Patents by Inventor Akimoto SUZUKI
Akimoto SUZUKI 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: 11047592Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a wire attachment part on which a wire is placed, a wire retainer configured to retain the wire placed on the wire attachment part, a wall part provided on one lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having a plurality of opening ports each configured to receive a protrusion part formed at one end of the wire retainer, a plurality of boss parts provided on the other lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having heights different from each other, the wire retainer having the other end to be fastened to any one of the plurality of boss parts, and a fastener configured to fasten the wire retainer to the one of the plurality of boss parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinji Kawai, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda
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Patent number: 10883740Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing crazing, which occurs in a fixing claw or a claw receiver due to intrusion of oil or solvent. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a rear casing and a front casing. An upper wall is formed, and an overlap portion is formed. The fixing claw is provided, and the claw receiver is provided. The upper wall has a front portion on a front side with respect to the fixing claw, and the claw receiver protrudes rearward from the overlap portion. A recessed portion which is opened upward is formed on a front side of the claw receiver of the overlap portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Naito, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Takuya Goto, Katsuya Ishigami, Shinji Kawai
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Patent number: 10690376Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an air purifying filter including a filter body for air purification, a pair of bearing units, and a pair of protrusions that extend outward from the filter body; and an air filter for dust collection including a pair of shaft units coupled with the respective bearing units, and a pair of supports accommodating the respective protrusions. The protrusions are placed into the respective supports from the direction of the respective shaft units.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Katsuya Ishigami, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Takuya Goto, Yosuke Naito, Shinji Kawai
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Patent number: 10634384Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a front panel arranged on a front side of an indoor unit body and having a flat shaped front surface; and a design cover mounted on a front side of the front panel and including an upper design cover and a lower design cover formed separately from the upper design cover, the front panel including: a recess formed to be recessed from the front side to a back side in a center of the front panel in an up-and-down direction in front view, and extending from an inner side of a left end portion of the front panel to an inner side of a right end portion of the front panel; an air inlet formed below the recess; a left-hand recess side portion; and a right-hand recess side portion. The left-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the left-hand recess side portion, the right-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the right-hand recess side portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Youhei Koyanagi
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Patent number: 10591181Abstract: A highly reliable indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus prevents condensation water from dripping from an end portion of an up-down airflow direction louver on the downstream side of an airflow. There are provided a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and including a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan inside the casing; and an up-down airflow direction louver that is disposed at the air outlet and controls the up-down direction of air from the air outlet. The airflow direction louver includes first and second plates joined together and a water absorber at an end portion of the airflow direction louver on the downstream side of the airflow that passes along the airflow direction louver. The water absorber is held between the first and second plates. A portion of the water absorber is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Kiyoshi Yasutomi
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Patent number: 10495342Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus including a rectangular front panel provided on a front surface side of an indoor unit body. The rectangular front panel is constructed such that a design panel is mounted to a front surface side of a base panel, that a flange of the design panel is received in a groove portion of the base panel, and that first fitting portions of the base panel and second fitting portions of the design panel are fitted to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akimoto Suzuki, Masato Ishikawa, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Youhei Koyanagi
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Publication number: 20190078804Abstract: A highly reliable indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus prevents condensation water from dripping from an end portion of an up-down airflow direction louver on the downstream side of an airflow. There are provided a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and including a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan inside the casing; and an up-down airflow direction louver that is disposed at the air outlet and controls the up-down direction of air from the air outlet. The airflow direction louver includes first and second plates joined together and a water absorber at an end portion of the airflow direction louver on the downstream side of the airflow that passes along the airflow direction louver. The water absorber is held between the first and second plates. A portion of the water absorber is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Kiyoshi YASUTOMI
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Publication number: 20180328621Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing crazing, which occurs in a fixing claw or a claw receiver due to intrusion of oil or solvent. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a rear casing and a front casing. An upper wall is formed, and an overlap portion is formed. The fixing claw is provided, and the claw receiver is provided. The upper wall has a front portion on a front side with respect to the fixing claw, and the claw receiver protrudes rearward from the overlap portion. A recessed portion which is opened upward is formed on a front side of the claw receiver of the overlap portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Yosuke NAITO, Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Takuya GOTO, Katsuya ISHIGAMI, Shinji KAWAI
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Publication number: 20180320923Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a wire attachment part on which a wire is placed, a wire retainer configured to retain the wire placed on the wire attachment part, a wall part provided on one lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having a plurality of opening ports each configured to receive a protrusion part formed at one end of the wire retainer, a plurality of boss parts provided on the other lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having heights different from each other, the wire retainer having the other end to be fastened to any one of the plurality of boss parts, and a fastener configured to fasten the wire retainer to the one of the plurality of boss parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Shinji KAWAI, Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA
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Publication number: 20180313573Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an air purifying filter including a filter body for air purification, a pair of bearing units, and a pair of protrusions that extend outward from the filter body; and an air filter for dust collection including a pair of shaft units coupled with the respective bearing units, and a pair of supports accommodating the respective protrusions. The protrusions are placed into the respective supports from the direction of the respective shaft units.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Katsuya ISHIGAMI, Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Takuya GOTO, Yosuke NAITO, Shinji KAWAI
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Publication number: 20180283730Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus including a rectangular front panel provided on a front surface side of an indoor unit body. The rectangular front panel is constructed such that a design panel is mounted to a front surface side of a base panel, that a flange of the design panel is received in a groove portion of the base panel, and that first fitting portions of the base panel and second fitting portions of the design panel are fitted to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akimoto SUZUKI, Masato ISHIKAWA, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Youhei KOYANAGI
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Patent number: 10054307Abstract: A communication device constitutes part of an apparatus and communicates with other apparatuses. The communication device includes a case having an opening; a plurality of indicator lamps accommodated in the case, at a position corresponding to the opening; and an indicator lamp cover that is provided so as to be slidable in a direction in which the plurality of indicator lamps are arranged and that is used to adjust an opening degree of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisanori Ikeda, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Youhei Koyanagi, Takuya Goto, Katsuya Ishigami, Shinji Kawai, Yosuke Naito, Kiyoshi Yasutomi
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Publication number: 20180172312Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit to be mounted on a wall includes: a front panel provided on a front side of an indoor unit main body; and a design cover formed of a transparent component and mounted so as to cover the front side of the front panel. The design cover includes a rectangular flat portion and peripheral wall portions provided at side portions of the flat portion and projecting on a back side of the flat portion. A plurality of projections each of which extends continuously from a left end portion of the flat portion to a right end portion of the flat portion in a front view, or a plurality of recesses each of which extends continuously from the left end portion of the flat portion to the right end portion of the flat portion, are provided on a back side of the flat portion, and the projections or the recesses are aligned in an up-down direction. A pearl coating is provided on a back side of the design cover, and a background color coating is further provided on the pearl coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Youhei KOYANAGI
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Patent number: 9976758Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the instalType: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akimoto Suzuki, Masato Ishikawa, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Youhei Koyanagi, Takuya Goto, Shinji Kawai, Katsuya Ishigami, Yosuke Naito
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Publication number: 20180080679Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a front panel arranged on a front side of an indoor unit body and having a flat shaped front surface; and a design cover mounted on a front side of the front panel and including an upper design cover and a lower design cover formed separately from the upper design cover, the front panel including: a recess formed to be recessed from the front side to a back side in a center of the front panel in an up-and-down direction in front view, and extending from an inner side of a left end portion of the front panel to an inner side of a right end portion of the front panel; an air inlet formed below the recess; a left-hand recess side portion; and a right-hand recess side portion. The left-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the left-hand recess side portion, the right-hand recess side portion is flat and flush with flat surfaces above and below the right-hand recess side portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Youhei KOYANAGI
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Patent number: 9816867Abstract: Provided is a thermistor fixing structure capable of facilitating insertion of a thermistor into a temperature sensitive cylinder, and preventing the thermistor from easily dropping off the temperature sensitive cylinder. In a thermistor fixing structure (4000), a fixture (400) for pressing a thermistor (80) against an inner surface of a temperature sensitive cylinder (90) includes an inner bending section (20) formed at one end portion (12) of a longitudinal section (10) so as to function as a stopper for the thermistor (80) inserted into the temperature sensitive cylinder (90) from a cylinder insertion end (95), an outer bending section (50) formed at the one end portion (12) of the longitudinal section (10) so as to be opposed to a cylinder stop end (94), and an inner folding section (30) and an outer folding section (60) formed at another end portion (13) of the longitudinal section (10) so as to sandwich a cylinder top surface of the temperature sensitive cylinder (90).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Takuya Goto, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Shuhei Yokota, Youhei Koyanagi, Katsuya Ishigami
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Patent number: 9523511Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction, and a front panel covering at least a part of a front side of the wall. On a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed. The opening is configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisanori Ikeda, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Youhei Koyanagi, Takuya Goto, Katsuya Ishigami, Shinji Kawai, Yosuke Naito
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Publication number: 20160040901Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction, and a front panel covering at least a part of a front side of the wall. On a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed. The opening is configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Hisanori IKEDA, Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Youhei KOYANAGI, Takuya GOTO, Katsuya ISHIGAMI, Shinji KAWAI, Yosuke NAITO
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Publication number: 20160033161Abstract: The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a fan; a heat exchanger located on a front side of the indoor unit with respect to the fan and on an upstream side with respect to the fan; an electrical component unit arranged in front of the heat exchanger in a horizontally long posture; a front designed panel located on a foremost side of the indoor unit in an openable and closeable manner; and an electrical component cover removably mounted to members forming a casing of the indoor unit, the electrical component cover including: a lower cover plate for covering a lower side of the electrical component unit; and a front cover plate for covering a front side of the electrical component unit. The front cover plate is exposed when the front designed panel is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Youhei KOYANAGI, Masato ISHIKAWA, Akimoto SUZUKI, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Takuya GOTO, Yosuke NAITO, Katsuya ISHIGAMI, Shinji KAWAI
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Publication number: 20160025357Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the instalType: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Akimoto SUZUKI, Masato ISHIKAWA, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA, Youhei KOYANAGI, Takuya GOTO, Shinji KAWAI, Katsuya ISHIGAMI, Yosuke NAITO