Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Shiraishi

Kazuhiko Shiraishi 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: 8820102
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a ventilator that sucks air from outside the vehicle; an air conditioner that conditions air inside the vehicle; a duct for fresh outside air that connects the ventilator with the air conditioner so as to supply the air that the ventilator has sucked from outside the vehicle to the air conditioner; and a duct for conditioned air that supplies the conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner to inside the vehicle. The duct for fresh outside air is branched so as to be connected to the duct for conditioned air. With this configuration, even if the operation of the air conditioner is stopped due to, e.g., a leakage of a flammable refrigerant, an amount of ventilation can be secured in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shiraishi, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Sumida, Akihiro Nishida, Masato Yosomiya, Tetsuya Yamashita, Takashi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 8443624
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture containing tetrafluoropropane as a high-boiling refrigerant and a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture containing tetrafluoropropane as a high-boiling refrigerant circulates through a refrigeration cycle so as to avoid occurrence of negative pressure in a low-pressure circuit. The non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture is characterized in that a mixing ratio of a high-boiling refrigerant and a low-boiling refrigerant is determined so that a saturated vapor line where pressure is 0.00 MPa is not higher than ?45° C. in a low-pressure circuit formed between the decompressor to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamashita, Akihiro Nishida, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Takashi Okazaki, Yoshihiro Sumida, Masato Yosomiya, Kazuhiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110079042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture containing tetrafluoropropane as a high-boiling refrigerant and a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture containing tetrafluoropropane as a high-boiling refrigerant circulates through a refrigeration cycle so as to avoid occurrence of negative pressure in a low-pressure circuit. The non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture is characterized in that a mixing ratio of a high-boiling refrigerant and a low-boiling refrigerant is determined so that a saturated vapor line where pressure is 0.00 MPa is not higher than ?45° C. in a low-pressure circuit formed between the decompressor to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamashita, Akihiro Nishida, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Takashi Okazaki, Yoshihiro Sumida, Masato Yosomiya, Kazuhiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110067421
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a ventilator that sucks air from outside the vehicle; an air conditioner that conditions air inside the vehicle; a duct for fresh outside air that connects the ventilator with the air conditioner so as to supply the air that the ventilator has sucked from outside the vehicle to the air conditioner; and a duct for conditioned air that supplies the conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner to inside the vehicle. The duct for fresh outside air is branched so as to be connected to the duct for conditioned air. With this configuration, even if the operation of the air conditioner is stopped due to, e.g., a leakage of a flammable refrigerant, an amount of ventilation can be secured in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shiraishi, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Sumida, Akihiro Nishida, Masato Yosomiya, Tetsuya Yamashita, Takashi Okazaki