Patents by Inventor Yoshio KOWADA

Yoshio KOWADA 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: 10941769
    Abstract: An object is to optimize a back pressure pressing an orbiting scroll against a fixed scroll in a scroll compressor to which an injection cycle is applied. A back pressure control valve (400) adjusting back pressure (Pm) in a back pressure chamber (H4), adjusts the opening degree of a first valve body (424) increasing and decreasing the flow rate of lubricant which has been separated from gaseous refrigerant compressed in a compression chamber and is supplied to the back pressure chamber (H4), in accordance with suction pressure (Ps) in a suction chamber (H1), discharge pressure (Pd) in a discharge chamber (H2), and injection pressure (Pinj). Then, the back pressure control valve (400) increases and decreases the lubricant flow rate in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj) as well as suction pressure (Ps) and discharge pressure (Pd), to adjust back pressure to target back pressure varying in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo Teshima, Yoshio Kowada, Hiroshi Honda, Yoshinobu Maemura, Misako Kaburagi
  • Publication number: 20200003199
    Abstract: To reduce or prevent failures due to contamination, such as control and/or lubrication failure, the compressor according to the present invention includes an oil separator 230 having a separation portion configured to separate lubricating oil OIL from a working fluid by using a centrifugal force, and a storage portion located below the separation portion and configured to store lubricating oil OIL separated by the separation portion. A hat-shaped trap member 260 is disposed between the separation portion and the storage portion. The trap member 260 allows precipitation and trapping of the contamination CON mixed in the lubricating oil OIL by temporarily storing the lubricating oil OIL separated by the separation portion and discharging a supernatant of the lubricating oil OIL into the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshio KOWADA
  • Publication number: 20190211828
    Abstract: An object is to optimize a back pressure pressing an orbiting scroll against a fixed scroll in a scroll compressor to which an injection cycle is applied. A back pressure control valve (400) adjusting back pressure (Pm) in a back pressure chamber (H4), adjusts the opening degree of a first valve body (424) increasing and decreasing the flow rate of lubricant which has been separated from gaseous refrigerant compressed in a compression chamber and is supplied to the back pressure chamber (H4), in accordance with suction pressure (Ps) in a suction chamber (H1), discharge pressure (Pd) in a discharge chamber (H2), and injection pressure (Pinj). Then, the back pressure control valve (400) increases and decreases the lubricant flow rate in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj) as well as suction pressure (Ps) and discharge pressure (Pd), to adjust back pressure to target back pressure varying in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Atsuo TESHIMA, Yoshio KOWADA, Hiroshi HONDA, Yoshinobu MAEMURA, Misako KABURAGI