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).
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Patent number: 12169103Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda
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Patent number: 11656014Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Hiroshi Mieda, Tetsuya Ito
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Publication number: 20230029816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA
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Patent number: 11512903Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Shinichiro Takise
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Patent number: 11391499Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki Kato, Masaaki Kawakubo, Tetsuya Ito, Yasuhiro Kawase, Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda
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Patent number: 11231210Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Mizuno, Isao Tamada, Hiroshi Mieda, Ryohei Sugimura
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Patent number: 11225125Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Ito, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Ryohei Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kawase
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Patent number: 11179999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Mieda, Ryohei Sugimura, Masaaki Kawakubo, Yuichi Kami
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Patent number: 11143443Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Tetsuya Ito
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Publication number: 20210215430Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Shinichiro TAKISE
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Publication number: 20210063067Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Hiroshi MIEDA, Tetsuya ITO
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Patent number: 10845124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Hiroshi Mieda, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Tetsuya Ito
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Publication number: 20200232726Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Tetsuya ITO, Hiroshi MIEDA
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Publication number: 20200156444Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya ITO, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Ryohei SUGIMURA, Yasuhiro KAWASE
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Publication number: 20200158382Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Daiki KATO, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Tetsuya ITO, Yasuhiro KAWASE, Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA
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Publication number: 20190226731Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro MIZUNO, Isao TAMADA, Hiroshi MIEDA, Ryohei SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20190128575Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Tetsuya ITO
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Publication number: 20190128577Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Hiroshi MIEDA, Tetsuya ITO
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Publication number: 20190092135Abstract: 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 store the liquid-phase refrigerant, and a first adjustment portion and a second 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 first adjustment portion and the second adjustment portion face the liquid reserving portion across the gas reserving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Ryohei SUGIMURA, Hiroshi MIEDA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Daiki KATO, Tetsuya ITO
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Publication number: 20180222287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi MIEDA, Ryohei SUGIMURA, Masaaki KAWAKUBO, Yuichi KAMI