Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka EIJIMA

Yoshitaka EIJIMA 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: 11719495
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates having openings at four corners thereof, having outer wall portions at their edges, and stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage for first fluid and a second flow passage for second fluid are alternately arranged, with a heat transfer plate interposed between these flow passages, the openings communicating with each other, forming a first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and out of the first flow passage and a second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and out of the second flow passage. One heat transfer plate located between the first or second flow passage is formed by stacking two metal plates. Space between the metal plates includes a fine flow passage located within a heat exchange region, and a peripheral leakage passage outward of the fine flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Faming Sun, Susumu Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Eijima, Sho Shiraishi, Ryosuke Abe, Masahiro Yokoi, Kazutaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11662152
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer plates stacked together and each having openings at four corners thereof. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged with one of the heat transfer plates disposed therebetween, openings at the four corners being connected forming first headers through which the first fluid enters and is discharged and second headers through which the second fluid enters and is discharged. At least one of two heat transfer plates between which the first flow passage or the second flow passage is disposed is formed by a pair of metal plates stacked together. The metal plate adjacent to the second flow passage is thinner than the metal plate adjacent to the first flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Faming Sun, Susumu Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Eijima, Sho Shiraishi, Ryosuke Abe, Masahiro Yokoi, Kazutaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11519673
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates each of which has openings at four corners thereof, and which are stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged, with an associated heat transfer plate interposed between the first and second flow passages. The openings at each of the four corners communicate with each other, thereby forming a first header and a second header, the first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and flow out of the first flow passage, the second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and flow out of the second flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Yoshimura, Faming Sun, Yoshitaka Eijima, Sho Shiraishi, Masahiro Yokoi, Ryosuke Abe, Kazutaka Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210341186
    Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer plates stacked on top of each other, a flow passage, formed by each space between the plurality of heat transfer plates, through which a fluid flows in a first direction; an inner fin disposed in the flow passage, a first projecting portion provided on an inflow side of each of the heat transfer plates and configured to prevent the fluid from flowing into gaps between both ends of the inner fin in a second direction and both ends of the heat transfer plate in the second direction, and a second projecting portion formed on an outflow side of each of the heat transfer plates and configured to perform positioning in placing the inner fin into the heat transfer plate. The first direction is a direction of flow of the fluid through the flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Faming SUN, Susumu YOSHIMURA, Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Sho SHIRAISHI, Ryosuke ABE, Masahiro YOKOI, Kazutaka SUZUKI, Daisuke ITO
  • Publication number: 20210055057
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer plates stacked together and each having openings at four corners thereof. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged with one of the heat transfer plates disposed therebetween, openings at the four corners being connected forming first headers through which the first fluid enters and is discharged and second headers through which the second fluid enters and is discharged. At least one of two heat transfer plates between which the first flow passage or the second flow passage is disposed is formed by a pair of metal plates stacked together. The metal plate adjacent to the second flow passage is thinner than the metal plate adjacent to the first flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Faming SUN, Susumu YOSHIMURA, Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Sho SHIRAISHI, Ryosuke ABE, Masahiro YOKOI, Kazutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200408475
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates having openings at four corners thereof, having outer wall portions at their edges, and stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage for first fluid and a second flow passage for second fluid are alternately arranged, with a heat transfer plate interposed between these flow passages, the openings communicating with each other, forming a first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and out of the first flow passage and a second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and out of the second flow passage. One heat transfer plate located between the first or second flow passage is formed by stacking two metal plates. Space between the metal plates includes a fine flow passage located within a heat exchange region, and a peripheral leakage passage outward of the fine flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Faming SUN, Susumu YOSHIMURA, Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Sho SHIRAISHI, Ryosuke ABE, Masahiro YOKOI, Kazutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200408465
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates each of which has openings at four corners thereof, and which are stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged, with an associated heat transfer plate interposed between the first and second flow passages. The openings at each of the four corners communicate with each other, thereby forming a first header and a second header, the first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and flow out of the first flow passage, the second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and flow out of the second flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu YOSHIMURA, Faming SUN, Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Sho SHIRAISHI, Masahiro YOKOI, Ryosuke ABE, Kazutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200072561
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has first heat transfer plates and second heat transfer plates laminated atop one another, and each including a plate portion in which an inflow/outflow hole is formed, a first outer circumferential wall portion or second outer circumferential wall portion that extends on one surface side of the plate portion and that defines a channel together with a plate portion adjacent to the one surface side, and a first inner fin or a second inner fin that is attached to an inside portion of the channel. The first inner fin is mounted at a position, spaced part from a first fluid inflow/outflow hole, inside the channel, on the one surface of the plate portion and the second inner fin is mounted at a position, spaced apart from a second fluid inflow/outflow hole inside the channel, on the one surface of the plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Susumu YOSHIMURA, Masahiro YOKOI, Takahiro HORI, Sho SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20200041218
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger causes heat exchange to be performed using a plurality of heat transfer plates stacked. Each of the heat transfer plates includes a plate body, a first-medium inlet, a first-medium outlet, a second-medium inlet, a second-medium outlet, and a projection that provides a passage. At least one of the first-medium inlet and the first-medium outlet is located at one of two corners at one end of the plate body which the projection contacts. At least one of the second-medium inlet and the second-medium outlet is located at one of two corners at the other end of the plate body from which the projection is separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi NAKAZONO, Shigetoshi IPPOSHI, Masaru SHINOZAKI, Yugo ASAI, Yusuke KIMOTO, Yoshihiro MIYAMA, Yuichi USUDA, Yoshitaka EIJIMA, Seiji MARUYAMA