Patents by Inventor Shoutaro YAMAMOTO

Shoutaro YAMAMOTO 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: 11204188
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device including multiple outdoor units and an indoor unit through a pipe includes a control section that obtains a degree of subcooling at an outlet of a subcooling circuit of each outdoor unit based on a temperature detected by a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of refrigerant having passed through the subcooling circuit of each outdoor unit, obtain a target value of the degree of subcooling based on the obtained multiple degrees of subcooling, and perform the control of increasing the rotation speed of a compressor of an outdoor unit having a higher degree of subcooling than the target value and decreasing the rotation speed of a compressor of an outdoor unit having a lower degree of subcooling than the target value such that a difference in the degree of subcooling at the outlet of the subcooling circuit of each outdoor unit is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kaneko, Shoutaro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11041667
    Abstract: To achieve higher efficiency at a low-load region and to enable power saving throughout a year. The refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a compressor 4 that has a flow in/out port 4d through which a refrigerant is capable of flowing out and flowing in, in fluid communication with a compression room 4c; pipes 21, 22 disposed at a suction side of the compressor 4; a pipe 25 connected to the flow in/out port 4d of the compressor 4; a pipe 27 that has one end connected to the pipe 25 and an opposite end connected to the pipe 21; and a second solenoid valve 13 for opening and closing a fluid passage of the pipe 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Yokozeki, Koji Naito, Kazuhito Sekiba, Shoutaro Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kaneko, Kazuhiko Tani
  • Publication number: 20200173694
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device including multiple outdoor units and an indoor unit through a pipe includes a control section that obtains a degree of supercooling at an outlet of a supercooling circuit of each outdoor unit based on a temperature detected by a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of refrigerant having passed through the supercooling circuit of each outdoor unit, obtain a target value of the degree of supercooling based on the obtained multiple degrees of supercooling, and perform the control of increasing the rotation speed of a compressor of an outdoor unit having a higher degree of supercooling than the target value and decreasing the rotation speed of a compressor of an outdoor unit having a lower degree of supercooling than the target value such that a difference in the degree of supercooling at the outlet of the supercooling circuit of each outdoor unit is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki KANEKO, Shoutaro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190277550
    Abstract: To achieve higher efficiency at a low-load region and to enable power saving throughout a year. The refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a compressor 4 that has a flow in/out port 4d through which a refrigerant is capable of flowing out and flowing in, in fluid communication with a compression room 4c; pipes 21, 22 disposed at a suction side of the compressor 4; a pipe 25 connected to the flow in/out port 4d of the compressor 4; a pipe 27 that has one end connected to the pipe 25 and an opposite end connected to the pipe 21; and a second solenoid valve 13 for opening and closing a fluid passage of the pipe 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Atsuhiko YOKOZEKI, Koji NAITO, Kazuhito SEKIBA, Shoutaro YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki KANEKO, Kazuhiko TANI
  • Patent number: 10359211
    Abstract: A refrigeration and air conditioning device, which is an outdoor unit of a refrigeration and air conditioning device provided with a heat exchanger within a housing (2) and blowers (3) arranged on the housing, the housing (2) being provided with a side cover covering the sides, a base (9) covering the bottom and a foot portion (10) arranged below the base (9), the foot portion (10) being provided with a raised portion (10b) upwardly bending an end face (10c) of a lower surface of the foot portion. The refrigeration and air conditioning device increases rigidity without increasing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Mori, Shuntaro Inoue, Shoutaro Yamamoto, Katsuaki Nagahashi
  • Publication number: 20180266723
    Abstract: A refrigeration and air conditioning device, which is an outdoor unit of a refrigeration and air conditioning device provided with a heat exchanger within a housing (2) and blowers (3) arranged on the housing, the housing (2) being provided with a side cover covering the sides, a base (9) covering the bottom and a foot portion (10) arranged below the base (9), the foot portion (10) being provided with a raised portion (10b) upwardly bending an end face (10c) of a lower surface of the foot portion. The refrigeration and air conditioning device increases rigidity without increasing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hayato MORI, Shuntaro INOUE, Shoutaro YAMAMOTO, Katsuaki NAGAHASHI