Patents by Inventor Tomoya Tsunoda

Tomoya Tsunoda 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: 20060028074
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine comprises a rotor core, and a plurality of rotor conductors wound on the rotor core. At least one of the rotor conductors is provided with a cooling groove, and edges of at least one of the cooling grooves are rounded by a radius process to reduce peak stresses that may be induced around the edges of the cooling groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Komura, Kazumasa Ide, Takashi Watanabe, Kenichi Hattori, Tomoya Tsunoda, Shinya Odajima, Hiroshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20040226740
    Abstract: In order to provide an electric machine winding having an insulating layer excellent in electric characteristics and an insulating layer of an electric machine winding excellent in electric characteristics, a high-thermal-conductivity insulating layer 11 is formed around the peripheral portion of a winding conductor 10 by the use of a high-thermal-conductivity insulating tape 1 having a mica layer 3, a reinforcing material layer 5, and a high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7, wherein the amount of resin of the mica layer 3 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material and wherein the amount of resin of the high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6746758
    Abstract: In order to provide an electric machine winding having an insulating layer excellent in electric characteristics and an insulating layer of an electric machine winding excellent in electric characteristics, a high-thermal-conductivity insulating layer 11 is formed around the peripheral portion of a winding conductor 10 by the use of a high-thermal-conductivity insulating tape 1 having a mica layer 3, a reinforcing material layer 5, and a high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7, wherein the amount of resin of the mica layer 3 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material and wherein the amount of resin of the high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Publication number: 20030035960
    Abstract: In order to provide an electric machine winding having an insulating layer excellent in electric characteristics and an insulating layer of an electric machine winding excellent in electric characteristics, a high-thermal-conductivity insulating layer 11 is formed around the peripheral portion of a winding conductor 10 by the use of a high-thermal-conductivity insulating tape 1 having a mica layer 3, a reinforcing material layer 5, and a high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7, wherein the amount of resin of the mica layer 3 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material and wherein the amount of resin of the high-thermal-conductivity filler layer 7 makes up 10 wt % to 25 wt % of the total weight of the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6504102
    Abstract: In order to provide windings for electrical rotating machines having an insulating film superior in electrical characteristics, a high heat conductive insulating film 11 is formed at outer periphery of wound conductor 10 using a high heat conductive insulating tape, which includes a mica layer 3, a reinforcement layer 5, and a high heat conductive filler layer 7, wherein the resin content in each layer of the mica layer 3 and the high heat conductive filler layer 7 is specified in the range of 10-25% by weight based on the whole weight of the material. 1-80% by weight of said filler is spherical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Keiichi Morikawa, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6426578
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine having a rotor, rotatably disposed in an inner radius side of a stator through a gap, including rotor windings contained in a plurality of slots formed in a rotor core, a slot insulation placed between the rotor winding and the slot, an insulation block placed between a wedge arranged at a peripheral side of the rotor core outward of the rotor winding of the slot and the rotor winding. At least one of the slot insulation and the insulation block is an insulation formed by filling or mixing granular and/or short-fiber insulating materials having a thermal conductivity higher than 5 W/m·K in a resin and a thermal conductivity in a thickness direction higher than 0.35 W/m·K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Mori, Shigeo Amagi, Saburo Usami, Tadashi Sonobe, Yasuomi Yagi, Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda
  • Publication number: 20020070621
    Abstract: An electric rotating machine having a rotor, rotatably disposed in an inner radius side of a stator through a gap, including rotor windings contained in a plurality of slots formed in a rotor core, a slot insulation placed between the rotor winding and the slot, an insulation block placed between a wedge arranged at a peripheral side of the rotor core outward of the rotor winding of the slot and a retaining insulation placed between a retainer for fixing the rotor winding in both sides in a shaft direction of the rotor core and the rotor winding. At least one of the slot insulation, the insulation block and the retaining insulation is an insulation formed by filling or mixing granular and/or short-fiber insulating materials having a thermal conductivity higher than 5 W/m·K in a resin and a thermal conductivity in a thickness direction higher than 0.35 W/m·K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Hideaki Mori, Shigeo Amagi, Saburo Usami, Tadashi Sonobe, Yasuomi Yagi, Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda
  • Publication number: 20020056569
    Abstract: In order to provide windings for electrical rotating machines having an insulating film superior in electrical characteristics, a high heat conductive insulating film 11 is formed at outer periphery of wound conductor 10 using a high heat conductive insulating tape, which comprises a mica layer 3, a reinforcement layer 5, and a high heat conductive filler layer 7, wherein the resin content in each layer of the mica layer 3 and the high heat conductive filler layer 7 is specified in the range of 10-25% by weight based on the whole weight of the material. 1-80% by weight of said filler is spherical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Keiichi Morikawa, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6288341
    Abstract: In order to provide windings for electrical rotating machines having an insulating film superior in electrical characteristics, a high heat conductive insulating film 11 is formed at outer periphery of wound conductor 10 using a high heat conductive insulating tape, which includes a mica layer 3, a reinforcement layer 5, and a high heat conductive filler layer 7, wherein the resin content in each layer of the mica layer 3 and the high heat conductive filler layer 7 is specified in the range of 10-25% by weight based on the whole weight of the material. 1-80% by weight of said filler is spherical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Keiichi Morikawa, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 6242825
    Abstract: An the electric rotating machine which is compact and of reduced cost by improving the thermal conductivity of the main insulation in the thickness direction while maintaining the insulation breakdown voltage of the main insulation high. The initial breakdown voltage V in the thickness direction of the main insulator 30 of the stator winding 3 is higher than 20 kV/mm, and the thermal conductivity &lgr; in the thickness direction is within a range of 0.35 to 1 W/m·K, and the product V&lgr; of the initial breakdown voltage V and the thermal conductivity &lgr; satisfies a relationship of 7≦V&lgr;≦20 (MWA/m2·K). The amount of resin is within a range of 20 to 50 weight % of the main insulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Mori, Shigeo Amagi, Saburo Usami, Tadashi Sonobe, Yasuomi Yagi, Tomoya Tsunoda, Mitsuru Onoda
  • Patent number: 6069430
    Abstract: The high thermoconductive insulating film 11 was formed around the outer periphery of the wound conductors 10, using the high thermoconductive insulating tape 1 comprising the mica layer 3, the reinforcement layer 5, and the high thermoconductive filler layer 7, wherein the resin content in each layer of the mica layer 3 and the high thermoconductive filler layer 7 is specified to the range of 10-25% by weight of the total weight of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsunoda, Keiichi Morikawa, Mitsuru Onoda, Shigeo Amagi, Tatsuo Honda
  • Patent number: 4269894
    Abstract: Electric windings comprising an electric conductor and a plurality of cured insulating layers wrapping around the conductor, said cured insulating layers being obtained by bonding two or more insulating materials with a binder solution containing a mixture of a condensation polymerization type silicone resin containing hydroxyl groups in the molecule and an addition polymerization type silicone resin to form a composite insulating material, wrapping the composite insulating material around the conductor, impregnating the wrapped composite insulating material with an impregnating varnish of an epoxy-isocyanate resin and curing the impregnated composite insulating material, have excellent water resistance in addition to excellent thermal resistance, and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Sakai, Shinichi Toyoda, Toshikazu Narahara, Takeshi Hakamada, Tomoya Tsunoda