Patents by Inventor Ikuo Tsunekawa

Ikuo Tsunekawa 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: 8528538
    Abstract: A drain pipe 54 includes an upper end portion 54a which is connected to a concave 38a of a leading end 38 of an exhaust tube 34, and a lower end portion 54b which is opened to the inside of a warm air furnace below the concave 38a. The lower end portion 54b is formed as a tubular portion where a membrane is formed at a plane orthogonal to an axis line 54d by a surface tension of a drain. A leading end 54e of the tubular portion is formed as an opening 54f with an area large enough such that the membrane is not generated by the surface tension of the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsunekawa, Keiichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20110297139
    Abstract: A drain pipe 54 includes an upper end portion 54a which is connected to a concave 38a of a leading end 38 of an exhaust tube 34, and a lower end portion 54b which is opened to the inside of a warm air furnace below the concave 38a. The lower end portion 54b is formed as a tubular portion where a membrane is formed at a plane orthogonal to an axis line 54d by a surface tension of a drain. A leading end 54e of the tubular portion is formed as an opening 54f with an area large enough such that the membrane is not generated by the surface tension of the drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsunekawa, Keiichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20110290228
    Abstract: A warm air furnace prevents household articles from freezing in the case where combustion is discontinued due to lack of gas during combustion operation when a house is emptied. The warm air furnace is equipped with a retry operation controller 33 which carries out ignition action of a combustor 5, in the case where a predetermined period of time lapsed from the time it is determined that combustion at the combustor 5 is discontinued during combustion operation by a combustion operation controller which controls operation of the combustor, determines whether or not combustion at the combustor 5 is started, and repeats the ignition action for igniting the combustor 5 until it is determined that combustion at the combustor 5 is started, in the case where a predetermined time lapsed from the time it is determined that the combustion at the combustor 5 is not started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsunekawa, Keiichi Ito
  • Patent number: 7806345
    Abstract: In an in-wall heater, in which control equipment 11, 12 is disposed in a side space 10 on one lateral side of a combustion housing 2 within an outer case 1 and an exhaust duct 15 is disposed in a side space 13 on the other lateral side of the combustion housing 2, the cooling performance of each of the side spaces is increased and noise due to a sucked-in sound of room air can be reduced. In a side plate portion of the outer case 1 on both lateral sides, an air intake opening 7, which is vertically long, is provided in a position in a front side portion exposed to a front of a room wall. Each side space 10, 13 within the outer case 1 is formed in a ventilation flue on the suction side where the room air from each of the air intake openings 7 is conducted into the warm air fan 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Rinnai Corporation, Rinnai New Zealand Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsunekawa, Minoru Oguri, Satoshi Kaneiwa, Brian Smith, Gregory Brinsden
  • Publication number: 20060137678
    Abstract: In an in-wall heater, in which control equipment 11, 12 is disposed in a side space 10 on one lateral side of a combustion housing 2 within an outer case 1 and an exhaust duct 15 is disposed in a side space 13 on the other lateral side of the combustion housing 2, the cooling performance of each of the side spaces is increased and noise due to a sucked-in sound of room air can be reduced. In a side plate portion of the outer case 1 on both lateral sides, an air intake opening 7, which is vertically long, is provided in a position in a front side portion exposed to a front of a room wall. Each side space 10, 13 within the outer case 1 is formed in a ventilation flue on the suction side where the room air from each of the air intake openings 7 is conducted into the warm air fan 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicants: RINNAI CORPORATION, RINNAI NEW ZEALAND LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsunekawa, Minoru Oguri, Satoshi Kaneiwa, Brian Smith, Gregory Brinsden