Patents by Inventor Yosuke Morimoto

Yosuke Morimoto 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: 12772423
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device (10) includes: a motor unit (1) that includes a motor for driving mounted on a vehicle and a gear mechanism that transmits torque of the motor to each of left and right wheels of the vehicle; and an inverter (4) that is arranged over the motor unit (1) and that includes a capacitor (5) smoothing electricity and a semiconductor module (6) including a plurality of switching elements, wherein the inverter (4) includes a tray unit (16) that accommodates the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), and a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to the tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), the cover (15) is integrated with a cooling unit (20) through which a coolant for cooling the inverter (4) flows, and the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) are attached to a lower surface (17) of the cover (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Yosuke Morimoto, Takuya Ogasawara, Hiromichi Akiyama, Dai Oono
  • Patent number: 12734898
    Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: left and right motors (1,2) that drive left and right wheels of the vehicle; a gearbox (3) that is sandwiched between the left and right motors (1,2); and an inverter (4) that is arranged in a mounting space (S) over the left and right motors (1,2) and the gearbox (3). The gearbox (3) forms, in conjunction with respective motor housings (11,12) of the left and right motors (1,2), a depressed portion (8) depressed downward. The inverter (4) includes a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to a tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and a semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6). The capacitor (5) is attached to a lower surface of the cover (15) and is arranged in the depressed portion (8). The semiconductor module (6) is attached to the lower surface of the cover (15) and is displaced from each of the capacitor (5) and the rotating shafts (C) of the motors (1,2) when seen from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Yosuke Morimoto, Takuya Ogasawara, Hiromichi Akiyama, Dai Oono
  • Patent number: 12734899
    Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: motor housings (11,12), a gearbox housing (13), an inverter case (14), and a PN line (9). The motor housings (11,12) form respective exteriors of a left motor (1) and a right motor (2) that drive left and right wheels of a vehicle with electric power of a battery. The gearbox housing (13) incorporates therein a gearbox (3) that amplifies torque of the left and right motors and that transmits the amplified torque to the left and right wheels, is sandwiched between the left and right motor housings (11,12), and is offset in a front-rear direction from the left and right motor housings (11,12). The inverter case (14) incorporates therein a pair of semiconductor modules (6,7) and is arranged above the left and right motor housings (11,12). The PN line (9) connects the battery to the semiconductor modules (6,7) from a lower surface side of the inverter case (14) so as to pass through a first space (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Yosuke Morimoto, Takuya Ogasawara, Hiromichi Akiyama, Dai Oono
  • Patent number: 12525847
    Abstract: A first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An inverter unit is disposed between the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine as viewed in the axial direction. A case includes a case body member that has, in an integrated manner: a partition wall section; a section being other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of a first containment chamber; and a second containment chamber section being a section other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of the second containment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yanagihara, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12508898
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axis and the second axis and between the first axis and the second axis in a width direction, an outermost gear is disposed so that a direction of rotation at a lower end portion of the outermost gear during forward movement of a vehicle points toward the suction port, and a part of a peripheral wall section of the case that faces a lower surface of the rotating electric machine is inclined downward toward the suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yanagihara, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12504067
    Abstract: A first transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on a second axis, the at least one gear including a first outer gear disposed on an outermost side in a radial direction, and a second transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on the second axis, the at least one gear including a second outer gear disposed on an outermost side in the radial direction. The first outer gear and the second outer gear are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An oil cooler is disposed between the first outer gear and the second outer gear in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap at least either the first outer gear or the second outer gear as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yanagihara, Ryotaro Nakashima, Takeshi Tezuka, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12246252
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable program executed by a computer of a game device, at least one computer being configured to perform operations comprising obtaining data for determining a message to be shown while a game is running and performing conveyance processing for generating and providing a first image including a plurality of messages indicating game information of the game based on the obtained data such that the plurality of messages are sequentially shown. When the conveyance processing is terminated and the game processing is started, the second image further including a plurality of messages indicating the game information of the game based on the obtained data is generated and provided such that the plurality of messages are automatically sequentially shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Fukuda, Seita Inoue, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20240399882
    Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: left and right motors (1,2) that drive left and right wheels of the vehicle; a gearbox (3) that is sandwiched between the left and right motors (1,2); and an inverter (4) that is arranged in a mounting space (S) over the left and right motors (1,2) and the gearbox (3). The gearbox (3) forms, in conjunction with respective motor housings (11,12) of the left and right motors (1,2), a depressed portion (8) depressed downward. The inverter (4) includes a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to a tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and a semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6). The capacitor (5) is attached to a lower surface of the cover (15) and is arranged in the depressed portion (8). The semiconductor module (6) is attached to the lower surface of the cover (15) and is displaced from each of the capacitor (5) and the rotating shafts (C) of the motors (1,2) when seen from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
  • Publication number: 20240399883
    Abstract: The disclosed vehicle drive device (10) includes: motor housings (11,12), a gearbox housing (13), an inverter case (14), and a PN line (9). The motor housings (11,12) form respective exteriors of a left motor (1) and a right motor (2) that drive left and right wheels of a vehicle with electric power of a battery. The gearbox housing (13) incorporates therein a gearbox (3) that amplifies torque of the left and right motors and that transmits the amplified torque to the left and right wheels, is sandwiched between the left and right motor housings (11,12), and is offset in a front-rear direction from the left and right motor housings (11,12). The inverter case (14) incorporates therein a pair of semiconductor modules (6,7) and is arranged above the left and right motor housings (11,12). The PN line (9) connects the battery to the semiconductor modules (6,7) from a lower surface side of the inverter case (14) so as to pass through a first space (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
  • Publication number: 20240397679
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device (10) includes: a motor unit (1) that includes a motor for driving mounted on a vehicle and a gear mechanism that transmits torque of the motor to each of left and right wheels of the vehicle; and an inverter (4) that is arranged over the motor unit (1) and that includes a capacitor (5) smoothing electricity and a semiconductor module (6) including a plurality of switching elements, wherein the inverter (4) includes a tray unit (16) that accommodates the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), and a cover (15) that is in a flat-plate shape, is attached to the tray unit (16), and covers the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) from above the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6), the cover(15) is integrated with a cooling unit (20) through which a coolant for cooling the inverter (4) flows, and the capacitor (5) and the semiconductor module (6) are attached to a lower surface (17) of the cover (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Yosuke MORIMOTO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Hiromichi AKIYAMA, Dai OONO
  • Patent number: 12066091
    Abstract: A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Yanagihara, Takayoshi Kato, Isao Fujishima, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20240186859
    Abstract: A first rotating electric machine and a second rotating electric machine are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An inverter unit is disposed between the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap the first rotating electric machine and the second rotating electric machine as viewed in the axial direction. A case includes a case body member that has, in an integrated manner: a partition wall section; a section being other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of a first containment chamber; and a second containment chamber section being a section other than the partition wall section and serving as at least a portion of the second containment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240181871
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axis and the second axis and between the first axis and the second axis in a width direction, an outermost gear is disposed so that a direction of rotation at a lower end portion of the outermost gear during forward movement of a vehicle points toward the suction port, and a part of a peripheral wall section of the case that faces a lower surface of the rotating electric machine is inclined downward toward the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240175488
    Abstract: A first transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on a second axis, the at least one gear including a first outer gear disposed on an outermost side in a radial direction, and a second transmission system includes at least one gear disposed on the second axis, the at least one gear including a second outer gear disposed on an outermost side in the radial direction. The first outer gear and the second outer gear are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction. An oil cooler is disposed between the first outer gear and the second outer gear in the axial direction in such a manner as to overlap at least either the first outer gear or the second outer gear as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Ryotaro NAKASHIMA, Takeshi TEZUKA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240024773
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable program executed by a computer of a game device, at least one computer being configured to perform operations comprising obtaining data for determining a message to be shown while a game is running and performing conveyance processing for generating and providing a first image including a plurality of messages indicating game information of the game based on the obtained data such that the plurality of messages are sequentially shown. When the conveyance processing is terminated and the game processing is started, the second image further including a plurality of messages indicating the game information of the game based on the obtained data is generated and provided such that the plurality of messages are automatically sequentially shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiteru FUKUDA, Seita INOUE, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230358306
    Abstract: A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki YANAGIHARA, Takayoshi KATO, Isao FUJISHIMA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11802614
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio. Two driving force sources are arranged on a first axis, two output members are arranged on a second axis, two counter gear mechanisms are arranged on a third axis. A planetary gear mechanism is configured to transmit rotation from the two counter gear mechanisms to the output members, and is disposed so as to overlap with both of the two counter gear mechanisms as seen in an axial direction along and axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa Mizutani, Kenta Kataoka, Taiki Owari, Hiroaki Osanai, Daiki Suyama, Hiroshi Kato, Yuki Yanagihara, Naoki Takahashi, Kiminobu Terao, Takuya Ogasawara, Yosuke Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20220290749
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device is provided that can suppress the increase in dimension in the radial direction while ensuring a sufficient speed reduction ratio. Two driving force sources are arranged on a first axis, two output members are arranged on a second axis, two counter gear mechanisms are arranged on a third axis. A planetary gear mechanism is configured to transmit rotation from the two counter gear mechanisms to the output members, and is disposed so as to overlap with both of the two counter gear mechanisms as seen in an axial direction along and axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihisa MIZUTANI, Kenta KATAOKA, Taiki OWARI, Hiroaki OSANAI, Daiki SUYAMA, Hiroshi KATO, Yuki YANAGIHARA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kiminobu TERAO, Takuya OGASAWARA, Yosuke MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11057034
    Abstract: In a semiconductor relay module, inside a package, one of a pair of input parts of a first semiconductor relay is connected to a first input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the first semiconductor relay is connected to a second input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a second semiconductor relay is connected to the second input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the second semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a third semiconductor relay is connected to a third input terminal, and the other of the pair of input parts of the third semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal or the second input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Akutagawa, Yosuke Morimoto, Tetsuro Tsurusu
  • Publication number: 20200228114
    Abstract: In a semiconductor relay module, inside a package, one of a pair of input parts of a first semiconductor relay is connected to a first input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the first semiconductor relay is connected to a second input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a second semiconductor relay is connected to the second input terminal, the other of the pair of input parts of the second semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal, one of a pair of input parts of a third semiconductor relay is connected to a third input terminal, and the other of the pair of input parts of the third semiconductor relay is connected to the first input terminal or the second input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Akutagawa, Yosuke Morimoto, Tetsuro Tsurusu