Patents by Inventor Susumu Saruta

Susumu Saruta 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: 7448226
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a refrigerating cycle sequentially connecting a compressor, a condenser, a drawing mechanism, and evaporator, an accumulator, an inlet temperature sensor and an outlet temperature sensor for detecting the temperatures of the inlet and outlet of the evaporator, and a cooling fan for cooling the compressor. When the difference between the temperature detected by the inlet temperature sensor and the temperature detected by the outlet temperature sensor is a predetermined value or more, the cooling fan is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Jun Yamashita, Yasushi Takagi, Susumu Saruta, Munehiro Horie, Tsutomu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 7143591
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expander and an evaporator and filled with a flammable refrigerant, a load detector detecting a change in load of the compressor, and a control device detecting a damage which is a cause for leak of the refrigerant from the refrigerating cycle, based on a detection output of the load detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Shinji Hirai, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Tsutomu Sakuma, Susumu Saruta, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20050223722
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a refrigerating cycle sequentially connecting a compressor, a condenser, a drawing mechanism, and evaporator, an accumulator, an inlet temperature sensor and an outlet temperature sensor for detecting the temperatures of the inlet and outlet of the evaporator, and a cooling fan for cooling the compressor. When the difference between the temperature detected by the inlet temperature sensor and the temperature detected by the outlet temperature sensor is a predetermined value or more, the cooling fan is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jun Yamashita, Yasushi Takagi, Susumu Saruta, Munehiro Horie, Tsutomu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6923015
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating cycle unit for refrigerating an atmosphere in the refrigerator by means of heat absorption due to change of a flammable refrigerant from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase, and a deodorizer having first and second electrodes discharging electricity upon application of high voltage to them, producing ozone, a burning chamber provided so as to surround the first and second electrodes, and a fire-spread preventing unit provided in the burning chamber to prevent burning of the flammable refrigerant in the burning chamber from spreading outside the burning chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Ueno, Susumu Saruta, Katsushi Sumihiro
  • Publication number: 20050086952
    Abstract: A refrigerator-freezer is described, in which refrigerant leakage from the refrigeration cycle can be safely detected. The refrigerator-freezer comprises: a refrigeration cycle formed by a compressor, a capillary, an evaporator and an accumulator connected in series, and filled with a flammable refrigerant; a cooling fan configured to blow the cold air cooled by the evaporator in the refrigerator-freezer; and a refrigerant leakage detection system configured to detect leakage of the flammable refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant leakage detection system is provided with a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of a refrigerant conduit of the evaporator and judges that the flammable refrigerant is leaking in the low pressure side of the refrigeration cycle when the temperature is detected by the temperature sensor with the compressor being halted is no lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Tsutomu Sakuma, Munehiro Horie, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Shoji Hashimoto, Shinji Hirai, Susumu Saruta, Ryousuke Yamamoto, Katsushi Sumihiro
  • Publication number: 20050039469
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor (24), a condenser (25), an expander (30, 31) and an evaporator (16, 20) and filled with a flammable refrigerant, a load detector (41) detecting a change in load of the compressor (25), and a control device (43) detecting a damage which is a cause for leak of the refrigerant from the refrigerating cycle, based on a detection output of the load detector (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Shinji Hirai, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Tsutomu Sakuma, Susumu Saruta, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20040237544
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating cycle unit for refrigerating an atmosphere in the refrigerator by means of heat absorption due to change of a flammable refrigerant from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase, and a deodorizer having first and second electrodes discharging electricity upon application of high voltage to them, producing ozone, a burning chamber provided so as to surround the first and second electrodes, and a fire-spread preventing unit provided in the burning chamber to prevent burning of the flammable refrigerant in the burning chamber from spreading outside the burning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Shunji Ueno, Susumu Saruta, Katsushi Sumihiro
  • Patent number: 5535283
    Abstract: An active noise attenuating device applied to a draft duct of an air condition system including a microphone disposed in a propagation path of noise for detecting the noise, a loud speaker disposed in the noise propagation path, a control circuit for producing a control signal on the basis of the detection signal from the microphone, the control signal being supplied to the loud speaker so that the speaker produces an interference sound having the same amplitude as of the noise detected by the microphone and a phase opposite to the noise, at a control point in the noise propagation path, and a high pass filter for damping or cutting off a frequency component contained in the control signal and belonging to a low frequency range in which the loud speaker is unable to reproduce the interference sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Susumu Saruta, Yasuyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5517571
    Abstract: An active noise attenuating device includes a first microphone located in a propagation path of noise, a loud speaker located downstream from the first microphone, a second microphone located downstream from the loud speaker for receiving sound, and an operational unit for executing an operation on the basis of a detection signal from the first microphone to generate a control signal supplied to the loud speaker so that a sound interfering with the noise is produced. An operational factor of the operational unit is controlled by an adaptive controller on the basis of the detection signal from the second microphone so that an amount of noise attenuated by the sound produced from the loud speaker is rendered maximum. A transfer characteristic of a transfer path between the loud speaker and the second microphone is identified on the basis of the detection signals generated by the second microphone when a sound represented by a periodical identifying signal is produced in a plurality of periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Susumu Saruta, Yasuyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5499301
    Abstract: An active noise cancelling apparatus for actively controlling noise generated by a compressor, where noise is apt to externally leak from an opening portion of a machine chamber storing the compressor driven by an A.C. power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuko Sudo, Susumu Saruta, Yasuyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5251262
    Abstract: An adaptive type active noise cancellation apparatus comprises a first sensor for detecting a noise generated by a noise source and outputting a detection signal, a filter having a predetermined filter coefficient and filtering the output signal from the first sensor by using the predetermined filter coefficient and outputting a filtered signal, a speaker for receiving the filtered signal and generating a sound corresponding to the filtered signal, an active noise cancellation control system for actively canceling a noise at a control target point by using the sound generated by the speaker, a second sensor, arranged at the control target point, for detecting a sound at the control target point and outputting a detection signal, and an adaptive control system for receiving the output signals from the first and second sensors and adaptively updating the filter coefficient in accordance with a change in state of a system to which the active noise cancellation control system is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiichirou Suzuki, Susumu Saruta, Hiroshi Tamura
  • Patent number: 5129003
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electro-acoustic converter, a detector, a noise correlative signal generator, and an additional tone signal generator in order to actively control noise generated by an electromagnetic machine, which noise is apt to externally leak from an opening of a machine room storing the electromagnetic machine driven by an AC power supply. The electro-acoustic converter applies a predetermined sound wave to the opening of the machine room. The detector essentially detects a frequency of an AC voltage waveform to be applied to the electromagnetic machine driven by the AC power supply. The noise correlative signal generator generates generating a signal correlative with an electromagnetic noise component included in noise generated by the electromagnetic machine according to a detection signal from the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Susumu Saruta