Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Nakane

Yoshiyuki Nakane 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).

  • Publication number: 20070176512
    Abstract: A rotary shaft is rotatable relative to a motor rotor. A first end face of the motor rotor is exposed to the outside of a stator. A hammer portion is provided at the first end face. The hammer portion is configured to be movable as the motor rotor rotates. A collision portion rotating integrally with the rotary shaft is configured to collide with the hammer portion. The allowance space between the collision portion and the hammer portion allows the hammer portion to be move relative to the collision portion. Therefore, the electric pump is capable of detaching a rotor from a pump chamber without increasing the size of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiro Fujii, Yoshiyuki Nakane
  • Patent number: 7162797
    Abstract: A compressor has a compression unit for compressing gas to a desired pressure, a drive shaft and a balancer. The drive shaft is connected to the compression unit for driving the compression unit. Imbalance on the drive shaft is generated due to movement of the compression unit. The balancer is mounted on the drive shaft and includes a main portion and adjustable portion for correcting the imbalance on the drive shaft. Preferably, at least one of the weight and the shape of the adjustable portion is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masato Sowa, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Takahiro Moroi, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Patent number: 7117782
    Abstract: A compressor is provided for guiding lubricating oil separated from the discharged refrigerant by an oil separator to a radial bearing supporting a drive shaft through an oil supply hole. A rotating member that rotates together with the drive shaft is provided adjacent to the radial bearing on the drive shaft, and lubricating oil is supplied to the radial bearing via a gap between an external surface of the rotating member and an internal surface of a circular hole that supports the rotating member. An oil support groove, which alternately communicates with the oil supply hole and the discharge hole every time the rotating member rotates once, is provided on the external surface of the rotating member, and the lubricating oil flowing in from the oil supply hole is intermittently discharged into a drive chamber via the groove and the discharge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Tatsuya Koide, Kenichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20050053482
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, a suction passage, a compression unit, a drive unit, a suction piping and a thermal insulating member. The housing forms a configuration of the compressor. The suction passage is formed in the housing for introducing a suction gas. The compression unit is provided in the housing for compressing the suction gas. The drive unit is provided in the housing for driving the compression unit. The suction piping is attached to the housing for connecting to the suction passage. The thermal insulating member is interposed between the housing and the suction piping for preventing heat transfer from the housing to the suction piping, and the thermal insulating member has a through hole which interconnects the suction passage and the suction piping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Publication number: 20050053480
    Abstract: The present invention prevents the clogging of an oil supply hole in a compressor due to foreign substances, such as sludge, and avoids performance degradation caused by leakage of discharged refrigerant. In a compressor that is configured to guide lubricating oil separated from the discharged refrigerant by an oil separator to a radial bearing 10 supporting a drive shaft 8, through a oil supply hole 29, a rotating member 30 that rotates together with the drive shaft 8 is provided adjacent to the radial bearing 10 on the drive shaft 8, and lubricating oil is supplied to the radial bearing 10 via a gap between the external surface of the rotating member 30 and the internal surface of a circular hole 31 that supports the rotating member 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Tatsuya Koide, Kenichi Morita
  • Patent number: 6860729
    Abstract: A compressor has a compression unit for compressing gas to a desired pressure, a drive shaft and a balancer. The drive shaft is connected to the compression unit for driving the compression unit. Imbalance on the drive shaft is generated due to movement of the compression unit. The balancer is mounted on the drive shaft and includes a main portion and adjustable portion for correcting the imbalance on the drive shaft. Preferably, at least one of the weight and the shape of the adjustable portion is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masato Sowa, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Takahiro Moroi, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Publication number: 20050025651
    Abstract: A compressor has a compression unit for compressing gas to a desired pressure, a drive shaft and a balancer. The drive shaft is connected to the compression unit for driving the compression unit. Imbalance on the drive shaft is generated due to movement of the compression unit. The balancer is mounted on the drive shaft and includes a main portion and adjustable portion for correcting the imbalance on the drive shaft. Preferably, at least one of the weight and the shape of the adjustable portion is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Masato Sowa, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Toshiru Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Takahiro Moroi, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Publication number: 20040191100
    Abstract: A compressor, which is cooled by cooling medium, includes a compression chamber, a first cooling chamber and a second cooling chamber. In the compression chamber, gas is compressed and then discharged therefrom. The first cooling chamber, in which the cooling medium flows, is provided so as to adjoin the compression chamber for cooling the gas in the compression chamber. The second cooling chamber adjoins the first cooling chamber. The second cooling chamber has a gas passage in which the discharged gas flows and a medium passage in which the cooling medium flows. The medium passage is arranged so as to restrain transmission of heat of the discharged gas in the gas passage to the cooling medium in the first cooling chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Hidefumi Mori, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Kazuho Yamada, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Publication number: 20040184940
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor includes a fixed scroll member and a movable scroll member to define compression chambers. The movable scroll member orbits relative to the fixed scroll member to compress gas in the compression chambers. The compressed gas is discharged to a discharge port. The compressor also includes a filter chamber and a cooling chamber. The filter chamber communicates with the discharge port for accommodating a first filter to at least partially filter the compressed gas. The cooling chamber is located adjacent to the filter chamber for containing coolant fluid that cools the compressed gas in the filter chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Masahiko Okada
  • Patent number: 6793464
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing that has cylinder bores. A swash plate chamber communicates to the cylinder bores and a motor chamber partitioned from the swash plate chamber. A motor is disposed in the motor chamber actuates a drive mechanism in the swash plate chamber so as to move pistons in the cylinder bores. The refrigerant gas is supplied to an interior refrigerant passage of the compressor from an external refrigerant circuit. The swash plate chamber and the motor chamber are separated in the air tight manner. The motor chamber is connected to the interior refrigerant passage by a refrigerant path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Susumu Tarao
  • Patent number: 6776592
    Abstract: In a region where heat deformation of a movable scroll spiral wall and/or a fixed scroll spiral wall for a scroll type compressor is relatively large, a relieving part is formed for relieving the heat deformation of the movable scroll spiral wall and/or the fixed scroll spiral wall in at least a part of at least one of an outer circumferential wall of the movable scroll spiral wall and an inner circumferential wall of the fixed scroll spiral wall, which corresponds to the outer circumferential wall of the movable scroll spiral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Kazuho Sato, Tsutomu Nasuda, Hisao Hamasaki
  • Publication number: 20040067147
    Abstract: In a region where heat deformation of a movable scroll spiral wall and/or a fixed scroll spiral wall for a scroll type compressor is relatively large, a relieving part is formed for relieving the heat deformation of the movable scroll spiral wall and/or the fixed scroll spiral wall in at least a part of at least one of an outer circumferential wall of the movable scroll spiral wall and an inner circumferential wall of the fixed scroll spiral wall, which corresponds to the outer circumferential wall of the movable scroll spiral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Kazuho Sato, Tsutomu Nasuda, Hisao Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 6692205
    Abstract: A compressor has a compression unit, a drive motor, a motor housing and an outer cylinder. The compression unit compresses fluid. The drive motor drives the compression unit. The motor housing surrounds the drive motor. The outer cylinder is mounted on an outer circumferential side of the motor housing for defining a cooling jacket between the outer cylinder and the motor housing for cooling the drive motor by a fluid flowing in the cooling jacket. The outer cylinder is indirectly fixed to the motor housing by press-fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Takahiro Moroi, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Patent number: 6663364
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor includes a housing, a fixed scroll member, a movable scroll member, a discharge port, a cooling chamber and a gas cooler. The fixed scroll member is fixed to the housing. The movable scroll member is accommodated in the housing and defining a compression region with the fixed scroll member where gas is compressed by orbiting the movable scroll member relative to the fixed scroll member. The compressed gas is discharged from the compression region through the discharge port. The cooling chamber for cooling the compressed gas is disposed in the vicinity of the compression region in the housing. The gas cooler for passing the gas discharged from the discharge port extends along the cooling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masahiko Okada, Takahiro Moroi, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Tsutomu Nasuda, Ryuta Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6644946
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor has a housing, a drive shaft, a fixed scroll member, a movable scroll member, a suction port and a discharge port. The drive shaft is rotatably supported by the housing. The fixed scroll member is fixed to the housing. The movable scroll member is accommodated in the housing, and the faces the fixed scroll member. The housing and the fixed scroll member define a cooling region. The fixed scroll member and the movable scroll member define a compression region. The suction port introduces gas into the compressor. The discharge port discharges the gas. Heat resistant means is disposed at least between the cooling region and the compression region. Heat resistance of the heat resistant means adjacent to the outermost compression region is greater than that of the heat resistant means adjacent to the innermost compression region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Takahiro Moroi, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Tsutomu Nasuda
  • Patent number: 6632074
    Abstract: A multistage piston compressor includes a case and a suction chamber and a discharge chamber provided in the case. A rotary shaft is supported in the case. A valve plate provided in the case includes suction ports and discharge ports. A plurality of bores are provided at predetermined intervals about the axis of the shaft. Pistons are housed in the bores and compress refrigerant by reciprocating in accordance with the rotation of the shaft. An intermediate chamber connects a discharge port with a suction port. The refrigerant is compressed in stages by passing through a plurality of bores via the intermediate chamber. Compression chambers are defined between the pistons and the valve plate. A communication passage is provided for setting the pressures acting on the rear faces of the pistons to an intermediate pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Susumu Tarao, Kenichi Morita
  • Patent number: 6609897
    Abstract: A single-headed piston (22) is accommodated within each of a plurality of cylinder bores (13) formed on a cylinder block (13). Shoes (23) are disposed between a swash plate (11) and each single-headed piston (22). The rotation force of the swash plate (11) is transmitted to the single-headed piston (22) via the shoes (23). Each single-headed piston (22) makes a reciprocating motion within the cylinder bore (131) accompanied by the rotation of the swash plate (11). A rotary shaft (16) fixed to the swash plate (11) is driven by a motor (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Susumu Tarao, Kenichi Morita, Kazuo Murakami, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030138336
    Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder block, a chamber housing, a drive shaft, a piston, and a cam mechanism. The cylinder block has a plurality of cylinder bores and a muffler chamber. The muffle chamber is formed within the cylinder block in a space between the cylinder bores. The chamber housing is secured to one end of the cylinder block and has at least a pair of a suction chamber and a discharge chamber located near each of the cylinder bores. The discharge chamber communicates with the muffler chamber. The drive shaft is rotatably supported in the cylinder block. The piston is disposed in each of the cylinder bores for compressing gas to generate compressed gas. The cam mechanism converts rotation of the drive shaft to reciprocating movement of the piston. In the present invention, pressure pulsations are suppressed without increasing the compressor in size even when the high-pressure refrigerant such as carbon dioxide is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Naoya Yokomachi, Kazuo Murakami, Tatsuya Koide, Yumin Hishinuma
  • Patent number: 6582202
    Abstract: In a compressor that is configured to guide the lubricating oil separated from the discharged refrigerant by an oil separator to the radial bearing supporting the drive shaft, through an oil supply hole 29, a rotating member 30 that rotates together with said drive shaft is provided adjacent to the radial bearing on the drive shaft. Moreover, an outlet 29a of the oil supply hole 29 opens to the internal surface of a circular hole 31 that supports the rotating member 30. A channel 34 for restricting the flow rate comprises a gap defined between the rotating member 30 and the circular hole 31, and restricts the flow rate discharged front the oil supply hole 29 to the radial bearing, and at the same rime, the rotation of the rotating member 30 sweeps out foreign substances, such as sludge, from the outlet 29a of the oil supply hole 29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Toshiro Fujii, Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Kenichi Morita
  • Patent number: 6568917
    Abstract: In a reciprocating compressor, an adequate lubricating effect is ensured for a sliding surface between a piston and a cylinder bore, and the leakage of a refrigerant for discharge is prevented. After a lubricating oil mixed within the refrigerant is separated by an oil separator 23 on a discharge side, the separated lubricating oil is guided via an oil supply hole 29 in a cylinder block 1 to the sliding surface between the cylinder bore 12 and the piston 13 that reciprocates within the cylinder bore 12 thereof in order to lubricate the surface. In this reciprocating compressor, the intermediate axial portion of the outer circumference of the piston 13 has a small diameter in order to define an oil sump 30. The oil sump 30 is configured so as not to directly communicate with a drive chamber 7, and oil always collects within the oil sump 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Toshiro Fujii, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Susumu Tarao