Patents by Inventor Masaki Uno

Masaki Uno 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: 10267549
    Abstract: An air conditioner which includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger that have been successively connected by a pipeline, and in which a hydrofluoroolefin-containing refrigerant is to be used, the air conditioner being characterized in that an oxygen adsorption device in which a synthetic zeolite is used as an adsorbent has been disposed somewhere in the pipeline, the synthetic zeolite having a pore diameter which is larger than the size of the oxygen molecule but smaller than the size of the hydrofluoroolefin molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tsuboe, Atsuhiko Yokozeki, Masaki Uno, Hideyuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180164007
    Abstract: The present invention is an air conditioner which includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger that have been successively connected by a pipeline, and in which a hydrofluoroolefin-containing refrigerant is to be used, the air conditioner being characterized in that an oxygen adsorption device in which a synthetic zeolite is used as an adsorbent has been disposed somewhere in the pipeline, the synthetic zeolite having a pore diameter which is larger than the size of the oxygen molecule but smaller than the size of the hydrofluoroolefin molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki TSUBOE, Atsuhiko YOKOZEKI, Masaki UNO, Hideyuki UEDA
  • Patent number: 6568197
    Abstract: A refrigerating unit capable of optimum operation with respect to load by finely changing the operating capacity in response to changes in load, and offering energy saving effects. The refrigerating unit has a scroll type inverter-driven compressor and scroll type constant-speed compressors; a pressure sensor installed on the suction side; a circuit for starting the inverter-driven compressor first; and a circuit for deciding the driving frequency of the compressor and the number of constant-speed compressors to operate, based on a suction pressure value detected by the pressure sensor after the compressor was started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Uno, Naoki Hattori
  • Patent number: 6474085
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus comprising a refrigerating cycle having compressors, a condenser, a liquid receiver, expansion valves and evaporators; and a suction pressure sensor for detecting a pressure on suction sides of the compressors; wherein when the suction pressure has at least a capacity-up pressure value, it causes an increase in the number of compressors being operated or the operating frequency; and wherein when a time period, in which the suction pressure remains in at least the capacity-up pressure value, and a time period, in which the suction pressure remains in at most the capacity-down pressure value, are compared with each other and calculated, and the latter time period is longer than the former time period, at least one of the capacity-up pressure value and the capacity-down pressure value is made larger than said each pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventors: Masaki Uno, Katsuhiko Taki, Sadao Ohyama
  • Publication number: 20020116938
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus comprising a refrigerating cycle having compressors, a condenser, a liquid receiver, expansion valves and evaporators; and a suction pressure sensor for detecting a pressure on suction sides of the compressors; wherein when the suction pressure has at least a capacity-up pressure value, it causes an increase in the number of compressors being operated or the operating frequency; and wherein when a time period, in which the suction pressure remains in at least the capacity-up pressure value, and a time period, in which the suction pressure remains in at most the capacity-down pressure value, are compared with each other and calculated, and the latter time period is longer than the former time period, at least one of the capacity-up pressure value and the capacity-down pressure value is made larger than said each pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Masaki Uno, Katsuhiko Taki, Sadao Ohyama
  • Publication number: 20020020178
    Abstract: A refrigerating unit capable of optimum operation with respect to load by finely changing the operating capacity in response to changes in load, and offering energy saving effects. The refrigerating unit has a scroll type inverter-driven compressor and scroll type constant-speed compressors; a pressure sensor installed on the suction side; a circuit for starting the inverter-driven compressor first; and a circuit for deciding the driving frequency of the compressor and the number of constant-speed compressors to operate, based on a suction pressure value detected by the pressure sensor after the compressor was started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Masaki Uno, Naoki Hattori
  • Patent number: 6330804
    Abstract: A refrigerating unit capable of optimum operation with respect to load by finely changing the operating capacity in response to changes in load, and offering energy saving effects. The refrigerating unit has a scroll type inverter-driven compressor and scroll type constant-speed compressors; a pressure sensor installed on the suction side; a circuit for starting the inverter-driven compressor first; and a circuit for deciding the driving frequency of the compressor and the number of constant-speed compressors to operate, based on a suction pressure value detected by the pressure sensor after the compressor was started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Uno, Naoki Hattori
  • Patent number: 4532552
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording the information content of an electrical signal on the surface of a light sensitive medium by means of a plurality of scan traces across said medium comprises a source for providing a light beam of high intensity modulated in accordance with electrical information supplied thereto, an actuator for actuating the source means and generating sync signals, the frequency of the sync signals being altered in accordance with variations in scanning speeds of the light beam to impinge on the medium, a reflector having a plurality of contiguous reflective faces rotatable about a central axis, a rotation device for rotating said reflector about said central axis; and a lens, disposed between said source and said reflector, for receiving and passing through said light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Uno