Patents by Inventor Ko Inagaki

Ko Inagaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20140308141
    Abstract: A sealed compressor (100) of the present invention comprises an electric component (111), a compression component (117), and a sealed container (101), the compression component includes a shaft (119), a cylinder block (129), a piston (133), and a crank weight (126), a rotor (115) of the electric component has a cylindrical shape, contains a cylindrical space therein, and includes an upper section (116) in which a lower portion of a bearing (131) of a cylinder block is fitted into the cylindrical space, a lower section (115e) to which a lower portion of the main shaft inserted into the through-hole of the bearing and inserted into the cylindrical space is fixedly fitted, and a balance weight (170, 270) placed on an opposite side of the crank weight with respect to the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Haraki, Ko Inagaki, Terumasa Ide, Kiwamu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140308140
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Ko INAGAKI, Akira NAKANO, Yoshinori ISHIDA, Ichiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 8814539
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano, Yoshinori Ishida, Ichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20140234133
    Abstract: A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component (110); a compression component (112); a sealed container (102) which accommodates the electric component (110) and the compression component (112) and stores lubricating oil (104) therein; and a suction pipe (170) which is provided to penetrate a wall portion of the sealed container (102), and through which a refrigerant gas suctioned into the sealed container (102) flows; wherein the compression component (112) includes a compression chamber (142) formed within a cylinder (134) and a suction muffler (146) through which the refrigerant gas flows; wherein the suction muffler (146) includes a muffling space (150), an exit pipe (154), an inlet pipe (152), whose suction port (151) opens in a substantially horizontal direction in the interior of the sealed container (102), a funnel-shaped refrigerant receiver section (160) provided to surround the suction port (151); and wherein the suction port (151) is placed such that its center (151A)
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Terumasa Ide
  • Patent number: 8794933
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano, Yoshinori Ishida, Ichiro Morita
  • Patent number: 8721304
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a thrust ball bearing (176) on the thrust face (160) of the main bearing (126). The thrust ball bearing (176) includes balls (166) held in a holder (168), an upper race (164) and a lower race (170) arranged respectively on and beneath the balls (166), and an elastic support member (172) below the balls (166). The hermetic compressor is prevented from causing a load to be applied unevenly to the balls (166), thereby achieving high efficiency, low noise level, and high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Yu Haraki, Hidenori Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Yasushi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20130230420
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ko INAGAKI, Akira NAKANO, Yoshinori ISHIDA, Ichiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 8517697
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sealed compressor in which a compressive component housed inside of a sealed container comprises a block, a suction valve, a piston, and a suction muffler, the suction muffler including a muffler body defining a muffler space and an outlet tube communicating the muffler space with the suction valve, the outlet tube having a bent portion bent in a middle portion between an opening exposed to the muffler space and an opening in a vicinity of the suction valve, a first outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the muffler space, and a second outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the suction valve, wherein a close sided space is formed in a vicinity of the bent portion, the close sided space having one end in communication with the outlet tube and the other end closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kinjo, Ko Inagaki, Masakazu Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 8323001
    Abstract: A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kinjo, Ko Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8118568
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor has a hermetic container storing oil, and a compressing element accommodated in the hermetic container and compressing a refrigerant gas. The compressing element has a compression chamber, a cylinder forming the compression chamber, a piston inserted into the cylinder for reciprocation, and a suction muffler whose one end communicates with the compression chamber. The suction muffler has a sound deadening space, a gas flow forming part forming a gas flow flowing in a constant direction in the sound deadening space, and an oil discharge opening provided in a downstream side of the gas flow in a lower part of the sound deadening space. By this construction, there is realized a hermetic compressor in which the oil does not readily remain in the suction muffler, whose noise is lower, and whose performance is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Masanori Kobayashi, Terumasa Ide, Tomio Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20120020817
    Abstract: Provided is a reciprocating compressor having a structure in which friction losses between a shaft and a bearing can be reduced without impairing the ability of the bearing to support the shaft. A reciprocating compressor (100) includes a cylinder (5), a piston (4), a connecting rod (6), a shaft (1), and a bearing (2). The shaft (1) has a journal portion (28) as a portion covered by the bearing (2). The journal portion (28) has a first journal portion (7) located closer to the connecting rod (6) with respect to a midpoint M of the journal portion (28) in a direction parallel to a rotational axis and a second journal portion (8) located farther from the connecting rod (6) with respect to the midpoint M. The bearing (2) has a first sliding portion (10) for supporting the first journal portion (7) and a second sliding portion (11) for supporting the second journal portion (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Sugamoto, Masaru Matsui, Fuminori Sakima, Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano
  • Publication number: 20110271709
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sealed compressor in which a compressive component housed inside of a sealed container comprises a block, a suction valve, a piston, and a suction muffler, the suction muffler including a muffler body defining a muffler space and an outlet tube communicating the muffler space with the suction valve, the outlet tube having a bent portion bent in a middle portion between an opening exposed to the muffler space and an opening in a vicinity of the suction valve, a first outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the muffler space, and a second outlet tube portion extending from the bent portion toward the suction valve, wherein a close sided space is formed in a vicinity of the bent portion, the close sided space having one end in communication with the outlet tube and the other end closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kinjo, Ko Inagaki, Masakazu Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20110200462
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a thrust ball bearing (176) on the thrust face (160) of the main bearing (126). The thrust ball bearing (176) includes balls (166) held in a holder (168), an upper race (164) and a lower race (170) arranged respectively on and beneath the balls (166), and an elastic support member (172) below the balls (166). The hermetic compressor is prevented from causing a load to be applied unevenly to the balls (166), thereby achieving high efficiency, low noise level, and high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Yu Haraki, Hidenori Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Yusushi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110027111
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a closed vessel for storing lubricating oil, an electric-driving element, and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block forming a compression chamber, a piton that reciprocates inside the compression chamber, and an oiling device for supplying the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the piston. A first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed on a side opposite to the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove. The second oil groove has a spatial volume same or greater than that of the first oil groove. An expanded clearance portion is provided such that a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion broadens from a top dead point to a bottom dead point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano, Yoshinori Ishida, Ichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20100260621
    Abstract: A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KINJO, Ko INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 7614856
    Abstract: A linear motor of the present invention has: a stator having a stationary iron core and a magnet wire; a mover having a moving iron core and a magnet; and a plate-shaped elastic member for supporting the mover in a manner to rock in the rocking directions. This construction eliminates a sliding portion for supporting the mover so that it can reduce the loss, which might otherwise accompany the reciprocation of the mover. Moreover, a linear compressor using this linear motor is high in efficiency and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Ichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20080247886
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor has a hermetic container storing an oil, and a compressing element accommodated in the hermetic container and compressing a refrigerant gas; the compressing element has a compressing chamber, a cylinder forming the compressing chamber, a piston inserted into the cylinder and reciprocating, and a suction muffler (140) whose one end communicates with the compressing chamber; and the suction muffler (140) has a sound deadening space (142), a gas flow forming part (144) forming a gas flow (143) flowing in a constant direction in the sound deadening space (142), and an oil discharged opening (146) provided in a downstream side of the gas flow (143) in a lower part of the sound deadening space (142). By this constitution, there is realized the hermetic compressor in which the oil is more difficult to remain in the suction muffler (140), whose noise is lower, and whose performance is stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Masanori Kobayashi, Terumasa Ide, Tomio Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20070059189
    Abstract: This relates to a hermetic compressor and a manufacturing method of a suction muffler, and discloses a technique for making energy efficiency higher and reducing noise. According to that technique, in a suction muffler 140 having a sound attenuation space 143, by foam-molding a wall 147, such as an opposite surface and the like, where open ends 145a, 146a within the sound attenuation space among the walls constituting a casing 140C of the suction muffler 140 are opened, it is possible to reduce the heating action of refrigerant gas released into the sound attenuation space 143 effectively in a space-saving manner, and make a sucking efficiency higher, and effectively absorb a refrigerant pulsation tone radiated in the open end 145a within the sound attenuation space, and consequently reduce the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Ko Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7078832
    Abstract: A linear motor of the present invention has: a stator having a stationary iron core and a magnet wire; a mover having a moving iron core and a magnet; and a plate-shaped elastic member for supporting the mover in a manner to rock in the rocking directions. This construction eliminates a sliding portion for supporting the mover so that it can reduce the loss, which might otherwise accompany the reciprocation of the mover. Moreover, a linear compressor using this linear motor is high in efficiency and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Ko Inagaki, Ichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20060039803
    Abstract: A compressing unit of a hermetic compressor includes a suction valve placed at an opening of a compressing room and a suction muffler. The muffler includes a suction muffler body which forms a sound-deadening space, a first communicating path which communicates with the suction valve and with the sound-deadening space, and a second communicating path which communicates with a hermetic container and with the sound-deadening space. An opening, situated in the sound-deadening space, of the first communicating path, and an opening, situated in the sound-deadening space, of the second communicating path are both open in the same direction. In addition, a sound-insulating wall is disposed on the wall of the muffler body at a place at least confronting both of the openings. This structure achieves low noise and high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Akira Nakano, Ko Inagaki, Yoshinori Ishida, Shuhei Sugimoto