Patents by Inventor Shouhei Yasuda

Shouhei Yasuda 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: 11614264
    Abstract: An icemaking system includes: a refrigerant circuit that executes a vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a circulation circuit that circulates solution as a cooling target of the refrigerant circuit; and a control device that controls refrigerant evaporation temperature at the refrigerant circuit. The circulation circuit includes a solution flow path of: an ice generator; a solution tank that stores the solution; and a pump that pressure feeds the solution to the solution flow path. The refrigerant circuit includes: an evaporator of the ice generator; a compressor; a condenser; and an expansion valve. The control device includes a central processing unit (CPU) that adjusts to lower evaporation temperature at the evaporator as the solution has higher solute concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Azuma Kondou, Takeo Ueno, Shouhei Yasuda, Takahito Nakayama, Satoru Sakae
  • Patent number: 11326817
    Abstract: An ice making system includes: a refrigerant circuit that performs a vapor compression refrigeration cycle and that includes a compressor, a condenser that condenses refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a first expansion valve with an adjustable opening degree that decompresses the refrigerant from the condenser, a flooded evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the first expansion valve, and a superheater that imparts a degree of superheating to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator; a circulation circuit that circulates a medium that is cooled by the flooded evaporator; and a control device that controls the adjustable opening degree of the first expansion valve such that the superheater imparts to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator a degree of superheating at which dryness of the refrigerant is kept within a predetermined range of less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kita, Azuma Kondou, Shouhei Yasuda, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Kazuyoshi Nomura, Takeo Ueno
  • Patent number: 11300343
    Abstract: An icemaking system includes a circulation circuit configured to circulate icemaking solution, at least one icemaker provided in the circulation circuit, a cooling mechanism, a first detector and an adjuster. The icemaker includes a cooling chamber and a scraping mechanism. The cooling chamber has an inflow port and an exhaust port of solution, and the cooling chamber allows the solution to flow in the cooling chamber. The scraping mechanism scrapes ice generated on an inner surface of the cooling chamber. The cooling mechanism cools the solution in the cooling chamber. The first detector detects whether the inflow port of the cooling chamber has an ice nucleus. The adjuster adjusts a cooling temperature of the solution in accordance with a detection result of the first detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kita, Azuma Kondou, Shunsuke Touya, Yuuya Seta, Shouhei Yasuda, Takeo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20220042733
    Abstract: An icemaking system includes a circulation circuit configured to circulate icemaking solution, at least one icemaker provided in the circulation circuit, a cooling mechanism, a first detector and an adjuster. The icemaker includes a cooling chamber and a scraping mechanism. The cooling chamber has an inflow port and an exhaust port of solution, and the cooling chamber allows the solution to flow in the cooling chamber. The scraping mechanism scrapes ice generated on an inner surface of the cooling chamber. The cooling mechanism cools the solution in the cooling chamber. The first detector detects whether the inflow port of the cooling chamber has an ice nucleus. The adjuster adjusts a cooling temperature of the solution in accordance with a detection result of the first detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kouichi KITA, Azuma KONDOU, Shunsuke TOUYA, Yuuya SETA, Shouhei YASUDA, Takeo UENO
  • Patent number: 11118825
    Abstract: an ice making system includes a tank that stores a medium to be cooled, an ice making machine that cools the medium and makes ice, a pump that circulates the medium between the tank and the ice making machine, a de-icing mechanism that heats the medium and melts the ice in the ice making machine, and a control device that controls operations of the ice making machine, the pump, and the de-icing mechanism. The ice making machine includes a cooling chamber that cools the medium, an inflow port through which the medium flows into the cooling chamber, and a discharge port through which the medium is discharged from the cooling chamber. The control device activates the de-icing mechanism when a pressure difference between a pressure of the medium at the inflow port and a pressure of the medium at the discharge port exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Azuma Kondou, Shouhei Yasuda, Takahito Nakayama, Kazuyoshi Nomura, Takeo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200386463
    Abstract: An ice making system includes a tank that stores a medium to be cooled, an ice making machine that cools the medium and makes ice, a pump that circulates the medium between the tank and the ice making machine, a de-icing mechanism that heats the medium and melts the ice in the ice making machine, and a control device that controls operations of the ice making machine, the pump, and the de-icing mechanism. The ice making machine includes a cooling chamber that cools the medium, an inflow port through which the medium flows into the cooling chamber, and a discharge port through which the medium is discharged from the cooling chamber. The control device activates the de-icing mechanism when a pressure difference between a pressure of the medium at the inflow port and a pressure of the medium at the discharge port exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Azuma KONDOU, Shouhei YASUDA, Takahito NAKAYAMA, Kazuyoshi NOMURA, Takeo UENO
  • Publication number: 20200386462
    Abstract: An icemaking system includes: a refrigerant circuit that executes a vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a circulation circuit that circulates solution as a cooling target of the refrigerant circuit; and a control device that controls refrigerant evaporation temperature at the refrigerant circuit. The circulation circuit includes a solution flow path of: an ice generator; a solution tank that stores the solution; and a pump that pressure feeds the solution to the solution flow path. The refrigerant circuit includes: an evaporator of the ice generator; a compressor; a condenser; and an expansion valve. The control device includes a central processing unit (CPU) that adjusts to lower evaporation temperature at the evaporator as the solution has higher solute concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Azuma Kondou, Takeo Ueno, Shouhei Yasuda, Takahito Nakayama, Satoru Sakae
  • Publication number: 20200348058
    Abstract: An ice making system includes: a refrigerant circuit that performs a vapor compression refrigeration cycle and that includes a compressor, a condenser that condenses refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a first expansion valve with an adjustable opening degree that decompresses the refrigerant from the condenser, a flooded evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the first expansion valve, and a superheater that imparts a degree of superheating to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator; a circulation circuit that circulates a medium that is cooled by the flooded evaporator; and a control device that controls the adjustable opening degree of the first expansion valve such that the superheater imparts to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator a degree of superheating at which dryness of the refrigerant is kept within a predetermined range of less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kita, Azuma Kondou, Shouhei Yasuda, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Kazuyoshi Nomura, Takeo Ueno
  • Patent number: 5596096
    Abstract: New compounds are disclosed having the general formulas (1) and (2): ##STR1## Also described is a process for preparing the compounds of formulas (1) and (2). Further described is a process for preparing a cephalosporin derivative having formula (5): ##STR2## by converting the compound of formula (1) to the compound of formula (2) and then converting the compound of formula (2) to the compound of formula (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Sakanaka, Shouhei Yasuda, Shinjiro Sumi, Katsufumi Sebata, Katsuharu Iinuma, Ken Nishihata
  • Patent number: 5405955
    Abstract: New compounds are disclosed having the general formulas (1) and (2): ##STR1## Also described is a process for preparing the compounds of formulas (1) and (2). Further described is a process for preparing a cephalosporin derivative having formula (5): ##STR2## by converting the compound of formula (1) to the compound of formula (2) and then converting the compound of formula (2) to the compound of formula (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Sakanaka, Shouhei Yasuda, Shinjiro Sumi, Katsufumi Sebata, Katsuharu Iinuma, Ken Nishihata