Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Shinkai

Tomoyuki Shinkai 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11374464
    Abstract: A detection part of a temperature detection element is mounted to ends of drawn portions which are further protruded in the axial direction than coil end portions. The detection part and the ends of the drawn portions provided with the detection part are covered with a covering member. The ends of the drawn portions provided with the detection part and covered with the covering member are inserted into a through hole of a wall member which is disposed so as to axially face an axial end face of a stator core. In this case, the detection part is located at a position deeper (on the rear side) than a position of a stator core side opening of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shinkai, Takashi Satou, Takeo Maekawa
  • Patent number: 11180017
    Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle including an engine that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a transmission that is connected to the engine, the engine and the transmission being arranged transversely such that an axial direction of an output shaft of the engine accords with a right-left direction of the vehicle includes a motor generator (MG) that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a speed reducer that is connected to the MG. The MG and at least a part of the speed reducer are arranged outside of an engine compartment that accommodates the engine and the transmission. An output shaft of the speed reducer is connected to a power transmission system, which transmits power of an output shaft of the transmission to a drive shaft of a vehicle wheel to be capable of transmitting its power to the power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shinkai, Takashi Sato, Takurou Nakaoka, Takeo Maekawa, Keiji Kondou
  • Publication number: 20210175771
    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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota TANABE, Yuta HASHIMOTO, Tomohisa SANO, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Patent number: 10886806
    Abstract: A motor generator includes three types of cooling through-holes. The cooling through-holes are three types of holes passing through the coil end portions in the radial direction and having different flow capacities that allow different amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow. Holes with larger flow capacities allow larger amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow therethrough. In the motor generator, the three types of cooling through-holes are arranged as appropriate according to the temperature increase characteristics of the coil end portions. Consequently, in the motor generator, an appropriate amount of liquid refrigerant can be delivered to each part of the coil end portions according to the difference in temperature increase rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10601359
    Abstract: A motor control device includes coil temperature detection means, cooling oil temperature detection means, and a control unit. The control unit implements a coil protection torque restriction and a cooling oil protection torque restriction. The control unit makes it easier for the coil protection torque restriction to be preferentially implemented in a low rotation operating region in which a motor operates at a low rotation speed equal to or lower than a predetermined value, and makes it easier for the cooling oil protection torque restriction to be preferentially implemented in a high rotation operating region in which the motor operates at a higher rotation speed than in the low rotation operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Inokuma, Takashi Satou, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10574118
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotating shaft, a rotor fixed on the rotating shaft, a stator, a housing, a liquid coolant and a flow direction regulating member. The stator is arranged so that a radially inner peripheral surface of the stator radially faces a radially outer peripheral surface of the rotor through an annular gap formed therebetween. The housing covers both axial ends of the stator and rotatably supports the rotating shaft. The liquid coolant is provided in an internal space formed in the housing to flow into at least part of the annular gap formed between the radially inner peripheral surface of the stator and the radially outer peripheral surface of the rotor. The flow direction regulating member axially faces an axial end face of the rotor through an axial gap formed therebetween and regulates the flow direction of the coolant by means of the axial gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Asagara, Takeo Maekawa, Takashi Satou, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20200059134
    Abstract: A detection part of a temperature detection element is mounted to ends of drawn portions which are further protruded in the axial direction than coil end portions. The detection part and the ends of the drawn portions provided with the detection part are covered with a covering member. The ends of the drawn portions provided with the detection part and covered with the covering member are inserted into a through hole of a wall member which is disposed so as to axially face an axial end face of a stator core. In this case, the detection part is located at a position deeper (on the rear side) than a position of a stator core side opening of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHINKAI, Takashi SATOU, Takeo MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 10516363
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a motor having a housing in which a stator and a rotor are disposed. The motor is cooled by a cooling oil in the housing. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the motor. The control unit has a temperature increase mode for heating the cooling oil with use of heat generated by a resistance of a coil provided in the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Inokuma, Takashi Satou, Toyoji Yagi, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20190245400
    Abstract: A motor generator includes three types of cooling through-holes. The cooling through-holes are three types of holes passing through the coil end portions in the radial direction and having different flow capacities that allow different amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow. Holes with larger flow capacities allow larger amounts of liquid refrigerant to flow therethrough. In the motor generator, the three types of cooling through-holes are arranged as appropriate according to the temperature increase characteristics of the coil end portions. Consequently, in the motor generator, an appropriate amount of liquid refrigerant can be delivered to each part of the coil end portions according to the difference in temperature increase rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190115865
    Abstract: A motor control device includes coil temperature detection means, cooling oil temperature detection means, and a control unit. The control unit implements a coil protection torque restriction and a cooling oil protection torque restriction. The control unit makes it easier for the coil protection torque restriction to be preferentially implemented in a low rotation operating region in which a motor operates at a low rotation speed equal to or lower than a predetermined value, and makes it easier for the cooling oil protection torque restriction to be preferentially implemented in a high rotation operating region in which the motor operates at a higher rotation speed than in the low rotation operating region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji INOKUMA, Takashi SATOU, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20190001802
    Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle including an engine that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a transmission that is connected to the engine, the engine and the transmission being arranged longitudinally such that an axial direction of an output shaft of the engine accords with a front-rear direction of the vehicle includes a motor generator (MG) that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a speed reducer that is connected to the MG. The MG and the speed reducer are arranged outside of an engine compartment that accommodates the engine. An output shaft of the speed reducer is connected to a power transmission system, which transmits power of an output shaft of the transmission to a drive shaft of a vehicle wheel, to be capable of transmitting its power to the power transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHINKAI, Takashi SATO, Takurou NAKAOKA, Takeo MAEKAWA, Keiji KONDOU
  • Patent number: 10116189
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine has a housing, a stator having a stator core and a rotor having a rotor core and rotor side plates rotatably supported by the housing. The rotor core is arranged to have a gap between the end surfaces of the rotor core and the stator. Oil containers are arranged on at least one surface of the rotor side plate. Each oil container has a scoop-up part and an exhaust outlet formed on end sections thereof. When the rotor is rotating, the scoop-up part scoops up an oil stored in the housing, the oil and inside air are compressed in the oil container, and the exhaust outlet exhausts the oil and compressed air to the coil end of the stator. The housing stores the oil at a lowermost side thereof so that the scoop-up part and the exhaust outlet are immersed in the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Maekawa, Keiji Kondou, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Takashi Sato, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10069360
    Abstract: An electric rotary machine includes a stator, which Is fixed to a housing, composed of a stator core having a coil end protruding at an end face of the stator core, a rotor core formed by laminating core sheets, and a rotor having a pair of rotor side-plates sandwiching both end faces of the rotor core. The rotor core is rotatably supported in the housing facing an inner peripheral surface of the stator with a gap between the rotor core and the stator. Either one or both of the rotor side-plates has a concave surface in an outer surface of the side-plate that does not abut the rotor core. An axial distance from the end face of the rotor core to the concave surface increases from an inner diameter side to an outer diameter side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Maekawa, Keiji Kondou, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Takashi Sato, Tomoyuki Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20180215248
    Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle including an engine that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a transmission that is connected to the engine, the engine and the transmission being arranged transversely such that an axial direction of an output shaft of the engine accords with a right-left direction of the vehicle includes a motor generator (MG) that serves as a power source of the vehicle, and a speed reducer that is connected to the MG. The MG and at least a part of the speed reducer are arranged outside of an engine compartment that accommodates the engine and the transmission. An output shaft of the speed reducer is connected to a power transmission system, which transmits power of an output shaft of the transmission to a drive shaft of a vehicle wheel to be capable of transmitting its power to the power transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHINKAI, Takashi SATO, Takurou NAKAOKA, Takeo MAEKAWA, Keiji KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20170294865
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a motor having a housing in which a stator and a rotor are disposed. The motor is cooled by a cooling oil in the housing. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the motor. The control unit has a temperature increase mode for heating the cooling oil with use of heat generated by a resistance of a coil provided in the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji INOKUMA, Takashi SATOU, Toyoji YAGI, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20170288506
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotating shaft, a rotor fixed on the rotating shaft, a stator, a housing, a liquid coolant and a flow direction regulating member. The stator is arranged so that a radially inner peripheral surface of the stator radially faces a radially outer peripheral surface of the rotor through an annular gap formed therebetween. The housing covers both axial ends of the stator and rotatably supports the rotating shaft. The liquid coolant is provided in an internal space formed in the housing to flow into at least part of the annular gap formed between the radially inner peripheral surface of the stator and the radially outer peripheral surface of the rotor. The flow direction regulating member axially faces an axial end face of the rotor through an axial gap formed therebetween and regulates the flow direction of the coolant by means of the axial gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji ASAGARA, Takeo MAEKAWA, Takashi SATOU, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20160218573
    Abstract: An electric rotary machine includes a stator, which Is fixed to a housing, composed of a stator core having a coil end protruding at an end face of the stator core, a rotor core formed by laminating core sheets, and a rotor having a pair of rotor side-plates sandwiching both end faces of the rotor core. The rotor core is rotatably supported in the housing facing an inner peripheral surface of the stator with a gap between the rotor core and the stator. Either one or both of the rotor side-plates has a concave surface in an outer surface of the side-plate that does not abut the rotor core. An axial distance from the end face of the rotor core to the concave surface increases from an inner diameter side to an outer diameter side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo MAEKAWA, Keiji KONDOU, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO, Takashi SATOH, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20160218595
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine has a housing, a stator having a stator core and a rotor having a rotor core and rotor side plates rotatably supported by the housing. The rotor core is arranged to have a gap between the end surfaces of the rotor core and the stator. Oil containers are arranged on at least one surface of the rotor side plate. Each oil container has a scoop-up part and an exhaust outlet formed on end sections thereof. When the rotor is rotating, the scoop-up part scoops up an oil stored in the housing, the oil and inside air are compressed in the oil container, and the exhaust outlet exhausts the oil and compressed air to the coil end of the stator. The housing stores the oil at a lowermost side thereof so that the scoop-up part and the exhaust outlet are immersed in the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo MAEKAWA, Keiji KONDOU, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO, Takashi SATO, Tomoyuki SHINKAI
  • Patent number: 8033534
    Abstract: In a dummy head (a jig for processing a cylinder block) having a dummy head body deforming a cylinder bore by assembling into a mounting surface of the cylinder block by bolt fastening, during the finish processing of the cylinder bore, a boss having a contact surface contacting a peripheral portion of the cylinder bore on the head mounting surface is provided on a mounting surface side for the cylinder block of the dummy head body, and at least the dummy head body has a higher rigidity than the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shinkai, Takahiro Harada, Kazuhiro Asayama, Kazuki Watanabe