Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20240246385
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the performance of an aspirator. A vehicular air conditioning device (1) includes: a case body; an evaporator (20); a heater core (40); and an aspirator (50) for guiding air in a vehicle cabin to a temperature detection unit. The case body integrally includes a case upstream portion (12) in which the evaporator (20) and the heater core (40) are stored, and a case downstream portion (13) in which the air circulated through the case upstream portion (12) is circulated. The case upstream portion (12) includes a first flow path portion (16a) that circulates the air in a Z-axis direction, and a second flow path portion (16b) that connects to a downstream side of the first flow path portion (16a), and circulates the air in a Y-axis direction. The aspirator (50) includes a primary air introduction portion (53), and is mounted at a central portion of the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyuki CHIKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12015330
    Abstract: This vehicle-mounted electric compressor is provided with a compressor body including a motor for compressing a refrigerant, and an inverter including a power element for supplying the motor with electric current. The power element is provided with: a metal substrate having an electrically conductive layer in a partial region of the surface thereof; a heat-generating element having a metal layer solder-fixed to the electrically conductive layer; and a resin substrate which is disposed in parallel with the metal substrate in a plate thickness direction of the metal substrate, and has a metal pattern printed on the surface thereof, the metal pattern having an electronic component mounted thereon. The electronic component and a terminal of the heat-generating element are connected by means of the metal pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Hiroto Higuchi, Kyohei Watanabe, Sachiko Nakao, Koji Nakano
  • Publication number: 20240178783
    Abstract: This control device controls an inverter for driving a load, the control device comprising: a first generation unit for generating a first signal for performing two-phase modulation if a three-phase alternating current voltage for driving the load is generated; an acquisition unit for acquiring the weight of the load; a storage unit for storing corresponding relationships between the weight of the load and a phase shift amount of the first signal; an identification unit for identifying the phase shift amount corresponding to the weight of the load acquired by the acquisition unit in the corresponding relationship; and a second generation unit for generating a second signal in which the phase shift amount has been altered from the first signal on the basis of the phase shift amount identified by the identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki YAMATO, Kyohei WATANABE, Makoto HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11994325
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control device for detecting an abnormal operation state of a compressor in a parallel refrigerator. The control device is a control device for a refrigerator that includes a plurality of compressors connected in parallel, and detects occurrence of surging and occurrence of droplet suction on the basis of a deviation between values of currents flowing through electric motors that is configured to drive each of the plurality of compressors, and an operation point indicated by the air volume and the compression ratio of the plurality of compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Suemitsu, Akimasa Yokoyama, Takahiro Kono, Yasushi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20240166024
    Abstract: This electric compressor control device comprises: a control unit of an inverter which controls a motor that drives a compressor; a physical quantity calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of one or a plurality of predetermined detection values acquired from the inverter, a physical quantity that varies depending on a workload of the compressor; a number-of-revolutions acquisition unit which acquires the number of revolutions of the motor; a storage unit which stores information representing a first threshold that varies depending on the number of revolutions of the motor, and defines whether or not the physical quantity is a normal value; and a refrigerant abnormality determination unit which determines whether or not there is an abnormality in a refrigerant system by comparing the calculated physical quantity with the first threshold, depending on the acquired number of revolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei WATANABE, Akinori YOSHIOKA, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Tomoki HASE, Takashi MITSUMATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11981183
    Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle has: an indoor condenser; an indoor evaporator; a first expansion valve; a second expansion valve; a refrigerant line; an expansion valve control detector; and a controller. The expansion valve control detector is constituted by: only one temperature sensor that detects the temperature of refrigerant in an inter-expansion valve line of the refrigerant line; and only one pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the refrigerant in the inter-expansion valve line. During a cooling operation, the controller issues, to the first expansion valve, an opening command corresponding to a state quantity of the refrigerant that has been detected by the expansion valve control detector, and during a heating operation, the controller issues, to the second expansion valve, an opening command corresponding to a state quantity of the refrigerant that has been detected by the expansion valve control detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuya Nakagawa, Yasuo Katayama, Soichiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20240149640
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heat medium circuit, a vehicle-interior heat exchanger, a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger disposed in series with respect to a flow of air generated by an air blower, a switching unit, a detection unit for detecting a degree of frost formation, and a control device. The operation mode includes a defrosting mode in which the heat medium in the high-temperature medium circuit is supplied to a defrosting target to be selected as either the first or second heat exchanger by the operation of the switching unit. The control device selects, as the defrosting target, the first heat exchanger in preference to the second heat exchanger when determined that both the first and the second heat exchangers need to be defrosted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANABE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Yasutaka AOKI, Tomoki HASE, Hideaki TATENOI, Masayuki SAKAI, Michiaki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240151232
    Abstract: This compressor comprises a compressor body, an electric motor that has a rotating shaft extending along an axis and drives the compressor body via the rotating shaft, and a housing that houses the compressor body and the electric motor. The electric motor has a rotor capable of rotating about the axis and an annular stator centered about the axis. The housing has a housing body and a pair of highly rigid parts that are provided on the outer side of the housing body in positions opposite in the radial direction and that have higher rigidity than other portions. The stator is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the housing at a plurality of fixing points provided at positions different from points where the housing intersects with a first straight line connecting the pair of highly rigid parts and a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAKUSHIJI, Takayuki HAGITA
  • Patent number: 11979053
    Abstract: A system according to the present invention comprises: a power source which generates a first low voltage from a supplied high voltage; a capacitor which suppresses fluctuations in the high voltage; and a first device which operates by using the first low voltage as an electric power source and which increases its own current consumption when supply of the high voltage to the power source has stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Shota Okubo, Hiroto Higuchi, Goki Murase
  • Publication number: 20240125515
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control device, a heat source system, a control method, and a control program with which a heat medium at a required temperature can be more effectively sent out. This control device, which is applied to a heat source system 1 comprising a plurality of heat source machines (2a), (2b) connected in series, comprises a setting unit which sets the outlet setting temperatures of cool water in the respective heat source machines (2a), (2b) on the basis of: a measured value of a cool water flow rate, measured values of inlet temperatures of the cool water in the respective heat source machines (2a), (2b); and the required outlet temperature of the cool water in the heat source system (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke ISONO, Yutaka TAKENAKA, Satoshi NIKAIDO, Katsuya SAKAGUCHI, Linri CUI
  • Publication number: 20240125527
    Abstract: Provided is a air purge device that can effectively discharge air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuki OKA, Ryo KAMITO, Yoshiaki ITO, Taichi YOSHII, Tatsuo ISHIGURO, Yoshie TOGANO, Norihisa HORAGUCHI, Masahiko NAGAI, Naoya MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240117801
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve insulating properties. This terminal unit (30) comprises: a plate-shaped base unit (40); a plate-shaped insulation unit (51) and a fitting insulation unit (52) that cover the plate surface of the base unit; a terminal (70) that extends in the Z axis direction, which is the direction intersecting the plate surface of the base unit (40), and penetrates the base unit (40) and the plate-shaped insulation unit (51); and an upper cylinder insulation unit (53) that extends along the Z axis direction from the plate-shaped insulation unit (51) and covers the side surface of the terminal (70). The plate-shaped insulation unit (51) and the upper cylinder insulation unit (53) are formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro YOGO, Kosuke UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240102465
    Abstract: Provided is a method for continuing the operation of an electric compressor even if the magnitude of ripple voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A control device of an electric compressor is provided with: a detection unit for detecting the ripple voltage of the electric compressor which is driven by a battery; a determination unit for determining whether or not the value of the ripple voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and a control unit for reducing the rotation speed of a motor of the electric compressor down to a predetermined first target rotation speed greater than 0 when the value is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11939977
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Kazuhide Watanabe, Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Hagita, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11940164
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle air conditioning system and a control method of the vehicle air conditioning system which enable detecting leaks of flammable refrigerant without requiring a separate sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Nobuya Nakagawa, Hideto Noyama
  • Publication number: 20240088818
    Abstract: Provided is a method for determining the generation source of ripple voltage when abnormal ripple voltage is detected. The control device is for an electric compressor, the control device comprising: a detection unit that detects ripple voltage; a judgment unit that judges whether the ripple voltage is abnormal based on the value of the ripple voltage; and a cause determination unit that determines whether the cause of the abnormality is the electric compressor or some other external device, based on the control result of the electric compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240079985
    Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting a ripple voltage. A control device is provided with: an acquiring unit which acquires the voltage value of an input voltage of a battery-driven electric compressor at irregular intervals; and a waveform computing unit which computes the waveform of a ripple component of the input voltage on the basis of the acquired voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240066957
    Abstract: This light illumination unit comprises: a heat sink that has a plate-shaped heat sink body and fins protruding from a first main surface of the heat sink body; an electronic substrate that is laminated on a second main surface of the heat sink body on the reverse side thereof from the first main surface; and a light illumination element that is mounted on a first surface of the electronic substrate on the side thereof where the heat sink is provided. As a result of said configuration, it is possible to save space as well as power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki CHIKAGAWA, Takahide YAMAMOTO, Isami YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20240068472
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress noise caused by contact between a depression and a ring. Provided is an electric compressor comprising: a housing that forms an outer shell; a fixed scroll that is housed in the housing and fixed on the housing side; a turning scroll that meshes with the fixed scroll and turns with respect to the fixed scroll; an autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30) that inhibits autorotation of the turning scroll; and a lubricant supply unit that supplies a lubricant to the autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30). The autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30) has: a ring hole (32) which is formed in the turning scroll; a ring (33) which is disposed in the ring hole (32), and the outer circumferential surface (33b) of which faces the inner circumferential surface 32a of the ring hole (32); and a pin (34) which is provided to the housing and which engages with the inner circumferential surface (33a) of the ring (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KUWAHARA, Akinori YOSHIOKA, Goshi IKETAKA, Makoto TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240035719
    Abstract: This refrigeration machine comprises a compressor that compresses a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant which has been compressed by the compressor, an expander that expands the refrigerant which has been condensed by the condenser, a liquid film type evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant which has been expanded by the expander, and an eductor that generates flow speed difference and pressure difference in the refrigerant which has been expanded by the expander and suctions refrigerant stored in the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi YOSHII, Tatsuo ISHIGURO, Yoshie TOGANO, Naoya MIYOSHI, Wenping WU