Patents by Inventor Wataru Hijikata

Wataru Hijikata 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: 9887656
    Abstract: A current command value calculating unit (174) calculates current command values for a rotor winding (30) and current command values for a stator winding (20) with respect to a torque command value between a first rotor (28) and a second rotor (18) and a torque command value between a stator (16) and the second rotor (18) based on an evaluation function representing a total copper loss of the rotor winding (30) and the stator winding (20) and using first and second magnetic interference models. The first magnetic interference model represents a relationship of a linkage magnetic flux ?in of the rotor winding (30) with respect to a current Iin in the rotor winding (30) and a current Iout in the stator winding (20). The second magnetic interference model represents a relationship of a linkage magnetic flux ?out of the stator winding (20) with respect to the current Iin, Iout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Hijikata, Takao Watanabe, Eiji Tsuchiya, Shohei Matsumoto, Masahide Uemura, Akira Murakami, Tomoyuki Tohyama
  • Patent number: 9716412
    Abstract: This rotor for a rotating electric motor includes a hollow cylindrical rotor core with a plurality of laminated electromagnetic steel plates. The inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the rotor core each face a magnetic gap. The rotor core is interposed between a first rotating support member and a second rotating support member. A flange is formed on a first end of a tubular pin protruding from a first hole of the first rotating support member. A tubular expansion part of the tubular pin plastically deforms due to fluid pressure so as to come into close contact with a through hole of the rotor core, the first hole of the first rotating support member, and a second hole of the second rotating support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohito Hayashi, Takahiro Shiina, Masahide Uemura, Akira Murakami, Tomoyuki Tohyama, Eiji Tsuchiya, Yasumitsu Osada, Wataru Hijikata, Takao Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170126161
    Abstract: A current command value calculating unit (174) calculates current command values for a rotor winding (30) and current command values for a stator winding (20) with respect to a torque command value between a first rotor (28) and a second rotor (18) and a torque command value between a stator (16) and the second rotor (18) based on an evaluation function representing a total copper loss of the rotor winding (30) and the stator winding (20) and using first and second magnetic interference models. The first magnetic interference model represents a relationship of a linkage magnetic flux ?in of the rotor winding (30) with respect to a current Iin in the rotor winding (30) and a current Iout in the stator winding (20). The second magnetic interference model represents a relationship of a linkage magnetic flux ?out of the stator winding (20) with respect to the current Iin, Iout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru HIJIKATA, Takao WATANABE, Eiji TSUCHIYA, Shohei MATSUMOTO, Masahide UEMURA, Akira MURAKAMI, Tomoyuki TOHYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160079817
    Abstract: This rotor for a rotating electric motor includes a hollow cylindrical rotor core with a plurality of laminated electromagnetic steel plates. The inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the rotor core each face a magnetic gap. The rotor core is interposed between a first rotating support member and a second rotating support member. A flange is formed on a first end of a tubular pin protruding from a first hole of the first rotating support member. A tubular expansion part of the tubular pin plastically deforms due to fluid pressure so as to come into close contact with a through hole of the rotor core, the first hole of the first rotating support member, and a second hole of the second rotating support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohito HAYASHI, Takahiro SHINA, Masahide UEMURA, Akira MURAKAMI, Tomoyuki TOHYAMA, Eiji TSUCHIYA, Yasumitsu OSADA, Wataru HIJIKATA, Takao WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9133847
    Abstract: A magnetically-levitated centrifugal pump comprises a pump head section and a pump section, where the pump section comprises a stator, a torque transmission disc, a motor, a displacement sensor, and a pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Wataru Hijikata, Tadahiko Shinshi, Setsuo Takatani
  • Patent number: 9099912
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling comprises a stator, a first rotor in which a first polar tooth and a second polar tooth are provided along a circumferential direction in an alternating manner, and a second rotor. The first rotor comprises a first polar tooth ring in which a plurality of the first polar teeth are provided along a circumferential direction with a gap therebetween, and a second polar tooth ring in which a plurality of the second polar teeth are provided along a circumferential direction with a gap therebetween, and which is placed opposing the first polar tooth ring such that the second polar teeth are placed in respective gaps between adjacent ones of the first polar teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Eiji Tsuchiya, Takao Watanabe, Wataru Hijikata
  • Publication number: 20130328430
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling comprises a stator, a first rotor in which a first polar tooth and a second polar tooth are provided along a circumferential direction in an alternating manner, and a second rotor. The first rotor comprises a first polar tooth ring in which a plurality of the first polar teeth are provided along a circumferential direction with a gap therebetween, and a second polar tooth ring in which a plurality of the second polar teeth are provided along a circumferential direction with a gap therebetween, and which is placed opposing the first polar tooth ring such that the second polar teeth are placed in respective gaps between adjacent ones of the first polar teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Eiji TSUCHIYA, Takao WATANABE, Wataru HIJIKATA
  • Patent number: 8596999
    Abstract: A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Tadahiko Shinshi, Akira Shimokohbe, Junichi Asama, Chikara Hara, Wataru Hijikata, Setsuo Takatani, Hideo Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20120207630
    Abstract: A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tadahiko Shinshi, Akira Shimokohbe, Junichi Asama, Chikara Hara, Wataru Hijikata, Setsuo Takatani, Hideo Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20120156071
    Abstract: A magnetically-levitated centrifugal pump, in which permanent magnets are not used for disposable sections, is provided with a pump head section and a pump section. The pump section comprises a stator, a torque transmission disc, a motor, a displacement sensor, and a pump housing. The stator has longer depth than protrusion length of a rotor accommodation section in which permanent magnets are not used, is equipped with a rotor insertion section, in which the rotor accommodation section is disposed so as to be able to be inserted and removed, on the side of one end section, and disposes three or more than three electromagnets for magnetic bearings, which magnetically couple with the rotor, at equal intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wataru Hijikata, Tadahiko Shinshi, Setsuo Takatani
  • Patent number: 8123503
    Abstract: A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposalable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Tadahiko Shinshi, Akira Shimokohbe, Junichi Asama, Chikara Hara, Wataru Hijikata, Setsuo Takatani, Hideo Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20100040491
    Abstract: A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicants: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Tadahiko Shinshi, Akira Shimokohbe, Junichi Asama, Chikara Hara, Wataru Hijikata, Setsuo Takatani, Hideo Hoshi