Patents by Inventor Kenji Nishimura
Kenji Nishimura 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: 11322984Abstract: A coil device includes a base, a cover facing the base and forming a receiving space between the base and the cover, a casing disposed inside the receiving space and containing a coil therein, a substrate disposed inside the receiving space and having a through hole passing through the substrate along a facing direction of the base and the cover, and a support portion disposed in the through hole, wherein the support portion has a strength greater than a strength of the substrate and wherein the support portion has a height greater than a thickness of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Nishimura
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Patent number: 11264834Abstract: A coil apparatus includes a base having a front surface and a rear surface, a magnetic portion provided on a side of the front surface of the base, and a coil portion which is provided on an opposite side from the base with respect to the magnetic portion and includes a conductive wire. The magnetic portion includes a first passing region, the base includes a second passing region, and the conductive wire is drawn out from the rear surface of the base through the first passing region and the second passing region.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Furiya, Kenji Nishimura
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Patent number: 11211189Abstract: A coil device includes a coil portion including at least a coil, a housing including a base disposed on a side of a first surface of the coil portion and a cover disposed on a side of a second surface of the coil portion and accommodating the coil portion in an internal space formed by the base and the cover, and a fixing member fixing the cover to the base. The fixing member includes a first fixing portion disposed along at least the cover on a first outer periphery of the housing surrounding the base and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Kentaro Furiya, Jun Araki
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Patent number: 11170922Abstract: A coil device is provided with a coil and a holder which holds the coil. The coil is formed by a conductive wire being wound in a wound wire direction and includes a plurality of turns that are adjacent in a direction intersecting the wound wire direction. The holder includes a plurality of first holding portions that hold the conductive wire in such a way that the conductive wire passes along a plurality of first paths corresponding to the plurality of turns, and at least one second holding portion which holds the conductive wire in such a way that the conductive wire passes along a second path extending in a direction intersecting the wound wire direction and connecting the first paths.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Susumu Tokura, Jun Araki
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Publication number: 20210151238Abstract: A coil device is installed on an installation object. The coil device includes a housing accommodating at least a coil portion and a heat radiation member coming into thermal contact with the installation object. The heat radiation member includes a main body portion interposed in at least a part of a space between the housing and the installation object and a protrusion protruding from the main body portion toward the installation object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Taewon KIM, Kenji NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 10837658Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a duct including an upstream flow path unit having an inlet through which air is taken in, and a downstream flow path unit provided with an outlet through which the air is discharged; a cooling unit positioned in the upstream flow path unit of the duct and cools the air; and a heating unit that is positioned in the downstream flow path unit of the duct and heats the air. The upstream flow path unit has a partition plate that partitions an inside space thereof into a main-flow flow path and a sub-flow flow path. The cooing unit is positioned in the main-flow flow path. The upstream flow path unit is provided with a flowrate adjusting member that covers at least a part of the sub-flow flow path so as to adjust an opening area of the sub-flow flow path.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Nishimura, Isamu Sasaki, Yosuke Ikeda
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Patent number: 10784035Abstract: A coil device according to an aspect of this disclosure includes a coil portion including a conductive wire and a holding member that holds the conductive wire, and a cooling flow path through which a cooling fluid flows is provided in the holding member.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Ueda, Susumu Tokura, Kenji Nishimura, Motonao Niizuma, Jun Araki
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Patent number: 10726989Abstract: A power transmission coil device includes a first helical coil having a first conductive wire forming a helical shape around an axis, and a second helical coil having a second conductive wire forming a helical shape around the axis, in which the first helical coil is electrically connected in parallel to the second helical coil, and the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire arranged along a direction of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Kentarou Furiya, Susumu Tokura, Kenji Nishimura, Jun Araki, Hideki Nagano
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Publication number: 20200180447Abstract: A ground-side coil device includes a ground-side coil disposed on a road surface where a vehicle parks or stops and transmitting or receiving, via a magnetic field, electric power to or from a vehicle-side coil mounted on the vehicle, a position detection sensor disposed around the ground-side coil and acquiring information relating to the position, relative to the ground-side coil, of the vehicle approaching the ground-side coil, a screen disposed at a position visible to a driver of the vehicle approaching the ground-side coil, and a control unit controlling a display mode on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Seishiro NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 10607761Abstract: A fixing structure for a coil device according to an aspect of the disclosure is an attachment structure for a coil device which attaches a flat coil device including a coil portion to an attachment portion, the attachment structure including a cylindrical holding portion provided in the attachment portion to hold the coil device, and a cylindrical engaged portion provided in the coil device and engaged with the holding portion, wherein the holding portion and the engaged portion are disposed along an axis extending in a thickness direction of the coil device, and the engaged portion is engaged over an entire circumference thereof with the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Akio Ueda
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Patent number: 10600561Abstract: A first coil device includes a first coil portion that faces a second coil portion of a second coil device in a first direction and includes a conductive wire, and at least one nonmagnetic member that includes a protrusion protruding to an outside of the first coil portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The nonmagnetic member includes an eddy current interrupter that interrupts a part of an eddy current generated in the nonmagnetic member.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Araki, Motonao Niizuma, Susumu Tokura, Kentaro Furiya, Toshio Nakamura, Kenji Nishimura
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Publication number: 20200070673Abstract: A coil device includes a base, a cover facing the base and forming a receiving space between the base and the cover, a casing disposed inside the receiving space and containing a coil therein, a substrate disposed inside the receiving space and having a through hole passing through the substrate along a facing direction of the base and the cover, and a support portion disposed in the through hole, wherein the support portion has a strength greater than a strength of the substrate and wherein the support portion has a height greater than a thickness of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: IHI CorporationInventor: Kenji NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20200020478Abstract: A coil device includes a coil unit for stowing a coil part, and a heat dissipation unit thermally connected to the coil unit. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation body, a heat dissipation fin movable relative to the heat dissipation body, and a fin drive mechanism for driving the heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation configuration in which the heat dissipation fin projects from the heat dissipation body in a direction intersecting a winding axis, and a stowed configuration in which the heat dissipation fin is stowed in the heat dissipation body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Motonao NIIZUMA
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Publication number: 20190383502Abstract: An air conditioner includes: an air flow path; a cooling unit disposed in the air flow path and configured to cool air introduced into the air flow path so as to condense vapor contained in the air; a humidification unit that humidifies the air, the humidification unit including a storage tank for storing water and a heater for heating water in the storage tank; a discharged-water storage unit capable of storing water discharged from the cooling unit and water discharged from the humidification unit; and an exhaust pipe connected to the storage tank, the exhaust pipe being configured to discharge water in the storage tank to the discharged-water storage unit; and an exhaust valve disposed midway on the exhaust pipe; wherein the air conditioner further comprises an overflow pipe that connects the storage tank and a part of the exhaust pipe on the downstream side of the exhaust valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTDInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Yasuhiro NAOHARA
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Publication number: 20190333693Abstract: A coil device includes a conductive wire forming a coil, a coil base having a groove for accommodating the conductive wire, and a stopper being separate from the coil base and attached to the coil base to cover the conductive wire. The stopper includes a base portion attached to the coil base at a position adjacent the groove, and a distal end portion integrated with the base portion to cover the conductive wire. The base portion of the stopper is rotatable. Alternatively, the distal end portion of the stopper is deformable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: IHI CorporationInventor: Kenji NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20190326049Abstract: A coil device is provided with a coil and a holder which holds the coil. The coil is formed by a conductive wire being wound in a wound wire direction and includes a plurality of turns that are adjacent in a direction intersecting the wound wire direction. The holder includes a plurality of first holding portions that hold the conductive wire in such a way that the conductive wire passes along a plurality of first paths corresponding to the plurality of turns, and at least one second holding portion which holds the conductive wire in such a way that the conductive wire passes along a second path extending in a direction intersecting the wound wire direction and connecting the first paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Susumu TOKURA, Jun ARAKI
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Publication number: 20190252105Abstract: A coil device includes a coil portion including at least a coil, a housing including a base disposed on a side of a first surface of the coil portion and a cover disposed on a side of a second surface of the coil portion and accommodating the coil portion in an internal space formed by the base and the cover, and a fixing member fixing the cover to the base. The fixing member includes a first fixing portion disposed along at least the cover on a first outer periphery of the housing surrounding the base and the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Kentaro FURIYA, Jun ARAKI
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Patent number: D893423Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Seishiro Nakajima, Tatsuya Matsui
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Patent number: D902148Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Aage Ryoichi Granaas
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Patent number: D921577Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Seishiro Nakajima, Tatsuya Matsui