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: 20230358331
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in the direction opposite to the driving direction by the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat and the valve element and configured for opening and closing a communication between the control port and the suction port by movement of the valve element. The capacity control valve further includes a pressure receiving portion to which force in accordance with discharge pressure is applied in the axial direction of the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Patent number: 11802552
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji, Masahiro Hayama, Toshinori Kanzaki, Keichi Urushiyama
  • Publication number: 20230313789
    Abstract: A valve includes: a valve housing provided with a primary pressure port and a secondary pressure port; a valve body configured to be driven by a solenoid; a valve seat on which the valve body is seated; and a spring that urges the valve body in a valve opening direction. The valve seat includes a first valve seat and a second valve seat disposed on a radially inner side of the first valve seat. The second valve seat is configured for moving in a direction toward the valve body due to a differential pressure between a primary pressure and a secondary pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230296178
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port a valve body to be driven by a drive source a spring that urges the valve bodyin a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source and a valve seat formed at an edge of a through-flow passage The valve body and the valve seat cooperatively form a poppet valve. The valve is configured to control a flow rate in accordance with a movement of the valve body Flow passages on a downstream side of the poppet valve are provided with increase regions where a flow passage cross-sectional area tends to increase toward the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230296187
    Abstract: A capacity control valve capable of being downsized with the small number of parts is provided. A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure Ps passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure Pc passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat 10a and the valve element and configured to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element. The control pressure Pc is controlled by opening and closing the CS valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230288110
    Abstract: To provide a valve capable of suppressing contamination from being caught between a fixed iron core and a rod. The valve includes: a valve housing; a valve body; a valve seat having the valve body seated thereon; a drive source for driving the valve body by a rod; and an urging member for urging the valve body in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the drive source. One of the valve body and the rod includes a guide concave portion which guides remaining one of the valve body and the rod in a relative fitting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro EJIMA, Kenshiro FURUKAWA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Patent number: 11754194
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction fluid supply chamber to which a suction fluid of suction pressure Ps is supplied, and a control fluid supply chamber to which a control fluid of control pressure Pc is supplied, a CS valve formed by a CS valve element driven in the axial direction by a solenoid, and a CS valve seat provided in a communication passage between the control fluid supply chamber and the suction fluid supply chamber, the CS valve being connectable to and separable from the CS valve seat, and a pressure drive portion arranged in the control fluid supply chamber in a sealed manner and biasing the CS valve element in the opposite direction to the driving direction by the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayama, Kohei Fukudome, Toshinori Kanzaki, Wataru Takahashi, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Publication number: 20230279952
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body configured to be driven by a drive source; a spring that urges the valve body in a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source. A valve seat is formed at an edge of a through-flow passage. The valve body and the valve seat forms a poppet valve that controls a flow rate in accordance with a movement of the valve body. A flow passage on a downstream side of the poppet valve is provided with a reduction region where a flow passage cross-sectional area tends to decrease toward a downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Toshinori KANZAKI, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HAYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230280075
    Abstract: An expansion valve having a high valve opening adjustment accuracy includes: a valve housing which is provided with an inlet port allowing a refrigerant from a condenser to pass therethrough and an outlet port allowing a refrigerant toward an evaporator to pass therethrough; a valve body which is driven by a solenoid; a valve seat on which the valve body sits; and an urging member configured to urge the valve body in a valve closing direction, a space is formed on a valve opening direction side of the valve body, and the refrigerant on the valve closing direction side in relation to the valve body flows into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei FUKUDOME, Toshinori KANZAKI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI, Keichi URUSHIYAMA, Takahiro EJIMA, Kenshiro FURUKAWA, Akihiro HASHIGUCHI, Daichi KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230272868
    Abstract: A valve having a high valve opening adjustment accuracy includes: a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body driven by a drive source; a valve seat on which the valve body sits; a spring configured to urge the valve body in a direction opposite to a driving direction by the drive source; and a communication configured to communicate the inlet port with a back surface side space of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei FUKUDOME, Toshinori KANZAKI, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20230272859
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve in which a small driving force of a drive source is required when the valve is closed. A valve includes a valve housing and a valve body to be driven by a drive source, and controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a through-flow passage in a direction opposite a closing direction of the valve body, by moving the valve body from a control region to a closing region. The valve body has an effective pressure-receiving area where a pressure of the fluid acts on the valve body. The effective pressure-receiving area is switched between the effective pressure-receiving area in the control region and the effective pressure-receiving area in the closing region. The effective pressure-receiving area is smaller than the effective pressure-receiving area Rs1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro HAYAMA, Toshinori KANZAKI, Keichi URUSHIYAMA, Kohei FUKUDOME, Keigo SHIRAFUJI
  • 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: 20230193889
    Abstract: Disclosed is 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 between a discharge port and a control port and with which the valve body can contact, a pressure sensitive valve member forms a pressure sensitive valve, together with a pressure sensitive body disposed in a pressure sensitive chamber. The control port and a suction port communicate with each other through an intermediate communication passage by opening and closing of the pressure sensitive valve. The pressure sensitive valve member has a through-hole communicating with the intermediate communication passage, and has an opening and closing member attached thereto such that the opening and closing member is restricted in movement with respect to the valve housing by restriction device and slides relative to the pressure sensitive valve member to open and close the through-hole.
    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: 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