Patents by Inventor Azumi Terakawa

Azumi Terakawa 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: 8834242
    Abstract: A ceiling embedded type air conditioner is embedded in a ceiling surface and includes an outlet that blows out air conditioned air toward an indoor space, and a louver capable of changing a blow-out vertical direction of the air conditioned air at the outlet. If a state in which a wind direction position of the louver is set so that it is oriented to a wind direction position continues for a first prescribed time or longer, then the louver is temporarily changed to a wind direction position more downward than the wind direction position, and once again changed to the wind direction position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Uenaka, Shingo Onishi, Yukio Inoue, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa
  • Patent number: 8007240
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal fan includes an end plate, a plurality of blades and an end ring. The blades include blade bodies that are annularly disposed around a shaft and fixed to the end plate. The blades further include blade covers that are attached to the blade bodies. The blade covers and the blade bodies form a hollow space. The end ring is disposed such that it sandwiches the plural blades between itself and the end plate in a shaft direction. The blade covers form at least part of negative-pressure surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehisa Sanagi, Hisanori Nishino, Azumi Terakawa
  • Patent number: 8006512
    Abstract: A ceiling embedded type air conditioner that reduces short circuits without increasing drafts due to air currents blown out from outlets includes a casing and a fan. The casing includes a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four panel corner parts. The casing further includes four main outlet passageways along the panel side parts, auxiliary outlet passageways in the three panel corner parts and an inlet that is surrounded by all of the panel side parts. The auxiliary outlet passageways are formed so that the spacing between each auxiliary outlet passageways and a corresponding adjacent main outlet passageways satisfies a prescribed dimensional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa, Akihiko Sakashita
  • Patent number: 7757749
    Abstract: An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets disposed at the corner parts. The air conditioner further includes horizontal flaps rotatably supported about longitudinal axes of the main outlets. A circumferential edge part of each of the auxiliary outlets is formed so that the air from each of the auxiliary outlets is blown out in a fixed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sakashita, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa
  • Patent number: 7497246
    Abstract: An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets disposed at the corner parts. The air conditioner further includes horizontal flaps rotatably supported about longitudinal axes of the main outlets. A circumferential edge part of each of the auxiliary outlets is formed so that the air from each of the auxiliary outlets is blown out in a fixed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sakashita, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa
  • Publication number: 20090013711
    Abstract: An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets disposed at the corner parts. The air conditioner further includes horizontal flaps rotatably supported about longitudinal axes of the main outlets. A circumferential edge part of each of the auxiliary outlets is formed so that the air from each of the auxiliary outlets is blown out in a fixed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko SAKASHITA, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Azumi TERAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080254734
    Abstract: A ceiling embedded type air conditioner is embedded in a ceiling surface and includes an outlet that blows out air conditioned air toward an indoor space, and a louver capable of changing a blow-out vertical direction of the air conditioned air at the outlet. If a state in which a wind direction position of the louver is set so that it is oriented to a wind direction position continues for a first prescribed time or longer, then the louver is temporarily changed to a wind direction position more downward than the wind direction position, and once again changed to the wind direction position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Uenaka, Shingo Onishi, Yukio Inoue, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa
  • Publication number: 20070098556
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal fan includes an end plate, a plurality of blades and an end ring. The blades include blade bodies that are annularly disposed around a shaft and fixed to the end plate. The blades further include blade covers that are attached to the blade bodies. The blade covers and the blade bodies form a hollow space. The end ring is disposed such that it sandwiches the plural blades between itself and the end plate in a shaft direction. The blade covers form at least part of negative-pressure surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehisa Sanagi, Hisanori Nishino, Azumi Terakawa
  • Publication number: 20060276123
    Abstract: A ceiling embedded type air conditioner that reduces short circuits without increasing drafts due to air currents blown out from outlets includes a casing and a fan. The casing includes a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four panel corner parts. The casing further includes four main outlet passageways along the panel side parts auxiliary outlet passageways in the three panel corner parts and an inlet so that is surrounded by all of the panel side parts. The auxiliary outlet passageways are formed so that the spacing between each auxiliary outlet passageways and a corresponding adjacent main outlet passageways satisfies a prescribed dimensional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa, Akihiko Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20060213216
    Abstract: An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets disposed at the corner parts. The air conditioner further includes horizontal flaps rotatable supported about longitudinal axes of the main outlets. A circumferential edge part of each of the auxiliary outlets is formed so that the air from each of the auxiliary outlets is blown out in a fixed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Daikin Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sakashita, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa