Patents by Inventor Keita MORIMOTO

Keita MORIMOTO 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: 20230003467
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in one direction, and a corrugated fin provided between the tubes. The corrugated fin includes joints joined to the tubes, and fin bodies that connect the joints which are located next to each other along the wave shape. The fin body includes a cut-raised portion that has a shape in which a part of the fin body is cut and raised for promotion of heat transfer. The cut-raised portion includes a cut-raised end on at least one end of the cut-raised portion in the one direction. The cut-raised end has recesses and projections on its surface that increase hydrophilicity of the surface of the cut-raised end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Keita MORIMOTO, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Mitsuyoshi SAITO, Tatsuhiko NISHINO, Shota CHATANI, Toshiya NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20220155028
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes through which a first fluid flows, and a corrugated fin configured to improve a heat exchange efficiency between the first fluid flowing through the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside of the tubes. The corrugated fin includes bending portions connected to adjacent two tubes of the tubes and fin body portions extending between the bending portions. Each of the fin body portions includes grooves on a surface thereof and a protrusion. Each of the grooves extends in an extending direction from one of the adjacent two tubes toward the other. The protrusion is disposed at an intermediate position of at least one of the grooves between the adjacent two tubes in the extending direction. The protrusion protrudes from a bottom of the at least one of the grooves toward the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Keita MORIMOTO, Eiichi TORIGOE
  • Patent number: 11187432
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a tube, a corrugated fin, and a plurality of grooves. The corrugated fin has a plurality of bent portions and a plurality of fin main bodies disposed between the bent portions. The multiple grooves are arranged at specified intervals from each other and are formed on a surface of the corrugated fin to enhance the hydrophilicity of the surface. The corrugated fin includes a first thick portion in which at least one of the grooves is included and a second thick portion thicker than the first thick portion in a cross-sectional view along an extending direction of the bent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Morimoto, Tomohiko Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Nishino, Toshiya Nagasawa, Masahiro Shimoya, Mitsuyoshi Saito, Shota Chatani
  • Publication number: 20200096226
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a tube, a corrugated fin, and a plurality of grooves. The corrugated fin has a plurality of bent portions and a plurality of fin main bodies disposed between the bent portions. The multiple grooves are arranged at specified intervals from each other and are formed on a surface of the corrugated fin to enhance the hydrophilicity of the surface. The corrugated fin includes a first thick portion in which at least one of the grooves is included and a second thick portion thicker than the first thick portion in a cross-sectional view along an extending direction of the bent portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Keita MORIMOTO, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Tatsuhiko NISHINO, Toshiya NAGASAWA, Masahiro SHIMOYA, Mitsuyoshi SAITO, Shota CHATANI
  • Publication number: 20200096264
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in one direction, and a corrugated fin provided between the tubes. The corrugated fin includes joints joined to the tubes, and fin bodies that connect the joints which are located next to each other along the wave shape. The fin body includes a cut-raised portion that has a shape in which a part of the fin body is cut and raised for promotion of heat transfer. The cut-raised portion includes a cut-raised end on at least one end of the cut-raised portion in the one direction. The cut-raised end has recesses and projections on its surface that increase hydrophilicity of the surface of the cut-raised end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Keita MORIMOTO, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Mitsuyoshi SAITO, Masahiro SHIMOYA, Tatsuhiko NISHINO, Shota CHATANI, Toshiya NAGASAWA