Patents by Inventor Eiji Kumakura
Eiji Kumakura 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).
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Patent number: 12140358Abstract: A refrigerant cycle system includes: a primary-side cycle of a vapor compression type that circulates a first refrigerant; a secondary-side cycle of a vapor compression type that circulates a second refrigerant; and a cascade heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant. The secondary-side cycle includes a secondary-side heat exchanger that uses cold or heat obtained by the second refrigerant from the cascade heat exchanger. The secondary-side heat exchanger includes a flat multi-hole pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Eiji Kumakura, Atsushi Yoshimi, Ikuhiro Iwata, Tomoatsu Minamida
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Patent number: 12092374Abstract: A refrigerant cycle system includes: a first refrigerant circuit that includes a first heat exchanger, a first compressor, and a first cascade heat exchanger and that is configured as a first vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a second refrigerant circuit that includes the first cascade heat exchanger, a second compressor, and a second heat exchanger and that is configured as a second vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a first unit that accommodates the first heat exchanger and the first compressor; a second unit that accommodates the first cascade heat exchanger and the second compressor; and a third unit that accommodates the second heat exchanger. The first unit, the second unit, and the third unit are disposed apart from each other. The first cascade heat exchanger performs heat exchange between a first refrigerant that flows through the first refrigerant circuit and a second refrigerant that flows through the second refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Eiji Kumakura, Ikuhiro Iwata, Kazuhiro Furusho, Mikio Kagawa, Michio Moriwaki, Tomoatsu Minamida, Hiromune Matsuoka, Junya Minami
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Patent number: 12066222Abstract: At a refrigeration cycle device, an injection pipe and an economizer heat exchanger are provided at a main refrigerant circuit. In addition, the refrigeration cycle device includes a sub-refrigerant circuit having a sub-usage-side heat exchanger. At the refrigeration cycle device, the sub-usage-side heat exchanger functions as an evaporator of a sub-refrigerant and cools a main refrigerant that has been cooled at the economizer heat exchanger, or functions as a radiator of the sub-refrigerant and heats the main refrigerant that has been cooled at the economizer heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Ikuhiro Iwata, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 12044452Abstract: In an air conditioner, during an operation, a gas-liquid two-phase non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant enters a receiver and accumulates in the receiver in a state where a gas phase and a liquid phase are separated. For example, when the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant includes two components, i.e., a high-boiling refrigerant and a low-boiling refrigerant, the controller may estimate the ratio (composition ratio) between the low-boiling refrigerant and the high-boiling refrigerant in each of the gas phase and the liquid phase based on the temperature and the pressure of the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant in the receiver. Thus, the controller may estimate the composition ratio of the liquid-phase non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant flowing out of the receiver as the composition ratio of the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Ryuhei Kaji, Atsushi Yoshimi, Masaki Tanaka, Hiroki Ueda, Masaki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20240218226Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Kazuhiro FURUSHO, Masaru TANAKA, Shun ONKUBO, Mitsushi ITANO, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Akihito MIZUNO, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yasufu YAMADA, Tatsumi TSUCHIYA, Kenji GOBOU, Hitomi KUROKI, Daisuke KARUBE, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA
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Patent number: 12007150Abstract: Even if, in decompressing a refrigerant by an expansion mechanism, the temperature of the refrigerant cannot be sufficiently reduced, in order to increase the evaporation capacity of a use-side heat exchanger, a main expansion mechanism including an expansion element of a rotary or scroll type that causes power to be produced by decompressing a main refrigerant is provided at a main refrigerant circuit in which the main refrigerant circulates. Further, a sub-refrigerant circuit that differs from the main refrigerant circuit and in which a sub-refrigerant circulates is provided. A sub-use-side heat exchanger that is provided at the sub-refrigerant circuit and that functions as an evaporator of the sub-refrigerant is caused to function as a heat exchanger that cools the main refrigerant that flows between the main expansion mechanism and a main use-side heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuhiro Iwata, Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 11994323Abstract: There is provided a refrigerant charging method in which a foreign material and moisture are avoided from entering a heat source unit until a refrigeration cycle apparatus is configured. The refrigerant charging method is a method of charging a refrigerant to a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigeration cycle is to be performed by a circulating refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit being configured by connecting a second heat source unit and a utilization unit to each other. The refrigerant charging method includes charging a first refrigerant to the second heat source unit before connecting the second heat source unit to the utilization unit to configure the refrigerant circuit, and connecting the second heat source unit to the utilization unit and charging a second refrigerant that differs from the first refrigerant to the refrigerant circuit to obtain the circulating refrigerant that includes the second refrigerant and the first refrigerant that is charged in the second heat source unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Eiji Kumakura, Ikuhiro Iwata, Shun Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11988426Abstract: Efficiency in refrigerant charging work is addressed when a recovered refrigerant recovered from a first heat source unit is to be charged to a second heat source unit. A refrigerant charging method is a charging method used when a first heat source unit of an already installed refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a refrigeration cycle is to be performed by a refrigerant that circulates is to be replaced with a second heat source unit. The refrigerant charging method includes recovering a first refrigerant from an already installed refrigeration cycle apparatus and obtaining a recovered refrigerant and charging the recovered refrigerant and charging a second refrigerant whose composition differs from the composition of the recovered refrigerant to the refrigeration cycle apparatus after renewal that includes the second heat source unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Eiji Kumakura, Ikuhiro Iwata, Shun Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11976859Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle, an adsorption section, and a first bypass flow path. The refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator, and uses a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture including a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant. The adsorption section includes an adsorbent and stores the first refrigerant adsorbed by the adsorbent. The adsorbent adsorbs the first refrigerant, and does not adsorb the second refrigerant or the adsorption performance thereof for the second refrigerant is lower than the adsorption performance thereof for the first refrigerant. The first bypass flow path connects a first end which is a high-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle and a second end which is a low-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle. The adsorption section and a valve are disposed in the first bypass flow path.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Atsushi Yoshimi, Eiji Kumakura, Masaki Tanaka, Masaki Nakayama, Ryuhei Kaji
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Patent number: 11976851Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device that includes a main refrigerant circuit and a sub-refrigerant circuit cools or heats a main refrigerant that flows between a main heat-source-side heat exchanger and a main usage-side heat exchanger by causing a sub-usage-side heat exchanger to function as an evaporator or a radiator of a sub-refrigerant. A first main expansion mechanism and a second main expansion mechanism that decompress the main refrigerant are provided on an upstream side and a downstream side of the sub-usage-side heat exchanger of the main refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ikuhiro Iwata, Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 11971037Abstract: In a compressor compressing a refrigerant including hydrocarbon fluoride prone to disproportionate, provided, on a contact portion of the drive shaft and the bearing portion, is an elastic bearing portion as a heat generation suppression portion suppressing excessive heat generation due to line contact of an end edge portion of the bearing portion with the drive shaft during rotation of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho
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Patent number: 11959667Abstract: A suction injection pipe and a subcooling heat exchanger are provided at a main refrigerant circuit in which a main refrigerant circulates. Further, a sub-refrigerant circuit that differs from the main refrigerant circuit and in which a sub-refrigerant circulates is provided. A controller performs control for switching between a cooling action of the subcooling heat-exchanger that cools the main refrigerant that is sent to a main use-side heat exchanger by using the suction injection pipe and the subcooling heat exchanger, and a cooling action of the sub-refrigerant-circuit that cools the main refrigerant that is sent to the main use-side heat exchanger by using the sub-refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuhiro Iwata, Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 11920077Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Masaru Tanaka, Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada, Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kenji Gobou, Hitomi Kuroki, Daisuke Karube, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Tetsushi Tsuda
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Patent number: 11906207Abstract: A two-stage refrigeration apparatus (500) includes a first cycle (510) and a second cycle (520). The first cycle (510) includes a first compressor (511), a first condenser (512), a first expansion mechanism (513), and a first evaporator (514) that are arranged in such a manner as to be connected to the first cycle. A first refrigerant circulates through the first cycle. The second cycle (520) includes a second downstream-side condenser (523) and a second evaporator (527) that are arranged in such a manner as to be connected to the second cycle. A second refrigerant circulates through the second cycle. The first evaporator (514) and the second downstream-side condenser (523) constitute a cascade condenser (531). In the cascade condenser (531), heat is exchanged between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant. At least one of the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant is a refrigerant mixture containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)).Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Ikuhiro Iwata, Mitsushi Itano, Daisuke Karube, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Yuzo Komatsu, Shun Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20240027105Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus efficiently performs a cooling operation and a heating operation using a low-pressure refrigerant and a high-pressure refrigerant. A refrigeration cycle apparatus using a first refrigerant having 1 MPa or less at 30° C. and a second refrigerant having 1.5 MPa or more at 30° C. performs a heating operation by performing a two-stage refrigeration cycle including a use-side refrigeration cycle using the first refrigerant and a heat-source-side refrigeration cycle using the second refrigerant, and performs a cooling operation by performing a single-stage refrigeration cycle using the first refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi YOSHIMI, Takuro YAMADA, Eiji KUMAKURA, Ikuhiro IWATA, Takeru MIYAZAKI, Hiroki UEDA, Masaki TANAKA, Masaki NAKAYAMA, Osamu TANAKA, Hirokazu FUJINO, Ryuhei KAJI
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Publication number: 20240027104Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a first refrigerant circuit and a second refrigerant circuit so as to improve the efficiency of operations. A first refrigerant circuit using a first refrigerant having a pressure of 1.2 MPa or less at 30° C. and a second refrigerant circuit using a second refrigerant having a pressure of 1.5 MPa or more at 30° C. are provided, and a dual cycle operation in which the first refrigerant circuit and the second refrigerant circuit are simultaneously operated to exchange heat between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant and a single cycle operation in which the first refrigerant circuit is operated without operating the second refrigerant circuit to perform a cooling operation or heating operation are enabled in a switchable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki IKARASHI, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Takuro YAMADA, Eiji KUMAKURA, Ikuhiro IWATA, Ryuhei KAJI, Takeru MIYAZAKI, Hiroki UEDA, Masaki TANAKA, Masaki NAKAYAMA, Hideho SAKAGUCHI, Osamu TANAKA, Hirokazu FUJINO
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Publication number: 20240027115Abstract: In an air conditioner, during an operation, a gas-liquid two-phase non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant enters a receiver and accumulates in the receiver in a state where a gas phase and a liquid phase are separated. For example, when the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant includes two components, i.e., a high-boiling refrigerant and a low-boiling refrigerant, the controller may estimate the ratio (composition ratio) between the low-boiling refrigerant and the high-boiling refrigerant in each of the gas phase and the liquid phase based on the temperature and the pressure of the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant in the receiver. Thus, the controller may estimate the composition ratio of the liquid-phase non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant flowing out of the receiver as the composition ratio of the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Ryuhei KAJI, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Masaki TANAKA, Hiroki UEDA, Masaki NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240019181Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle, an adsorption section, and a first bypass flow path. The refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator, and uses a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture including a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant. The adsorption section includes an adsorbent and stores the first refrigerant adsorbed by the adsorbent. The adsorbent adsorbs the first refrigerant, and does not adsorb the second refrigerant or the adsorption performance thereof for the second refrigerant is lower than the adsorption performance thereof for the first refrigerant. The first bypass flow path connects a first end which is a high-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle and a second end which is a low-pressure part of the refrigeration cycle. The adsorption section and a valve are disposed in the first bypass flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki UEDA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Eiji KUMAKURA, Masaki TANAKA, Masaki NAKAYAMA, Ryuhei KAJI
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Publication number: 20240019183Abstract: A refrigerant recovery system includes a cylinder, a first detection unit, and a control unit. The cylinder accommodate a refrigerant filling a refrigeration cycle apparatus. The first detection unit detects a predetermined physical quantity in order to calculate a composition of the refrigerant accommodated in the cylinder. The control unit acquires a result of detection by the first detection unit and outputs the result as a first detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Ryuhei KAJI, Eiji KUMAKURA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Masaki TANAKA, Hiroki UEDA, Masaki NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240019178Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a main refrigerant circuit, a changer, and a controller. The main refrigerant circuit uses a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture containing a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant. The changer changes a composition ratio between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant in a refrigerant flowing through the main refrigerant circuit. The controller controls an operation of the changer. The controller executes a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode in which the operation of the changing unit is controlled to cause substantially the second refrigerant alone to flow through the main refrigerant circuit. The second mode is a mode in which the operation of the changing unit is controlled to cause a refrigerant mixture of the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant to flow through the main refrigerant circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaki TANAKA, Eiji KUMAKURA, Ikuhiro IWATA, Ryuhei KAJI, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Hiroki UEDA, Takuro YAMADA, Masaki NAKAYAMA