Patents by Inventor Kazuya Sato

Kazuya Sato 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: 7223082
    Abstract: A so-called internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor makes it possible to prevent the pressure inside a roller from inconveniently increasing and also to permit smooth and reliable supply of oil into a cylinder of a second rotary compressing element by a relatively simple construction. A lubrication groove for providing communication between an oil bore and a low-pressure chamber in the cylinder is formed in a surface of an intermediate partitioner that is adjacent to the cylinder of the second rotary compressing element. Furthermore, a through bore for providing communication between a hermetically sealed vessel and the inside of the roller is formed in the intermediate partitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Kenzo Matsumoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Akifumi Tomiuka, Hiromasa Aoki, Midori Futakawame
  • Patent number: 7220110
    Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Kazuya Sato, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Fujiwara, Masaji Yamanaka, Haruhisa Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20070104590
    Abstract: In a high inner pressure type multistage compression rotary compressor including a sealed vessel having a high pressure, there is a large pressure difference between a discharge muffling chamber of a first rotary compression element having an intermediate pressure and the sealed vessel having the high pressure. Since such a pressure difference is made, a sealing property of the discharge muffling chamber cannot be secured by a conventional O-ring only, and deterioration of a volume efficiency is incurred. A rotary compressor of the present invention includes, in a sealed vessel, a driving element and a rotary compression element driven by this driving element, the rotary compressor further comprising: a support member blocking an opening of a cylinder constituting the rotary compression element and having a bearing of a rotary shaft. The surface of this support member on a side opposite to the cylinder is depressed, and a rib is added to a part of this depressed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20070074534
    Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigerant compressor which solves a disadvantage that an oil flows into a refrigerant circuit in the outside of the refrigerant compressor during introduction of the oil and which minimizes an amount of the oil to be introduced and which can secure a sufficient amount of the oil, and a refrigerant cycle device including the refrigerant compressor. A rotary compressor (refrigerant compressor) comprises, in a sealed container, an electromotive element as a driving element, and a rotary compression mechanism part driven by this electromotive element and constituted of first and second rotary compression elements, and discharges a refrigerant compressed by the rotary compression mechanism part from the sealed container, the compressor further comprising an oil reservoir constituted in a bottom part of the sealed container; and a servicing pipe 100 attached to the sealed container to introduce the refrigerant and the oil into the sealed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato
  • Patent number: 7196727
    Abstract: According to an image sensing apparatus and an image display method therefor of this embodiment, since a preview image to be photographed and a viewing thumbnail image can be simultaneously displayed on one screen, and the display form can be arbitrarily changed by a simple selection operation on the screen, the visibility and operability of the image sensing apparatus can be largely improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato
  • Patent number: 7174725
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to fit into a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Tadano, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Kenzo Matsumoto, Dai Matsuura, Kazuya Sato, Takayasu Saito, Toshiyuki Ebara, Satoshi Imai, Atsushi Oda, Takashi Sato, Hiroyuki Matsumori
  • Patent number: 7168257
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate displacement volume ratio while preventing the compressor from being increased in size. The gist of the present invention is that an inner diameter of a lower cylinder is altered without altering its thickness (or height), and a displacement volume ratio between first and second rotary compression elements is set to an optimum value in accordance with the alteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo, Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Masaya Tadano, Kazuya Sato, Dai Matsuura, Takayasu Saito, Noriyuki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7168264
    Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Kazuya Sato, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Fujiwara, Masaji Yamanaka, Haruhisa Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7131821
    Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matumoto, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Kazuya Sato, Masaya Tadano, Satoshi Imai, Akira Sugawara, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 7128540
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to form a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Tadano, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Kenzo Matsumoto, Dai Matsuura, Kazuya Sato, Takayasu Saito, Toshiyuki Ebara, Satoshi Imai, Atsushi Oda, Takashi Sato, Hiroyuki Matsumori
  • Publication number: 20060204377
    Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matumoto, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Kazuya Sato, Masaya Tadano, Satoshi Imai, Akira Sugawara, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 7101162
    Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Kazuya Sato, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Fujiwara, Masaji Yamanaka, Haruhisa Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7101161
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate displacement volume ratio while preventing the compressor from being increased in size. The gist of the present invention is that an inner diameter of a lower cylinder is altered without altering its thickness (or height), and a displacement volume ratio between first and second rotary compression elements is set to an optimum value in accordance with the alteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Masaya Tadano, Kazuya Sato, Dai Matsuura, Takayasu Saito, Noriyuki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060182646
    Abstract: In a high inner pressure type multistage compression system rotary compressor whose object is to improve sealability of a first rotary compression element and which includes a second rotary compression element having a displacement volume being smaller than that of the first rotary compression element and in which a refrigerant compressed by the first rotary compression element is compressed by the second rotary compression element to discharge the refrigerant into a sealed container, heights of a first cylinder of the first rotary compression element and a second cylinder of the second rotary compression element are set to be equal, diameters of both of eccentric portions are set to be equal, an inner diameter of the first cylinder is set to be larger than that of the second cylinder, and a thickness of a first roller is set to be larger than that of a second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20060171833
    Abstract: An object is to improve a sealability of an O-ring and a performance of a rotary compressor at a low cost, the rotary compressor includes: upper and lower cylinders constituting first and second rotary compression elements; a lower support member which closes an opening of the lower cylinder and which has a bearing as a bearing portion of a rotation shaft; a discharge muffler chamber formed by depressing an outer surface of the bearing of the lower support member on the side opposite to the lower cylinder to close the depressed portion with a lower cover; an O-ring groove formed in the surface of the bearing which abuts on the lower cover; an O-ring stored in the O-ring groove; and a gasket disposed between the lower support member and the lower cover in an outer peripheral portion of the lower support member, and the surface of the lower cover on the side of the lower support member is provided with a stepped portion to absorb a thickness of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20060168994
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to fit into a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Tadano, Haruhisa Yamasaki, Kenzo Matsumoto, Dai Matsuura, Kazuya Sato, Takayasu Saito, Toshiyuki Ebara, Satoshi Imai, Atsushi Oda, Takashi Sato, Hiroyuki Matsumori
  • Patent number: 7076968
    Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Kazuya Sato, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Fujiwara, Masaji Yamanaka, Haruhisa Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7061603
    Abstract: Light emitted from an illumination optical system is guided to a photomask where a pattern is formed of an optical member including a light transmission pattern as a diffraction grating pattern, in which a light transmission part and a opaque part are repeated in a finite period and a periphery of the light transmission pattern is shielded by a opaque area, such that a plurality of ratios are given between the light transmission part and the opaque part. Diffraction light, which has passed through the photomask, is irradiated on a projection optical system, thereby to transfer a pattern reflecting an intensity distribution of the diffraction light to a wafer. A change of transmittance depending on a light path of the projection optical system is measured, based on a pattern image of the diffraction light transferred to the wafer. Pattern transfer is carried out in a non-conjugate state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Soichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7051551
    Abstract: A refrigerant cycling device is provided, wherein a compressor comprises an electric motor element, a first and a second rotary compression elements in a sealed container. The first and the second rotary compression elements are driven by the electric motor element. The refrigerant compressed and discharged by the first rotary compression element is compressed by absorbing into the second rotary compression element, and is discharged to the gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Kazuya Sato, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Fujiwara, Masaji Yamanaka, Haruhisa Yamasaki
  • Patent number: D534187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Sato