Patents by Inventor Yasutoshi Asami

Yasutoshi Asami 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: 6786061
    Abstract: In an air conditioner having a vertical wind deflector in an air outlet, in order to blow almost all of a warm air flow toward a floor surface without leakage on the ceiling surface side at the heating operation time, a recess connecting with an air passage in a housing is formed at the front part of the air outlet, and a vertical wind deflector is disposed in the recess via a support frame. At the cooling operation time, the support frame and the vertical wind deflector are opened integrally, and at the heating operation time, only the vertical wind deflector is opened in a state in which the support frame is stored in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Asami, Akihiko Nojima, Shinji Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20040007002
    Abstract: In an air conditioner having a vertical wind deflector in an air outlet, in order to blow almost all of a warm air flow toward a floor surface without leakage on the ceiling surface side at the heating operation time, a recess connecting with an air passage in a housing is formed at the front part of the air outlet, and a vertical wind deflector is disposed in the recess via a support frame. At the cooling operation time, the support frame and the vertical wind deflector are opened integrally, and at the heating operation time, only the vertical wind deflector is opened in a state in which the support frame is stored in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Asami, Akihiko Nojima, Shinji Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5575326
    Abstract: A compact indoor air conditioner may be produced by mounting a fan unit within the installation space of a heat exchanger inside the housing of the air conditioner. An air conditioner having such structure comprises a housing comprising a frame body, a front cover attached to the front of the frame body and having air inlets in the upper surface and in the front and an air outlet in the front lower part, a suction grille that is attached detachably to the front cover and which can be opened or closed, a heat exchanger disposed in the housing and having two cut-out portions defining an upright section, a rearward inclined section and a forward inclined section, wherein the rearward inclined section and the forward inclined section comprise the upper part of the heat exchanger and have an inverted V-shape, and a fan disposed rearward of the upright section and rearward inclined section of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Asami, Isao Kawasaki