Patents by Inventor Yukio Nishikawa
Yukio Nishikawa 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).
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Patent number: 11601021Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic thin strips each having a plurality of teeth parts. The magnetic thin strip includes an elliptical-shaped inner diameter part formed along tip end portions of the plural teeth parts. At least one magnetic thin strip in the laminated magnetic thin strips is shifted by a given angle with respect to other magnetic thin strips in a horizontal direction, and positions of all teeth parts of the laminated magnetic thin strips correspond to one another to reduce cogging torque.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Saitoh, Naoki Nojiri, Hideaki Hamada, Kenji Tanimoto, Fumihiko Kawai, Yukio Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20230021122Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source and a waveguide structure. The light source emits light having a directionality. The waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide and an exterior part. The optical waveguide has an incident end surface and an emission end surface, converts a wavelength of the light incident from the incident end surface, and emits the light from the emission end surface. The exterior part is optically transparent and covers the optical waveguide such that the incident end surface and the emission end surface are exposed from the exterior part. The optical waveguide is elongated in a length direction. The length direction of the optical waveguide is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an optical axis of the light in a predetermined plane including the length direction of the optical waveguide and the optical axis of the light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: TAKEHIRO ASAHI, NAOYA RYOKI, YUKIO NISHIKAWA, YOSHIO OKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220190557Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source that emits light having a directivity from a light emitting surface of the light source, a waveguide structure that includes an optical waveguide having an inlet facing the light emitting surface, and a peripheral wall protruding from the inlet toward the light emitting surface, and a lens that is provided between the light emitting surface and the inlet. The peripheral wall has an inner surface surrounding the inlet. The peripheral wall has a first opening closer to the light emitting surface and a second opening closer to the inlet. The first opening is larger than the second opening. The peripheral wall includes a narrow opening portion in which an internal space of the peripheral wall is smaller than the lens when viewed from a direction of an optical axis of the light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: NAOYA RYOKI, YUKIO NISHIKAWA, TAKEHIRO ASAHI, YOSHIO OKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11232901Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic core includes a processing step of giving a desired shape to a strip made of an alloy composition, a heat-treating step of forming bcc-Fe crystals, and then a stacking step of obtaining a magnetic core having a shape. Here, the alloy composition is Fe—B—Si—P—Cu—C and has an amorphous phase as a primary phase. In the heat-treating step, the strip is heated up to a temperature higher than a crystallization temperature of the alloy composition at a high heating rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: TOHOKU MAGNET INSTITUTE CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Makino, Nobuyuki Nishiyama, Kana Takenaka, Yukio Nishikawa, Terutsugu Segawa
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Patent number: 11225049Abstract: A laminated member as a laminate of a plurality of alloy ribbons is used. The laminated member has a side surface with a fracture surface. A laminated body as a laminate of the laminated member is used. A motor that includes a core using the laminated body is used. A method for manufacturing a laminated member is used that includes: fixing a plurality of amorphous ribbons to one another in a part of layers of the amorphous ribbons after laminating the amorphous ribbons; and punching a laminated member by cutting the laminate of the amorphous ribbons at a location that excludes the portion fixing the amorphous ribbons in the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Hideaki Hamada, Yohei Hattori
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Publication number: 20210336516Abstract: A manufacturing method of manufacturing an iron core includes connecting a plurality of iron core pieces each including a tooth portion and a yoke portion in a strip shape, connecting the iron core pieces adjacent to each other by a connection portion, and forming a continuous iron core piece provided line-symmetrically with reference to the connection portion. A laminated body is formed by bending and superimposing the iron core pieces adjacent to each other while the connection portion is used as a symmetry axis. A pressure is applied in a laminating direction of the laminated body to fix the laminated body, and a coil is provided in the tooth portion. In this manner, it is possible to realize a manufacturing method of an iron core, which have a high material yield, high productivity, and excellent magnetic properties by using a thin iron core piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, MITSUO SAITOH
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Patent number: 11146126Abstract: An iron core including a laminate of a plurality of fixed electromagnetic steel sheets, a laminate of alloy thin strips which is sandwiched between the laminate of the electromagnetic steel sheets, a fastening mechanism which penetrates the laminates of electromagnetic steel sheets and alloy thin strips, and a fixing base. The laminate of alloy thin strips reduces compressive and torsional forces acting on the laminate of alloy thin strips by using the iron core having a structure in which upper and lower portions of a laminate of alloy thin strips having nanocrystal grains are sandwiched together with laminates of amorphous alloy thin strips. Furthermore, a motor including a rotor and the above-described iron core is used.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Mitsuo Saitoh
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Publication number: 20210226515Abstract: A motor includes: a stator that includes a laminated group of soft magnetic alloy strips that are laminated and is fastened to a base by a bolt that penetrates the laminated group in a direction of laminating the soft magnetic alloy strips; and a rotor that is rotatably installed on the base. A resin layer is provided at least on a laminated end surface closest to the bolt, in the laminated end surface of the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, MITSUO SAITOH
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Patent number: 11025103Abstract: An iron core including a laminate in which a plurality of nanocrystal thin strips are laminated, a board, and a fastener that fastens the laminate and the board, in which at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the laminate has a colored oxide film and an uncolored oxide film is used. Moreover, the iron core has a region of the colored oxide film wider than a region of the uncolored oxide film region is used. Furthermore, a motor uses the above-described iron core as a stator.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Naoki Nojiri
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Publication number: 20210152061Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a stator, including: an adjustment step of adjusting a thickness of a laminated body including a laminated group of soft magnetic alloy strips containing, in whole or in part, soft magnetic alloy strips obtained by heat-treating amorphous alloy strips and metal plates, the metal plates sandwiching the laminated group; a winding step of fastening the laminated body to a base and performing winding at a predetermined prat of the laminated body in a laminating direction; a removal step of releasing the fastening of the laminated body to the base and removing foreign matters from an end surface of the laminated body; and a fastening step of fastening the laminated body to the base again.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, MITSUO SAITOH, NAOKI NOJIRI
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Publication number: 20210057942Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin strip component, including a processing step of processing an amorphous thin strip member into a dimension shape larger than a target shape, and a heat treating step of heat treating and contracting the amorphous thin strip member processed in the processing step to form the amorphous thin strip member into a thin strip component of the target shape. A thin strip component which is a magnetic laminate in which a plurality of plate-shaped thin strip component members of the same shape are laminated, and has a recess over an entire side surface of the magnetic laminate is used. A motor including the thin strip component, a plurality of coils disposed on the thin strip component, and a rotor disposed between the plurality of coils is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Yukio NISHIKAWA, Hideaki HAMADA, Naoki NOJIRI
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Patent number: 10862354Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin strip component, including a processing step of processing an amorphous thin strip member into a dimension shape larger than a target shape, and a heat treating step of heat treating and contracting the amorphous thin strip member processed in the processing step to form the amorphous thin strip member into a thin strip component of the target shape. A thin strip component which is a magnetic laminate in which a plurality of plate-shaped thin strip component members of the same shape are laminated, and has a recess over an entire side surface of the magnetic laminate is used. A motor including the thin strip component, a plurality of coils disposed on the thin strip component, and a rotor disposed between the plurality of coils is used.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Hideaki Hamada, Naoki Nojiri
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Publication number: 20200358323Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic thin strips each having a plurality of teeth parts. The magnetic thin strip includes an elliptical-shaped inner diameter part formed along tip end portions of the plural teeth parts. At least one magnetic thin strip in the laminated magnetic thin strips is shifted by a given angle with respect to other magnetic thin strips in a horizontal direction, and positions of all teeth parts of the laminated magnetic thin strips correspond to one another to reduce cogging torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: MITSUO SAITOH, NAOKI NOJIRI, HIDEAKI HAMADA, KENJI TANIMOTO, FUMIHIKO KAWAI, YUKIO NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10797541Abstract: Provided is a magnetic plate laminate comprising a laminate formed by stacking a plurality of thin strips, and fastening members provided in apertures in the laminate. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a magnetic laminate wherein the thin strips are amorphous thin strips and the magnetic body laminate is subjected to heat treatment, thereby forming nano-crystalline grains in the thin strips. Also provided is a motor equipped with a stator formed by stacking a plurality of the magnetic plate laminates, a securing plate for securing the stator, and a rotor arranged in an opening in the middle of the stator.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Mituhiro Ikeda, Naoki Nojiri
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Patent number: 10636567Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for a laminated body of amorphous alloy ribbon includes: a lamination jig that holds the laminated body of amorphous alloy ribbon; two heating plates that sandwich the laminated body from upper and lower surfaces in a lamination direction without coming into contact with the lamination jig; and a heating control apparatus that controls a heating temperature of the two heating plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: TOHOKU MAGNET INSTITUTE CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Makino, Nobuyuki Nishiyama, Terutsugu Segawa, Tohru Kojima, Yukio Nishikawa
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Patent number: 10566857Abstract: To provide an iron core and a motor for preventing reduction in motor drive efficiency. An iron core includes laminate section made up of a lamination of plural soft magnetic ribbons, fixed to metal substrate, and provided with winding, and fastening part that pressurizes laminate section in a lamination direction of soft magnetic ribbons. Also, the fastening part is disposed around an opening of through-hole that penetrates laminate section. Furthermore, a metal plate shaped so as not to cover winding section is provided between laminate section and fastening part. Besides, the motor includes a rotor and the iron core.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Taihei Okada, Tohru Kojima
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Patent number: 10461589Abstract: A magnetic-plate laminated body includes: a laminated part made up of a plurality of laminated soft magnetic ribbons; first and second metal plates that sandwich the laminated part from upper and lower surfaces in a lamination direction of the laminated part; and a fastening mechanism that penetrates the first and second metal plates and the laminated part and fastening the laminated part by the first and second metal plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: TOHOKU MAGNET INSTITUTE CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Makino, Nobuyuki Nishiyama, Yukio Nishikawa, Tohru Kojima, Takeshi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20190202175Abstract: A laminated member as a laminate of a plurality of alloy ribbons is used. The laminated member has a side surface with a fracture surface. A laminated body as a laminate of the laminated member is used. A motor that includes a core using the laminated body is used. A method for manufacturing a laminated member is used that includes: fixing a plurality of amorphous ribbons to one another in a part of layers of the amorphous ribbons after laminating the amorphous ribbons; and punching a laminated member by cutting the laminate of the amorphous ribbons at a location that excludes the portion fixing the amorphous ribbons in the laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, HIDEAKI HAMADA, YOHEI HATTORI
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Publication number: 20190181700Abstract: An iron core including a laminate of a plurality of fixed electromagnetic steel sheets, a laminate of alloy thin strips which is sandwiched between the laminate of the electromagnetic steel sheets, a fastening mechanism which penetrates the laminates of electromagnetic steel sheets and alloy thin strips, and a fixing base. The laminate of alloy thin strips reduces compressive and torsional forces acting on the laminate of alloy thin strips by using the iron core having a structure in which upper and lower portions of a laminate of alloy thin strips having nanocrystal grains are sandwiched together with laminates of amorphous alloy thin strips. Furthermore, a motor including a rotor and the above-described iron core is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, MITSUO SAITOH
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Publication number: 20190173328Abstract: An iron core including a laminate in which a plurality of nanocrystal thin strips are laminated, a board, and a fastener that fastens the laminate and the board, in which at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the laminate has a colored oxide film and an uncolored oxide film is used. Moreover, the iron core has a region of the colored oxide film wider than a region of the uncolored oxide film region is used. Furthermore, a motor uses the above-described iron core as a stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: YUKIO NISHIKAWA, NAOKI NOJIRI