Patents by Inventor Osamu HIYAMA

Osamu HIYAMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230036309
    Abstract: There is provided an absorption chiller including: a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the first control valve and an operation of the first pump, and a second supply flow path configured to supply the liquid inside the evaporator into the absorber; a second control valve opening and closing the second supply flow path; and a second pump configured to generate power to supply the liquid inside the evaporator into the absorber. After an operation of the absorption chiller is stopped, the control unit is configured to open the first control valve and operate the first pump such that a liquid inside the evaporator is mixed with the absorption liquid. Further, before the first control valve is opened and the first pump is operated, the control unit is configured to open the second control valve and operate the second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Teruhiro Sagata, Hiroshi Uematsu, Osamu Hiyama
  • Patent number: 11566825
    Abstract: An absorption chiller includes a heating medium supply pipe configured to supply a heating medium from a heating medium pipe to a cooling water pipe; a cooling water discharge pipe configured to discharge a cooling water from the cooling water pipe to the heating medium pipe; a control valve provided on the heating medium supply pipe and the cooling water discharge pipe, respectively; and a controller configured to cause the control valve to be opened and to cause the heating medium in the heating medium pipe to be introduced into the cooling water pipe, when a temperature detected by a cooling water temperature detector is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, in a wet lay-up state including a state in which a cooling water inlet shut-off valve and a cooling water outlet shut-off valve are closed and the cooling water pipe is filled with the cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI ENERGY SYSTEM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Hiyama, Takahide Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210148617
    Abstract: An absorption chiller includes a heating medium supply pipe configured to supply a heating medium from a heating medium pipe to a cooling water pipe; a cooling water discharge pipe configured to discharge a cooling water from the cooling water pipe to the heating medium pipe; a control valve provided on the heating medium supply pipe and the cooling water discharge pipe, respectively; and a controller configured to cause the control valve to be opened and to cause the heating medium in the heating medium pipe to be introduced into the cooling water pipe, when a temperature detected by a cooling water temperature detector is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, in a wet lay-up state including a state in which a cooling water inlet shut-off valve and a cooling water outlet shut-off valve are closed and the cooling water pipe is filled with the cooling water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Yazaki Energy System Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu HIYAMA, Takahide SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10816271
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a first heat transfer tube unit including first heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel along a first direction within a horizontal plane; and a second heat transfer tube unit including second heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with one another along a second direction that intersects the first direction within the horizontal plane. Each of the first heat transfer tubes and the second heat transfer tubes includes: straight portions arranged in parallel in a vertical direction; and one or more curved portions that make end portions of the straight portions communicate with each other. The straight portions of the first heat transfer tube unit and the straight portions of the first heat transfer tube unit are stacked on each other alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI ENERGY SYSTEM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Takahide Sugiyama, Osamu Hiyama, Syungo Saito, Jun Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20190162477
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a first heat transfer tube unit including first heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel along a first direction within a horizontal plane; and a second heat transfer tube unit including second heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with one another along a second direction that intersects the first direction within the horizontal plane. Each of the first heat transfer tubes and the second heat transfer tubes includes: straight portions arranged in parallel in a vertical direction; and one or more curved portions that make end portions of the straight portions communicate with each other. The straight portions of the first heat transfer tube unit and the straight portions of the first heat transfer tube unit are stacked on each other alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Energy System Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiyuki MATSUKIYO, Takahide SUGIYAMA, Osamu HIYAMA, Syungo SAITO, Jun KURODA