Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Honma

Nobuhiro Honma 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: 9714794
    Abstract: A fin for a heat exchanger includes a flat portion having an upstream flat part and a downstream flat part parallel to a flow direction of a fluid. Multiple louvers are arranged in the flow direction. A fluid-turning part including a surface approximately parallel to the flow direction is arranged between two of the multiple louvers. A first portion of the louvers located upstream of the fluid-turning part are inclined in a direction opposite from a second portion of the louvers located downstream of the fluid-turning part. The first and second portion of the louvers include first louvers and second louvers. The first louvers are inclined from the flat portion at a first inclined angle larger than a second inclined angle at which the second louvers are inclined from the flat portion. The second louvers are arranged adjacent to the fluid-turning part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Ninagawa, Nobuhiro Honma
  • Publication number: 20150168080
    Abstract: Provided is heat exchanger in which a rib of a core plate has a shape that is recessed from a flat surface of a flat body portion, and the rib is provided with: a rib bottom part including a bottom line that is recessed from and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion; and a rib inclination part that is positioned between the rib bottom part and a flat part. The rib is positioned so that the rib inclination part overlaps, in the tube stacking direction, the edge of the tube in the tube width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Honma, Manabu Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130248150
    Abstract: A fin for a heat exchanger includes a flat portion parallel to a flow direction of a fluid, multiple louvers cut and inclined from the flat portion and arranged in the flow direction, and a fluid-turning part arranged between two of the louvers adjacent to each other to be parallel to the flow direction. The louvers located upstream of the fluid-turning part are opposite from the louvers located downstream of the fluid-turning part in an inclination direction. The louvers include at least first louvers and second louvers. The first louvers are inclined from the flat portion at a first inclined angle larger than a second inclined angle at which the second louvers are inclined from the flat portion. The second louvers are arranged adjacent to the fluid-turning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Ninagawa, Nobuhiro Honma