Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki GOTOU

Tomoyuki GOTOU 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: 11920077
    Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Masaru Tanaka, Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada, Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kenji Gobou, Hitomi Kuroki, Daisuke Karube, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Tetsushi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11912922
    Abstract: A showcase includes a refrigerant circuit and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (121), a radiator (122), an expansion valve (123), and an evaporator (124). The refrigerant is a low-GWP refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Fujinaka, Masaru Tanaka, Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada, Hitomi Kuroki, Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kenji Gobou, Daisuke Karube, Tatsuya Takakuwa
  • Patent number: 11897829
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a working medium containing difluoroethylene, the difluoroethylene not having self-decomposition properties. A method for producing a working medium containing difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Gotou
  • Publication number: 20240043728
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a novel refrigerant comprising HFO-1132(E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Shun OHKUBO, Satoshi TOKUNO, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takashi USUI, Tatsumi TSUCHIYA, Tsubasa NAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20240010896
    Abstract: An object is to suppress disproportionation in a refrigerant comprising HFO-1132(E). Provided as a means for a solution is a method for suppressing a disproportionation reaction of HFO-1132(E), the method comprising operating a refrigeration cycle using a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and difluoromethane (R32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Shun OHKUBO, Satoshi TOKUNO, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi USUI, Takashi YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11840658
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant characterized by having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein HFO-1132 (E) is present in an amount of 35.0 to 65.0 mass %, and HFO-1234yf is present in an amount of 65.0 to 35.0 mass %, based on the total mass of HFO-1132 (E) and HFO-1234yf, and wherein the refrigerant is for use in operating a refrigeration cycle in which the evaporation temperature is ?75 to ?5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11834601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant that has characteristics of having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (HFC-32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein the total concentration of the three components is 99.5% by mass or more, based on the entire refrigerant, and three components have a mass ratio that falls within a region surrounded by a figure passing through the following 4 points in a ternary composition diagram whose three vertices represent the three components: point A (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=51.8/1.0/47.2 mass %), point B (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=35.3/1.0/63.7 mass %), point C (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=10.1/18.0/71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11834602
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a composition comprising a refrigerant that has the characteristics of having a sufficiently low GWP, and having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A. The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein the total concentration of the three components is 99.5 mass % or more, based on the entire refrigerant, and the three components have a mass ratio that falls within a region surrounded by a figure passing through the following 5 points in a ternary composition diagram whose three vertices represent the three components: point A (HFO-1132(E)/HFO-1123/HFO-1234yf=42.5/1.0/56.5 mass %), point B (HFO-1132(E)/HFO-1123/HFO-1234yf=27.1/1.0/71.9 mass %), point C (HFO-1132(E)/HFO-1123/HFO-1234yf=1.0/30.4/68.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11795359
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant that has characteristics of having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (HFC-32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein the total concentration of the three components is 99.5% by mass or more, based on the entire refrigerant, and three components have a mass ratio that falls within a region surrounded by a figure passing through the following 4 points in a ternary composition diagram whose three vertices represent the three components: point A (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=51.8/1.0/47.2 mass %), point B (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=35.3/1.0/63.7 mass %), point C (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=10.1/18.0/71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11795358
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant characterized by having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein HFO-1132 (E) is present in an amount of 35.0 to 65.0 mass %, and HFO-1234yf is present in an amount of 65.0 to 35.0 mass %, based on the total mass of HFO-1132 (E) and HFO-1234yf, and wherein the refrigerant is for use in operating a refrigeration cycle in which the evaporation temperature is ?75 to ?5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Ohkubo, Mitsushi Itano, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Akihito Mizuno, Tomoyuki Gotou, Yasufu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230323178
    Abstract: Disproportionation in a refrigerant comprising HFO-1132 is suppressed. A composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf), and propane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka WATANABE, Shun OHKUBO, Tomoyuki GOTOU
  • Publication number: 20230265328
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant characterized by having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein HFO-1132 (E) is present in an amount of 35.0 to 65.0 mass%, and HFO-1234yf is present in an amount of 65.0 to 35.0 mass%, based on the total mass of HFO-1132 (E) and HFO-1234yf, and wherein the refrigerant is for use in operating a refrigeration cycle in which the evaporation temperature is -75 to -5° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun OHKUBO, Mitsushi ITANO, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Akihito MIZUNO, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yasufu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230265329
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition having excellent stability of a refrigerant. Provided is a composition comprising a refrigerant and carbon, the refrigerant comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234yf, HFO-1132(E/Z), HFO-1132a, HFO-1123, and FO-1114.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takashi USUI, Yuuko ITO, Yuka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230242801
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition in which a disproportionation reaction of a refrigerant is suppressed, and in which the refrigerant has excellent stability. Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition comprising a refrigerant useful for air-conditioning systems. The composition comprises a refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant comprises a refrigerant that undergoes disproportionation and a refrigerant that does not undergo disproportionation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takashi USUI, Yuuko ITO, Yuka WATANABE, Youhei TAKAKURA, Takuma IWASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230242802
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition with a limited polymerization of a refrigerant, a storage method, and a polymerization inhibition method. The composition contains (1) a refrigerant and (2) oxygen, wherein the concentration of the oxygen (2) is 1 ppm or more by volume at a temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi YOSHIMURA, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230242800
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a composition in which disproportionation of a refrigerant is suppressed, a heat cycle system using the composition, and a method for suppressing a disproportionation reaction of a refrigerant. A composition comprising a refrigerant and a refrigeration oil, the refrigerant comprising at least one refrigerant selected from the group consisting of HFO-1141, HFO-1132(E/Z), HFO-1132a, HFO-1123, and FO-1114, the refrigeration oil having a contact angle with a substrate of 0.1°???90°, the substrate comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of engineering plastics, organic films, inorganic films, glass, and metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi USUI, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Yuuko ITO, Yuka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230203356
    Abstract: The propagation of a disproportionation reaction of a refrigerant is suppressed. Disclosed is a method that uses a composition as a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit, in which the composition includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ethylene-based fluoroolefins, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and the refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a four-way switching valve, and a first refrigerant pipe connecting the compressor and the four-way switching valve, the first refrigerant pipe having a pipe diameter less than or equal to ? inch or a length greater than or equal to 5 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka WATANABE, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yuuko ITOU, Takashi USUI, Takashi YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230203357
    Abstract: A pressure increase in a compressor is suppressed. Disclosed is a method that uses a composition as a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit, in which the composition includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ethylene-based fluoroolefins, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and in the refrigerant circuit, the total internal volume of a refrigerant pipe and a component that are connected to a compressor is greater than or equal to 0.7 times the internal volume of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka WATANABE, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Yuuko ITOU, Takashi USUI, Takashi YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230159810
    Abstract: The propagation of a disproportionation reaction of a refrigerant is suppressed. Disclosed is a method of using a composition as a refrigerant in a compressor, in which the composition includes one or more compounds selected from the group of ethylene-based fluoroolefins, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and the dimension of a gap of a predetermined portion through which the refrigerant flows around an ignition energy generation portion in the compressor is less than or equal to 2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi USUI, Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Yuuko ITOU, Yuka WATANABE, Takuma IWASAKA, Youhei TAKAKURA, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230146651
    Abstract: The propagation of a disproportionation reaction of a refrigerant is suppressed. Disclosed is a method that uses a composition as a refrigerant in a compressor, in which the composition includes one or more compounds selected from the group of ethylene-based fluoroolefins, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through a region around an ignition energy generation portion in the compressor under a predetermined high-pressure condition is greater than or equal to 1 m/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki GOTOU, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takashi USUI, Yuuko ITOU, Yuka WATANABE, Takuma IWASAKA, Youhei TAKAKURA, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Satoshi TOKUNO, Ryohei DEGUCHI