Patents by Inventor Keiji Aota

Keiji Aota 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: 20250115796
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains is a small-GWP refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Takuro YAMADA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Ikuhiro IWATA, Yoshinari ASANO, Keisuke OHTSUKA, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kenji GOBOU, Hitomi KUROKI, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Akihito MIZUNO, Yasufu YAMADA, Tatsumi TSUCHIYA, Yuuichi YANAGI, Yoshikazu NAKAO, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Patent number: 12029100
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes a mounting process in which a frame terminal of a flexible display panel and a counter terminal of a flexible printed circuit substrate are electrically connected by thermocompression bonding. In the mounting process, the thermocompression bonding is performed in a state in which the flexible display panel is folded so that the flexible display panel includes an abutting portion abutting on a mounting stage and a folding portion where the flexible display panel is to be folded over the abutting portion in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Tadashi Nishioka, Keiji Aota
  • Patent number: 11974454
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a first adhesive layer formed on a sealing layer in a display region and a flexible sheet formed on a resin layer on an opposite side of a TFT layer, in which a first inorganic insulating layer has a first slit, the flexible sheet has a second slit, and the first adhesive layer is formed in a state of extending from the display region to a frame region, and overlapping with the first slit and the second slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawamura, Keiji Aota, Motoji Shiota
  • Publication number: 20230132359
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains is a small-GWP refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Takuro YAMADA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Ikuhiro IWATA, Yoshinari ASANO, Keisuke OHTSUKA, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kenji GOBOU, Hitomi KUROKI, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Akihito MIZUNO, Yasufu YAMADA, Tatsumi TSUCHIYA, Yuuichi YANAGI, Yoshikazu NAKAO, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11575293
    Abstract: The stator includes a stator core, a support electric wire formed by one or more conductive wires, and a drive electric wire formed by one or more conductive wires. The stator core includes an annular shaped back yoke and a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery of the back yoke. The support electric wire is disposed so as to pass through a plurality of slots respectively formed between the teeth, and forms a winding portion that generates an electromagnetic force for supporting the rotor in a non-contact manner by being energized. The drive electric wire is disposed so as to pass through the plurality of slots, and forms a winding portion that generates an electromagnetic force for rotating the rotor by being energized. A cross-sectional area per conductive wire of the support electric wire differs from a cross-sectional area per conductive wire of the drive electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Ono, Yusuke Irino, Tatsuya Tonari, Yuji Nakazawa, Keiji Aota, Atsushi Sakawaki
  • Patent number: 11535781
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Ikuhiro Iwata, Mitsushi Itano, Daisuke Karube, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Yuzo Komatsu, Shun Ohkubo, Keisuke Ohtsuka, Yoshinari Asano, Keiji Aota, Yuuichi Yanagi, Yoshikazu Nakao, Takeo Abe, Yumi Toda, Tetsushi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20220393119
    Abstract: A plurality of terminal portions provided in a frame region include first and second terminal electrodes sequentially arranged from a display region side and electrically connected to each other, COFs provided corresponding to the plurality of terminal portions, respectively, include first and second counter electrodes sequentially arranged from the display region side to be opposed to the first and second terminal electrodes, respectively, and electrically connected to each other, and in at least one terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions, the second terminal electrode and the second counter electrode are electrically connected to each other through an anisotropic conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: KEIJI AOTA, TOSHIO ETOH, Tadashi NISHIOKA, TSUGIO NAKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20220380648
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains is a small-GWP refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Takuro YAMADA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Ikuhiro IWATA, Yoshinari ASANO, Keisuke OHTSUKA, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kenji GOBOU, Hitomi KUROKI, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Akihito MIZUNO, Yasufu YAMADA, Tatsumi TSUCHIYA, Yuuichi YANAGI, Yoshikazu NAKAO, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11454279
    Abstract: A thrust magnetic bearing includes a stator having a coil, and a rotor. The stator includes main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. The rotor includes main and auxiliary rotor magnetic-pole surfaces facing the main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. When an electric current flows in the coil, an electromagnetic force in an axial direction is generated between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces, and an electromagnetic force in a radial direction is generated between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces. When the rotor is displaced in the radial direction, a radial force that acts on the rotor between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction of the displacement, and a radial force that acts on the rotor between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction opposite to the direction of the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shouhei Yamasuso, Yuji Nakazawa, Keiji Aota
  • Publication number: 20220181581
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a first adhesive layer formed on a sealing layer in a display region and a flexible sheet formed on a resin layer on an opposite side of a TFT layer, in which a first inorganic insulating layer has a first slit, the flexible sheet has a second slit, and the first adhesive layer is formed in a state of extending from the display region to a frame region, and overlapping with the first slit and the second slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAMURA, KEIJI AOTA, MOTOJI SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 11355981
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core in which an annular back yoke is integrated with a plurality of teeth circumferentially arranged on the back yoke at intervals, and an insulator that sandwiches the stator core from axial sides of the stator core. The insulator is molded integrally with the stator core using resin molding such that the insulator covers an inner surface of a slot portion of the stator core. A motor includes a rotor and the stator radially facing the rotor. A compressor includes a hermetic container, a compression mechanism disposed in the hermetic container, the motor disposed in the hermetic container to drive the compression mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shirasaka, Keiji Aota, Hideki Fujii, Shoujirou Naka, Yoshihiro Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20220158145
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes a mounting process in which a frame terminal of a flexible display panel and a counter terminal of a flexible printed circuit substrate are electrically connected by thermocompression bonding. In the mounting process, the thermocompression bonding is performed in a state in which the flexible display panel is folded so that the flexible display panel includes an abutting portion abutting on a mounting stage and a folding portion where the flexible display panel is to be folded over the abutting portion in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: KATSUHIRO YAMAGUCHI, Tadashi NISHIOKA, KEIJI AOTA
  • Publication number: 20210336504
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core in which an annular back yoke is integrated with a plurality of teeth circumferentially arranged on the back yoke at intervals, and an insulator that sandwiches the stator core from axial sides of the stator core. The insulator is molded integrally with the stator core using resin molding such that the insulator covers an inner surface of a slot portion of the stator core. A motor includes a rotor and the stator radially facing the rotor. A compressor includes a hermetic container, a compression mechanism disposed in the hermetic container, the motor disposed in the hermetic container to drive the compression mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki SHIRASAKA, Keiji AOTA, Hideki FUJII, Shoujirou NAKA, Yoshihiro IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20210010536
    Abstract: A thrust magnetic bearing includes a stator having a coil, and a rotor. The stator includes main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. The rotor includes main and auxiliary rotor magnetic-pole surfaces facing the main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. When an electric current flows in the coil, an electromagnetic force in an axial direction is generated between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces, and an electromagnetic force in a radial direction is generated between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces. When the rotor is displaced in the radial direction, a radial force that acts on the rotor between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction of the displacement, and a radial force that acts on the rotor between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction opposite to the direction of the displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shouhei YAMASUSO, Yuji NAKAZAWA, Keiji AOTA
  • Publication number: 20200393176
    Abstract: High efficiency of a compressor that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene is achieved. A compressor (100) includes a motor (70) that has a rotor (71) including permanent magnets (712) and thus is suitable for a variable capacity compressor in which the number of rotations of the motor can be changed. In this case, it is possible to change the number of rotations of the motor in accordance with an air conditioning load in an air conditioner (1) that uses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroechylene. It is thus possible to enable high efficiency of the compressor (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari ASANO, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200393175
    Abstract: High power of a compressor that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene is achieved. A compressor (100) employs an induction motor (70) as a motor that drives a compression unit (60) that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene, and thus, high power is enabled at comparatively low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari ASANO, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200350804
    Abstract: The stator includes a stator core, a support electric wire formed by one or more conductive wires, and a drive electric wire formed by one or more conductive wires. The stator core includes an annular shaped back yoke and a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery of the back yoke. The support electric wire is disposed so as to pass through a plurality of slots respectively formed between the teeth, and forms a winding portion that generates an electromagnetic force for supporting the rotor in a non-contact manner by being energized. The drive electric wire is disposed so as to pass through the plurality of slots, and forms a winding portion that generates an electromagnetic force for rotating the rotor by being energized. A cross-sectional area per conductive wire of the support electric wire differs from a cross-sectional area per conductive wire of the drive electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki ONO, Yusuke IRINO, Tatsuya TONARI, Yuji NAKAZAWA, Keiji AOTA, Atsushi SAKAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20200333054
    Abstract: High power of a compressor that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene is achieved. A compressor (100) employs an induction motor (70) as a motor that drives a compression unit (60) that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene, and thus, high power is enabled at comparatively low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari ASANO, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200332166
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Takuro YAMADA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Ikuhiro IWATA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Keisuke OHTSUKA, Yoshinari ASANO, Keiji AOTA, Yuuichi YANAGI, Yoshikazu NAKAO, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200326110
    Abstract: High efficiency of a compressor that compresses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene is achieved. A compressor (100) includes a motor (70) that has a rotor (71) including permanent magnets (712) and thus is suitable for a variable capacity compressor in which the number of rotations of the motor can be changed. In this case, it is possible to change the number of rotations of the motor in accordance with an air conditioning load in an air conditioner (1) that uses a mixed refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroechylene. It is thus possible to enable high efficiency of the compressor (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinari ASANO, Keiji AOTA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA