Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Ooishi

Kazuhiro Ooishi 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: 9470424
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwazaki, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Yanase, Kazuho Itou
  • Patent number: 9388993
    Abstract: A power supply panel includes an engagement portion. An electrical component box includes a hook portion that engages with the engagement portion. A temporarily fixed state in which the power supply panel is attached to the electrical component box is set when the engagement portion engages with the hook portion. A securely fixed state in which the power supply panel is positioned inside the outer periphery of a housing, as the housing is seen in a plan view, and the power supply panel is positioned below the electrical component box is set when the electrical component box is placed in a machine chamber and the power supply panel is attached to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 9273895
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Takeuchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20150043133
    Abstract: A power supply panel includes an engagement portion. An electrical component box includes a hook portion that engages with the engagement portion. A temporarily fixed state in which the power supply panel is attached to the electrical component box is set when the engagement portion engages with the hook portion. A securely fixed state in which the power supply panel is positioned inside the outer periphery of a housing, as the housing is seen in a plan view, and the power supply panel is positioned below the electrical component box is set when the electrical component box is placed in a machine chamber and the power supply panel is attached to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20150027670
    Abstract: An outdoor machine of an air conditioner includes a fan motor mount including a fan motor support plate, and a top plate. The fan motor support plate is formed with: a plurality of props; a prop horizontal plane; a prop front plane; a fitting portion, which is provided on the prop horizontal plane and fitted to a rear end of the top plate; and a first screw hole, which is provided on the prop front plane to fix the top plate. The top plate is formed with: a screw fixing piece, which has a shape parallel to the prop front plane and is provided with a second screw hole corresponding the first screw hole. The fitting portion is fitted to the rear end of the top plate, and the screw fixing piece is located on the front side of the prop front plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Kazuhiro OOISHI
  • Publication number: 20140165640
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto TAKEUCHI, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20140144167
    Abstract: A bottom plate 1 has a projecting portion 1a that upwardly projects at a portion thereof to which a heater support 5 is attached, and a leg 3 is disposed at a portion that at least includes a position below a screw hole 1b formed in the projecting portion 1a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroshi Iwazaki, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Ito, Tomoya Yanase
  • Publication number: 20140131024
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWAZAKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Kazuhiro OOISHI, Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Tomoya YANASE, Kazuho ITOU
  • Patent number: 8171748
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner including a front opening and closing panel with a structure wherein a sink is difficult to occur in a design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ooishi, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20090158765
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner including a front opening and closing panel with a structure wherein a sink is difficult to occur in a design surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OOISHI, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5113183
    Abstract: In a nameplate apparatus incorporating a communication unit therein, the communication unit is formed in a thin film shape and transmits a coded code specific to the nameplate apparatus. On a front surface of this thin-film shaped communication unit, a display plate is mounted so as to display information such as a name, whereas on a rear surface of the communication unit, a holding member is provided so as to detachably secure the communication unit to a user's clothing or the like. In a data processing apparatus, after the coded code transmitted from the communication unit is determined to be coincident with a predetermined identification code, the data processing apparatus is brought into an operable condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Mizuno, Hanzo Tsuzuki, Kazuyoshi Haruhara, Shigeki Miyata, Katsuhiko Motoike, Tooru Sakai, Kazuhiro Ooishi