Patents by Inventor Kinya Okutsu

Kinya Okutsu 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: 11009273
    Abstract: An expansion valve is provided with a valve body including an inlet hole through which a refrigerant flows into a valve chamber, and a valve hole through which the refrigerant flows out of the valve chamber; a valve element configured to adjust an amount of the refrigerant flowing through the valve hole; a power element that is mounted to the valve body and configured to drive the valve element via a valve rod; a first vibration isolation spring provided in the valve chamber and configured to prevent vibration of the valve element; and a second vibration isolation spring that is in contact with the valve rod and configured to prevent vibration of the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: FUJIKOKI CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kamata, Kinya Okutsu, Takashi Mogi, Kurato Yamasaki, Shigeki Ito
  • Publication number: 20190178542
    Abstract: An expansion valve is provided with a valve body including an inlet hole through which a refrigerant flows into a valve chamber, and a valve hole through which the refrigerant flows out from the valve chamber; a valve element configured to adjust an amount of the refrigerant flowing through the valve hole; a power element that is mounted to the valve body and configured to drive the valve element through a valve rod; a support member configured to support the valve element; a coil spring configured to press the valve element in a valve-closing direction through the support member; and a vibration isolation spring configured to prevent vibration of the valve element, wherein the vibration isolation spring is provided with an annular base portion disposed between the support member and the coil spring, and a plurality of leg portions that extend radially from the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki KAMATA, Kinya OKUTSU, Takashi MOGI, Kurato YAMASAKI, Shigeki ITO
  • Publication number: 20190170411
    Abstract: An expansion valve is provided with a valve body including an inlet hole through which a refrigerant flows into a valve chamber, and a valve hole through which the refrigerant flows out of the valve chamber; a valve element configured to adjust an amount of the refrigerant flowing through the valve hole; a power element that is mounted to the valve body and configured to drive the valve element via a valve rod; a first vibration isolation spring provided in the valve chamber and configured to prevent vibration of the valve element; and a second vibration isolation spring that is in contact with the valve rod and configured to prevent vibration of the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki KAMATA, Kinya OKUTSU, Takashi MOGI, Kurato YAMASAKI, Shigeki ITO
  • Patent number: 8313040
    Abstract: To provide a temperature sensing tube for an expansion valve in which a hunting can be prevented by slowing of a temperature reaction rate of an expansion valve, a ceramic sintered member serving as a heat transfer delay member (3) in a temperature sensing tube (1) is fixed so as not to directly contact with a tubular member (2) by fixing springs (4, 4) provided at both end portions (13, 13), whereby a heat transfer from the tubular member (2) to the ceramic sintered member becomes slow, temperature is not transferred from a mated piping directly via the tubular member, whichever outer surface of the temperature sensing tube 1 contacts with the piping, and a reaction rate with respect to a temperature rise of the expansion valve can be made slow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Okutsu, Akinori Nanbu, Mafumi Morita
  • Publication number: 20090241571
    Abstract: To provide a temperature sensing tube for an expansion valve in which a hunting can be prevented by slowing of a temperature reaction rate of an expansion valve, a ceramic sintered member serving as a heat transfer delay member (3) in a temperature sensing tube (1) is fixed so as not to directly contact with a tubular member (2) by fixing springs (4, 4) provided at both end portions (13, 13), whereby a heat transfer from the tubular member (2) to the ceramic sintered member becomes slow, temperature is not transferred from a mated piping directly via the tubular member, whichever outer surface of the temperature sensing tube 1 contacts with the piping, and a reaction rate with respect to a temperature rise of the expansion valve can be made slow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Okutsu, Akinori Nanbu, Mafumi Morita
  • Patent number: D599438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Okutsu, Akinori Nanbu
  • Patent number: D712010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Okutsu, Takashi Mogi