Patents by Inventor Toshio HASEBE

Toshio HASEBE 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: 11011964
    Abstract: A cage induction motor includes a rotor core that is rotatable about a central axis, and a shaft to which the rotor core is fixed. The rotor core includes an annular yoke and a plurality of spokes. The yoke supports at least one conductor. The plurality of spokes are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the yoke, are provided between the yoke and the shaft, and support the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Takafumi Fukushima, Daisuke Misu, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20200295639
    Abstract: An induction motor includes a stator generating a magnetic field and a rotor driven by the magnetic field. Conductive bars are inserted into slots in a core on a rotating shaft. A first and second rings respectively are connected to one and the other ends of the conductive bars. Gaps are formed between the core and the first or second ring. The conductive bars are connected to the first or second ring across the gaps from the slots. A section of each conductive bar perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof is a polygon having a first surface on the outer circumference side of the rotor, a second surface on the inner circumference side thereof, side surfaces between the first and second surfaces, and inclined surfaces between the first surface and the side surfaces in the gaps and inclined with respect to the first surface and the side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke MISU, Taihei KOYAMA, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Toshio HASEBE
  • Patent number: 10778052
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft and a rotor core. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft and includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inward side formed for each pole in cross section. Then, when a center in a circumferential direction of one pole is a pole center, a hollow part closest to the shaft among the plurality of hollow parts is a first hollow part, a hollow part positioned next to the first hollow part is a second hollow part, and a hollow part positioned on a side opposite to the first hollow part with respect to the second hollow part is a third hollow part, a width W1 between the first hollow part and the second hollow part on the pole center and a width W2 between the second hollow part and the third hollow part on the pole center are set to satisfy W1?W2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsumoto, Takashi Araki, Makoto Matsushita, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10749420
    Abstract: According to one embodiment a synchronous reluctance rotating electrical machine of an embodiment has a shaft and a rotor core. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft, in which cavity portions being formed in a projected shape toward a radially inward direction are formed into multilayers for each pole and bridges are respectively formed between the cavity portions and an outer circumferential surface. The thickness of an outermost bridge positioned outermost on the pole end side among the plurality of bridges is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole center side toward the pole end side. Among the plurality of bridges, the thickness of an intermediate bridge positioned on the pole center side of the outermost bridge with one bridge interposed therebetween is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole end side toward the pole center side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Takahashi, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Daisuke Misu, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10720818
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft, a rotor core, rotor core pressers, a plurality of conductor bars, and short-circuit rings. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft and includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inward side formed for each pole in cross section. The rotor core pressers hold the rotor core by pressing the rotor core from both sides in a rotation axis direction. The plurality of conductor bars are disposed in the hollow parts to extend along the rotation axis and have both ends protruding through the rotor core pressers. The short-circuit rings are provided at both ends of each of the plurality of conductor bars and connect the plurality of conductor bars together. Thus, the conductor bars are fixed to the rotor core pressers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsumoto, Takashi Araki, Makoto Matsushita, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10637310
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment has a rotor core. The rotor core includes a plurality of poles, multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. When a boundary between two adjacent poles is a pole boundary, a groove is formed on at least one of both sides sandwiching the pole boundary at positions other than on the pole boundary on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsumoto, Takashi Araki, Yuji Yamamoto, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10622853
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes, a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars, short-circuit rings, a stator core, and multiphase armature windings. The rotor core includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. The plurality of conductor bars are disposed in the respective hollow parts. The short-circuit rings connect the plurality of conductor bars together. Then, in all of the hollow parts of a second layer and subsequent layers other than the hollow part of a first layer which is at a position farthest from the rotation axis of the rotor core, the conductor bars are disposed at both end portions thereof close to the bridge at a predetermined distance from the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Toda, Takashi Araki, Masaaki Matsumoto, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10587159
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a shaft and a rotor core. A plurality of flux barriers are formed at the rotor core. The flux barrier has a plurality of bridges, and one or more barrier regions. When a width of the bridge of a first flux barrier is defined as wa, a width of the bridge of a second flux barrier is defined as wb, a value obtained by dividing a radius of a smallest circle that is tangent to a central line of the first flux barrier by an outer radius of the rotor core is defined as a, and a value obtained by dividing a radius of a smallest circle that is tangent to a central line of the second flux barrier by the outer radius of the rotor core is defined as b, and when f(x)=(1?x{circumflex over (?)}2){circumflex over (?)}(3/2) and g(x)=(1?x{circumflex over (?)}3), a relationship of f(b)/f(a)?wb/wa?g(b)/g(a) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Norio Takahashi, Daisuke Misu, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10554081
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft and a rotor core. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft, includes four layers of hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inner side formed for each pole in cross section, and includes bridges between the respective hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. Then, in each pole, when a center in a circumferential direction is a pole center, both ends in the circumferential direction are pole ends, and the plurality of bridges are a first layer bridge, a second layer bridge, a third layer bridge, and a fourth layer bridge in order from the pole center toward each of the pole ends, a circumferential width between the second layer bridge and the third layer bridge is set to be greater than a circumferential width between the first layer bridge and the second layer bridge and a circumferential width between the third layer bridge and the fourth layer bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe, Masaaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10530203
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a shaft and a rotor core fixed to the shaft. A plurality of flux barriers are formed at the rotor core. Each of the flux barriers is formed with a plurality of bridges, and one or more barrier regions that have a lower permeability than a portion other than each of the flux bathers in the rotor core between the plurality of bridges. A permanent magnet is provided in at least one of the barrier regions. A magnetizing direction of the permanent magnet is directed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the flux barrier. A value of (?0×SM×Br)/(?re×tFB×wB) is within a range between 1.2 and 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Norio Takahashi, Daisuke Misu, Toshio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 10447126
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an induction motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a stator coil disposed at a stator core having a plurality of stator slots. The rotor has a rotor core rotatably provided with respect to the stator. The rotor core includes a plurality of rotor teeth and a rotor slot formed between the plurality of rotor teeth and having a rotor conductor disposed therein. The rotor teeth include a teeth main body and a flange. The teeth main body extends in a radial direction of the rotor core. The flange extends in a rotating direction of the rotor core from a distal end of the teeth main body. Then, a recessed surface is formed on at least part of an outer circumferential surface of a radial outer side in the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Daisuke Misu, Norio Takahashi, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Fumiaki Ito, Toshio Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20190288588
    Abstract: A cage induction motor includes a rotor core that is rotatable about a central axis, and a shaft to which the rotor core is fixed. The rotor core includes an annular yoke and a plurality of spokes. The yoke supports at least one conductor. The plurality of spokes are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the yoke, are provided between the yoke and the shaft, and support the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SATO, Takafumi FUKUSHIMA, Daisuke MISU, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Toshio HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20190245394
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft and a rotor core. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft, includes four layers of hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inner side formed for each pole in cross section, and includes bridges between the respective hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. Then, in each pole, when a center in a circumferential direction is a pole center, both ends in the circumferential direction are pole ends, and the plurality of bridges are a first layer bridge, a second layer bridge, a third layer bridge, and a fourth layer bridge in order from the pole center toward each of the pole ends, a circumferential width between the second layer bridge and the third layer bridge is set to be greater than a circumferential width between the first layer bridge and the second layer bridge and a circumferential width between the third layer bridge and the fourth layer bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe, Masaaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190238035
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft, a rotor core, rotor core pressers, a plurality of conductor bars, and short-circuit rings. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft and includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inward side formed for each pole in cross section. The rotor core pressers hold the rotor core by pressing the rotor core from both sides in a rotation axis direction. The plurality of conductor bars are disposed in the hollow parts to extend along the rotation axis and have both ends protruding through the rotor core pressers. The short-circuit rings are provided at both ends of each of the plurality of conductor bars and connect the plurality of conductor bars together. Thus, the conductor bars are fixed to the rotor core pressers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Takashi Araki, Makoto Matsushita, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Toshio Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20190238013
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes a shaft and a rotor core. The shaft rotates around a rotation axis. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft and includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a radially inward side formed for each pole in cross section. Then, when a center in a circumferential direction of one pole is a pole center, a hollow part closest to the shaft among the plurality of hollow parts is a first hollow part, a hollow part positioned next to the first hollow part is a second hollow part, and a hollow part positioned on a side opposite to the first hollow part with respect to the second hollow part is a third hollow part, a width W1 between the first hollow part and the second hollow part on the pole center and a width W2 between the second hollow part and the third hollow part on the pole center are set to satisfy W1?W2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Takashi ARAKI, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Katsutoku TAKEUCHI, Toshio HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20190229567
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment has a rotor core. The rotor core includes a plurality of poles, multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. When a boundary between two adjacent poles is a pole boundary, a groove is formed on at least one of both sides sandwiching the pole boundary at positions other than on the pole boundary on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsumoto, Takashi Araki, Yuji Yamamoto, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Toshio Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20190229568
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes, a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars, short-circuit rings, a stator core, and multiphase armature windings. The rotor core is provided to be rotatable around a rotation axis, and includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. The plurality of conductor bars are disposed in the respective hollow parts and extend in an axial direction and over approximately entire length of the rotor core. The short-circuit rings connect the plurality of conductor bars together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TODA, Takashi ARAKI, Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Katsutoku TAKEUCHI, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Toshio HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20190207441
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a shaft and a rotor core. A plurality of flux barriers are formed at the rotor core. The flux barrier has a plurality of bridges, and one or more barrier regions. When a width of the bridge of a first flux barrier is defined as wa, a width of the bridge of a second flux barrier is defined as wb, a value obtained by dividing a radius of a smallest circle that is tangent to a central line of the first flux barrier by an outer radius of the rotor core is defined as a, and a value obtained by dividing a radius of a smallest circle that is tangent to a central line of the second flux barrier by the outer radius of the rotor core is defined as b, and when f(x)=(1?x{circumflex over (?)}2){circumflex over (?)}(3/2) and g(x)=(1?x{circumflex over (?)}3), a relationship of f(b)/f(a)?wb/wa?g(b)/g(a) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku TAKEUCHI, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Norio TAKAHASHI, Daisuke MISU, Toshio HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20190173336
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a shaft and a rotor core fixed to the shaft. A plurality of flux barriers are formed at the rotor core. Each of the flux barriers is formed with a plurality of bridges, and one or more barrier regions that have a lower permeability than a portion other than each of the flux bathers in the rotor core between the plurality of bridges. A permanent magnet is provided in at least one of the barrier regions. A magnetizing direction of the permanent magnet is directed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the flux barrier. A value of (?0×SM×Br)/(?re×tFB×wB) is within a range between 1.2 and 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoku TAKEUCHI, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Norio TAKAHASHI, Daisuke MISU, Toshio HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20190109527
    Abstract: According to one embodiment a synchronous reluctance rotating electrical machine of an embodiment has a shaft and a rotor core. The rotor core is fixed to the shaft, in which cavity portions being formed in a projected shape toward a radially inward direction are formed into multilayers for each pole and bridges are respectively formed between the cavity portions and an outer circumferential surface. The thickness of an outermost bridge positioned outermost on the pole end side among the plurality of bridges is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole center side toward the pole end side. Among the plurality of bridges, the thickness of an intermediate bridge positioned on the pole center side of the outermost bridge with one bridge interposed therebetween is formed to be gradually thicker from the pole end side toward the pole center side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Takahashi, Katsutoku Takeuchi, Makoto Matsushita, Daisuke Misu, Toshio Hasebe