Patents by Inventor Akinori Fukuda

Akinori Fukuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20230066647
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped check valve 23 which opens and closes the injection passage 21 is placed in the check valve chamber 22, an injection discharge passage 21b portion connected to the compression chamber 13 of the injection passage 21 and the check valve chamber 22 open from an outer surface of the fixed scroll 11, a lid body 25 is attached to openings of the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 such that the check valve 23 is sandwiched between the openings and the lid body 25, and the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 are hermetically closed, thereby forming the injection passage 21. According to this, it is possible to provide a reliable, efficient and inexpensive compressor with an injection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Akinori FUKUDA, Akihiro HAYASHI, Hideto OKA, Keisuke NOBA
  • Patent number: 11326598
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a fixed scroll; at least one discharge port; a reed valve; a valve stop; and a ventilation hole. The at least one discharge port is disposed in the fixed scroll. The reed valve is disposed in the fixed scroll so as to block the at least one discharge port. The valve stop is disposed in the fixed scroll, and restricts the lift amount of the reed valve. The ventilation hole is disposed in the valve stop. In the present aspect, the flow of refrigerant gas is smoothed to suppress the compression loss, and the force applied to the reed valve can be suppressed. As a result, the efficiency and reliability can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Oka, Daisuke Funakoshi, Akinori Fukuda, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11231034
    Abstract: A compressor including fixed scroll and revolving scroll configuring compression mechanism, compression chamber formed between fixed scroll and revolving scroll, intake chamber provided on an outer circumferential side of fixed scroll, discharge port provided in a central part of fixed scroll, muffler provided to cover discharge port at an upper part of fixed scroll, and heat-insulating member provided between fixed scroll and muffler space formed by muffler. After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber is compressed by revolving scroll revolving and compression chamber moving while changing a volume of compression chamber, the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port. The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port is discharged into muffler space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Funakoshi, Akinori Fukuda, Hideto Oka, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11038191
    Abstract: In accordance with a fuel cell module, a cell stack is housed in a housing including a box and a lid, and the lid is provided with a first gas flow channel through which either one of oxygen containing gas and exhaust gas flows. Therefore, the configuration of the housing can be simplified. Since the lid is provided with the gas flow channel, an accommodation space inside the box can be enlarged, the cell stack can be easily housed inside the housing through an opening, and the fuel cell module can be easily assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation, DAINICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kanbayashi, Kentaro Tanaka, Takayuki Maruyama, Akinori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20210156381
    Abstract: A compressor includes fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7) configuring compression mechanism (2), compression chamber (9), intake chamber (11), discharge port (12), muffler (16), and heat-insulating member (24) provided between fixed scroll (6) and muffler (16). After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber (11) is compressed by revolving scroll (7) revolving and compression chamber (9) moving while changing a volume of compression chamber (9), the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port (12). The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port (12) is discharged into muffler space (14) formed by muffler (16). Heat-insulating member (24) includes heat-insulating member discharge port (25), lead valve (13), and recess (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Akinori FUKUDA, Daisuke FUNAKOSI, Hideto OKA, Keisuke NOBA
  • Publication number: 20200248687
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor including fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7) configuring compression mechanism (2), compression chamber (9) formed between fixed scroll (6) and revolving scroll (7), intake chamber (11) provided on an outer circumferential side of fixed scroll (6), discharge port (12) provided in a central part of fixed scroll (6), muffler (16) provided to cover discharge port (12) at an upper part of fixed scroll (6), and heat-insulating member (24) provided between fixed scroll (6) and muffler space (14) formed by muffler (16). After a refrigerant gas taken into intake chamber (11) is compressed by revolving scroll (7) revolving and compression chamber (9) moving while changing a volume of compression chamber (9), the refrigerant gas is discharged from discharge port (12). The refrigerant gas discharged from discharge port (12) is discharged into muffler space (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke FUNAKOSHI, Akinori FUKUDA, Hideto OKA, Kenji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200232461
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a fixed scroll; at least one discharge port; a reed valve; a valve stop; and a ventilation hole. The at least one discharge port is disposed in the fixed scroll. The reed valve is disposed in the fixed scroll so as to block the at least one discharge port. The valve stop is disposed in the fixed scroll, and restricts the lift amount of the reed valve. The ventilation hole is disposed in the valve stop. In the present aspect, the flow of refrigerant gas is smoothed to suppress the compression loss, and the force applied to the reed valve can be suppressed. As a result, the efficiency and reliability can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hideto OKA, Daisuke FUNAKOSHI, Akinori FUKUDA, Kenji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190319293
    Abstract: In accordance with a fuel cell module, a cell stack is housed in a housing including a box and a lid, and the lid is provided with a first gas flow channel through which either one of oxygen containing gas and exhaust gas flows. Therefore, the configuration of the housing can be simplified. Since the lid is provided with the gas flow channel, an accommodation space inside the box can be enlarged, the cell stack can be easily housed inside the housing through an opening, and the fuel cell module can be easily assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya KANBAYASHI, Kentaro TANAKA, Takayuki MARUYAMA, Akinori FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 9284955
    Abstract: According to a compressor of the present invention, the compressor further comprises an oil separating mechanism 40 which separates oil from the refrigerant gas discharged from the compressing mechanism 10, the oil separating mechanism 40 includes a cylindrical space 41 in which the refrigerant gas orbits, an inflow portion 42 for flowing the refrigerant gas discharged from the compressing mechanism 10 into the cylindrical space 41, a sending-out port 43 for sending out, from the cylindrical space 41 to the one container space 32, the refrigerant gas from which the oil is separated, and an exhaust port 44 for discharging the separated oil and a portion of the refrigerant gas from the cylindrical space 41, and a center of the sending-out port 43 is deviated in a direction opposite from the inflow portion 42 from a center axis of the cylindrical space 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hiratsuka, Osamu Aiba, Takeshi Hashimoto, Akinori Fukuda, Shiho Furuya, Atsushi Sakuda, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Hiroyuki Kawano, Yusuke Imai, Takashi Morimoto, Tatsuya Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130039792
    Abstract: According to a compressor of the present invention, the compressor further comprises an oil separating mechanism 40 which separates oil from the refrigerant gas discharged from the compressing mechanism 10, the oil separating mechanism 40 includes a cylindrical space 41 in which the refrigerant gas orbits, an inflow portion 42 for flowing the refrigerant gas discharged from the compressing mechanism 10 into the cylindrical space 41, a sending-out port 43 for sending out, from the cylindrical space 41 to the one container space 32, the refrigerant gas from which the oil is separated, and an exhaust port 44 for discharging the separated oil and a portion of the refrigerant gas from the cylindrical space 41, and a center of the sending-out port 43 is deviated in a direction opposite from the inflow portion 42 from a center axis of the cylindrical space 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hiratsuka, Osamu Aiba, Takeshi Hashimoto, Akinori Fukuda, Shiho Furuya, Atsushi Sakuda, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Hiroyuki Kawano, Yusuke Imai, Takashi Morimoto, Tatsuya Nakamoto