Patents Assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd.
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Patent number: 11976851Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device that includes a main refrigerant circuit and a sub-refrigerant circuit cools or heats a main refrigerant that flows between a main heat-source-side heat exchanger and a main usage-side heat exchanger by causing a sub-usage-side heat exchanger to function as an evaporator or a radiator of a sub-refrigerant. A first main expansion mechanism and a second main expansion mechanism that decompress the main refrigerant are provided on an upstream side and a downstream side of the sub-usage-side heat exchanger of the main refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ikuhiro Iwata, Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 11976837Abstract: An air conditioning system configured to supply a plurality of places in a building with conditioned air with use of ducts inhibits malfunction of the air conditioning system due to airflow volume through a utilization heat exchanger. A heat exchanger unit includes a utilization heat exchanger. The heat exchanger unit is connected with a plurality of ducts. A plurality of fan units sucks conditioned air from the heat exchanger unit through the plurality of ducts and supplies a plurality of blow-out ports with the conditioned air. The fan units include fan motors as a plurality of actuators configured to individually change supply air volume of the conditioned air. A main controller controls the plurality of fan motors such that airflow volume through the utilization heat exchanger satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shuuichi Tanaka, Yoshiteru Nouchi
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Patent number: 11979097Abstract: A converter circuit converts AC electric power into DC power. An inverter circuit converts the DC power into AC power. A capacitor is connected in parallel to each of the converter circuit and the inverter circuit between these circuits. The capacitor allows variation of an output voltage from the converter circuit, and absorbs variation of an output voltage from the inverter circuit due to a switching operation. An overvoltage protection circuit includes a resistor and a semiconductor element connected in series to each other. The overvoltage protection circuit is connected in parallel to the capacitor to protect the inverter circuit from an overvoltage. First and second control units respectively control the inverter circuit and the overvoltage protection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryou Matsuyama, Masaki Kono, Tomoisa Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11976859Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle, an adsorption section, and a first bypass flow path. The refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator, and uses a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture including a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant. The adsorption section includes an adsorbent and stores the first refrigerant adsorbed by the adsorbent. The adsorbent adsorbs the first refrigerant, and does not adsorb the second refrigerant or the adsorption performance thereof for the second refrigerant is lower than the adsorption performance thereof for the first refrigerant. The first bypass flow path connects a first end which is a high-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle and a second end which is a low-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle. The adsorption section and a valve are disposed in the first bypass flow path.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Atsushi Yoshimi, Eiji Kumakura, Masaki Tanaka, Masaki Nakayama, Ryuhei Kaji
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Patent number: 11976831Abstract: A method monitors an air-conditioner having a semi-conductor gas sensor, the method including: determining that a refrigerant leakage has occurred on condition that the detection value is equal to or greater than a first threshold when the fan is in operation; starting operation of the fan as a provisional operation if the detection value is equal to or greater than a second threshold when the fan is not in operation; stopping the provisional operation of the fan; determining that a refrigerant leakage has occurred on condition that the detection value is equal to or greater than a third threshold after stopping the provisional operation of the fan; and taking a predetermined action for outputting alarm information and/or limiting supply of refrigerant to the heat exchanger when a refrigerant leakage is determined to have occurred.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DAIKIN EUROPE N.V.Inventors: Satoshi Kawano, Kyouji Araya, Kazuya Fukuda, Ryuuichi Toyota, Kazunari Fukagawa, Makoto Inoue, Natsuko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 11976852Abstract: A utilization unit has a power source configured to receive electric power supplied from a power source system and supplies operating electric power. At least one of the first cut-off valve or the second cut-off valve is an external cut-off valve provided outside the utilization unit. The external cut-off valve is driven using the operating electric power supplied from the power source.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Shigetaka Wakisaka
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Patent number: 11976856Abstract: A shell and plate heat exchanger includes a shell and a plate pack. The shell defines a cavity configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid. The plate pack is arranged inside the cavity. The plate pack has a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each of the heat exchanger plates has two sides facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the heat exchanger plate. At least one of the sides of at least one of the heat exchanger plates has a surface roughness of between 5 ?m and 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Satoshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20240142129Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information indicating environmental information on an environment in which a target person has been placed in a past or biological information of the target person; and a control unit configured to grasp a habitual behavior pattern of the target person in the first information. A target value of a first index, which is an index related to a thermal environment, is set based on the first information acquired by the information acquisition unit and the grasped behavior pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shiori EMOTO, Shouta HORI, Atsushi NISHINO
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Publication number: 20240145780Abstract: An electrolyte solution capable of reducing the initial resistance of an electrochemical device, and an electrochemical device including the electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution contains a compound represented by formula (I-1): wherein R111 to R113 are each individually a C1-C4 linear alkyl group, and wherein the compound (1-1) is present in an amount of 0.01-1000 mass ppm relative to the electrolyte solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoya HIDAKA, Masakazu KINOSHITA, Yoshiko KUWAJIMA, Takaya YAMADA, Shigeaki YAMAZAKI, Yuuki SUZUKI, Kenzou TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20240141582Abstract: An oil-resistant agent containing a modified natural product which is a bio-based compound having at least one carboxyl group and in which a hydroxyl group of a carboxyl group is substituted with an R group, or a carboxyl group is substituted with an Ra group. R group: —X—R1 or —X-D-X?—R1. Ra group: wherein X is a direct bond, —O—, —NR11—, or —S—, and R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1-40 carbon atoms, or a polysiloxane, D is an alkylene group having 1-10 carbon atoms, X? is —C(?O)—O—, —O—(?O)—, —C(?O)—NR12—, or —NR12—C(?O)— (where, R11 and R12 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1-40 carbon atoms). Also disclosed is a textile product, an oil-resistant paper, a food packaging material or a food container each including the oil-resistant agent, as well as a method of treating paper with the oil-resistant agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akane MATSUMOTO, Ryo AKUTA, Yuko SHIOTANI, Mayumi IIDA, Marina AIHARA, Yukinori TOGO, Tatsunori SAKAMAKI, Masahiro HIGASHI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240141155Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fluoropolymer composition, comprising bringing a fluoropolymer raw material into contact with an oxidizing agent, wherein the fluoropolymer raw material is obtained by polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (I) containing a polymerization unit (I) derived from a monomer (I) represented by the general formula (I). CX1X3?CX2R(—CZ1Z2-A0)m??(I) wherein X1 and X3 are each independently F, Cl, H, or CF3; X2 is H, F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; A0 is an anionic group; R is a linking group; Z1 and Z2 are each independently H, F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; and m is an integer of 1 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori NANBA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Taketo KATO, Taku YAMANAKA
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Publication number: 20240141195Abstract: A powder coating material composition including a tetrafluoroethylene-based copolymer, wherein the tetrafluoroethylene-based copolymer is a copolymer of 9.0 to 13.0 mass % of hexafluoropropylene, 0.8 to 3.0 mass % of a perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether, and tetrafluoroethylene, having a melt flow rate of 13 to 26 g/10-min, a melting point of 240 to 270° C., an average particle size of 5 to 500 ?m and an apparent density of 0.5 to 1.1 g/ml. Also disclosed is a film that is formed from the powder coating material composition, a laminate including the film, a coated article wherein the film of the powder coating material composition is provided on a metal substrate, and a film-forming method which includes forming a primer film on an object to be coated, and forming a film on a surface of the primer film using the powder coating material composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotake IMADA, Toshio MIYATANI, Yukari HONDA
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Patent number: 11971045Abstract: A drive support unit of a turbo compressor includes at least one bearingless motor. The at least one bearingless motor includes a rotor-stator pair constituted by a rotor and a stator, and is configured to rotationally drive a drive shaft and to support a radial load of the drive shaft in a contactless manner. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a turbo compressor to which a bearingless motor is applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Nakazawa, Atsushi Sakawaki, Hirofumi Higashi, Taiichi Nose, Takaaki Ono, Yusuke Irino
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Patent number: 11971186Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs a first estimation process based on a data set including a combination of information indicating a situation and information on power consumption when a first air conditioner, installed in a predetermined location, has been operated. The first estimation process is a process of estimating information on power consumption when the first air conditioner, installed in the predetermined location, is operated in a predetermined situation.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tadafumi Nishimura, Kouji Nagasawa
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Patent number: 11971037Abstract: In a compressor compressing a refrigerant including hydrocarbon fluoride prone to disproportionate, provided, on a contact portion of the drive shaft and the bearing portion, is an elastic bearing portion as a heat generation suppression portion suppressing excessive heat generation due to line contact of an end edge portion of the bearing portion with the drive shaft during rotation of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho
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Patent number: 11970611Abstract: The present invention provides a member for a wearable device, the member including a resin base material, an electronic component, and a protecting layer which protects the electronic component, wherein the protecting layer is a layer formed from a curable composition including a perfluoropolyether group-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Honda, Teruyuki Fukuda
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Patent number: 11970651Abstract: A surface treatment agent containing: (A) a water repellent oil repellent polymer having a repeating unit derived from at least one water repellent oil repellent monomer selected from (A1) fluorine-containing monomers and (A2) non-fluorine monomers having a hydrocarbon group with 7-40 carbon atoms; (B) a silicone polymer represented by formula R533Si—O—[—Si(R51)2—O—]a—[—Si(R51)(R52)—O—]b—SiR533 (wherein each R51 group independently represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, aryl having 6-20 carbon atoms or alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms; each R52 independently represents a saturated hydrocarbon group having 23-40 carbon atoms; each R53 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-4 carbon atoms or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 23-40 carbon atoms; a represents an integer of 0 or more; b represents an integer of 1 or more; and (a+b) is 10-200); and (C) a liquid medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kanako Takahashi, Ryousuke Hara, Ikuo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11971188Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11971203Abstract: A refrigerant amount determining device includes: an operation data acquiring unit configured to acquire operation data of an air conditioning system; a calculating unit configured to calculate a refrigerant amount index value from the operation data acquired; an inferring unit configured to infer information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value using a correction model and at least one of the acquired operation data or the calculated refrigerant amount index value; and a determining unit configured to determine a refrigerant amount of the air conditioning system based on the information regarding correction of the refrigerant amount index value.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Manabu Yoshimi, Takeshi Hikawa, Shinichi Kasahara, Shohei Yamada, Hiroyuki Kagitani, Hidetaka Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20240132432Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1A) below wherein the symbols are as defined in the description: Also disclosed are a composition containing at least one of the compound and a formed article of the compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: Kyoto University, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoki OGOSHI, Katsuto ONISHI, Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Yuko SHIOTANI, Masaji KOMORI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI