Patents by Inventor Tomihisa Oouchi

Tomihisa Oouchi 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: 6470702
    Abstract: An absorption water heater/chiller using lithium bromide as an absorbent and water as a refrigerant, and a high temperature regenerator therefor. The high temperature regenerator is provided with a combustion chamber defined by an inner tube (2) on the side of a blowout port of a burner (4B), from which a combustion gas is blown out. A solution is received in a liquid chamber, which extends on upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber and is defined by an outer tube (1). A refrigerant steam outflow passage (8) is formed in an upper portion of the outer tube, and gas discharge passages (13, 14) are formed at an end portion of the combustion chamber opposed to the burner. A plurality of solution tubes (3) providing communication between the liquid chamber portions on the upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber extend through the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Funaba, Norihiro Itou, Tomihisa Oouchi, Satoshi Miyake, Michiyuki Uchimura
  • Patent number: 6301925
    Abstract: An absorption water heater/chiller using lithium bromide as an absorbent and water as a refrigerant, and a high temperature regenerator therefor. The high temperature regenerator is provided with a combustion chamber defined by an inner tube (2) on the side of a blowout port of a burner (4B), from which a combustion gas is blown out. A solution is received in a liquid chamber, which extends on upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber and is defined by an outer tube (1). A refrigerant steam outflow passage (8) is formed in an upper portion of the outer tube, and gas discharge passages (13, 14) are formed at an end portion of the combustion chamber opposed to the burner. A plurality of solution tubes (3) providing communication between the liquid chamber portions on the upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber extend through the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Funaba, Norihiro Itou, Tomihisa Oouchi, Satoshi Miyake, Michiyuki Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20010020367
    Abstract: An absorption water heater/chiller using lithium bromide as an absorbent and water as a refrigerant, and a high temperature regenerator therefor. The high temperature regenerator is provided with a combustion chamber defined by an inner tube (2) on the side of a blowout port of a burner (4B), from which a combustion gas is blown out. A solution is received in a liquid chamber, which extends on upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber and is defined by an outer tube (1). A refrigerant steam outflow passage (8) is formed in an upper portion of the outer tube, and gas discharge passages (13, 14) are formed at an end portion of the combustion chamber opposed to the burner. A plurality of solution tubes (3) providing communication between the liquid chamber portions on the upper and lower sides of the combustion chamber extend through the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Funaba, Norihiro Itou, Tomihisa Oouchi, Satoshi Miyake, Michiyuki Uchimura
  • Patent number: 5353866
    Abstract: Louver segments of a heat transfer fin each have a longitudinal central portion disposed at the center of the louver segment in a direction crossing the flow of a fluid and longitudinal end portions each disposed on either side of the longitudinal central portion and sectioned into parts. Each louver segment has a configuration such that an area of the longitudinal central portion projected in the direction of the flow of the fluid is larger than an area of each of the longitudinal end portions projected in the direction of the flow of the fluid, with respect to the same width of the passage of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Ueda, Toshio Hatada, Yoshifumi Kunugi, Tomihisa Oouchi, Sigeo Sugimoto, Tamio Shimizu, Kyoji Kohno
  • Patent number: 4841744
    Abstract: A double effect air cooled absorption refrigerating machine consisting of fans provided on one side frame member out of the upper, lower and four side frame members which constitute a frame of a machine body, an air cooled heat exchanger provided on the remaining three side frame members and composed of an air cooled absorber and an air cooled condenser, and an evaporator, a high-temperature regenerator, a low-temperature regenerator, a solution heat exchanger and some other parts, all of which are provided on the inner side so as to be surrounded by the side frame members, the machine having a small installation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Toho Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigekichi Kurosawa, Yoshikazu Nagaoka, Shinichi Kannoh, Sadatoshi Takemoto, Shigeo Sugimoto, Tomihisa Oouchi, Toshio Hatada, Yoshifumi Kunugi, Hironobu Kawamura, Kyoji Kohno, Kenzi Machizawa
  • Patent number: 4791984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a louvered heat transfer fin in which the air-passing resistance of the louver is varied so as to increase the overall heat exchange quantity, and thereby to greatly enhance the heat transfer performance of the fin. The arrangement of each louver is such that the projection area in the vicinity of the longitudinal central portion of the louver projected in the direction in which air passes is larger than the projection area of each of the longitudinal end sides of the louver projected in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Hatada, Tomihisa Oouchi, Yoshifumi Kunugi, Shigeo Sugimoto, Junichi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4748830
    Abstract: First path flow passage is formed so as to lead the absorbent solution in the heat exchanger (7; 107) or the receive pan (24; 118a) disposed below a first path absorption process into a cooling air upper stream side of the first path absorption process through a conduit (30). Subsequent path flow passage is formed so as to lead the absorbent solution in the receive pan (24; 120) disposed below a subsequent path absorption process into the cooling air upper stream side of same path absorption process. The absorbent solution flow amount of each vertical tubes group (10; 158) can be obtained larger irrespective of the absorbent solution circulation flow amount for the refrigeration cycle. The dry portions of the vertical tube (10; 158) caused due to the storage of the absorbent solution circulation flow amount can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomihisa Oouchi, Kyoji Kohno, Yoshifumi Kunugi, Kenzi Machizawa
  • Patent number: 4520634
    Abstract: A triple-stage absorption refrigeration system including three generators. Solution is supplied from absorber directly to each of the three generators in parallel with each other without flowing through any other generator, and cooling medium is made to flow firstly through the condenser and then through the absorber. Due to these features, corrosion of walls of the first generator in which temperature becomes highest can be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomihisa Oouchi, Sampei Usui, Tamio Fukuda, Akira Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 4499859
    Abstract: A vapor generator for use in, for example, an absorption type water cooler or heater. The vapor generator having a burner section and a boiler section, the boiler section being constituted by an outer casing, an inner casing disposed in the outer casing, and a multiplicity of solution tubes attached in rows to the inner surfaces of wall of the inner casing so as to extend substantially vertically. The interior of the tubes is in communication with a space accommodating a medium to be heated and defined between the inner casing and outer casing. A multiplicity of fins are attached to the inner surfaces of walls of the inner casing in the area around the flame formed by the burner section so as to increase the rate of heat transfer to the medium in the above-mentioned space from the gas in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishiguchi, Sanpei Usui, Tomihisa Oouchi, Kazumi Iwai