Patents by Inventor Motoaki Iwanari

Motoaki Iwanari 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).

  • REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTOR
    Publication number: 20220412620
    Abstract: A refrigerant distributor 1 includes: a reducing portion 12a extending straight from a downstream end of a supply path 11b to which a refrigerant supply pipe 100b is connected and having a diameter smaller than that of the supply path 11b; a refrigerant stirring chamber 22 configured to stir refrigerant from the reducing portion 12a; a refrigerant strike surface 24 to be struck by refrigerant, and first and second branch channels 25 and 26 communicating with the refrigerant stirring chamber 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Motoaki IWANARI, Kosei SAKAI, Kohei FUKAWATASE, Hiroshi TORIGOE, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
  • Vehicle battery pack
    Patent number: 11411266
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack capable of improving distributivity of a refrigerant to a plurality of battery modules. A vehicle battery pack includes battery modules that are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction; two cooling pipes that cool the battery modules when being supplied with the refrigerant; and a flow divider that divides and supplies the refrigerant to the two cooling pipes. The flow divider is arranged between two battery modules in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Harugaichi, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuo Iwata, Yu Yan, Kohei Fukawatase, Hiroshi Torigoe, Motoaki Iwanari