Patents by Inventor Kenji Okuzono

Kenji Okuzono 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).

  • Compressor
    Patent number: 7490541
    Abstract: A compressor comprises a compressing mechanism which compresses fluid including a lubricant, a separation chamber into which the fluid compressed by the compressing mechanism is introduced and in which at least a portion of the lubricant included in the fluid is separated from the fluid, and an oil-storage chamber in which the lubricant separated from the fluid in the separation chamber is stored. An oil-introducing passage is formed between the separation chamber and the oil-storage chamber to bring these chambers into communication with each other, the oil-introducing passage introduces the lubricant separated in the separation chamber into the oil-storage chamber, an opening of the oil-introducing passage on the side of the oil-storage chamber is lower than an oil level of the lubricant stored in the oil-storage chamber in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawata, Kenji Watanabe, Kenji Okuzono, Nobunao Tsuchida
  • Compressor
    Publication number: 20040170517
    Abstract: A compressor comprises a compressing mechanism which compresses fluid including a lubricant, a separation chamber into which the fluid compressed by the compressing mechanism is introduced and in which at least a portion of the lubricant included in the fluid is separated from the fluid, and an oil-storage chamber in which the lubricant separated from the fluid in the separation chamber is stored. An oil-introducing passage is formed between the separation chamber and the oil-storage chamber to bring these chambers into communication with each other, the oil-introducing passage introduces the lubricant separated in the separation chamber into the oil-storage chamber, an opening of the oil-introducing passage on the side of the oil-storage chamber is lower than an oil level of the lubricant stored in the oil-storage chamber in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Kawata, Kenji Watanabe, Kenji Okuzono, Nobunao Tsuchida