Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Tanabe

Hirotaka Tanabe 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: 12208661
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a refrigerant is sequentially flowed; a high-temperature heat medium circuit through which a high-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the condenser is circulated; a low-temperature heat medium circuit through which a low-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the evaporator is circulated; a connection line connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit to the low-temperature heat medium circuit; vehicle interior heat exchangers allowed to be introduced the heat medium thereinto; and a switching unit which switches an operation state of the air conditioning device to a first mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a second mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the low-temperature heat medium circ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tanabe, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hideaki Tatenoi, Masahiro Ota, Tomoki Hase
  • Publication number: 20250019368
    Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by Formula (X) and a production method thereof, a polymerizable composition, a resin composition, a polymer, a cured substance, and a laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, FUJIFILM WAKO PURE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro JIMBO, Yoshihiko FUJIE, Jun TANABE, Hirotaka SATOU
  • Publication number: 20250018771
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit interposed between a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle-interior heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants flowing through the vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle-interior heat exchanger, respectively, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit being provided with a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows, and the distance between the compressor and the evaporator is longer than the distance between the compressor and the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi MORISHITA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya NAKAGAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Hideto NOYAMA, Hirotaka TANABE, Hirofumi HIRATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12187098
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates; a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates; a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed close to each other. The warm flow passage is provided on the route of the high-temperature cycle, and the cold flow passage is provided on the route of the low-temperature cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tanabe, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hideaki Tatenoi, Tomoki Hase, Masahiro Ohta
  • Publication number: 20240416723
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit that is interposed between a vehicle-outside heat exchanger and a vehicle-inside heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants respectively flowing through the vehicle-outside heat exchanger and the vehicle-inside heat exchanger. The vehicular refrigeration cycle unit includes a refrigeration cycle provided in a device accommodation space inside a vehicle, the refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant having flammability and having a higher specific gravity than atmosphere flows sequentially, and a leakage sensor located below the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator and is configured to detect the concentration of the primary refrigerant contained in air in the device accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto NOYAMA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya NAKAGAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Masatoshi MORISHITA, Hirotaka TANABE, Hirofumi HIRATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12160712
    Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle comprises: a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant sequentially flows; a high-temperature heat medium circuit in which a high-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the condenser circulates; a low-temperature heat medium circuit in which a low-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the evaporator circulates; a connection line for connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit; a plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle that allow introduction of the heat medium; and a switching unit capable of switching modes for each of the plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle, among a mode for connecting to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a mode for connecting to the low-temperature heat medium circuit, and a mode for not connecting to either of the h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kobayashi, Hirotaka Tanabe, Tomoki Hase, Masahiro Ohta, Hideaki Tatenoi, Koji Nakado
  • Publication number: 20240294053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle air conditioning system and a vehicle air conditioning method that increase heating performance while recovering exhaust heat from onboard equipment. The vehicle air conditioning system comprises: a refrigerant circuit; a heat medium circuit including a high-temperature medium circuit and a low-temperature medium circuit; an interior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a heat medium and air; an exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium and outside air; an exhaust heat recovery circuit; and a switching part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANABE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tomoki HASE, Yasutaka AOKI, Hideaki TATENOI
  • Publication number: 20240149640
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heat medium circuit, a vehicle-interior heat exchanger, a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger disposed in series with respect to a flow of air generated by an air blower, a switching unit, a detection unit for detecting a degree of frost formation, and a control device. The operation mode includes a defrosting mode in which the heat medium in the high-temperature medium circuit is supplied to a defrosting target to be selected as either the first or second heat exchanger by the operation of the switching unit. The control device selects, as the defrosting target, the first heat exchanger in preference to the second heat exchanger when determined that both the first and the second heat exchangers need to be defrosted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANABE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Yasutaka AOKI, Tomoki HASE, Hideaki TATENOI, Masayuki SAKAI, Michiaki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20230415547
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit that circulates a refrigerant through a compressor, a heat-absorbing heat exchanger, a decompression unit, and a heat-dissipating heat exchanger, a heat medium circuit including a high-temperature heat medium circuit that circulates a high-temperature heat medium and a low-temperature heat medium circuit that circulates a low-temperature heat medium, a vehicle interior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air and at least one of the high-temperature heat medium and the low-temperature heat medium, a vehicle exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air and at least one of the high-temperature heat medium and the low-temperature heat medium, and a switching unit that switches respective flows of the high-temperature heat medium and the low-temperature heat medium in accordance with an operation mode of the vehicle air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tanabe, Takayuki Kobayashi, Yasutaka Aoki, Tomoki Hase, Hideaki Tatenoi
  • Publication number: 20230347710
    Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle comprises: a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant sequentially flows; a high-temperature heat medium circuit in which a high-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the condenser circulates; a low-temperature heat medium circuit in which a low-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the evaporator circulates; a connection line for connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit; a plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle that allow introduction of the heat medium; and a switching unit capable of switching modes for each of the plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle, among a mode for connecting to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a mode for connecting to the low-temperature heat medium circuit, and a mode for not connecting to either of the h
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Hirotaka TANABE, Tomoki HASE, Masahiro OHTA, Hideaki TATENOI, Koji NAKADO
  • Publication number: 20230158859
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates; a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates; a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed close to each other. The warm flow passage is provided on the route of the high-temperature cycle, and the cold flow passage is provided on the route of the low-temperature cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANABE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Hideaki TATENOI, Tomoki HASE, Masahiro OHTA
  • Publication number: 20230082212
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a refrigerant is sequentially flowed; a high-temperature heat medium circuit through which a high-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the condenser is circulated; a low-temperature heat medium circuit through which a low-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the evaporator is circulated; a connection line connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit to the low-temperature heat medium circuit; vehicle interior heat exchangers allowed to be introduced the heat medium thereinto; and a switching unit which switches an operation state of the air conditioning device to a first mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a second mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the low-temperature heat medium circ
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TANABE, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Hideaki TATENOI, Masahiro OTA, Tomoki HASE
  • Publication number: 20230049991
    Abstract: A glaucoma drainage tube is provided. The glaucoma drainage tube is a glaucoma drainage tube for draining aqueous humor, and includes a canal through which the aqueous humor flows, and a displacement member that is arranged at an inlet of the canal and is displaced so as to reciprocate in response to a flow of the aqueous humor flowing therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Hirotaka Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10371230
    Abstract: A damping apparatus includes a damping unit 30 composed of a plurality of damping plates 36 having plasticity, a holding member 31 holding at least one ends of the damping plates 36 in a manner to allow deflection of the damping plates 36 with the damping plates 36 laminated together, and a contact member 33 provided at a position spaced from a holding position of the holding member 31, and attached to an outermost one of the damping plates 36, or extending through and held by the damping plates 36 in such a manner that it can be brought into contact with the outermost one of the damping plates 36 and can be moved in an extending direction thereof. The damping unit 30 is supported by a support mechanism 2 in such a manner that the contact member 33 can be brought into contact with an object W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KAWATATEC CORP.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawata, Takeshi Harada, Takuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Kurita, Hirotaka Tanabe, Yasunori Oura, Takashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170292584
    Abstract: A damping apparatus includes a damping unit 30 composed of a plurality of damping plates 36 having plasticity, a holding member 31 holding at least one ends of the damping plates 36 in a manner to allow deflection of the damping plates 36 with the damping plates 36 laminated together, and a contact member 33 provided at a position spaced from a holding position of the holding member 31, and attached to an outermost one of the damping plates 36, or extending through and held by the damping plates 36 in such a manner that it can be brought into contact with the outermost one of the damping plates 36 and can be moved in an extending direction thereof. The damping unit 30 is supported by a support mechanism 2 in such a manner that the contact member 33 can be brought into contact with an object W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: KAWATATEC CORP.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawata, Takeshi Harada, Takuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Kurita, Hirotaka Tanabe, Yasunori Oura, Takashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6170492
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting the end point of a process by monitoring the position of a valve during the process. In one aspect, a cleaning process is performed in the chamber, and a controller monitors the valve position to determine the end point of the process which corresponds to a decrease in the number of steps in the valve position required to achieve a stable throttle valve position after the cleaning process is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ueda, Hirotaka Tanabe, Makoto Okubo, Shankar Chandran, Ellie Yieh
  • Patent number: D931449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Hirotaka Tanabe