Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Kikuchi
Hiromitsu Kikuchi 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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Patent number: 12092383Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit including: a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; an indoor air-sending device including a fan and a motor to supply air to the indoor heat exchanger; and a controller to control the frequency of the compressor and the rotation speed of the motor. The controller controls the rotation speed of the motor by controlling a frequency of an alternating current output from an inverter to the motor. The inverter is disposed at a position exposed to air heat-exchanged in the indoor heat exchanger. The controller controls the frequency of the compressor to a frequency at which a temperature of the inverter becomes lower than a first prescribed temperature in a state where the rotation speed of the motor is lower than a prescribed rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20210318046Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit including: a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; an indoor air-sending device including a fan and a motor to supply air to the indoor heat exchanger; and a controller to control the frequency of the compressor and the rotation speed of the motor. The controller controls the rotation speed of the motor by controlling a frequency of an alternating current output from an inverter to the motor. The inverter is disposed at a position exposed to air heat-exchanged in the indoor heat exchanger. The controller controls the frequency of the compressor to a frequency at which a temperature of the inverter becomes lower than a first prescribed temperature in a state where the rotation speed of the motor is lower than a prescribed rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventor: Hiromitsu KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 10775061Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, an indoor unit, an indoor air-sending device, a refrigerant detection device which detects refrigerant in an air-conditioning target space, and a controller which sets each of a normal control mode and a rarefying control mode. In the normal control mode, an operation is performed in an operation mode set according to an air-conditioning load, and in the rarefying control mode, the indoor air-sending device is controlled at a rarefying rotation speed which is a higher rotation speed than that in the normal control mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Kawai, Hiromitsu Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20190032941Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, an indoor unit, an indoor air-sending device, a refrigerant detection device which detects refrigerant in an air-conditioning target space, and a controller which sets each of a normal control mode and a rarefying control mode. In the normal control mode, an operation is performed in an operation mode set according to an air-conditioning load, and in the rarefying control mode, the indoor air-sending device is controlled at a rarefying rotation speed which is a higher rotation speed than that in the normal control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko KAWAI, Hiromitsu KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20160123607Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a part of a main refrigerant circuit formed by connecting a compressor, an indoor-unit-side heat exchanger, an electronic expansion valve, and an outdoor-unit-side heat exchanger via a main refrigerant pipe, a bypass circuit bypassing refrigerant discharged from the compressor and flowing through the main refrigerant circuit, a controller configured to control a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through the main refrigerant circuit and a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through the bypass circuit, an outdoor unit base supporting the compressor and the outdoor-unit-side heat exchanger, a snow-protection frame provided below the outdoor unit base, the snow-protection frame supporting the outdoor unit base, and a load heating unit provided to the snow-protection frame the load heating unit and configured to heat a portion around the load heating unit by exchanging heat between a heat medium flowing through the load heating unit and the refrigerant flowing through the bypass circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventor: Hiromitsu KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 5733235Abstract: A rubber covered roll of a structure that a rubber layer is formed on the surface of a roll-like base is provided. The rubber layer is a layer formed of a vulcanizate of a rubber composition comprising 25-95 wt. % of copolymer rubber (A) obtained by copolymerizing 28-70 mol % of an alkylene oxide, 28-70 mol % of an epihalohydrin and 2-15 mol % of an ethylenically unsaturated epoxide, and 5-75 wt. % of unsaturated rubber (B). The rubber covered roll does not contaminate any photosensitive member, stably has a low electric resistance, and is low in dependence of electric resistance on environment and in hardness. An image-forming apparatus equipped with the rubber covered roll as a development roll or charging roll, and a rubber composition for the rubber covered roll are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1995Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Waku, Hiromitsu Kikuchi, Takeshi Ooishi, Michiharu Yogosawa
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Patent number: 5504930Abstract: A programmable controller for executing a program having mixed instructions. The programmable controller includes a bit operation memory for storing a mixed instruction inclusive of the mixture of bit operation instructions and word operation instructions in order of execution and a word operation memory for storing the word operation instructions in the mixed instruction in order of execution. A bit operation processor is provided in the programmable controller for outputting a start command for a word operation instruction when a word operation instruction read from the bit operation memory subsequently to the execution of the bit operation instruction has been recognized.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1995Date of Patent: April 2, 1996Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuaki Kobayashi, Toshihiko Matsuda, Yasuo Morooka, Kunihiko Onuma, Noboru Azusawa, Hiromitsu Kikuchi
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Patent number: 5217839Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for the preparation of a toner, which comprises dissolving or dispersing a compound having at least one >C.dbd.N.sup..sym. < bond in its molecule and a colorant in a vinyl monomer and then suspension-polymerizing the vinyl monomer in an aqueous dispersion medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1990Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignees: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., Casco Nobel ABInventors: Fumio Yamada, Hiromitsu Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Jun Saito, Shizuo Kitahara