Patents by Inventor Hideki Mizutani

Hideki Mizutani 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).

  • Patent number: 7533844
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a paper splicing apparatus that can improve workability of an operator and splicing accuracy at low cost with a simple construction. Thus, a paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing by sticking together a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web comprises a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in an approaching/departing direction to/from a surface of the old web, a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the approaching/departing direction independently of the first reciprocating member, a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the first reciprocating member, and a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the second reciprocating member with the new web fastened between the first roller and the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Mizutani, Yoshio Harada, Takayuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20080199329
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a device for reducing pulsation in a variable displacement compressor. The compressor is connected to an external refrigerant circuit. The device for reducing pulsation includes a flow passage and a control valve. The control valve includes a valve housing, a spool valve and a damper chamber. The spool valve has formed therethrough a flow hole. The damper chamber communicates with the flow passage adjacent to the external refrigerant circuit through the flow hole. Effective cross-sectional area and effective length of the flow hole are determined based on frequency of a specific pulsation of the refrigerant gas and volume of the damper chamber at the time of the development of the specific pulsation in such a manner that the specific pulsation is developed, resonance effect of a Helmholtz resonator takes place in the damper chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Sokichi Hibino, Suehiro Fukazawa, Taro Ozeki, Miyako Asagoe
  • Publication number: 20070075179
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a paper splicing apparatus that can improve workability of an operator and splicing accuracy at low cost with a simple construction. Thus, a paper splicing apparatus that carries out paper splicing by sticking together a tip of a new web pulled out from a rolled web to an old web drawn out from another rolled web comprises a first reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in an approaching/departing direction to/from a surface of the old web, a second reciprocating member provided to freely reciprocate in the approaching/departing direction independently of the first reciprocating member, a first roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the first reciprocating member, and a second roller pivotally supported to freely rotate with respect to the second reciprocating member with the new web fastened between the first roller and the second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Mizutani, Yoshio Harada, Takayuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 6969241
    Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Patent number: 6932582
    Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Publication number: 20040182236
    Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Publication number: 20040184924
    Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Publication number: 20040123731
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a bearing, a thrust bearing, a lug plate and urging means. The urging means is placed between the bearing and the lug plate and has urging force for reducing thrust force applied to the thrust bearing. The bearing receives radial force and thrust force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Masakazu Murase, Hiroaki Kayukawa, Hideki Mizutani, Tatsuya Koide, Takahisa Ban
  • Publication number: 20040118140
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor optionally varies displacement based upon pressure in a crank chamber for adjusting the pressure in the crank chamber by varying an opening degree of a passage that interconnects the crank chamber and one of relatively high and low pressure regions of the refrigeration cycle. A control valve of the variable displacement compressor has a valve seat and a valve. The valve seat has a seat surface for adjusting the opening degree of the passage. The valve has a valve surface for adjusting the opening degree of the passage. At least one of the seat surface and the valve surface is made of a material with relatively high hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Umemura, Hideki Mizutani, Masakazu Murase, Tatsuya Hirose, Yuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6726456
    Abstract: A filter 42 comprises a cylindrical filter body 45 which is disposed in a suction passage 41, a lid portion 47 which closes an opening 45b positioned in a downstream side of the suction passage 41 in the filter body 45, communication holes 48 which penetrate through the filter body 45 and communicate the inside of the filter body 45 with the outside thereof, and filter elements 49, 50 which are disposed downstream of the communication holes 48 and the lid portion 47, in the filter body 45; wherein a gap between an outer circumferential surface 45c of the filter body 45 and an inner circumferential surface 45a of the suction passage 41 is closed upstream of the communication holes 48.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Minoru Mera, Hideki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20040045305
    Abstract: An air conditioner has a refrigerant circuit, a control valve, a detector, a calculator, a suction pressure sensor and a compressor controller. The refrigerant circuit includes a variable displacement compressor. First and second pressure monitoring points are located in the refrigerant circuit. The control valve includes an actuator and a pressure sensing mechanism that has a pressure sensing member and a valve body. The detector detects cooling load information in the refrigerant circuit. The calculator calculates a target pressure in a relatively low pressure region in the refrigerant circuit in response to the detected cooling load information. The suction pressure sensor detects actual pressure in the reiatively low pressure region in the refrigerant circuit. The compressor controller controls the actuator to eliminate a differential between the calculated target pressure and the detected actual pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Masakazu Murase, Hiroaki Kayukawa, Hideki Mizutani, Sokichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 6666128
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor has a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate and a piston. The housing includes a cylinder block, a front housing, and a rear housing. The drive shaft is rotatably supported by the housing. The swash plate is connected to the drive shaft, and is integrally rotatable with the drive shaft and tiltable relative to the drive shaft. The piston engages with the swash plate through a pair of shoes. Rotation of the drive shaft is converted to reciprocation of the piston through the swash plate and the shoes, and the displacement of the compressor is adjusted by varying the inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to the axis of the drive shaft. The swash plate includes a base member made of copper series and a sliding layer coating a sliding surface of the base member with respect to the shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoto Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Takayuki Kato, Hideki Mizutani, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda, Tomohiro Murakami, Shino Okubo
  • Patent number: 6581507
    Abstract: A single-headed piston type swash plate compressor able to prevent wear of a coating when using a swash plate having a coating on a swash plate substrate to improve the slidability and in turn able to exhibit greater durability, wherein the swash plate is comprised of a swash plate substrate made of a ferrous material and a coating formed on at least one compression chamber side for improving the slidability with the ferrous material and wherein at least one shoe is comprised of a shoe substrate made of an aluminum-based material having a specific gravity smaller than that of the ferrous metal and coatings formed on the surfaces of the shoe substrate for improving the slidability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hideki Mizutani, Manabu Sugiura, Kiyohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Takayuki Kato, Takahiro Sugioka
  • Publication number: 20030031569
    Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Patent number: 6514049
    Abstract: A control valve is used in connection with a variable displacement compressor that varies the discharge capacity by controlling an inclination of a cam plate located in a crank chamber. The inclination of the cam plate is variable based on crank chamber pressure caused by refrigerant in the crank chamber. Monitor pressure is monitored at a predetermined point in a refrigerant circuit for causing a change in the crank chamber pressure and ultimately varying the discharge capacity. The control valve has a housing, an internal control valve mechanism and an external control valve mechanism. The internal control valve mechanism is located inside the valve housing and has a first valve body and a first reacting member. The first reacting member is connected to the first valve body for reacting to the monitor pressure to cause a change in the crank chamber pressure. The external control valve mechanism is located inside the valve housing and has a second valve body and a second reacting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Minoru Mera, Hideki Mizutani, Kazuya Kimura, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Takeshi Imanishi, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Publication number: 20030000376
    Abstract: A swash plate (15) of a swash plate type compressor includes a slide-contact film (32, 33) having a metal layer, which is formed on a slide-contact surface (152, 153), which slide-contacts shoes (18), through sintering, and a resin layer (322, 332), which is formed on the metal layer. By using the metal layer, which is formed through sintering, the bonding of the resin layer and the metal layer is guaranteed, deficiencies such as cracking of a slide film and seizure are prevented, and the slide-contact characteristic relative to the shoes is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Takayuki Kato, Hideki Mizutani, Shino Okubo, Tomohiro Murakami
  • Publication number: 20020159893
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor has a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate and a piston. The housing includes a cylinder block, a front housing, and a rear housing. The drive shaft is rotatably supported by the housing. The swash plate is connected to the drive shaft, and is integrally rotatable with the drive shaft and tiltable relative to the drive shaft. The piston engages with the swash plate through a pair of shoes. Rotation of the drive shaft is converted to reciprocation of the piston through the swash plate and the shoes, and the displacement of the compressor is adjusted by varying the inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to the axis of the drive shaft. The swash plate includes a base member made of copper series and a sliding layer coating a sliding surface of the base member with respect to the shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Takayuki Kato, Hideki Mizutani, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda, Tomohiro Murakami, Shino Okubo
  • Publication number: 20020131876
    Abstract: A filter 42 comprises a cylindrical filter body 45 which is disposed in a suction passage 41, a lid portion 47 which closes an opening 45b positioned in a downstream side of the suction passage 41 in the filter body 45, communication holes 48 which penetrate through the filter body 45 and communicate the inside of the filter body 45 with the outside thereof, and filter elements 49, 50 which are disposed downstream of the communication holes 48 and the lid portion 47, in the filter body 45; wherein a gap between an outer circumferential surface 45c of the filter body 45 and an inner circumferential surface 45a of the suction passage 41 is closed upstream of the communication holes 48.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Minoru Mera, Hideki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20020020286
    Abstract: A single-headed piston type swash plate compressor able to prevent wear of a coating when using a swash plate having a coating on a swash plate substrate to improve the slidability and in turn able to exhibit greater durability, wherein the swash plate is comprised of a swash plate substrate made of a ferrous material and a coating formed on at least one compression chamber side for improving the slidability with the ferrous material and wherein at least one shoe is comprised of a shoe substrate made of an aluminum-based material having a specific gravity smaller than that of the ferrous metal and coatings formed on the surfaces of the shoe substrate for improving the slidability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hideki Mizutani, Manabu Sugiura, Kiyohiro Yamada, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Takayuki Kato, Takahiro Sugioka
  • Publication number: 20020018723
    Abstract: A control valve is used in connection with a variable displacement compressor that varies the discharge capacity by controlling an inclination of a cam plate located in a crank chamber. The inclination of the cam plate is variable based on crank chamber pressure caused by refrigerant in the crank chamber. Monitor pressure is monitored at a predetermined point in a refrigerant circuit for causing a change in the crank chamber pressure and ultimately varying the discharge capacity. The control valve has a housing, an internal control valve mechanism and an external control valve mechanism. The internal control valve mechanism is located inside the valve housing and has a first valve body and a first reacting member. The first reacting member is connected to the first valve body for reacting to the monitor pressure to cause a change in the crank chamber pressure. The external control valve mechanism is located inside the valve housing and has a second valve body and a second reacting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Minoru Mera, Hideki Mizutani, Kazuya Kimura, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Takeshi Imanishi, Hiroaki Kayukawa