Patents by Inventor Yuya MIZUTANI

Yuya MIZUTANI 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: 20240018437
    Abstract: A working fluid filled in a refrigerant circulation system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, an evaporator, and an accumulator, the working fluid comprising: a refrigerant; and a refrigerating machine oil, wherein the refrigerant comprises a hydrocarbon refrigerant having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, the refrigerating machine oil has a mixed aniline point of 20° C. or higher and 50° C. or lower and a viscosity index of 110 or more, an amount of the refrigerant dissolved in the working fluid is 40% by mass or less under conditions of a temperature of 80° C. and an absolute pressure of 2.8 MPa, and the refrigerating machine oil has a kinematic viscosity at ?10° C. of 200 mm2/s or more and 3000 mm2/s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya MIZUTANI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Motoya OKAZAKI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20230135466
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester-based base oil, at least one epoxy compound selected from an alkyl glycidyl ether and an aryl glycidyl ether, and a phenol-based antioxidant, wherein a content of the epoxy compound is 0.7% by mass or more based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodomethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGAI, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Patent number: 11505760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a hydrocarbon-based base oil having a viscosity index of 120 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shono, Akira Tada, Yuya Mizutani, Takeshi Okido, Hidetoshi Ogata, Tatsuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11485926
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a lubricating base oil and at least one selected from the group consisting of an amine salt of phosphonic acid and an amine salt of phosphonic acid monoester, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shono, Tatsuki Nakajima, Shogo Hashimoto, Yuya Mizutani, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20220332996
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, containing: a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodometbane; and a refrigerating machine oil containing a polyol ester and a hindered phenol compound, wherein a content of the hindered phenol compound is 0.6 to 10% by mass based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGAI, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20220325159
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, containing: a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodomethane; and a refrigerating machine oil containing a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol, a polybasic acid, and at least one selected from a monohydric alcohol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGAI, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20220267696
    Abstract: A method for operating a refrigerant circulation system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator connected in this order with piping, wherein a refrigerant comprising trifluoroiodomethane is used as a refrigerant; a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, a polyolester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol and fatty acids, with a proportion of a fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms in the fatty acids being 65 mol % or less is used as a refrigerating machine oil; and a temperature of an entire area of the refrigerant circulation system is kept at 160° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGAI, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Patent number: 11384271
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine including a refrigerant circulation system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator, and the refrigerant circulation system being filled with a refrigerant and a refrigerating machine oil, wherein the refrigerating machine oil contains: a first base oil having a compatible region with the refrigerant in a range of a temperature of 30° C. or lower and an oil ratio of 1 to 80% by mass; and a second base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. lower than the first base oil and having a narrower compatible region with the refrigerant than the first base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yuya Mizutani, Satoshi Nagai, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20220106538
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil, a dithiophosphoric acid ester, and a phosphonate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Shogo HASHIMOTO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20220098507
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a lubricating base oil and at least one selected from the group consisting of an amine salt of phosphonic acid and an amine salt of phosphonic acid monoester, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Shogo HASHIMOTO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20220064562
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil, a dithiophosphoric acid ester, and an amine salt of an acidic phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA, Shogo HASHIMOTO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Patent number: 11001779
    Abstract: The present invention, in one aspect, provides a refrigerating machine oil including a lubricating base oil and a compound represented by the following formula (A): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant including an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shono, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yuya Mizutani, Takeshi Okido, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20210054301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a hydrocarbon-based base oil having a viscosity index of 120 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Akira TADA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Takeshi OKIDO, Hidetoshi OGATA, Tatsuki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210009884
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine including a refrigerant circulation system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator, and the refrigerant circulation system being filled with a refrigerant and a refrigerating machine oil, wherein the refrigerating machine oil contains: a first base oil having a compatible region with the refrigerant in a range of a temperature of 30° C. or lower and an oil ratio of 1 to 80% by mass; and a second base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. lower than the first base oil and having a narrower compatible region with the refrigerant than the first base oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Yuya MIZUTANI, Satoshi NAGAI, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Patent number: 10759982
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 7.5 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Shono, Akira Tada, Yuya Mizutani, Takeshi Okido, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Patent number: 10723926
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okido, Hiroko Shimpo, Yuya Mizutani, Hidetoshi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20190194567
    Abstract: The present invention, in one aspect, provides a refrigerating machine oil including a lubricating base oil and a compound represented by the following formula (A): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant including an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Yuya MIZUTANI, Takeshi OKIDO, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20190161701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil including a lubricating base oil and a compound represented by the following formula (A): wherein Ra and Rb each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, Rc represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, X represents a polar group, and Za and Zb each independently represent oxygen atom or sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Akira TADA, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20190078005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising, as a base oil, at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 7.5 or less, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHONO, Akira TADA, Yuya MIZUTANI, Takeshi OKIDO, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180215977
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OKIDO, Hiroko SHIMPO, Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA