Patents by Inventor Jun TAGAYA

Jun TAGAYA 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: 11384955
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a body having an opening, a decorative panel attached to the body to cover the opening, and a filter disposed between the body and the decorative panel. The decorative panel has a rectangular air inlet grille disposed at a location that faces the opening of the body. The air inlet grille has long-side wall portions that face each other, a plurality of short-side wall portions disposed perpendicularly to each of the long-side wall portions, a bottom portion surrounded by the long-side wall portions and the plurality of short-side wall portions, and hook receiving portions located in respective grille corner portions each located at the corresponding one of four corners of the bottom portion. The filter is formed in a rectangular shape and has hook portions in respective filter corner portions each located at the corresponding one of four corners of the filter. The hook portions are engaged with the respective hook receiving portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Tagaya, Tetsuya Tazawa, Keisuke Tomomura
  • Publication number: 20190346171
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a body having an opening, a decorative panel attached to the body to cover the opening, and a filter disposed between the body and the decorative panel. The decorative panel has a rectangular air inlet grille disposed at a location that faces the opening of the body. The air inlet grille has long-side wall portions that face each other, a plurality of short-side wall portions disposed perpendicularly to each of the long-side wall portions, a bottom portion surrounded by the long-side wall portions and the plurality of short-side wall portions, and hook receiving portions located in respective grille corner portions each located at the corresponding one of four corners of the bottom portion. The filter is formed in a rectangular shape and has hook portions in respective filter corner portions each located at the corresponding one of four corners of the filter. The hook portions are engaged with the respective hook receiving portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jun TAGAYA, Tetsuya TAZAWA, Keisuke TOMOMURA