Patents by Inventor Hiroshi IWAZAKI
Hiroshi IWAZAKI 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: 10132512Abstract: An outdoor unit is an outdoor unit to which a refrigerant pipe used to circulate refrigerant between an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes: a rectangular bottom panel disposed below the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, the rectangular bottom panel supporting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; a peripheral panel disposed on a peripheral portion of the bottom panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; a fixing panel disposed at a corner portion of the bottom panel to be located at an inner side of the peripheral panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; and a valve which is fixed to the fixing panel and to which the refrigerant pipe is connected.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Jinnai, Toshiyuki Kubono, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
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Publication number: 20170363303Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing including a side panel, a terminal block accommodated in the housing, and a power supply wire connected to the terminal block. The side panel includes an outer shell surface forming a part of an outer surface of the housing, a first recessed surface recessed from the outer shell surface in an inward direction of the housing, and a second recessed surface formed in the first recessed surface and recessed from the first recessed surface in the inward direction of the housing. The power supply wire is arranged on the second recessed surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
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Publication number: 20170336084Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing including a blower chamber and a machine chamber, a left side panel having a first opening and defining a side surface of the casing adjacent to the blower chamber, and a first grip attached to the left side panel. The first grip is located inside an edge of the first opening in the side view of the casing and is located inside an outer surface of the left side panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
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Publication number: 20170314793Abstract: An outdoor unit is an outdoor unit to which a refrigerant pipe used to circulate refrigerant between an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes: a rectangular bottom panel disposed below the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, the rectangular bottom panel supporting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; a peripheral panel disposed on a peripheral portion of the bottom panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; a fixing panel disposed at a corner portion of the bottom panel to be located at an inner side of the peripheral panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; and a valve which is fixed to the fixing panel and to which the refrigerant pipe is connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
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Publication number: 20170314794Abstract: An outdoor unit is configured to accommodate a compressor and is connected to a refrigerant pipe used for circulating refrigerant between an indoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a bottom panel under the compressor to support the compressor, a first side panel on a peripheral edge of the bottom panel, a second side panel at a position facing the first side panel on the peripheral edge of the bottom panel, and an outdoor heat exchanger above the bottom panel and extending in a direction from the first side panel toward the second side panel, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger has an end portion facing one of side end portions of the second side panel, and the bottom panel includes a projection formed at a position corresponding to the end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger and protruding in a direction from the first side panel toward the second side panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroshi IWAZAKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroyuki JINNAI
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Patent number: 9470424Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Iwazaki, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Yanase, Kazuho Itou
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Patent number: 9273895Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuto Takeuchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
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Publication number: 20140165640Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuto TAKEUCHI, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
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Publication number: 20140144167Abstract: A bottom plate 1 has a projecting portion 1a that upwardly projects at a portion thereof to which a heater support 5 is attached, and a leg 3 is disposed at a portion that at least includes a position below a screw hole 1b formed in the projecting portion 1a.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroshi Iwazaki, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Ito, Tomoya Yanase
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Publication number: 20140131024Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi IWAZAKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Kazuhiro OOISHI, Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Tomoya YANASE, Kazuho ITOU