Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Naka

Masayoshi Naka 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: 6330909
    Abstract: In a vehicle air-conditioning system, an evaporator is disposed in an air-conditioning case to form a bypass passage through which air bypasses the evaporator, and an opening degree of the bypass passage is adjusted by a bypass door. When a vehicle engine operates, the system performs a cold-storing mode where cold quantity stored in condensed water on the evaporator is increased. On the other hand, when operation of the vehicle engine is stopped, the system performs a cold-releasing mode where air passing through the evaporator is cooled by cold released from frozen condensed water. During the cold-storing mode and the cold-releasing mode, temperature of air blown into a passenger compartment can be adjusted by adjusting the opening degree of the bypass passage. Thus, in the vehicle air-conditioning system, cold-storing quantity in the evaporator can be improved while power-saving effect of the vehicle engine is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Yuichi Shirota, Koichi Ban, Hikaru Sugi, Yasuhiko Niimi, Hiroshi Kishita, Yasushi Yamanaka, Masayoshi Naka