Patents by Inventor Ryoichi TAKAFUJI

Ryoichi TAKAFUJI 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: 11274838
    Abstract: An air-conditioner outdoor heat exchanger has a fin, multiple heat transfer pipes thermally connected to the fin, having a flat sectional shape, and configured such that refrigerant flows through header pipes connected to inlet and outlet sides of the heat transfer pipes. The refrigerant flows through the heat transfer pipes in parallel, and when the refrigerant returns from the outlet-side header pipe to the inlet-side header pipe through the heat transfer pipes, the refrigerant returns to the inlet-side header pipe through one of the heat transfer pipes adjacent to another one of the heat transfer pipes through which the refrigerant has flowed when flowing from the inlet-side header pipe to the outlet-side header pipe. At least two systems of refrigerant paths are formed, and the refrigerant flows back and forth in each system between the inlet-side header pipe and the outlet-side header pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi Hirata, Ryoichi Takafuji, Mamoru Houfuku, Naoki Yamamoto, Ryou Karino
  • Patent number: 11236954
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including multiple fins, multiple heat transfer pipes having an oval shape or a flat shape and joined to the fins, and a header connected, on one end side, to an end portion of an inlet pipe through which working fluid flows in upon evaporation operation and connected, on the other end side, to an end portion of each of the heat transfer pipes, wherein the header includes a longitudinal partition plate arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction and configured to divide an internal space of the header into an inlet-pipe-side space connected to the end portion of the inlet pipe and a heat-transfer-pipe-side space connected to the end portion of each of the heat transfer pipes, and an opening is formed at a position not overlapping with the inlet pipe at the longitudinal partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Takafuji
  • Patent number: 11035623
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger which includes: multiple heat transfer pipes in which refrigerant flows; and a corrugated fin joined to the heat transfer pipes; and multiple plate-shaped fins. The plate-shaped fins are joined to at least one of each heat transfer pipe or the corrugated fin, and are arranged on a windward side in an air blowing direction with respect to the corrugated fin such that a plate width direction of each plate-shaped fin is substantially coincident with a plate width direction of the corrugated fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Takumi Hirata, Mamoru Houfuku, Ryoichi Takafuji, Kosuke Kumamoto, Naoki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200072478
    Abstract: An air-conditioner outdoor heat exchanger has a fin, multiple heat transfer pipes thermally connected to the fin, having a flat sectional shape, and configured such that refrigerant flows through header pipes connected to inlet and outlet sides of the heat transfer pipes. The refrigerant flows through the heat transfer pipes in parallel, and when the refrigerant returns from the outlet-side header pipe to the inlet-side header pipe through the heat transfer pipes, the refrigerant returns to the inlet-side header pipe through one of the heat transfer pipes adjacent to another one of the heat transfer pipes through which the refrigerant has flowed when flowing from the inlet-side header pipe to the outlet-side header pipe. At least two systems of refrigerant paths are formed, and the refrigerant flows back and forth in each system between the inlet-side header pipe and the outlet-side header pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi HIRATA, Ryoichi TAKAFUJI, Mamoru HOUFUKU, Naoki YAMAMOTO, Ryou KARINO
  • Patent number: 10557652
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided which has: multiple flat heat transfer pipes configured such that refrigerant for heat exchange with air flowing inside; and a fin having a heat exchange surface between adjacent ones of the heat transfer pipes, wherein the multiple heat transfer pipes are arranged such that flat portions of the heat transfer pipes face each other, the fin has one end and other end in an air flow direction, and a first rib formed vertically above the flat portion, and the first rib has an extension portion extending along the flat portion, and an enlarged portion configured such that a distance to the flat portion gradually increases from the extension portion in a direction of one end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Daiwa Sato, Shigeyuki Sasaki, Ryoichi Takafuji
  • Publication number: 20190339027
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger including multiple fins, multiple heat transfer pipes having an oval shape or a flat shape and joined to the fins, and a header connected, on one end side, to an end portion of an inlet pipe through which working fluid flows in upon evaporation operation and connected, on the other end side, to an end portion of each of the heat transfer pipes, wherein the header includes a longitudinal partition plate arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction and configured to divide an internal space of the header into an inlet-pipe-side space connected to the end portion of the inlet pipe and a heat-transfer-pipe-side space connected to the end portion of each of the heat transfer pipes, and an opening is formed at a position not overlapping with the inlet pipe at the longitudinal partition plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Ryoichi TAKAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20190285321
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided which has: multiple flat heat transfer pipes configured such that refrigerant for heat exchange with air flowing inside; and a fin having a heat exchange surface between adjacent ones of the heat transfer pipes, wherein the multiple heat transfer pipes are arranged such that flat portions of the heat transfer pipes face each other, the fin has one end and other end in an air flow direction, and a first rib formed vertically above the flat portion, and the first rib has an extension portion extending along the flat portion, and an enlarged portion configured such that a distance to the flat portion gradually increases from the extension portion in a direction of one end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daiwa SATO, Shigeyuki SASAKI, Ryoichi TAKAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20190271512
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger which includes: multiple heat transfer pipes in which refrigerant flows; and a corrugated fin joined to the heat transfer pipes; and multiple plate-shaped fins. The plate-shaped fins are joined to at least one of each heat transfer pipe or the corrugated fin, and are arranged on a windward side in an air blowing direction with respect to the corrugated fin such that a plate width direction of each plate-shaped fin is substantially coincident with a plate width direction of the corrugated fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi HIRATA, Mamoru HOUFUKU, Ryoichi TAKAFUJI, Kosuke KUMAMOTO, Naoki YAMAMOTO