Patents by Inventor Ryuichirou INAGAKI

Ryuichirou INAGAKI 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: 20220381514
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in a stacking direction and a tank connected to the tubes. A tube of the tubes has a pair of flat portions having flat plate shapes facing each other, and a curved portion connecting ends of the pair of flat portions. The tank includes a plate having insertion holes into which the tubes are inserted, and container. The plate has a first portion along a longitudinal direction of the tubes, and a second portion extending from an end of the first portion toward the container. When the plate is viewed in the stacking direction, a boundary between the first portion and the second portion is shifted from a boundary between each of the pair of flat portions and the curved portion toward the pair of flat portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo OONO, Takahiro UNO, Ryuichirou INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 11268769
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural heat exchange units arranged in series in a flowing direction of external fluid. A tube of the heat exchange units has a tube body and a protrusion. A dimension of the protrusion in a tube stacking direction is smaller than a dimension of the tube body in the tube stacking direction. A dimension of the protrusion in an air flowing direction is larger than a thickness of the tube body. An outer fin is joined to both the upstream tube and the downstream tube arranged in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the upstream tube is connected to an upstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the downstream tube is connected to a downstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichirou Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11231238
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural heat exchange units arranged in series in a flowing direction of external fluid. A tube of the heat exchange units has a tube body and a protrusion. A dimension of the protrusion in a tube stacking direction is smaller than a dimension of the tube body in the tube stacking direction. A dimension of the protrusion in an air flowing direction is larger than a thickness of the tube body. An outer fin is joined to both the upstream tube and the downstream tube arranged in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the upstream tube is connected to an upstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the downstream tube is connected to a downstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichirou Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20200292249
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural heat exchange units arranged in series in a flowing direction of external fluid. A tube of the heat exchange units has a tube body and a protrusion. A dimension of the protrusion in a tube stacking direction is smaller than a dimension of the tube body in the tube stacking direction. A dimension of the protrusion in an air flowing direction is larger than a thickness of the tube body. An outer fin is joined to both the upstream tube and the downstream tube arranged in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the upstream tube is connected to an upstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction. The protrusion of the downstream tube is connected to a downstream end of the tube body in the air flowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Ryuichirou INAGAKI