Patents by Inventor Kenta Semura
Kenta Semura 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: 11649990Abstract: A compressor system for a cryocooler includes a compressor unit that includes a compressor main body compressing a refrigerant gas of the cryocooler and a liquid-cooled heat exchanger cooling, through heat exchange with a cooling liquid, at least one of the refrigerant gas compressed by the compressor main body and an oil lubricating the compressor main body, a supply line through which the cooling liquid is supplied from a main chiller to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger, a collecting line through which the cooling liquid is collected from the liquid-cooled heat exchanger to the main chiller, and a backup chiller that is provided outside the compressor unit, circulates the cooling liquid to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger in place of or together with the main chiller, and includes a circulation pump and a cooler cooling the cooling liquid on an inlet side or outlet side of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenta Semura
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Patent number: 11408655Abstract: An oil separator includes: an oil separator container; and a filter element that is disposed in the oil separator container, defines an outer cavity between the oil separator container and itself, includes an inner cavity into which refrigerant gas is introduced, and separates oil from the refrigerant gas flowing to the outer cavity from the inner cavity. The filter element includes a tubular inner filter member that surrounds the inner cavity, and an outer filter layer that includes a refrigerant gas outlet surface exposed to the outer cavity and is disposed outside the inner filter member. A wire-like or band-like filter retaining member that is in contact with the outer filter layer from the outside may be provided. The refrigerant gas outlet surface may occupy at least 80% of the surface area of the outer filter layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenta Semura
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Publication number: 20210270500Abstract: A compressor system for a cryocooler includes a compressor unit that includes a compressor main body compressing a refrigerant gas of the cryocooler and a liquid-cooled heat exchanger cooling, through heat exchange with a cooling liquid, at least one of the refrigerant gas compressed by the compressor main body and an oil lubricating the compressor main body, a supply line through which the cooling liquid is supplied from a main chiller to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger, a collecting line through which the cooling liquid is collected from the liquid-cooled heat exchanger to the main chiller, and a backup chiller that is provided outside the compressor unit, circulates the cooling liquid to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger in place of or together with the main chiller, and includes a circulation pump and a cooler cooling the cooling liquid on an inlet side or outlet side of the pumpType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenta SEMURA
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Publication number: 20200284486Abstract: An oil separator includes: an oil separator container; and a filter element that is disposed in the oil separator container, defines an outer cavity between the oil separator container and itself, includes an inner cavity into which refrigerant gas is introduced, and separates oil from the refrigerant gas flowing to the outer cavity from the inner cavity. The filter element includes a tubular inner filter member that surrounds the inner cavity, and an outer filter layer that includes a refrigerant gas outlet surface exposed to the outer cavity and is disposed outside the inner filter member. A wire-like or band-like filter retaining member that is in contact with the outer filter layer from the outside may be provided. The refrigerant gas outlet surface may occupy at least 80% of the surface area of the outer filter layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenta SEMURA
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Patent number: 10392979Abstract: In an inner fin, a plate is made up of a top part, a bottom part, and a wall plate part, and a channel having a concave-shaped cross section and a channel having an inverted concave-shaped cross section are alternately repeated as channels of the gas by a pair of the wall plate parts facing each other. The wall plate part for each of the channels has a shape in which the wall plate part is bent left and right in a serpentine shape and projected and recessed parts thereof are alternately repeated and formed, and the recessed part of the wall plate part is formed with a chevron-shaped part made up of an upward slope part that ranges from a base part to the top part and a downward slope part that passes downward from the top part to a neighboring base part.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Tokyo Radiator MFG. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenta Semura, Tetsu Yokoo
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Publication number: 20180195424Abstract: In an inner fin, a plate is made up of a top part, a bottom part, and a wall plate part, and a channel having a concave-shaped cross section and a channel having an inverted concave-shaped cross section are alternately repeated as channels of the gas by a pair of the wall plate parts facing each other. The wall plate part for each of the channels has a shape in which the wall plate part is bent left and right in a serpentine shape and projected and recessed parts thereof are alternately repeated and formed, and the recessed part of the wall plate part is formed with a chevron-shaped part made up of an upward slope part that ranges from a base part to the top part and a downward slope part that passes downward from the top part to a neighboring base part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Tokyo Radiator MFG. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenta Semura, Tetsu Yokoo
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Patent number: 9909475Abstract: There is provided an EGR cooler having a core portion in which a large number of flat tubes through which exhaust gases pass are stacked one on another in an interior of a hollow cylindrical shell to be joined to the shell for heat exchange between the exhaust gases and a cooling fluid which flows around the tubes, a cylindrical inlet header which is joined to an upstream side of the shell in relation to a gas flow at one end thereof, and a cylindrical outlet header which is joined to a downstream side of the core portion in relation to the gas flow at one end thereof, characterized in that the inlet header and the outlet header are joined to an outer surface of the shell, and the tubes are joined to an inner surface of the shell at those joint portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Tokyo Radiator MFG. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsu Yokoo, Toshihito Nakanowatari, Toshikazu Kodama, Kazuya Okawara, Norihito Seki, Susumu Kozai, Isao Ayuse, Taketoshi Tamura, Kenta Semura
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Publication number: 20140318109Abstract: There is provided an EGR cooler having a core portion in which a large number of flat tubes through which exhaust gases pass are stacked one on another in an interior of a hollow cylindrical shell to be joined to the shell for heat exchange between the exhaust gases and a cooling fluid which flows around the tubes, a cylindrical inlet header which is joined to an upstream side of the shell in relation to a gas flow at one end thereof, and a cylindrical outlet header which is joined to a downstream side of the core portion in relation to the gas flow at one end thereof, characterized in that the inlet header and the outlet header are joined to an outer surface of the shell, and the tubes are joined to an inner surface of the shell at those joint portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: TOKYO RADIATOR MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsu Yokoo, Toshihito Nakanowatari, Toshikazu Kodama, Kazuya Okawara, Norihito Seki, Susumu Kozai, Isao Ayuse, Taketoshi Tamura, Kenta Semura