Patents by Inventor Shintarou KOGURE

Shintarou KOGURE 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: 9307681
    Abstract: A power converter including a semiconductor module; a cooler having a pair of coolant pipes; a casing provided with a pair of openings, housing the semiconductor module and the cooler; and a pair of grommets being fitted to the pair of openings where the pair of coolant pipes are inserted into the pair of grommets. Each of the grommet includes: a grommet body having a through hole through which a corresponding coolant pipe is inserted and a sealing surface that intimately contacts an inner peripheral surface of a corresponding opening; and a guide provided to one end of the grommet body, with respect to a direction of inserting the coolant pipe, so as to be projected outward further than the sealing surface. Each of the grommet is embedded with a reinforcement member with at least a part of the reinforcement member being located in the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintarou Kogure, Hiroshi Inamura
  • Publication number: 20140118933
    Abstract: A power converter including a semiconductor module; a cooler having a pair of coolant pipes; a casing provided with a pair of openings, housing the semiconductor module and the cooler; and a pair of grommets being fitted to the pair of openings where the pair of coolant pipes are interested into the pair of grommets. Each of the grommet includes: a grommet body having a through hole through which a corresponding coolant pipe is inserted and a sealing surface that intimately contacts an inner peripheral surface of a corresponding opening; and a guide provided to one end of the grommet body, with respect to a direction of inserting the coolant pipe, so as to be projected outward further than the sealing surface. Each of the grommet is embedded with a reinforcement member with at least a part of the reinforcement member being located in the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shintarou KOGURE, Hiroshi Inamura