Patents by Inventor Masaru Owa

Masaru Owa 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: 5916252
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigeration or air conditioning system comprising a refrigeration cycle that uses a refrigerant mixture of at least two kinds of refrigerants consisting of 45 to 55 weight percent of R32 and 55 to 45 weight percent of R125, and that includes at least a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator. In some cases the temperature and pressure in a line leading from the inlet of the evaporator to the suction port of the compressor is controlled below a specific temperature and pressure point corresponding to the critical decomposition point of a clathrate that contains water as a host solution and the refrigerant mixture as guest molecules, and within a prescribed control range bounded by a formation limit line of the clathrate and a saturated liquid pressure line representing the pressure versus temperature relationship of saturated liquid of the refrigerant mixture (a first control mode), and a dryer for moisture removal is provided in the refrigeration cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshida, Mitsuharu Matsuo, Takaji Akiya, Masaru Owa, Masataka Ozeki