Patents by Inventor Kaname Maruyama
Kaname Maruyama 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: 11953020Abstract: A turbofan includes a circular end plate, a ring-shaped shroud facing the end plate, and a plurality of blade members disposed between the end plate and the shroud. An annular portion of a space between the end plate and the shroud where the blade members are disposed is a pressure-increase flow path. The turbofan causes air to flow from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side of the pressure-increase flow path. A cross-sectional area of the pressure-increase flow path increases gradually from an upstream end toward a downstream end of the pressure-increase flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ryuusuke Ohtaguro, Kaname Maruyama, Masahito Higashida
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Patent number: 11947275Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic apparatus including: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a voltage application unit configured to cause discharge from an electroconductive member to the electrophotographic photosensitive member; a charge transfer amount detection unit configured to detect a charge transfer amount per unit time resulting from the discharge from the electroconductive member to the electrophotographic photosensitive member; and a charging potential control unit, wherein V1 and V2 defined by specific procedures for the electrophotographic photosensitive member satisfy a relationship represented by the following expression (E-4): 100V1<V2?V1 (E-4), and wherein the charging potential control unit is configured to control the charging potential of the electrophotographic photosensitive member at the time of image formation.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Kaname Watariguchi, Akihiro Maruyama, Kenichi Kaku, Michiyo Sekiya, Kohei Makisumi, Tatsuya Yamaai, Hideharu Shimozawa, Naoki Fukushima
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Publication number: 20230417249Abstract: A propeller fan includes a blade configured to rotate around a predetermined rotation axis, and a ring connected to a blade end of the blade. The blade includes a curved portion on a side on which the blade end is located. The curved portion has, in a rotational radial direction of the blade, a cross-sectional shape projecting in a convex manner toward a side on which a pressure surface is located. In the curved portion, when a height from a position of a blade root on a camber line in a direction along the predetermined rotation axis is an axial-direction height and a position at which the axial-direction height becomes maximum in the rotational radial direction is a maximum curve position, the axial-direction height at the maximum curve position is maximum on a side on which a trailing edge of the blade is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Tomohiro ISHIBASHI, Zuozhou CHEN, Anan TAKADA, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 11852367Abstract: A control device causes an air conditioning apparatus to execute a temperature adjustment operation of causing a first temperature to approach a first target temperature at a target time point and causing a second temperature to approach a second target temperature at the target time point. The first temperature is a surface temperature of a partition portion including at least one of a floor, a wall, and a ceiling facing a target space. The second temperature is an indoor temperature of the target space.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Harada, Zuozhou Chen, Kaname Maruyama
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Publication number: 20230228278Abstract: A propeller fan includes a hub rotatable about an axis, and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the hub. A ring surrounds the plurality of blades and is connected to each blade tip. A maximum camber location is on a camber line where a distance from a chord line to the camber line in an arc-shaped cross section of each blade about the axis is maximum. An axial height is from a trailing edge to the camber line in a direction along the axis. Each blade has a first portion provided inside in the radial direction of rotation and whose axial height at the maximum camber location is substantially constant, and a second portion provided outside in the radial direction of rotation and whose axial height at the maximum camber location increases toward the blade tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Zuozhou CHEN, Anan TAKADA, Tomohiro ISHIBASHI, Tooru IWATA, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 11512709Abstract: Blades (20a to 20c) of a propeller fan (10) have different circumferential pitches ?1, ?2, and ?3. The blades (20a to 20c) have different masses so that the center of gravity of the propeller fan (10) is positioned on a rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10). Blade body portions (42c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have different thicknesses. In contrast, camber lines of the blades (20a to 20c) in blade cross section have the same shape, projections of the blades (20a to 20c) on a plane perpendicular to the rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10) have the same shape, and leading edge portions (41a to 41c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have the same shape. As a result, a propeller fan (10) having reduced noise and vibrations can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tooru Iwata, Hirotaka Tomioka, Kaname Maruyama
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Publication number: 20220213898Abstract: A turbofan includes a circular end plate, a ring-shaped shroud facing the end plate. and a plurality of blade members disposed between the end plate and the shroud. An annular portion of a space between the end plate and the shroud where the blade members are disposed is a pressure-increase flow path. The turbofan causes air to flow from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side of the pressure-increase flow path. A cross-sectional area of the pressure-increase flow path increases gradually from an upstream end toward a downstream end of the pressure-increase flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Ryuusuke OHTAGURO, Kaname MARUYAMA, Masahito HIGASHIDA
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Publication number: 20220113053Abstract: A control device causes an air conditioning apparatus to execute a temperature adjustment operation of causing a first temperature to approach a first target temperature at a target time point and causing a second temperature to approach a second target temperature at the target time point. The first temperature is a surface temperature of a partition portion including at least one of a floor, a wall, and a ceiling facing a target space. The second temperature is an indoor temperature of the target space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke HARADA, Zuozhou CHEN, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 11073302Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit main body having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange by the heat exchanger. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out flow path that is configured such that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. When a distance in the lower wall from an intersection, where a tangent inscribing a tongue of the cross-flow fan orthogonally intersects the lower wall, to a lower end of the indoor unit main body is referred to as distance L, a ratio (L/D) of the distance L to outer diameter D of an impeller of the cross-flow fan is less than 0.05. At least part of the blow-out flow path is formed to project out of the outlet at least when air conditioning operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu Teraoka, Hideshi Tanaka, Satoshi Nakai, Masahito Higashida, Masafumi Uda, Kaname Maruyama, Zuozhou Chen
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Publication number: 20210048220Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit main body having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange by the heat exchanger. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out flow path that is configured such that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. When a distance in the lower wall from an intersection, where a tangent inscribing a tongue of the cross-flow fan orthogonally intersects the lower wall, to a lower end of the indoor unit main body is referred to as distance L, a ratio (L/D) of the distance L to outer diameter D of an impeller of the cross-flow fan is less than 0.05. At least part of the blow-out flow path is formed to project out of the outlet at least when air conditioning operation is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu TERAOKA, Hideshi TANAKA, Satoshi NAKAI, Masahito HIGASHIDA, Masafumi UDA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Zuozhou CHEN
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Publication number: 20210033288Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit body including an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange on air drawn in from the inlet; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange performed by the heat exchanger from the outlet. The cross-flow fan includes a blow-out flow path formed by a lower wall, left and right side walls, and an upper wall so that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. The two side walls are arranged to project out of the outlet at least when an air conditioning operation is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu TERAOKA, Hideshi TANAKA, Satoshi NAKAI, Masahito HIGASHIDA, Masafumi UDA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Zuozhou CHEN
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Publication number: 20200088211Abstract: Blades (20a to 20c) of a propeller fan (10) have different circumferential pitches ?1, ?2, and ?3. The blades (20a to 20c) have different masses so that the center of gravity of the propeller fan (10) is positioned on a rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10). Blade body portions (42c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have different thicknesses. In contrast, camber lines of the blades (20a to 20c) in blade cross section have the same shape, projections of the blades (20a to 20c) on a plane perpendicular to the rotational center axis (11) of the propeller fan (10) have the same shape, and leading edge portions (41a to 41c) of the blades (20a to 20c) have the same shape. As a result, a propeller fan (10) having reduced noise and vibrations can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tooru IWATA, Hirotaka TOMIOKA, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 10480817Abstract: The duct-type indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a casing including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, an inlet duct connection part which is formed in the first surface and to which an inlet duct is connected, and an outlet duct connection part which is formed in the second surface and to which an outlet duct is connected; a partition member partitioning interior of the casing into a first space on an inlet side and a second space on an outlet side, the partitioning member having an opening communicating the first space with the second space; a heat exchanger arranged inside the first space; and a centrifugal fan having an impeller with backward curved blades, the impeller being positioned inside the second space to suck in air in the first space through the opening. The impeller has a rotating shaft parallel to the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Takahiro Yamasaki, Kaname Maruyama
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Patent number: 10274222Abstract: A fan unit includes a fan case, a partition member and a centrifugal fan. The fan case has an inflow port and a blowout port. The fan case includes a unit connecting portion for connecting the heat exchange unit. The partition member partitions an inside of the fan case into an upstream side space and a downstream side space. The partition member has an opening for allowing the upstream side space and the downstream side space to communicate with each other. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller including a plurality of backward curved blades. The centrifugal fan is arranged such that the impeller is located in the downstream side space and sucks air in the upstream side space through the opening. The blowout port is located on an outer side in a radial direction of the impeller in the downstream side space.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Takahiro Yamasaki, Kaname Maruyama
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Patent number: 9903386Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a hub and a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The hub connects blow-out port side ends of the plural rearward blades and is configured to be rotated about the rotary shaft. The hub has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the rearward blades.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Takashi Kashihara, Kaname Maruyama, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Naofumi Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20150354584Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a hub, a plurality of blades, and a shroud. The blades each have a curved part that is curved to incline toward a side on which air impinges when a connected end connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud moves in a rotating direction of the centrifugal fan. The hub includes a hub-side diffuser ring that protrudes radially outward of the blades. The shroud includes a shroud-side diffuser ring that protrudes radially outward of the blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Tooru IWATA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Shimei TEI
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Publication number: 20150330403Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a hub and a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The hub connects blow-out port side ends of the plural rearward blades and is configured to be rotated about the rotary shaft. The hub has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the rearward blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Takahiro YAMASAKI, Takashi KASHIHARA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Naofumi YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20150071775Abstract: A fan unit includes a fan case, a partition member and a centrifugal fan. The fan case has an inflow port and a blowout port. The fan case includes a unit connecting portion for connecting the heat exchange unit. The partition member partitions an inside of the fan case into an upstream side space and a downstream side space. The partition member has an opening for allowing the upstream side space and the downstream side space to communicate with each other. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller including a plurality of backward curved blades. The centrifugal fan is arranged such that the impeller is located in the downstream side space and sucks air in the upstream side space through the opening. The blowout port is located on an outer side in a radial direction of the impeller in the downstream side space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi KASHIHARA, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20150068711Abstract: The duct-type indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a casing including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, an inlet duct connection part which is formed in the first surface and to which an inlet duct is connected, and an outlet duct connection part which is formed in the second surface and to which an outlet duct is connected; a partition member partitioning interior of the casing into a first space on an inlet side and a second space on an outlet side, the partitioning member having an opening communicating the first space with the second space; a heat exchanger arranged inside the first space; and a centrifugal fan having an impeller with backward curved blades, the impeller being positioned inside the second space to suck in air in the first space through the opening. The impeller has a rotating shaft parallel to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi KASHIHARA, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Kaname MARUYAMA
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Patent number: D569106Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Twinbird CorporationInventor: Kaname Maruyama