Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20250101982
    Abstract: An embodiment includes: a cylindrical motor case surrounding a compression mechanism about an axis; a lower case closing an opening of the motor case, fitted to an inner circumferential face of the motor case, and defining an accommodation chamber between the motor case and the lower case where a refrigerant is introduced; a first O-ring provided about the axis at a facing portion where the motor case and the lower case fitted to each other face each other in a plane; and a second O-ring provided about the axis in the facing portion, the first O-ring is provided at a position closer to a starting point on the accommodation chamber side of the facing portion than the second O-ring, the first O-ring has better refrigerant resistance and/or oil resistance than the second O-ring, and the second O-ring has better sealing performance than the first O-ring at a temperature of ?20° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki ARASHI, Ichiro YOGO, Yuki ICHISE
  • Publication number: 20250101983
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor including: a motor configured to revolve an orbiting scroll with respect to a fixed scroll; a rotary shaft rotated about an axis by the motor; a bearing part configured to support the rotary shaft; and a housing. The housing has a partition wall part-partitioning the inner space into a first space and a second space, the motor being arranged in the first space, and the bearing part and a compressing part being arranged in the second space. The partition wall part has a first communication passage and a second communication passage, the first communication passage being configured to guide a mixed refrigerant containing a lubricating oil and a refrigerant gas from the first space to a region of the second space, the bearing part being arranged in the region of the second space, and the second communication passage being configured to guide the refrigerant gas, which is contained in the mixed refrigerant guided to the region of the second space, to the compressing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota TANAHASHI, Goshi IKETAKA, Akinori YOSHIOKA, Takayuki KUWAHARA
  • Patent number: 12259571
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a light guide plate with which it is possible to prevent light unevenness and improve appearance, and a light emitting device using the same. A light guide plate (11) is provided with: a light incidence surface (12) on which light is incident; a light emission surface (13) which faces the light incidence surface (12) and from which light incident from the light incidence surface (12) is emitted; and a flat plate-shaped light guide member (14) which guides the light incident from the light incidence surface (12) to the light emission surface (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuo Katayama
  • Publication number: 20250079923
    Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor which comprises a housing, a compressor for compressing a refrigerant including lubricating oil, and a motor which rotationally drives the compressor, wherein: the motor comprises a stator, a rotor, a plurality of lead wires connected to a plurality of coil portions, and protecting tubes which are arranged in such a way as to surround the entire circumference of the lead wires, and which protect the lead wires from moisture contained in the lubricating oil, the lead wires are coated with a resin coating portion and are arranged in a circumferential direction around an axis; and the protecting tubes are arranged only in a protection area in a portion of the circumferential direction including an area in which the lead wires are immersed in the lubricating oil stored in an internal space of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke UEDA, Ichiro YOGO, Akinori YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 12208661
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a refrigerant is sequentially flowed; a high-temperature heat medium circuit through which a high-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the condenser is circulated; a low-temperature heat medium circuit through which a low-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the evaporator is circulated; a connection line connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit to the low-temperature heat medium circuit; vehicle interior heat exchangers allowed to be introduced the heat medium thereinto; and a switching unit which switches an operation state of the air conditioning device to a first mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a second mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the low-temperature heat medium circ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tanabe, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hideaki Tatenoi, Masahiro Ota, Tomoki Hase
  • Patent number: 12206284
    Abstract: A stator of an electric compressor has a stator core configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates in an axial direction, the electromagnetic steel plates having a substantial ring shape as seen from the axial direction. As seen from the axial direction, a plurality of through-holes are formed through the stator core in the lamination direction of the electromagnetic steel plates, on the same circle centered around the axis line, and as seen from the axial direction, a first arc length or a second arc length longer than the first arc length is set as each arc length between through-holes adjacent in the circumferential direction. The stator is secured to a housing by a bolt inserted through the through-holes, the stator core is varnished at least in areas near the centers in the circumferential direction between through-holes where the second arc length is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Hideo Saho, Shohei Terasaki, Yasunori Watanabe, Shunsuke Yakushiji
  • Publication number: 20250018771
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit interposed between a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle-interior heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants flowing through the vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle-interior heat exchanger, respectively, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit being provided with a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows, and the distance between the compressor and the evaporator is longer than the distance between the compressor and the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi MORISHITA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya NAKAGAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Hideto NOYAMA, Hirotaka TANABE, Hirofumi HIRATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12187098
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates; a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates; a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed close to each other. The warm flow passage is provided on the route of the high-temperature cycle, and the cold flow passage is provided on the route of the low-temperature cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tanabe, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hideaki Tatenoi, Tomoki Hase, Masahiro Ohta
  • Publication number: 20250003411
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor with which it is possible to minimize an increase in pressure of a refrigerant in a space formed between a discharge valve and a retainer. The compressor comprises a fixed end plate (31a) having formed therein a discharge port (37) through which a compression chamber and a discharge chamber (35) communicate, a discharge valve (70) that opens and closes a discharge opening (37a) positioned on the discharge chamber (35) side of the discharge port (37), and a retainer (80) that regulates the amount of flexure of the discharge valve (70), the retainer (80) having a through-hole (81) passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the retainer (80), and the through-hole (81) being formed directly above the discharge opening (37a) and directly above the portion of the fixed end plate (31a) where the discharge opening (37a) is not formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAKUSHIJI, Hitoshi TAMAKI, Hirohumi HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20240416723
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit that is interposed between a vehicle-outside heat exchanger and a vehicle-inside heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants respectively flowing through the vehicle-outside heat exchanger and the vehicle-inside heat exchanger. The vehicular refrigeration cycle unit includes a refrigeration cycle provided in a device accommodation space inside a vehicle, the refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant having flammability and having a higher specific gravity than atmosphere flows sequentially, and a leakage sensor located below the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator and is configured to detect the concentration of the primary refrigerant contained in air in the device accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto NOYAMA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya NAKAGAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Masatoshi MORISHITA, Hirotaka TANABE, Hirofumi HIRATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12160712
    Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle comprises: a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant sequentially flows; a high-temperature heat medium circuit in which a high-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the condenser circulates; a low-temperature heat medium circuit in which a low-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the evaporator circulates; a connection line for connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit; a plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle that allow introduction of the heat medium; and a switching unit capable of switching modes for each of the plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle, among a mode for connecting to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a mode for connecting to the low-temperature heat medium circuit, and a mode for not connecting to either of the h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kobayashi, Hirotaka Tanabe, Tomoki Hase, Masahiro Ohta, Hideaki Tatenoi, Koji Nakado
  • Patent number: 12143046
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Toyohisa Kawashima, Kyohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12135029
    Abstract: A scroll compressor with a stationary scroll, an orbiting scroll, and a discharge port through which a fluid that has been compressed by both the scrolls is discharged. An end plate of the orbiting scroll is provided with an end-plate side stepped portion formed such that, along a spiral of a spiral wrap, the height thereof increases toward a central side of the spiral and decreases toward an outer end side thereof. A spiral wrap of the stationary scroll is provided with a wall-portion side stepped portion formed corresponding to the end-plate side stepped portion such that the height thereof decreases toward the central side of the spiral and increases toward the outer end side thereof. A pair of compression chambers face each other. The ventral side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port before the dorsal side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Takuma Yamashita, Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Akihiro Kanai, Kazuhide Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12126291
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Toyohisa Kawashima, Kyohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12123415
    Abstract: This scroll compressor comprises: a shaft that is capable of rotating about an axis; a motor that rotatably drives the shaft; a compressor body that is driven by the rotation of the shaft; a housing that covers the motor and the compressor body and that has a bottom surface facing the motor from the axial direction; an intake port that guides a refrigerant into the housing; and heat-dissipating fins that are formed on the bottom surface, that extend in the direction in which the refrigerant flows, and that are divided in the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakai, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Hitoshi Tamaki, Hajime Sato, Hirofumi Hirata, Makoto Takeuchi, Takuma Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240347285
    Abstract: Provided is a switch which achieves cost reduction and reduction in man-hours required for assembly. This switch comprises: a casing having a wall portion; two rubber domes that are provided to face each other with the wall portion sandwiched therebetween and give a click feeling; a lever main body having a retaining portion that is provided to be rotatable about an axis X with respect to the casing and retains the rubber domes and a contact portion that is in contact with a detector switch. The inside surface of the retaining portion is formed into an arch shape with the wall portion put therein, the two rubber domes are provided integrally with an elastic sheet member, and the sheet member is bent along the arch shape of the inside surface and retained by the retaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo KATAYAMA, Koichi KAWABATA, Yuya NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240337261
    Abstract: An object is to improve design flexibility. An electric compressor includes: a motor configured to drive a scroll compression mechanism that compresses a refrigerant; an inverter configured to drive the motor; a housing filled with the refrigerant and accommodating the motor; and a lower case connected to the housing, which is aligned with the lower case in the axial direction, and accommodating the inverter. The housing has a cylindrical first connection part centered on the center axis extending in the axis direction. The lower case has a cylindrical second connection part centered on the center axis extending in the axial direction. The outer circumferential surface of the first connection part and the inner circumferential surface of the second connection part are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki ARASHI, Koshi TARUMA
  • Patent number: 12110910
    Abstract: A compressor (100) comprises a compressor body (10), a pipe (20) connected to the compressor body (10), and an acoustic cover disposed so as to surround the compressor body (10). The acoustic cover (30) has an insertion hole (31) through which the pipe (20) is inserted while being in close contact with the pipe (20), and an inner surface (30A) of the acoustic cover has a shape that traces an outer surface (10A) of the compressor body (10). Due to this configuration, it is possible to reduce the size and the weight of the acoustic cover (30), and by using the acoustic cover (30) with a simpler structure, it is possible to reduce the noise of the compressor (100) of this automobile air conditioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Takayuki Hagita, Shunsuke Yakushiji, Ryoji Okabe, Hideo Saho
  • Publication number: 20240326562
    Abstract: A vehicular refrigeration cycle unit is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit installed between a vehicle exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle interior heat exchanger and exchanging heat between secondary refrigerants respectively flowing through the vehicle exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle interior heat exchanger, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit including: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows; an exterior flow passage through which the secondary refrigerant is circulated between the evaporator and the vehicle exterior heat exchanger; an interior flow passage through which the secondary refrigerant is circulated between the condenser and the vehicle interior heat exchanger; a pair of flow passage switching valves connecting the exterior flow passage and the interior flow passage to allow to switch the flow state of the second refrigerant between the exterior flow passage and the int
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tetsuzo UKAI, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Katsuhiro SAITO, Masatoshi MORISHITA, Hideto NOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12103360
    Abstract: This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) comprises: a PTC heater (H) that is included in a high-voltage system circuit (HV) and generates heat by the power supplied from a high-voltage battery (B2); and a microcomputer (10) that is included in the high-voltage system circuit (HV) and controls the power supply from the high-voltage battery (B2) to the PTC heater (H). This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) further comprises: a water temperature sensor (151, 152) that is included in a low-voltage system circuit (LV) and outputs a voltage signal corresponding to the temperature of hot water; and a V/f conversion unit (161, 162) that is included in the low-voltage system circuit (LV) and converts the voltage signal output from the water temperature sensor (151, 152) into a frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Sato, Tomoyasu Osaki, Keiji Nagasaka, Ryota Kojima