Patents by Inventor Shinya KURASAWA

Shinya KURASAWA 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: 11919360
    Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, a battery temperature regulation circuit, and an electric part cooling circuit. The refrigerant circuit is configured to circulate a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment therethrough. The heating circuit is configured to circulate a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant therethrough. The heating circuit is capable of regulating the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit is configured to regulate a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery. The electric part cooling circuit is couplable to the battery temperature regulation circuit and configured to circulate a liquid able to cool an electric part for driving a vehicle therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Takagi, Shinya Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20230151787
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power system, a second power system, a switching relay, and a relay controller. The first power system is coupled to an engine restart motor. The second power system is provided independently of the first power system and is coupled to a starter and an accessory. The coupling state of the switching relay is switchable to an on state in which the first power system and the second power system are coupled, and to an off state in which the first power system and the second power system are not coupled. The relay controller is configured to receive a supply of electric power from both the first power system and the second power system and to control the coupling state of the switching relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akashi YOSHIZAWA, Takashi INOUE, Tetsuo KOBAYASHI, Shinya KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 11453264
    Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, and a battery temperature regulation circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The heating circuit circulates a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the heating circuit. The heating circuit regulates the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kurasawa, Yasukazu Nobumoto, Yutaka Sato, Tatsuya Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200101815
    Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, and a battery temperature regulation circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The heating circuit circulates a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the heating circuit. The heating circuit regulates the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya KURASAWA, Yasukazu NOBUMOTO, Yutaka SATO, Tatsuya KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20200101810
    Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, a battery temperature regulation circuit, and an electric part cooling circuit. The refrigerant circuit is configured to circulate a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment therethrough. The heating circuit is configured to circulate a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant therethrough. The heating circuit is capable of regulating the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit is configured to regulate a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery. The electric part cooling circuit is couplable to the battery temperature regulation circuit and configured to circulate a liquid able to cool an electric part for driving a vehicle therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TAKAGI, Shinya KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 8616187
    Abstract: A waste heat recovering and cooling apparatus for an engine includes a water pump that ejects cooling water of an engine; an EGR cooler that cools EGR gas introduced into an intake pipe from an exhaust pipe of the engine by using some of the cooling water ejected from the water pump; an EGR valve that opens and closes the channel of the EGR gas passing through the EGR cooler; and a transmission warmer that heats lubricating oil of a transmission by the cooling water passing through the EGR cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yamazaki, Suguru Matsumoto, Junichi Toyoda, Shinya Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20120067545
    Abstract: A waste heat recovering and cooling apparatus for an engine includes a water pump that ejects cooling water of an engine; an EGR cooler that cools EGR gas introduced into an intake pipe from an exhaust pipe of the engine by using some of the cooling water ejected from the water pump; an EGR valve that opens and closes the channel of the EGR gas passing through the EGR cooler; and a transmission warmer that heats lubricating oil of a transmission by the cooling water passing through the EGR cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu YAMAZAKI, Suguru MATSUMOTO, Junichi TOYODA, Shinya KURASAWA