Patents by Inventor Kakuei Kunii

Kakuei Kunii 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: 10900716
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a core including a plurality of core plates, first and second passages, and a vertical passage; a base plate including a passage port; and a distance plate; wherein the first vertical passage and the passage port are arranged apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the core plates, and wherein the distance plate includes a bottom wall part and a swelling part, the bottom wall part being a thin plate-shaped and being joined to an upper surface of the base plate, the swelling part swelling up in the stacking direction from the bottom wall part so as to surround a circumference of a communication passage which communicates the first vertical passage with the passage port and being joined to a lowermost surface of the core in a flange part of a tip of the swelling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariyama, Kenji Wada, Shozo Wakamatsu, Tadashi Nishikoba, Kakuei Kunii
  • Patent number: 10228192
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a core including a plurality of core plates, first and second passages, and a vertical passage; a base plate including a passage port; and a distance plate; wherein the first vertical passage and the passage port are arranged apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the core plates, and wherein the distance plate includes a bottom wall part and a swelling part, the bottom wall part being a thin plate-shaped and being joined to an upper surface of the base plate, the swelling part swelling up in the stacking direction from the bottom wall part so as to surround a circumference of a communication passage which communicates the first vertical passage with the passage port and being joined to a lowermost surface of the core in a flange part of a tip of the swelling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ariyama, Kenji Wada, Shozo Wakamatsu, Tadashi Nishikoba, Kakuei Kunii
  • Publication number: 20190049188
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a core including a plurality of core plates, first and second passages, and a vertical passage; a base plate including a passage port; and a distance plate; wherein the first vertical passage and the passage port are arranged. apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the core plates, and wherein the distance plate includes a bottom wall part and a swelling part, the bottom wall part being a thin plate-shaped and being joined to an upper surface of the base plate, the swelling part swelling up in the stacking direction from the bottom wall part so as to surround a circumference of a communication passage which communicates the first vertical passage with the passage port and being joined to a lowermost surface of the core in a flange part of a tip of the swelling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro ARIYAMA, Kenji Wada, Shozo Wakamatsu, Tadashi Nishikoba, Kakuei Kunii
  • Publication number: 20170184347
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a core including a plurality of core plates, first and second passages, and a vertical passage; a base plate including a passage port; and a distance plate; wherein the first vertical passage and the passage port are arranged apart from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the core plates, and wherein the distance plate includes a bottom wall part and a swelling part, the bottom wall part being a thin plate-shaped and being joined to an upper surface of the base plate, the swelling part swelling up in the stacking direction from the bottom wall part so as to surround a circumference of a communication passage which communicates the first vertical passage with the passage port and being joined to a lowermost surface of the core in a flange part of a tip of the swelling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro ARIYAMA, Kenji Wada, Shozo Wakamatsu, Tadashi Nishikoba, Kakuei Kunii