Patents by Inventor Ryohei Sugimura

Ryohei Sugimura 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: 12169103
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes a first heat-exchange portion and a second heat-exchange portion. The first heat-exchange portion includes a first header tank having an inflow portion through which the heat medium flows into the first heat-exchange portion. The second heat-exchange portion includes a second header tank having an outflow portion through which the heat medium flows out of the second heat-exchange portion. The first header tank and the second header tank are connected to each other via a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a slit passing through the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda
  • Publication number: 20240401306
    Abstract: An activation system for a work machine includes a presentation unit and an activation control unit. The work machine includes a power source and an additional function unit that realizes a predetermined additional function. The presentation unit presents a precaution related to the predetermined additional function. The activation control unit allows the power source to be activated after an operator confirms the precaution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240401308
    Abstract: A display system for a work machine includes: a display unit that performs a display of an image of surroundings of the work machine and of a function pertaining to delayed stop control of an engine of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Matsumoto, Shunsuke Sugimura, Takehiro Shibata, Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Tomotaka Komatsu, Yosuke Yamagoe, Ryohei Kikuzawa, Kengo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240375611
    Abstract: A work machine activation system includes a management device and an authentication device. The management device stores authentication information usable to authenticate a plurality of operators who are able to operate a work machine. The authentication device authenticates an operator operating the work machine. The authentication device includes a storage unit that stores the authentication information of an operator authenticated in the past, and an authentication unit that authenticates the operator based on the authentication information stored in the storage unit when the management device has not been activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240369026
    Abstract: A stop system for an engine of a work machine includes an engine stop control unit and an engine stop control suspension unit. The engine stop control unit, in a case in which there is a stop instruction that instructs to stop the engine of the work machine, performs delayed stop control to delay the stop of the engine until a predetermined condition is established, and then stops the engine. The engine stop control suspension unit, in a case in which there is a cancellation instruction to cancel the stop instruction, suspends the delayed stop control when work equipment of the work machine is in a locked state, and continues to perform the delayed stop control when the work equipment is in an unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA, Kengo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240368859
    Abstract: An activation system for a work machine includes a communication unit, a presentation unit, and a determination unit. The work machine includes a power source and an additional function unit that realizes a predetermined additional function. The communication unit receives confirmation history information indicating an operator who has confirmed a precaution related to the predetermined additional function from a server device. The a presentation unit presents the precaution. The determination unit determines whether or not to omit presentation of the precaution based on the confirmation history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato MATSUMOTO, Shunsuke SUGIMURA, Takehiro SHIBATA, Tomofumi HOKARI, Yuichiro YASUDA, Kenji NOZAKI, Tomotaka KOMATSU, Yosuke YAMAGOE, Ryohei KIKUZAWA
  • Patent number: 11656014
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging portion, a reservoir that performs gas-liquid separation on a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant that flows out from the heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant and stores the liquid-phase refrigerant, and an inflow passage that allows the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out from the heat exchanging portion to flow into the reservoir. The inflow passage is connected so as to be in communication with an inlet port of the reservoir which is disposed above a liquid surface of the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Hiroshi Mieda, Tetsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20230029816
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes a first heat-exchange portion and a second heat-exchange portion. The first heat-exchange portion includes a first header tank having an inflow portion through which the heat medium flows into the first heat-exchange portion. The second heat-exchange portion includes a second header tank having an outflow portion through which the heat medium flows out of the second heat-exchange portion. The first header tank and the second header tank are connected to each other via a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a slit passing through the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA
  • Patent number: 11512903
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural tubes, a first tank, and a second tank. Refrigerant flows in order of a first internal passage of the first tank, a first tube, the second tank, a second tube, and a second internal passage of the first tank. A channel forming portion is provided inside the second tank to form a refrigerant channel having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of an internal passage of the second tank in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second tank. The refrigerant channel is arranged so that a projection area of the refrigerant channel overlaps the tube when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Shinichiro Takise
  • Patent number: 11391499
    Abstract: In a heat pump cycle device, a flow passage switching portion includes a flow passage switching valve body configured to open and close a cooling side flow passage. A refrigerant circulation circuit includes a low-pressure flow passage through which a low-pressure refrigerant decompressed by a first decompressor flows toward a compressor in a heating mode, and a pre-evaporator flow passage provided between the flow passage switching valve body and a refrigerant inlet of an evaporator. The flow passage switching portion causes a pre-evaporator flow passage to communicate with the low-pressure flow passage while bypassing the evaporator when a refrigerant pressure in the low-pressure flow passage is lower than a refrigerant pressure in the pre-evaporator flow passage, in the heating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kato, Masaaki Kawakubo, Tetsuya Ito, Yasuhiro Kawase, Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda
  • Patent number: 11231210
    Abstract: A stack type heat exchanger includes a plurality of first plates and a plurality of second plates. At least one of the respective first plates and the respective second plates has a protrusion protruding from a main body of the first plate or the second plate toward a first flow path, the protrusion being located at a peripheral portion of a tank space in the first flow path. The first plate and the second plate are joined to each other through the protrusion. The protrusion has a top portion and a side wall portion. A part of the side wall portion adjacent to the tank space has a thick structure portion, an entire thickness of the thick structure portion being thick in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Mizuno, Isao Tamada, Hiroshi Mieda, Ryohei Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11225125
    Abstract: An integrated valve includes a body portion, a flow rate adjustment valve body, a flow passage switching valve body, and a shaft member. The body portion has formed therein a plurality of passages. The flow rate adjustment valve body is provided inside the body portion that adjusts a flow rate of fluid. The flow passage switching valve body is provided inside the body portion configured to switch a flow path of the predetermined fluid in the fluid circulation circuit, the flow passage switching valve body being switchable between distinct communication states. The shaft member is provided inside the body portion that interlocks the flow rate adjustment valve body and the flow passage switching valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ito, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Ryohei Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kawase
  • Patent number: 11179999
    Abstract: A heat pump system includes a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant, a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant, an outdoor unit that exchanges heat between the refrigerant and an outside air, an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant, an internal heat exchanger, an accumulator that separates the refrigerant into a gas refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant, and a flow pathway changing portion. The internal heat exchanger includes a high-pressure passage through which a high-pressure refrigerant flows, and a low-pressure passage through which a low-pressure refrigerant flows, the internal heat exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant flowing through the high-pressure passage and the refrigerant flowing through the low-pressure passage. The flow pathway changing portion that switches between a cooling pathway and a heating pathway. According to this heat pump system, a cooling capacity and a heating capacity can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mieda, Ryohei Sugimura, Masaaki Kawakubo, Yuichi Kami
  • Patent number: 11143443
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchanging portion configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant flowing through therein and air; a liquid reservoir configured to separate a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out of the heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant, the liquid reservoir storing the liquid-phase refrigerant; and a refrigerant adjustment portion configured to adjust a flow state of the refrigerant flowing into the refrigerant adjustment portion through a refrigerant passage of the refrigeration cycle, supply the refrigerant to the heat exchanging portion and adjust an outflow state and an outflow destination of the refrigerant flowing out of the heat exchanging portion or the liquid reservoir. At least a part of the refrigerant adjustment portion is inserted into the liquid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Tetsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20210215430
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural tubes, a first tank, and a second tank. Refrigerant flows in order of a first internal passage of the first tank, a first tube, the second tank, a second tube, and a second internal passage of the first tank. A channel forming portion is provided inside the second tank to form a refrigerant channel having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of an internal passage of the second tank in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second tank. The refrigerant channel is arranged so that a projection area of the refrigerant channel overlaps the tube when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the second tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Shinichiro TAKISE
  • Publication number: 20210063067
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging portion, a reservoir that performs gas-liquid separation on a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant that flows out from the heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant and stores the liquid-phase refrigerant, and an inflow passage that allows the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out from the heat exchanging portion to flow into the reservoir. The inflow passage is connected so as to be in communication with an inlet port of the reservoir which is disposed above a liquid surface of the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Hiroshi MIEDA, Tetsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 10845124
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a liquid reservoir configured to separate a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out of an upstream heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant, and a refrigerant adjustment portion configured to adjust an outflow state and an outflow destination of the refrigerant flowing out of a downstream heat exchanging portion or the liquid reservoir. The liquid reservoir includes a liquid reserving portion configured to store the liquid-phase refrigerant and a gas reserving portion configured to store the gas-phase refrigerant. The refrigerant adjustment portion faces the liquid reserving portion across the gas reserving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Tetsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20200232726
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has an inflow port through which refrigerant flows, a cooling outflow port through which the refrigerant flows out during a cooling operation, and a heating outflow port through which the refrigerant flows out during a heating operation. A distance between the inflow port and the heating outflow port is shorter than a distance between the inflow port and the cooling outflow port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Tetsuya ITO, Hiroshi MIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200158382
    Abstract: In a heat pump cycle device, a flow passage switching portion includes a flow passage switching valve body configured to open and close a cooling side flow passage. A refrigerant circulation circuit includes a low-pressure flow passage through which a low-pressure refrigerant decompressed by a first decompressor flows toward a compressor in a heating mode, and a pre-evaporator flow passage provided between the flow passage switching valve body and a refrigerant inlet of an evaporator. The flow passage switching portion causes a pre-evaporator flow passage to communicate with the low-pressure flow passage while bypassing the evaporator when a refrigerant pressure in the low-pressure flow passage is lower than a refrigerant pressure in the pre-evaporator flow passage, in the heating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Daiki KATO, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Tetsuya ITO, Yasuhiro KAWASE, Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200156444
    Abstract: An integrated valve includes a body portion, a flow rate adjustment valve body, a flow passage switching valve body, and a shaft member. The body portion has formed therein a plurality of passages. The flow rate adjustment valve body is provided inside the body portion that adjusts a flow rate of fluid. The flow passage switching valve body is provided inside the body portion configured to switch a flow path of the predetermined fluid in the fluid circulation circuit, the flow passage switching valve body being switchable between distinct communication states. The shaft member is provided inside the body portion that interlocks the flow rate adjustment valve body and the flow passage switching valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya ITO, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Ryohei SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KAWASE