Patents by Inventor Katsuya Takeuchi

Katsuya Takeuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11739972
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus that includes a refrigerant circuit in which an indoor unit and an outdoor unit are connected to each other by a refrigerant pipe and inflammable refrigerant flows in the refrigerant pipe, and is configured to supply conditioned air to a plurality of areas corresponding to air-conditioned spaces, an air-conditioning duct that connects the indoor unit to the plurality of respective areas, a plurality of dampers that are arranged in the air-conditioning duct and openable and closable to interrupt or pass the conditioned air supplied to the plurality of respective areas, and a controller configured to control the dampers, in which the controller controls the dampers such that a total floor area of the areas to which the conditioned air is supplied is set as an area equal to or larger than a minimum floor area corresponding to a floor area with which an inflammable region is not formed even when the inflammable refrigerant is leaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuya Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220065487
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus that includes a refrigerant circuit in which an indoor unit and an outdoor unit are connected to each other by a refrigerant pipe and inflammable refrigerant flows in the refrigerant pipe, and is configured to supply conditioned air to a plurality of areas corresponding to air-conditioned spaces, an air-conditioning duct that connects the indoor unit to the plurality of respective areas, a plurality of dampers that are arranged in the air-conditioning duct and openable and closable to interrupt or pass the conditioned air supplied to the plurality of respective areas, and a controller configured to control the dampers, in which the controller controls the dampers such that a total floor area of the areas to which the conditioned air is supplied is set as an area equal to or larger than a minimum floor area corresponding to a floor area with which an inflammable region is not formed even when the inflammable refrigerant is leaked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Katsuya TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 8966915
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor air temperature sensor detecting an outdoor temperature; a compressor temperature sensor detecting a temperature of an outer wall of a compressor; a liquid-level and concentration detection sensor detecting a liquid surface level in the compressor and a concentration of a lubricant oil in a liquid in the compressor; an electric heater heating the compressor; and a controller that carries out preheating to the compressor by driving the electric heater when a detection value of the outdoor air temperature sensor is higher than or equal to a detection value of the compressor temperature sensor and, further, when the liquid surface level detected by the liquid-level and concentration detection sensor is higher than or equal to a predetermined level and the concentration of the lubricant oil in the liquid is lower than a preset minimum required concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Takeuchi, Hirokuni Shiba
  • Publication number: 20120227430
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor air temperature sensor detecting an outdoor temperature; a compressor temperature sensor detecting a temperature of an outer wall of a compressor; a liquid-level and concentration detection sensor detecting a liquid surface level in the compressor and a concentration of a lubricant oil in a liquid in the compressor; an electric heater heating the compressor; and a controller that carries out preheating to the compressor by driving the electric heater when a detection value of the outdoor air temperature sensor is higher than or equal to a detection value of the compressor temperature sensor and, further, when the liquid surface level detected by the liquid-level and concentration detection sensor is higher than or equal to a predetermined level and the concentration of the lubricant oil in the liquid is lower than a preset minimum required concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya TAKEUCHI, Hirokuni SHIBA
  • Patent number: 5058448
    Abstract: A support yoke pressed against a rack bar to preload the rack relative to a pinion has a roller for guiding the rack bar by contact therewith. A plate of synthetic resin is interposed between each end face of the roller and the roller mount portion of the support yoke opposed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Kiyooka, Etsuro Kitami, Shigehiko Sakaguchi, Katsuya Takeuchi