Patents by Inventor Yuichi Yoshikawa

Yuichi Yoshikawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20100327692
    Abstract: A rotor 14 is rotatably disposed around a stator 13 that is provided with a plurality of magnetic poles 13a. The inner circumferential face of the rotor is provided with a magnet 15 on whose face opposing the stator main magnetization is performed, and on whose face opposing the substrate FG magnetization is performed. The outer circumferential ends of the magnetic poles of the stator are provided with extended portions 13b and 13c that vertically extend from the magnetic pole base 13d. A face of the substrate opposing the rotor is provided with a FG pattern 19 opposing the magnet 15. The FG pattern is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of the outer circumferential face of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIKAWA, Hiroaki KAWASAKI, Kenji SUGIURA, Hiroshi UEDA, Hiroki ASAI
  • Publication number: 20100314965
    Abstract: A rotor 14 is rotatably disposed around a stator 13 that is provided with a plurality of magnetic poles 13a. The inner circumferential face of a rotor frame 14b of the rotor is provided with a magnet 15 magnetized to have alternately opposite polarities in a direction opposing the stator, and magnetized to have alternately opposite polarities in a direction opposing a substrate. The outer circumferential ends of the magnetic poles of the stator are provided with a first extended portion 13c that extends from a magnetic pole base 13d to a substrate 11 side, and a second extended portion 13b that extends from the magnetic pole base to a side opposite the substrate side. A face of the substrate opposing the rotor is provided with a FG pattern 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIKAWA, Hiroaki KAWASAKI, Kenji SUGIURA, Hiroshi UEDA, Hiroki ASAI
  • Publication number: 20100295401
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator which includes: a stator core having an annular stator yoke, a plurality of outer teeth projecting outward from the stator yoke, and a plurality of inner teeth having the same number of teeth as the outer teeth and projecting inward from the stator yoke; and a plurality of windings wound on the stator core, and the motor includes an outer rotor confronting the outer teeth via an air gap and an inner rotor confronting the inner teeth via an air gap. The outer rotor and the inner rotor have holes for accommodating permanent magnets respectively. The permanent magnets having a rectangular shape in sectional views thereof are accommodated in the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakagawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hu Li, Masahiko Morisaki, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20100259126
    Abstract: A motor comprising a stator having a plurality of magnetic poles disposed in a circumferential direction along an outer periphery thereof, a rotor disposed rotatably around the outer periphery of the stator, and a magnet disposed in a circumferential direction along an inner periphery of the rotor. The stator is formed by laminating sheet-like plates. A plurality of the sheet-like plates including an outermost layer of this laminated body comprises a flat portion substantially perpendicular to the magnet, and an extended portion bent to a direction substantially parallel to the magnet. A part of the sheet-like plate having the extended portion disposed to the outermost side is formed into a thickness smaller than thicknesses of the other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Haruki Kato, Yasuo Kunishige, Koji Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Asai
  • Publication number: 20100244637
    Abstract: A motor comprises a stator having a plurality of magnetic poles disposed at first predetermined intervals along an outer periphery thereof, and a rotor having a permanent magnet with poles magnetized alternately to have different polarities at second predetermined intervals and disposed rotatably around the outer periphery of the stator with a predetermined gap. The magnetic poles of the stator has extended portions formed in a manner to extend from magnetic polar bases into a direction generally parallel to the permanent magnet, and the extended portions are formed of a high-permeability magnetic steel sheet with silicon content less than 3.0 wt-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Koji Kadowaki, Haruki Kato, Yasuo Kunishige
  • Publication number: 20100244616
    Abstract: A dual-rotor motor in which inner slot angle ?i is larger than outer slot angle ?o. An inner notched portion is provided on both circumferential ends of an inner head. This inner notched portion provides a broader space between the inner head and an inner rotor toward both utmost ends of the inner head. An outer notched portion is provided on both circumferential ends of an outer head. This outer notched portion provides a broader space between the outer head and the outer rotor toward both utmost ends of the outer head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20100237752
    Abstract: This motor includes a stator whereupon a plurality of magnetic poles are arranged at first prescribed intervals on the outer circumference section, and a rotor which is rotatively arranged on the outer circumference of the stator by having a prescribed space in between and has permanent magnets magnetized to different polarities at second prescribed intervals. The magnetic pole of the stator forms an extending section which extends from a magnetic pole base section in a direction parallel to the permanent magnet, and the extending length of the extending section in the direction parallel to the permanent magnet is same as that of the magnetic pole base section in the direction parallel to the permanent magnet or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Koji Kadowaki, Haruki Kato, Yasuo Kunishige
  • Publication number: 20100226802
    Abstract: A fan motor includes a pair of fans axially mounted to both sides of a rotary shaft of the motor. The motor includes an inner rotor placed inside a stator wound with windings and an outer rotor placed outside the stator. The motor thus has a dual-rotor structure where the inner rotor and the outer rotor are held such that both the rotors can rotate on the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yasushi Kato
  • Patent number: 7714474
    Abstract: In a stator core having “N” slots, a tooth-width centerline of a linear yoke and a first extension line extended horizontally from a center of rotary shaft toward the linear yoke form a first angle. Assume there are first point on the first extension line at a first distance from the center, a second extension line drawn at a second distance horizontally from the center toward the linear yoke and extended vertically toward arc-shaped yokes, and a third extension line drawn from the center toward teeth ends of the linear yokes with angle “K”. The second and third extension line intersect at a second point. A line between the first and second points intersects with the first extension line, thereby forming the first angle. In this structure, 0<a<b, and (360/2N?60/2N)°<K<(360/2N+60/2N)° are established, where “a”, “b” are the first and the second distances respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yuichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideharu Hiwaki, Koji Kuyama, Akio Ando
  • Patent number: 7683518
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator formed of a stator iron-core having salient pole iron-cores and windings, and a rotor having a rotor iron-core in which permanent magnets are buried. A magnetic pole centerline connecting a rotary center of the rotor to a magnetic pole center crosses an external shape of the rotor iron-core at end point X, and the magnetic-pole boundary line connecting the rotary center to a magnetic pole boundary point crosses the external shape of the rotor iron-core at end point Z. A straight line angled at a given angle ?a from the magnetic pole centerline has end point A. Then a sectional view of the rotor iron-core shows an arc drawn between the end points X and A, and the arc's center is the rotary center. The end points A and Z are connected by one or more than one straight lines in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Kiyomi Kawamura, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideharu Hiwaki, Yasushi Kamada, Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20100058817
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine of the present invention is a direct-drive washing machine including a washing-machine casing; a rotating drum with its drum rotation shaft horizontal or inclined; and a motor driving the rotating drum. The motor has a stator including a coil wound in a toroidal winding form and first molding resin; and a twin-type rotor including an outer rotor, an inner rotor, and second molding resin integrally molding them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hu Li, Masahiko Morisaki, Hiroshi Murakami, Yuichiro Tashiro, Yoshio Kobayashi, Takeshi Kowa, Yukinori Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20100045131
    Abstract: It comprises stator including stator core having yoke and a plurality of teeth protruded from yoke, which is formed with slots between adjacent teeth, and rotor having rotor core and permanent magnet formed with a plurality of magnetic poles, which confronts tip ends of teeth via gaps, wherein rotor core is formed by rotor core materials circumferentially equally divided into the predetermined number of divisions, and the least common multiple being N for the number of slots and the number of magnetic poles and the least common multiple being M for the number of slots and the number of divisions, then N is equal to M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20090302719
    Abstract: A Hall element is placed under an outside rotor at an identical angular position to a centerline between two adjacent outer teeth. This structure allows narrowing a dead band of the Hall element when it senses a leakage magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakagawa, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hu Li, Masahiko Morisaki, Yoshio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7626299
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator with an annular stator yoke, a stator core having a plurality of inner and outer teeth projecting from the stator yoke toward inside and outside respectively, a plurality of coils wound on the stator core, and an inner rotor and an outer rotor confronting the inner and outer teeth respectively via an air-gap, and having an permanent magnet respectively. The number of slots “S” and the number of poles “P” establish a relation of S:P=3:2N?1, where N is an integer equal to 1 or more, and a case when 2N?1 becomes a multiple of 3 is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yukinori Nakagawa, Masahiko Morisaki, Hu Li
  • Patent number: 7622841
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator is configured by winding a coil around a stator core which includes a salient-pole core. The rotor has a rotor core made by laminating thin and highly permeable iron sheets. The rotor core has multiple permanent magnet embedding holes, and a permanent magnet is embedded in each of the permanent magnet embedding holes. A cross-section of the permanent magnet is a rectangle with a long side in a rotating direction and a short side perpendicular to the long side. A cross section of the permanent magnet embedding hole is formed by an embedding hole's long side corresponding to the long side and an embedding hole's short side corresponding to the short side. The embedding hole's short side has a first protrusion and a flat portion. The embedding hole's long side to an inner diameter side has a second protrusion on its both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroki Sato, Yasushi Kamada, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20090134735
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator which includes a stator core having an annular stator yoke, a plurality of outer teeth projecting outward from the stator yoke and a plurality of inner teeth projecting inward from the stator yoke, and a plurality of windings wound on the stator core. The motor also includes an outer rotor confronting the outer teeth with an air gap therebetween and an inner rotor confronting the inner teeth with an air gap therebetween. This motor thus has twin-rotor. The stator core includes outer slots between each one of the outer teeth as well as inner slots between each one of the inner teeth, and the windings are wound on the stator yoke between the outer slot and the inner slot. A cross sectional cut of the stator reveals that a sectional area of the outer slot is equal to that of the inner slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Hu Li, Masahiko Morisaki, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20090134738
    Abstract: In a stator core having “N” slots, a tooth-width centerline of a linear yoke and a first extension line extended horizontally from a center of rotary shaft toward the linear yoke form a first angle. Assume there are first point on the first extension line at a first distance from the center, a second extension line drawn at a second distance horizontally from the center toward the linear yoke and extended vertically toward arc-shaped yokes, and a third extension line drawn from the center toward teeth ends of the linear yokes with angle “K”. The second and third extension line intersect at a second point. A line between the first and second points intersects with the first extension line, thereby forming the first angle. In this structure, 0<a<b, and (360/2N?60/2N)°<K<(360/2N+60/2N)° are established, where “a”, “b” are the first and the second distances respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshikawa, Yuichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideharu Hiwaki, Koji Kuyama, Akio Ando
  • Patent number: D596566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideki Matsuo, Yuichiro Tashiro, Koichi Mitamura, Hideto Inoue, Reiji Tajima, Eiji Hataya
  • Patent number: D596567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideki Matsuo, Yuichiro Tashiro, Koichi Mitamura, Hideto Inoue, Reiji Tajima, Eiji Hataya
  • Patent number: D596568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Hideki Matsuo, Yuichiro Tashiro, Koichi Mitamura, Hideto Inoue, Reiji Tajima, Eiji Hataya