Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Koshida

Katsuaki Koshida 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: 6659167
    Abstract: A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a predetermined radius of curvature. The door (5) is guided by arcuate cam grooves (19) and driven upward and downward to achieve open/close operation with the aid of a sliding mechanism (M). Compact construction, reduction in air flow resistance, smoothed handling, high sealing and high temperature controlling are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsurushima, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Masaharu Onda, Toshiya Uchida, Katsuaki Koshida, Katsuhiro Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 6305462
    Abstract: A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a predetermined radius of curvature. The door (5) is guided by arcuate cam grooves (19) and driven upward and downward to achieve open/close operation with the aid of a sliding mechanism (M). Compact construction, reduction in air flow resistance, smoothed handling, high sealing and high temperature controlling are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsurushima, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Masaharu Onda, Toshiya Uchida, Katsuaki Koshida, Katsuhiro Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20010027861
    Abstract: A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a predetermined radius of curvature. The door (5) is guided by arcuate cam grooves (19) and driven upward and downward to achieve open/close operation with the aid of a sliding mechanism (M). Compact construction, reduction in air flow resistance, smoothed handling, high sealing and high temperature controlling are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Akihiro Tsurushima, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Masaharu Onda, Toshiya Uchida, Katsuaki Koshida, Katsuhiro Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 6048263
    Abstract: An automobile heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit comprises a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning case permitting the flow of interior air, an evaporator core disposed in the case for taking heat from the interior air to produce cool air, a heater core disposed in the case downstream of the evaporator core for adding heat to the cool air to produce warm air, an air mix chamber defined in the case for blending the cool air with the warm air, an air mix door disposed between the evaporator core and the heater core for controlling the percentage of the cool air and the warm air being fed into the air mix chamber, depending on the position of the air mix door, and a foot-vent communication passage defined in the case by partitioning the rear end of the air mix chamber by a partition wall extending substantially vertically along the inner wall of the case, so that the foot-vent communication passage communicates with the downstream end of the air mix chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Calsonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Uchida, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Katsuaki Koshida, Katsuhiro Kurokawa