Patents by Inventor Mihoko Shimoji

Mihoko Shimoji 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: 10208750
    Abstract: A posture control unit (contact portion) that controls a posture of a balance weight-equipped slider so that a slider portion of the balance weight-equipped slider maintains the posture parallel to an orbiting bearing is provided at a position corresponding to a central portion in an axial direction of the orbiting bearing between an eccentric direction-side side surface of an eccentric shaft portion of a rotary shaft and an inner wall surface of a slide hole facing the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Raito Kawamura, Shin Sekiya, Shinichi Wakamoto, Mihoko Shimoji, Hideaki Nagata
  • Publication number: 20170082109
    Abstract: A posture control unit (contact portion 6f) that controls a posture of a balance weight-equipped slider 5 so that a slider portion 5a of the balance weight-equipped slider 5 maintains the posture parallel to an orbiting bearing 2d is provided at a position corresponding to a central portion in an axial direction of the orbiting bearing 2d between an eccentric direction-side side surface of an eccentric shaft portion 6a of a rotary shaft 6 and an inner wall surface of a slide hole 5aa facing the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raito KAWAMURA, Shin SEKIYA, Shinichi WAKAMOTO, Mihoko SHIMOJI, Hideaki NAGATA
  • Patent number: 9086230
    Abstract: In order to provide a refrigeration cycle device that is compact and efficiently utilizing an expansion machine and reduced in manufacturing cost through the use of a first compressor and second compressor driven by an expansion machine, a heat radiator and an on-off valve are disposed between the first and the second compressors and the second heat radiator is utilized irrespective of the operating mode such as the cooling or heating operation. Also, the heat transfer area ratio, which is a ratio of the heat transfer area of the second heat source side heat exchanger relative to the total heat transfer area of the heat transfer areas of said first and second heat source side heat exchangers, is set, according to the air speed distribution, within a range at which the COP is at its peak. Thus, the second heat source side heat exchanger can be utilized even during the heating operation, providing a high efficiency refrigeration cycle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Okazaki, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Masayuki Kakuda, Takeshi Hatomura
  • Patent number: 8511112
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus which is capable of performing matching of the volumetric flow rate without performing pre-expansion it obtained. A refrigeration circuit includes a compression unit including a main compressor and a second compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator interconnected with pipes, and a sub-compression mechanism driven by power recovered by the expansion mechanism, a suction side of the sub-compression mechanism is connected to a compression process of the compression unit, a discharge side of the sub-compression mechanism is connected to an inlet side of the gas cooler, and flow rate of refrigerant flowing into the sub-compression mechanism is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kakuda, Fumihiko Ishizono, Hideaki Nagata, Naofumi Takenaka, Takashi Okazaki, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Toshihide Koda
  • Patent number: 8475149
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine that suppresses fluctuations in a port aperture area during each revolution of an orbiting scroll. Suction ports for sucking in a working fluid are disposed on a second base plate to have openings in a vicinity of a winding start end portion of a second spiral tooth, and near an inward facing surface of the second spiral tooth at a position separated by an involute angle approximately 90° from the winding start end portion of the second spiral tooth. Discharge ports for discharging the working fluid are disposed on a first base plate to have openings in a vicinity of a winding start end portion of a first spiral tooth, and near an inward facing surface of the first spiral tooth at a position separated by an involute angle approximately 90° from the winding start end portion of the first spiral tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kakuda, Fumihiko Ishizono, Hideaki Nagata, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Toshihide Koda
  • Publication number: 20120060548
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus which is capable of performing matching of the volumetric flow rate without performing pre-expansion it obtained. A refrigeration circuit includes a compression unit including a main compressor and a second compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator interconnected with pipes, and a sub-compression mechanism driven by power recovered by the expansion mechanism, a suction side of the sub-compression mechanism is connected to a compression process of the compression unit, a discharge side of the sub-compression mechanism is connected to an inlet side of the gas cooler, and flow rate of refrigerant flowing into the sub-compression mechanism is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kakuda, Fumihiko Ishizono, Hideaki Nagata, Naofumi Takenaka, Takashi Okazaki, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Toshihide Koda
  • Patent number: 8128388
    Abstract: A scroll-type expansion machine includes an expansion mechanism including an orbiting scroll and a first fixed scroll for expanding a refrigerant and recovering a power, a sub-expansion mechanism including an orbiting scroll and a second fixed scroll for compressing the refrigerant by the power recovered by the expansion mechanism, and a seal ring disposed in at least one of an outer circumference portion of the sub-compression mechanism or an outer circumference portion of the expansion mechanism. An oil flow path is opened in an upper space of a hermetic vessel to make the upper space and a lower space at a compressed pressure of the sub-compression mechanism, and the lower space is provided with an oil pipe for communicating with the main compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mihoko Shimoji, Masayuki Kakuda, Toshihide Koda, Shin Sekiya, Fumihiko Ishizono, Tomokazu Matsui
  • Publication number: 20110027114
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine that suppresses fluctuations in a port aperture area during each revolution of an orbiting scroll. Suction ports for sucking in a working fluid are disposed on a second base plate to have openings in a vicinity of a winding start end portion of a second spiral tooth, and near an inward facing surface of the second spiral tooth at a position separated by an involute angle approximately 90° from the winding start end portion of the second spiral tooth. Discharge ports for discharging the working fluid are disposed on a first base plate to have openings in a vicinity of a winding start end portion of a first spiral tooth, and near an inward facing surface of the first spiral tooth at a position separated by an involute angle approximately 90° from the winding start end portion of the first spiral tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kakuda, Fumihiko Ishizono, Hideaki Nagata, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Toshihide Koda
  • Publication number: 20100170295
    Abstract: In order to provide a refrigeration cycle device that is compact and efficiently utilizing an expansion machine and reduced in manufacturing cost through the use of a first compressor and second compressor driven by an expansion machine, a heat radiator and an on-off valve are disposed between the first and the second compressors and the second heat radiator is utilized irrespective of the operating mode such as the cooling or heating operation. Also, the heat transfer area ratio, which is a ratio of the heat transfer area of the second heat source side heat exchanger relative to the total heat transfer area of the heat transfer areas of said first and second heat source side heat exchangers, is set, according to the air speed distribution, within a range at which the COP is at its peak. Thus, the second heat source side heat exchanger can be utilized even during the heating operation, providing a high efficiency refrigeration cycle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Okazaki, Mihoko Shimoji, Shin Sekiya, Masayuki Kakuda, Takeshi Hatomura
  • Publication number: 20100014999
    Abstract: A scroll-type expansion machine includes an expansion mechanism including an orbiting scroll and a first fixed scroll for expanding a refrigerant and recovering a power, a sub-expansion mechanism including an orbiting scroll and a second fixed scroll for compressing the refrigerant by the power recovered by the expansion mechanism, and a seal ring disposed in at least one of an outer circumference portion of the sub-compression mechanism or an outer circumference portion of the expansion mechanism. An oil flow path is opened in an upper space of a hermetic vessel to make the upper space and a lower space at a compressed pressure of the sub-compression mechanism, and the lower space is provided with an oil pipe for communicating with the main compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mihoko Shimoji, Masayuki Kakuda, Toshihide Koda, Shin Sekiya, Fumihiko Ishizono, Tomokazu Matsui
  • Patent number: 6983790
    Abstract: A heat transport device includes a container having a hollow structure including a fluid channel, at least one thermal-receiver heat exchanger and one thermal-radiator heat exchanger arranged side-by-side on an outer wall of the container along the fluid channel, and driving heat exchangers at respective terminal portions of the container. In this heat transport device, both ends of the fluid channel are closed to prevent intrusion of external air, and a liquid and a gas are sealed in the fluid channel. The driving heat exchangers cause the liquid to oscillate in the container along the internal fluid channel. The heat transport device provides low acoustic noise performance, improved temperature controllability, high heat transportation and heat radiating capacities, and improved heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ippoushi, Tetsuro Ogushi, Kazushige Nakao, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Umemoto, Hiroshi Chiba, Mihoko Shimoji
  • Publication number: 20050072559
    Abstract: A heat transport device includes a container having a hollow structure including a fluid channel, at least one thermal-receiver heat exchanger and one thermal-radiator heat exchanger arranged side-by-side on an outer wall of the container along the fluid channel, and driving heat exchangers at respective terminal portions of the container. In this heat transport device, both ends of the fluid channel are closed to prevent intrusion of external air, and a liquid and a gas are sealed in the fluid channel. The driving heat exchangers cause the liquid to oscillate in the container along the internal fluid channel. The heat transport device provides low acoustic noise performance, improved temperature controllability, high heat transportation and heat radiating capacities, and improved heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ippoushi, Tetsuro Ogushi, Kazushige Nakao, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Umemoto, Hiroshi Chiba, Mihoko Shimoji
  • Publication number: 20030161132
    Abstract: The conventional communication device has a problem in that it is difficult to efficiently lower the temperature of a heat generating element mounted on a printed substrate and also to lower a surface temperature of a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko Shimoji, Eiichi Ozaki, Kazushige Nakao, Tetsurou Ogushi, Koichi Hirao, Manabu Hasegawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Jiro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6570086
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication circuit mounted on a printed substrate and having a heat generating element; a shield casing covering the communication circuit and shielding electromagnetic waves; a housing accommodating the shield casing and the printed substrate; a heat diffusing member mounted along an inner wall of the shield casing diffusing heat in a planar direction; and a heat insulating layer disposed between the shield casing and an inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mihoko Shimoji, Eiichi Ozaki, Kazushige Nakao, Tetsurou Ogushi, Koichi Hirao, Manabu Hasegawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Jiro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 5996372
    Abstract: An accumulator is capable of preventing an excessive enlargement of the flow rate of a liquid refrigerant which is discharged from the accumulator, reducing the quantity of refrigerating machine oil which is accumulated in the accumulator, and maintaining a required quantity of refrigerating machine oil in a compressor. Liquid and a gas which circulate in a refrigerating and air-conditioning circuit are introduced into a first space by a suction pipe, and the gas refrigerant is discharged to a refrigerating and air-conditioning circuit through a gas passage pipe, a second space and a discharge pipe 5. A liquid-level maintaining mechanism prevents a rise in the height of the accumulated liquid introduced into the first space. When the height has been made to be not lower than a predetermined height, a gas communication mechanism moves liquid in the first space from the first space to the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Koda, Masahiro Sugihara, Mihoko Shimoji, Naoki Tanaka, Hitoshi Iijima, Masaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 5887444
    Abstract: In an accumulator constituting a refrigerating cycle apparatus, a high liquid-level auxiliary pipe (14a) and a low liquid-level auxiliary pipe (14b), which act as oil recovery pipes, and each of which is provided with a plurality of oil recovery holes (10a), are attached to a discharge pipe (12) in positions so as to be different vertically from each other, so that lubricating oil can be surely recovered through the oil recovery holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Toyoshima, Hitoshi Iijima, Naoki Tanaka, Toshihide Koda, Mihoko Shimoji
  • Patent number: 5799503
    Abstract: In an accumulator, an oil collecting pipe is held in a sealed vessel with the lower end thereof closed, the pipe has a plurality of oil collecting apertures spaced in a vertical direction and a communication port for communicating with a discharge pipe. The communication port is disposed in the vicinity of the lowermost oil collecting aperture or to the downstream side of the aperture. Therefore, excessive liquid refrigerant flow from the accumulator is prevented even if a large amount of the liquid refrigerant resides in the sealed vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Koda, Mihoko Shimoji, Masahiro Sugihara, Naoki Tanaka, Hitoshi Iijima, Takeshi Izawa, Masaki Toyoshima