Patents by Inventor Shinobu Asakawa

Shinobu Asakawa 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: 7478669
    Abstract: A plurality of tubes and corrugated fins are piled up and arranged alternatively, for integrally assembled heat exchangers. The corrugated fin has fin portions for the heat exchangers and a connecting portion connecting the fin portions. The connecting portion is formed with slits arranged in first and second lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the fin and at least one louver between the slits in the lines. The slits in the first line and the slits in the second line traverse a top portion and a bottom portion adjacent to the top portion of the fin and the louver is formed on an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion so that the louver is located between the space of the slits in the first line and the space of the slits in the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Okura, Ryoichi Hori, Shinobu Asakawa, Mitsuru Arahori
  • Publication number: 20070256818
    Abstract: A tank structure of a heat exchanger includes a core part having a pair of tubes and fins and a pair of tanks fluidically connected with the tubes. The tank structure includes a tank body formed in a tube shape with at least one corner inside the tank body, the tank body having openings at both end portions thereof, and a pair of end patch plates fixed into the openings to fluid-tightly block off the openings, respectively. The end patch plates are formed to have a thin-walled portion at a position thereof corresponding to the corner of the tank body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventor: Shinobu Asakawa
  • Publication number: 20060237173
    Abstract: A plurality of tubes and corrugated fins are piled up and arranged alternatively, for integrally assembled heat exchangers. The corrugated fin has fin portions for the heat exchangers and a connecting portion connecting the fin portions. The connecting portion is formed with slits arranged in first and second lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the fin and at least one louver between the slits in the lines. The slits in the first line and the slits in the second line traverse a top portion and a bottom portion adjacent to the top portion of the fin and the louver is formed on an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion so that the louver is located between the space of the slits in the first line and the space of the slits in the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Okura, Ryoichi Hori, Shinobu Asakawa, Mitsuru Arahori
  • Patent number: 7007745
    Abstract: In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between seat plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. End portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes formed respectively in each of the top and bottom seat plates to be fixed. On the seat plates, there are provided connection portions having wall portions slanting from main body portions thereof toward the tube holes. When a thickness of the tubes is 0.13 mm to 0.23 mm, a slant angle ? of the wall portions of the connection portions is set to satisfy: slant angle ? (°)?25?(thickness (mm) of sheet plate)+(?125?(thickness (mm) of tube)+25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Iwasaki, Shinobu Asakawa, Daisuke Matsuda, Shouji Tasaka, Toshinobu Imamura
  • Patent number: 6932152
    Abstract: In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between seat plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. Both end portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes of connection portions formed respectively in each of the top and bottom seat plates to be fixed. On the seat plates, there are provided connection portions on which are formed wall portions slanting from main body portions thereof toward the tubes and vulnerable portions formed thinner than the seat plates and in series on the wall portions and absorb thermal stress of the seat plates against the tubes by bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Iwasaki, Shinobu Asakawa, Daisuke Matsuda, Shouji Tasaka, Toshinobu Imamura
  • Publication number: 20040226693
    Abstract: In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between seat plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. Both end portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes of connection portions formed respectively in each of the top and bottom seat plates to be fixed. On the seat plates, there are provided connection portions on which are formed wall portions slanting from main body portions thereof toward the tubes and vulnerable portions formed thinner than the seat plates and in series on the wall portions and absorb thermal stress of the seat plates against the tubes by bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuru Iwasaki, Shinobu Asakawa, Daisuke Matsuda, Shouji Tasaka, Toshinobu Imamura
  • Publication number: 20040206489
    Abstract: In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between sheet plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. End portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes formed respectively in each of the top and bottom sheet plates to be fixed. On the sheet plates, there are provided connection portions having wall portions slanting from main body portions thereof toward the tube holes. When a thickness of the tubes is 0.13 mm to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuru Iwasaki, Shinobu Asakawa, Daisuke Matsuda, Shouji Tasaka, Toshinobu Imamura