Patents by Inventor Ryo Takaoka

Ryo Takaoka 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: 11846472
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes, a header to which the flat tubes are connected, an inflow plate that separates a refrigerant inflow portion and a lower circulation portion, a vertical dividing plate that separates the lower circulation portion and an upper circulation portion, a lower dividing plate that divides the lower circulation portion into a lower ascent path on an internal side and a lower descent path of an external side, and an upper dividing plate that divides the upper circulation portion into an upper ascent path on a leeward side, and an upper descent path on a windward side, wherein the inflow plate includes an ejection hole on a leeward side and an internal side, and the vertical dividing plate includes a first passing port on a leeward side and an internal side, and a second passing port on a windward external side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Maema, Ryo Takaoka, Kotaro Oka
  • Patent number: 11828544
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of flat tubes that are stacked in a direction perpendicular to a refrigerant flow direction, and a plurality of fins that have a first flat tube insertion portion into which a first flat tube among the plurality of flat tubes is inserted, and a second flat tube insertion portion into which a second flat tube adjacent to the first flat tube is inserted. A first fin has, formed on the inner periphery of the first flat tube insertion portion, a cut and raised piece for spacing a fin pitch between the first fin and an adjacent second fin. The cut and raised piece has a raised portion of the same length as the fin pitch, and a folded portion that is folded back at the tip of the raised portion and that is in contact with the second fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki Shimano, Ryo Takaoka, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Maema, Shohei Nakata, Kotaro Oka
  • Publication number: 20230296299
    Abstract: The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (2) that includes a flow channel (29a) through which a refrigerant in a liquid single-phase state flows, and a filter member (35) that is provided in the flow channel (29a) and that captures acid contained in the refrigerant, which passes through the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirofumi HIRANO, Takuto SETOYAMA, Kazuki SUDA, Shohei NAKATA, Masahiro KONDO, Ryo TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230133342
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat heat transfer tubes and a header, wherein the header includes an inflow plate that divides an interior portion of the header into an inflow portion and a circulation portion located on an upper side of the inflow portion, a first partition member that divides the circulation portion into ascending path to which the flat heat transfer tubes are connected and a descending path, that forms an upper communication path that communicates the ascending path and the descending path on an upper side of the circulation portion, and a lower communication path that communicates the ascending path and the descending path on a lower side of the circulation portion, and the inflow plate includes a first ejection hole that ejects, on the ascending path side and a downwind side, a refrigerant from the inflow portion to the ascending path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kotaro OKA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Daiki SHIMANO
  • Patent number: 11428450
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units, a plurality of expansion valves which are provided upstream of indoor heat exchangers, a plurality of on-off valves which are provided upstream of the expansion valves, and control unit wherein when the indoor units include a stopping indoor unit and an operating indoor unit currently operating, and when a stopping of the stopping unit is due to thermostat-off operation, the control unit performs a procedure to stop the stopping unit, the procedure including closing an on-off valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and driving an indoor fan in the stopping unit until pressure in a part between the on-off valve and an expansion valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and pressure in a part downstream of the first expansion valve are equalized, fully opening the expansion valve, and stopping the indoor fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro Sanada, Yu Hirosaki, Naruhiro Sekine, Ryo Takaoka, Koya Aoki, Tatsuro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220243990
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first-row heat exchange module through which a refrigerant is introduced from the outside, a second-row heat exchange module through which the refrigerant is discharged to the outside, a third-row heat exchange module through which the refrigerant is discharged to the outside, and a flow-splitting module that splits the refrigerant from the first-row heat exchange module into the second-row heat exchange module and the third-row heat exchange module, wherein the refrigerant reciprocates one time in a flow path, the first-row heat exchange module constitutes a forward path of the flow path, and both the second-row heat exchange module and the third-row heat exchange module constitute backward paths of the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Shohei NAKATA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Daiki SHIMANO, Kotaro OKA
  • Publication number: 20220196335
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes, a header to which the flat tubes are connected, an inflow plate that separates a refrigerant inflow portion and a lower circulation portion, a vertical dividing plate that separates the lower circulation portion and an upper circulation portion, a lower dividing plate that divides the lower circulation portion into a lower ascent path on an internal side and a lower descent path of an external side, and an upper dividing plate that divides the upper circulation portion into an upper ascent path on a leeward side, and an upper descent path on a windward side, wherein the inflow plate includes an ejection hole on a leeward side and an internal side, and the vertical dividing plate includes a first passing port on a leeward side and an internal side, and a second passing port on a windward external side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Kotaro OKA
  • Publication number: 20220155029
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of flat tubes; a fin in which a plurality of notches are arranged side by side in a vertical direction, the fin having a plurality of intermediate portions and a connecting portion connecting the intermediate portions to each other; and a first bulging portion having an upper end edge and a lower end edge provided between a first notch and a second notch, the upper end edge being positioned in the intermediate portion and the lower end edge being positioned in the connecting portion. The upper end edge has a first upper end positioned on an intermediate portion side, and a second upper end positioned on a connecting portion side, the first upper end being positioned to be higher than the second upper end, or the first upper end being positioned at the same height as the second upper end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
  • Publication number: 20220128319
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (5) comprises: a plurality of flat tubes that are stacked in a direction perpendicular to a refrigerant flow direction, and a plurality of fins (111) that have a first flat tube among the plurality of flat tubes, a second flat tube adjacent to the first flat tube, a first flat tube insertion portion (113A) into which the first flat tube is inserted, and a second flat tube insertion portion (113B) into which the second flat tube is inserted. A first fin (111) has, formed on the inner periphery of the first flat tube insertion portion (113A), a cut and raised piece (114) for spacing a fin pitch (P) between the first fin (111) and an adjacent second fin (111). The cut and raised piece (114) has a raised portion of the same length as the fin pitch (P), and a folded portion that is folded back at the tip of the raised portion and that is in contact with the second fin (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Ryo TAKAOKA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
  • Publication number: 20220120451
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger that is arranged in a ventilation flue inside a housing, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat tubes, and a fin that includes a plurality of notch portions arranged side by side in a vertical direction, to which the plurality of flat tubes are inserted, and includes intermediate regions each formed between two of the notch portions adjacent to each other in a vertical direction, and a connection region connecting the intermediate regions to each other, first bulging portions that are at least partly positioned on the intermediate regions, and a second bulging portion that overlaps with a gap generated between the first bulging portions and the flat tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
  • Patent number: 11190678
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
  • Publication number: 20210018236
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units, a plurality of expansion valves which are provided upstream of indoor heat exchangers, a plurality of on-off valves which are provided upstream of the expansion valves, and control unit wherein when the indoor units include a stopping indoor unit and an operating indoor unit currently operating, and when a stopping of the stopping unit is due to thermostat-off operation, the control unit performs a procedure to stop the stopping unit, the procedure including closing an on-off valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and driving an indoor fan in the stopping unit until pressure in a part between the on-off valve and an expansion valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and pressure in a part downstream of the first expansion valve are equalized, fully opening the expansion valve, and stopping the indoor fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro SANADA, Yu HIROSAKI, Naruhiro SEKINE, Ryo TAKAOKA, Koya AOKI, Tatsuro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200267312
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
  • Patent number: 10659681
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
  • Publication number: 20190253612
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
  • Patent number: 10306136
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
  • Publication number: 20180278838
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
  • Patent number: 10015392
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
  • Patent number: 9891814
    Abstract: A display control apparatus, method and computer program storage device detect when an object is in a proximity position relative to a display. In response, a display state of a displayed item is changed. Then, a processing circuit causes a relation item to be displayed adjacent to the proximity position, the relation item being related to the displayed item. The displayed state may be changed in size, position, color and other ways to reflect the recognition of the object being detected as being proximate to a predetermined proximity location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takaoka, Takashi Nunomaki, Ryoko Amano, Kenzo Nishikawa, Ritsuko Kano, Shunichi Kasahara, Tomoya Narita
  • Publication number: 20170048453
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA