Patents by Inventor Toru Sakai

Toru Sakai 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: 11190062
    Abstract: The moldability of the stator of an axial gap type rotating electric machine improved. The axial gap type rotating electric machine has: a stator comprising core members disposed about a rotating shaft in a ring shape with a predetermined space from adjacent core members, said core members each having a core around which a coil is wound, the number of the turns of the coil being less on the outer perimeter side than on the inner perimeter side, the core members being molded with mold material; and a rotor facing an end surface of the core in the shaft direction through a predetermined gap. The core members comprise: a first core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is larger than the number of winding layers on the other side; and a second core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is less than the number of winding layers on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Tomonori Kawagoe, Daisuke Kitajima, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Shuuichi Takahashi, Hirooki Tokoi
  • Patent number: 11165312
    Abstract: This invention reduces the shaft voltage of an axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine while ensuring high output and high efficiency. Said axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine comprises the following: a stator comprising a plurality of stator cores, each of which comprises a core and a coil, arranged in a circle around a shaft; a housing, the inside surface of which faces the stator radially; and at least one rotor, the surface of which faces the surface of the stator with a prescribed air gap interposed therebetween in the radial direction of the shaft. The rotor has, on the outside thereof, a conductive section comprising a conductive member. This axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine has a first region where the inside surface of the housing faces the aforementioned conductive section radially and a second region, closer to the stator than the first region is, that extends to the coil side surfaces that face the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11149121
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to produce composite resin particles in which the original physical properties of PTFE derived from fine powder are maintained, and the present invention provides a method for producing composite resin particles, wherein the method includes: a first step in which fine powder containing polytetrafluoroethylene obtained by emulsion polymerization is pulverized in the presence of a ketone-based solvent; a second step in which the pulverized fine powder and a carbon nanomaterial are dispersed in the ketone-based solvent to produce a composite resin particles dispersion; a third step in which the composite resin particles are produced by removing the ketone-based solvent from the composite resin particle dispersion; and wherein the fine powder is pulverized so as to have an average particle diameter of 50 ?m or less, and a temperature of the ketone-based solvent used in the first step is set to 20° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Koda, Kentaro Miyoshi, Katsunori Takada, Toru Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210308782
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding apparatus and an appearance inspection apparatus. The appearance inspection apparatus includes: a shape measurement unit that measures the shape of a weld; an image processor that generates image data based on data of the shape; a determination unit that determines whether the shape of the weld is good or bad based on the image data and a determination model; and a feedback unit that extracts shape defect information if the result of the determination by the determination unit is negative. An output controller of the welding apparatus corrects a welding condition for a workpiece based on the shape defect information extracted by the feedback unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Michio SAKURAI, Narumi ATSUTA, Toru SAKAI, Masashi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11139714
    Abstract: A conventional axial gap rotary electric machine does not consider winding movement caused by resin molding in the vicinity of a lead-out part provided to a housing. In order to solve the problem, the axial gap rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator which is formed by circularly arranging a plurality of core units having coils about a rotation shaft and which has a connecting wire that fastens, for each layer, coil rising wires from the plurality of core units, and the axial gap rotary electric machine has a configuration in which: the housing has a lead-out part through which the connecting wire is taken out to the outside of the housing; and the stator is arranged such that the region where the coil rising wire from the core unit is fastened with the connecting wire is located so as to avoid the region opposed to the lead-out part, the stator being integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuei Yoneoka, Shuuichi Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Daisaku Takahashi, Daisuke Kurai
  • Publication number: 20210288568
    Abstract: Provided is an axial gap type rotating electric machine in which the distance between the stator-facing surface of a permanent magnet constituting a rotor and a stator can be uniformed even if distortion and unevenness caused by a processing error are present in a rotor base, the permanent magnet, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Jun SAKURAI, Toru SAKAI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA
  • Publication number: 20210286634
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including at least one processor that executes a display control process to display a remote operation screen, a copy of an operation screen displayed on a display of a representative terminal device, for collective remote operation of multiple terminal devices in a first display region. In the display control process, in response to a user operation on the remote operation screen, the processor displays, in the first display region, a result of an input of the user operation to the representative terminal device, and displays, in a second display region, a copy of a screen that is displayed on a display of the multiple terminal devices other than the representative terminal device and that shows a result of an input of the user operation to the multiple terminal devices other than the representative terminal device, the second display region being different from the first display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Toru SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210155311
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a steering handlebar, a pair of left and right handle posts that supports the handlebar, and a stay that supports an electric part. In the saddle riding vehicle, the stay is supported by the handle posts, the electric part includes a first electric part and a second electric part, and the second electric part is disposed at least at a position between the left and right handle posts in a vehicle front view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Takuro Tanaka, Toru Sakai, Kei Mayuzumi
  • Publication number: 20210135530
    Abstract: A conventional axial gap rotary electric machine does not consider winding movement caused by resin molding in the vicinity of a lead-out part provided to a housing. In order to solve the problem, the axial gap rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator which is formed by circularly arranging a plurality of core units having coils about a rotation shaft and which has a connecting wire that fastens, for each layer, coil rising wires from the plurality of core units, and the axial gap rotary electric machine has a configuration in which: the housing has a lead-out part through which the connecting wire is taken out to the outside of the housing; and the stator is arranged such that the region where the coil rising wire from the core unit is fastened with the connecting wire is located so as to avoid the region opposed to the lead-out part, the stator being integrally molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuei YONEOKA, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KURAI
  • Patent number: 10992203
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Kenji Uzawa, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Ryousou Masaki
  • Patent number: 10941224
    Abstract: Provided is a composite resin material that yields a resin molded body which has not only a low volume resistivity but also excellent electroconductivity and/or antistatic properties and whose volume resistivity is unlikely to be increased even when subjected to, for example, a washing treatment with ozone water. The composite resin material contains a polychlorotrifluoroethylene and carbon nanotubes and has an average particle diameter of 500 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOHO KASEI CO., LTD., TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamamoto, Kazuya Ninomiya, Hirotaka Itami, Takafumi Nakagawa, Kentaro Miyoshi, Katsunori Takada, Toru Sakai
  • Patent number: 10920059
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin material that yields a resin molded article which has not only a low volume resistivity but also excellent weldability and cleanliness and whose volume resistivity is unlikely to be increased even when subjected to an SPM cleaning treatment and the like. The present invention provides a composite resin material that contains a modified polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon nanotubes and has an average particle diameter of 500 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: TOHO KASEI CO., LTD., TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamamoto, Takafumi Nakagawa, Hirotaka Itami, Isamu Noguchi, Katsunori Takada, Yasuhito Koda, Toru Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210031298
    Abstract: A plurality of values measured are relatively compared to determine an optical axis deviation direction in which an optical axis of a measurement beam deviates from a laser beam. Then, a first parallel plate and a second parallel plate are rotated to move an irradiation position of the measurement beam so that an optical axis of the measurement beam is substantially coaxial with an optical axis of the laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Toru SAKAI, Michio SAKURAI, Toshiyuki MISHIMA, Kenta KUBOTA, Kensuke URATA
  • Publication number: 20210023656
    Abstract: A laser welding device is configured to switch an irradiation position of a measurement beam between a position of a keyhole coaxial with the optical axis of a laser beam and a position of a weld bead behind the center of an optical axis of the laser beam in a welding direction. The laser welding device determines whether there is a gap between an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate based on a measured value of a recess depth measured at the position of the weld bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Toru SAKAI, Atsuhiro KAWAMOTO, Junji FUJIWARA, Michio SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20210023655
    Abstract: Laser welding is performed while moving irradiation positions of a laser beam and a measurement beam in forward, rightward, rearward and leftward directions, and the penetration depth of a weld portion is measured during laser welding in each of the directions. Then, a direction in which a value smaller than a reference value is measured is determined to be an optical axis deviation direction, and a correction value is added to the values measured during the laser welding when the laser welding is performed in the optical axis deviation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Michio SAKURAI, Toru SAKAI, Kenta KUBOTA, Takashi URASHIMA, Daichi HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20210023651
    Abstract: A plurality of values measured are relatively compared to determine an optical axis deviation direction in which an optical axis of a measurement beam S deviates from a laser beam L. In performing laser welding in the optical axis deviation direction, an irradiation position of the measurement beam S is changed so that the irradiation position of the measurement beam S is moved to a rear side of the center of the optical axis of the laser beam L in the welding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Michio SAKURAI, Toshiyuki MISHIMA, Toru SAKAI, Kenta KUBOTA, Kensuke URATA
  • Patent number: 10886803
    Abstract: This axial gap-type rotary electrical machine has: a stator in which a plurality of core units each configured from a core, a coil, and a bobbin are disposed, centered around a rotating shaft, in an annular shape along the inner circumferential surface of a housing; and a rotor that is face-to-face with a cross-sectional surface of the core through a predetermined gap in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. The bobbin is formed in a cylindrical shape, has flange parts extending a predetermined amount in the outer circumferential direction at the top and bottom of the cylindrical shape, is provided with notch sections on the tip part in the inner circumferential direction of the flange part of the bobbin, and forms an acute angle. In addition, approximately circular notch sections are formed on adjacent side surface portions of the bobbin in the outer circumferential direction of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Daisaku Takahashi, Daisuke Kurai, Jun Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200395808
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Kenji UZAWA, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru SAKAI, Ryousou MASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200376591
    Abstract: A laser welding device (10) for welding a weld part (35) with laser light (L) includes: a laser emitting head (20) overlapping the laser light (L) and a measurement light (S) coaxially with each other and applying the laser light (L) and the measurement light (S) to the weld part (35), the measurement light (S) having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the laser light (L); a first parallel plane plate and a second parallel plane plate, changing an irradiation position of the measurement light (S) such that the irradiation position orbitally move around a center of rotation that moves on a predetermined welding path in a radius of rotation that is smaller than 1/2 of a spot diameter of the laser light (L); a measuring instrument (14) repeatedly measuring a weld penetration depth of the weld part (35) based on the measurement light (S) that is emitted from the laser emitting head (20) and is reflected on the weld part (35) while the measurement light (S) is being orbitally moved; and a determiner (17)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: TORU SAKAI, MICHIO SAKURAI, TAKASHI URASHIMA, DAICHI HIGASHI
  • Patent number: D904692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Sachi Nishikiori, Toru Sakai