Patents by Inventor Tomoki NISHIMORI

Tomoki NISHIMORI 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: 10919365
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an expansion valve device which is capable of being mounted easily. The expansion valve device includes: an expansion valve body that depressurizes refrigerant; and a casing in which the expansion valve body is housed. The casing includes a tube portion having an opening through which the expansion valve body is able to pass. The tube portion is formed integrally to surround over an entire perimeter of the expansion valve body. The tube portion has: an elastic holding portion formed of an elastic material and holding the expansion valve body by a reaction force due to elastic deformation by surrounding the entire perimeter of the expansion valve body; and a support portion formed of a material having a higher rigidity than the elastic holding portion and supporting the elastic holding portion. At least a part of the support portion is exposed to outside of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoki Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20190291541
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an expansion valve device which is capable of being mounted easily. The expansion valve device includes: an expansion valve body that depressurizes refrigerant; and a casing in which the expansion valve body is housed. The casing includes a tube portion having an opening through which the expansion valve body is able to pass. The tube portion is formed integrally to surround over an entire perimeter of the expansion valve body. The tube portion has: an elastic holding portion formed of an elastic material and holding the expansion valve body by a reaction force due to elastic deformation by surrounding the entire perimeter of the expansion valve body; and a support portion formed of a material having a higher rigidity than the elastic holding portion and supporting the elastic holding portion. At least a part of the support portion is exposed to outside of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Tomoki NISHIMORI