Patents by Inventor Hiraku Kunita

Hiraku Kunita 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: 6735969
    Abstract: In order to enhance air heating capacity during low outdoor air temperature, a gas heat pump type air conditioning device comprises a compression device having a gas engine driving source and forming a refrigerating cycle by circulating a refrigerant, an engine-coolant-water system, a channel change switching device, a bypass channel which is provided with the channel change switching device in the engine-coolant-water system downstream of the gas engine, and an engine-coolant-water heating device provided in the bypass channel, and waste heat exhausted from the gas engine is collected in the engine-coolant-water, and the refrigerant is heated by the engine-coolant-water so as to enhance air-heating-capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Kasagi, Hiraku Kunita, Ryuji Morishima, Kazuo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20030070445
    Abstract: In order to enhance air heating capacity during low outdoor air temperature, a gas heat pump type air conditioning device comprises a compression device having a gas engine driving source and forming a refrigerating cycle by circulating a refrigerant, an engine-coolant-water system, a channel change switching device, a bypass channel which is provided with the channel change switching device in the engine-coolant-water system downstream of the gas engine, and an engine-coolant-water heating device provided in the bypass channel, and waste heat exhausted from the gas engine is collected in the engine-coolant-water, and the refrigerant is heated by the engine-coolant-water so as to enhance air-heating-capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Tsukasa Kasagi, Hiraku Kunita, Ryuji Morishima, Kazuo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20030041613
    Abstract: In order to obtain more enhanced air heating capacity during low outdoor air temperature, a gas heat pump type air conditioning device which circulates refrigerant by a compressing device of which driving source is a gas engine, forms a refrigerating cycle, collects waste heat of exhaust gas exhausted from the gas engine to engine coolant water by an exhaust gas heat exchanging device, and heats the refrigerant by the engine coolant water to enhance the heating capacity, the exhaust gas exhausted from the gas engine is heated, and a heating device for increasing amount of thermal energy which can be collected in the exhaust gas heat exchanging device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Tsukasa Kasagi, Hiraku Kunita, Ryuji Morishima, Kazuo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20030041609
    Abstract: In order to provide a gas heat pump type air conditioning device in which accessibility and maintenance operation are not disturbed due to snow in snowy areas, a gas heat pump type air conditioning device comprises a compression device for which the driving source is a gas engine and forms a refrigerating cycle by circulating a refrigerant, a bypass pipe channel section which is provided around space where an outdoor unit is installed and is separated from an engine-coolant-water system of the gas engine via a channel change switching device, wherein waste heat exhausted from the gas engine is collected back into the engine-coolant-water, and the refrigerant is heated by the engine-coolant-water so as to enhance air heating capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Tsukasa Kasagi, Hiraku Kunita, Kazuo Yamagishi