Patents by Inventor Hideharu Yamashita

Hideharu Yamashita 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: 20240125324
    Abstract: A collar of a fixed scroll includes a gasket contact surface with which a gasket comes into contact, and a metal contact surface that causes the collar and a compression housing to be in contact and receives the axial force of bolts. The collar has a protruding portion that protrudes in the axial direction relative to the gasket contact surface, and the metal contact surface is disposed on the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuji HASHIMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kazunari HONDA, Akihiro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9903353
    Abstract: An actuator of a variable displacement swash compressor includes a partitioning body that is movable along the axis of a drive shaft, a movable body that changes the inclination angle of a swash plate, and a control pressure chamber defined by the partitioning body and the movable body. The movable body is moved by drawing refrigerant in the control pressure chamber from a discharge chamber. The swash plate is configured to contact and move the partitioning body as the inclination angle increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari Honda, Takahiro Suzuki, Hideharu Yamashita, Hiromichi Ogawa, Shohei Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9850886
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash-plate compressor includes an actuator that changes the inclination angle of a swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body that moves along a drive shaft axis. The movable body includes an acting portion that pushes the swash plate. The swash plate includes a receiving portion that contacts and is pushed by the acting portion. The acting portion and the receiving portion contact each other at an acting position. A bottom dead center associated part for positioning the piston at a bottom dead center is defined on the swash plate. When the drive shaft and the acting position are viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a top dead center plane containing the top dead center associated part and the drive shaft axis, the acting position is defined at a position overlapping with the drive shaft regardless of the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakaima, Kengo Sakakibara, Yusuke Yamazaki, Hideharu Yamashita, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9816498
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator includes a partition body and a movable body, which moves in a direction along the rotational axis of the rotary shaft. The movable body includes a guide surface, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a sliding portion, which slides on the rotary shaft or on the partition body. When viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface is configured such that a perpendicular line or a normal line to the guide surface intersects with the rotational axis of the rotary shaft in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Shinya Yamamoto, Hideharu Yamashita, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Masaki Ota, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9797389
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber and a cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a drive shaft and a swash plate that is mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith. The compressor further includes a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a moving body and a pressure control chamber formed between the partitioning body and the moving body into which a refrigerant is introduced from the discharge chamber for moving the moving body. A connecting member and a connecting unit are disposed on radially opposite side of the drive shaft. The compressor further has an urging member that urges the moving body that reduces the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hideharu Yamashita, Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170276126
    Abstract: A variable displacement type swash plate compressor includes a housing having therein a swash plate chamber and a plurality of cylinder bores, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, and a plurality of the pistons. The compressor further includes a partition member, a movable member, and a control pressure chamber, and a control mechanism. First and second seal members are disposed between the partition member and the movable member and between the drive shaft and the movable member, respectively, and are elastically deformed to provide sealing between the control pressure chamber and the swash plate chamber. At least one of a clearance formed between the partition member and the movable member and a clearance formed between the drive shaft and the movable member when the swash plate is at its minimum inclination angle is greater than when the swash plate at a maximum inclination angle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kei NISHII, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9726163
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator. The actuator includes a partition body, a movable body, and a coupling member located radially outward of the rotary shaft of the swash plate. The movable body has a guide surface for changing the inclination angle of the swash plate and a sliding portion that slides on the rotary shaft or the partition body. When viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface has a curved shape that is configured such that a normal of the guide surface and the rotational axis of the rotary shaft intersect in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion in the entire range of change in the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Shinya Yamamoto, Hideharu Yamashita, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii
  • Patent number: 9651034
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash-plate compressor includes an actuator that is configured to change the inclination angle of a swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body that moves along a drive shaft axis. The movable body includes an acting portion that is configured to push the swash plate with the pressure in a control pressure chamber. The swash plate includes a receiving portion that contacts and is pushed by the acting portion. The acting portion and the receiving portion contact each other at an acting position. A drive-shaft-parallel line segment is defined that contains the acting position and connects a proximal end of the acting portion and a proximal end of the receiving portion to each other, while extending in parallel with the drive shaft axis. The drive-shaft-parallel line segment is shorter when the inclination angle of the swash plate is maximized than when the inclination angle is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakaima, Shinya Yamamoto, Hideharu Yamashita, Kengo Sakakibara, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9651036
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber in communication with the suction chamber, a first cylinder block having a plurality of first cylinder bores and a second cylinder block having a plurality of second cylinder bores. The first cylinder bores and the second cylinder bores cooperate to form plural pairs of the first and second cylinder bores. The first cylinder block and the second cylinder block have on outer peripheral side thereof a first projection and a second projection projecting radially, respectively. The first projection and the second projection cooperate together to form an oil separation chamber, an oil reserve chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber and a gas release passage that provides fluid communication between the oil reserve chamber and the intermediate pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hideharu Yamashita, Shinya Yamamoto, Masaki Ota, Takahiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Nakaima
  • Patent number: 9518568
    Abstract: An inclination angle of a swash plate of a swash plate type variable displacement compressor is rapidly changed to the maximum when electric current is supplied to an electromagnetic solenoid and therefore the compressor is operated at the maximum displacement. When a second valve body is opened, a first valve body is closed; when the second valve body is closed, a valve opening of the first valve body is controlled. Under the circumstance that electric current is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid and an instruction for operating the compressor at the maximum displacement is issued, when the first valve body is closed, the second valve body is opened. In addition to supply of refrigerant gas from a discharge chamber to a control pressure chamber through a first supply passage, refrigerant gas is supplied from the discharge chamber to the control pressure chamber through a second supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaki Ota, Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazunari Honda, Hideharu Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160237994
    Abstract: A compressor includes an actuator that is configured to change the inclination angle of a swash plate. A movable body, which is part of the actuator, has a primary acting portion and a secondary acting portion. The swash plate has a primary receiving portion and a secondary receiving portion. When the inclination angle of the swash plate is maximized, the primary acting portion contacts the primary receiving portion to push the swash plate. When the inclination angle of the swash plate is minimized, the secondary acting portion contacts the secondary receiving portion to push the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160222953
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes an actuator having a movable body and a control pressure chamber. An acting portion capable of pressing a swash plate by the pressure in the control pressure chamber is formed at the movable body, and an acted portion that abuts on and is pressed by the acting portion is formed at the swash plate. The acting portion abuts on the acted portion at an operative position, which moves in accordance with the change of an inclination angle of the swash plate. A top-dead-center corresponding portion is defined in the swash plate, and the operative position when the inclination angle is maximum is closer to the top-dead-center corresponding portion as compared to the operative position when the inclination angle is minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Masaki OTA, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Hideharu YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160153437
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash-plate compressor includes an actuator that changes the inclination angle of a swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body that moves along a drive shaft axis. The movable body includes an acting portion that pushes the swash plate. The swash plate includes a receiving portion that contacts and is pushed by the acting portion. The acting portion and the receiving portion contact each other at an acting position. A bottom dead center associated part for positioning the piston at a bottom dead center is defined on the swash plate. When the drive shaft and the acting position are viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a top dead center plane containing the top dead center associated part and the drive shaft axis, the acting position is defined at a position overlapping with the drive shaft regardless of the inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160153435
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash-plate compressor includes an actuator that is configured to change the inclination angle of a swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body that moves along a drive shaft axis. The movable body includes an acting portion that is configured to push the swash plate with the pressure in a control pressure chamber. The swash plate includes a receiving portion that contacts and is pushed by the acting portion. The acting portion and the receiving portion contact each other at an acting position. A bottom dead center associated part for positioning the piston at a bottom dead center is defined on the swash plate. When the inclination angle is minimized, the acting position is located at a position closer to the bottom dead center associated part than the drive shaft axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160153438
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash-plate compressor includes an actuator that is configured to change the inclination angle of a swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body that moves along a drive shaft axis. The movable body includes an acting portion that is configured to push the swash plate with the pressure in a control pressure chamber. The swash plate includes a receiving portion that contacts and is pushed by the acting portion. The acting portion and the receiving portion contact each other at an acting position. A drive-shaft-parallel line segment is defined that contains the acting position and connects a proximal end of the acting portion and a proximal end of the receiving portion to each other, while extending in parallel with the drive shaft axis. The drive-shaft-parallel line segment is shorter when the inclination angle of the swash plate is maximized than when the inclination angle is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160153436
    Abstract: A mobile body and a swash plate are coupled to each other via a columnar coupling pin provided on an outer peripheral part of the swash plate. An insertion hole through which the coupling pin is passed is formed in the swash plate. The insertion hole has a guide surface for guiding the coupling pin and for changing the inclination angle of the swash plate following movement of a mobile body to the axial direction of a rotation shaft. The guide surface has a flat surface part which is inclined to a moving direction of the mobile body. The flat surface part is set such that a perpendicular line of the flat surface part and an axial line of the rotation shaft cross in a region surrounded by a sliding part, viewed from a direction orthogonal to both an axial direction of the rotation shaft and a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII
  • Publication number: 20160069334
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor, in which the inclination angle of a swash plate is changed by an actuator, ensuring stability on a product-by-product basis while realizing reduction in size. In the compressor, when pressure in a control pressure chamber increases, a movable body moves toward a flange. At this time, the movable body pulls the opposite end side of a swash plate rearward in a swash plate chamber via first and second pulling arms. A link mechanism permits increase of the inclination angle of the swash plate until reaching a maximum value. When the pressure in the control pressure chamber reaches a required control pressure, a rear wall of the movable body which has moved rearward in the swash plate chamber abuts a front face of the flange. This makes it possible in this compressor to restrict the maximum value of the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kazunari HONDA, Hiromichi OGAWA, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Masaki OTA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160047367
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator includes a partition body and a movable body, which moves in a direction along the rotational axis of the rotary shaft. The movable body includes a guide surface, which changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a sliding portion, which slides on the rotary shaft or on the partition body. When viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface is configured such that a perpendicular line or a normal line to the guide surface intersects with the rotational axis of the rotary shaft in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Masaki OTA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160032910
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor, in which discharge capacity is changed by an actuator, exhibiting high controllability while realizing reduction in size. In the compressor, a movable body includes a rear wall, a circumferential wall, and a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism includes a first arm provided with a first pulling point and a second arm provided with a second pulling point. In the compressor, when the inclination angle of a swash plate is increased, the movable body pulls the swash plate via the first and second arms. At this time, in the compressor, pulling force can be applied at two points, i.e., at the first pulling point and the second pulling point. Consequently, in the compressor, even when the size of the rear wall and the circumferential wall is increased, the rigidity of the first and second arms can be made lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masaki OTA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160003227
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber and a cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a drive shaft and a swash plate that is mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith. The compressor further includes a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a moving body and a pressure control chamber formed between the partitioning body and the moving body into which a refrigerant is introduced from the discharge chamber for moving the moving body. A connecting member and a connecting unit are disposed on radially opposite side of the drive shaft. The compressor further has an urging member that urges the moving body that reduces the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hideharu YAMASHITA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI