Patents by Inventor Nobuharu Kakehashi
Nobuharu Kakehashi 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).
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Patent number: 10125662Abstract: An engine cooling device for a vehicle of the present invention includes: an engine cooling circuit that circulates a cooling liquid to an engine and a heat exchanger; a reservoir tank that is connected to the engine cooling circuit, and that stores the cooling liquid to absorb pressure changes within the engine cooling circuit; at least one or more cooling liquid circulating circuits that circulates the cooling liquid to devices installed in the vehicle; a switching section that selectively switches between either of a communicating state of communicating the engine cooling circuit and the cooling liquid circulating circuit, and a cut-off state of cutting-off the engine cooling circuit and the cooling liquid circulating circuit; and a control section that, in a case in which an ignition switch is turned off, controls the switching section such that the communicating state is set.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi Onishi, Nobuharu Kakehashi
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Publication number: 20180297445Abstract: A vehicle heat management device includes a first circulator section, a second circulator section, and a flow rate change section. The first circulator section is provided at a first flow path of a first circulation path, and circulates a first heat exchange medium in the first circulation path, the first flow path passing a first heat exchanger, a second flow path passing a first expansion valve and a second heat exchanger, a third flow path passing a second expansion valve and a heat absorption section. The second circulator section circulates a second heat exchange medium in a second circulation path configured by a fourth flow path passing a heat generating body, a fifth flow path passing a radiator, and a sixth flow path passing a heat dissipating section and the first heat exchanger. The flow rate change section increases a flow rate of the second heat exchange medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Keisuke Shibata, Yoshikazu Shinpo, Kei Okamoto, Tomohiro Shinagawa, Hidefumi Aikawa, Masaki Suzuki, Nobuharu Kakehashi
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Publication number: 20180272840Abstract: A vehicle-mounted heat utilization device (10) includes: an engine fluid circuit (12) in which fluid circulates to cool an engine (18); a heater fluid circuit (14) that passes through an exhaust heat recovery apparatus (26) that recovers a heat of exhaust gas (28) and a vehicle-interior heat exchanger (24) for radiating a heat of the fluid into a vehicle interior; a cooling-heating fluid circuit (16) that passes through a radiating heat exchanger (34), the radiating heat exchanger being included in a refrigeration cycle (30) in which refrigerant is compressed by a compressor (32) and the compressed refrigerant is expanded; a first switching unit (52) that is configured to selectively switch a state of the engine fluid circuit (12) and the heater fluid circuit (14) between a connected and a disconnected state; a second switching unit (54) that is configured to selectively switch a state of the heater fluid circuit (14) and the cooling-heating fluid circuit (16) between a connected state and a disconnected statType: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Yoshikazu SHIMPO, Toshio MURATA, Shinichi TANIGUCHI, Hideyuki KOMITSU, Ikuo OZAWA, Norihiko ENOMOTO, Kazunori SAIDA, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Publication number: 20180272839Abstract: A vehicular heat management device includes a first heat source, a second heat source, a heater core, a first heat medium pathway, a second heat medium pathway, a heater core pathway, a switching portion, and a control unit. The first heat source is provided in the first heat medium pathway, and the second heat source is provided in the second heat medium pathway. The heater core is provided in the heater core pathway. The switching portion switches between flowing connection and flowing disconnection. The control unit performs at least one of a switching control and a second heat source control when a temperature of the heat medium of the heater core pathway is at or above a predetermined temperature. In the switching control, the switching portion connects the second heat medium pathway to the heater core pathway. In the second heat source control, the second heat source generates heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Yoshiki KATO, Masayuki TAKEUCHI, Keigo SATO, Koji MIURA, Norihiko ENOMOTO, Kengo SUGIMURA, Ariel MARASIGAN, Ikuo OZAWA, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI, Yoshikazu SHINPO, Yoichi ONISHI, Toshio MURATA
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Publication number: 20180264913Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes an engine cooling circuit that causes a heat medium to circulate through an engine, and an engine radiator that exchanges heat between the heat medium in the engine cooling circuit and outside air. The thermal management system for a vehicle further includes a switching device that switches between an independent mode in which the heat medium circulates respectively independently through a cooler cooling circuit and the engine cooling circuit, and a communication mode in which the cooler cooling circuit and the engine cooling circuit communicate with each other to cause the heat medium to flow between a chiller and the engine radiator; and a controller that controls an operation of the switching device to switch to the communication mode when a temperature of the heat medium in the engine cooling circuit is lower than a first heat-medium temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Norihiko ENOMOTO, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI, Yasumitsu OMI
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Publication number: 20180259240Abstract: A vehicle heat management device that includes: a pump that circulates cooling water around a cooling water circulation path; an air blower that blows air through a radiator toward an exterior heat exchanger of an air-conditioning device of a vehicle; and a de-icing controller that, in a case in which an estimated ice adhesion amount on the exterior heat exchanger is a predetermined value or greater, starts first de-icing control by using a pump to circulate cooling water in a flow path including a second flow path, in the state in which a first flow path and the second flow path are isolated from each other by a first switching section, and using the air blower to blow air through the radiator toward the exterior heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi Onishi, Keisuke Shibata, Nobuharu Kakehashi
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Patent number: 10065478Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a high-temperature side pump that draws and discharges a heat medium, a compressor that draws and discharges a refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle, a high-pressure side heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a high-pressure side refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle and the heat medium circulated by the high-temperature side pump, a heat medium-outside air heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium circulated by the high-temperature side pump and outside air, and a pump control unit that controls an operation of the high-temperature side pump such that the operation of the high-temperature side pump is continued even after the compressor is stopped. Thus, the cycle efficiency exhibited when restarting the compressor can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi Makihara, Takashi Yamanaka, Yasumitsu Omi, Koji Miura, Norihiko Enomoto, Nobuharu Kakehashi
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Publication number: 20180238223Abstract: A vehicular heat management device includes a first heat source, a second heat source, a first heat generator, a second heat generator, a heat generator pathway, a first heat source pathway, a second heat source pathway, and a switching portion. The first heat source and the second heat source heat a heat medium. The first heat generator generates heat according to operation. The second heat generator generates heat according to operation. The first heat generator and the second heat generator are provided in the heat generator pathway. The first heat generator is provided in the first heat generator pathway. The second heat generator is provided in the second heat generator pathway. The switching portion switches between a condition where the heat generator pathway is in flowing communication with the first heat generator pathway and a condition where the heat generator pathway is in flowing communication with the second heat generator pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Norihiko ENOMOTO, Yoshiki KATO, Masayuki TAKEUCHI, Koji MIURA, Keigo SATO, Kengo SUGIMURA, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI, Ikuo OZAWA, Ariel MARASIGAN, Yoshikazu SHINPO, Yoichi ONISHI, Toshio MURATA
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Patent number: 9994087Abstract: A vehicular heat management system has a compressor, a heat-medium heating heat exchanger, and a flow adjustment part. The compressor draws and discharges a refrigerant. The heat-medium heating heat exchanger causes a heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and a heat medium other than air and heats the heat medium. The flow adjustment part causes a flow of a cooling fluid cooling the refrigerant when the compressor is stopped. The vehicular heat management system further has a refrigeration cycle unit and a refrigerant-flow-path forming member. The refrigeration cycle unit includes devices configuring a refrigeration cycle. The refrigerant-flow-path forming member (i) is disposed in a low-temperature area having an air temperature that is lower than an air temperature in an area in which the refrigeration cycle unit is disposed, and (ii) passes a refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle flows.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiko Enomoto, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Yoshiki Katoh, Hiroshi Kishita, Masamichi Makihara
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Publication number: 20180142936Abstract: A heat exchanging portion and tank portions are formed by bonding plate members. The tank portion is provided with a refrigerant inlet allowing a refrigerant to flow into a refrigerant tank space, a refrigerant outlet allowing the refrigerant to flow from the refrigerant tank space, a heat medium inlet allowing a heat medium to flow into a heat medium tank space, and a heat medium outlet allowing the heat medium to flow from the heat medium tank space. At least one of the refrigerant inlet, the refrigerant outlet, the heat medium inlet, and the heat medium outlet is disposed between both ends of the tank portions in a tube stacking direction of refrigerant tubes and heat medium tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Nobuharu KAKEHASHI, Yoshiki KATOH
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Patent number: 9878594Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a first pump and a second pump, temperature adjustment target devices, heat exchangers, numerous flow paths including a first pump arrangement flow path, a second pump arrangement flow path, and device arrangement flow paths, a first switching portion for allowing the numerous flow paths to selectively communicate with each other, a second switching portion for allowing the numerous flow paths to selectively communicate with each other, and a reserve tank for storing therein heat medium. The reserve tank is configured to set the pressure of the liquid surface of the stored heat medium to a predetermined pressure (e.g., atmospheric pressure), and is connected to one flow path of the numerous flow paths.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiko Enomoto, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Michio Nishikawa, Masamichi Makihara, Kazutoshi Kuwayama, Yoshiki Katoh, Kengo Sugimura
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Publication number: 20170349030Abstract: A thermal management device includes two or more heat dissipation devices that dissipate heat into a heat medium, a heat medium-air heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air and the heat medium having its heat dissipated in the two or more heat dissipation devices, a flow-rate adjustment device that adjusts a flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the heat dissipation device, and a control unit. The control unit controls an operation of the flow-rate adjustment device to increase the flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the one heat dissipation device, if the control unit estimates an increase in the amount of heat dissipation into the heat medium at the one heat dissipation device of the two or more heat dissipation devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Koji MIURA, Yoshiki KATOH, Kengo SUGIMURA, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Patent number: 9827824Abstract: A first-pump arrangement flow path, temperature-adjustment target-device arrangement flow paths, and a second-pump arrangement flow path are connected to a communication flow path in this order from one end side to the other end side of the communication flow path. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the first-pump arrangement flow path among numerous flow paths, which is connected to the communication flow path at a position on a side of the first-pump arrangement flow path, rather than the flow path in which a second heat exchanger is disposed. The switching portion is operated to establish communication between plural flow paths, starting from the flow path connected to the communication flow path at the position closest to the one end side among the numerous flow paths, up to the flow path connected to the communication flow path at an n-th position counted from the one end side among the numerous flow paths.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiko Enomoto, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Michio Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9796241Abstract: A vehicle temperature control apparatus for controlling temperature of a temperature control object, which is at least one of inside air of a vehicle compartment and a vehicle component, includes a heat capacitive element capable of storing heat, a refrigeration cycle in which heat is absorbed from a low temperature side and is dissipated to a high temperature side, a heat exchanger that causes the heat capacitive element to exchange heat with refrigerant of the refrigeration cycle, and a heat dissipation portion which dissipates heat in the refrigerant of the refrigeration cycle to the temperature control object. Thus, a temperature control by using the heat capacitive element can be effectively performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kishita, Yasumitsu Omi, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Hideaki Okawa, Kouji Miura, Michio Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9748614Abstract: A battery temperature regulating device is applied to a battery pack configured by parallely connecting battery groups, each of which is a series connection of battery cells capable of charge and discharge. The device regulates temperatures of the battery groups. The battery temperature regulating device includes a heat transfer unit that transfers heat of a part of the battery groups to another battery group.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Okawa, Hiroshi Kishita, Yasumitsu Omi, Masayuki Takeuchi, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Kouji Miura
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Patent number: 9744827Abstract: A heat medium circulation equipment, a first pump, and a second pump are connected to a first switching valve and a second switching valve. A heater core is connected to at least one of the first switching valve and the second switching valve, and connected to a heat medium circuit. A state, in which the heat medium discharged by a third pump flows into the heater core, is selected by switching of a switching device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Michio Nishikawa, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Norihiko Enomoto, Yoshiki Katoh, Kengo Sugimura
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Publication number: 20170197490Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes: a low-temperature side pump that draws and discharges a low-temperature side heat medium; a compressor that draws, compresses, and discharges a refrigerant; a heat radiation device that dissipates heat from a high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor; a decompression device that decompresses the high-pressure refrigerant having heat dissipated by the heat radiation device; an internal heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the high-pressure refrigerant flowing out of the heat radiation device and the low-pressure refrigerant flowing out of a heat-medium cooler; a low-pressure refrigerant temperature sensing portion that detects or senses a temperature in connection with a temperature of the low-pressure refrigerant having heat exchanged in the internal heat exchanger; and a superheat-degree control unit that controls a degree of superheat of the low-pressure refrigerant having heat exchanged in the internal heat exchanger, based on the temperature deteType: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiko ENOMOTO, Yoshiki KATOH, Kengo SUGIMURA, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Publication number: 20170182866Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle control device including: a fluid circuit, mutually connecting an engine, a vehicle cabin interior heat exchanger for discharging heat into a vehicle cabin interior, and a heat discharging heat exchanger included in a refrigerant cycle in which a refrigerant is compressed and expanded by a compressor, and in which a fluid circulates; and a control unit for controlling the compressor and the engine such that, in a case in which engine warm-up operation ending conditions have not been established and in a case in which predetermined stopping conditions, other than the warm-up operation ending conditions, for stopping engine idling have been established, the compressor is operated while the engine is idling so as to release heat from the refrigerant from the heat discharging heat exchanger and to heat the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Publication number: 20170159545Abstract: An engine cooling device for a vehicle of the present invention includes: an engine cooling circuit that circulates a cooling liquid to an engine and a heat exchanger; a reservoir tank that is connected to the engine cooling circuit, and that stores the cooling liquid to absorb pressure changes within the engine cooling circuit; at least one or more cooling liquid circulating circuits that circulates the cooling liquid to devices installed in the vehicle; a switching section that selectively switches between either of a communicating state of communicating the engine cooling circuit and the cooling liquid circulating circuit, and a cut-off state of cutting-off the engine cooling circuit and the cooling liquid circulating circuit; and a control section that, in a case in which an ignition switch is turned off, controls the switching section such that the communicating state is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Patent number: 9657861Abstract: A flow passage switching unit includes side-by-side arranged rotary valve parts. The valve part includes a casing, side walls, a peripheral wall, first fluid ports, a second fluid port, a rotary shaft, and a valving element. A flow passage, through which the first fluid ports and the second fluid port selectively communicate, is formed by rotation of the valving element. The unit includes a driving mechanism driving each valving element by its corresponding predetermined rotation angle. The driving mechanism includes one driving source, and a motive power transmission member transmitting rotation motive power of the driving source respectively to the valve parts. Motive power of the driving source is transmitted to each rotary shaft of the valve parts to drive each valving element to a position, which position of the valving element relative to the first and second fluid ports is different from one another among the valve parts.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiko Enomoto, Michio Nishikawa, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Kengo Sugimura, Yoshiki Katoh