Patents Assigned to Sanden Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230373266
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus 1 installed between a part under a seat and a floor of a vehicle includes a blower unit 2 including a blower, and a heat exchanger unit 3 including a heat exchanger. The blower unit and the heat exchanger unit are connected with one another to form an air flow path along the floor of the vehicle. The blower unit is detachably connected with the heat exchanger unit in a direction crossing the air flow path and being along the floor of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230353060
    Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor that can ensure necessary stiffness for stacked members including a supporting plate and a control board, without increasing the number of components. An inverter circuit portion of an inverter-equipped electric compressor includes busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) that are each formed by a thin plate member made of metal and that each constitutes part of the wiring of the inverter circuit portion, and includes a plate-like supporting plate 6b that is formed by a resin member molded integrally with the busbars 6a. Each of the busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) has an embedded portion (a U-phase embedded portion 611, a V-phase embedded portion 621, or a W-phase embedded portion 631) that is embedded in the supporting plate 6b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru ITO, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20230349606
    Abstract: A heat management system includes: a refrigerant circuit; a high-temperature heat medium circuit through which heat medium is heated to a high temperature by heat released from the refrigerant, and circulated; a low-temperature heat medium circuit through which heat medium is cooled to a low temperature by absorbing heat into the refrigerant, and circulated; a temperature adjustment heat exchanger to adjust a temperature of a heat management subject; a heat medium mixer connected to an upstream side of the temperature adjustment heat exchanger to mix high-temperature heat medium and low-temperature heat medium at a ratio depending on a target temperature of the heat management subject; and a branch connected to a downstream side of the temperature adjustment heat exchanger to return the heat medium having gone through the temperature adjustment heat exchanger to the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11794555
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus heat pump system configured so that an excessive increase in the temperature (superheat degree) of refrigerant discharged from a compressor can be prevented in air-heating operation. The heat pump system (HP) includes a compressor (C) and an indoor heat exchanger (HXC2) on a refrigerant circuit (RC). A first branched flow path (BC1) on which a first expansion mechanism (EX1) with an adjustable opening degree and a first heat absorption heat exchanger (HXA1) are arranged in series and a second branched flow path (BC2) on which a second expansion mechanism (EX2) with an adjustable opening degree and a second heat absorption heat exchanger (HXA2) are arranged in series, where the first branched flow path (BC1) and the second branched flow path (BC2) are arranged in parallel on the refrigerant circuit extending from the indoor heat exchanger to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutaka Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11794548
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device executes an air conditioning operation for heating inside of a cabin by causing a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 to dissipate heat in a radiator 4, decompressing the refrigerant, and then causing the refrigerant to absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and includes an equipment temperature adjusting device 61 capable of adjusting, using the refrigerant, the temperature of a battery 55 and the temperature of a traveling motor 65, which is a temperature-adjusted object other than the battery, the battery 55 and the traveling motor 65 being mounted on a vehicle. An air conditioning controller has a heating/waste heat recovery mode for cooling the traveling motor 65 without cooling the battery with the refrigerant by controlling the equipment temperature adjusting device 61 in the air conditioning operation for heating the inside of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ishizeki
  • Publication number: 20230327577
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an inverter device capable of appropriately protecting power semiconductor elements and further realizing an optimal operation considering a withstand voltage. The inverter device includes a junction temperature estimate calculating unit 32 which adds a temperature rise value ?T obtained from a loss P of power semiconductor elements 16U to 17W to a temperature Tth detected by a temperature sensor 22 to estimate a junction temperature Tj. When the junction temperature Tj is estimated, the junction temperature estimate calculating unit 32 performs a correction in the direction of excluding an influence of heat generation of other electronic components other than the power semiconductor elements 16U to 17W, and a wiring pattern of a control board 11 on a temperature sensor 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Saito
  • Patent number: 11773852
    Abstract: [Problem] A scroll compressor is provided which effectively suppresses the occurrence of localized contact caused by deformation of a fixed scroll or a movable scroll due to the influence of a compressive reaction force or thermal expansion and shortens a break-in time. [Solution] Laps 24 and 32 of a fixed scroll 21 and a movable scroll 22 are constituted to have a plurality of step portions between a winding end portion at an outermost periphery and a winding start portion at an innermost periphery and decrease stepwise in height toward the winding start portion from the winding end portion. The position and height of each step portion are set so that when the spiral laps 24 and 32 are expanded on a predetermined plane, a base point of each step portion is placed on a predetermined arc drawn on the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Inaba, Taizo Sato, Tetsuya Imai
  • Patent number: 11772449
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle air conditioning apparatus capable of smoothly performing temperature adjustment of a battery and a temperature-adjusted object other than the battery that are mounted on a vehicle. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes an equipment temperature adjusting device 61 for circulating a heating medium to a battery 55 and a traveling motor 65 to adjust the temperature of the battery 55 and the temperature of the traveling motor 65. The equipment temperature adjusting device includes circulating pumps 62, 63, and 87 for circulating the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object, a refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger 64 for exchanging heat between a refrigerant and the heating medium, an air-heating medium heat exchanger 67 for exchanging heat between outdoor air and the heating medium, and three-way valves 81 to 83 for controlling circulation of the heating medium to the battery and the traveling motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ishizeki
  • Patent number: 11764632
    Abstract: An electric compressor is provided in which the connection strength between lead terminals from a motor and an inverter circuit section is improved. The electric compressor 1 is constituted by electrically connecting lead terminals 24 to 26 of a motor and an inverter circuit section 3 for supplying power to the motor by a motor side connection terminal 28. The inverter circuit section 3 is protrusively provided with terminal connection portions 19 to 21 each having a screw groove portion. The motor side connection terminal 28 has a flat plate terminal portion. The flat plate terminal portion is fixed to the inverter circuit section 3 by a nut 91 screwed into each of the screw groove portions of the terminal connection portions 19 to 21 and electrically connected to the inverter circuit section 3 in that state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio Kobayashi, Atsushi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230291340
    Abstract: Provided is a motor control device capable of improving efficiency in real time by a neural network structure that directly derives, in a learning manner, an output signal providing optimal efficiency. A motor control device 1 is adapted to control a motor 6, and includes a neural network compensator 11 that receives input signals and repeats learning based on forward propagation and backpropagation thereby to derive an output signal providing optimal efficiency. Input signals are a motor current, a motor parameter and torque, and the like, and output signals are a current command value and a current phase command value. The motor 6 is controlled on the basis of an output signal derived by the neural network compensator 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION GUNMA UNIVERSITY, SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji HASHIMOTO, Masayuki KIGURE, Makoto SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20230278400
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning unit including an air flow path along a floor of a vehicle. The air conditioning unit includes a drain pan provided in a bottom of the air conditioning unit, and drainage channels provided around the drain pan. The drain pan includes an inclined surface formed on its inner wall surface and configured to incline downward from a top portion having an upward convex shape to the drainage channels. Each of the drainage channels includes a flow path configured to allow water to flow to a drain outlet provided in a drainage channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11745565
    Abstract: It is an object to improve the reliability of a temperature adjusting device which cools an in-vehicle device such as a battery by using a refrigerant. A device temperature adjusting device 61 that is an in-vehicle device temperature adjusting device adjusts the temperature of a battery 55 mounted on a vehicle and includes a refrigerant circuit R having a compressor 2 which compresses a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger 7 for letting the refrigerant radiate heat, and a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64 for cooling the battery 55 by letting the refrigerant absorb heat, and a control device 11. The control device 11 stops the compressor 2 on the basis of the fact that the refrigerant circuit R is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Takashi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11750113
    Abstract: An inverter device is provided which is capable of more quickly raising an internal temperature of an electrolytic capacitor within a permissible range of a ripple voltage to shorten a non-operating time. The inverter device includes an electrolytic capacitor, an inverter circuit, a temperature sensor, and a control device. When the ambient temperature of the electrolytic capacitor detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined temperature, the control device on-drives specific switching elements of the inverter circuit before the start of a normal operation of a motor, and executes a warming up operation of allowing a current capable of controlling a ripple voltage of a DC voltage within a permissible range to flow through the motor at a predetermined rate of increase while keeping the motor stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Makimura, Masataka Matsuda, Shogo Fujisaki, Masatoshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20230272798
    Abstract: A scroll compressor prevents shortage of lubrication for sliding portions of a scroll unit. A scroll compressor 10 includes: an oil separator 100 that separates lubricant from the gaseous refrigerant discharged into a discharge chamber H3; a first lubricant chamber H5 that stores the lubricant separated by the oil separator 100; a first lubricant supply passage for supplying the lubricant in the first lubricant chamber H5 to a back pressure chamber H6; and a second lubricant supply passage for supplying the lubricant in the first lubricant chamber to a portion near an outer end portion of a scroll unit 50. The second lubricant supply passage is formed as a passage that allows the lubricant in the first lubricant chamber to flow through a second lubricant chamber H7 disposed above the first lubricant chamber H5 and connected to the first lubricant chamber H5 via an orifice OL3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya IMAI, Taizo SATO
  • Publication number: 20230272977
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pair of headers, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes stacked between the pair of headers. Each of the headers includes header members each having a gutter-shaped cross section and including an open part and a bottom part. The header members are stacked in a staking direction of the heat exchanger tubes in such a way that the bottom part of one header member closes the open part of another header member. A fitted hole into which an end of a heat exchanger tube is fitted is provided in a side part of the header member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Naotaka Iwasawa, Akihiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11715990
    Abstract: There is provided an electric compressor in which the connection strength between an inverter circuit section and an electrical circuit section connected thereto by a connection terminal is improved. An inverter circuit section (3) includes an inverter control board (17) and a resin-molded sleeve assembly (18). In the sleeve assembly, a sleeve (32) and a terminal connection portion (23) are integrally resin-molded in a state in which a screw groove portion is protruded. The inverter control board (17) and a filter side connection terminal (71) of a filter circuit section (4) are fastened together to the terminal connection portion with a nut (92) screwed into the screw groove portion, whereby the inverter control board 17 and the filter circuit section 4 are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11707964
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device is provided which is capable of accurately judging the need for temperature regulation of an object of temperature regulation mounted in a vehicle and efficiently performing temperature regulation. A compressor 2 to compress a refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger (radiator 4 and heat absorber 9) for exchanging heat between air supplied to a vehicle interior and the refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger 7 disposed outside the vehicle interior, and a control device 11 are provided to perform air conditioning of the vehicle interior. An equipment temperature adjusting device 61 for adjusting the temperature of the object of temperature regulation mounted in the vehicle is provided. The control device controls the equipment temperature adjusting device 61 on the basis of a gradient (?Tw) of a change in an index indicating the temperature of the object of temperature regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Miyakoshi
  • Patent number: 11709210
    Abstract: Provided is an interlock device for a high voltage apparatus which enables not only the diagnosis of the connected or non-connected state of a connector during normal operation of the interlock device, but also the detection of a failure of the interlock device itself, including a failure of the interlock loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Yunhai Jin
  • Patent number: 11677309
    Abstract: An inverter device is provided which is capable of effectively eliminating or suppressing common mode noise in consideration of the influence of a dead time by using the function of a PWM signal generating unit. A control device 21 includes a phase voltage command calculating unit 33 which calculates three-phase modulation voltage command values for generating voltages to be applied to respective phases of a motor 8, and a PWM signal generating unit 36 which, based on the three-phase modulation voltage command values and a single carrier signal, generates a PWM signal to PWM-control an inverter circuit 28. The PWM signal generating unit 36 corrects the three-phase modulation voltage command values output by the phase voltage command calculating unit 33 to thereby cancel a change in the phase voltage applied to the motor 8 by a change in another phase voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuki Kashihara
  • Publication number: 20230137140
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided which can realize suitable temperature control when having a plurality of evaporators even if the load in each evaporator fluctuates. An air conditioner 1 for a vehicle includes at least a compressor 2, a heat absorber 9 to evaporate a refrigerant, a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, and a control device 11, and conditions air of a vehicle interior. The control device 11 calculates target numbers of revolutions TGNCc and TGNCcb of the compressor 2 required to control the temperature of the heat absorber 9 and the temperature of a heat medium cooled by the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, respectively, and selects the maximum value of them to control the operation of the compressor 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei YAMASHITA, Ryo MIYAKOSHI