portion, in a circumferential direction along the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Yuki Takahashi, Ryota Tanabe, Yuta Hashimoto, Wataru Funatsu, Norihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11942869
    Abstract: A power module is applied to an electric power conversion device in which multiple upper-lower arm circuits are connected to an electric power line in parallel. The power module includes the multiple upper-lower arm circuits; a capacitor connected to each of the multiple upper-lower arm circuits in parallel; an upper wiring that connects an upper arm and a positive electrode terminal of the capacitor; a lower wiring that connects a lower arm and a negative electrode of the capacitor; an upper electric power wiring that is an electric power wiring connected to the electric power line and connects a high potential line of the electric power line and the upper wiring; and a lower electric power wiring that is an electric power wiring connected to the electric power line and connects a lower potential line of the electric power line and the lower wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Ryota Tanabe, Yuta Hashimoto, Kazuma Fukushima, Mamoru Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11888376
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine unit including a rotary electric machine, and an electric power conversion device having a plurality of power modules. The rotary electric machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The housing includes a housing flow path through which a refrigerant flows. The power modules of the electric power conversion device and the rotary electric machine are configured to be cooled by the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Tanabe, Yuta Hashimoto, Tomohisa Sano, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20240032265
    Abstract: A power card, which is to be aligned in a height direction with a cooling unit in which a refrigerant flows in an inner space extending in a lateral direction, includes a plurality of switches, a resin portion, and a plurality of external connection terminals. The switches are aligned in a vertical direction perpendicular to each of the lateral direction and the height direction. The resin portion covers each of the switches. The external connection terminals are electrically connected to the respective switches and each have a portion exposed from the resin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta HASHIMOTO, Tomohisa SANO, Shoichiro OMAE, Takanori KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230408946
    Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle and silica fine particles, wherein, fragment ions of a D unit structure are observed in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry measurement of the silica fine particles, in a titration operation of the silica fine particles using NaOH, the titer is within a specific range, an area of a peak from ?25 to ?15 ppm in 29Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particles is denoted by D, the sum of the areas of peaks from ?140 to 100 ppm is denoted by S, and an area of a peak from more than ?19 ppm to ?17 ppm or less is denoted by D1, the specific surface area of the silica fine particles, D, D1, and S satisfy specific relationships, and a specific amount of a specific polyvalent metal element is present on the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: KAZUYUKI SATO, TOMOHISA SANO, TOHRU HIRAMATSU, HIROKI KAGAWA, SHOHEI SHIBAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230408945
    Abstract: A toner including a polyester resin-including toner particle and a silica fine particle, wherein fragment ions corresponding to a D unit structure are observed in TOF-SIMS measurement of the silica fine particle, where the silica fine particle is dispersed in a specific mixed liquid and a titration operation using sodium hydroxide is performed, the titer is within a specific range, where an area of a peak having a peak top within the range from ?25 to ?15 ppm in 29Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle is denoted by D and an area of a peak having a peak top within the range from more than ?19 ppm to ?17 ppm or less is denoted by D1, the specific surface area of the silica fine particle, D and D1 satisfy specific relationships, and the polyester resin is present on the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: SHOHEI SHIBAHARA, TOMOHISA SANO, HIROKI KAGAWA, TOHRU HIRAMATSU, KAZUYUKI SATO
  • Publication number: 20230408942
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a magnetic body, and a silica fine particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein fragment ions corresponding to a D unit structure are observed in a specific measurement; when the silica fine particle is dispersed in a mixed solution of ethanol and aqueous solution of NaCl, followed by a titration operation using sodium hydroxide, a titer is within a specific range; in a chemical shift obtained by a specific measurement, with D as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range from ?25 to ?15 ppm, and with D1 as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range of more than ?19 ppm and ?17 ppm or less, D and D1 are in a specific ratio; and the magnetic body is present on the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKI KAGAWA, TOMOHISA SANO, TOHRU HIRAMATSU, KAZUYUKI SATO, SHOHEI SHIBAHARA
  • Patent number: 11835874
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a core particle comprising a binder resin and a wax, and a shell formed on a surface of the core particle, wherein the wax comprises a wax A, the shell comprises a resin comprising a functional group B, the wax A has a surface charge density DA of ?0.0080 to ?0.0025, and an absolute difference |DA?DB| between the surface charge density DA of the wax A and a surface charge density DB of the functional group B is not more than 0.0025.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sato, Tomohisa Sano
  • Publication number: 20230350320
    Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle, and a silica fine particle on a surface of the toner particle. Fragment ions corresponding to a D unit structure are observed in a specific measurement; when the silica fine particle is dispersed in a mixed solution of ethanol and aqueous solution of NaCl, followed by a titration operation using sodium hydroxide, a titer is within a specific range; in a chemical shift obtained by a specific measurement, with D as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range from -25 to -15 ppm, and with D1 as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range of more than -19 ppm and -17 ppm or less, D and D1 are in a specific ratio; and a vinyl-based resin having a specific structure is present on the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SANO, HIROKI KAGAWA, TOHRU HIRAMATSU, KAZUYUKI SATO, SHOHEI SHIBAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230350319
    Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle including a release agent, and a silica fine particle on a surface of the toner particle. Fragment ions corresponding to a D unit structure are observed in a specific measurement; when the silica fine particle is dispersed in a mixed solution of ethanol and aqueous solution of NaCl, followed by a titration operation using sodium hydroxide a titer is within a specific range; in a chemical shift obtained by a specific measurement, with D as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range from -25 to -15 ppm, and with D1 as an area of a peak having a peak top present in a range of more than -19 ppm and -17 ppm or less, D and D1 are in a specific ratio. The release agent is present on the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: TOHRU HIRAMATSU, TOMOHISA SANO, HIROKI KAGAWA, KAZUYUKI SATO, SHOHEI SHIBAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230273540
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle and an external additive, wherein the external additive comprises a silica particle and a hydrotalcite particle containing fluorine which is present in cross sections of the hydrotalcite particle, wherein, when a content of the hydrotalcite particle containing the fluorine and a content of the silica particle to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle are defined as Wh and Ws respectively, Wh and Ws are in specific ranges, and a sum of areas of peaks which are present in a range of ?140 to 100 ppm of a chemical shift of the silica particle obtained by a solid-state 29Si-NMR DD/MAS method is defined as S, the area of the peak of a D unit and Q unit are defined as D and Q respectively, the Wh, the Ws, S, the D, and the Q satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI TOYODA, TOMOHISA SANO, SHOHEI SHIBAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230188008
    Abstract: In a motor unit, a power converter is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a motor case at a position distant from an outer top portion in a circumferential direction. In a power converter, a power module and a control board are accommodated in an internal space of a device case. A power converter is provided with a device cooler. A device cooler has a device cooling passage extending along a power module. In the device cooling passage, a device inlet, into which coolant flows, and a device outlet, from which coolant flows out, are provided side by side in a circumferential direction. The device inlet is located a position lower than the device outlet in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa SANO
  • Publication number: 20230188000
    Abstract: In a motor unit, a power converter is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a motor case at a position distant from an outer top portion in a circumferential direction. In a power converter, a power module and a control board are accommodated in an internal space of a device case. A power converter is provided with a device cooler. A device cooling portion has a device cooling passage extending along a power module. A first end, which is an upper end of the device cooling passage, is provide to an upper space inside the device housing. In the device cooling passage, a device inlet, into which coolant flows, and a device outlet, from which coolant flows out, are provided side by side in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa SANO
  • Publication number: 20230188007
    Abstract: In a motor unit, a power converter is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a motor case at a position distant from an outer top portion in a circumferential direction. In a power converter, a power module and a control board are accommodated in an internal space of a device case. A power converter is provided with a device cooler. A device cooler has a device cooling passage extending along a power module. In the device cooling passage, a device inlet, into which coolant flows, and a device outlet, from which coolant flows out, are provided side by side in a circumferential direction. The device inlet is located a position higher than the device outlet in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa SANO
  • Patent number: 11653481
    Abstract: An electric power conversion device includes: a cooler that includes a flow path through which a refrigerant flows, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface in a thickness direction; and multiple power modules that include a semiconductor device configuring an upper-lower arm circuit, and a capacitor connected to the upper-lower arm circuit in parallel. The capacitor and the semiconductor device are arranged in the thickness direction. The multiple power modules are placed on both of the first surface and the second surface of the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Ryota Tanabe, Yuta Hashimoto, Wataru Funatsu
  • Publication number: 20230045217
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control apparatus for an electric power generation system. The electric power generation system is configured to generate electric power and thereby charge a secondary battery that is an electric power source of a motor included in an electric drive system. The electric drive system further includes an inverter circuit for driving the motor and a power transmission unit for transmitting electric power from the secondary battery to the inverter circuit. The control apparatus includes a temperature acquisition unit and a power generation control unit. The temperature acquisition unit is configured to acquire a temperature of the power transmission unit. The power generation control unit is configured to control the electric power generation system to generate electric power and thereby charge the secondary battery when the temperature of the power transmission unit acquired by the temperature acquisition unit is higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa SANO
  • Publication number: 20230014130
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, a crystalline material, and a silica particle, wherein a number average particle diameter D1 of the silica particle comprised in the toner particle is 400 to 3000 nm; the silica particle has a pointed portion; and the crystalline material comprises a compound having an ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Kazuyuki Sato, Tohru Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20220418171
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling system for cooling an electric drive system. The electric drive system includes a motor and an inverter configured to drive the motor. The cooling system includes a first cooler, a second cooler, a circulating flow passage and a pump. The first cooler is configured to cool the motor by heat exchange using a coolant flowing through the first cooler. The second cooler is configured to cool the inverter by heat exchange using the coolant flowing through the second cooler. The circulating flow passage passes through both the first and second coolers, and the coolant circulates in the circulating flow passage. The pump is arranged in the circulating flow passage to pump the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma FUKUSHIMA, Tomohisa SANO
  • Publication number: 20220385224
    Abstract: A control device is provided which controls an electric drive system, which has a motor that rotates a rotor blade and an inverter circuit that has a switching element and controls the motor and which rt is installed in a flying body, The control device includes an abnormality occurrence detection unit that detects occurrence of a predetermined abnormality accompanied with an abnormality of temperature of the switching element, and a switching element control unit that controls, when the occurrence of the predetermined abnormality is detected, the switching element so as to reduce loss in the switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa SANO
  • Patent number: 11456238
    Abstract: A semiconductor device configures one arm of an upper-lower arm circuit, and includes: a semiconductor element that includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode, wherein a main current between the first main electrode and the second main electrode; and multiple main terminals that include a first main terminal connected to the first main electrode and a second main terminal connected to the second main electrode. The first main terminal and the second main terminal are placed adjacent to each other; A lateral surface of the first main terminal and a lateral surface of the second main terminal face each other in one direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Kamiya, Ryota Tanabe, Tomohisa Sano, Takuo Nagase, Hiroshi Ishino, Shoichiro Omae