Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ogihara
Satoshi Ogihara 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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Publication number: 20230364980Abstract: A temperature adjustment system includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit including a first compressor, a heat radiator, a first expansion valve, a chiller configured to perform heat exchange using the expanded refrigerant, and a gas-liquid separator configured to perform gas-liquid separation on the refrigerant and supply a gas phase refrigerant to the first compressor; a first cooling water circuit including an external heat radiator; a second cooling water circuit configured to heat the cooling water flowing therethrough by the heat of the refrigerant radiated by the heat radiator; a third cooling water circuit configured to cool the cooling water flowing therethrough, and adjust a temperature of a device by heat exchange with the cooling water; a first valve configured to connect or disconnect the first and the second cooling water circuits; and a second valve configured to connect or disconnect the second and the third cooling water circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Tatsunari Kawaguchi, Satoshi Ogihara, Tomohiro Maruyama, Toru Kawamata, Takashi Nakamura, Yuuki Tani, Kouji Hirono, Satoshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Maeda, Shigeyoshi Kadokura
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Patent number: 11267315Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; an evaporating unit configured to evaporate refrigerant a heater unit configured to heat the air by using the heat of the refrigerant a liquid receiver arranged at the downstream side of the outdoor heat exchanger and a restrictor mechanism provided between the heater unit and the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein, in an operation state in which the flow of the refrigerant is restricted by the restrictor mechanism and heat is released in the heater unit, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are switched, the first operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant is stored in the liquid receiver and the gaseous-phase refrigerant is guided to the compressor and the second operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the liquid receiver is guided to the evaporating unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Marelli Cabin Comfort Japan CorporationInventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Ogihara, Tatsuya Osaki, Tomohiro Maeda, Mitsuaki Nagata, Yasuhito Ookawara
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Publication number: 20200254846Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; an evaporating unit configured to evaporate refrigerant a heater unit configured to heat the air by using the heat of the refrigerant a liquid receiver arranged at the downstream side of the outdoor heat exchanger and a restrictor mechanism provided between the heater unit and the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein, in an operation state in which the flow of the refrigerant is restricted by the restrictor mechanism and heat is released in the heater unit, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are switched, the first operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant is stored in the liquid receiver and the gaseous-phase refrigerant is guided to the compressor and the second operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the liquid receiver is guided to the evaporating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Ogihara, Tatsuya Osaki, Tomohiro Maeda, Mitsuaki Nagata, Yasuhito Ookawara
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Patent number: 10377207Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device includes: a first coolant-water circulation path in which coolant water passes through an engine; a second coolant-water circulation path that is communicated with the first coolant-water circulation path and in which the coolant water passes through a vehicle-cabin radiator; a shutting off mechanism that shuts off, when switched to a shut-off state, the communication between the first coolant-water circulation path and the second coolant-water circulation path; and a refrigeration cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Ogihara, Hiroyuki Ohno
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Patent number: 10087800Abstract: An engine exhaust apparatus includes an exhaust passage for flowing exhaust gas emitted from an engine, a flow rectifier for rectifying the flow of the exhaust gas, and an exhaust heat recovery unit disposed in the exhaust passage downstream of the flow rectifier. The exhaust heat recovery unit is provided with an exhaust heat recovery portion and a cooling portion to cool the exhaust heat recovery portion. The engine exhaust apparatus further includes a first diameter reducing portion gradually reduced in diameter toward the exhaust heat recovery unit from the flow rectifier, and a second diameter reducing portion gradually reduced in diameter toward the downstream from the exhaust heat recovery unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Fukami, Satoshi Ogihara, Yasukimi Toda, Hiroyuki Nagai
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Patent number: 10012123Abstract: An exhaust device of an engine, with an exhaust path to lead exhaust gas discharged from the engine to outside, the exhaust device comprising: an exhaust heat collector being configured to collect heat from the exhaust gas, and a cooling part being configured to cool down the exhaust heat collecting part from an outer peripheral side via a cooling fluid; and an exhaust gas flow controlling member in a cylindrical shape, comprising an inlet part and an outlet part where the inflow of the exhaust gas is discharged to an upstream side of the exhaust heat collecting part. An opening diameter of the outlet part is arranged to be smaller than an outer diameter of the exhaust heat collecting part. The exhaust gas flow controlling member is placed so that an open end of the outlet part opposes a central portion of an upstream end plane of the exhaust heat collecting part. The open end of the outlet part and the upstream end plane of the exhaust heat collecting part are a predetermined distance apart.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Fukami, Satoshi Ogihara, Yasukimi Toda, Hiroyuki Nagai, Shinichirou Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20170326945Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device includes: a first coolant-water circulation path in which coolant water passes through an engine ; a second coolant-water circulation path that is communicated with the first coolant-water circulation path and in which the coolant water passes through a vehicle-cabin radiator; a shutting off mechanism that shuts off, when switched to a shut-off state, the communication between the first coolant-water circulation path and the second coolant-water circulation path; and a refrigeration cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventors: Jun HATAKEYAMA, Satoshi OGIHARA, Hiroyuki OHNO
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Publication number: 20170138241Abstract: An exhaust device of an engine, with an exhaust path to lead exhaust gas discharged from the engine to outside, the exhaust device comprising: an exhaust heat collector being configured to collect heat from the exhaust gas, and a cooling part being configured to cool down the exhaust heat collecting part from an outer peripheral side via a cooling fluid; and an exhaust gas flow controlling member in a cylindrical shape, comprising an inlet part and an outlet part where the inflow of the exhaust gas is discharged to an upstream side of the exhaust heat collecting part. An opening diameter of the outlet part is arranged to be smaller than an outer diameter of the exhaust heat collecting part. The exhaust gas flow controlling member is placed so that an open end of the outlet part opposes a central portion of an upstream end plane of the exhaust heat collecting part. The open end of the outlet part and the upstream end plane of the exhaust heat collecting part are a predetermined distance apart.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO, LTD.Inventors: Toru FUKAMI, Satoshi OGIHARA, Yasukimi TODA, Hiroyuki NAGAI, Shinichirou MIZOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170122161Abstract: An engine exhaust apparatus includes an exhaust passage for flowing exhaust gas emitted from an engine, a flow rectifier for rectifying the flow of the exhaust gas, and an exhaust heat recovery unit disposed in the exhaust passage downstream of the flow rectifier. The exhaust heat recovery unit is provided with an exhaust heat recovery portion and a cooling portion to cool the exhaust heat recovery portion. The engine exhaust apparatus further includes a first diameter reducing portion gradually reduced in diameter toward the exhaust heat recovery unit from the flow rectifier, and a second diameter reducing portion gradually reduced in diameter toward the downstream from the exhaust heat recovery unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru FUKAMI, Satoshi OGIHARA, Yasukimi TODA, Hiroyuki NAGAI
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Patent number: 9623719Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle that is used in the electric vehicle driven by an electric motor includes a refrigerant loop for an air conditioner, a refrigerant loop for a battery that allows a refrigerant for the battery to circulate among the battery, an evaporating unit and a heating device, and thermal management controlling means that, during charging of the battery, heats the refrigerant for the battery by using the heating device when temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is lower than target temperature of the refrigerant for the battery, and that allows the refrigerant for the air conditioner to circulate and to absorb heat from the refrigerant for the battery, in the evaporating unit, when the temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is higher than the target temperature of the refrigerant for the battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Takayuki Ishikawa, Masashi Koshijima, Satoshi Ogihara, Hitoshi Shimonosono
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Patent number: 9523290Abstract: A Rankine cycle includes a refrigerant pump, a heat exchanger, an expander and a condenser. The Rankine cycle further includes a clutch provided in a power transmission path extending from an engine to the refrigerant pump. Prior to the operation of the Rankine cycle and during the deceleration of the vehicle, the clutch is fastened and the refrigerant pump is driven with use of the vehicle inertia force.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Satoshi Ogihara, Hirofumi Wada
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Patent number: 9517677Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a duct, a refrigerant evaporator, an air conditioning cooling flow passage, a heater core, a heater hot fluid flow passage, a heat exchanger, an electric heater, an electrical component cooling flow passage, a communication flow passage, a fluid temperature sensor and a flow passage selector valve. The duct provides air to a vehicle cabin interior. The cooling flow passage provides cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. The hot fluid flow passage provides hot fluid to the heater core. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between the refrigerant and the hot fluid. The heater warms the hot fluid having undergone heat exchange. The cooling flow passage cools an electrical component. The communication flow passage parallelly connects the hot fluid and electrical component flow passages. The valve allows hot fluid to flow into the cooling flow passage when the hot fluid has a high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Tokuda, Shinichirou Mizoguchi, Satoshi Ogihara
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Patent number: 9441503Abstract: A waste heat utilization apparatus is provided with a Rankine cycle and a power transmission mechanism that transmits power regenerated by an expander to an engine. The power transmission mechanism includes an expander clutch that interrupts or permits the transmission of the power from the expander to the engine. The expander includes a rotational speed sensor that detects a rotational speed of the expander. An increase in friction of the expander is detected on the basis of an increase in the rotational speed of the expander detected by the rotational speed sensor when the expander clutch is disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Ishikawa, Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Nagai, Riyako Iwahashi, Satoshi Ogihara, Tomonori Haraguchi
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Publication number: 20150217623Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle that is used in the electric vehicle driven by an electric motor includes a refrigerant loop for an air conditioner, a refrigerant loop for a battery that allows a refrigerant for the battery to circulate among the battery, an evaporating unit and a heating device, and thermal management controlling means that, during charging of the battery, heats the refrigerant for the battery by using the heating device when temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is lower than target temperature of the refrigerant for the battery, and that allows the refrigerant for the air conditioner to circulate and to absorb heat from the refrigerant for the battery, in the evaporating unit, when the temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is higher than the target temperature of the refrigerant for the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Takayuki Ishikawa, Masashi Koshikawa, Satoshi Ogihara, Hitoshi Shimonosono
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Publication number: 20150202986Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle includes a refrigerant loop for an air conditioner, a refrigerant loop for a battery that allows a refrigerant for the battery to circulate among the battery, an evaporating unit and a heating device, and a thermal management controlling unit that heats the refrigerant for the battery by using the heating device when temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is lower than allowable lower-limit temperature of the battery, and that reduces the temperature of the refrigerant for the battery to be equal to or lower than allowable upper-limit temperature of the battery by increasing an output of the compressing unit when the temperature of the refrigerant for the battery is higher than the allowable upper-limit temperature of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Takayuki Ishikawa, Masashi Koshijima, Satoshi Ogihara, Hitoshi Shimonosono
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Publication number: 20150047351Abstract: A waste heat utilization apparatus is provided with a Rankine cycle and a power transmission mechanism that transmits power regenerated by an expander to an engine. The power transmission mechanism includes an expander clutch that interrupts or permits The transmission of the power from to expander to the engine. The expander includes a rotational speed sensor that detects a rotational speed of the expander. An increase in friction of the expander is detected on the basis of an increase in the rotational speed of the expander detected by the rotational speed sensor when the expander clutch is disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Ishikawa, Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Nagai, Riyako Iwahashi, Satoshi Ogihara, Tomonori Haraguchi
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Publication number: 20140250889Abstract: A Rankine cycle includes a refrigerant pump, a heat exchanger, an expander and a condenser. The Rankine cycle further includes a clutch provided in a power transmission path extending from an engine to the refrigerant pump. Prior to the operation of the Rankine cycle and during the deceleration of the vehicle, the clutch is fastened and the refrigerant pump is driven with use of the vehicle inertia force.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Satoshi Ogihara, Hirofumi Wada
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Publication number: 20140250886Abstract: The Rankine cycle (31) includes a refrigerant pump (32), a heat exchanger (36), an expander (37), and a condenser (38). The Rankine cycle (31) shares the condenser (38) and refrigerant with a refrigerant cycle of an air-conditioner. A refrigerant passage connecting to an outlet of the condenser (38) branches at a refrigeration cycle branch point (45) to connect to the refrigerant pump (32) and an evaporator (55). In the case of operating the Rankine cycle, without a request to operate the air-conditioner, the compressor (52) in the refrigeration cycle is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Takayuki Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nagai, Riyako Iwahashi, Satoshi Ogihara, Tomonori Haraguchi
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Publication number: 20140174087Abstract: A Rankine cycle system includes a refrigerant pump which is mounted on an engine and is configured to feed refrigerant, a heat exchanger which is mounted on the engine and is configured to recover exhaust heat of the engine to the refrigerant, an expander which is mounted on the engine and is configured to convert the exhaust heat recovered to the refrigerant into power by expanding the refrigerant whose temperature has been increased by the heat exchanger, and a condenser which is mounted on a vehicle body and is configured to condense the refrigerant expanded by the expander. The expander and the condenser, and the condenser and the refrigerant pump are connected by flexible pipes having higher flexibility than other pipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Mizoguchi, Takayuki Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nagai, Riyako Iwahashi, Satoshi Ogihara
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Publication number: 20130075075Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a duct, a refrigerant evaporator, an air conditioning cooling flow passage, a heater core, a heater hot fluid flow passage, a heat exchanger, an electric heater, an electrical component cooling flow passage, a communication flow passage, a fluid temperature sensor and a flow passage selector valve. The duct provides air to a vehicle cabin interior. The cooling flow passage provides cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. The hot fluid flow passage provides hot fluid to the heater core. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between the refrigerant and the hot fluid. The heater warms the hot fluid having undergone heat exchange. The cooling flow passage cools an electrical component. The communication flow passage parallely connects the hot fluid and electrical component flow passages. The valve allows hot fluid to flow into the cooling flow passage when the hot fluid has a high temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Tokuda, Shinichirou Mizoguchi, Satoshi Ogihara