Patents by Inventor Noritaka KAMEI
Noritaka KAMEI 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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Publication number: 20240252975Abstract: A gas composition adjustment apparatus includes an adsorber, a supply pump, and a discharge pump. The gas composition adjustment apparatus performs a pressurization operation in which the supply pump supplies a gas to the adsorber; and a depressurization operation in which the discharge pump discharges a gas from the adsorber. Each of the supply pump and the discharge pump is a positive displacement pump and includes a sealing member. The sealing member of the discharge pump contains a fluororesin and a fibrous carbon material as main components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto IKEMIYA, Noritaka KAMEI, Hiroyuki NAKATANI, Keita KONDO
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Publication number: 20240239152Abstract: An inside air control apparatus includes a composition adjuster. Outside air flowing in a first inflow path and inside air flowing in a second inflow path flow into the composition adjuster as the air to be treated. The composition adjuster separates the air to be treated into first air and second air. The first air flows into a first outflow path. The second air flows into a second outflow path. An outlet switching mechanism changes the destinations of the first air and the second air.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Wataru HIRATA, Noritaka KAMEI, Kento SHIBUYA
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Patent number: 11951437Abstract: In an inside air control system, a first pump supplies treatment target air to an adsorption vessel, and a second pump sucks gas from the adsorption vessel. In an adjustment operation of adjusting the composition of air in a storage, the inside air control system alternately performs a first action and a second action. When a stop condition for stopping the adjustment operation is satisfied, a controller performs stop control. In the stop control, the controller controls the second pump to suck the gas from the adsorption vessel to which the first pump supplies the treatment target air when the stop condition is satisfied, and controls the second pump to stop after the second pump has operated for a first time T1.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Ikemiya, Kouji Yamamoto, Noritaka Kamei
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Publication number: 20240042372Abstract: In an inside air control system, a first pump supplies treatment target air to an adsorption vessel, and a second pump sucks gas from the adsorption vessel. In an adjustment operation of adjusting the composition of air in a storage, the inside air control system alternately performs a first action and a second action. When a stop condition for stopping the adjustment operation is satisfied, a controller performs stop control. In the stop control, the controller controls the second pump to suck the gas from the adsorption vessel to which the first pump supplies the treatment target air when the stop condition is satisfied, and controls the second pump to stop after the second pump has operated for a first time T1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto IKEMIYA, Kouji YAMAMOTO, Noritaka KAMEI
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Patent number: 11666856Abstract: An air composition adjusting device includes: an oxygen separator that separates oxygen from external air to be supplied to a target space; a gas supply path including a high concentration gas supply path for oxygen through which the oxygen separator communicates with the target space; and a controller that performs an oxygen concentration raising operation of supplying a high oxygen concentration gas, which has a higher oxygen concentration than external air before being treated by the oxygen separator, to the target space through the high concentration gas supply path for oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11668479Abstract: A humidifier cools air in an air path that supplies the air to an internal space of a storage chamber such as a container or a warehouse, extracts water in a water extracting unit, stores the extracted water in a humidifying unit, and humidifies the internal space. The air path includes a main path that communicates with the internal space and a discharge path that discharges a part or all of water-extraction air to the outside of the target space, so that the humidifier can sufficiently humidify the internal space without receiving supply of water.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11559062Abstract: An inside air control apparatus includes: a gas supply device that performs a gas supply operation for supplying low oxygen concentration air into a container; and a controller that controls an operation of the gas supply device so that the inside air has desired composition. The controller is configured to be able to execute, if an oxygen concentration of the inside air is higher than a target oxygen concentration, a carbon dioxide concentration controlling operation for controlling composition of the inside air to be desired composition by causing the gas supply device to perform the gas supply operation, while allowing the gas supply device to change the amount of gas supply such that the carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air falls within a predetermined reference concentration range.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, LTD.Inventors: Yuusuke Fujimoto, Noritaka Kamei
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Patent number: 11540448Abstract: A CA system includes a gas supply device which performs a gas supply operation of supplying nitrogen-enriched air into a container, and a controller which performs the gas supply operation so that the inside air has a desired composition. The controller performs carbon dioxide priority control in which the controller performs the gas supply operation if an oxygen concentration of the inside air is equal to or higher than a ceiling concentration higher than a target oxygen concentration, stops the gas supply operation if a carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air is lowered to a critical concentration lower than a target carbon dioxide concentration, and restarts the gas supply operation if the carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air has reached a restart concentration higher than the target carbon dioxide concentration through breathing of the plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Maho Takayama, Noritaka Kamei, Yuusuke Fujimoto, Masataka Nakano
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Patent number: 11517022Abstract: An internal air adjustment device that includes a first composition adjustment unit and a second composition adjustment unit. The first composition adjustment unit separates supply air from external air, the supply air having a composition that differs from a composition of the external air, and supplies the supply air into a transport container. The second composition adjustment unit separates discharge air from internal air, the discharge air having a composition that differs from a composition of the internal air, and discharges the discharge air to outside of the transport container. The internal air adjustment device is capable of properly controlling the composition of the internal air in the transport container.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Publication number: 20220357057Abstract: A humidifier cools air in an air path that supplies the air to an internal space of a storage chamber such as a container or a warehouse, extracts water in a water extracting unit, stores the extracted water in a humidifying unit, and humidifies the internal space. The air path includes a main path that communicates with the internal space and a discharge path that discharges a part or all of water-extraction air to the outside of the target space, so that the humidifier can sufficiently humidify the internal space without receiving supply of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka KAMEI, Naohiro TANAKA, Hidenori MATSUI
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Patent number: 11490628Abstract: An air composition adjusting device includes: a carbon dioxide separator that separates carbon dioxide from air-to-be-treated to be supplied to a target space; a gas supply path including a high concentration gas supply path through which the carbon dioxide separator communicates with the target space; and a controller that performs a carbon dioxide concentration raising operation of supplying a high carbon dioxide concentration gas, which has a higher carbon dioxide concentration than air-to-be-treated before being treated, to the target space through the high concentration gas supply path.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11471822Abstract: An internal air adjustment device that includes a gas composition adjustment unit including a gas separation film and that adjusts a composition of internal air existing inside a storage box, such as a container, includes a pressure regulating valve that regulates a pressure of air that is supplied from an air pump to the gas separation film of the gas composition adjustment unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11471826Abstract: An air composition adjusting device includes: an oxygen separator that separates oxygen from external air to be supplied to a target space; a gas supply path including a high concentration gas supply path for oxygen through which the oxygen separator communicates with the target space; and a controller that performs an oxygen concentration raising operation of supplying a high oxygen concentration gas, which has a higher oxygen concentration than external air before being treated by the oxygen separator, to the target space through the high concentration gas supply path for oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11428423Abstract: A humidifier cools air in an air path that supplies the air to an internal space of a storage chamber such as a container or a warehouse, extracts water in a water extracting unit, stores the extracted water in a humidifying unit, and humidifies the internal space. The air path includes a main path that communicates with the internal space and a discharge path that discharges a part or all of water-extraction air to the outside of the target space, so that the humidifier can sufficiently humidify the internal space without receiving supply of water.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Naohiro Tanaka, Hidenori Matsui
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Patent number: 11419341Abstract: While an inside air control system is performing an air composition maintenance action, a controller instructs a gas supply device to operate while switching among a first supply operation, a second supply operation, an outside air supply operation, and a standby operation. In the first supply operation, first low oxygen concentration air is supplied into a container. In the second supply operation, second low oxygen concentration air having a lower oxygen concentration than the first low oxygen concentration air is supplied into the container. In the outside air supply operation, outside air is supplied into the container. In the standby operation, supply of the low oxygen concentration air and the outside air into the container is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuusuke Fujimoto, Noritaka Kamei
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Patent number: 11144024Abstract: A carbon dioxide sensor (92) measures the carbon dioxide concentration of inside air. An inside air control system (30) controls the carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air based on a measured value obtained by the carbon dioxide sensor (92). If the measured value obtained by the carbon dioxide sensor (92) returns to a predetermined normal range after falling outside the normal range, the controller (110) of the inside air control system (30) performs a determination operation. The determination operation is an operation for supplying outdoor air to the carbon dioxide sensor (92) to determine whether or not the carbon dioxide sensor (92) is normal.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Yuusuke Fujimoto, Naoki Nakatani
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Publication number: 20210268431Abstract: An air composition adjusting device includes: an oxygen separator that separates oxygen from external air to be supplied to a target space; a gas supply path including a high concentration gas supply path for oxygen through which the oxygen separator communicates with the target space; and a controller that performs an oxygen concentration raising operation of supplying a high oxygen concentration gas, which has a higher oxygen concentration than external air before being treated by the oxygen separator, to the target space through the high concentration gas supply path for oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka KAMEI, Naohiro TANAKA, Hidenori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20210263492Abstract: A carbon dioxide sensor (92) measures the carbon dioxide concentration of inside air. An inside air control system (30) controls the carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air based on a measured value obtained by the carbon dioxide sensor (92). If the measured value obtained by the carbon dioxide sensor (92) returns to a predetermined normal range after falling outside the normal range, the controller (110) of the inside air control system (30) performs a determination operation. The determination operation is an operation for supplying outdoor air to the carbon dioxide sensor (92) to determine whether or not the carbon dioxide sensor (92) is normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka KAMEI, Yuusuke FUJIMOTO, Naoki NAKATANI
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Publication number: 20210161075Abstract: A CA system includes a gas supply device which performs a gas supply operation of supplying nitrogen-enriched air into a container, and a controller which performs the gas supply operation so that the inside air has a desired composition. The controller performs carbon dioxide priority control in which the controller performs the gas supply operation if an oxygen concentration of the inside air is equal to or higher than a ceiling concentration higher than a target oxygen concentration, stops the gas supply operation if a carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air is lowered to a critical concentration lower than a target carbon dioxide concentration, and restarts the gas supply operation if the carbon dioxide concentration of the inside air has reached a restart concentration higher than the target carbon dioxide concentration through breathing of the plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Maho TAKAYAMA, Noritaka KAMEI, Yuusuke FUJIMOTO, Masataka NAKANO
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Patent number: 11015855Abstract: A container refrigeration apparatus includes: a casing which forms an external storage space communicating with the exterior of the container and an internal storage space communicating with the interior of the container; a refrigerant circuit; an external fan; an internal fan; and an inside air control system including an exhaust passage which allows a space on a blowout side of the internal fan in the internal storage space to communicate with the external storage space, and controls composition of the inside air in the container. An external end of the exhaust passage is open on a suction side of the external fan in the external storage space.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Kamei, Atsushi Ozato, Wataru Hirata