Patents by Inventor Akio Saiki

Akio Saiki 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: 20130251548
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, compression unit, discharge chamber, outlet, and oil separation structure. The oil separation structure, which is arranged between the discharge chamber and the outlet, includes an oil reservoir, oil separation compartment, intake passage, exhaust passage, and supply passage. The oil separation compartment is located upward from the oil reservoir. The intake passage, which extends upward from the oil separation compartment, draws refrigerant gas into the oil separation compartment from the discharge chamber to separate lubrication oil from the refrigerant gas. The exhaust passage extends upward from the oil separation compartment and discharges the refrigerant gas in the oil separation compartment out of the housing through the outlet. The supply passage extends upward from the oil separation compartment and has a larger cross-sectional area than the intake passage. The supply passage supplies the oil reservoir with lubrication oil from the oil separation compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masami Ohno, Masakazu Obayashi, Shinichi Sato, Akio Saiki, Akihiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8535029
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor has a rotary shaft, a fixed scroll member, a movable scroll member and a rib. The fixed scroll member has a fixed end plate and a fixed scroll wall. The fixed end plate has first and second sides. The fixed scroll wall is formed on the first side. The movable scroll member has a movable end plate and a movable scroll wall. The movable scroll wall is formed on the movable end plate. The movable scroll member is adapted to make an orbital motion in accordance with the rotation of the rotary shaft whereby a compression chamber to decrease the volume of the compression chamber with the orbital motion of the movable scroll member is formed between the fixed scroll member and the movable scroll member. The rib is provided on the second side so as to extend behind the inner end of the fixed scroll wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masami Ohno, Shinichi Sato, Akio Saiki, Shinsuke Asou
  • Publication number: 20130034461
    Abstract: A compressor has auxiliary and main oil reservoir chambers that retain lubricant oil that is separated from refrigerant in an oil separation chamber. A part of the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber is defined by a peripheral wall of the oil separation chamber. An introducing passage for introducing lubricant oil in the oil separation chamber to the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber is formed in the peripheral wall. The inlet of the introducing passage opens to the oil separation chamber on the inner surface of the peripheral wall. The outlet of the introducing passage opens to the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber. The main oil reservoir chamber is located below the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber in the direction of gravity. A drain port for draining lubricant oil in the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber to the main oil reservoir chamber is formed in a bottom wall of the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tsubasa MITSUI, Shinichi SATO, Kazuo KOBAYASHI, Akio SAIKI, Akihiro NAKASHIMA, Shinsuke ASOU
  • Publication number: 20120213648
    Abstract: A compressor compressing a fluid including lubricating oil includes, on the discharge side thereof, a first separation chamber for separating the lubricating oil by generating a swirling flow in the fluid. The first separation chamber includes: a circumferential wall; an inflow port that is formed in the circumferential wall and causes the fluid to flow into the first separation chamber; and a guiding plate extending from the circumferential wall. The guiding plate extends so as to face the inflow port in a direction where the fluid flows from the inflow port into the first separation chamber, and so as to deflect the fluid flow from the inflow port to guide it along an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKASHIMA, Shinichi SATO, Akio SAIKI, Kazuo KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8197229
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type compressor includes front and rear housings, a cylinder block defining therein a crank chamber and a plurality of cylinder bores and having a shaft hole therethrough, a double-headed piston accommodated in the cylinder bores for reciprocating therein, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the shaft hole, compression chambers defined by the cylinder bores, a suction chamber defined by the front housing and an introduction passage having a rotary valve for introducing refrigerant from the suction chamber into the compression chambers. The introduction passage includes a communication passage formed in the cylinder block for connecting the suction chamber to the shaft hole, suction passages connecting the shaft hole and the compression chambers and a recessed passage formed in the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft for connecting intermittently between the communication passage and the respective suction passages in accordance with the rotation of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tsubasa Mitsui, Shinichi Sato, Manabu Sugiura, Keishi Nakagaki, Akio Saiki
  • Patent number: 8097569
    Abstract: A compressor includes a swash plate, and a shoe connected to an outer periphery of the swash plate. A surface of the swash plate slides upon a flat surface of the shoe. A sliding film is applied to the surface of the swash plate. The sliding film is formed of binder resin which contains a solid lubricant and titanium oxide powder. This allows the surface of the swash plate and the flat surface of the shoe to smoothly slide upon each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Noriyuki Shintoku, Noriaki Baba, Toshihisa Shimo, Hitotoshi Murase, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Jiro Yamashita, Takahiro Sugioka
  • Patent number: 8091872
    Abstract: A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes a first mounting member, a second mounting member, a main rubber elastic body, a flexible film, a partition member, a valve, a coil, a control-signals-generating circuit and a power amplifier circuit. The valve enables to switch the second orifice passage between an open state and a closed state. The second orifice passage communicates the pressure-receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber with each other. The switch of the valve is performed by an electromagnetic force occurring by an electrical connection of the coil. Furthermore the control-signals-generating circuit is formed and disposed separately from the coil. The control-signals-generating circuit produces state switching control signals of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Koyama, Atsushi Muramatsu, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20110300011
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor has a rotary shaft, a fixed scroll member, a movable scroll member and a rib. The fixed scroll member has a fixed end plate and a fixed scroll wall. The fixed end plate has first and second sides. The fixed scroll wall is formed on the first side. The movable scroll member has a movable end plate and a movable scroll wall. The movable scroll wall is formed on the movable end plate. The movable scroll member is adapted to make an orbital motion in accordance with the rotation of the rotary shaft whereby a compression chamber to decrease the volume of the compression chamber with the orbital motion of the movable scroll member is formed between the fixed scroll member and the movable scroll member. The rib is provided on the second side so as to extend behind the inner end of the fixed scroll wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masami OHNO, Shinichi SATO, Akio SAIKI, Shinsuke ASOU
  • Patent number: 8047810
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type compressor connected with an external device is provided. The compressor includes a plurality of cylinder bore pairs, double-headed pistons, a first rotary valve, a second rotary valve, first suction passages, and second suction passages. In each cylinder bore pair, a first time period from a first top dead center timing, which is timing when the double-headed piston reaches a top dead center in a first compression chamber, to a first communication start timing, which is timing when a first introduction passage starts to communicate with a first suction passage, is different from a second time period from a second top dead center timing, which is timing when the double-headed piston reaches a top dead center in a second compression chamber, to a second communication start timing, which is timing when the second introduction passage starts to communicate with a second suction passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Akio Saiki, Norikazu Deto, Kazuhiro Hotta
  • Patent number: 7841840
    Abstract: A mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to front compression chambers (28a) of a double-headed piston type compressor differs from a mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to rear compression chambers (29a). More specifically, the mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to the front compression chambers (28a) include suction valves (18a) configured by flap valves. The mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to the rear compression chambers (29a) is configured by a rotary valve (35). Thus, pulsation of the compressor is reduced, so that the generation of noise is suppressed. As a result, a quiet compressor is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Jun Kondo, Takeshi Aoki, Tomohiro Wakita, Mitsuyo Ishikawa, Akio Saiki
  • Publication number: 20100003146
    Abstract: A piston type compressor has a cylinder block, a cylinder bore formed in the cylinder block, a rotary shaft, a piston and a compression chamber formed in the cylinder bore. The piston is received in the cylinder bore and reciprocates in accordance with the rotation of the rotary shaft. The compressor further has a main suction chamber communicable with the compression chamber, a discharge chamber formed annularly so as to surround the main suction chamber, a subsidiary suction chamber formed so as to surround the discharge chamber, partitions formed in the discharge chamber so as to protrude into the discharge chamber and a suction passage formed in each partition so as to interconnect the subsidiary suction chamber and the main suction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinichi SATO, Akio SAIKI, Manabu SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20090297369
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type compressor includes front and rear housings, a cylinder block defining therein a crank chamber and a plurality of cylinder bores and having a shaft hole therethrough, a double-headed piston accommodated in the cylinder bores for reciprocating therein, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the shaft hole, compression chambers defined by the cylinder bores, a suction chamber defined by the front housing and an introduction passage having a rotary valve for introducing refrigerant from the suction chamber into the compression chambers. The introduction passage includes a communication passage formed in the cylinder block for connecting the suction chamber to the shaft hole, suction passages connecting the shaft hole and the compression chambers and a recessed passage formed in the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft for connecting intermittently between the communication passage and the respective suction passages in accordance with the rotation of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tsubasa MITSUI, Shinichi SATO, Manabu SUGIURA, Keishi NAKAGAKI, Akio SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20090238697
    Abstract: A mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to front compression chambers (28a) of a double-headed piston type compressor differs from a mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to rear compression chambers (29a). More specifically, the mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to the front compression chambers (28a) include suction valves (18a) configured by flap valves. The mechanism for drawing in refrigerant to the rear compression chambers (29a) is configured by a rotary valve (35). Thus, pulsation of the compressor is reduced, so that the generation of noise is suppressed. As a result, a quiet compressor is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Jun Kondo, Takeshi Aoki, Tomohiro Wakita, Mitsuyo Ishikawa, Akio Saiki
  • Patent number: 7547198
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type compressor forms a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber for compressing gas. The compressor has rotary shaft having an inner chamber that interconnects a suction chamber and the first and second compression chambers for introducing the gas into the first and second compression chambers. The compressor also has a partition wall that is located in the inner chamber for dividing the inner chamber into a first passage and a second passage. The first passage interconnects the suction chamber and the first compression chamber. The second passage interconnects the suction chamber and the second compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Noriyuki Shintoku, Nobutoshi Banno, Jun Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080296818
    Abstract: A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes a first mounting member, a second mounting member, a main rubber elastic body, a flexible film, a partition member, a valve, a coil, a control-signals-generating circuit and a power amplifier circuit. The valve enables to switch the second orifice passage between an open state and a closed state. The second orifice passage communicates the pressure-receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber with each other. The switch of the valve is performed by an electromagnetic force occurring by an electrical connection of the coil. Furthermore the control-signals-generating circuit is formed and disposed separately from the coil. The control-signals-generating circuit produces state switching control signals of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Koyama, Atsushi Muramatsu, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20080286125
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type compressor connected with an external device is provided. The compressor includes a plurality of cylinder bore pairs, double-headed pistons, a first rotary valve, a second rotary valve, first suction passages, and second suction passages. In each cylinder bore pair, a first time period from a first top dead center timing, which is timing when the double-headed piston reaches a top dead center in a first compression chamber, to a first communication start timing, which is timing when a first introduction passage starts to communicate with a first suction passage, is different from a second time period from a second top dead center timing, which is timing when the double-headed piston reaches a top dead center in a second compression chamber, to a second communication start timing, which is timing when the second introduction passage starts to communicate with a second suction passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Manabu SUGIURA, Akio SAIKI, Norikazu DETO, Kazuhiro HOTTA
  • Publication number: 20080179798
    Abstract: A fluid filled type engine mount wherein a partition member is furnished with a valve housing zone and a valve body composed of ferromagnetic material is housed displaceably within the valve housing zone. An urging member is provided for urging the valve body towards a displacing end situated towards an equilibrium chamber. A valve member includes a coil disposed about the valve body in the partition member and energizing the coil to urge the valve body towards a pressure receiving chamber in opposition to urging force in order to place a second orifice passage in a cutoff state through by the urging force of the urging member, and in a communicating state through energization of the coil to separate contacting portions of the valve body and a wall of the valve housing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20080174058
    Abstract: A fluid filled type engine mount that includes a movable film that is disposed in a partition member so that a second orifice passage connects a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber via the movable film. It also includes a valve member that is composed of: a valve body formed of ferromagnetic material; an urging member for exerting urging force on the valve body so that the second orifice passage is placed in a cutoff state by the valve body when the urging member is in an initial state; and a coil disposed in an interior of the partition member. The coil is energized to generate a magnetic field by which the valve body is displaced in order to place the second orifice passage in a communicating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7377754
    Abstract: A compressor includes a swash plate, and a shoe connected to an outer periphery of the swash plate. A surface of the swash plate slides upon a flat surface of the shoe. A sliding film is applied to the surface of the swash plate. The sliding film is formed of binder resin which contains a solid lubricant and titanium oxide powder. This allows the surface of the swash plate and the flat surface of the shoe to smoothly slide upon each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Akio Saiki, Noriyuki Shintoku, Toshihisa Shimo, Noriaki Baba, Hitotoshi Murase, Takahiro Sugioka
  • Patent number: 7350777
    Abstract: An engine mount has: a mount body including an upper and lower fitting of plate shape, and a pair of rubber mount elements of block shape; and an inner tube fitting situated within a through-hole in the upper fitting, formed at a location between the pair of rubber mount elements, and a vibration damping bushing integrally vulcanization bonded with the inner tube fitting and the upper fitting, and connecting the inner and upper fittings in the diametrical direction. The pair of rubber mount elements and the bushing rubber are integrally vulcanization molded. A stopper fitting is affixed within the inner tube fitting, with a vehicle front-back direction fitting stopper portion and/or a left-right direction fitting stopper portion being disposed on the stopper fitting, and a corresponding rubber stopper portion is disposed on the upper fitting side, with the fitting stopper portion and the rubber stopper portion being placed abutting one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Akio Saiki, Yoshihiro Kawabata