Patents by Inventor Tomomi Umeda

Tomomi Umeda 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: 6094926
    Abstract: To obtain an electricity storage type air conditioning apparatus which is capable of coping with the improvement in performance of the air conditioner or the needs for increase in cooling load and additional equipment to be installed afterward, by which it becomes possible to easily reduce the power consumption in the daytime even for an existing apparatus in which peak power cut is not considered, and which is suitable to reduce the noise and decrease the size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Nakayama, Kensaku Oguni, Hiromu Yasuda, Kenichi Nakamura, Yasutaka Yoshida, Tomomi Umeda
  • Patent number: 5156203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to air conditioning systems and more particularly to an air conditioning system which provides air conditioning in each of a plurality of spaces. The air conditioning system according to the present invention divides a space with partitions into a plurality of air conditioning spaces and controls the temperature by cooling and heating mediums supplied from an external heat source using a three-way valve and an expansion valve. The air conditioning system includes an ID card for identifying a person which uses the air conditioning system. If a person is present to use the air conditioning system, the set or measured values of the environmental conditions for that person is stored. When that person again uses the air conditioning system, the system calculates the environmental conditions stored by the person in accordance with his stored set or measured environmental condition values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunao Funakoshi, Kazuya Matsuo, Hiroo Nakamura, Hiroaki Matsushima, Daisuke Hisajima, Akira Nishiguchi, Takatoshi Yamamoto, Tomomi Umeda, Katsuhiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5101640
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning apparatus for automobiles equipped with a heat exchanger and a control method for the apparatus, by which the heat transfer area of the heat exchanger can be properly controlled to permit a stable cycle operation, even when the capacity of a condenser is relatively overly enhanced under a condition of the low atmospheric temperature. The apparatus and the control method are achieved with such an arrangement that either one or both of headers of a heat exchanger is provided with at least one refrigerant flow rate control valve capable of opening and closing refrigerant passages in each header, the heat exchanger has a refrigerant inlet provided in one header and a refrigerant outlet provided in the other header, and the control valve is opened and closed to change the number of the passages allowing the refrigerant to pass therethrough, for thereby changing the effective heat transfer area for heat exchange dependent on the atmospheric temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukushima, Seigo Miyamoto, Masanori Musoh, Tomomi Umeda, Takatoshi Yamamoto