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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Toyoaki Kiya, Saitama, JP;

Osamu Kosuda, Saitama, JP;

Ryosuke Tsuihiji, Gunma, JP;

Ibuki Sukegawa, Gunma, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 31/00 (2006.01); F25B 6/02 (2006.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 31/004 (2013.01); F25B 6/02 (2013.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01); F25B 2400/075 (2013.01); F25B 2700/03 (2013.01); F25B 2700/191 (2013.01); F25B 2700/195 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refrigeration apparatus includes N refrigeration units each including a compressor, an oil separator, an oil return pipe, and a heat dissipation heat exchanger; N pressure reducing valves each connected to the heat dissipation heat exchanger of a corresponding one of the N refrigeration units; and an oil return control mechanism that controls a return destination of the oil separated by the oil separators of the N refrigeration units. The oil return control mechanism includes an oil supply pipe that connects the oil return pipes of the N refrigeration units to each other, and a flow control mechanism, which controls a flowing condition of oil in the oil supply pipe, disposed in the oil supply pipe.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kiya, Toyoaki. (2025). Refrigeration apparatus with oil return control mechanism for compressors (U.S. Patent No. 12474094). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12474094

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