Patents by Inventor Fumio Ogai

Fumio Ogai 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: 8721875
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system includes a switching valve (35) which has a bypass circuit which bypasses the water softening device (30) by directly connecting the water supply pipe (P1) and the inlet pipe (P3) of a hot-water supply device to each other, and a control unit (50). The control unit (50) includes a switching valve drive circuit which switches the switching valve (35) to the mode in which water is supplied from the water supply pipe (P1) to the hot-water supply device (1) via the bypass circuit, based on the determination of the timing of salt replenishment, and a display drive circuit which displays intention, in which salt replenishment is needed, on a display portion (51) of a remote controller (RC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventor: Fumio Ogai
  • Publication number: 20130168302
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system includes a switching valve (35) which has a bypass circuit which bypasses the water softening device (30) by directly connecting the water supply pipe (P1) and the inlet pipe (P3) of a hot-water supply device to each other, and a control unit (50). The control unit (50) includes a switching valve drive circuit which switches the switching valve (35) to the mode in which water is supplied from the water supply pipe (P1) to the hot-water supply device (1) via the bypass circuit, based on the determination of the timing of salt replenishment, and a display drive circuit which displays intention, in which salt replenishment is needed, on a display portion (51) of a remote controller (RC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumio Ogai
  • Publication number: 20110296838
    Abstract: A heat source machine includes: a first emission amount calculation unit 12 which calculates a first carbon dioxide emission amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide emitted to obtain an energy source consumed in a hot-water supply operation; a second emission amount calculation unit 13 which calculates a second carbon dioxide emission amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide emitted to obtain an energy source consumed in a reference heat source machine on an assumption that the reference heat source machine performs the same operation as the hot-water supply operation; and a carbon dioxide emission reduction degree display unit 14 which displays a carbon dioxide emission reduction degree that results from changing to the current heat source machine, according to a difference between the first carbon dioxide emission amount and the second carbon dioxide emission amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumio Ogai