Patents by Inventor Akira YATSUYANAGI

Akira YATSUYANAGI 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: 20220136740
    Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigeration cycle apparatus capable of reducing freezing in a lower part of a heat exchanger in which drainage water tends to accumulate and reducing an amount of refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes the refrigerant circuit 1 connecting, by refrigerant pipes, a compressor, a first expansion device, and a first heat exchanger configured to serve as evaporator during heating operation. The first heat exchanger is provided with a first heat exchange unit and a second heat exchange unit connected to the first heat exchange unit in series in the refrigerant circuit. The first expansion device is connected in parallel with the second heat exchange unit in the refrigerant circuit, and the second heat exchange unit is placed at a position lower than a position of the first heat exchange unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Shin NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Atsushi MORITA, Ryuichi NAGATA, Shinya HIGASHIIUE, Akira ISHIBASHI, Shigeyoshi MATSUI, Atsushi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11175053
    Abstract: A heat exchanger to which a fan supplies air includes a plurality of flat tubes extending in a first direction, a corrugated fin connected to the flat tubes and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of plate fins connected to at least one of a windward end and a leeward end of the corrugated fin and extending in a third direction intersecting the second direction. This configuration achieves improvement in heat exchange performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Komiya, Daisuke Ito, Akira Yatsuyanagi
  • Publication number: 20210325117
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins extending along upper and lower directions, and a flat tube extending crosswise to the plurality of fins. Each of the plurality of fins has a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion and the second side edge portion extending along the upper and lower directions. The flat tube has end portions in the longitudinal axis direction of the flat tube, the end portions including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is positioned closer to the first side edge portion than the second end portion is to the first side edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Tomohiko TAKAHASHI, Yoshihide ASAI
  • Patent number: 11112150
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fin having a first through hole into which a first heat transfer tube is inserted and a second through hole into which a second heat transfer tube is inserted and including a first end portion and a second end portion, in which a virtual straight line passing through end portions on the first end portion side of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube is a first virtual straight line, a virtual straight line passing through end portions on the second end portion side of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube is a second virtual straight line, a region between the first end portion and the first virtual straight line is a first drainage region, a region between the second end portion and the second virtual straight line is a second drainage region, and a region enclosed by the first heat transfer tube, the second heat transfer tube, the first virtual straight line and the second virtual straight line is a water introducing region, a fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Shin Nakamura, Akira Yatsuyanagi
  • Publication number: 20210239409
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus are provided where heat exchange performance is improved, and drainage properties and resistance against frost formation are improved. A flat tube and a plurality of fins that are each a plate having a plate surface extending in a longitudinal direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction are provided. The plate surface intersects a pipe axis of the flat tube, and the plurality of fins are arranged at an interval from one another. The plurality of fins each have a first spacer formed in the plate and maintaining the interval. The flat tube has a longitudinal axis of a section perpendicular to the pipe axis, and the longitudinal axis is inclined to the width direction by an inclination angle ?. The first spacer has a standing surface extending in a direction intersecting the plate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Akira YATSUYANAGI, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Tomohiko TAKAHASHI, Yoshihide ASAI, Hidetomo NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210207900
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus improve a heat exchange performance, a discharge performance, and a frosting resistance, and each include: a flat tube; a fin formed in the shape of a plate having a plate surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the fin that is perpendicular to a width direction thereof, coincides with an up/down direction, and crosses the tube axis of the flat tube; and a first water conveyance member provided below the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shin NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20210180878
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus are provided where deterioration in drainage and ventilation properties is prevented, an air passage is not easily clogged when frost forms, and both defrosting properties and heat exchange performance are achieved. A flat tube and a plurality of fins that are each a plate having a plate surface extending in a longitudinal direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction are provided. The plate surface intersects a pipe axis of the flat tube. The plurality of fins each have an insertion portion in which the flat tube is inserted, a first spacer formed at a rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval, and a second spacer formed at a portion of the plate other than the rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Tomohiko TAKAHASHI, Yoshihide ASAI, Hidetomo NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210108864
    Abstract: An object is to provide 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 and the heat exchange performance and the reliability are improved. The invention includes: a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to at least one of the plurality of heat transfer tubes; and a header having a header end surface being a surface along a direction in which the plurality of heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel with each other, the header being connected to one end portions of the plurality of heat transfer tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Akira YATSUYANAGI, Akira ISHIBASHI, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Shin NAKAMURA, Ryuichi NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20200326111
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fin having a first through hole into which a first heat transfer tube is inserted and a second through hole into which a second heat transfer tube is inserted and including a first end portion and a second end portion, in which a virtual straight line passing through end portions on the first end portion side of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube is a first virtual straight line, a virtual straight line passing through end portions on the second end portion side of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube is a second virtual straight line, a region between the first end portion and the first virtual straight line is a first drainage region, a region between the second end portion and the second virtual straight line is a second drainage region, and a region enclosed by the first heat transfer tube, the second heat transfer tube, the first virtual straight line and the second virtual straight line is a water introducing region, a fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Shin NAKAMURA, Akira YATSUYANAGI
  • Patent number: 10712104
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the invention includes a fin extending in the gravity direction and heat transfer pipes installed so as to intersect the fin. The heat transfer pipes are arranged in the gravity direction. The fin has a water guiding area disposed above and below each of the heat transfer pipes, and a water drainage area disposed adjacent to a side of each of the heat transfer pipes. The water guiding area has water guiding structures for guiding water to the water drainage area. The water drainage area has water drainage structures for guiding water in the gravity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Yatsuyanagi, Shin Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200149818
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    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: 20200116365
    Abstract: A heat exchanger to which a fan supplies air includes a plurality of flat tubes extending in a first direction, a corrugated fin connected to the flat tubes and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of plate fins connected to at least one of a windward end and a leeward end of the corrugated fin and extending in a third direction intersecting the second direction. This configuration achieves improvement in heat exchange performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta KOMIYA, Daisuke ITO, Akira YATSUYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20200018494
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, when a lower surface of the first heat transfer tube is horizontal, in a vertical cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the first heat transfer tube passes through a first fin, upper surfaces of the first and second heat transfer tubes are inclined downward, an upper end of the second heat transfer tube is higher than the lower surface of the first heat transfer tube, and an intersecting point A at which an extension line of the upper surface of the second heat transfer tube and an extension line of the lower surface of the first heat transfer tube intersect is closer to the second heat transfer tube than is an intersecting point B at which the extension line of the upper surface of the second heat transfer tube and an extension line of a lower surface of the second heat transfer tube intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Akira YATSUYANAGI, Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Shin NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190383567
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the invention includes a fin extending in the gravity direction and heat transfer pipes installed so as to intersect the fin. The heat transfer pipes are arranged in the gravity direction. The fin has a water guiding area disposed above and below each of the heat transfer pipes, and a water drainage area disposed adjacent to a side of each of the heat transfer pipes. The water guiding area has water guiding structures for guiding water to the water drainage area. The water drainage area has water drainage structures for guiding water in the gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Akira YATSUYANAGI, Shin NAKAMURA