Patents by Inventor Masahide KINAMI
Masahide KINAMI 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: 11313582Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing defining an outer shape of the indoor unit, and a pipe hole-opening groove section that is in a form of grid-like grooves on an inner surface of the housing. The housing has a box-like shape and includes a lower one surface panel forming a lower end of one side surface of the housing, a one end bottom panel forming one end of a bottom surface of the housing, a lower other surface panel forming a lower end of the other side surface of the housing, and the other end bottom panel forming the other end of the bottom surface of the housing. The pipe hole-opening groove section is formed in at least one of the lower one surface panel, the one end bottom panel, the lower other surface panel, and the other end bottom panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Yuki Watanabe, Masahide Kinami
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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: 10914490Abstract: An outer shell panel includes: a front panel which is provided on a front surface portion of a body casing; and side panels which are arranged on side surface portions of the body casing. The side panels each include: a base member which is provided on a side end portion of the front panel; a connecting member has a flat plate shape and has no light transmissivity, the connecting member including a first surface and a second surface formed on to the opposite side of the first surface, and being attached to the base member, with the first surface located to face the base member; and a design panel which has a flat plate shape and has light transmissivity, the design panel being attached to a peripheral edge of the connecting member to be opposite to the second surface of the connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koki Moro, Masato Ishikawa, 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: 10852030Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing forming an outer frame. The casing includes a lower right-side panel, a right bottom panel, a lower left-side panel, and a left bottom panel. The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel each include a panel provided with a void through which pipes are drawn out and a panel without the void. The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel with or without the void are selectively attached to the indoor unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuki Watanabe, Masato Ishikawa, Masahide Kinami, Yosuke Naito
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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: 20190195529Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing defining an outer shape of the indoor unit, and a pipe hole-opening groove section that is in a form of grid-like grooves on an inner surface of the housing. The housing has a box-like shape and includes a lower one surface panel forming a lower end of one side surface of the housing, a one end bottom panel forming one end of a bottom surface of the housing, a lower other surface panel forming a lower end of the other side surface of the housing, and the other end bottom panel forming the other end of the bottom surface of the housing. The pipe hole-opening groove section is formed in at least one of the lower one surface panel, the one end bottom panel, the lower other surface panel, and the other end bottom panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Yuki WATANABE, Masahide KINAMI
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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: 20180363944Abstract: An outer shell panel includes: a front panel which is provided on a front surface portion of a body casing; and side panels which are arranged on side surface portions of the body casing. The side panels each include: a base member which is provided on a side end portion of the front panel; a connecting member has a flat plate shape and has no light transmissivity, the connecting member including a first surface and a second surface formed on to the opposite side of the first surface, and being attached to the base member, with the first surface located to face the base member; and a design panel which has a flat plate shape and has light transmissivity, the design panel being attached to a peripheral edge of the connecting member to be opposite to the second surface of the connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Koki MORO, Masato ISHAKAWA, Masahide KINAMI, Hisanori IKEDA
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Publication number: 20180356123Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing forming an outer frame. The casing includes a lower right-side panel, a right bottom panel, a lower left-side panel, and a left bottom panel. The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel each include a panel provided with a void through which pipes are drawn out and a panel without the void, The lower right-side panel, the right bottom panel, the lower left-side panel, and the left bottom panel with or without the void are selectively attached to the indoor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuki WATANABE, Masato ISHIKAWA, Masahide KINAMI, Yosuke NAITO
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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