Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Kubota

Yoshihisa Kubota 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: 12149194
    Abstract: A power supply circuit configured to supply electric power to a rotary electric machine that includes: a first phase winding including a first winding portion and a second winding portion; and a second phase winding including a third winding portion and a fourth winding portion, the power supply circuit including: a first circuit connected to the first phase winding; and a second circuit connected to the second phase winding. The first circuit includes: first to third arms, and a first switch. The second circuit includes: fourth to sixth arms; and a second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kubota
  • Patent number: 12107462
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first and second circuits connected to a first and second phase windings of a rotary electric machine, respectively. The first circuit includes first to fourth arms and a first switch. The midpoints of the first and second arms are connected to respective ends of a first winding unit, the midpoints of the third and fourth arms are connected to respective ends of a second winding unit, and the first switch is connected between the midpoints of the second and third arms. The second circuit includes fifth to eighth arms and a second switch. The midpoints of fifth and sixth arms are connected to respective ends of a third winding unit, the midpoints of seventh and eighth arms are connected to respective ends of a fourth winding unit, and the second switch is connected between the midpoints of the sixth and seventh arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Shogo Miyazaki, Satoyoshi Oya, Takumi Todoroki
  • Publication number: 20240317090
    Abstract: A charging system for an electric vehicle charging a battery from an external power supply using a motor for driving of the electric vehicle, and an inverter, in which a control device charges the battery by controlling direct current of the external power supply to be applied to first to fourth winding portions at the time of DC charging, and charges the battery by controlling to electrically connect the external power supply to the third winding portion and/or the fourth winding portion and stop a rotor at a predetermined position at the time of AC charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Yoshihisa KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11962190
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core and a magnetic pole portion. The magnetic pole portion includes a magnet portion having at least two layers along a radial direction, which has an outer diameter side magnet portion including an outer diameter side arc magnet and an inner diameter side magnet portion including a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged with a d-axis interposed. In addition, a pair of ribs extending in the radial direction are respectively provided between d-axis side end surfaces of the pair of inner diameter side arc magnets and the d-axis. A gap portion is provided between the pair of ribs to overlap the d-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Tatsuya Ohzu
  • Patent number: 11936247
    Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core, and a magnet press-fitted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the rotor core, the magnet has a hard magnetic body and a resin layer that is laminated on the hard magnetic body, that is disposed on an outward side of the rotor core in a radial direction and that includes a soft magnetic body, and the resin layer has a groove portion extending in a direction crossing an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Tadanobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11894727
    Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core in which a shaft through-hole and a magnet insertion hole that form a plurality of layers in a radial direction toward a central axis of the shaft through-hole are formed, and a magnet press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole, and the rotor core includes a reinforcement part between the shaft through-hole and a first magnet insertion hole disposed on outermost side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Teppei Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11888354
    Abstract: A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet such that a part of the rotor core extends in a direction intersecting the first main surface or the second main surface, and at least one nonmagnetic portion formed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Masashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11695307
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. Teeth portions of the stator each include a base portion that protrudes in a radially inward direction of a yoke portion, a flange portion that is wider than the base portion, and an expanding portion interposed between the base portion and the flange portion. An angle of intersection between the base portion and the expanding portion is 108° to 130°. A distance (thickness) from an inner circumferential side end part to an outer circumferential side end part of the flange portion is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Shigeru Tajima, Shoei Abe, Yoshihisa Kubota, Sho Yaegaki
  • Patent number: 11682935
    Abstract: A first magnet, a second magnet, a fourth magnet, and a third magnet are retained on a rotor of a rotary electric machine in this order alongside one another in a circumferential direction. Magnetic fields of the first magnet and the fourth magnet are oriented in radial directions of a stator. Magnetic fields of the second magnet and the third magnet are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. When the rotor is viewed in plan from above or below, a ratio of a total surface area of the first magnet and the fourth magnet to a total surface area of the second magnet and the third magnet is S14:S23=1:0.2 to 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Yoshihisa Kubota, Shoei Abe, Sho Yaegaki, Shigeru Tajima
  • Patent number: 11682934
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. In the stator, slots are formed between adjacent ones of teeth portions. An electromagnetic coil is provided in the slots. A distal end on an inner circumferential side of the electromagnetic coil is offset from an inner circumferential side end part of a base portion, which is a part of the teeth portion, toward a yoke portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Shigeru Tajima, Shoei Abe, Yoshihisa Kubota, Sho Yaegaki
  • Patent number: 11646615
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a substantially annular rotor core and a plurality of magnetic pole portions formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. Each magnetic pole portion includes an outer diameter side magnet portion configured by an outer diameter side circular arc magnet arranged so as to protrude radially inward and an inner diameter side magnet portion located radially inward of the outer diameter side magnet portion and configured by a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged so as to radially inward of the radially outer magnet portion. Each arc magnet is an arc magnet in which an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface have the same arc center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Soma, Yoshihisa Kubota, Tatsuya Ohzu
  • Publication number: 20230098598
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first and second circuits connected to a first and second phase windings of a rotary electric machine, respectively. The first circuit includes first to fourth arms and a first switch. The midpoints of the first and second arms are connected to respective ends of a first winding unit, the midpoints of the third and fourth arms are connected to respective ends of a second winding unit, and the first switch is connected between the midpoints of the second and third arms. The second circuit includes fifth to eighth arms and a second switch. The midpoints of fifth and sixth arms are connected to respective ends of a third winding unit, the midpoints of seventh and eighth arms are connected to respective ends of a fourth winding unit, and the second switch is connected between the midpoints of the sixth and seventh arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KUBOTA, Shogo MIYAZAKI, Satoyoshi OYA, Takumi TODOROKI
  • Publication number: 20230088809
    Abstract: A power supply circuit configured to supply electric power to a rotary electric machine that includes: a first phase winding including a first winding portion and a second winding portion; and a second phase winding including a third winding portion and a fourth winding portion, the power supply circuit including: a first circuit connected to the first phase winding; and a second circuit connected to the second phase winding. The first circuit includes: first to third arms, and a first switch. The second circuit includes: fourth to sixth arms; and a second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220320926
    Abstract: In at least one of the magnet accommodating holes of the rotor core, the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the first wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes or a distance between the second main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the second wall portion of each of the magnets accommodating hole is a first distance, and the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the first wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes or a distance between the second main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the second wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes is a second distance are laminated in the axial direction. The first distance is smaller than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi INOUE, Yoshihisa KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220320925
    Abstract: A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet such that a part of the rotor core extends in a direction intersecting the first main surface or the second main surface, and at least one nonmagnetic portion formed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KUBOTA, Masashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220294292
    Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core, and a magnet press-fitted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the rotor core, the magnet has a hard magnetic body and a resin layer that is laminated on the hard magnetic body, that is disposed on an outward side of the rotor core in a radial direction and that includes a soft magnetic body, and the resin layer has a groove portion extending in a direction crossing an insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Tadanobu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220294291
    Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core in which a shaft through-hole and a magnet insertion hole that form a plurality of layers in a radial direction toward a central axis of the shaft through-hole are formed, and a magnet press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole, and the rotor core includes a reinforcement part between the shaft through-hole and a first magnet insertion hole disposed on outermost side in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Teppei Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220140678
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core, and a ring member. The rotor core is fastened and fixed to the ring member. The outer circumferential surface of the rotor coreincludes a groove portion which is recessed radially inward at a position overlapping the q-axis in the circumferential direction, and a protruding portion which protrudes radially outward from the groove portion. The protruding portion is provided with a pair of flange portions which protrude toward the one side and the other side in the circumferential direction from a base end portion connected to the groove portion. An outer circumferential surface of a tip end portion of the protruding portion and outer circumferential surface of the pair of flange portions have an arc shape having the same center and the same diameter as the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kubota
  • Patent number: 11309755
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: an annular stator including coils disposed in a stator core; and an annular rotor disposed inside the stator and opposite to an inner circumferential wall of the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core having receiving holes for magnetic material members. The receiving holes extend in an axial direction of a drive shaft and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor includes a pair of protrusions provided in each receiving hole. The protrusions jut out from an inner wall of the receiving hole to hold a magnetic material member. Each magnetic material member includes a hard magnetic material member and a soft magnetic material member stacked one on another in a direction of magnetization. The soft magnetic material member is disposed to border the inner wall of the receiving hole at positions where the protrusions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220103033
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. Teeth portions of the stator each include a base portion that protrudes in a radially inward direction of a yoke portion, a flange portion that is wider than the base portion, and an expanding portion interposed between the base portion and the flange portion. An angle of intersection between the base portion and the expanding portion is 108° to 130°. A distance (thickness) from an inner circumferential side end part to an outer circumferential side end part of the flange portion is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu Yazaki, Shigeru Tajima, Shoei Abe, Yoshihisa Kubota, Sho Yaegaki