Patents by Inventor Ikuma Yusa

Ikuma Yusa 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: 11813920
    Abstract: Provided is a piping system for an air conditioner installed in a vehicle that can achieve appropriate weight reduction while ensuring appropriate pressure resistance as the piping system as a whole. A circulation path that connects component devices of an air conditioner (8) in an annular shape to circulate a refrigerant (C) is formed by each pipe body extending between the component devices. At least one of the pipe bodies includes: a resin hose (2) embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material (3f) or a resin pipe (5) embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material (6f), and the resin pipe bodies (2), (5) are employed in 50% or more of a total length of each of the pipe bodies constituting the circulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Hou, Hiroaki Shibano, Jiro Watanabe, Susumu Hatanaka, Naoshi Yamaguchi, Mie Okura, Ikuma Yusa, Shusaku Tomoi, Tomohide Saita, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Ryuhei Suzuki, Yuki Mizutani, Nobuaki Kuribayashi, Hiroshi Shintani, Kazuto Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 11746933
    Abstract: A hydrogen-filling hose includes reinforcing layers provided coaxially layered between an inner surface layer and an outer surface layer that are coaxially layered. The inner surface layer is formed of a thermoplastic resin and has a gas permeation coefficient of dry hydrogen gas of 1×10?8 cc·cm/cm2·sec.·cmHg or less at 90° C. A flow path formed by the inner surface layer has a diameter of 10 mm or more and 25 mm or less. The reinforcing layers includes four layers or more and eight layers or less, and each of the reinforcing layers has a spiral structure that is formed by spirally winding a metal wire material. Pricking holes extending through the outer surface layer in a thickness direction are dispersedly provided therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ikuma Yusa
  • Patent number: 11597189
    Abstract: A refrigerant-transporting hose including an inner tube, an outer tube, and a reinforcing layer between the inner tube and the outer tube, the outer tube being formed of an outer tube rubber composition, the outer tube rubber composition containing a brominated copolymer rubber obtained by brominating a copolymer rubber of isomonoolefin and p-alkylstyrene, the content of the repeating units having bromine constituting the brominated copolymer rubber being from 0.8 to 1.5 mol % with respect to the total amount of the repeating units constituting the brominated copolymer rubber, a carbon black A having a dibutyl phthalate absorption amount of 40 cm3/100 g or less, a brominated alkylphenol resin, and zinc oxide, the content of the carbon black A being 35 parts by mass or greater with respect to 100 parts by mass of the brominated copolymer rubber. Such refrigerant-transporting hose achieves both workability and sealing property at an excellent level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Sugihara, Ikuma Yusa, Daisuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20220355643
    Abstract: Provided is a piping system for an air conditioner installed in a vehicle that can achieve appropriate weight reduction while ensuring appropriate pressure resistance as the piping system as a whole. A circulation path that connects component devices of an air conditioner (8) in an annular shape to circulate a refrigerant (C) is formed by each pipe body extending between the component devices. At least one of the pipe bodies includes: a resin hose (2) embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material (3f) or a resin pipe (5) embedded with a non-metal reinforcing material (6f), and the resin pipe bodies (2), (5) are employed in 50% or more of a total length of each of the pipe bodies constituting the circulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Gang HOU, Hiroaki SHIBANO, Jiro WATANABE, Susumu HATANAKA, Naoshi YAMAGUCHI, Mie OKURA, Ikuma YUSA, Shusaku TOMOI, Tomohide SAITA, Hiroyuki WAKAMATSU, Ryuhei SUZUKI, Yuki MIZUTANI, Nobuaki KURIBAYASHI, Hiroshi SHINTANI, Kazuto YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220325828
    Abstract: A hydrogen-filling hose includes reinforcing layers provided coaxially layered between an inner surface layer and an outer surface layer that are coaxially layered. The inner surface layer is formed of a thermoplastic resin and has a gas permeation coefficient of dry hydrogen gas, of 1×10?8 cc?cm/cm2?sec.?cmHg or less at 90° C. A flow path formed by the inner surface layer has a diameter of 10 mm or more and 25 mm or less. The reinforcing layers includes four layers or more and eight layers or less, and each of the reinforcing layers has a spiral structure that is formed by spirally winding a metal wire material. Pricking holes extending through the outer surface layer in a thickness direction are dispersedly provided therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Ikuma YUSA
  • Patent number: 11085560
    Abstract: A high pressure hose includes three or more reinforcing layers coaxially layered on one another between an inner surface layer and an outer surface layer coaxially layered on each other. An average braid angle obtained by averaging braid angles of the respective reinforcing layers is greater than or equal to 53.5° and less than or equal to 55.5°. The braid angles increase toward the reinforcing layer at an outermost circumference. Reinforcing wires constituting the reinforcing layer at an innermost circumference have elongation at break of greater than or equal to 3.0% and less than or equal to 4.0% and breaking strength of greater than or equal to 500 N. Reinforcing wires constituting the reinforcing layers other than the reinforcing layer at the innermost circumference have elongation at break of greater than or equal to 2.0% and less than 3.0% and breaking strength of greater than or equal to 500 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ikuma Yusa
  • Publication number: 20210162722
    Abstract: A refrigerant-transporting hose including an inner tube, an outer tube, and a reinforcing layer between the inner tube and the outer tube, the outer tube being formed of an outer tube rubber composition, the outer tube rubber composition containing a brominated copolymer rubber obtained by brominating a copolymer rubber of isomonoolefin and p-alkylstyrene, the content of the repeating units having bromine constituting the brominated copolymer rubber being from 0.8 to 1.5 mol % with respect to the total amount of the repeating units constituting the brominated copolymer rubber, a carbon black A having a dibutyl phthalate absorption amount of 40 cm3/100 g or less, a brominated alkylphenol resin, and zinc oxide, the content of the carbon black A being 35 parts by mass or greater with respect to 100 parts by mass of the brominated copolymer rubber. Such refrigerant-transporting hose achieves both workability and sealing property at an excellent level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Koki SUGIHARA, Ikuma YUSA, Daisuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200149663
    Abstract: A high pressure hose includes three or more reinforcing layers coaxially layered on one another between an inner surface layer and an outer surface layer coaxially layered on each other. An average braid angle obtained by averaging braid angles of the respective reinforcing layers is greater than or equal to 53.5° and less than or equal to 55.5°. The braid angles increase toward the reinforcing layer at an outermost circumference. Reinforcing wires constituting the reinforcing layer at an innermost circumference have elongation at break of greater than or equal to 3.0% and less than or equal to 4.0% and breaking strength of greater than or equal to 500 N. Reinforcing wires constituting the reinforcing layers other than the reinforcing layer at the innermost circumference have elongation at break of greater than or equal to 2.0% and less than 3.0% and breaking strength of greater than or equal to 500 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Ikuma Yusa
  • Patent number: 10584810
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen-dispensing hose. At least two reinforcing layers are coaxially layered between an inner surface layer of a thermoplastic resin having a dry hydrogen gas permeability coefficient at 90° C. of 1×10?8 cc·cm/cm2·sec.·cmHg or less and an outer surface layer of a thermoplastic resin. A wire braided layer formed by braiding metal wires is used as the outermost reinforcing layer. Fiber braided layers formed by braiding high-strength fibers such as polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fibers are used as the other reinforcing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Ishii, Ikuma Yusa, Hiroaki Shibano
  • Publication number: 20180172185
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen-dispensing hose. At least two reinforcing layers are coaxially layered between an inner surface layer of a thermoplastic resin having a dry hydrogen gas permeability coefficient at 90° C. of 1×10?8 cc·cm/cm2·sec.·cmHg or less and an outer surface layer of a thermoplastic resin. A wire braided layer formed by braiding metal wires is used as the outermost reinforcing layer. Fiber braided layers formed by braiding high-strength fibers such as polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fibers are used as the other reinforcing layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Katsumasa Ishii, Ikuma Yusa, Hiroaki Shibano