Patents by Inventor Takeo Komatsubara

Takeo Komatsubara 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: 6967842
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of efficiently cooling an integrated circuit element provided in such a way as to enable a heat exchange on a cold plate. The electronic device contains a circuit board mounted with an integrated circuit element requiring measures against heat generation in a single case, comprising: a cold plate mounted on the integrated circuit element in such a way as to enable a heat transfer from the integrated circuit element; a heat exchanger for cooling brine heated by the cold plate by circulating the brine; a fan casing forming an air way from a blower fan at an opening on a surface of the case to the heat exchanger; a reserve tank and a pump provided in order in a brine flow from the heat exchanger to the cold plate; and a linear brine passage formed in the cold plate and having at least one pair of back and forth channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Junichi Kubota, Takeo Komatsubara, Junichi Motegi, Hirotaka Kakinuma, Naoki Otsuka, Masaya Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20040250992
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of efficiently cooling an integrated circuit element provided in such a way as to enable a heat exchange on a cold plate. The electronic device contains a circuit board mounted with an integrated circuit element requiring measures against heat generation in a single case, comprising: a cold plate mounted on the integrated circuit element in such a way as to enable a heat transfer from the integrated circuit element; a heat exchanger for cooling brine heated by the cold plate by circulating the brine; a fan casing forming an air way from a blower fan at an opening on a surface of the case to the heat exchanger; a reserve tank and a pump provided in order in a brine flow from the heat exchanger to the cold plate; and a linear brine passage formed in the cold plate and having at least one pair of back and forth channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Aoki, Junichi Kubota, Takeo Komatsubara, Junichi Motegi, Hirotaka Kakinuma, Naoki Otsuka, Masaya Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6644064
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit. A refrigerant whose main component is a hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a flammable hydrocarbon fluoride obtained when one or more hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon is substituted by fluorine atoms, the refrigerant containing a tetrahydrothiophene as an odorant, and a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6581404
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit. A refrigerant whose main component is a hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a flammable hydrocarbon fluoride obtained when one or more hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon is substituted by fluorine atoms, the refrigerant containing a tetrahydrothiophene as an odorant, and a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6546738
    Abstract: A Stirling refrigerator, which prevents oil rising, makes oil seal bellows have long-life, and includes a housing, cylinder, piston, piston rod and an oil seal bellows. The oil seal bellows seals a space between the housing and the cylinder, wherein a tip end of the oil seal bellows is sealed and fixed on the piston or on the piston rod inside the cylinder, and a base end of the oil seal bellows is installed on the housing. The oil seal bellows reciprocates with a stroke, wherein the tip end of the oil seal bellows is compressed to a compression side from a position of free length then returns to the position of free length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiya, Takahiro Nakamura, Itsuo Nakazaki, Takashi Inoue, Ryousuke Tuihiji, Takeo Komatsubara, Hiroshi Kanai, Kazuya Sato, Takayuki Mizuno, Eiji Fukuda, Yasuo Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Denji Mashimo
  • Publication number: 20030019217
    Abstract: A Stirling refrigerator, which prevents oil rising, makes oil seal bellows have long-life, and includes a housing, cylinder, piston, piston rod and an oil seal bellows. The oil seal bellows seals a space between the housing and the cylinder, wherein a tip end of the oil seal bellows is sealed and fixed on the piston or on the piston rod inside the cylinder, and a base end of the oil seal bellows is installed on the housing. The oil seal bellows reciprocates with a stroke, wherein the tip end of the oil seal bellows is compressed to a compression side from a position of free length then returns to the position of free length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiya, Takahiro Nakamura, Itsuo Nakazaki, Takashi Inoue, Ryousuke Tuihiji, Takeo Komatsubara, Hiroshi Kanai, Kazuya Sato, Takayuki Mizuno, Eiji Fukuda, Yasuo Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Denji Mashimo
  • Publication number: 20020194862
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6427479
    Abstract: A refrigerating device is provided whose burden on the environment is small, and in which a high amount of heat can be removed, and in which return of refrigerating device oil to a compressor is good. In the refrigerating device, carbon dioxide is circulated as a refrigerant through a refrigerating circuit in which at least a refrigerant compressor, a heat releasing device, an expansion mechanism and an evaporator are connected in an annular arrangement by refrigerant pipes. The refrigerating device oil used in the compressor has a viscosity at 40° C. of 5 to 300 cSt, a volume specific resistivity of at least 108 &OHgr;·cm, and a pour point of no higher than −30° C. when the carbon dioxide is dissolved to saturation. Organic materials which do not physically and/or chemically change due to high-temperature, high-pressure carbon dioxide are used in the refrigerating circuit. The refrigerating circuit is provided with a device for trapping moisture within the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Toshiyuki Ebara, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6385995
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus where a first cooler and a second cooler are provided in a refrigeration circuit and difluoromethane having its temperature lowered by these devices is let into a rotary compressor and compressed therein. As a result, the apparatus with high performance and reliability is provided without impairment of the chemical stability of lubricant oil or difluoromethane if the difluoromethane is used as a refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Toshiyuki Ebara
  • Publication number: 20020035848
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerant in which an odorant is added, the odorant being compatible with refrigerants and refrigerating device oils, and having no reactivity with refrigerating device oils and materials forming refrigerating circuits, and to provide a refrigerating device in which the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi, Takayuki Saitou, Miyuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6279325
    Abstract: There is disclosed a Stirling cycle refrigerator in which oil rising is prevented, and an adverse influence onto oil sealing bellows by a pressure rise accompanying the temperature rise of the crank chamber is prevented. The oil sealing bellows are disposed between a space in a housing and compression and expansion cylinders, and a buffer tank provided with the pressure adjusting bellows is disposed between a space on the back surface side of the compression and expansion pistons and the space in the housing, so that the pressure rise in the housing and the pressure fluctuation of the space are absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiya, Nobuo Koumoto, Eiji Fukuda, Takashi Inoue, Hirotaka Kakinuma, Takeo Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 6189335
    Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-stage compressing refrigeration device for multi-stage compressing a refrigerant using a plurality of compressing means. Its object is to enhance reliability, intend to reduce input and improve refrigeration effect, and to enhance efficiency. In the multi-stage compressing refrigeration device, low-stage compressing means and high-stage compressing means, a condenser, first expanding means, an intermediate evaporator, second expanding means and a main evaporator constitute a refrigeration cycle. The refrigerant flowing out of the condenser is branched into one refrigerant passed to the intermediate evaporator via the first expanding means and the other refrigerant passed to the main evaporator via the second expanding means. Heat exchange is performed between the refrigerant flowing into the second expanding means and the intermediate evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ebara, Yoshio Ishiai, Takeo Komatsubara, Masaya Tadano
  • Patent number: 6139296
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a refrigerant compressor comprising a compressing element driven by a rotary shaft, for compressing and discharging a sucked HFC type refrigerant or refrigerant mainly comprising the HFC type refrigerant by the compressing element, where a rotary shaft applied with the plasma sulphonitriding treatment on the surface is used as the rotary shaft. Or a vane applied with the plasma sulphonitriding treatment on the surface of a vane made of a steel equivalent to a high speed tool steel vane or a steel equivalent to a stainless steel is used. Accordingly, a refrigerant compressor comprising a rotary shaft or a vane having a low friction coefficient in a sliding portion on the surface of the rotary shaft or the vane and a high wear resistance can be provided even in the case an ester type refrigerator oil or an ether type refrigerator oil is used as the refrigerator oil and an HFC type refrigerant is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masazo Okajima, Ayumi Mori, Kazuhisa Ishikawa, Takeo Komatsubara, Masahiko Kamata, Sachimine Suga, Hiroyuki Suma, Kyoji Itou
  • Patent number: 5806336
    Abstract: There are provided a highly durable and efficient refrigerating apparatus and a lubricating oil composition that uses an HFC type refrigerant and is still free from the problem of thermal hydrolysis of polyol-ester type oil and resulting generation of carboxylic acid and sludge so that the refrigerating apparatus and the lubricating oil composition may be used stably for a prolonged period of time. A lubricating oil composition according to the invention comprises as base oil components a polyol-ester type oil formed by reacting specific polyhydric alcohol with a fatty acid, to which tricresylphosphate and epoxy compound comprising glycidyl ether or carbodiimide are added at respective specific rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sunaga, Yoshinobu Obokata, Masazo Okajima, Takeo Komatsubara, Yasuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5369287
    Abstract: 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane is used in a refrigerator as the refrigerant, while a polyolester oil which is well compatible with the refrigerant is used as the base oil and a phenolic antioxidant, a specified amine and a phosphoric triester are added thereto to give a refrigerator oil composition. Thus the hydrolysis of the polyolester oil can be prevented to thereby protect the sliding members such as a roller and a vane from the corrosion and wear which are caused by the hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sunaga, Takeo Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 4983313
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerating machine oil composition comprising:(A) 85 to 30% by weight of alkyl benzene having a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. of 30 cSt or more;(B) 5 to 70% by weight of a paraffin-based mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. of 20 to 500 cSt, a pour point of -35.degree. C. or lower, a viscosity index of 60 or more, and a sulfur content of 100 ppm or less; and(C) 1 to 30% by weight of a naphthene-based mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. of 5 to 500 cSt, a pour point of -30.degree. C. or lower, and a sulfur content of 0.05 to 1% by weight, the total sulfur content of said composition being 0.01 to 0.10% by weight.The present composition is excellent in stability, lubricity, compatibility with refrigerants, and low temperature property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignees: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kaneko, Minoru Takagi, Takashi Sunaga, Takeo Komatsubara, Taira Mutoh
  • Patent number: 4800013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator oil composition which comprises 70 to 98 wt % of a paraffin base oil having a pour point of not more than -35.degree. C., a sulfur content of not more than 50 ppm (parts per million), and a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. of 5 to 500 cSt (centistrokes) and 30 to 2 wt % of a naphthene base oil having a pour point of not more than -35.degree. C., a sulfur content of 0.05 to 1 wt % and a kinematic viscosity at 40.degree. C. of 5 to 500 cSt, and in which the sulfur content is 0.01 to 0.10 wt %.The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention effectively prevents the formation of valve sludge. The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is also excellent in anti-wear properties. Furthermore the refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is excellent in stability and baking resistance in the condition that is in contact with the refrigerant (Furon) and further is excellent in low temperature solubility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryozo Yamane, Takashi Kurihara, Hiroshi Kaise, Takeo Komatsubara, Takashi Sunaga
  • Patent number: D454887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiya, Takeo Komatsubara