Patents by Inventor Kazuki Takama

Kazuki Takama 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).

  • Scroll compressor
    Patent number: 11939976
    Abstract: A scroll compressor has a drive shaft which drives a scroll compression mechanism housed in a housing and a drive shaft support member which supports the drive shaft. The drive shaft support member includes a plate portion having a predetermined thickness in an axial direction of the drive shaft. One side end surface of the plate portion has thereon a sliding support surface which supports the sliding movement of an orbiting scroll. Another side end surface of the plate portion has formed thereon a protruding portion which, protruding toward the other side in the axial direction, is fitted onto an inner peripheral surface of the housing. The protruding portion is interference fitted onto the inner peripheral surface of the housing, and thereby the drive shaft support member is fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takama, Hironobu Deguchi, Shinsuke Miyamae, Toshiki Maruyama, Imed Guitari, Shunichiro Motohashi
  • SCROLL COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20220412353
    Abstract: A scroll compressor has a drive shaft which drives a scroll compression mechanism housed in a housing and a drive shaft support member which supports the drive shaft. The drive shaft support member includes a plate portion having a predetermined thickness in an axial direction of the drive shaft. One side end surface of the plate portion has thereon a sliding support surface which supports the sliding movement of an orbiting scroll. Another side end surface of the plate portion has formed thereon a protruding portion which, protruding toward the other side in the axial direction, is fitted onto an inner peripheral surface of the housing. The protruding portion is interference fitted onto the inner peripheral surface of the housing, and thereby the drive shaft support member is fixed to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takama, Hironobu Deguchi, Shinsuke Miyamae, Toshiki Maruyama, Imed Guitari, Shunichiro Motohashi