Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Matsuno
Tomohiko Matsuno 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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Publication number: 20240151460Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a cabinet, a door configured to open and close an opening of the cabinet, and an outside air heat inductor arrangeable inside the door to extend toward the cabinet from a front portion of the door. The outside air heat inductor includes a first heat transfer path forming member configured to transfer outside air heat from outside the refrigerator toward a surface of the cabinet, and a second heat transfer path forming member arrangeable between the first heat transfer path forming member and an inside of the cabinet such that while the second heat transfer path forming member is arranged between the first heat transfer path forming member and the inside of the cabinet, the second heat transfer path forming member receives the outside air heat and prevents cold air within the cabinet from being transferred to the first heat transfer path forming member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi TAKASE, Ryota AOKI, Tomohiko MATSUNO, Makoto SHIBUYA
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Patent number: 11933533Abstract: A blower configured to circulate cold air inside a body of a refrigerator. The blower includes a casing, an impeller accommodated in the casing, and a support member configured to support the impeller against the casing. The impeller includes a disk-shaped base plate rotatably supported by the support member. The casing includes an inner circumferential surface extending so as to gradually move away from an outer circumference of the base plate toward a rotational direction of the impeller at a predetermined position around the outer circumference of the base plate, and a first case flow path between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumference. An introduction port configured to introduce the cold air to a second case flow path branched from the first case flow path is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuno, Tomoharu Iwamoto, Makoto Shibuya, Tatsuya Seo, Hitoshi Takase
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Patent number: 11725864Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main cabinet including a cooling device to generate cold air, a sub-cabinet detachably connected to the main cabinet, a cold air relay duct provided to connect the main cabinet and the sub-cabinet and having a cold air flow path to allow the cold air generated by the cooling device to be delivered to the sub-cabinet, and a heat blocking member provided in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the main cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected and in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the sub-cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Kan, Hiroshi Nakamura, Makoto Shibuya, Manabu Kikuchi, Ryota Aoki, Tomohiko Matsuno
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Patent number: 11656021Abstract: A refrigerator having detachably adjacent cabinets is provided. The refrigerator includes a connection mechanism interposed between cabinets adjacent to each other and connecting the cabinets to each other and a manipulation portion configured to drive the connection mechanism by being manipulated from outside, wherein the connection mechanism is configured for the cabinet on one side is pulled toward the cabinet on the other side by a manipulation of the manipulation portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Shibuya, Kentaro Kan, Manabu Kikuchi, Tomohiko Matsuno
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Publication number: 20220090844Abstract: A refrigerator having detachably adjacent cabinets is provided. The refrigerator includes a connection mechanism interposed between cabinets adjacent to each other and connecting the cabinets to each other and a manipulation portion configured to drive the connection mechanism by being manipulated from outside, wherein the connection mechanism is configured for the cabinet on one side is pulled toward the cabinet on the other side by a manipulation of the manipulation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Makoto SHIBUYA, Kentaro KAN, Manabu KIKUCHI, Tomohiko MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20220049891Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main cabinet including a cooling device to generate cold air, a sub-cabinet detachably connected to the main cabinet, a cold air relay duct provided to connect the main cabinet and the sub-cabinet and having a cold air flow path to allow the cold air generated by the cooling device to be delivered to the sub-cabinet, and a heat blocking member provided in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the main cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected and in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the sub-cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Kentaro KAN, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Makoto SHIBUYA, Manabu KIKUCHI, Ryota AOKI, Tomohiko MATSUNO
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Patent number: 10935300Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator that facilitates access to each evaporator and improves maintenance performance. In the refrigerator, a different temperature of cold air cooled by each evaporator is brought into each cooling chamber with a different temperature range and different humidity range. The refrigerator includes a main refrigerator body including a machine room and a cooling chamber, an evaporator contained in the machine room, and a cooling unit detachably mounted in the machine room and including a compressor, a condenser, and an insulation member, wherein the cooling unit, while mounted in the machine room, has the insulation member tightly contact an inner wall of the machine room to form an insulation space, and the evaporator is contained in the insulation space.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Takase, Shingo Imano, Tomoharu Iwamoto, Tomohiko Matsuno, Makoto Shibuya, Tatsuya Seo
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Publication number: 20200386468Abstract: A blower configured to circulate cold air inside a body of a refrigerator. The blower includes a casing, an impeller accommodated in the casing, and a support member configured to support the impeller against the casing. The impeller includes a disk-shaped base plate rotatably supported by the support member. The casing includes an inner circumferential surface extending so as to gradually move away from an outer circumference of the base plate toward a rotational direction of the impeller at a predetermined position around the outer circumference of the base plate, and a first case flow path between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumference. An introduction port configured to introduce the cold air to a second case flow path branched from the first case flow path is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Tomohiko MATSUNO, Tomoharu IWAMOTO, Makoto SHIBUYA, Tatsuya SEO, Hitoshi TAKASE
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Publication number: 20190128586Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator that facilitates access to each evaporator and improves maintenance performance. In the refrigerator, a different temperature of cold air cooled by each evaporator is brought into each cooling chamber with a different temperature range and different humidity range. The refrigerator includes a main refrigerator body including a machine room and a cooling chamber, an evaporator contained in the machine room, and a cooling unit detachably mounted in the machine room and including a compressor, a condenser, and an insulation member, wherein the cooling unit, while mounted in the machine room, has the insulation member tightly contact an inner wall of the machine room to form an insulation space, and the evaporator is contained in the insulation space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Hitoshi Takase, Shingo Imano, Tomoharu Iwamoto, Tomohiko Matsuno, Makoto Shibuya, Tatsuya Seo
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Patent number: 6578587Abstract: A dish washing machine according to the present invention has vertically divided upper and lower doors 16 and 17 for covering an opening of a washing chamber. The upper door 16 is opened through its upward pivotal movement about its shafts 20. The lower door 17 is opened through its downward pivotal movement about its shafts 22. The upper door 16 is fully opened through its pivotal movement substantially through 180 degrees. The lower door 17 is opened to a substantially horizontal position. And when the lower door 17 is in this opened state, a basket 4 contained in the washing chamber 3 can be pulled out onto the lower door 17.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuno, Tetsuo Harada, Yasuhisa Fukui
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Publication number: 20010013357Abstract: A dish washing machine according to the present invention has vertically divided upper and lower doors 16 and 17 for covering an opening of a washing chamber. The upper door 16 is opened through its upward pivotal movement about its shafts 20. The lower door 17 is opened through its downward pivotal movement about its shafts 22. The upper door 16 is fully opened through its pivotal movement substantially through 180 degrees. The lower door 17 is opened to a substantially horizontal position. And when the lower door 17 is in this opened state, a basket 4 contained in the washing chamber 3 can be pulled out onto the lower door 17.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuno, Tetsuo Harada, Yasuhisa Fukui