Patents by Inventor Keigo Shirafuji

Keigo Shirafuji 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).

  • Publication number: 20230194007
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing. A main valve including a valve body is driven by a solenoid, and a main valve seat which is provided between a discharge port and a control port and with which the valve body 51 is allowed to contact. A pressure sensitive valve member forming a pressure sensitive valve with a pressure sensitive body is disposed in a pressure sensitive chamber. The control port and a suction port communicate through an intermediate communication passage by opening the pressure sensitive valve. A slide valve body slides relative to the pressure sensitive valve member to open and close a through-hole communicating with the intermediate communication passage. The slide valve body partitions the pressure sensitive chamber into a Pd side space and a Pc side space, and a Pd-Pc flow passage providing communication between two spaces and is formed in the slide valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Daichi KURIHARA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230167814
    Abstract: There is provided a capacity control valve having a fluid discharge function at a start-up and having good operating efficiency. A capacity control valve V includes a valve housing 10; a main valve 50 including a valve body 51 driven by a solenoid 80, and a main valve seat 10a which is provided between a discharge port 12 and a control port 14 and with which the valve body 51 is contactable; and a pressure sensitive valve member 52 disposed in a pressure sensitive chamber 40 and forming a pressure sensitive valve 53, together with a pressure sensitive body 60. The control port 14 and a suction port 13 are allowed to communicate with each other through an intermediate communication passage 55 by opening the pressure sensitive valve 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daichi KURIHARA, Akihiro HASHIGUCHI, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230160477
    Abstract: Provided is a capacity control valve that can be produced with good workability and at a low cost. A capacity control valve includes: a valve housing in which a flow passage is formed; and a valve body disposed inside the valve housing and driven by a solenoid. A valve seat member having a tubular shape and including a valve seat on which the valve body is seatable is press-fitted into the valve housing, and at least the valve seat of the valve seat member is harder than the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Keichi URUSHIYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Masahiro HAYAMA, Toshinori KANZAKI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Patent number: 11635152
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a Ps port through which a suction fluid at a suction pressure passes and a Pc port through which a control fluid at a control pressure passes; a valve body configured to close and open a communication between the Pc port and the Ps port by a driving force of a solenoid; and a pressure sensitive body that applies a biasing force to the valve body according to a surrounding fluid pressure. An accommodation chamber in which a rear side portion of the valve body is accommodated is provided with a supply passage to which suction fluid is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Toshinori Kanzaki, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 11598437
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing discharge, port, a suction port, and control ports, and a valve element to be brought into contact with and separated from a valve seat by a driving force of a solenoid to open and close a communication between the control and discharge ports or communication between the control port and the suction port. A sliding region is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the valve housing and an outer peripheral surface of the valve element, a groove extending in a circumferential direction is formed in at least one of the housing inner peripheral surface of the valve housing and the outer peripheral surface of the valve element, and the sliding region has a structure in which a swirling current is generated in the groove by fluid flowing from a high-pressure side to a low-pressure side in a clearance between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface of the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro Ejima, Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji, Kenshiro Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11555489
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, suction ports, and a control port and a primary valve including a primary valve seat and a primary valve body driven by a solenoid, the primary valve being configured to open and close a communication between the discharge port and the control port in accordance with a movement of the primary valve body. The capacity control valve further includes a differential CS valve which is openable and closable by a pressure difference between the control pressure Pc and the suction pressure Ps and an electromagnetic CS valve that is openable and closable so as to close the control port and the suction port in a non-energized state of the solenoid 80 in accordance with the movement of the primary valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji, Yoshihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11542929
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes: a valve body (10) including first communication passages (11), second communication passages (12), third communication passages (13), and a main valve seat (15a); a valve element (21) including an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21b), and an auxiliary valve portion 21c; a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36) provided with an auxiliary valve seat (23c); a first biasing member (43) that biases in a valve closing direction of the main valve portion (21b); and a second biasing member (44) that biases in a valve closing direction of the auxiliary valve portion (21c), wherein the rod (36) moves relative to the valve element (21) to open and close the auxiliary valve portion (21c). The capacity control valve allows a liquid refrigerant to be efficiently discharged and allows a driving force of a compressor to be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Hiroyuki Nishinosono, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11536257
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a CS valve which opens and closes a communication between the control fluid and the suction fluid by the movement of rods and an urging member configured to urge the primary valve body and the rods in opposite directions and the primary valve body and the rods are disposed so as to be relatively movable in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji, Yoshihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11536389
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve has a valve housing; a valve body disposed inside the valve housing and movable in a reciprocating manner; an urging member configured to urge the valve body in one direction; and a drive device which is connected to the valve housing and applies a drive force to the valve body. A drive rod of the drive device includes a guide portion which faces an inner peripheral surface of a fixed iron core such that a movement of the drive rod is guided in an axial direction and a groove portion which is recessed in an inward radial direction from the guide portion and the groove portion is continuously formed from an inside of the valve housing to an inside of a movable iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei Fukudome, Daichi Kurihara, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 11519399
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a capacity control valve with which it is possible to efficiently discharge a liquid refrigerant irrespective of the pressure of a suction chamber. A capacity control valve (1) includes: a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a); a valve body (20) having an intermediate communication passage (26), a main valve part (21b), and an auxiliary valve part (23d); and a solenoid (30) equipped with a first plunger (34) having a first rod (33), and a second plunger (35) having a second rod (36), the first rod (33) opens and closes the main valve part (21b), and the second rod (36) opens and closes the auxiliary valve part (23d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Daichi Kurihara, Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20220381364
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes: a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of a suction pressure passes and a control port through which a control fluid of a control pressure passes; a valve body driven by a solenoid; a spring that biases the valve body in a direction opposite to a direction of driving by the solenoid; a CS valve that includes a CS valve seat and the valve body, and that moves the valve body to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port, the capacity control valve opening and closing the CS valve to control the control pressure, in which the control fluid of the control pressure is suppliable to a back side of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Patent number: 11512786
    Abstract: A capacity control valve, which can efficiently discharge a liquid refrigerant and reduce the driving force of a compressor, includes: a valve main body (10) including a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13) and a main valve seat (15a); a valve body (20) including an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve part (21c) and an auxiliary valve part (23d); a solenoid (30) which drives a rod (36) having an auxiliary valve seat (26c); a first biasing member (43) which biases the main valve part (21c) in the valve closing direction thereof; and a second biasing member (37) which biases the main valve part (21c) in the valve opening direction thereof, and the rod (36) relatively moves to the valve body (20), and opens and closes the auxiliary valve part (23d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11486376
    Abstract: A capacity control valve (1) includes a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a), a valve element (20) having an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21c), and an auxiliary valve portion (23d), a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36) having an auxiliary valve seat (26c), and a first biasing member (43) that biases in the valve closing direction of the main valve portion (21c). The rod (36) is relatively moved with respect to the valve element (20) so as to open and close the auxiliary valve portion. The capacity control valve can efficiently discharge a liquid coolant irrespective of pressure of a suction chamber and lower drive force of a compressor at a liquid coolant discharging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11480166
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, suction ports, a control port and a primary valve driven by a solenoid. The capacity control valve further includes a differential CS valve which includes a differential CS valve body disposed so as to be relatively movable in an axial direction with respect to the primary valve bodies. The differential CS valve body divides a control pressure chamber into a discharge side control chamber communicating with the first control port and a suction side control chamber communicating with the second control port in the axial direction and operates the differential CS valve body by a differential pressure between the discharge side control chamber and the suction side control chamber so as to open the second control port and the suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji, Yoshihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11473684
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes: a valve housing having a discharge port, a suction port and a control port; a rod driven by a solenoid; a main valve configured to open and close a communication between the discharge port and the control port; an opening and closing valve biased in a valve closing direction, and configured to open and close a CS communication passage communicating with the suction port and a control fluid supply chamber formed in the valve housing; and a CS valve to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port, the CS valve body being movable relative to the main valve body, wherein the main valve body and the CS valve body move together as the rod moves in a closed state of the main valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji, Takahiro Ejima
  • Patent number: 11473683
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing formed with a discharge port, a suction port, and first and second control ports, a rod arranged in the valve housing and driven by a solenoid, a CS valve 50 configured to control a fluid flow between the first control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the rod, and a DC valve configured to control a fluid flow between the second control port and the discharge port in accordance with the movement of the rod. In a non-energization state of the solenoid, the CS valve is closed and the DC valve is opened. As the energization of the solenoid becomes larger, the CS valve transitions from a closed state to an open state, and the DC valve is throttled from an open state and thereafter transitions to the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20220325709
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes valve housings to which a suction fluid of a suction pressure Ps and a control fluid of a control pressure Pc are supplied; a solenoid; a CS valve formed of a CS valve body that partitions an inside of the valve housings into a first space and a second space and moves according to the suction pressure Ps of the suction fluid and the control pressure Pc of the control fluid, and a CS valve seat with which the CS valve body is configured for coming into contact; a biasing member that biases the CS valve body in a valve closing direction of the CS valve; and a pilot valve formed of a pilot valve body to be driven by the solenoid and a pilot valve seat with which the pilot valve body is configured for coming into contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI, Masahiro HAYAMA, Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11454227
    Abstract: A capacity control valve (1) includes a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a), a pressure-sensitive body (24), a valve element (20) having an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21c), and a restrictor portion (25), and a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36). The rod (36) is relatively moved with respect to the valve element (20) so as to control an opening degree of the restrictor portion (25). The capacity control valve is capable of efficiently discharging a liquid coolant irrespective of pressure of a suction chamber and improving control stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11434885
    Abstract: A capacity control valve (1) includes a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a), a valve element (20) having an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21c), and an auxiliary valve portion (23d), a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36) having an auxiliary valve seat (26c), and a first biasing member (43) that biases in the valve closing direction of the main valve portion (21c). A spring constant of the first biasing member (43) has a characteristic that the spring constant is increased in an opened state of the main valve portion (21c) and decreased in a closed state. The capacity control valve can efficiently discharge a liquid coolant and lower drive force of a compressor at a liquid coolant discharging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Takahiro Ejima, Daichi Kurihara, Wataru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220243710
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing to which a suction fluid having a suction pressure and a control fluid having a control pressure are supplied; a solenoid; a CS valve body that partitions an inside of the valve housing into a first space, and a second space and moves according to the suction pressure of the suction fluid and the control pressure of the control fluid, and a CS valve seat with which the CS valve body is configured to come into contact; a biasing member biasing the CS valve body in a valve opening direction of the valve; and a pilot valve formed of a pilot valve body to be driven by the solenoid and a pilot valve seat with which the pilot valve body is configured to come into contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI, Masahiro HAYAMA, Toshinori KANZAKI, Keichi URUSHIYAMA