Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Ogawa

Hiromichi Ogawa 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: 11214419
    Abstract: A sealing cap for a compressor is made of an elastically-deformable material and includes a plug portion, a bolt insertion portion, a tab portion, and a plate-like body portion. The plug portion is to be inserted into a fluid port of a compressor to plug the fluid port. The plate-like body portion integrally joins the plug portion, the bolt insertion portion, and the tab portion. The bolt insertion portion extends from a front surface of the body portion. The tab portion is formed on the front surface of the body portion. The plug portion is projectingly formed on a rear surface of the body portion. The tab portion includes a ring having an annular shape, and is located opposite to the bolt insertion portion across the plug portion. The ring has an opening that extends through the ring in a direction that crosses insertion direction of the plug portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Morikage, Atsushi Shibata, Koji Ishii, Hiromichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10267299
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The neck is larger in the widthwise direction than in the opposing direction so that the neck is deformable in the opposing direction. Each of the two coupling portions has a width that is less than or equal to a width of the neck. The inner portion includes a narrow portion. The narrow portion is at least partially located closer to the head than the shoe holder in the inner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ogawa, Shinya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Nakaima, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190031412
    Abstract: A sealing cap for a compressor is made of an elastically-deformable material and includes a plug portion, a bolt insertion portion, a tab portion, and a plate-like body portion. The plug portion is to be inserted into a fluid port of a compressor to plug the fluid port. The plate-like body portion integrally joins the plug portion, the bolt insertion portion, and the tab portion. The bolt insertion portion extends from a front surface of the body portion. The tab portion is formed on the front surface of the body portion. The plug portion is projectingly formed on a rear surface of the body portion. The tab portion includes a ring having an annular shape, and is located opposite to the bolt insertion portion across the plug portion. The ring has an opening that extends through the ring in a direction that crosses insertion direction of the plug portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki MORIKAGE, Atsushi SHIBATA, Koji ISHII, Hiromichi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10145370
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The inner portion includes a narrow portion and a wide portion. The wide portion projects out of the narrow portion in the widthwise direction and has a larger width than the narrow portion. An outer surface of the wide portion is slidable on a wall surface of the corresponding cylinder bore when the double-headed piston reciprocates in the cylinder bores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ogawa, Shinya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Nakaima, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10072648
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type swash plate compressor, a connecting mechanism that connects a movable body and a swash plate includes a first arm having a first guide surface and a second arm having a second guide surface. The first and second arms extend from the movable body toward the swash plate and disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane that is defined to extend passing through a top dead center portion and an axis of rotation. The first arm and the second arm have a first opening and a second opening, respectively, that are open in a direction opposite to a direction in which a link pin moves on the first guide surface and the second guide surface with an increase of the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ogawa, Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • 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: 9850887
    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, a swash plate and a link mechanism provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate. The compressor further includes a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning member and a moving member, and a pressure control chamber formed therebetween. A support member is fitted on the drive shaft, and the contact of the support member with the moving member determines maximum inclination angle of the swash plate. A thrust bearing supports a thrust force. The support member includes a cylindrical portion that projects beyond the one end of the drive shaft. The position of the cylindrical portion is adjustable in the direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Hiromichi Ogawa, Kei Nishii, Shohei Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20170284381
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. At least one of the two coupling portions includes a load receiving portion. The load receiving portion is configured to receive bending load that is applied from the swash plate to the double-headed piston and acts toward an inner side in the radial direction. The load receiving portion is separated from the wall surface of the cylinder bore when load applied to the double-headed piston is less than a specific threshold value. The load receiving portion abuts against the inner wall of the cylinder bore and receives the bending load when the load applied to the double-headed piston is greater than the specific threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi OGAWA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170284383
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The inner portion includes a narrow portion and a wide portion. The wide portion projects out of the narrow portion in the widthwise direction and has a larger width than the narrow portion. An outer surface of the wide portion is slidable on a wall surface of the corresponding cylinder bore when the double-headed piston reciprocates in the cylinder bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi OGAWA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170284382
    Abstract: A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The neck is larger in the widthwise direction than in the opposing direction so that the neck is deformable in the opposing direction. Each of the two coupling portions has a width that is less than or equal to a width of the neck. The inner portion includes a narrow portion. The narrow portion is at least partially located closer to the head than the shoe holder in the inner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi OGAWA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9719501
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes, a housing, a swash plate disposed in the housing and having therethrough an insertion hole, a rotary shaft inserted through the insertion hole of the swash plate, a plurality of pistons engaged with the swash plate, and a connecting member disposed between the rotary shaft and the swash plate and connecting the rotary shaft and the swash plate so as to change inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. A pair of projections are provided in the insertion hole so as to extend toward the rotary shaft and restrict the movement of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. The paired projections are spaced away from each other so as not to be in contact with the rotary shaft simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari Honda, Shinya Yamamoto, Hiromichi Ogawa, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20170145996
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type swash plate compressor, a connecting mechanism that connects a movable body and a swash plate includes a first arm having a first guide surface and a second arm having a second guide surface. The first and second arms extend from the movable body toward the swash plate and disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane that is defined to extend passing through a top dead center portion and an axis of rotation. The first arm and the second arm have a first opening and a second opening, respectively, that are open in a direction opposite to a direction in which a link pin moves on the first guide surface and the second guide surface with an increase of the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi OGAWA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170145997
    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, and a link mechanism and a plurality of pistons. The compressor further includes a partitioning body, a movable body, a control chamber, a control mechanism and a connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes first and second arms, a traction portion, and a link pin. The first and second arms have first and second guide surfaces that are placed in contact with the link pin. The link pin is held by the traction portion so as to be rollable on the first and second guide surfaces, respectively. A restrictor is provided on the ling pin or in the first and second arms so as to prevent the link pin from moving in a direction of an axis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiromichi OGAWA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160238001
    Abstract: In the compressor of the present invention, the first discharge chamber is divided into m first discharge sections, where m is an integer satisfying m?2, and the second discharge chamber is divided into m second discharge sections. N out of the first discharge sections, where n is an arbitrary integer satisfying 1?n<m, are defined as specified first discharge sections, and n out of the second discharge sections are defined as specified second discharge sections. When viewed from an axial direction of the drive shaft, at least one of the specified first discharge sections and at least one of the specified second discharge sections are disposed at positions shifted from each other. N first discharge passages each communicates with each of the specified first discharge sections and the merging portion, and n second discharge passages each communicates with each of the specified second discharge sections and the merging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIWARA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiromichi OGAWA
  • 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: 20160025084
    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, a swash plate and a link mechanism provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate. The compressor further includes a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning member and a moving member, and a pressure control chamber formed therebetween. A support member is fitted on the drive shaft, and the contact of the support member with the moving member determines maximum inclination angle of the swash plate. A thrust bearing supports a thrust force. The support member includes a cylindrical portion that projects beyond the one end of the drive shaft. The position of the cylindrical portion is adjustable in the direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiromichi OGAWA, Kei NISHII, Shohei FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20150275877
    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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Hiromichi OGAWA, Shohei FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20150132156
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes, a housing, a swash plate disposed in the housing and having therethrough an insertion hole, a rotary shaft inserted through the insertion hole of the swash plate, a plurality of pistons engaged with the swash plate, and a connecting member disposed between the rotary shaft and the swash plate and connecting the rotary shaft and the swash plate so as to change inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. A pair of projections are provided in the insertion hole so as to extend toward the rotary shaft and restrict the movement of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. The paired projections are spaced away from each other so as not to be in contact with the rotary shaft simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiromichi OGAWA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150104334
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a control pressure chamber and a displacement control valve that controls the pressure of the control pressure chamber. The displacement control valve includes an electromagnetic solenoid, a driving force transmission member, a valve body, and a pressure sensing mechanism. An accommodation chamber accommodates the pressure sensing. A valve chamber accommodates the valve body having a valve opening degree determined by an urging force applied to the valve body through the driving force transmission member and by an urging force applied to the valve body by the expansion and contraction of the pressure sensing mechanism. The valve body and the pressure sensing mechanism form a valve unit. When the electromagnetic solenoid is deactivated, the pressure of the accommodation chamber acts on a back surface of the pressure sensing mechanism so that a force in the open direction is applied to the valve unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Hiromichi OGAWA, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kei NISHII
  • Publication number: 20150044065
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a displacement control valve. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmitting member, a valve member having a first valve body, a valve chamber, which accommodates the first valve body, an accommodating chamber, which communicates with a control pressure chamber, a pressure sensing mechanism, which adjusts the valve opening degree of the first valve body, a communicating chamber, which is located on the opposite side of the pressure sensing mechanism from the valve chamber, and a second valve body, which is located in the pressure sensing mechanism and selectively opens and closes the communicating chamber. When the current supply to the electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in the suction pressure zone in the communicating chamber is higher than a predetermined pressure, the pressure sensing mechanism contracts to open the second valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kei NISHII, Hiromichi OGAWA