Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Futami

Toshihiko Futami 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: 7915781
    Abstract: In a stator winding method for winding conductive wires 8 around teeth 4a to 4f of a stator core 4 having 3n teeth 4a to 4f and 3n slots 5a to 5f by use of a bobbin machine 12 having three nozzles 13, the slots 5a to 5f on both sides of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process are formed, in respective slot portions on the side of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process, so that respective depths “A” are all smaller than respective depths “B” of the remaining portions. At the final stage of the nth winding process, the nozzles 13 are moved from the interior side of the slots 5a to 5f toward the inner circumferential side of the stator core 3 and furthermore, the conductive wires 8 are wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f so that each gap 14 between the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f and the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4a, 4c, 4e is smaller than an outer diameter of the nozzle 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Publication number: 20110067434
    Abstract: As a hermetic type compressor, a motor portion and a compression mechanism portion that are coupled to the motor portion with a rotating shaft interposed therebetween are accommodated in a closed vessel. The compression mechanism portion comprises a cylinder that comprises an internal diameter hole, and a main bearing and a sub-bearing in which a bearing hole that journals the rotating shaft is provided and the internal diameter hole of the cylinder is closed to form a compression chamber in the compression mechanism portion. The main bearing and the sub-bearing have a circular groove that is opened toward the compression chamber side, an inner circumferential surface of the circular groove is tapered such that a diameter increases gradually from the compression chamber side toward an opposite side of the compression chamber side, and a depth of the circular groove is set to 40% of a diameter of the bearing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MIURA, Koji SATODATE, Toshihiko FUTAMI
  • Publication number: 20100066197
    Abstract: In a stator winding method for winding conductive wires 8 around teeth 4a to 4f of a stator core 4 having 3n teeth 4a to 4f and 3n slots 5a to 5f by use of a bobbin machine 12 having three nozzles 13, the slots 5a to 5f on both sides of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process are formed, in respective slot portions on the side of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process, so that respective depths “A” are all smaller than respective depths “B” of the remaining portions. At the final stage of the nth winding process, the nozzles 13 are moved from the interior side of the slots 5a to 5f toward the inner circumferential side of the stator core 3 and furthermore, the conductive wires 8 are wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f so that each gap 14 between the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f and the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4a, 4c, 4e is smaller than an outer diameter of the nozzle 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Publication number: 20080024032
    Abstract: To provide a motor stator capable of facilitating attachment of lead wire to the stator and achieving the cost reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Patent number: 7282827
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor has permanent-magnet-holding slots 5 formed in those parts of a rotor core 2A which correspond to sides of an approximately regular polygon centered on an axis of the rotor core 2A, permanent magnets 4 inserted in the respective permanent-magnet-holding slots, and four or more radially elongated slits 6 arranged apart from each other along each of the permanent-magnet-holding slots on an outer core outside the permanent-magnet-holding slots, characterized in that at a radially outer end, the slits are spaced approximately equally while at a radially inner end, spacing between the slits is reduced with increasing distance from a center of each permanent magnet, with the spacing at the center being the largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Publication number: 20060273678
    Abstract: To provide a highly efficient permanent magnet motor which can reduce armature reaction flux, improve magnetic flux distribution in an outer core, and thereby reduce noise and vibration. A permanent magnet motor has permanent-magnet-holding slots 5 formed in those parts of a rotor core 2A which correspond to sides of an approximately regular polygon centered on an axis of the rotor core 2A, permanent magnets 4 inserted in the respective permanent-magnet-holding slots, and four or more radially elongated slits 6 arranged apart from each other along each of the permanent-magnet-holding slots on an outer core outside the permanent-magnet-holding slots, characterized in that at a radially outer end, the slits are spaced approximately equally while at a radially inner end, spacing between the slits is reduced with increasing distance from a center of each permanent magnet, with the spacing at the center being the largest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Patent number: 6800973
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electric motor, which contains a plurality of windings wound around a stator core and a plurality of winding terminal receiving portions for containing that include terminal portions of the plurality of windings in a peripheral direction of the stator core at an interval. In addition, the motor includes a terminal plate with lead wires that are drawn out of the plurality of windings along the peripheral direction of the stator core, and connection fittings for electrically connecting the winding terminals to the corresponding lead wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kiyotaka Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6519833
    Abstract: A method of magnetizing a permanent magnet motor involves inserting a spacer in between multi-layered windings (24Ua and 24Va) wound on a plurality of magnetic pole teeth when magnetizing an unmagnetized magnet (26), and removing the inserted spacer (28A) after finishing the magnetization. The spacer (28A) is also inserted in a space between two stator windings (24Ua, 24Va; 24Ub, 24Vb) wound on two magnetic pole teeth adjacent to each other, a magnet material is magnetized by electrifying the stator windings with a direct current in a state of the spacer (28A) being inserted, a permanent magnet is thus formed, and the spacer (28A) is removed after finishing the magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kiyotaka Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20030020344
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electric motor comprising: a plurality of windings (7a to 7f) wound around a stator core (5); a plurality of winding terminal receiving portions (8a to 8f) for containing terminal portions (9a to 9f) of a plurality of windings (7a to 7f) in a peripheral direction of the stator core (5) at an interval; a terminal plate (21) for containing lead wires (23) drawn out of the plurality of windings (7a to 7f) along the peripheral direction of the stator core (5); and connection fittings (10, 24) for electrically connecting the winding terminals (9a to 9f) to the corresponding lead wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kiyotaka Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20020047766
    Abstract: A method of magnetizing a permanent magnet motor involves inserting a spacer in between multi-layered windings (24Ua and 24Va) wound on a plurality of magnetic pole teeth when magnetizing an unmagnetized magnet (26), and removing the inserted spacer (28A) after finishing the magnetization. The spacer (28A) is also inserted in a space between two stator windings (24Ua, 24Va; 24Ub, 24Vb) wound on two magnetic pole teeth adjacent to each other, a magnet material is magnetized by electrifying the stator windings with a direct current in a state of the spacer (28A) being inserted, a permanent magnet is thus formed, and the spacer (28A) is removed after finishing the magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kiyotaka Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5581140
    Abstract: A permanent magnetic rotor is disclosed, which comprises a rotor iron core constructed of a large number of steel plates being layered, each of the steel plates peripherally defining a plurality of sector-shaped blanked holes, and sector-shaped permanent magnetic pieces inserted into the blanked holes, wherein each of the steel plates comprises an outer peripheral ring portion formed on an outer side of the blanked hole, a yoke portion formed on an inner side of the blanked hole, a connect portion formed between the outer peripheral ring portion and the yoke portion, and thin and long fitting protrusions formed at corner portions of the blanked hole in the vicinity of the connect portion, the fitting protrusions protruding to the magnet insertion hole, the fitting protrusions being fitted to the permanent magnetic piece so as to pressure and fix the permanent magnetic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiharu Shida
  • Patent number: 5547344
    Abstract: A fluid compressor comprising a closed casing, compression mechanism provided in the casing for compressing an uncompressed low-pressure fluid and discharging a compressed high-pressure fluid into an inside space of the casing, and a selector valve attached to the casing and including a valve disk which is rotatable in the casing so as to change the passage of the high-pressure fluid flowing out from the inside space of the casing to an outside space of the casing and to switch the passage of the low-pressure fluid flowing from the outside of the casing into the selector valve to communicate with the compression mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiko Sugiyama, Hideaki Tsuchiyama, Toshihiko Futami, Hisataka Kato, Takao Hoshi
  • Patent number: 5363004
    Abstract: A rotator element for an electric motor is formed with a cylindrical core body which is to be rotated by a rotary filed produced by a winding of the electric mortor and a plurality of magnets. The core body is substantially made of stacked disc-shaped plates, each of which has cutout portions arranged on the circumference areas so that the cylindrical core body is provided with holes when the disc-shaped plates are stacked. The magnets are inserted in the holes. For smooth insertion in the hole, each of magnets has a cutaway portion. The cutaway portion is projected or extended from the hole. A ring body is placed on the outermost side of stacked disc plates so that the outer surface of said ring body is substantially conform to the surface of said core body and the inner surface of said ring body is opposed to said cutaway portions of the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Yoshiharu Shida
  • Patent number: 5258678
    Abstract: A rotator element for an electric motor is formed with a cylindrical core body which is to be rotated by a rotary field produced by a winding of the electric motor and plurality of magnets. The core body is made of stacked disc-shaped plates, each of which has a cutout portion arranged on its circumference areas so as to form a hole through said core body when the plates are stacked. The core body has a thin wall portion provided on its circumferential surface facing said winding, wherein a part of the wall portion is projected to said hole. The permanent magnets inserted in the holes are firmly fixed by the projected portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Patent number: 5229693
    Abstract: A position detector detects the position of a rotor of a brushless motor. A driving signal generator generates a driving signal at a timing corresponding to the detected position. While the driving signal is received, a driving circuit sequentially ON/OFF-operates switching elements of an inverter circuit. At this time, a rotational speed detector detects a rotational speed of the brushless motor. A rotational speed controller controls the duty of ON/OFF operations of the switching elements, performed by the driving circuit, through a chopper signal generator in accordance with the difference between a detected rotational speed and a designated rotational speed. If the detected rotational speed does not reach the designated rotational speed even when the duty becomes a preset value or more, the rotational speed controller generates a phase shift signal for advancing the phase of the driving signal from that of a driving signal in a normal operation, and supplies it to the driving signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiko Futami, Shigeya Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 4497629
    Abstract: A dental implant and a method of making same are disclosed. The dental implant comprises a biocompatible metal core and a multi-layer bioglass coating applied on the core. The outer layer of the multi-layer coating is formed of a bioglass whose chemical composition is selected from within the range of composition particularly defined by the present invention and which has substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient as the core. The inner layer is formed of a bioglass whose chemical composition is substantially the same as the glass of the outer layer with the exception that the content of TiO.sub.2 is increased within a particularly determined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogino, Toshihiko Futami, Michio Kariya, Takeo Ichimura, Takamitsu Fujiu
  • Patent number: 4424037
    Abstract: Dental implant is composed of a core and a coating layer of a biologically active glass or glass-ceramic material covering at least a part of the core to be embedded in the jawbone. The glass or glass-ceramic layer comprises at least two separated portions spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogino, Takamitsu Fujiu, Toshihiko Futami, Michio Kariya, Takeo Ichimura
  • Patent number: D443585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Shida, Toshihiko Futami, Katsumi Fukagawa, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kazumoto Imazawa, Kiyotaka Kawamura
  • Patent number: D445762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Shida, Toshihiko Futami, Katsumi Fukagawa, Yoshiaki Inaba, Kazumoto Imazawa, Kiyotaka Kawamura