Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kouno

Takeshi Kouno 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: 9945378
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor capable of ensuring reliability of a release valve device. The scroll compressor is provided with: an orbiting scroll having an orbiting scroll wrap; a fixed roll having a fixed scroll wrap intermeshing with the orbiting scroll wrap; a release hole formed in the fixed scroll; a housing hole communicating with the release hole and having larger diameter than that of the release hole; a valve seat member which is housed in the housing hole and has a valve seat surface; a valve plate contacting with or separating from the valve seat surface by a pressure difference; a spring for pressing the valve plate against the valve seat surface; a stopper which is equipped with the spring and secures the valve seat member; and a retainer for securing the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Tsutomu Nozaki, Yuuichi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20160201678
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor capable of ensuring reliability of a release valve device. The scroll compressor is provided with: an orbiting scroll having an orbiting scroll wrap; a fixed roll having a fixed scroll wrap intermeshing with the orbiting scroll wrap; a release hole formed in the fixed scroll; a housing hole communicating with the release hole and having larger diameter than that of the release hole; a valve seat member which is housed in the housing hole and has a valve seat surface; a valve plate contacting with or separating from the valve seat surface by a pressure difference; a spring for pressing the valve plate against the valve seat surface; a stopper which is equipped with the spring and secures the valve seat member; and a retainer for securing the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi KOUNO, Tsutomu NOZAKI, Yuuichi YANAGASE
  • Patent number: 6905318
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compression chamber for compressing working fluid within an inside thereof, a discharge port, through which the working fluid flows out from the compression chamber, and a discharge valve for opening or closing the discharge port. The discharge valve includes a valve seat portion provided in the discharge port and having a tapered surface, so that a cross-section area of the discharge port comes to be large from a side of the compression chamber. The valve has a projection portion having a tapered surface in contact with the tapered surface of the valve seat portion. A spring is provided on a member formed in one body with the valve seat portion, for positioning the valve to the valve seat portion, wherein clearance volume of the discharge port is reduced, so as to improve the performances thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Isao Hayase, Kenichi Oshima, Akihiko Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 6352418
    Abstract: A displacement type fluid machine which is easier to machine and assemble than a scroll type fluid machine and has high performance and low cost. A displacer is revolved in a cylinder having an inside wall formed by a curve such that a planar shape is continuous, whereby a working fluid is discharged through a plurality of discharge ports, there is provided a driving unit in which the orbiting radius of the displacer is variable along the shape of a movement line contact portion of the cylinder and the displacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Kunihiko Takao, Masahiro Takebayashi, Isao Hayase, Hiroaki Hata, Shigetaroo Tagawa, Kenji Tojo, Takeshi Kouno
  • Publication number: 20020012595
    Abstract: A compressor, comprising: a compression chamber for compressing working fluid within an inside thereof; a discharge port, through which the working fluid flows out from the compression chamber; a valve means for opening or closing the discharge port; a valve seat portion being provided in the discharge port and having a shape of curved surfaces, so that a cross-section area of the discharge port comes to be large from a side of the compression chamber; a valve having a projection portion having a curved surface in contact with the curved surface of the valve seat portion; and a means being provided on a member formed in one body with the valve seat portion, for positioning the valve to the valve seat portion, wherein clearance volume of the discharge port is reduced, so as to improve the performances thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Isao Hayase, Kenichi Oshima, Akihiko Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 6312237
    Abstract: In a displacement type fluid machine wherein a space is formed by the inner wall surface of a cylinder and the outer wall surface of a displacer when the center of the cylinder is located on the center of the displacer, and a plurality of working chambers is formed when the positional relationship between the displacer and cylinder is for a gyration, the wear is reduced between the cylinder and displacer. Sliding portions between the displacer 5 and a cylinder 4 are fed with a lubricating oil 12 by forming an oil-feeding groove 5c in the surface of the displacer 5 so as to extend from the central portion of the displacer 5 to the vicinity of a suction port 7a, and feeding the lubricating oil 12 from the central portion of the displacer 5, so that the wear can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Masahiro Takebayashi, Shunichi Mitsuya, Shigetaro Tagawa, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Kingo Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20010008610
    Abstract: In a displacement type fluid machine wherein a space is formed by the inner wall surface of a cylinder and the outer wall surface of a displacer when the center of the cylinder is located on the center of the displacer, and a plurality of working chambers is formed when the positional relationship between the displacer and cylinder is for a gyration, the wear is reduced between the cylinder and displacer. Sliding portions between the displacer 5 and a cylinder 4 are fed with a lubricating oil 12 by forming an oil-feeding groove 5c in the surface of the displacer 5 so as to extend from the central portion of the displacer 5 to the vicinity of a suction port 7a, and feeding the lubricating oil 12 from the central portion of the displacer 5, so that the wear can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Masahiro Takebayashi, Shunichi Mitsuya, Shigetaro Tagawa, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Kingo Moriyama
  • Patent number: 6220841
    Abstract: In a displacement type fluid machine wherein a space is formed by the inner wall surface of a cylinder and the outer wall surface of a displacer when the center of the cylinder is located on the center of the displacer, and a plurality of working chambers is formed when the positional relationship between the displacer and cylinder is for a gyration, the wear is reduced between the cylinder and displacer. Sliding portions between the displacer 5 and a cylinder 4 are fed with a lubricating oil 12 by forming an oil-feeding groove 5c in the surface of the displacer 5 so as to extend from the central portion of the displacer 5 to the vicinity of a suction port 7a, and feeding the lubricating oil 12 from the central portion of the displacer 5, so that the wear can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kouno, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe, Masahiro Takebayashi, Shunichi Mitsuya, Shigetaro Tagawa, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Kingo Moriyama
  • Patent number: 5531577
    Abstract: A scroll type fluid machine includes a lever 26 moved to draw a conical locus so that revolution is given to an orbiting scroll member 2, to thereby lower a sliding load and a sliding speed of a sliding portion on which a load is acted in a radial direction by the above principle. Further, the orbiting scroll member is supported in a thrust direction by a thrust force transmission member 50 interposed between the orbiting scroll member 2 and a fixed scroll member 1 to thereby lower a sliding speed of the sliding portion on which a load is acted in the thrust direction. With this arrangement, a scroll type fluid machine having high efficiency and durability can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Hayase, Shigeru Machida, Shunichi Mitsuya, Takeshi Kouno