Patents by Inventor Akira Ishibashi

Akira Ishibashi 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: 11965701
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an outer diameter of a plurality of heat transfer pipes is defined as Do, a wall thickness is defined as tP, an area represented by a numerical expression of a row pitch L1×a step pitch L2 is defined as A, and an area represented by a numerical expression of ((Do?2×tP)/2)2×? is defined as B, a relation of Do<5.5 mm, a relation of (0.2076×tP2?0.1480×tP+0.0545)×Do{circumflex over (?)}(?0.0021×tP2?0.0528×tP+0.0164)?B/A?(0.0219×tP2?0.0185×tP+0.0043)×ln (Do)+(1.6950×tP2+1.8455×tP+1.5416), and a relation of B/A<0.0076×tP2?0.0417×tP+0.0574 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yatsuyanagi, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Ishibashi, Atsushi Morita, Shin Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240118040
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat between air and refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger provided in series with the first heat exchanger in a first direction that is a flow direction of the air, and configured to transfer heat between the air and the refrigerant. The first heat exchanger includes first heat transfer tubes through which the refrigerant flows, which are spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and each of which has a tube axis extending in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions. The second heat exchanger includes: second heat transfer tubes though which the refrigerant flows, which are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and each of which has a tube axis extending in the third direction; and a corrugated fin provided between the second heat transfer tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shin NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Atsushi MORITA, Akira ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 11953059
    Abstract: A speed reducer is configured to reduce a rotational speed of rotation generated by torque received from a drive device and output the torque of the rotation of the reduced rotational speed. A drive cam has a plurality of drive cam grooves formed at one end surface of the drive cam and is rotated by the torque outputted from the speed reducer. A driven cam has a plurality of driven cam grooves formed at one end surface of the driven cam while each of the plurality of rolling elements is clamped between a corresponding one of the plurality of drive cam grooves and a corresponding one of the plurality of driven cam grooves. At least a part of each of the plurality of drive cam grooves overlaps with the speed reducer in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Ishibashi, Akira Takagi, Takumi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20240102517
    Abstract: A housing is placed at an inside space of a case to be installed on a vehicle. The housing includes: a housing plate portion configured to contact a case plate portion of the case; and a receiving space located on one side of the housing plate portion which is opposite to the case plate portion. An electric motor is placed at the receiving space and is configured to output a torque. The housing includes: a housing ventilation hole that extends through the housing plate portion and communicates between an outside space of the housing and the receiving space; and a breathable filter that is placed on a side of the housing ventilation hole, at which the case plate portion is placed, to cover the housing ventilation hole, while the breathable filter is configured to perm it a gas to pass through the breathable filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hirohisa NODA, Ryo ISHIBASHI, Akira TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11940012
    Abstract: A normal-time drive cam groove extends from a drive cam specific point, which is defined as a specific point of the drive cam, toward one side in a circumferential direction of the drive cam. A groove bottom at the normal-time drive cam groove is sloped relative to one end surface of the drive cam such that a depth of the groove bottom continuously decreases from the drive cam specific point toward the one side in the circumferential direction of the drive cam. An emergency-time drive cam groove extends from the drive cam specific point toward another side in the circumferential direction of the drive cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Takagi, Ryo Ishibashi, Takumi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20230332806
    Abstract: An outdoor heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange module and a second heat exchange module, as heat exchange modules each including a plurality of heat transfer tubes and a securing connector that holds the heat transfer tubes. The securing connector has a holder plate holding one end of each of the heat transfer tubes, and a pair of side plates extending from the holder plate away from the heat transfer tubes. The pair of side plates of the securing connector of the first heat exchange module is joined to the pair of side plates of the securing connector of the second heat exchange module. The securing connectors of both of the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module define a space, and the heat transfer tubes of each of the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module communicate with the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi MORITA, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Akira ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 11713926
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger, including a plurality of heat exchange members arranged in a first direction so as to be spaced apart from each other. Each of the plurality of heat exchange members includes: a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a heat transfer plate provided to the heat transfer pipe along the second direction. The heat transfer plate includes extending portions extending away from the heat transfer pipe in a third direction intersecting with each of the first direction and the second direction. The heat transfer plate is formed separately from the heat transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yuta Komiya, Shinya Higashiiue, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Ryota Akaiwa, Shigeyoshi Matsui, Akira Ishibashi, Eiji Hihara, Chaobin Dang, Jiyang Li
  • Publication number: 20230175747
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first header, a second header and a plurality of heat transfer components, wherein the heat transfer components each includes a heat transfer tube extending from the first header to the second header and allowing refrigerant to flow in its inside, and an extension portion being provided in each of the heat transfer tubes and configured to promote heat transfer property of the heat transfer tubes, and wherein the extension portion includes a base portion extending from the heat transfer tube in a second direction in which air that flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes flows, and a spacer portion extending from the base portion in the first direction and abutting the adjacent heat transfer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi MORITA, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Akira ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 11662148
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, each of a plurality of heat exchange members includes: a flat pipe; and a heat transfer plate integrated with the flat pipe along a longitudinal direction of the flat pipe. A width direction of each of the flat pipes intersects with a direction in which the plurality of heat exchange members are arranged side by side. Each of the heat transfer plates includes an extending portion extending outward in the width direction of each of the flat pipes from at least one of one end of a corresponding one of the flat pipes in the width direction and another end of the corresponding one of the flat pipes in the width direction. Each of the flat pipes has one or more flat pipe bent portions, each forming a groove extending along the longitudinal direction of the flat pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Akira Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Shinya Higashiiue, Daisuke Ito, Shin Nakamura, Ryota Akaiwa, Akira Yatsuyanagi, Ryuichi Nagata, Eiji Hihara, Chaobin Dang, Jiyang Li
  • Publication number: 20230155379
    Abstract: A power system stabilizing system includes an accident detector, a power restriction target selector, a cutoff controller, and a reconnection controller. The accident detector is configured to detect a system accident of a power system. The power restriction target selector is configured to select power restriction targets which are required for stability maintenance of the power system out of a plurality of power supplies included in the power system or connected to the power system according to a type of the system accident detected by the accident detector. The cutoff controller is configured to cut off the power restriction targets selected by the power restriction target selector. A system restoration checker is configured to check that the power system has been restored from the system accident on the basis of system information of the power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yukina Morimoto, Akira Ishibashi, Hiroshi Iwaki
  • Patent number: 11573056
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which frost melt water is inhibited from reaching an upper surface of a header include: heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to one of the heat transfer tubes; and a header connected to the heat transfer tubes and having a header end surface along a direction in which the heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel. The fin has an edge facing the header and extends in a first direction perpendicular to the axes of the heat transfer tubes. An end portion of the fin projects in the first direction relative to the header end surface, and another end portion of the fin in the first direction is positioned closer in the first direction to the heat transfer tubes than the header end surface is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yatsuyanagi, Akira Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Shin Nakamura, Ryuichi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11555660
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerant distributor including: a first space forming portion having a first refrigerant port and a second refrigerant port; and a second space forming portion, which extends laterally from a lower part of the first space forming portion, and has a plurality of heat transfer pipe connecting portions. A gas-liquid refrigerant mixture flows into the first space forming portion through the first refrigerant port. Heat transfer pipes are connected at positions of the plurality of heat transfer pipe connecting portions in the second space forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Shinya Higashiiue, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Ishibashi, Ryuichi Nagata, Eiji Hihara, Chaobin Dang, Jiyang Li
  • Patent number: 11506431
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing device, and an evaporator connected by a refrigerant pipe. A refrigerant including a refrigerant having flammability is used as refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit. The evaporator and the pressure reducing device are accommodated in a unit. The evaporator is disposed in the unit in such a manner that a linear distance between a refrigerant inlet of the evaporator and a refrigerant outlet of the pressure reducing device is shorter than a linear distance between a refrigerant outlet of the evaporator and the refrigerant outlet of the pressure reducing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Ishibashi, Daisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20220316812
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an insertion hole of a header and an end portion of a heat exchange member can be properly joined. In the heat exchanger, the heat exchange member includes at least one heat transfer tube extending in the first direction and a fin that is formed at part of an end edge of the heat transfer tube in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The fin is provided at part of a portion of the heat exchange member that is other than an end portion thereof in the first direction. Part of the heat transfer tube that is located at the end portion of the heat exchange member has a smaller width in the second direction than a width of part of the heat transfer tube in the second direction that is located at a fin setting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Akira ISHIBASHI, Norihiro YONEDA
  • Patent number: 11460228
    Abstract: An outdoor heat exchanger includes: a main heat exchange area; a sub heat exchange area; and a connecting pipe and a connecting pipe interconnecting the main heat exchange area and the sub heat exchange area. The main heat exchange area has a main heat exchange channel and a main heat exchange channel. The sub heat exchange area has a sub heat exchange channel, a sub heat exchange channel, and a sub heat exchange channel. The connecting pipe connects the sub heat exchange channel and the sub heat exchange channel to the main heat exchange channel while the sub heat exchange channels are joined together. The connecting pipe interconnects the sub heat exchange channel and the main heat exchange channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nagata, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Shin Nakamura, Akira Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11402108
    Abstract: Provided are a system of highly clean rooms capable of continuously maintaining high cleanliness of air of class 1 or above and supplying enough oxygen inside the room for several persons to live in and a wall adapted to the structure of such a system. The system of highly clean rooms 10 is provided with a living space 6 and a space 5 between the roof and the ceiling as subspaces of an enclosed space formed by a room 1a. One of the lateral walls of the room 1a is constituted of a wall 9 with an internal space 7, which is a hollow wall. The internal space 7 and the living space 6 are in contact via an inner wall 9a of the wall 9, and a gas exchange membrane 26 is stretched in the inner wall 9a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: C'Stec Corporation, Hiei Kensetsu Corporation, Ishibashi Kenchiku Jimusho Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ishibashi, Fusao Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20220236012
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger, including a plurality of heat exchange members arranged in a first direction so as to be spaced apart from each other. Each of the plurality of heat exchange members includes: a heat transfer pipe extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a heat transfer plate provided to the heat transfer pipe along the second direction. The heat transfer plate includes extending portions extending away from the heat transfer pipe in a third direction intersecting with each of the first direction and the second direction. The heat transfer plate is formed separately from the heat transfer pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta KOMIYA, Shinya HIGASHIIUE, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Ryota AKAIWA, Shigeyoshi MATSUI, Akira ISHIBASHI, Eiji HIHARA, Chaobin DANG, Jiyang LI
  • Publication number: 20220228818
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an outer diameter of a plurality of heat transfer pipes is defined as Do, a wall thickness is defined as tP, an area represented by a numerical expression of a row pitch L1×a step pitch L2 is defined as A, and an area represented by a numerical expression of ((Do?2×tP)/2)2×? is defined as B, a relation of Do<5.5 mm, a relation of (0.0219×tP2?0.0185×tP+0.0043)×ln(Do)+(1.6950×tP2+1.8455×tP+1.5416)?B/A?(0.2076×tP2?0.1480×tP+0.0545)×Do{circumflex over (?)}(?0.0021×tP2?0.0528×tP+0.0164), and a relation of B/A<0.0076×tP2?0.0417×tP+0.0574 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Akira YATSUYANAGI, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira ISHIBASHI, Atsushi MORITA, Shin NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11384970
    Abstract: An auxiliary heat exchange unit of a heat exchanger has a first auxiliary heat exchange region and a second auxiliary heat exchange region. A main heat exchange unit has a first main heat exchange region, a second main heat exchange region, a third main heat exchange region, and a fourth main heat exchange region. The auxiliary heat exchange unit and the main heat exchange unit are configured to cause refrigerant to flow successively through the first auxiliary heat exchange region, the second auxiliary heat exchange region, the first main heat exchange region, the second main heat exchange region, the fourth main heat exchange region, and the third main heat exchange region when the heat exchanger functions as an evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Komiya, Shin Nakamura, Shinya Higashiiue, Akira Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Ryota Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 11384996
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plate-like fin having one end and an other end in a first direction; and a first heat transfer tube and a second heat transfer tube that each extends through the fin and that are adjacent to each other in a second direction. A portion to which the fin and the first heat transfer tube are connected and a clearance portion that separates between the fin and the first heat transfer tube are disposed between the fin and the first heat transfer tube. The clearance portion is disposed at one end side in the first direction relative to an imaginary center line that passes through a center of the first heat transfer tube in a long side direction and that extends along a short side direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Ishibashi, Tomoyuki Hayashi