Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kimata
Yoshiyuki Kimata 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).
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Patent number: 11326601Abstract: In a scroll compressor (1) provided with a fixed scroll (3) and an orbiting scroll (5), an inclined portion is provided in which the inter-facing surface distance (L) between an end plate (3a) and an end plate (5a) that face each other decreases continuously from the outer peripheral side towards the inner peripheral side. The inclined portion is configured from wall inclined portions (3b1, 5b1) in which the height of a wall (3b, 5b) decreases continuously from the outer peripheral side towards the inner peripheral side, and end plate inclined portions (3a1, 5a1) in which a tooth bottom surface is inclined in accordance with the incline of the wall inclined portions (3b1, 5b1). The inclined portion is provided across a range of no less than 180° around the center of the spiral.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takahide Ito
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Patent number: 11236749Abstract: Provided is a tip seal that makes it possible to improve the durability of a tip seal installed on the tooth tip of a wall even when a continuously inclined section is provided to the wall. The tip seal is provided with: a tip seal inclined section (7A) installed in a groove section of a wall in which the height changes continuously in a spiral direction; and a tip seal flat section (7B) that is installed in a groove section of the wall in which the height is fixed in the spiral direction and that is adjacent to the tip seal inclined section (7A). A recess (8) is formed at a position away from the adjacent area between the tip seal inclined section (7A) and the tip seal flat section (7B).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yohei Hotta, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takuma Yamashita
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Patent number: 11204034Abstract: In this scroll fluid machine, a tip seal (7) that is in contact with facing end plates (5a) and that is for sealing in a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed on the tooth tip of a wall (3b). The tooth bottoms of the end plates (5a) have a shape in which a central section is deeper than a side section (5d3) in a width direction orthogonal to the spiral direction of a wall (5b). During operation, the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in an inclined section and is in contact with the facing end plates is greater than the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in a flat section and is in contact with the facing end plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yohei Hotta, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takuma Yamashita
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Patent number: 11078906Abstract: A scroll fluid machine that attenuates the bending stress applied to the base of a wall body having an inclined section. The scroll fluid machine is provided with a wall body inclined section in which the distance between the facing surfaces of an end plate of a fixed scroll and an end plate of a rotating scroll that face each other continuously decreases from the outer circumferential side toward the inner circumferential side. A mesh clearance that is a gap between wall bodies formed when the wall bodies mesh with each other is larger on the outer circumferential side of the inclined section than on the inner circumferential side of the inclined section. The mesh clearance is made larger by drawing the wall surface of a wall body further back toward the central side of the wall body in the thickness direction than the original wall surface profile thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Yohei Hotta
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Publication number: 20210156382Abstract: Provided is a tip seal that makes it possible to improve the durability of a tip seal installed on the tooth tip of a wall even when a continuously inclined section is provided to the wall. The tip seal is provided with: a tip seal inclined section (7A) installed in a groove section of a wall in which the height changes continuously in a spiral direction; and a tip seal flat section (7B) that is installed in a groove section of the wall in which the height is fixed in the spiral direction and that is adjacent to the tip seal inclined section (7A). A recess (8) is formed at a position away from the adjacent area between the tip seal inclined section (7A) and the tip seal flat section (7B).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yohei HOTTA, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Takuma YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 11015601Abstract: The present invention improves performance of a scroll fluid machine by effectively exhibiting a function of a tip seal installed at a tooth tip of a wall body even when a continuous slope is provided to the wall body. A slope in which the distance between opposing surfaces of opposing end plates continuously reduces from the outer peripheral surface toward the inner peripheral surface is provided, and a tip seal (7) that comes into contact with an opposing tooth bottom so as to seal a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed at a tooth tip of a wall body (3b) corresponding to the slope. A groove bottom (3d1) of the tip seal groove (3d) is formed into a shape in which the center portion (3d2) in the groove width direction deepest. The tip seal (7) is formed such that the center portion (7a1), in the width direction, of the bottom (7a) of the tip seal (7) facing the groove bottom (3d1) projects farther than both side portions (7a2).Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Yohei Hotta
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Patent number: 11002274Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine which can appropriately set a tip clearance between a tooth base and a tooth crest having an inclined portion and can achieve desired performance. An inclined portion in which a distance between opposing surfaces of an end plate of a fixed scroll and an end plate of an orbiting scroll facing each other gradually decreases from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side is provided. A tip clearance between a tooth crest of a wall of the orbiting scroll and a tooth base of the end plate of the fixed scroll facing the tooth crest at normal temperature is greater on the inner peripheral side than on the outer peripheral side.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takahide Ito
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Patent number: 10975866Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine capable of effectively achieving performance of a tip seal installed in a tooth crest of a wall including an inclined portion. The inclined portion in which a distance between opposing surfaces of end plates facing each other gradually decreases from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side is provided. A tip seal (7) configured to make contact with a tooth base facing the tip seal (7) to perform sealing against fluid is provided in tip seal groove (3d) formed in a tooth crest of a wall (3b) corresponding to the inclined portion. In a stop state where a scroll (3) does not perform compression of fluid, an inclination height (Ls?) of the tip seal (7) is smaller than an inclination height (Ls) of the wall (3b).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Yohei Hotta
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Patent number: 10968908Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine which is capable of inhibiting contact between tooth tip corners and tooth bottom corners. The present invention is provided with: a wall inclined portion (3b1) of which a facing surface has a distance to an end plate which continuously decreases from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side; and an end plate inclined portion (5a1). Chamfered portions (8a) are provided to tooth tip corners (8) of a tooth tip of a wall (3b) which face tooth bottom corners (9) of bases of mating walls (5b). The chamfered portions (8a) have a shape which avoids contact with step parts (9a) which are formed at the tooth bottom, and which are adjacent to the tooth bottom corners (9).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Masashi Hamano, Takahide Ito
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Publication number: 20210071662Abstract: In a scroll compressor (1) provided with a fixed scroll (3) and an orbiting scroll (5), an inclined portion is provided in which the inter-facing surface distance (L) between an end plate (3a) and an end plate (5a) that face each other decreases continuously from the outer peripheral side towards the inner peripheral side. The inclined portion is configured from wall inclined portions (3b1, 5b1) in which the height of a wall (3b, 5b) decreases continuously from the outer peripheral side towards the inner peripheral side, and end plate inclined portions (3a1, 5a1) in which a tooth bottom surface is inclined in accordance with the incline of the wall inclined portions (3b1, 5b1). The inclined portion is provided across a range of no less than 180° around the center of the spiral.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Takahide ITO
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Publication number: 20200370556Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine which can appropriately set a tip clearance between a tooth base and a tooth crest having an inclined portion and can achieve desired performance. An inclined portion in which a distance between opposing surfaces of an end plate of a fixed scroll and an end plate of an orbiting scroll facing each other gradually decreases from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side is provided. A tip clearance between a tooth crest of a wall of the orbiting scroll and a tooth base of the end plate of the fixed scroll facing the tooth crest at normal temperature is greater on the inner peripheral side than on the outer peripheral side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Takahide ITO
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Publication number: 20200309131Abstract: The present invention improves performance of a scroll fluid machine by effectively exhibiting a function of a tip seal installed at a tooth tip of a wall body even when a continuous slope is provided to the wall body. A slope in which the distance between opposing surfaces of opposing end plates continuously reduces from the outer peripheral surface toward the inner peripheral surface is provided, and a tip seal (7) that comes into contact with an opposing tooth bottom so as to seal a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed at a tooth tip of a wall body (3b) corresponding to the slope. A groove bottom (3d1) of the tip seal groove (3d) is formed into a shape in which the center portion (3d2) in the groove width direction deepest. The tip seal (7) is formed such that the center portion (7a1), in the width direction, of the bottom (7a) of the tip seal (7) facing the groove bottom (3d1) projects farther than both side portions (7a2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Yohei HOTTA
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Publication number: 20200095993Abstract: In this scroll fluid machine, a tip seal (7) that is in contact with facing end plates (5a) and that is for sealing in a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed on the tooth tip of a wall (3b). The tooth bottoms of the end plates (5a) have a shape in which a central section is deeper than a side section (5d3) in a width direction orthogonal to the spiral direction of a wall (5b). During operation, the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in an inclined section and is in contact with the facing end plates is greater than the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in a flat section and is in contact with the facing end plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yohei HOTTA, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Takuma YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20190120230Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine that makes it possible to attenuate the bending stress applied to the base of a wall body having an inclined section. The scroll fluid machine is provided with a wall body inclined section in which the distance between the facing surfaces of an end plate of a fixed scroll and an end plate of a rotating scroll that face each other continuously decreases from the outer circumferential side toward the inner circumferential side. A mesh clearance that is a gap between wall bodies formed when the wall bodies mesh with each other is larger on the outer circumferential side of the inclined section than on the inner circumferential side of the inclined section. The mesh clearance is made larger by drawing the wall surface of a wall body further back toward the central side of the wall body in the thickness direction than the original wall surface profile thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Yohei HOTTA
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Publication number: 20190120229Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine capable of effectively achieving performance of a tip seal installed in a tooth crest of a wall including an inclined portion. The inclined portion in which a distance between opposing surfaces of end plates facing each other gradually decreases from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side is provided. A tip seal (7) configured to make contact with a tooth base facing the tip seal (7) to perform sealing against fluid is provided in tip seal groove (3d) formed in a tooth crest of a wall (3b) corresponding to the inclined portion. In a stop state where a scroll (3) does not perform compression of fluid, an inclination height (Ls?) of the tip seal (7) is smaller than an inclination height (Ls) of the wall (3b).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Yohei HOTTA
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Publication number: 20190113033Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine which is capable of inhibiting contact between tooth tip corners and tooth bottom corners. The present invention is provided with: a wall inclined portion (3b1) of which a facing surface has a distance to an end plate which continuously decreases from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side; and an end plate inclined portion (5a1). Chamfered portions (8a) are provided to tooth tip corners (8) of a tooth tip of a wall (3b) which face tooth bottom corners (9) of bases of mating walls (5b). The chamfered portions (8a) have a shape which avoids contact with step parts (9a) which are formed at the tooth bottom, and which are adjacent to the tooth bottom corners (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime SATO, Yoshiyuki KIMATA, Masashi HAMANO, Takahide ITO
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Patent number: 9273684Abstract: An object is to provide a hermetic electric compressor that can simplify the installation structure of an internal protector and improve the ease-of-assembly thereof. In a hermetic electric compressor having a compressor and an electric motor (10) built into a sealed housing (2), the electric motor (10) includes a stator (8) to which plastic insulating bobbins (30) having flanges (30B, 30C) on an inner and outer circumferences of a plurality of tooth parts of a stator core are fitted and around which a stator winding wire (8A) is wound in concentrated winding around the plastic insulating bobbins (30), and an internal protector (29) for electric-motor protection is latched between the inner and outer circumferential flanges (30B, 30C) of the plastic insulating bobbins (30) by being urged against the stator winding wire (8A).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yogo Takasu, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Masanari Uno
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Patent number: 8678796Abstract: A scroll-type compressor whose capacity can be easily changed and with which an inconvenience can be prevented is provided. A scroll-type compressor includes a fixed scroll having a first spiral-shaped wall member provided upright on a side surface of a first end plate, and an orbiting scroll having a second spiral-shaped wall member provided upright on a side surface of the second end plate, the orbiting scroll being supported so as to be capable of orbital revolution movement while being prevented from self rotation by meshing the wall members with each other. Wall-member stepped portions having a small height at the center and a large height at the outer side in a direction along the spiral are formed on the upper edges of the first and second wall members.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kimata, Hajime Sato
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Patent number: D863381Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takahide Ito
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Patent number: D931347Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Takahide Ito