Patents by Inventor Eisuke Kato
Eisuke Kato 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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Publication number: 20240106276Abstract: A wireless power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission units that receives and supplies power to a power receiving unit via the power transmission coil in a resonance state, and a switching control unit that switches a state of a first power transmission unit to a resonance state when the magnitude of the magnetic flux generated in a first power transmission coil of the first power transmission unit, which is one of the plurality of power transmission units, is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and switches to a non-resonance state when the magnitude is less than the threshold value. The threshold is set as a magnitude that exceeds the magnetic flux generated in the first power transmission coil due to coupling between the first power transmission coil and a second power transmission coil of a second power transmission unit, which is adjacent to first power transmission coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru SHIBANUMA, Eisuke TAKAHASHI, Masaya TAKAHASHI, Nobuhisa YAMAGUCHI, Kazuyuki KATO
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Patent number: 10670015Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, an electric motor for driving the screw rotor, bearings supporting the screw rotor and casings housing these members. The screw compressor also includes an oil feeding passage formed in the casing for feeding oil on a high pressure side to the bearings by a differential pressure between the high pressure side and a low pressure side and an oil feeding amount adjusting unit placed in a middle of the oil feeding passage, the oil feeding amount adjusting unit includes a cylinder, a valve element provided to reciprocate inside the cylinder, and plural flow paths provided in the valve element having different flow path areas, the plural flow paths are switched to adjust an oil feeding amount to be fed to the bearings by moving the valve element in accordance with the differential pressure between the high pressure side and the low pressure side.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Iwai, Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Eisuke Kato
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Patent number: 10145374Abstract: A slide valve forming a part of a bore and movable in an axial direction of the rotors, foot sections on a discharge side end face of the slide valve, and discharge ports and on a discharge chamber side of the slide valve in order to discharge compressed gas taken into a compression operation chamber from the suction chamber and compressed. At a discharge side end portion of the slide valve, first discharge channels and lead the compressed gas discharged from the discharge port and lead the compressed gas to the discharge chamber and second discharge channels are provided on a radial direction outer side of the first discharge channel and opened to the first discharge channels and the discharge chamber to lead a part of the compressed gas flowing in the first discharge channels and feed the part of the compressed gas to the discharge chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.Inventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Eisuke Kato, Kotaro Chiba, Yasuaki Iizuka
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Publication number: 20180045200Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, an electric motor for driving the screw rotor, bearings supporting the screw rotor and casings housing these members. The screw compressor also includes an oil feeding passage formed in the casing for feeding oil on a high pressure side to the bearings by a differential pressure between the high pressure side and a low pressure side and an oil feeding amount adjusting unit placed in a middle of the oil feeding passage, the oil feeding amount adjusting unit includes a cylinder, a valve element provided to reciprocate inside the cylinder, and plural flow paths provided in the valve element having different flow path areas, the plural flow paths are switched to adjust an oil feeding amount to be fed to the bearings by moving the valve element in accordance with the differential pressure between the high pressure side and the low pressure side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Satoshi IWAI, Ryuichiro YONEMOTO, Eisuke KATO
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Patent number: 9803900Abstract: A screw compressor and a chiller unit are provided. An oil separator of the screw compressor may include an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder positioned inside the outer cylinder, and an introducing flow path. The upper end of the inner cylinder is held by the oil separator and the outer wall of the inner cylinder is held independently of the inner wall of the outer cylinder. The diameter of the inner wall of the outer cylinder may gradually be reduced along the swirl flow path. The refrigerant via the introducing passage swirls and goes down along the swirl flow path and is separated into gas refrigerant and oil. The separated gas refrigerant flows from the lower end of the inner cylinder into the inner cylinder and goes up, and the separated oil flows down along the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Yasuaki Iizuka, Eisuke Kato, Shu Kuriyama, Masahiro Takebayashi
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Patent number: 9568003Abstract: A screw compressor is disclosed, which includes a male rotor and a female rotor and an oil separator. The oil separator includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder located inside the outer cylinder, and an introducing flow path. An upper end portion of the inner cylinder is held by the oil separator and an outer wall of the inner cylinder is held independently of the inner wall of the outer cylinder. A diameter of an inner wall of the outer cylinder is configured so that the diameter is gradually reduced along a swirl flow path. Moreover, refrigerant that flowed in swirls and goes down along the swirl flow path. The separated gas refrigerant flows from a lower end portion of the inner cylinder into the inner cylinder and goes up and the separated oil flowing down along the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Yasuaki Iizuka, Eisuke Kato, Shu Kuriyama, Masahiro Takebayashi
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Publication number: 20170038107Abstract: A screw compressor in which it is possible to achieve size reduction and reduce the oil rate and a chiller unit equipped with the screw compressor are provided. In the screw compressor, an oil separator includes: an outer cylinder; an inner cylinder positioned inside the outer cylinder; and an introducing flow path that lets refrigerant discharged from a compression working chamber flow in so that the refrigerant swirls to the circumferential direction on the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder. The upper end portion of the inner cylinder is held by the oil separator and the outer wall of the inner cylinder is thereby held independently of the inner wall of the outer cylinder. The diameter of the inner wall of the outer cylinder is so configured that the diameter is gradually reduced along the swirl flow path in which refrigerant that flowed in through the introducing flow path swirls.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Ryuichiro YONEMOTO, Yasuaki IIZUKA, Eisuke KATO, Shu KURIYAMA, Masahiro TAKEBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170030356Abstract: A slide valve forming a part of a bore and movable in an axial direction of the rotors, foot sections on a discharge side end face of the slide valve, and discharge ports and on a discharge chamber side of the slide valve in order to discharge compressed gas taken into a compression operation chamber from the suction chamber and compressed. At a discharge side end portion of the slide valve, first discharge channels and lead the compressed gas discharged from the discharge port and lead the compressed gas to the discharge chamber and second discharge channels are provided on a radial direction outer side of the first discharge channel and opened to the first discharge channels and the discharge chamber to lead a part of the compressed gas flowing in the first discharge channels and feed the part of the compressed gas to the discharge chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Ryuichiro YONEMOTO, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Eisuke KATO, Kotaro CHIBA, Yasuaki IIZUKA
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Patent number: 9169840Abstract: A screw compressor includes a valve hole formed at a discharge side end surface of a discharge casing and at a position opening to a compression work chamber; a bypass flow path having the valve hole and a discharge chamber communicate with each other; and a valve body arranged in the valve hole. The screw compressor also includes cylinder chambers provided on a rear surface side of the valve body; a piston reciprocally moving in the cylinder chambers; a rod connecting the piston and the valve body; communication paths for introducing a fluid on a discharge side into the cylinder chamber on a side opposite to a valve body side of the piston and on the valve body side; a pressure discharge path; a plurality of valve means; and a controller controlling the plurality of valves means.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Eisuke Kato, Masayuki Urashin, Shinichiro Yamada
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Publication number: 20150226218Abstract: A screw compressor in which it is possible to achieve size reduction and reduce the oil rate and a chiller unit equipped with the screw compressor are provided. In the screw compressor, an oil separator includes: an outer cylinder; an inner cylinder positioned inside the outer cylinder; and an introducing flow path that lets refrigerant discharged from a compression working chamber flow in so that the refrigerant swirls to the circumferential direction on the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder. The upper end portion of the inner cylinder is held, by the oil separator and the outer wall of the inner cylinder is thereby held independently of the inner wall of the outer cylinder. The diameter of the inner wall of the outer cylinder is so configured that the diameter is gradually reduced along the swirl flow oath in which refrigerant that flowed in through the introducing flow path swirls.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Yasuaki Iizuka, Eisuke Kato, Shu Kuriyama, Masahiro Takebayashi
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Publication number: 20120247139Abstract: A screw compressor includes a valve hole formed at a discharge side end surface of a discharge casing and at a position opening to a compression work chamber; a bypass flow path having the valve hole and a discharge chamber communicate with each other; and a valve body arranged in the valve hole. The screw compressor also includes cylinder chambers provided on a rear surface side of the valve body; a piston reciprocally moving in the cylinder chambers; a rod connecting the piston and the valve body; communication paths for introducing a fluid on a discharge side into the cylinder chamber on a side opposite to a valve body side of the piston and on the valve body side; a pressure discharge path; a plurality of valve means; and a controller controlling the plurality of valves means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Eisuke Kato, Masayuki Urashin, Shinichiro Yamada
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Publication number: 20100247366Abstract: In order to obtain a screw compressor which is small in size and weight and has ease of maintenance and high reliability, the screw compressor comprises a screw rotor, a low-pressure-side bearing and a high-pressure-side bearing which support the screw rotor, a motor which drives the screw rotor, a motor casing which accommodates the motor, a main casing which accommodates the screw rotor and the low-pressure-side bearing, and a discharge casing which accommodates the high-pressure-side bearing. The motor casing, the main casing, and the discharge casing are accommodated in a steel pipe chamber, and the steel pipe chamber includes a low-pressure-side chamber and a high-pressure-side chamber which are able to be divided in the axial direction. By using a flange provided on an inner surface of the steel pipe chamber, a flange provided in the main casing, and a sealing component provided between the flanges, the steel pipe chamber is divided into a low-pressure-side space and a high-pressure-side space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Eisuke KATO, Masayuki Urashin, Ryuichiro Yonemoto, Shinichiro Yamada, Kenji Tojo
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Publication number: 20080112832Abstract: A hermetic screw compressor comprises a male rotor, a female rotor engaging the male rotor, an electric motor connected to a low pressure side shaft portion of the male rotor, a low pressure side bearing for supporting the low pressure side shaft portion of each of the rotors, a high pressure side bearing for supporting a high pressure side shaft portion of each of the rotors, and a casing containing the rotors, the electric motors and the bearings. A contact type seal is arranged to seal a part of the low pressure side shaft portion of the male rotor between the low pressure side bearing and the electric motor, and a cover contains the seal and is axially detachably attached to the casing so that the contact type seal is attached to the casing through the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Eisuke Kato, Masayuki Urashin
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Publication number: 20070003421Abstract: A two-stage screw compressor of the invention includes a low pressure stage casing provided with a low pressure stage compression mechanism, a discharge casing provided on a discharge side of the low pressure stage casing, a high pressure stage casing provided with a high pressure stage compression mechanism, and intermediate stage casings for connecting the discharge casing and the high pressure stage casing, and accommodating an electric motor. In such a two-stage screw compressor, a cavity is formed on a discharge casing side in the slide valve so as to enlarge the capacity of a discharge space formed in the discharge casing. Thereby, internal resonance occurring in the discharge casing is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Eisuke Kato, Yasuhiro Hioki, Shigekazu Nozawa
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Patent number: 6047672Abstract: A method of driving an engine valve-driving electromagnetic valve, wherein a permanent magnet is provided in a movable element of the electromagnetic valve, and springs are omitted, and wherein repulsion and attraction electric currents are varied according to the engine speed, thereby reducing the electric power consumption. The permanent magnet is magnetized in the axial direction. When the repulsion current is passed through one exciting coil, the attraction current is passed through the other exciting coil, thereby moving an engine valve to an open position. When the attraction current is passed through the one exciting coil, the repulsion current is passed through the other exciting coil, thereby moving the engine valve to a closed position. In the low-engine speed region, the current value is smaller and the energization time is longer than in the high-engine speed region.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazumichi Hanai, Junya Kimoto, Eisuke Kato
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Patent number: 5642981Abstract: A regenerative pump having a plurality of concave channels and blades provided along a peripheral edge of an impeller in a substantially radial direction. A forward surface of the blades in the direction of the impeller is formed concave and a forward surface of the blade in a radially outer portion of the impeller is positioned in a rear position in the direction of rotation relative to the forward surface of the blade in a radially inner portion of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eisuke Kato, Takashi Nagai