Patents by Inventor Kenichi Hata

Kenichi Hata 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: 10060661
    Abstract: An accumulator that is used in a refrigeration apparatus including a plurality of compressors and is provided for the plurality of compressors, the accumulator including an inlet pipe that penetrates a cylindrical container perpendicularly to a central axis of the cylindrical container and conveys gas-liquid mixed refrigerant into the container and a plurality of outlet pipes connected to respective suction sides of the plurality of compressors, wherein the plurality of outlet pipes each have one end located in the container and forming outlet port for conveying gas refrigerant in the container toward the plurality of compressors, and wherein the outlet port of each of the plurality of outlet pipes is concentrated in a central part of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abastari, Satoru Ue, Tomotaka Ishikawa, Kenichi Hata
  • Patent number: 9651288
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes a compressor receiving refrigerant through an injection pipe and of discharging the refrigerant, a condenser, an electronic expansion valve connected by piping to another end of the injection pipe, a subcooling coil, a solenoid valve configured to control inflowing of the refrigerant through the injection pipe into the compressor, an injection bypass pipe connecting the injection pipe and a pipe on a suction side of the compressor, a solenoid valve configured to control passage of the refrigerant flowing through the injection bypass pipe, a high-low pressure bypass pipe connecting a pipe on a discharge side of the compressor and the pipe on the suction side of the compressor, a solenoid valve configured to control passage of the refrigerant through the high-low pressure bypass pipe, and a controller configured to control a frequency of the compressor and opening and closing of each of the solenoid valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Hata, Hiroshi Sata
  • Publication number: 20170051956
    Abstract: An accumulator that is used in a refrigeration apparatus including a plurality of compressors and is provided for the plurality of compressors, the accumulator including an inlet pipe that penetrates a cylindrical container perpendicularly to a central axis of the cylindrical container and conveys gas-liquid mixed refrigerant into the container and a plurality of outlet pipes connected to respective suction sides of the plurality of compressors, wherein the plurality of outlet pipes each have one end located in the container and forming outlet port for conveying gas refrigerant in the container toward the plurality of compressors, and wherein the outlet port of each of the plurality of outlet pipes is concentrated in a central part of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: (no name) ABASTARI, Satoru UE, Tomotaka ISHIKAWA, Kenichi HATA
  • Publication number: 20150052925
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes a compressor receiving refrigerant through an injection pipe and of discharging the refrigerant, a condenser, an electronic expansion valve connected by piping to another end of the injection pipe, a subcooling coil, a solenoid valve configured to control inflowing of the refrigerant through the injection pipe into the compressor, an injection bypass pipe connecting the injection pipe and a pipe on a suction side of the compressor, a solenoid valve configured to control passage of the refrigerant flowing through the injection bypass pipe, a high-low pressure bypass pipe connecting a pipe on a discharge side of the compressor and the pipe on the suction side of the compressor, a solenoid valve configured to control passage of the refrigerant through the high-low pressure bypass pipe, and a controller configured to control a frequency of the compressor and opening and closing of each of the solenoid valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Hata, Hiroshi Sata
  • Patent number: D681072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sata, Kenichi Hata
  • Patent number: D681076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sata, Kenichi Hata
  • Patent number: D749651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Abastari, Satoru Ue, Kenichi Hata