Patents by Inventor Yuji Enomoto

Yuji Enomoto 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: 20190058374
    Abstract: To significantly improve a heat dissipation property of an axial gap rotary electric machine within a size necessary for configuring a motor. In an axial gap rotary electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor in an axial direction, the stator has a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction and coils wound around the stator cores, and a heat pipe obtained by filling an inside of a metal hollow pipe with a refrigerant is arranged in a gap between adjacent coils formed in an outer diameter portion of the stator in a radial direction and a housing with a necessary insulation distance between the coils and the heat pipe. The heat pipe extends in a direction of a rotation axis and an opposite output side, and is in contact with a heat dissipating fin outside an end bracket on the opposite output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi .Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Naoki SAKURAI, Hisashi TANIE, Kenta DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180358863
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable electromechanical integral motor. In an electromechanical integral motor including an axial gap type motor and a power conversion control device, the power conversion control device is mounted on an end bracket portion of the motor, a space is installed between the end bracket portion of the motor and the power conversion control device, the end bracket portion of the motor and the power conversion control device are fixed by a plurality of fixing members, and at least one set of the plurality of fixing members is disposed to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi TANIE, Yoshitaka IWAJI, Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Takayoshi NAKAMURA, Naoki SAKURAI, Fusao HOUJYOU, Kohei MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9935510
    Abstract: An axial-type rotary electric machine that improves a torque and an efficiency relative to a size of a rotor is provided. The axial-type rotary electric machine is provided with a stator having a stator core, and a rotor facing the stator along an axial direction of a rotation axis passing through the stator. The rotor includes a permanent magnet arranged so as to face the stator core in the axial direction of the rotation axis, a yoke arranged so as to face the stator core across the permanent magnet, and a support member supporting the yoke. The support member includes a protrusion protruding so as to face a side surface of the permanent magnet that is on the farther side to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Yuji Enomoto, Toshifumi Suzuki, Shuichi Takahashi, Kenichi Souma
  • Publication number: 20170194823
    Abstract: This invention reduces the shaft voltage of an axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine while ensuring high output and high efficiency. Said axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine comprises the following: a stator comprising a plurality of stator cores, each of which comprises a core and a coil, arranged in a circle around a shaft; a housing, the inside surface of which faces the stator radially; and at least one rotor, the surface of which faces the surface of the stator with a prescribed air gap interposed therebetween in the radial direction of the shaft. The rotor has, on the outside thereof, a conductive section comprising a conductive member. This axial-air-gap dynamo-electric machine has a first region where the inside surface of the housing faces the aforementioned conductive section radially and a second region, closer to the stator than the first region is, that extends to the coil side surfaces that face the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Norihisa IWASAKI, Ryousou MASAKI, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170163112
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial air-gap rotary electric machine that is provided with: a stator in which a plurality of core members, which have an iron core, a coil that is wound around the outer periphery of the iron core, and a bobbin that is disposed between the iron core and the coil, are arranged in a circular shape centred around a rotational axis; and at least one rotor that faces an end surface of the iron core with a prescribed air gap therebetween in the radial direction of the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Tomonori KAWAGOE, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru SAKAI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Norihisa IWASAKI, Ryousou MASAKI, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170155297
    Abstract: To ensure ready assembly of a stator and reliably reduce the shaft voltage in an axial air gap rotating electric machine, an axial air gap rotating electric machine has a circular ring-shaped stator formed by a plurality of stator cores arranged about a rotational axis direction in a ring shape. Each stator core comprises a tubular bobbin and a coil, with the tubular bobbin having an iron core inserted into a bobbin inner tubular portion substantially matching the peripheral shape of the iron core. The axial air gap rotating electric machine has a first conductive member having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion contacting the end surface of the bobbin opening portion. The horizontal portion contacts parts of the iron core outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin inner tubular portion, and the vertical portion is conductively connected to the inner circumferential housing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Ryousou MASAKI, Norihisa IWASAKI, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170093244
    Abstract: Using a single bobbin, this invention makes the respective turn counts of windings in an axial-air-gap rotating electric machine the same and minimizes the lengths of connecting wires between continuous windings regardless of the continuous turn count, the direction in which each winding is wound, and whether the number of stages is odd or even. The aforementioned bobbin, which has a tubular shape that substantially matches the exterior shape of a core, is provided with flanges that extend outwards from near the respective openings in the bobbin. One of said flanges has two first notches, and the other flange has at least one second notch. The axial positions of the starting ends and finishing ends of coils on adjacent stator cores are the same, and the flanges containing the notches through which the ends of said coils are run are on the same side with respect to the abovementioned openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Tomonori KAWAGOE, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru SAKAI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Norihisa IWASAKI, Ryousou MASAKI, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 9553495
    Abstract: A wound core formed of a magnetic thin band, an electromagnetic component and a manufacturing method therefor and electromagnetic equipment in which iron loss and cost reduction can be achieved are provided. The wound core is a wound core formed by winding a magnetic thin band in the axial direction. A cutout portion is formed from place to place on an end face of the thin band in the axial direction and the cutout portions are arranged in random directions in the direction of the radius of the wound core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuonan Wang, Yuji Enomoto, Shigeho Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20160315510
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an axial gap type motor in which continuously wound coils can be easily assembled as a stator coil of the axial gap type motor, and the workability for the work of winding wires without any connecting wire on a gap surface can be improved. The axial gap type motor includes a stator and a rotator facing each other in a rotation shaft direction, and the stator is arranged with a plurality of cores and a plurality of winding wire coils wound around the cores arranged in a circumferential direction. First, second, and third winding wire coils are wound, with a single continuous conducting wire, around first, second, and third cores arranged in order adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohichi KAWAMATA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Kunihiko NORIDUKI, Kenya TAKARAI
  • Publication number: 20160248313
    Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable and compact electric water pump. A motor unit includes an axial gap motor having a stator and rotors. A partition formed with a nonmagnetic member is interposed between the motor unit and a pump unit. A torque generated by the motor unit is transmitted to the pump unit by a contactless magnetic coupling in an axial direction. The partition is formed to have a bottomed cylindrical shape. The motor unit and pump unit are provided with driving magnets and passive magnets respectively which are opposed to each other with a cylindrical part of the partition between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Shohichi KAWAMATA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Kunihiko NORIDUKI, Kenya TAKARAI
  • Publication number: 20160215781
    Abstract: An electric regenerative turbocharger includes: an exhaust gas energy regenerative unit placed in an exhaust gas path and having a power generator; and a supercharging unit placed in an intake air path of an internal combustion engine and having an electric motor, and the electric motor includes a first electricity storage unit which is driven independently from the power generator and which is electrically connected to the exhaust gas energy regenerative unit and the supercharging unit, a second electricity storage unit which is connected to the first electricity storage unit and which supplies electricity to an electric component, and an electricity converting unit placed between the first electricity storage unit and the second electricity storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: YUUKI OKUDA, Hiroshi KIMURA, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: 9385581
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a magnetic gear structure that realizes a magnetic gear that transmits a torque efficiently by reducing eddy currents generated in the interior of magnets. In order to solve the subject described above, in the magnetic gear structure, a structure in which magnets are arranged in the interior of an iron core in an inner rotor portion. Bonded magnets formed by molding, for example, NdFeB powder may be used as the magnets. Since the influence of the eddy current on the side of an outer rotor having a larger pole number is large, a structure in which the magnets are arranged in the interior only of an outer rotor portion having a larger pole number is also applicable. In addition, the magnets to be embedded may be divided into a plurality of pieces. The finer the division of the magnets, the less eddy currents are generated, so that a method of further fining down and assembling the same is also effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Enomoto, Junnosuke Nakatsugawa, Norihisa Iwasaki, Masashi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9350206
    Abstract: An axial-gap rotating electrical machine in which the distance of the air gap between a rotor and a stator can be accurately controlled is provided. A large diameter portion and a small diameter portion are formed on a rotating shaft and a stepped portion is formed therebetween. A rotor yoke is secured thereon and the position of the rotor is determined. The position of a bearing secured in a housing for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft is determined by a boss portion of the rotor yoke. The position of the housing is determined by the position of the bearing and the securing position of the stator is determined by a stepped portion formed on the inner circumference of the housing. Thus the position of the housing relative to the rotating shaft can be determined from the position of the rotor and the securing position of the stator can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuonan Wang, Yuji Enomoto, Kenichi Soma
  • Patent number: 9337708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic gear type electric rotating machine. Specifically, the purpose is to provide a magnetic gear type electric rotating machine with which the intensity of a permanent magnetic field can be improved without increasing material and manufacturing costs, and deterioration of torque transmission characteristics can be prevented. To this end, in the present invention, concave and convex sections are provided on a surface of at least one of cores (12, 22) for a first permanent magnetic field (1) and a second permanent magnetic field (2). The convex sections (13) are arranged along the circumferential direction at the center sections of permanent magnetic poles (11a, 11b), and the concave sections (14) are arranged along the circumferential direction at the edge sections of the permanent magnetic poles (11a, 11b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junnosuke Nakatsugawa, Yuji Enomoto, Norihisa Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20160065020
    Abstract: An axial-type rotary electric machine that improves a torque and an efficiency relative to a size of a rotor is provided. The axial-type rotary electric machine is provided with a stator having a stator core, and a rotor facing the stator along an axial direction of a rotation axis passing through the stator. The rotor includes a permanent magnet arranged so as to face the stator core in the axial direction of the rotation axis, a yoke arranged so as to face the stator core across the permanent magnet, and a support member supporting the yoke. The support member includes a protrusion protruding so as to face a side surface of the permanent magnet that is on the farther side to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Yuji ENOMOTO, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Shuichi TAKAHASHI, Kenichi SOUMA
  • Publication number: 20150380992
    Abstract: The grounding of a stator core with an inexpensive structure and high reliability is to be realized in an axial gap-type electric rotating machine in which a stator is held by resin molding. An axial gap-type electric rotating machine according to the invention includes: a stator having a stator core; a shaft penetrating the stator; a rotor arranged with a space from the stator with respect to the direction of the shaft; a housing which accommodates the stator; a first connection member which connects the stator core and the housing; and a resin material which fixes the stator to an inner wall of the housing. The first connection member is provided with a first connection portion which connects to the stator core, a second connection portion which connects to the inner wall of the housing, and a plastic deformation portion between the first connection portion and the second connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Kenta DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150372544
    Abstract: It is necessary to keep the positional relation between a stator and a housing for a long time, so the stator and housing must be fixed to each other with increased adhesive strength. Since this kind of rotary electric machine is a mass-produced product, the fixing method is demanded to be simple enough to be suitable for mass production. In order to meet this demand, in a rotary electric machine, for bonding and fixing the stator and the housing for covering the stator by synthetic resin, a plurality of projecting parts are formed on the inner circumference of the housing and synthetic resin is poured into between the stator and housing to bond and fix the stator and housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihisa IWASAKI, Hirooki TOKOI, Yuji ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150349591
    Abstract: There is provided an axial gap polyphase motor whereby losses caused by eddy currents generated in a stator core can be eliminated, while the stator core can be prevented from shifting out of position. The stator for use in the axial gap polyphase motor is provided with a layered stator core 1A having a plurality of core portions 2 arranged at equal spacing in the circumferential direction and protruding in the axial direction, and a plurality of supporting portions connecting and supporting the adjacent core portions 2, coils wound onto the core portions 2, and fastening members 4 made of conductive material. Only the core portions 2 onto which are wound the coils for flow of electric current of a single phase from among the multiple phases have first apertures 2H in the radial direction. The fastening members 4 are inserted into the first apertures 2H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kenta DEGUCHI, Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI
  • Publication number: 20150349588
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing electrolytic corrosion countermeasure technology achieving excellent reliability without increasing the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Yuji ENOMOTO, Kenta DEGUCHI, Taizo MIYAZAKI, Koji OBATA
  • Patent number: 9154020
    Abstract: An axial gap rotating-electric machine includes a stator, a rotor arranged via an air gap in the direction of an axis of rotation of a rotating-electric machine with respect to the stator, and a housing configured to accommodate the stator and the rotor, and the stator includes a plurality of stator cores arranged in the circumferential direction, coils configured to wind the peripheries of the respective stator cores, and a resin for molding the plurality of stator cores wound with the coils, and the stator cores each include a protruding portion protruding partly from the coil in the direction of axis of rotation, and a conductive member is provided so as to come into contact with peripheral surfaces of the protruding portions of the stator cores, and grounding is achieved by the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Deguchi, Hirooki Tokoi, Zhuonan Wang, Norihisa Iwasaki, Yuji Enomoto