Patents by Inventor Minoru Nishikawa

Minoru Nishikawa 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: 10030886
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus is a blow-out opening configured to deliver air from an air-blowing fan that is covered by a protective grill. The outdoor unit includes an eave part protruding in a direction along which the air is blown out from a top part of the grill. A top surface of the eave part has a water-leading part extending in a direction intersecting the direction along which the air is blown out. The water-leading part leads water dripping down onto the top surface of the eave part to at least one of longitudinal ends of the eave part and a middle of the eave part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Iino, Kazuyoshi Taguchi, Fumio Ohta, Minoru Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140323031
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus is a blow-out opening configured to deliver air from an air-blowing fan that is covered by a protective grill. The outdoor unit includes an eave part protruding in a direction along which the air is blown out from a top part of the grill. A top surface of the eave part has a water-leading part extending in a direction intersecting the direction along which the air is blown out. The water-leading part leads water dripping down onto the top surface of the eave part to at least one of longitudinal ends of the eave part and a middle of the eave part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Shunya Iino, Kazuyoshi Taguchi, Fumio Ohta, Minoru Nishikawa