Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kurashige

Kazutaka Kurashige 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: 9494154
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes: a cooling-water line having a cooling-water pump to thereby send water for cooling a refrigerant inside of a condenser; a lubricating-water supply line connecting the part downstream from the cooling-water pump on the cooling-water line and a compressor 4 and supplying water flowing through the cooling-water line as a lubricant to the compressor 4; and a backup portion supplying water to the lubricating-water supply line instead of supplying water from the cooling-water line when the cooling-water pump is not driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KABUSHI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Toshikatsu Kanemura, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Shinji Shato, Hans Madsboll, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9206818
    Abstract: An axial flow compressor includes: an electric motor including a rotating shaft; a compression portion including a driving shaft connected without a speed-up gear to the rotating shaft of the electric motor and a rotor rotating together with the driving shaft, the compression portion driving the driving shaft and thereby compressing a working fluid; and a velocity reducing portion having a space for reducing the flow velocity of a working fluid discharged from a discharge opening of the compression portion. The rotating shaft of the electric motor is connected to the end of the driving shaft on the side of the discharge opening; and the velocity reducing portion is disposed so as to surround the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chuba Electric Power Company, Incorporated, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshitaka Baba, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Hiroshi Egawa, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Svend Rasmussen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Finn Jensen, Lars Bay Moller, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9188135
    Abstract: An axial flow compressor includes: a rotor having a rotor vane; a first pressing member joined to one end surface of the rotor; a second pressing member joined to the other end surface of the rotor; a rotor shaft portion penetrating the first pressing member, the rotor and the second pressing member; and a nut which fixes the first pressing member and the second pressing member on the rotor shaft portion with the first pressing member and the second pressing member holding the rotor between. The rotor shaft portion is made of a material having a lower linear expansion coefficient than that of a material making at least a part of the rotor. The material making at least a part of the rotor may be aluminum or aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshitaka Baba, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Svend Rasmussen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Finn Jensen, Lars Bay Moller, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 8621882
    Abstract: A compressor and a refrigerating machine which enable an easy disposal of a lubricant, are friendly to the natural environment, and have simple configurations, are provided. The compressor which is used in a refrigerating machine including an evaporator and a condenser and adapted for compressing refrigerant gas evaporated in the evaporator to convey the compressed refrigerant gas to the condenser, includes: a motor; a housing having a compression chamber inside; a rotary member which has a rotating shaft and is rotated by a driving force of the motor so as to compress water vapor serving as the refrigerant gas in the compression chamber; a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft of the rotary member in the housing; and a lubricant supplier for supplying water serving as a lubricant to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Danish Technological Institute, Johnson Controls Denmark APS
    Inventors: Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Toshikatsu Kanemura, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Masatake Toshima, Kazuto Okada, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Masaki Ikeuchi, Shinji Shato, Lars Bay Moller, Finn Jensen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Svend Rasmussen, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20130022474
    Abstract: An axial flow compressor includes: a rotor having a rotor vane; a first pressing member joined to one end surface of the rotor; a second pressing member joined to the other end surface of the rotor; a rotor shaft portion penetrating the first pressing member, the rotor and the second pressing member; and a nut which fixes the first pressing member and the second pressing member on the rotor shaft portion with the first pressing member and the second pressing member holding the rotor between. The rotor shaft portion is made of a material having a lower linear expansion coefficient than that of a material making at least a part of the rotor. The material making at least a part of the rotor may be aluminum or aluminum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshitaka Baba, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Svend Rasmussen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Finn Jensen, Lars Bay Moller, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20130014537
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes: a cooling-water line having a cooling-water pump to thereby send water for cooling a refrigerant inside of a condenser; a lubricating-water supply line connecting the part downstream from the cooling-water pump on the cooling-water line and a compressor 4 and supplying water flowing through the cooling-water line as a lubricant to the compressor 4; and a backup portion supplying water to the lubricating-water supply line instead of supplying water from the cooling-water line when the cooling-water pump is not driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Toshikatsu Kanemura, Yashihiro Nakayama, Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Shinji Shato, Hans Madsboll, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20130011280
    Abstract: An axial flow compressor includes: an electric motor including a rotating shaft; a compression portion including a driving shaft connected without a speed-up gear to the rotating shaft of the electric motor and a rotor rotating together with the driving shaft, the compression portion driving the driving shaft and thereby compressing a working fluid; and a velocity reducing portion having a space for reducing the flow velocity of a working fluid discharged from a discharge opening of the compression portion. The rotating shaft of the electric motor is connected to the end of the driving shaft on the side of the discharge opening; and the velocity reducing portion is disposed so as to surround the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshitaka Baba, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Hiroshi Egawa, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Svend Rasmussen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Finn Jensen, Lars Bay Moller, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 8333086
    Abstract: In the condenser provided with two of the degassing chambers separated by a cooling fluid, communication between the degassing chambers is prevented even if a pressure difference is increased between the degassing chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Kobe Steel, Ltd., Danish Technological Institute, Johnson Controls Denmark APS
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Kazuto Okada, Masatake Toshima, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Shinji Shato, Masaki Ikeuchi, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20110174009
    Abstract: A compressor and a refrigerating machine which enable an easy disposal of a lubricant, are friendly to the natural environment, and have simple configurations, are provided. The compressor which is used in a refrigerating machine including an evaporator and a condenser and adapted for compressing refrigerant gas evaporated in the evaporator to convey the compressed refrigerant gas to the condenser, includes: a motor; a housing having a compression chamber inside; a rotary member which has a rotating shaft and is rotated by a driving force of the motor so as to compress water vapor serving as the refrigerant gas in the compression chamber; a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft of the rotary member in the housing; and a lubricant supplier for supplying water serving as a lubricant to the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Toshikatsu Kanemura, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Masatake Toshima, Kazuto Okada, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Masaki Ikeuchi, Shinji Shato, Lars Bay Moller, Finn Jensen, Ziad Al-Janabi, Svend Rasmussen, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100293992
    Abstract: In the condenser provided with two of the degassing chambers separated by a cooling fluid, communication between the degassing chambers is prevented even if a pressure difference is increased between the degassing chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Kazuto Okada, Masatake Toshima, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Koichiro Iizuka, Satoshi Ide, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Shinji Shato, Masaki Ikeuchi, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100281903
    Abstract: Service life of the compressor is extended. The evaporator is provided with the housing having the suction port connectable to the suction portion of the compressor in order to evaporate at least part of a droplet or misty working fluid in the housing by a suction effect of the compressor through the suction port, comprising a filter installed in the housing, the filter dividing a space in the housing into the first space for generating the droplet or misty working fluid and the second space for communicating with the suction port, the filter being inclined away from the suction port as advancing upward, and the filter transmitting therethrough vapor resulting from evaporation of the droplet or misty working fluid while capturing the droplet or misty working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuto Okada, Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Kunihiko Suto, Kazutaka Kurashige, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Shinji Shato, Masaki Ikeuchi, Marcin Blazniak Andreasen, Hans Madsboll, Christian Svarregaard-Jensen