Patents by Inventor Hiroo Yamaguchi

Hiroo Yamaguchi 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: 20050056406
    Abstract: In a cooling device, a condensation unit is constructed by stacking plural unit plates and two outer plates. The plural unit plates are superimposed in a plate-thickness direction between the outer plates, and three sheets of unit plates are also arranged in the planar direction. The radiating fins are provided such that the width of the base is substantially equal to the width of the unit plate, and are arranged in parallel on one of the outer plates in the same manner as the unit plate. According to this structure, the number of the unit plates arranged in parallel with the outer plates and the number of the radiating fins are increased or decreased, so that it is possible to easily change the size of a radiating unit in accordance with a necessary cooling capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takahide Ohara, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yuhei Kunikata, Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050011687
    Abstract: High-tension cables 7U, 7V, 7W connect an inverter 6 disposed outside an engine compartment with a motor/generator 3 disposed in the engine compartment, the high-tension cables 7U, 7V, 7W are individually passed through metallic protection pipes 30 under a floor of a vehicle, the protection pipes 30 are supported from an underside of the floor, and the high-tension cables 7U, 7V, 7W are passed through a protection tube 20 over a predetermined distance from the motor/generator 3 in the engine compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroo Yamaguchi, Harumi Takedomi, Hiromitsu Sato, Yasuo Kitami
  • Publication number: 20040221577
    Abstract: A thermoelectric generating device has a thermoelectric element which utilizes an exhaust gas from an engine as a high temperature heat source and an engine coolant as a low temperature heat source in order to generate electricity. An introducing passage introduces a part of the exhaust gas passed through the thermoelectric element into an intake of the engine. An introducing valve opens and closes the introducing passage. A controller controls an opening degree of the introducing valve according to a load of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroo Yamaguchi, Yasutoshi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6810947
    Abstract: In a cooling device, a condensation unit is constructed by stacking plural unit plates and two outer plates. The plural unit plates are superimposed in a plate-thickness direction between the outer plates, and three sheets of unit plates are also arranged in the planar direction. The radiating fins are provided such that the width of the base is substantially equal to the width of the unit plate, and are arranged in parallel on one of the outer plates in the same manner as the unit plate. According to this structure, the number of the unit plates arranged in parallel with the outer plates and the number of the radiating fins are increased or decreased, so that it is possible to easily change the size of a radiating unit in accordance with a necessary cooling capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takahide Ohara, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yuhei Kunikata, Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030070792
    Abstract: In a cooling device, a condensation unit is constructed by stacking plural unit plates and two outer plates. The plural unit plates are superimposed in a plate-thickness direction between the outer plates, and three sheets of unit plates are also arranged in the planar direction. The radiating fins are provided such that the width of the base is substantially equal to the width of the unit plate, and are arranged in parallel on one of the outer plates in the same manner as the unit plate. According to this structure, the number of the unit plates arranged in parallel with the outer plates and the number of the radiating fins are increased or decreased, so that it is possible to easily change the size of a radiating unit in accordance with a necessary cooling capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takahide Ohara, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yuhei Kunikata, Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6494976
    Abstract: A cooling device has a radiator plate and a corrugated fin for cooling an electrical component. In a manufacturing process of the cooling device, a symmetrically constructed tool section presses the radiator plate and the fin against an anvil. The radiator plate has an attaching portion where an electrical component is attached. Knurled surface for preventing a slide is formed on the tool section only at a surrounding area to prevent a deformation of the attaching portion. The tool section and the radiator plate vibrate ultrasonically in a longitudinal direction of corrugations of the fin to prevent a crack on the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Hayashi, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Takaki Okochi, Takeshi Iguchi, Toshinari Sasaki, Kazuaki Kafuku
  • Patent number: 6328529
    Abstract: A blower for flowing cooling air toward a corrugated fin is disposed to face the corrugated fin. The blower is covered with a blower case. Leg portions are integrally formed with and protrude from the blower case to face the corrugated fin at both sides in a corrugated direction of the corrugated fin. The blower case is fixed to a radiation plate by elastic deformation of the leg portions. The leg portions cover the both sides in the corrugated direction of the corrugated fin, so that the corrugated fin is protected from external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kazuaki Kafuku, Takai Okochi
  • Patent number: 6135200
    Abstract: A square substrate is divided into four substrate areas with reference lines respectively passing through a central point of the substrate in parallel with one of diagonals of the substrate. A fin disposed between the substrate and an axial fan has plural louvers each facing one of the substrate areas and extending in a direction parallel to a corresponding reference line of the one of the substrate areas. Accordingly, when air is blown out from the axial fan toward the substrate, an air flow direction can be changed by the louvers so that the air radially flows out from the central point of the substrate. As a result, a heat spot is not produced on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Takaki Okochi, Hiroo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kazuaki Kafuku
  • Patent number: 5992514
    Abstract: A first cooling fin and a second cooing fin are separated to have a predetermine clearance, and a plurality of connecting portions for partly connecting the first and second cooling fins are formed. When the first and second cooling fins are unfolded, the length E of each the connecting portion in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first and second cooling fins is equal to 5% or less of the length F between the adjacent connecting portions. Further, the first cooling fin is projected from the condenser tube toward the radiator tube side with a projection length Lc being in a range of 1.7 to 7.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Sugimoto, Shinobu Suzuki, Takaaki Sakane, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Akira Uchikawa, Hiroo Yamaguchi