Patents by Inventor Kenji Gajina
Kenji Gajina 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: 9982908Abstract: According to one embodiment, a ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a main body incorporating a heat exchanger, a decorative panel attached to a lower edge of the main body and including a discharge port discharging air heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger to a room, and a drain pan including a thermal insulating member and a synthetic resin member coating the thermal insulating member. The drain pan includes a recess for receiving drain water produced in the heat exchanger, a communication port provided on a periphery of the recess and communicating with the discharge port of the decorative panel, and a wall standing between the periphery of the recess and the communication port. The wall is composed of the synthetic resin member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato Yoshitake, Kenji Gajina
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Publication number: 20160356524Abstract: According to one embodiment, a ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a main body incorporating a heat exchanger, a decorative panel attached to a lower edge of the main body and including a discharge port discharging air heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger to a room, and a drain pan including a thermal insulating member and a synthetic resin member coating the thermal insulating member. The drain pan includes a recess for receiving drain water produced in the heat exchanger, a communication port provided on a periphery of the recess and communicating with the discharge port of the decorative panel, and a wall standing between the periphery of the recess and the communication port. The wall is composed of the synthetic resin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Nobusato Yoshitake, Kenji Gajina
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Patent number: 9516786Abstract: An electric equipment includes: an electric component box; a control board accommodated in the electric component box and provided thereon with a heat-generating electric component; a heat sink thermally connected with the electric component; and a sheet material provided between the electric component box and the control board, wherein the sheet material is made of an elastic material and provided with an opening section through which the heat sink projects outward, the opening section is provided with a convex section formed integrally with the sheet material and configured to be elastically deformed to engage the sheet material with the heat sink, and the electric component box is provided with a heat sink hole through which the heat sink and the convex section project outward of the electric component box. An air conditioner is provided with such electric equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Tian Lan, Kenji Gajina
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Publication number: 20150009626Abstract: An electric equipment includes: an electric component box; a control board accommodated in the electric component box and provided thereon with a heat-generating electric component; a heat sink thermally connected with the electric component; and a sheet material provided between the electric component box and the control board, wherein the sheet material is made of an elastic material and provided with an opening section through which the heat sink projects outward, the opening section is provided with a convex section formed integrally with the sheet material and configured to be elastically deformed to engage the sheet material with the heat sink, and the electric component box is provided with a heat sink hole through which the heat sink and the convex section project outward of the electric component box. An air conditioner is provided with such electric equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Tian Lan, Kenji Gajina
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Patent number: 8689579Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a heat exchanger accommodated inside a indoor unit body which is a housing whose lower face is opened, a drain pan which is disposed below the heat exchanger and receives drain water generated at the heat exchanger, a drain pump which is detachably disposed within the indoor unit body, sucks drain water accumulated in the drain pan and discharges the drain water to the outside, a drain port which is disposed at a bottom face wall section of the drain pan, the port being an opening portion through which the drain pump is insertable, and a drain cap which openably closes the drain pump insertion port.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Nobusato Yoshitake, Kenji Gajina, Kazuo Mochizuki, Yousuke Komatsu
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Patent number: 8636566Abstract: In a ceiling-embedded air conditioner, a panel fastening screw that fastens a decorative panel to an indoor unit body embedded in a ceiling is previously mounted to the indoor unit body and has an intermediate portion having a small diameter with no threaded portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventor: Kenji Gajina
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Publication number: 20100201232Abstract: In a ceiling-embedded air conditioner, a panel fastening screw that fastens a decorative panel to an indoor unit body embedded in a ceiling is previously mounted to the indoor unit body and has an intermediate portion having a small diameter with no threaded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Gajina
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Publication number: 20100192610Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a heat exchanger accommodated inside a indoor unit body which is a housing whose lower face is opened, a drain pan which is disposed below the heat exchanger and receives drain water generated at the heat exchanger, a drain pump which is detachably disposed within the indoor unit body, sucks drain water accumulated in the drain pan and discharges the drain water to the outside, a drain port which is disposed at a bottom face wall section of the drain pan, the port being an opening portion through which the drain pump is insertable, and a drain cap which openably closes the drain pump insertion port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato Yoshitake, Kenji Gajina, Kazuo Mochizuki, Yousuke Komatsu
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Patent number: 6470699Abstract: A ceiling cassette type air conditioner includes a housing adapted for attachment to a room ceiling panel, a bell-mouth provided in the housing and having a bottom opening and an outer circumferential surface. An electrical part box is provided in the housing to accommodate electrical components. The electrical part box is arranged near that side of the bell-mouth at which secondary air flows. The electrical parts are mounted on a control board provided in the electrical part box. The electrical parts are arranged so that those which are located near the outer circumferential surface of the bell-mouth are less tall than the others.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Kenji Okuda, Kenji Gajina
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Publication number: 20020152760Abstract: A ceiling cassette type air conditioner comprises a housing (101) provided on the ceiling panel of a room (R) and having a bottom opening, bell-mouth (112) provided in the housing (101) and having a bottom opening (112b) and an outer circumferential surface, an electrical part box (111) provided in the housing (101) and accommodating electrical part (E), wherein t electrical part box (111) is arranged near that side of the bell-mouth (112) at which secondary air flows, the electrical parts (E) are mounted on a control board (S) provided in the electrical part box (111), and those of the electrical parts (Ea) which are located near the outer circumferential surface of the bell-mouth (112) are less tall than the other electrical parts (Ec).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Kenji Okuda, Kenji Gajina
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Patent number: 5958114Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioner having a unit body, provided on a rear of a ceiling, having an lower surface portion exposed indoor and an indoor heat exchanger and a blower in its exterior, a decorative panel, structured as the lower surface portion for the unit body, having an inlet port for guiding air in a room to the indoor heat exchanger, a filter fixing portion, structured as a part of the decorative panel, having a filter attached to a position opposite to the inlet port to be detachable, a support portion for supporting the filter fixing portion to be freely rotatable to the decorative panel, and an open/close driving mechanism for driving the filter fixing portion to be freely opened and closed against the decorative panel in a state that the support portion is used as a fulcrum, the mechanism for hanging the filter fixing portion from a ceiling surface when being opened to be moved.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Sunahara, Yasunori Ichikawa, Kenji Gajina, Katsuaki Yamagishi, Yukio Kiguchi, Masahiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Daisuke Saito, Teturo Ozawa