Patents by Inventor Kenshi Ueda

Kenshi Ueda 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).

  • Patent number: 11927189
    Abstract: In a compression unit, an upper compression unit suction tube is connected to an upper suction hole of an upper cylinder, and a lower compression unit suction tube is connected to a lower suction hole of a lower cylinder. In an accumulator shell of an accumulator vessel, an accumulator suction tube, an upper gas-liquid separation tube, and a lower gas-liquid separation tube penetrate a side wall of the accumulator shell, and are fixed by welding to a first through hole, a second through hole, and a third through hole of the accumulator shell, respectively. The upper gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the upper compression unit suction tube via an upper connecting tube outside the accumulator shell. The lower gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the lower compression unit suction tube via a lower connecting tube outside the accumulator shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi, Naoto Tada
  • Publication number: 20240052832
    Abstract: In a compression unit, an upper compression unit suction tube is connected to an upper suction hole of an upper cylinder, and a lower compression unit suction tube is connected to a lower suction hole of a lower cylinder. In an accumulator shell of an accumulator vessel, an accumulator suction tube, an upper gas-liquid separation tube, and a lower gas-liquid separation tube penetrate a side wall of the accumulator shell, and are fixed by welding to a first through hole, a second through hole, and a third through hole of the accumulator shell, respectively. The upper gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the upper compression unit suction tube via an upper connecting tube outside the accumulator shell. The lower gas-liquid separation tube is connected to the lower compression unit suction tube via a lower connecting tube outside the accumulator shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Naoya MOROZUMI, Naoto TADA
  • Patent number: 11885330
    Abstract: A lower end plate cover is provided with a bulging portion. In a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft, a plurality of bolt holes includes a first bolt hole arranged between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion of the lower discharge valve, a second bolt hole arranged in a position adjacent to the first bolt hole on a side close to a lower vane groove with respect to the first bolt hole, and a third bolt hole arranged in a position adjacent to the first bolt hole on a side away from the lower vane groove with respect to the first bolt hole. When the bulging portion is divided into a first bulging portion and a second bulging portion using a first straight line, the first bulging portion is larger than the second bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yasui, Kenshi Ueda, Naoto Tada
  • Patent number: 11879465
    Abstract: A compressor includes a motor unit that includes a rotor and a stator, a compressor unit that compresses a refrigerant by rotation of the rotor, and a container that forms an internal space in which the motor unit and the compressor unit are housed, wherein in the rotor, a rotor gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from an under-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is close to the compressor unit to an above-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is distant from the compressor unit is formed, in the stator, a stator gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from the under-motor space to the above-motor space is formed, and a cross-sectional area of the stator gas passage is 6.0 times or less a cross-sectional area of the rotor gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11784525
    Abstract: A rotor that gives rotational power to a compressor part that compresses refrigerant has a rotor core in which through-holes through which the refrigerant passes are formed, the through-holes having a cross section with a plurality of forks in a direction away from a rotation axis, a first end plate that covers a first end surface where one end of both end portions of the through-holes of the rotor core closer to the compressor part is formed, and an upper rotor end plate that covers a lower rotor end surface where the other end of the plurality of holes of the rotor core is formed. The first end plate has a first opening portion that causes the through-holes to communicate with an internal space. The upper rotor end plate has an upper opening portion that causes the through-holes to communicate with the internal space. The upper rotor end plate has projection portions that cover tip end portions, which are divided to respective forks, of the through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Shingo Yahaba, Kenshi Ueda, Tomoki Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230080650
    Abstract: A lower end plate cover is provided with a bulging portion. In a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft, a plurality of bolt holes includes a first bolt hole arranged between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion of the lower discharge valve, a second bolt hole arranged in a position adjacent to the first bolt hole on a side close to a lower vane groove with respect to the first bolt hole, and a third bolt hole arranged in a position adjacent to the first bolt hole on a side away from the lower vane groove with respect to the first bolt hole. When the bulging portion is divided into a first bulging portion and a second bulging portion using a first straight line, the first bulging portion is larger than the second bulging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya YASUI, Kenshi UEDA, Naoto TADA
  • Patent number: 11460029
    Abstract: The compressor includes a rotor that applies rotational power to a compressor unit, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core and an upper rotor-end plate, the rotor core has a plurality of through-holes through which a refrigerant passes, the upper rotor-end plate covers the upper rotor-end face of the rotor core, where one end of each of the plurality of through-holes is formed, the upper rotor-end plate has a plurality of upper openings that allow communication of the plurality of through-holes with an internal space in a compressor container, the plurality of upper openings are adjacent to the plurality of through-holes in the upper rotor-end face, and a plurality of upper inner peripheral-side adjacent areas, which are on the inner peripheral-side closer to a rotation axis than the plurality of through-holes, are exposed to the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11384760
    Abstract: A lower end plate includes: bolt holes through which bolts penetrate; a lower discharge valve; a lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion into which the lower discharge valve is accommodated; and a lower discharge-chamber recessed portion. A lower end plate cover is provided with a bulging portion. A lower end-plate cover chamber is formed by the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion, the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and the bulging portion. Refrigerant passage holes include main refrigerant passage holes provided on the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and sub-refrigerant passage holes provided between the bolt hole and the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion away from the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion. The bulging portion is, in a cross section orthogonal to a rotating shaft, formed so as to overlap with at least a part of each of the main refrigerant passage holes and the sub-refrigerant passage holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Kenshi Ueda, Shingo Yahaba, Yasuyuki Izumi
  • Patent number: 11225971
    Abstract: A compression part of a rotary compressor includes an intermediate partition plate that is arranged between an upper cylinder and a lower cylinder, an upper vane that sections an upper cylinder chamber formed within the upper cylinder into an upper suction chamber and an upper compression chamber, and a lower vane that sections a lower cylinder chamber formed within the lower cylinder into a lower suction chamber and a lower compression chamber. The intermediate partition plate is formed with an injection hole that injects a liquid refrigerant into the upper compression chamber and the lower compression chamber and an injection passage that supplies the liquid refrigerant to the injection hole. The injection passage is formed along a straight line that does not cross a rotary shaft insertion hole into which a rotary shaft is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Yasuyuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20210363993
    Abstract: The compressor includes a rotor that applies rotational power to a compressor unit, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core and an upper rotor-end plate, the rotor core has a plurality of through-holes through which a refrigerant passes, the upper rotor-end plate covers the upper rotor-end face of the rotor core, where one end of each of the plurality of through-holes is formed, the upper rotor-end plate has a plurality of upper openings that allow communication of the plurality of through-holes with an internal space in a compressor container, the plurality of upper openings are adjacent to the plurality of through-holes in the upper rotor-end face, and a plurality of upper inner peripheral-side adjacent areas, which are on the inner peripheral-side closer to a rotation axis than the plurality of through-holes, are exposed to the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Naoya MOROZUMI, Akira INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210270271
    Abstract: A compressor includes a motor unit that includes a rotor and a stator, a compressor unit that compresses a refrigerant by rotation of the rotor, and a container that forms an internal space in which the motor unit and the compressor unit are housed, wherein in the rotor, a rotor gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from an under-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is close to the compressor unit to an above-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is distant from the compressor unit is formed, in the stator, a stator gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from the under-motor space to the above-motor space is formed, and a cross-sectional area of the stator gas passage is 6.0 times or less a cross-sectional area of the rotor gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Akira INOUE
  • Patent number: 11078911
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, a lower end plate includes a lower discharge valve that opens and closes a lower discharge hole, a lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion in which the lower discharge valve is accommodated, and a lower discharge-chamber recessed portion that is formed so as to overlap with the lower discharge hole side of the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion and communicates with a refrigerant passage hole. A lower end plate cover is formed in a flat-plate shape and is provided with a bulging portion having a portion facing the lower discharge hole. An upper end-plate cover chamber is formed by the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion, the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and the bulging portion. The bulging portion has a volume of 1/18 or greater and 1/9 or less of a total of air volumes of an upper compression chamber and a lower compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Yasuyuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20210013756
    Abstract: A rotor that gives rotational power to a compressor part that compresses refrigerant has a rotor core in which through-holes through which the refrigerant passes are formed, the through-holes having a cross section with a plurality of forks in a direction away from a rotation axis, a first end plate that covers a first end surface where one end of both end portions of the through-holes of the rotor core closer to the compressor part is formed, and an upper rotor end plate that covers a lower rotor end surface where the other end of the plurality of holes of the rotor core is formed. The first end plate has a first opening portion that causes the through-holes to communicate with an internal space. The upper rotor end plate has an upper opening portion that causes the through-holes to communicate with the internal space. The upper rotor end plate has projection portions that cover tip end portions, which are divided to respective forks, of the through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Shingo YAHABA, Kenshi UEDA, Tomoki NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20200208634
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, a lower end plate includes a lower discharge valve that opens and closes a lower discharge hole, a lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion in which the lower discharge valve is accommodated, and a lower discharge-chamber recessed portion that is formed so as to overlap with the lower discharge hole side of the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion and communicates with a refrigerant passage hole. A lower end plate cover is formed in a flat-plate shape and is provided with a bulging portion having a portion facing the lower discharge hole. An upper end-plate cover chamber is formed by the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion, the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and the bulging portion. The bulging portion has a volume of 1/18 or greater and 1/9 or less of a total of air volumes of an upper compression chamber and a lower compression chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Yasuyuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200173439
    Abstract: A compression part of a rotary compressor includes an intermediate partition plate that is arranged between an upper cylinder and a lower cylinder, an upper vane that sections an upper cylinder chamber formed within the upper cylinder into an upper suction chamber and an upper compression chamber, and a lower vane that sections a lower cylinder chamber formed within the lower cylinder into a lower suction chamber and a lower compression chamber. The intermediate partition plate is formed with an injection hole that injects a liquid refrigerant into the upper compression chamber and the lower compression chamber and an injection passage that supplies the liquid refrigerant to the injection hole. The injection passage is formed along a straight line that does not cross a rotary shaft insertion hole into which a rotary shaft is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Yasuyuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200166032
    Abstract: A lower end plate includes: bolt holes through which bolts penetrate; a lower discharge valve; a lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion into which the lower discharge valve is accommodated; and a lower discharge-chamber recessed portion. A lower end plate cover is provided with a bulging portion. A lower end-plate cover chamber is formed by the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion, the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and the bulging portion. Refrigerant passage holes include main refrigerant passage holes provided on the lower discharge-chamber recessed portion, and sub-refrigerant passage holes provided between the bolt hole and the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion away from the lower discharge-valve accommodating recessed portion. The bulging portion is, in a cross section orthogonal to a rotating shaft, formed so as to overlap with at least a part of each of the main refrigerant passage holes and the sub-refrigerant passage holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira INOUE, Kenshi UEDA, Shingo YAHABA, Yasuyuki IZUMI
  • Patent number: 10612548
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, S1>S3, S2>S3, and S2?>S3? are satisfied when a sectional area of a refrigerant path hole on a lower endplate is S1, a sectional area of the refrigerant path hole in a lower cylinder is S2, a sectional area of the refrigerant path hole on an intermediate partition plate is S3, an area in which a section of the refrigerant path hole on the lower end plate and a section of the refrigerant path hole in the lower cylinder overlap each other is S2?, and an area in which a section of the refrigerant path hole in the lower cylinder and a section of the refrigerant path hole on the intermediate partition plate overlap each other is S3?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Izumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10563655
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, a refrigerant path hole communicates with a lower discharge chamber concave portion while at least a part thereof overlaps the lower discharge chamber concave portion, is positioned between a lower vane groove and a first insertion hole in a lower cylinder, and is configured of a plurality of holes which are disposed between the upper vane groove and the first insertion hole in the upper cylinder, and a sectional area of a cross section which is closest to the lower vane groove and the upper vane groove of the plurality of holes is the smallest compared to the sectional area of the cross section of the other holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Shingo Yahaba, Akira Inoue, Kenshi Ueda, Yasuyuki Izumi
  • Patent number: 10495091
    Abstract: A compressor includes: an annular cylinder; a rotation shaft which is rotated by the motor; a piston which revolves along an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and forms a cylinder chamber on the inside of the cylinder; a vane which protrudes to the inside of the cylinder chamber from a vane groove provided in the cylinder, and divides the cylinder chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber by abutting against the piston; and an injection hole which injects a liquid refrigerant to the inside of the compression chamber. The center of the injection hole is disposed to be within a fan-like range of which a center angle is equal to or less than 40° toward a side opposite to a connection position between the compressor housing and the inlet unit from a center line of the vane groove in the circumferential direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Akira Inoue, Naoya Morozumi, Yasuyuki Izumi
  • Patent number: 10001303
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a sealed vertical compressor housing, a compressing unit, and a motor. A refrigerant discharging unit is provided at an upper part and a refrigerant intake unit is provided at a lower part side surface in the sealed vertical compressor housing. The compressing unit is disposed on the lower part of the compressor housing, includes an annular cylinder, an end plate including a bearing unit and a discharge valve unit and blocking end portions of the cylinder, an annular piston that engages with an eccentric portion of a rotation axis supported by the bearing unit, revolves along a cylinder inner wall of the cylinder in the cylinder, and forms a cylinder chamber between the cylinder inner wall and the annular piston, and a vane. The motor is disposed on the upper part of the compressor housing, and drives the compressing unit via the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Junya Tanaka, Kenji Komine, Shuhei Hoshino