Patents by Inventor Kosuke Tanaka

Kosuke Tanaka 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: 11906191
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Ikeda, Kazuya Honda, Jun Nishio, Yuki Mizuno, Katsuhiro Ishimura, Yuji Motomura, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240039258
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; an exterior tube that covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; and a route regulator that covers part of an outer circumference of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube and extends in a length direction of the exterior tube, and regulates a wiring route of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Patent number: 11885518
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, an air-conditioning load state detection unit, an operation-state detection unit, and a controller. The refrigerant circuit includes a main circuit and a bypass circuit. The air-conditioning apparatus has a simultaneous heating and defrosting operation mode. In the simultaneous heating and defrosting operation mode, the controller controls a compressor, a pressure reducing device, and a defrosting refrigerant pressure-reducing device such that control amounts of the compressor, the pressure reducing device, and the defrosting refrigerant pressure-reducing device reach respective normal-time control target values that are set based on an air-conditioning load state and an operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Fukui, Kosuke Tanaka, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230406240
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes: an electrical wire; an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the wire; a first path restrictor attached on an outer peripheral side of the exterior tube; and a second path restrictor attached on an outer peripheral side of the first path restrictor, wherein the smooth outer surface of the first path restrictor and the smooth inner surface of the second path restrictor form an air layer therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230406239
    Abstract: An electrical wire structure including: an electrical wire; an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire; and a path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Masashi FUJIKI
  • Patent number: 11843233
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body including an electric wire and an exterior tube enclosing an outer circumference of the electric wire; a first path restricting cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the exterior tube and restricts a path of the wire harness main body; and a second path restricting cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the first path restricting cover and restricts the path of the wire harness main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230387671
    Abstract: A wire harness to be attached to a vehicle body, the wire harness including: a wire harness main body having an electrical wire and an exterior tube covering the electrical wire; a first path restrictor attached to an outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a straight part which is a portion of a path of the wire harness main body that is straight; a second path restrictor attached to the outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a bent part which is a portion of the path of the wire harness main body that bends; and an engagement engaging the second path restrictor in a circumferential direction of the wire harness main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230382323
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; an exterior tube that covers an outer periphery of the electric wire; and a path regulator that extends along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube while covering a portion in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of the exterior tube, and regulates a path along which the electric wire is routed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke TANAKA, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230382321
    Abstract: A composite wire harness, including: a first wire harness including a first electric wire and a first exterior tube covering the first electric wire; a second wire harness including a second electric wire and a second exterior tube covering the second electric wire; and a first path regulator configured to be attached to the first wire harness and the second wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11827165
    Abstract: A wire harness including a wire harness body including an electric wire, an exterior tube that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire, and a first path regulator configured to be attached to an outer circumferential surface of the exterior tube and regulate a path of the exterior tube; and an attachment configured to be attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first path regulator in a lengthwise portion of the first path regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Tanaka, Katsutoshi Izawa, Ryuta Saito
  • Publication number: 20230378735
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; an exterior tube that covers an outer periphery of the electric wire; a path regulator that extends along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube while covering a portion in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of the exterior tube, and regulates a path along which the electric wire is routed; and a fixing member that holds the path regulator and is fixed to a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke TANAKA, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230373410
    Abstract: A wire harness to be attached to a vehicle body, the wire harness including: a wire harness main body having an electrical wire and an exterior tube covering the electrical wire; a first path restrictor attached to an outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a straight part which is a portion of a path of the wire harness main body that is straight; a second path restrictor attached to the outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a bent part which is a portion of the path of the wire harness main body that bends; and a connector having an annular shape surrounding the outer periphery of the exterior tube and an outer periphery of the second path restrictor, and connecting the exterior tube and the second path restrictor to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230361313
    Abstract: An electrode for power storage devices includes: a resin layer having a first surface and a second surface that is located on an opposite side from the first surface; a first electrically-conductive layer that is disposed on the first surface side of the resin layer; and a first layer of particles that is disposed on an opposite side of the first electrically-conductive layer from the resin layer. In a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the resin layer, the first electrically-conductive layer has a first shape including a plurality of protrusions that are convexed toward the resin layer and a recess that is disposed between two adjacent protrusions among the plurality of protrusions. A distance H along the thickness direction from one of top points of the two adjacent protrusions to a bottom point of the recess is smaller than a thickness of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya AOKI, Shuji HIGASHI, Syuji TSUKAMOTO, Keisuke TATSUZAKI, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230352920
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube; and a second tube that is made of a metal and fixes the braided wire to the outer circumferential surface of the first tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230339415
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a first metal tube that covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; a second metal tube that includes a first end covering an outer circumference of the first tube, and a second end that is located opposite to the first end and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire that is drawn out from an end of the first tube, the second tube being fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube; and a protector that is fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the second tube and is configured to protect the drawn-out portion by covering an outer circumference of the drawn-out portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230343486
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electric wire; a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube; and a second tube that is made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke TANAKA, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Ryuta SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230343485
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube; and a second tube that is made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11796212
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a controller configured to operate in a heating normal operation mode and a heating-defrosting operation mode. In a case of switching from the heating normal operation mode to the heating-defrosting operation mode, the controller makes a selection from an initial control mode 1, in which control is performed such that an initial frequency of the compressor is set to a predetermined maximum frequency and an initial opening degree of the flow control device is set to an opening degree lower than a predetermined maximum opening degree, and an initial control mode 2, in which control is performed such that the initial opening degree of the flow control device is set to the predetermined maximum opening degree and the initial frequency of the compressor is set to a frequency lower than the predetermined maximum frequency, to execute the heating-defrosting operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Shohei Ishimura, Koji Fukui, Kojiro Katayama, Kosuke Tanaka, Kazuki Okada, Kazushige Baba
  • Publication number: 20230331177
    Abstract: A composite wire harness includes: a first wire harness including a first electric wire and a first exterior tube that covers the first electric wire; a second wire harness including a second electric wire and a second exterior tube that covers the second electric wire and is arranged in parallel with the first exterior tube; and a fixing member configured to fix the first wire harness and the second wire harness to each other, wherein: the first wire harness includes a path regulator that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first exterior tube, and is configured to regulate a path of the first exterior tube, the path regulator includes an insertion port that extends along a length direction of the path regulator and spans an entire length of the path regulator, and the fixing member fixes the second wire harness to the path regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11783962
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body including an electric wire and an exterior tube enclosing an outer circumference of the electric wire; a path restricting cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the exterior tube and restricts a path of the wire harness main body; and an attachment attached to an outer circumference of a portion in a lengthwise direction of the path restricting cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka