Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Ogasawara
Hirotsugu Ogasawara 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: 8469679Abstract: An object of the present invention is to promote oil separation in a sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of oil discharged to the outside of a compressor. The compressor comprises discharge hole provided at position facing the end surface of a rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from first and second rotary compression elements is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of a stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression mechanism side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to an electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kogure, Kazuhiko Arai, Hiroyuki Yoshida
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Patent number: 8277202Abstract: There is disclosed a multicylindrical rotary compressor capable of improving an operation efficiency during a small-capacity operation, the compressor comprises a controller as a control unit which adjusts a rotation number of an electromotive element as a driving element and which controls an operation of a power saving mechanism, and the controller operates the power saving mechanism to connect a high-pressure chamber side of a first cylinder to a low-pressure chamber side of a second cylinder during the small-capacity operation of a refrigerant circuit constituted in a rotary compressor (the multicylindrical rotary compressor).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe
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Patent number: 7985054Abstract: In a multicylindrical rotary compressor constituted to be usable by urging an only first vane with respect to a first roller by means of a spring member to switch a first operation mode in which first and second rotary compression elements perform compression works and a second operation mode in which substantially the only first rotary compression element performs the compression work, an object is to reduce generation of collision noises due to collision of the second vane with the second roller at a time when the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, and a pressure in a back-pressure chamber of the second vane is discharged on a low-pressure chamber side in a second cylinder in a case where the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20100215525Abstract: An object of the present invention is to promote oil separation in a sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of oil discharged to the outside of a compressor. The compressor comprises discharge hole provided at position facing the end surface of a rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from first and second rotary compression elements is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of a stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression mechanism side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to an electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kogure, Kazuhiko Arai, Hiroyuki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100215524Abstract: An object of the present invention is to promote oil separation in a sealed container, thereby decreasing the amount of oil discharged to the outside of a compressor. The compressor comprises discharge hole provided at positions facing the end surface of a rotor and through which a compressed refrigerant from first and second rotary compression elements is discharged into the sealed container; and a refrigerant flow path which is extended from a space surrounded with a coil end of a stator projecting from the end surface of the rotor to a rotary compression mechanism side to a space of an air gap between the rotor and the stator, to guide the compressed refrigerant discharged through the discharge hole to an electromotive element opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side, and the outlet of this refrigerant flow path opposite to the rotary compression mechanism side faces the inner wall surface of the sealed container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kogure, Kazuhiko Arai, Hiroyuki Yoshida
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Patent number: 7762798Abstract: A compressor having a compression element including a cylinder having a compression space; a suction port and a discharge port; a compression member whose one surface crossing an axial direction of a rotary shaft is inclined continuously between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and which compresses a fluid sucked from the suction port to discharge the fluid from the discharge port; and a vane which is disposed between the suction port and the discharge port to abut on one surface of the compression member and which partitions the compression space in the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber. The hardness of the upper surface of the compression member may be higher than that of a discharge member as a receiving surface of the top dead center and lower than that of the vane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Takayuki Saito
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Patent number: 7736138Abstract: A compressor comprises: a cylinder with a compression space; a suction port and a discharge port which communicate with the compression space in the cylinder; a support member which closes an opening of the cylinder; a rotary shaft which is rotatably supported on the support member; a compression member whose one surface crossing an axial direction of the rotary shaft is inclined continuously between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and which is rotated and compresses a fluid to discharge the fluid via the discharge port; and a vane which is disposed between a suction port and the discharge port, abuts on one surface of the compression member and partitions the compression space in the cylinder into high and low pressure chambers.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takao Kanayama, Yoshiaki Hiruma, Manabu Takenaka, Masazumi Sakaniwa, Akira Hashimoto, Junichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7632082Abstract: In a hermetically sealed compressor 100 including a rotary compressing element (4) having at least one cylinder (43A, 43B), and a roller (45) provided to the cylinder so as to be freely eccentrically rotatable, an electrically-driven element (2) for driving the roller (45) and a hermetically sealed container in which the rotary compressing element and the electrically-driven element are accommodated, oil (8) being stocked in the hermetically sealed container (1), the oil (8) in the hermetically sealed container (1) is injected into the compression chamber (43) when refrigerant is sucked into the compression chamber (43) of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kogure, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe, Yoshiaki Hiruma
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Publication number: 20090238710Abstract: In a multicylindrical rotary compressor constituted to be usable by urging an only first vane with respect to a first roller by means of a spring member to switch a first operation mode in which first and second rotary compression elements perform compression works and a second operation mode in which substantially the only first rotary compression element performs the compression work, an object is to reduce generation of collision noises due to collision of the second vane with the second roller at a time when the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, and a pressure in a back-pressure chamber of the second vane is discharged on a low-pressure chamber side in a second cylinder in a case where the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7585163Abstract: An object is to avoid generation of a collision sound of a second vane of a compression system comprising a multicylinder rotary compressor being configured to be used by switching of a first operation mode in which both rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a the second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work. When the second operation mode is switched to the first operation mode, discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and thereafter an intermediate pressure is applied which is between suction-side and discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements. When the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, a valve device interrupts flowing of a refrigerant into a second cylinder, and thereafter suction-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as the back pressure of the second vane.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7585162Abstract: An object is to avoid generation of a collision sound of a second vane of a compression system comprising a multicylinder rotary compressor being configured to be used by switching of a first operation mode in which both rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a the second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work. When the second operation mode is switched to the first operation mode, discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and thereafter an intermediate pressure is applied which is between suction-side and discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements. When the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, a valve device interrupts flowing of a refrigerant into a second cylinder, and thereafter suction-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as the back pressure of the second vane.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7581936Abstract: A hermetically sealed rotary compressor 100 including an electrically-driven element 2, a rotary compressing element 4 equipped with a cylinder 41 having a compression chamber 43 and a hermetically sealed container 1 in which oil 8 is stocked, is equipped with an oil path 62 for injecting the oil 8 into the compression chamber 43 when refrigerant is sucked into the compression chamber 43, and an opening/closing valve 80 for opening/closing the oil path 62 in accordance with the discharge pressure of the rotary compressing element 4 of the pressure of the compressed refrigerant compressed by the rotary compressing element 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yoshihisa Kogure, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7581937Abstract: A compressor having a sealed container; a cylinder in which a compression space is constituted; a suction port and a discharge port which communicate with the compression space in the cylinder; a support member which closes an opening of the cylinder; a rotary shaft which is rotatably supported by a main bearing as a bearing formed on the support member; a compression member whose one surface crossing an axial direction of the rotary shaft is inclined continuously between a top dead center and a bottom dead center; a vane which is disposed between the suction port and the discharge port to abut on one surface side of the compression member and which partitions the compression space in the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber. A pressure of the compression member on the other surface side of the compression member is set to a value which is lower than tat of a pressure in the sealed container.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takao Kanayama, Yoshiaki Hiruma, Manabu Takenaka, Masazumi Sakaniwa, Akira Hashimoto, Junichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7572116Abstract: An object is to avoid generation of a collision sound of a second vane of a compression system comprising a multicylinder rotary compressor being configured to be used by switching of a first operation mode in which both rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a the second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work. When the second operation mode is switched to the first operation mode, discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and thereafter an intermediate pressure is applied which is between suction-side and discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements. When the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, a valve device interrupts flowing of a refrigerant into a second cylinder, and thereafter suction-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as the back pressure of the second vane.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7566204Abstract: In a multicylindrical rotary compressor constituted to be usable by urging an only first vane with respect to a first roller by means of a spring member to switch a first operation mode in which first and second rotary compression elements perform compression works and a second operation mode in which substantially the only first rotary compression element performs the compression work, an object is to reduce generation of collision noises due to collision of the second vane with the second roller at a time when the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, and a pressure in a back-pressure chamber of the second vane is discharged on a low-pressure chamber side in a second cylinder in a case where the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7563085Abstract: A compressor includes two rotary compressing elements in a vessel. One of the compressing elements operates while the other element is in a non-operating mode. In the non-operating mode, inflow of refrigerant gas into the cylinder of the rotary compressing element is blocked and a suction side pressure of the rotary compressing element is applied as a back pressure to a vane. A compressing system includes the compressor and a controller and operates in first and second operation modes. In the first operation mode, refrigerant gas flows into a cylinder and an intermediate pressure, a result of flow of the refrigerant gas from between a vane and a guide groove into a back pressure portion, between a suction side pressure and a discharge side pressure, is applied as a back pressure to bias the vane against a roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masazumi Sakaniwa, Akira Hashimoto, Masayuki Hara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Akihiro Suda
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Patent number: 7540724Abstract: A compressor having a compression member whose upper surface crosses an axial direction of a rotary shaft and is inclined continuously between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and which is disposed in a cylinder to be rotated by a rotary shaft and which compresses a fluid sucked from a suction port to discharge the fluid via a discharge port; a vane disposed between the suction port and the discharge port abuts on the upper surface of the compression member and partitions a compression space in the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber; the upper surface of the compression member has a flat surface centering on an intermediate point between the top dead center and the bottom dead center and curved surfaces gradually approaching the top dead center and the bottom dead center continuously from the flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara
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Patent number: 7524174Abstract: An object is to avoid generation of a collision sound of a second vane of a compression system comprising a multicylinder rotary compressor being configured to be used by switching of a first operation mode in which both rotary compression elements perform a compression work and a the second operation mode in which the only first rotary compression element substantially performs the compression work. When the second operation mode is switched to the first operation mode, discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as a back pressure of the second vane, and thereafter an intermediate pressure is applied which is between suction-side and discharge-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements. When the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, a valve device interrupts flowing of a refrigerant into a second cylinder, and thereafter suction-side pressures of both the rotary compression elements are applied as the back pressure of the second vane.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Sawabe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7488165Abstract: Previous compressors have employed compressors to compress and circulate refrigerant through a circuit, and have been unable to combine the differing advantages of rotary compressors, scroll compressors and screw compressors. The present invention combines these advantages, as well as inhibiting refrigerant leakage and improving overall performance, by particularly fixing the position of the compression member of the compression element relative to the driving element. The driving element is stored in a sealed container of the compressor. The compression element includes a cylinder having suction and discharge ports and a compression member which compresses a fluid (refrigerant) sucked from the suction port to discharge the fluid via the discharge port; and a vane partitioning the compression space in the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Akihiro Suda, Masayuki Hara
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Patent number: 7481635Abstract: A compressor having a compression element with a cylinder in which a compression space is constituted, a suction port and a discharge port which communicate with the compression space in the cylinder, a support member which closes an opening on the cylinder and a rotary shaft which is rotatably supported by a main bearing as a bearing formed on the support member. A compression member, whose one surface crosses an axial direction of the rotary shaft is inclined continuously between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and is disposed in the cylinder to be rotated by the rotary shaft, compresses a fluid sucked from the suction port to discharge the fluid via the discharge port. A vane which is disposed between the suction port and the discharge port to abut on one surface of the compression member partitions the compression space in the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and high pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nishikawa, Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takao Kanayama, Yoshiaki Hiruma, Manabu Takenaka, Masazumi Sakaniwa, Akira Hashimoto, Junichi Suzuki