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: 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
  • Publication number: 20180135630
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo YAHABA, Akira INOUE, Kenshi UEDA, Yasuyuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180135632
    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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki IZUMI, Kenshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20170292520
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Akira INOUE, Naoya MOROZUMI, Yasuyuki IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170003057
    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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kenshi UEDA, Junya TANAKA, Kenji KOMINE, Shuhei HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 8857211
    Abstract: In an injectible two-staged rotary compressor, a second suction pipe includes a heat-exchange promoting unit that promotes heat exchange between intermediary-pressure injected refrigerant and internal space or an external surface of a sealed container. The heat being exchanged by the intermediary-pressure injected refrigerant absorbing heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110027117
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor includes a compressor housing, a compressing unit, a motor, and an oil supply mechanism. The compressor housing has an inlet and an outlet of refrigerant. The compressing unit compresses refrigerant sucked in from the inlet. The motor drives the compressing unit through a rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism supplies lubricant oil to the compressing unit through an oil supply hole of the rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism includes a housing hole, a pump case, and a pump vane. The housing hole is communicated with the oil supply hole. The pump case is fitted in the housing hole. The pump vane is housed in the pump case, and includes a large width portion which is locked by the upper inner surface of the pump case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Masaki Fujino, Junya Tanaka, Taku Morishita, Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Patent number: 7780427
    Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing in which first, second, third communication holes are provided apart in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall; an accumulator held at an outside part of the housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe for connecting a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole; and an intermediate connecting pipe for connecting the first and third communication holes. The first and third communication holes are provided nearly in the same locations in the circumferential direction of the housing. The accumulator is held nearly in the same location in the circumferential direction as that of the second communication hole. The second communication hole is provided in a different location in the circumferential direction from those of the first and third communication holes for preventing interference between the low-pressure and intermediate connecting pipes each formed in arc shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20100054978
    Abstract: An injectable two-stage compression rotary compressor includes a compressor housing; a low-stage compressing section provided in the compressor house; a high-stage compressing section provided near the low-stage compressing section; a motor for driving the low-stage compressing section and the high-stage compressing section; an accumulator held at an outer side portion of the compressor housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe connecting the accumulator and the low-stage compressing section; an intermediate connecting pipe connecting the low-stage compressing section and the high-stage compressing section outside the compressor housing; and an intermediate suction pipe for introducing a medium pressure injection refrigerant into the intermediate connecting pipe. The intermediate suction pipe is connected to the intermediate connecting pipe so that an outlet of the intermediate suction pipe faces in a flowing direction of a medium pressure gas refrigerant in the intermediate connecting pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Patent number: 7641454
    Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing that includes first, second and third communication holes separately arranged sequentially in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall, an accumulator held on an outer side of the housing, a low-pressure connecting pipe that connects a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole, and an intermediate connecting pipe that connects the first and third communication holes. The second and third communication holes are arranged at nearly the same circumferential direction position of the housing. The accumulator is held at nearly the same circumferential direction position as the second communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20090180907
    Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing in which first, second, third communication holes are provided apart in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall; an accumulator held at an outside part of the housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe for connecting a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole; and an intermediate connecting pipe for connecting the first and third communication holes. The first and third communication holes are provided nearly in the same locations in the circumferential direction of the housing. The accumulator is held nearly in the same location in the circumferential direction as that of the second communication hole. The second communication hole is provided in a different location in the circumferential direction from those of the first and third communication holes for preventing interference between the low-pressure and intermediate connecting pipes each formed in arc shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20090180912
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a compressing section including a cylindrical cylinder, two end plates closing both ends of the cylinder, respectively, and a piston held by an eccentric section of a rotary shaft driven to rotate by a motor. A working chamber is formed between the piston and the cylinder inner wall. The rotary compressor also includes a vane protruding from within a vane groove of the cylinder into the working chamber; an airtight compressor housing accommodating therein the compressing section; a suction hole provided in the cylinder and communicating the suction chamber with a low-pressure side of a refrigerating cycle; and a discharge hole provided in one of the end plates and communicating the compression chamber with a high-pressure side of the refrigerating cycle. An auxiliary discharge hole different from the discharge hole is provided in the one end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Naoya MOROZUMI, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20090087321
    Abstract: A two-stage compression rotary compressor is provided that includes a low-stage compressing section and a high-stage compressing section housed within a cylindrical sealed housing oriented vertically, a low-stage suction pipe that is connected to a suction side of the low-stage compressing section and sucks in a low-pressure refrigerant, a low-stage discharge pipe the is connected to a discharge side of the low-stage compressing section and discharges the refrigerant from the low-stage to outside of the sealed housing, a high-stage suction pipe that is connected to a suction side of the high-stage compressing section and sucks in the refrigerant discharged from the low-stage, a low-pressure connecting pipe that connects the low-stage suction pipe and an accumulator, and guides the refrigerant inside the accumulator to a suction side of a low-stage compressing section, and an intermediate connecting pipe that connects the low-stage discharge pipe and the high-stage suction pipe, wherein an inner diameter of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20090081053
    Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing that includes first, second and third communication holes separately arranged sequentially in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall, an accumulator held on an outer side of the housing, a low-pressure connecting pipe that connects a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole, and an intermediate connecting pipe that connects the first and third communication holes. The second and third communication holes are arranged at nearly the same circumferential direction position of the housing. The accumulator is held at nearly the same circumferential direction position as the second communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20080236192
    Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor in which the pressure loss in a refrigerant suction pipe connecting the compressor and an accumulator to each other is reduced, and the compression efficiency is increased. The inside diameter D2 of a refrigerant suction pipe 64 on the outlet side of the accumulator 6 is made larger than the inside diameter D1 of a refrigerant return pipe 62 on the inlet side thereof (D2>D1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20080240954
    Abstract: There is provided a two-stage compression rotary compressor in which the balancer mass of a rotor can be made as small as possible, and the moments that tilt the whole of a shaft can be balanced. The axial length L2 of a high-stage side crankshaft 72 corresponding to a high-stage compressing section 32 is longer than the axial length L1 of a low-stage side crankshaft 73 corresponding to a low-stage compressing section 31 (L2>L1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20080236184
    Abstract: In an injectable two-staged rotary compressor, a second suction pipe includes a heat-exchange promoting unit that promotes heat exchange between intermediary-pressure injected refrigerant and internal space or an external surface of a sealed container. The heat being exchanged by the intermediary-pressure injected refrigerant absorbing heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20080078191
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is that the temperature of a refrigerant discharged from a compression section can be detected more exactly without being influenced by variable factors existing around the compression section. In a rotary compressor 1 having a motor 6 and a compression section 3 provided in a closed container 2, and also having a discharge pipe 26 provided in an upper part of the closed container 2 to discharge a refrigerant compressed by the compression section 3 to the outside of the closed container 2, a refrigerant discharge part 462 for discharging the refrigerant compressed by the compression section 3 toward the inner peripheral surface of the closed container 2 is provided, and a discharge temperature sensor 20 for detecting the discharge temperature of compressed refrigerant is arranged in a portion opposed to the refrigerant discharge part 462 on the outer peripheral surface side of the closed container 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Taku Morishita, Naoya Morozumi, Kenshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 7331774
    Abstract: There is provided, at a low cost, a small-size and lightweight scroll compressor capable of preventing a decrease in compression efficiency by utilizing a medium pressure between a suction pressure and a discharge pressure as a back pressure. An independent minute gap in the axial direction is provided between a main frame 3 and a thrust ring 8. This minute gap is used as a second back pressure chamber C2, and the medium pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is introduced into the second back pressure chamber C2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20060263225
    Abstract: There is provided, at a low cost, a small-size and lightweight scroll compressor capable of preventing a decrease in compression efficiency by utilizing a medium pressure between a suction pressure and a discharge pressure as a back pressure. An independent minute gap in the axial direction is provided between a main frame 3 and a thrust ring 8. This minute gap is used as a second back pressure chamber C2, and the medium pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is introduced into the second back pressure chamber C2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi