Patents by Inventor Tetsunobu Okamura

Tetsunobu Okamura 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: 7234646
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger, water supplied through a water supply pipe and supplying hot water to a using end unit. Therefore, a large-capacity hot-water storage tank is not needed. Sufficient heat of condensation to heat water can not be produced, because pressure conditions of the heat pump circuit is not stabilized just after the start of operation. Therefore, during a short period of rising time, hot water stored in a hot-water supply tank and water from the water heat exchanger are mixed and the mixture is supplied to keep the hot water at a preset temperature. Therefore, it is possible to use a smaller hot-water supply tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Publication number: 20050167516
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger, water supplied through a water supply pipe and supplying hot water to a using end unit. Therefore, a large-capacity hot-water storage tank is not needed. Sufficient heat of condensation to heat water can not be produced, because pressure conditions of the heat pump circuit is not stabilized just after the start of operation. Therefore, during a short period of rising time, hot water stored in a hot-water supply tank and water from the water heat exchanger are mixed and the mixture is supplied to keep the hot water at a preset temperature. Therefore, it is possible to use a smaller hot-water supply tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Patent number: 6874694
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger, water supplied through a water supply pipe and supplying hot water to a using end unit. Therefore, a large-capacity hot-water storage tank is not needed. Sufficient heat of condensation to heat water can not be produced, because pressure conditions of the heat pump circuit is not stabilized just after the start of operation. Therefore, during a short period of rising time, hot water stored in a hot-water supply tank and water from the water heat exchanger are mixed and the mixture is supplied to keep the hot water at a preset temperature. Therefore, it is possible to use a smaller hot-water supply tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Patent number: 6837443
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact lightweight heat pump hot-water supply system. The hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger, water supplied through a water supply pipe and supplying hot water to a using end unit. In this system, therefore, large-capacity hot-water storage tank in conventional systems is no longer needed. Sufficient heat of condensation to heat water can not be produced, because pressure conditions of the heat pump circuit is not stabilized just after the start of operation. Therefore, during a short period of rising time, hot water stored in a hot-water supply tank and water from the water heat exchanger are mixed and the mixture is supplied to keep the hot water at a preset temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040200905
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger, water supplied through a water supply pipe and supplying hot water to a using end unit. Therefore, a large-capacity hot-water storage tank is not needed. Sufficient heat of condensation to heat water can not be produced, because pressure conditions of the heat pump circuit is not stabilized just after the start of operation. Therefore, during a short period of rising time, hot water stored in a hot-water supply tank and water from the water heat exchanger are mixed and the mixture is supplied to keep the hot water at a preset temperature. Therefore, it is possible to use a smaller hot-water supply tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Publication number: 20030178498
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compact lightweight heat pump hot-water supply system. The hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Kenichi Saitoh, Masahiko Gommori, Hiroshi Kogure, Haruko Ashida, Takeo Ozawa, Tetsunobu Okamura
  • Patent number: 5197293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling an air conditioning apparatus and the air conditioning apparatus which uses the control method to set a difference between a room temperature and a temperature of a discharged air from the air conditioning apparatus at a appropriate value to provide pleasant cooling to an individual. The present invention controls the rotational speed of the compressor in accordance with the difference between an actual room temperature and a target room temperature and additionally controls the rotational speed of the compressor corresponding to the difference between the actually discharged air temperature from the compressor and a target discharge temperature of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsunobu Okamura, Kiyoshi Nagasawa, Kuniyuki Yamada