Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Masui

Tomohiro Masui 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: 11329343
    Abstract: A battery device for a vehicle, which can be miniaturized while including ancillary instruments such as a relay device. The battery device is mounted in a lower portion of a vehicle, and including a battery case; a plurality of battery modules accommodated in the battery case and arranged such that at least some of the battery modules are stacked in a plurality of levels; and a first relay device that switches connection and disconnection between external electric devices and the battery modules. The first relay device is disposed on a side in a vehicle width direction of a portion where the battery modules are stacked in a plurality of levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Iwata, Junya Kono, Yoshihiko Yayoshi, Tomohiro Masui, Tomoyoshi Matsushima, Kunihiro Jo, Daisuke Watanabe, Yoshinobu Katayama
  • Publication number: 20200343502
    Abstract: A battery device for a vehicle, which can be miniaturized while including ancillary instruments such as a relay device. The battery device is mounted in a lower portion of a vehicle, and including a battery case; a plurality of battery modules accommodated in the battery case and arranged such that at least some of the battery modules are stacked in a plurality of levels; and a first relay device that switches connection and disconnection between external electric devices and the battery modules. The first relay device is disposed on a side in a vehicle width direction of a portion where the battery modules are stacked in a plurality of levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo IWATA, Junya KONO, Yoshihiko YAYOSHI, Tomohiro MASUI, Tomoyoshi MATSUSHIMA, Kunihiro JO, Daisuke WATANABE, Yoshinobu KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10782035
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a header extending in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of heat transfer tubes aligned along the longitudinal direction of the header and connected to the header, a plurality of fins secured to the heat transfer tubes, a first corrective member and a second corrective member. The first corrective member extends along the longitudinal direction of the header on a downstream side of the heat transfer tubes or the header along a direction of an air flow. The second corrective member extends along the longitudinal direction of the header on an upstream side of the heat transfer tubes or the header along the direction of the air flow. A sandwiched object is at least any one of the heat transfer tubes, the fins, and the header. The sandwiched object is sandwiched by the first and second corrective members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kaneda, Eriko Onojima, Tomohiro Masui, Hideki Sawamizu
  • Publication number: 20170370597
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a header extending in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of heat transfer tubes aligned along the longitudinal direction of the header and connected to the header, a plurality of fins secured to the heat transfer tubes, a first corrective member and a second corrective member. The first corrective member extends along the longitudinal direction of the header on a downstream side of the heat transfer tubes or the header along a direction of an air flow. The second corrective member extends along the longitudinal direction of the header on an upstream side of the heat transfer tubes or the header along the direction of the air flow. A sandwiched object is at least any one of the heat transfer tubes, the fins, and the header. The sandwiched object is sandwiched by the first and second corrective members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiko KANEDA, Eriko ONOJIMA, Tomohiro MASUI, Hideki SAWAMIZU
  • Patent number: 9447980
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a casing constituent member and a seal member. The heat exchanger has plural collection header pipes, plural fins disposed at a predetermined fin pitch between the header pipes, and plural heat transfer tubes inserted through the fins and connected to the header pipes. An interstice larger than the fin pitch is formed between one of the header pipes and one of the fins adjacent to the one of the header pipes. The casing constituent member is disposed facing the one of the header pipes and is configured to surround part of the heat exchanger. The seal member is attached to the casing constituent member, is pressed against the one of the header pipes and the one of the fins in the environ of the interstice facing the casing constituent members, becomes deformed, and closes the interstice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Masui, Masashi Kuroishi, Takuya Kazusa, Junichi Hamadate
  • Patent number: 9010142
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached; and a refrigerant jacket which is connected to the power device, and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board is accommodated in a switch box. The refrigerant jacket is fixed to the switch box through a heat transfer plate, and the refrigerant jacket and the printed circuit board are connected together by the switch box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Patent number: 8978404
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board (31) to which a power device (33) is attached; and a refrigerant jacket (20) which is connected to the power device (33), and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board (31) is accommodated in a switch box (40). The refrigerant jacket (20) is fixed to the switch box (40) through a heat transfer plate (50), and the refrigerant jacket (20) and the printed circuit board (31) are connected together by the switch box (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20150041101
    Abstract: An outdoor unit a refrigeration apparatus includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy heat exchanger, an aluminum or aluminum alloy bracket having a securing portion attached directly to the heat exchanger and a fixing portion with a through hole used to fix the bracket to a non-aluminum metal structural part, a non-metal component interposed between the fixing portion of the bracket and the structural part to create a non-contact state, a non-aluminum metal anchoring part, and an anchored structure cooperating with the anchoring part to fasten a fixing portion of the bracket to the structural part via the non-metal component. The anchoring part has an outer shape smaller than the through hole in the fixing portion. The non-metal component maintains, in astute in which the anchoring part is passing through the through hole in the fixing portion, a non-contact state between the bracket and the anchoring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Keitarou Hoshika, Takashi Ono, Hiroki Andou, Tomohiro Masui, Masashi Kuroishi, Satoshi Itou, Junichi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20150007605
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a casing constituent member and a seal member. The heat exchanger has plural collection header pipes, plural fins disposed at a predetermined fin pitch between the header pipes, and plural heat transfer tubes inserted through the fins and connected to the header pipes. An interstice larger than the fin pitch is formed between one of the header pipes and one of the fins adjacent to the one of the header pipes. The casing constituent member is disposed facing the one of the header pipes and is configured to surround part of the heat exchanger. The seal member is attached to the casing constituent member, is pressed against the one of the header pipes and the one of the fins in the environ of the interstice facing the casing constituent members, becomes deformed, and closes the interstice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Masui, Masashi Kuroishi, Takuya Kazusa, Junichi Hamadate
  • Publication number: 20140374078
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes a heat exchanger constructed of aluminum or aluminum alloy, a floor frame supporting the heat exchanger, and a spacer disposed between the heat exchanger and the floor frame. The heat exchanger has a plurality of flat pipes, a header manifold connected to the flat pipes, and a plurality of fins joined to the flat pipes. Heat exchange occurs between a fluid flowing inside the flat pipes and air flowing outside the flat pipes. The spacer has an inclined surface and a horizontal surface. The inclined surface guides condensation from the heat exchanger to the floor frame. The horizontal surface contacts the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger is horizontally mounted on the horizontal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi Ono, Tomohiro Masui, Keitarou Hoshika, Hiroki Andou, Masashi Kuroishi, Satoshi Itou, Junichi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20140374062
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes a heat exchanger constructed of aluminum or aluminum alloy, a floor frame, and a cap. The heat exchanger has a plurality of flat pipes arranged in rows so as to face a side face, a header manifold connected to each of the flat pipes, and a plurality of fins joined to the flat so that an exchange of heat occurs between a fluid flowing inside the flat pipes and air flowing outside the fiat pipes. The heat exchanger is mounted on the floor frame. The cap covers a lower end part of the header manifold from below the header manifold. The cap has a first drainage structure arranged so that if there is a gap between the header manifold and the cap water that has entered the cap via the gap drains out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi Ono, Keitarou Hoshika, Tomohiro Masui, Takuya Kazusa, Junichi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20140360222
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy heat exchanger, an aluminum or aluminum alloy bracket having a fixing portion and a securing portion attached directly to the heat exchanger, a non-aluminum side panel having an opening portion with the fixing portion of the bracket passing through the opening, and a nonmetal component interposed between the bracket and the side panel to form a predetermined space between the bracket and the side panel. The side panel is fixed to the fixing portion of the bracket disposed through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20140190196
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached; and a refrigerant jacket which is connected to the power device, and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board is accommodated in a switch box. The refrigerant jacket is fixed to the switch box through a heat transfer plate, and the refrigerant jacket and the printed circuit board are connected together by the switch box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki OKUDA, Norihiro TAKENAKA, Tomohiro MASUI
  • Patent number: 8464548
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board (31) having a power element (33) and a refrigerant jacket (20) to which the power element (33) is thermally connected, with refrigerant circulating therein used in refrigeration cycle, are provided in an outdoor unit casing (70). The printed-circuit board (31) is provided in a switch box (40). A face of the outdoor unit casing (70) has a service opening (71). The refrigerant jacket (20) faces the service opening (71), being closer to the front side of the outdoor unit casing (70) than the power element (33) as viewed from the service opening (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20110126568
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board (31) to which a power device (33) is attached; and a refrigerant jacket (20) which is connected to the power device (33), and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board (31) is accommodated in a switch box (40). The refrigerant jacket (20) is fixed to the switch box (40) through a heat transfer plate (50), and the refrigerant jacket (20) and the printed circuit board (31) are connected together by the switch box (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20110079033
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board (31) having a power element (33) and a refrigerant jacket (20) to which the power element (33) is thermally connected, with refrigerant circulating therein used in refrigeration cycle, are provided in an outdoor unit casing (70). The printed-circuit board (31) is provided in a switch box (40). A face of the outdoor unit casing (70) has a service opening (71). The refrigerant jacket (20) faces the service opening (71), being closer to the front side of the outdoor unit casing (70) than the power element (33) as viewed from the service opening (71).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui