Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Miyama

Yoshihiro Miyama 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: 11967863
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine. This rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor, and the rotor includes: a rotor core having formed therein a magnet insertion hole group; and a permanent magnet group. In the rotor core, a first magnetic slit and a second magnetic slit are formed. In the second magnetic slit, a first magnet magnetic flux guide path connecting a first q-axis magnetic path and a second q-axis magnetic path is arranged. When an angle between a straight line passing through a first intersecting point and a radial center point and a straight line passing through a second intersecting point and the radial center point is set as ?1, the number of pole pairs is set as P, a natural number is set as m1, and n1 is set as a natural number smaller than m1, the following expression: ?1=2?×n1÷{P×(2m1?1)} [rad] is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11929649
    Abstract: The rotating electric machine includes: a rotor; and a stator, wherein the rotor includes: a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole group including a plurality of magnet insertion holes; and a permanent magnet group including a plurality of permanent magnets inserted in the plurality of magnet insertion holes of the magnet insertion hole group, respectively, wherein the plurality of magnet insertion holes are arranged side by side in a shape convex toward a center of the rotor from a radially-outer side surface of the rotor core, wherein the permanent magnet group forms one magnetic pole, wherein, in a part of the rotor core between the radially-outer side surface and the magnet insertion hole group, a magnetic slit is formed to extend in a shape convex toward the center of the rotor from the radially-outer side surface, and wherein the magnet insertion hole group includes three magnet insertion holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura, Moriyuki Hazeyama
  • Patent number: 11894726
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a rotor core includes; a gap surface; a plurality of magnet insertion holes; a slit which is formed in a core region between the gap surface and, among the plurality of magnet insertion holes, a magnet insertion hole into which a permanent magnet forming one magnetic pole is inserted, and divides the core region into a plurality of divided core regions in the circumferential direction; and a cutout formed by denting the gap surface of a divided core region, wherein a shortest distance between a stator core imaginary gap surface which is in contact with distal end surfaces of the plurality of teeth, and a bottom point of the cutout is longer than a shortest distance between the stator core imaginary gap surface and each of two intersections between the cutout and the gap surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Kitao, Kosho Yamane, Tomohira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Miyama
  • Patent number: 11894725
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine (100) including a stator (1) and a rotor (2). The rotor (2) includes a plurality of stages of rotor units (201 and 202) stacked in an axial direction. Each of the rotor units (201 and 202) includes a pair of permanent magnets (21) and slits (22a and 22b) arranged in one or more rows. The slits (22a and 22b) has an arc-like shape. Both ends of the arc-like shape are located on an outer periphery side of the rotor (2). When an angle formed between two straight lines that connect positions of both ends of the arc-like shape and a rotation axis center of the rotor (2) is defined as an arc angle, at least one of the arc angle of the slit (22a) and the number of rows of the slits is different between at least two rotor units (201 and 202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230412011
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine that can reduce torque ripple. A stator core of the rotary electric machine is formed by combining, in the axial direction, a plurality of kinds of stator core portions having different tooth end shapes. Thus, phases of torque ripples occurring in the respective stator core portions become different from each other, so that torque ripple of the entire motor can be suppressed more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki IIDA, Yoshihiro Miyama
  • Patent number: 11811340
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a rotating electric machine, the control device being configured to control an inverter configured to apply a voltage to each phase winding of a rotating electric machine, to thereby control, for the each phase winding, a current to be supplied to the each phase winding, the control device including a control unit configured to: calculate a voltage command value to be applied to the each phase winding so that a phase difference between harmonic components of the same order in a radial magnetic flux density and a circumferential magnetic flux density of an air gap portion between a stator core and a rotor core of the rotating electric machine becomes a phase difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Miyama, Kan Akatsu, Yuki Sakai, Hiroki Hijikata
  • Publication number: 20230344316
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rotating electric machine in which a centrifugal force can be relaxed and reluctance torque can be improved. A pair of magnet slots are provided so as to be opposed to each other such that the distance therebetween is narrowed toward the radially inner side while being centered on a d axis of a rotor core, a pair of magnets are inserted in the pair of magnet slots, and center flux barriers are provided on the d axis between the pair of magnet slots. The distance in the radial direction between the first-layer center flux barrier and the second-layer center flux barrier is the smallest among distances between a flux barrier layer for first layer and a flux barrier layer for second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Shinsuke KAYANO, Kengo Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11799337
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine including a rotor including a rotor core arranged coaxially with a stator core via an air gap formed between the stator core and the rotor core, and a plurality of permanent magnet groups each forming one magnetic pole, A flux barrier is formed between one set of permanent magnets adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction in each permanent magnet group forming one magnetic pole. A pair of ribs is formed of regions of the rotor core between the flux barrier and the one set of permanent magnets. A first slit is formed in a region of the rotor core on the air gap side in a radial direction of the each permanent magnet group, and an end portion of the first slit on the flux barrier side is positioned between extension lines of the pair of ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Kitao, Kosho Yamane, Tomohira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Miyama
  • Publication number: 20230246536
    Abstract: In the magnetic flux modulation type magnetic gear which uses pole pieces, improvement in demagnetization resistance and suppression of the reduction in torque were issues. Therefore, to the pole pieces provided in a torus shape, a magnetic flux modulation type magnetic gear arranges concentrically a first rotator on the inside of the pole piece and a second rotator on the outside, so that the rotors can be rotated relatively, with the center of the pole pieces as the rotation axis, wherein a first hole part stores, on the inside of the rotator, a first permanent magnet prepared in the rotator, having inclination of a predetermined angle, with respect to the line segment which shows a magnetic pole center, when viewed from the rotation axis. The magnetic gear is configured so as to use the amount of permanent magnets as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kodai OKAZAKI, Junji KITAO, Yoshihiro MIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230120571
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine comprises: a rotor which has a rotor core and permanent magnets arranged in the rotor core on its outer circumference side, and which is supported rotatably; and a stator which has a stator core having teeth projecting toward a radial center and arranged circumferentially, and which is located coaxially with the rotor to be spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; wherein, on a condition that a ratio of the circumferential width of each of sub poles to the circumferential width of each of main poles is 0.625 or less, a top width of each of the teeth is set on the basis of two calculation formulas to be used differently according to the rotor skew angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kodai OKAZAKI, Junji KITAO, Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Kengo KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230123457
    Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes: a rotor core configured having electromagnetic steel sheets; a stator core having electromagnetic steel sheets; a magnet inserted in each of a plurality of through holes; and a magnetic end plate in contact with one or each of an end surface on one side in the axial direction of the rotor core and an end surface on another side in the axial direction of the rotor core, and having a single magnetic sheet or a plurality of magnetic sheets stacked in the axial direction, wherein heat generated from the magnetic end plate owing to eddy current that is generated in the magnetic end plate by magnetic flux from the stator core is equal to or lower than heat generated from the rotor core owing to eddy current that is generated in the rotor core by magnetic flux from the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Tomohira TAKAHASHI, Junji KITAO, Shinji NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230111062
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core fixed to a shaft, a pair of magnet slots arranged in a V-shape in the rotor core so as to be separated away from each other toward a radially outer side, permanent magnets inserted into the magnet slots, and a hole provided on the radially outer side of the magnet slots. The distance between each permanent magnet and the hole increases toward the radially outer side. The distance between an outer circumference of the rotor core and the hole is not less than the distance between each magnet slot and the outer circumference of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Kosho YAMANE, Junji KITAO, Kodai OKAZAKI, Tatsuo NISHIMURA, Tomohira TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220385124
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine. This rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor, and the rotor includes: a rotor core having formed therein a magnet insertion hole group; and a permanent magnet group. In the rotor core, a first magnetic slit and a second magnetic slit are formed. In the second magnetic slit, a first magnet magnetic flux guide path connecting a first q-axis magnetic path and a second q-axis magnetic path is arranged. When an angle between a straight line passing through a first intersecting point and a radial center point and a straight line passing through a second intersecting point and the radial center point is set as ?1, the number of pole pairs is set as P, a natural number is set as m1, and n1 is set as a natural number smaller than m1, the following expression: ?1=2?×n1÷{P×(2m1?1)} [rad] is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi MITSUDA, Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Moriyuki HAZEYAMA, Masaya INOUE, Masashi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11456633
    Abstract: A rotor of the permanent magnet rotating electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and magnetic slits. Each of the magnetic slits is formed in a core region being a region between magnets of the plurality of magnets, and a gap. The magnetic slits are regions having a lower magnetic permeability than a magnetic permeability of the core region. One end of each of the magnetic slits, which is closer to an outer periphery of the rotor, is positioned in a portion of the core region on the same direction side as a direction of a force in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and another end closer to the rotation axis center of the rotor is positioned on the magnetic pole center or in a portion of the core region on a side opposite to the direction of the force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohira Takahashi, Junji Kitao, Yoshihiro Miyama, Masatsugu Nakano, Kosho Yamane
  • Patent number: 11451102
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine including a rotor including a rotor core; permanent magnets to be embedded in the rotor core; and a one end-side end plate configured to support one end side of the rotor core. The rotor core has rotor refrigerant passages through which refrigerant for cooling the permanent magnets flows in an axial direction of the shaft. The one end-side end plate has an end plate refrigerant passage communicating with the rotor refrigerant passages. The end plate refrigerant passage has refrigerant reservoirs, each projecting to an outer side in a radial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kimoto, Junji Kitao, Tomohira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Miyama, Junichi Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20220271584
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine, including a rotor, the rotor including: a rotor core; a first permanent magnet inserted into a first magnet slot; and a second permanent magnet inserted into a second magnet slot. The rotor core includes an inter-pole hole portion formed between the first magnet slot and the second magnet slot. When a circle having a rotation axis as a center and circumscribing an edge portion of each of the first magnet slot and the second magnet slot on the stator side is defined as a first circle, the inter-pole hole portion is arranged on a side opposite to the stator with respect to the first circle, and an edge portion of the inter-pole hole portion on the stator side is formed along the first circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Takeshi KUBOTA, Kengo KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 11408721
    Abstract: A rotation angle detection device, including: a rotor; a stator including one bias magnetic field generation portion (BMFGP) and magnetic detection elements; and a rotation angle calculation processor calculating a rotation angle of the rotor from detection signals of the detection elements, wherein a surface of the rotor has convex and concave portions (CCPs), which change in “x” (“x”?1) cycles for a mechanical angle of 360, and a shape of the CCPs make the detection elements possible to obtain a sine wave, and wherein “a” (“a”?2) detection elements are arranged along a circumferential direction of the stator at equal intervals for one cycle of the CCPs—so as to be opposed to the surface of the rotor, and the BMFGP extends in the circumferential direction for one cycle of the CCPs so as to overlap with the “a” detection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nishizawa, Yoshihiro Miyama, Tatsuo Nishimura, Hideaki Arita, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220209697
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a rotating electric machine, the control device being configured to control an inverter configured to apply a voltage to each phase winding of a rotating electric machine, to thereby control, for the each phase winding, a current to be supplied to the each phase winding, the control device including a control unit configured to: calculate a voltage command value to be applied to the each phase winding so that a phase difference between harmonic components of the same order in a radial magnetic flux density and a circumferential magnetic flux density of an air gap portion between a stator core and a rotor core of the rotating electric machine becomes a phase difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Shibaura Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Kan AKATSU, Yuki SAKAI, Hiroki HIJIKATA
  • Patent number: 11283332
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a rotor core has a rotor core cooling hole under a state of being coupled to a first gap at a position on a radially inner side with respect to a center portion of a first inner wall surface in a length direction. The rotor core has a radially-outer-side refrigerant flow path formed under a state of being coupled to a radially-outer-side end portion of the first gap. A first end plate has a communication path formed so as to extend from an inner end surface of the first end plate to the rotor core cooling hole. A second end plate has a discharge path formed so as to allow the radially-outer-side refrigerant flow path to communicate with an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Kitao, Tomohira Takahashi, Yusuke Kimoto, Yoshihiro Miyama, Masatsugu Nakano, Yuya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220060070
    Abstract: In a rotating electric machine, a rotor core includes; a gap surface; a plurality of magnet insertion holes; a slit which is formed in a core region between the gap surface and, among the plurality of magnet insertion holes, a magnet insertion hole into which a permanent magnet forming one magnetic pole is inserted, and divides the core region into a plurality of divided core regions in the circumferential direction; and a cutout formed by denting the gap surface of a divided core region, wherein a shortest distance between a stator core imaginary gap surface which is in contact with distal end surfaces of the plurality of teeth, and a bottom point of the cutout is longer than a shortest distance between the stator core imaginary gap surface and each of two intersections between the cutout and the gap surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junji KITAO, Kosho YAMANE, Tomohira TAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro MIYAMA