Patents by Inventor Norio IGA

Norio IGA 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: 11421925
    Abstract: A container refrigeration apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle unit having a refrigerant circuit, and a controller configured to control an action of the refrigeration cycle unit to adjust a temperature of inside air in a container to a desired temperature. The controller is configured to include an impact determination section configured to determine whether or not a strong impact acted on the container, and an abnormality diagnosis section configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis to diagnose whether or not at least one of the container or the container refrigeration apparatus has an abnormality when the impact determination section determines that a strong impact acted on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Uehara, Kazuhide Mizutani, Makoto Ikemiya, Norio Iga
  • Publication number: 20210293460
    Abstract: A container refrigeration apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle unit having a refrigerant circuit, and a controller configured to control an action of the refrigeration cycle unit to adjust a temperature of inside air in a container to a desired temperature. The controller is configured to include an impact determination section configured to determine whether or not a strong impact acted on the container, and an abnormality diagnosis section configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis to diagnose whether or not at least one of the container or the container refrigeration apparatus has an abnormality when the impact determination section determines that a strong impact acted on the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu UEHARA, Kazuhide MIZUTANI, Makoto IKEMIYA, Norio IGA
  • Patent number: 11098937
    Abstract: To facilitate replacement or repair of a sensor for refrigerant leakage detection used for a refrigerator for a storage box such as a container in case of breakdown, a sensor for refrigerant leakage detection is disposed outside of an internal space of a storage box, and an internal air guide passage is provided which guides internal air from a discharge side of a fan provided in the internal space of the storage box to the sensor for refrigerant leakage detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Uehara, Kazuhide Mizutani, Norio Iga, Makoto Ikemiya
  • Patent number: 10480846
    Abstract: A failure determiner is provided to perform a failure diagnosis to successively evaluate functions of the refrigerant circuit and components forming the refrigerant circuit for a plurality of evaluation items. If the failure diagnosis is interrupted, the failure determiner has a restarting function to restart the failure diagnosis from an intermediate point of the failure diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Fujimoto, Naoki Nakatani, Hisaaki Takaoka, Norio Iga
  • Publication number: 20190331378
    Abstract: To facilitate replacement or repair of a sensor for refrigerant leakage detection used for a refrigerator for a storage box such as a container in case of breakdown, a sensor for refrigerant leakage detection is disposed outside of an internal space of a storage box, and an internal air guide passage is provided which guides internal air from a discharge side of a fan provided in the internal space of the storage box to the sensor for refrigerant leakage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Uehara, Kazuhide Mizutani, Norio Iga, Makoto Ikemiya
  • Patent number: 10215481
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a blow-out temperature detector that detects the blow-out temperature of air blown out into the interior of the device, a cargo temperature detector that detects the temperature of a cargo, an operation controller that performs cooling control of the interior on the basis of the detection temperature from the blow-out temperature detector and the detection temperature from the cargo temperature detector, a storage unit that stores a first set temperature as a control target value for the blow-out temperature and a cargo target temperature as a target value for the temperature of the cargo, and a time measurement unit that measures a treatment time elapsed for low-temperature treatment of the cargo. The operation controller is configured to control the refrigerant circuit so that the blow-out temperature approaches the first set temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichirou Satou, Yuusuke Fujimoto, Kenji Takata, Norio Iga
  • Patent number: 9829242
    Abstract: A refrigeration device executes a chilling operation for cooling an interior so that the temperature of the interior reaches a set temperature that is set within a predetermined temperature range. The refrigeration device has an operation control unit that, in the chilling operation, switches between pull-down control and capacity control for cooling the interior with a cooling capacity lower than that of the pull-down control. The operation control unit performs the pull-down control until the temperature of air blown toward the interior reaches at least the set temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichirou Satou, Hisaaki Takaoka, Yuusuke Fujimoto, Hideaki Kuriyama, Norio Iga
  • Publication number: 20170328625
    Abstract: A failure determiner is provided to perform a failure diagnosis to successively evaluate functions of the refrigerant circuit and components forming the refrigerant circuit for a plurality of evaluation items. If the failure diagnosis is interrupted, the failure determiner has a restarting function to restart the failure diagnosis from an intermediate point of the failure diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke FUJIMOTO, Naoki NAKATANI, Hisaaki TAKAOKA, Norio IGA
  • Publication number: 20170138662
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a blow-out temperature detector that detects the blow-out temperature of air blown out into the interior of the device, a cargo temperature detector that detects the temperature of a cargo, an operation controller that performs cooling control of the interior on the basis of the detection temperature from the blow-out temperature detector and the detection temperature from the cargo temperature detector, a storage unit that stores a first set temperature as a control target value for the blow-out temperature and a cargo target temperature as a target value for the temperature of the cargo, and a time measurement unit that measures a treatment time elapsed for low-temperature treatment of the cargo. The operation controller is configured to control the refrigerant circuit so that the blow-out temperature approaches the first set temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Yuusuke FUJIMOTO, Kenji TAKATA, Norio IGA
  • Publication number: 20150330703
    Abstract: A refrigeration device executes a chilling operation for cooling an interior so that the temperature of the interior reaches a set temperature that is set within a predetermined temperature range. The refrigeration device has an operation control unit that, in the chilling operation, switches between pull-down control and capacity control for cooling the interior with a cooling capacity lower than that of the pull-down control. The operation control unit performs the pull-down control until the temperature of air blown toward the interior reaches at least the set temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Hisaaki TAKAOKA, Yuusuke FUJIMOTO, Hideaki KURIYAMA, Norio IGA