Patents by Inventor Ken Horiguchi
Ken Horiguchi 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).
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Patent number: 10712058Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a closed upright cylindrical compressor housing including an upper portion provided with a discharge section of refrigerant and a body portion provided with an intake section of the refrigerant; a compression section disposed at a lower part in the compressor housing and configured to compress the refrigerant suctioned by the intake section to discharge the refrigerant from the discharge section; and a motor disposed at an upper part in the compressor housing and configured to drive the compression section. The motor has a rotor disposed on an inner side and a stator disposed on an outer side, the refrigerant is HFO1123 refrigerant or a refrigerant mixture containing the HFO1123 refrigerant, and an inner welded portion formed by welding using flux is provided within a projection area of the rotor at the upper portion of the compressor housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shunji Itakura, Ken Horiguchi, Toshiyuki Fuji, Sota Shimada, Kazuya Funada, Kenji Komine, Junya Tanaka
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Patent number: 10359201Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer pipe in which refrigerant flows; and a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe. A height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is ?, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle ? is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cos ? of the heat transfer pipe satisfies S×L/cos ??0.5 [m2].Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shunji Itakura, Ken Horiguchi, Toshiyuki Fuji, Sota Shimada, Kazuya Funada, Kenji Komine, Junya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180216856Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a closed upright cylindrical compressor housing including an upper portion provided with a discharge section of refrigerant and a body portion provided with an intake section of the refrigerant; a compression section disposed at a lower part in the compressor housing and configured to compress the refrigerant suctioned by the intake section to discharge the refrigerant from the discharge section; and a motor disposed at an upper part in the compressor housing and configured to drive the compression section. The motor has a rotor disposed on an inner side and a stator disposed on an outer side, the refrigerant is HFO1123 refrigerant or a refrigerant mixture containing the HFO1123 refrigerant, and an inner welded portion formed by welding using flux is provided within a projection area of the rotor at the upper portion of the compressor housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shunji ITAKURA, Ken HORIGUCHI, Toshiyuki FUJI, Sota SHIMADA, Kazuya FUNADA, Kenji KOMINE, Junya TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180216837Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer pipe in which refrigerant flows; and a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe. A height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is —0, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle ? is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cos ? of the heat transfer pipe satisfies S×L/cos ??0.5 [m2].Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shunji ITAKURA, Ken HORIGUCHI, Toshiyuki FUJI, Sota SHIMADA, Kazuya FUNADA, Kenji KOMINE, Junya TANAKA
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Patent number: 8091615Abstract: A heat transfer pipe 21 with grooved inner surface is provided with a pipe body 22 having a pipe axis line ? as a center axis line, a plurality of first fins 23 each having a fin height Hf, formed by providing a plurality of spiral grooves 200 at an inner surface of the pipe body 22 along the pipe axis line ? and at least a second fin 24 having a fin height hf, provided at a groove bottom of at least one of the spiral groove 200. The fin height hf and a torsion angle ? of the second fin 24 are determined respectively to satisfy the following conditions: Hf/15?hf?Hf/3 and ?=?, when P=W×di×sin ? and P?0.86 wherein a bottom width of the spiral groove 200 is W, a torsion angle of the spiral groove 200 is ?, and an inner diameter of the pipe body 22 is di.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Houfuku, Ken Horiguchi, Kenichi Inui
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Patent number: 7631828Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a winding direction of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano
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Patent number: 7594621Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a direction reverse to a winding direction of the pipe. A length of the shift section that does not transit to the reverse direction is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Inui, Yusuke Takenaga, Tomo Kawano, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Houfuku, Ken Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20090212147Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a winding direction of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Ken HORIGUCHI, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano
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Patent number: 7549601Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) mounted on pallet having; an LWC having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding; and a pallet on which the one or more LWC is mounted or on which the one or more LWC is mounted through a cushioning material. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on the mount surface. A start point of a (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of a k-th shift section, in a reverse direction to a winding direction of the pipe. The pallet or the cushioning material has a recessed area that is formed at all or a part of a portion of the pallet or the cushioning material to face the (k+1)-th shift section not transiting in the reverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano
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Patent number: 7537177Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a winding direction of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano
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Publication number: 20070187067Abstract: A heat transfer tube is formed with a corrugated water tube to be used in a heat exchanger, and satisfying 0.04?Hc/OD, where Hc is the corrugated groove depth of the corrugated tube and OD is the corrugation outside diameter thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Kenichi Kikuchi, Ryuichi Kobayashi, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenji Kodama, Katsumi Nomura
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Publication number: 20070175035Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a direction reverse to a winding direction of the pipe. A length of the shift section that does not transit to the reverse direction is controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Kenichi Inui, Yusuke Takenaga, Tomo Kawano, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Houfuku, Ken Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20070089868Abstract: A heat transfer pipe 21 with grooved inner surface is provided with a pipe body 22 having a pipe axis line ? as a center axis line, a plurality of first fins 23 each having a fin height Hf, formed by providing a plurality of spiral grooves 200 at an inner surface of the pipe body 22 along the pipe axis line ? and at least a second fin 24 having a fin height hf, provided at a groove bottom of at least one of the spiral groove 200. The fin height hf and a torsion angle ? of the second fin 24 are determined respectively to satisfy the following conditions: Hf/15?hf?Hf/3 and ?=?, when P=W×di×sin ? and P?0.86 wherein a bottom width of the spiral groove 200 is W, a torsion angle of the spiral groove 200 is ?, and an inner diameter of the pipe body 22 is di.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventors: Mamoru Houfuku, Ken Horiguchi, Kenichi Inui
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Publication number: 20060208121Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on a mount surface. The shift section has the k-th shift section on inner layer side and the (k+1)-th shift section on outer layer side, where a start point of the (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of the k-th shift section, to a winding direction of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano
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Publication number: 20060207307Abstract: A method of feeding a metal pipe from an LWC has steps of: mounting the one or more LWC on a mount surface of a pallet such that a coil center axis of the LWC is parallel to the mount surface of the pallet, the metal pipe being wound in alignment winding; and feeding the metal pipe from an inside of an end face of the one or more LWC.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Mamoru Hofuku, Yusuke Takenaga, Tomo Kawano, Katsumi Nomura, Kenichi Inui, Ken Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20060201839Abstract: A level wound coil (LWC) mounted on pallet having; an LWC having a plurality of coil layers each of which has a pipe wound in alignment winding and in traverse winding; and a pallet on which the one or more LWC is mounted or on which the one or more LWC is mounted through a cushioning material. The LWC has a shift section where the pipe is shifted from the m-th coil layer to the (m+1)-th coil layer on a bottom surface thereof when the LWC is disposed on the mount surface. A start point of a (k+1)-th shift section does not transit, relative to a start point of a k-th shift section, in a reverse direction to a winding direction of the pipe. The pallet or the cushioning material has a recessed area that is formed at all or a part of a portion of the pallet or the cushioning material to face the (k+1)-th shift section not transiting in the reverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.Inventors: Ken Horiguchi, Yusuke Takenaga, Katsumi Nomura, Mamoru Hofuku, Kenichi Inui, Tomo Kawano