Patents by Inventor Akira Maeda
Akira Maeda 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: 10539358Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a header main pipe to which an indoor pipe is connected at a brazed portion and header branch pipes. The header branch pipes are connected to first ends of heat-transfer pipes included in an indoor heat exchanger at brazed portions. The indoor pipe is connected to indoor refrigerant branch pipes at brazed portions. The indoor refrigerant branch pipes are connected to second ends of the heat-transfer pipes. A first leaked refrigerant receiver is disposed under the brazed portions. A first temperature sensor is disposed in the first leaked refrigerant receiver. A second leaked refrigerant receiver is disposed under flare joints connecting the indoor pipes to extension pipes, respectively. A second temperature sensor is disposed in the second leaked refrigerant receiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takao Komai, Akira Maeda, Masafumi Tomita, Masahiro Takamura
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Patent number: 10436486Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is installed at an installation height of h0 or more in an installation floor space A [m2] and a refrigerant amount M [kg] to be filled falls within (formula) M??×G??×h0×A.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akira Maeda, Takao Komai, Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 10393413Abstract: A load unit includes a water circuit chamber configured to accommodate at least a part of a water circuit configured to allow water to flow therethrough, a fan, an air inlet formed at a height positioned different from that of the air inlet and configured to suck indoor air therethrough, an air outlet configured to blow indoors the air sucked through the air inlet, and an air passage formed between the air inlet and the air outlet so as to be isolated from the water circuit chamber. A load-side heat exchanger is provided in the air passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takao Komai, Akira Maeda, Mitsuru Kawashima
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Patent number: 10373311Abstract: Inspection of a shape-fixed medicine is performed before packing. A medicine inspection assistance device includes: a medicine support part for rotatably supporting a shape-fixed medicine by a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller, and a medicine imaging part having an imaging means for imaging the shape-fixed medicine supported by the medicine support part from above. The medicine support part is configured such that a contact position between the first rotating roller and the shape-fixed medicine is located above the second rotating roller and the contact position is closer to an axis of the first rotating roller than a gravity center position of the shape-fixed medicine.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Masao Fukada, Akira Maeda
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Patent number: 10254030Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device uses a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, and is capable of preventing a region having a certain refrigerant concentration or higher from being formed even if the refrigerant leaks in a casing of the refrigeration cycle device in a nonenergized state. The refrigeration cycle device includes: a casing having a first opening and a second opening, one of which is an inlet and the other of which is an outlet, and having therein an air course providing communication between the first opening and the second opening; and a refrigerant circuit provided in the air course in the casing and filled with a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, the casing having a third opening providing communication between the air course and outside of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Kawashima, Akira Maeda, Takao Komai, Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 10222098Abstract: The inside of a casing constituting an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is laterally divided by an air passage partition so that an air passage chamber housing an indoor fan and an indoor heat exchanger is defined close to a casing side panel. A space in the casing close to the casing side panel is further vertically divided by a partition having through holes so that a pipe connection chamber housing parts of the extension pipes, flare joints, and indoor pipes is defined in an upper portion and a pipe draw-out chamber in which the extension pipes are arranged is defined in a lower portion. Gaps between outer peripheries of the extension pipes and inner peripheries of the through holes are filled with insulations.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takao Komai, Akira Maeda, Takaaki Takishita
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Publication number: 20180292118Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which refrigerant circulates, a temperature sensor provided at a position on the refrigerant circuit, the position being adjacent to a brazed portion or adjacent to a joint portion in which refrigerant pipes are joined to each other, and a controller configured to determine whether or not the refrigerant has leaked based on a detected temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is covered with a heat insulating material together with the brazed portion or the joint portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Takao KOMAI, Akira MAEDA, Mitsuru KAWASHIMA, Masahiko TAKAGI, Kenyu TANAKA, Kazuki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20180119998Abstract: The inside of a casing constituting an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is laterally divided by an air passage partition so that an air passage chamber housing an indoor fan and an indoor heat exchanger is defined close to a casing side panel. A space in the casing close to the casing side panel is further vertically divided by a partition having through holes and so that a pipe connection chamber housing parts of the extension pipes, flare joints, and indoor pipes is defined in an upper portion and a pipe draw-out chamber in which the extension pipes are arranged is defined in a lower portion. Gaps between outer peripheries of the extension pipes and inner peripheries of the through holes are filled with insulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Takao KOMAI, Akira MAEDA, Takaaki TAKISHITA
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Publication number: 20180065291Abstract: A method of manufacturing a product with skin includes: attaching a preformed base material to a vacuum forming die on a back surface of the base material, disposing a skin material as a material of the skin on a front surface of a base material, and sucking the skin material through the vacuum forming die and the base material to deform a main portion of skin material so as to be in close contact with the front surface of the base material; cutting a surplus portion of the skin material not being in close contact with the front surface of the base material with a trim blade so that a distal end portion remains around the main portion, thereby forming the skin having the distal end portion; and winding the distal end portion of the skin around the back surface of the base material by a winding mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Yumi HIDA, Masahiro YOSHIKAWA, Kenichi FURUTA, Hideyuki MIURA, Akira MAEDA, Shingo YOKOTA, Takuya UENO
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Publication number: 20180050535Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device, including a print head that includes a head base including: a nozzle from which ink is ejected; charging electrodes that charge the ink ejected from the nozzle; deflection electrodes that deflect the ink charged by the charging electrodes; and a gutter that collects ink not used in printing, and a head cover included in the head base, wherein the head base has a first horizontal uneven side portion, an oblique uneven side portion, and a second horizontal uneven side portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Takahiro ARIMA, Akira MAEDA, Mamoru OKANO
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Publication number: 20170301087Abstract: Inspection of a shape-fixed medicine is performed before packing. A medicine inspection assistance device includes: a medicine support part for rotatably supporting a shape-fixed medicine by a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller, and a medicine imaging part having an imaging means for imaging the shape-fixed medicine supported by the medicine support part from above. The medicine support part is configured such that a contact position between the first rotating roller and the shape-fixed medicine is located above the second rotating roller and the contact position is closer to an axis of the first rotating roller than a gravity center position of the shape-fixed medicine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Shoji YUYAMA (Deceased), Naoki KOIKE, Masao FUKADA, Akira MAEDA
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Patent number: 9790017Abstract: A tablet feeder comprises a device body, a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body 1 in a vertical direction, each tablet cassette accommodating a plurality of tablets by kind, and a plurality of chutes disposed on one face of the device body 1 in a vertical direction and shifted in a horizontal direction, the chutes temporarily storing the tablets dispensed from the tablet cassette and having the dispensing portion at the downward portion thereof, the dispensing portion being capable of dispensing the tablets to a bottomed cylindrical tablet container.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Takafumi Imai, Yoshinori Kumano, Akira Maeda, Mitsuhiro Mitani
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Publication number: 20170284718Abstract: An indoor unit includes an air-sending fan, an air inlet through which air of an indoor space is sucked in, and an air outlet located above the air inlet and through which the air sucked in through the air inlet is blown out to the indoor space. A control unit activates the air-sending fan when leakage of the refrigerant is detected. When M [kg] represents an amount of charge of the refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle, LFL [kg/m3] represents a lower flammable limit of the refrigerant, A [m2] represents a floor area of the indoor space, and Ho [m] represents a height of the air outlet above a floor surface of the indoor space, the amount of charge M, the lower flammable limit LFL, the floor area A, and the height Ho satisfy a relationship of M<LFL×A×Ho.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Takao KOMAI, Akira MAEDA, Mitsuru KAWASHIMA
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Patent number: 9767635Abstract: The medicament dispensing machine enables to use vials having various sizes and shapes without changing a part in the machine or without performing a special operation. The medicament dispensing machine contains a discharging unit that receives a vial filled with a medicament from a medicament filling means and discharges out of a vial discharging window. The discharging unit contains a vial gripping means having a pair of gripping arms that grip a vial, a body of gripping means having the vial gripping means, a moving means that moves the vial gripping means from the medicament filling means to the vial discharging window, and an orientation changing mechanism that changes the orientation of the body of gripping means. With a coordination of the movement of the body of gripping means toward the vial discharging window, the orientation changing mechanism makes the gripping arms orient to the vial discharging window.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Takafumi Imai, Yoshinori Kumano, Akira Maeda, Mitsuhiro Mitani
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Publication number: 20170234592Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device uses a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, and is capable of preventing a region having a certain refrigerant concentration or higher from being formed even if the refrigerant leaks in a casing of the refrigeration cycle device in a nonenergized state. The refrigeration cycle device includes: a casing having a first opening and a second opening, one of which is an inlet and the other of which is an outlet, and having therein an air course providing communication between the first opening and the second opening; and a refrigerant circuit provided in the air course in the casing and filled with a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, the casing having a third opening providing communication between the air course and outside of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Mitsuru KAWASHIMA, Akira MAEDA, Takao KOMAI, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170227262Abstract: A load unit includes a water circuit chamber configured to accommodate at least a part of a water circuit configured to allow water to flow therethrough, a fan, an air inlet formed at a height positioned different from that of the air inlet and configured to suck indoor air therethrough, an air outlet configured to blow indoors the air sucked through the air inlet, and an air passage formed between the air inlet and the air outlet so as to be isolated from the water circuit chamber. A load-side heat exchanger is provided in the air passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Yoshihiro TAKAHASHI, Takao KOMAI, Akira MAEDA, Mitsuru KAWASHIMA
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Patent number: 9729080Abstract: A power supply control circuit, which is connected to a stabilized direct current power supply having a pair of first and second output terminals and a pair of first and second remote sensing terminals, includes: a current detector configured to detect an output current that is supplied to a load from the stabilized direct current power supply, and to output a current detection voltage; a current difference output unit configured to output a current difference voltage corresponding to a voltage difference between the current detection voltage and a current setting voltage; and a control voltage generator configured to generate a control voltage and output the control voltage to the first remote sensing terminal so as to perform a constant current control operation. The current detector, the current difference output unit and the control voltage generator are operated by only the direct current voltage supplied by the auxiliary power supply.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TDK CorporationInventor: Akira Maeda
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Publication number: 20170146274Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is installed at an installation height of h0 or more in an installation floor space A [m2] and a refrigerant amount M [kg] to be filled falls within (formula) M??×G??×h0×A.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Akira MAEDA, Takao KOMAI, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9493290Abstract: A tablet dispenser includes a device body and a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body. Each tablet cassette is capable of accommodating a plurality of types of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction. A plurality of chutes are in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes. Each chute is disposed on the one face of the device body, adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette. Each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the tablets in a downward direction into a container.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Takafumi Imai, Yoshinori Kumano, Akira Maeda, Mitsuhiro Mitani
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Patent number: 9375915Abstract: In a screen printing that shifts squeegees in a horizontal direction while abutting the squeegees against a mask, and slides the squeegees on the mask, and scrapes up the paste on the mask so that opening portions are filled with the paste to transfer the paste onto the substrate, a larger amount of paste Ps is supplied to regions in which the paste is scraped up by the end portions of the squeegee than a region in which the paste is scraped up by a center portion of the squeegee on the mask.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Michinori Tomomatsu, Toshiyuki Murakami, Hiroki Kobayashi, Minoru Murakami, Akira Maeda