Patents by Inventor Kazunobu Nishimiya
Kazunobu Nishimiya 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: 10422547Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes refrigerant systems that each include an outdoor unit and indoor units and that air-condition a single room, and circulators for making a temperature distribution in the room uniform. The air-conditioning apparatus determines a load on each of the two refrigerant systems in operation, and, if it is determined that improvement of operating efficiency is possible on the basis of the determination result, performs a system-selective operation in which operation of one of the refrigerant systems determined to be under a low load is stopped and the other refrigerant system determined to be under a high load is selectively performed, and causes the circulators to transport blown air blown from the indoor units of the refrigerant system determined to be under a high load to an air-conditioned zone of the refrigerant system determined to be under a low load.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru Hamada, Fumitake Unezaki, Hitoshi Kikuchi, Shigeki Onishi, Naoto Ariyoshi, Naomichi Tamura, Kazunobu Nishimiya
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Patent number: 10006649Abstract: An air-conditioning system is configured to determine an evaporating temperature control range of a first refrigerant circuit on the basis of the temperature of outdoor air, control an evaporating temperature of the first refrigerant circuit to a target evaporating temperature determined within the evaporating temperature control range of the first refrigerant circuit, determine an evaporating temperature control range of a second refrigerant circuit on the basis of the humidity of the outdoor air, and control an evaporating temperature of the second refrigerant circuit to a target evaporating temperature determined within the evaporating temperature control range of the second refrigerant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru Hamada, Fumitake Unezaki, Naomichi Tamura, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Hidemoto Arai
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Patent number: 9874360Abstract: Maximum evaporating temperature setting values and minimum evaporating temperature setting values in an indoor heat exchanger and a ventilator cooler are determined in accordance with outdoor air temperature and humidity, evaporating temperature setting values in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are set to be between the respective maximum evaporating temperature setting values and the respective minimum evaporating temperature setting values, and evaporating temperatures in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are controlled so as to be the respective evaporating temperature setting values.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru Hamada, Fumitake Unezaki, Naomichi Tamura, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Hidemoto Arai
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Publication number: 20170307248Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes refrigerant systems that each include an outdoor unit and indoor units and that air-condition a single room, and circulators for making a temperature distribution in the room uniform. The air-conditioning apparatus determines a load on each of the two refrigerant systems in operation, and, if it is determined that improvement of operating efficiency is possible on the basis of the determination result, performs a system-selective operation in which operation of one of the refrigerant systems determined to be under a low load is stopped and the other refrigerant system determined to be under a high load is selectively performed, and causes the circulators to transport blown air blown from the indoor units of the refrigerant system determined to be under a high load to an air-conditioned zone of the refrigerant system determined to be under a low load.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Fumitake UNEZAKI, Hitoshi KIKUCHI, Shigeki ONISHI, Naoto ARIYOSHI, Naomichi TAMURA, Kazunobu NISHIMIYA
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Patent number: 9709288Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes: an air-conditioning apparatus in which indoor units are connected to an outdoor unit; a conveying fan; and control means for controlling the air-conditioning apparatus and the conveying fan on the basis of a target evaporating temperature. The control means resets an upper limit of the target evaporating temperature when: a control determination temperature difference which is a difference between a set temperature and a temperature of an air-conditioned space is within a predetermined range; a humidity of the air-conditioned space is equal to or lower than a predetermined value; and a thermo-ON indoor unit and a thermo-OFF indoor unit are present together in the same air-conditioned space.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazunobu Nishimiya, Atsuhiro Yabuta
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Publication number: 20160084511Abstract: Maximum evaporating temperature setting values and minimum evaporating temperature setting values in an indoor heat exchanger and a ventilator cooler are determined in accordance with outdoor air temperature and humidity, evaporating temperature setting values in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are set to be between the respective maximum evaporating temperature setting values and the respective minimum evaporating temperature setting values, and evaporating temperatures in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are controlled so as to be the respective evaporating temperature setting values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Fumitake UNEZAKI, Naomichi TAMURA, Kazunobu NISHIMIYA, Hidemoto ARAI
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Publication number: 20150362200Abstract: An air-conditioning system is configured to determine an evaporating temperature control range of a first refrigerant circuit on the basis of the temperature of outdoor air, control an evaporating temperature of the first refrigerant circuit to a target evaporating temperature determined within the evaporating temperature control range of the first refrigerant circuit, determine an evaporating temperature control range of a second refrigerant circuit on the basis of the humidity of the outdoor air, and control an evaporating temperature of the second refrigerant circuit to a target evaporating temperature determined within the evaporating temperature control range of the second refrigerant circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Fumitake UNEZAKI, Naomichi TAMURA, Kazunobu NISHIMIYA, Hidemoto ARAI
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Publication number: 20150300675Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes refrigerant systems that each include an outdoor unit and indoor units and that air-condition a single room, and circulators for making a temperature distribution in the room uniform. The air-conditioning apparatus determines a load on each of the two refrigerant systems in operation, and, if it is determined that improvement of operating efficiency is possible on the basis of the determination result, performs a system-selective operation in which operation of one of the refrigerant systems determined to be under a low load is stopped and the other refrigerant system determined to be under a high load is selectively performed, and causes the circulators to transport blown air blown from the indoor units of the refrigerant system determined to be under a high load to an air-conditioned zone of the refrigerant system determined to be under a low load.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Fumitake UNEZAKI, Hitoshi KIKUCHI, Shigeki ONISHI, Naoto ARIYOSHI, Naomichi TAMURA, Kazunobu NISHIMIYA
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Publication number: 20150032269Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes: an air-conditioning apparatus in which indoor units are connected to an outdoor unit; a conveying fan; and control means for controlling the air-conditioning apparatus and the conveying fan on the basis of a target evaporating temperature. The control means resets an upper limit of the target evaporating temperature when: a control determination temperature difference which is a difference between a set temperature and a temperature of an air-conditioned space is within a predetermined range; a humidity of the air-conditioned space is equal to or lower than a predetermined value; and a thermo-ON indoor unit and a thermo-OFF indoor unit are present together in the same air-conditioned space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazunobu Nishimiya, Atsuhiro Yabuta
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Patent number: 8499580Abstract: A centrifugal fan mounted in an air conditioner has the following relationship: outer diameter of a side plate of the centrifugal fan>outer diameter of the blade rear-edge part on side-plate side>diameter of the blade rear-edge part on main plate side>outer diameter of the main plate. In the centrifugal fan, the blade rear-edge part is positioned inside from a straight line connecting the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the main plate, to the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the side plate, as viewed from the rotation axis. The blade rear-edge part has a shape such that the distance from the rotation axis becomes larger from the main plate toward the side plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takehara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Yukihiko Kawanori
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Publication number: 20120325442Abstract: A centrifugal fan mounted in an air conditioner has the following relationship: outer diameter of a side plate of the centrifugal fan>outer diameter of the blade rear-edge part on side-plate side>diameter of the blade rear-edge part on main plate side>outer diameter of the main plate. In the centrifugal fan, the blade rear-edge part is positioned inside from a straight line connecting the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the main plate, to the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the side plate, as viewed from the rotation axis. The blade rear-edge part has a shape such that the distance from the rotation axis becomes larger from the main plate toward the side plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi IKEDA, Naho Takehara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Yukihiko Kawanori
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Patent number: 8256241Abstract: A centrifugal fan mounted in an air conditioner has the following relationship: outer diameter of a side plate of the centrifugal fan > outer diameter of the blade rear-edge part on side-plate side > diameter of the blade rear-edge part on main plate side ? outer diameter of the main plate. In the centrifugal fan, the blade rear-edge part is positioned inside from a straight line connecting the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the main plate, to the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the side plate, as viewed from the rotation axis. The blade rear-edge part has a shape such that the distance from the rotation axis becomes larger from the main plate toward the side plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takehara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Yukihiko Kawanori
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Patent number: 8225623Abstract: To obtain an air conditioner having a lower-noise centrifugal fan capable of improving product reliability during transportation and execution properties of installation, with reduced packaging materials in favor of environment. The shape of a blade is formed so that when a blade edge positioned on the downstream side of the blowing direction is designated as a blade rear-edge, the centrifugal fan has a relationship of the outer diameter of the side plate>the outer diameter of the blade rear-edge on the side of a side plate>the outer diameter of the blade rear-edge on the side of a main plate?the outer diameter of the main plate, and the blade rear-edge is located inside of a straight line connecting a connection point between the blade rear-edge and the main plate to a connection point between the blade rear-edge and the side plate relative to the rotation axis of the fan, and the distance between the blade rear edge and the rotation axis increases toward the side plate from the main plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takehara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Masaaki Iseki
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Publication number: 20100115983Abstract: To obtain an air conditioner having a lower-noise centrifugal fan capable of improving product reliability during transportation and execution properties of installation, with reduced packaging materials in favor of environment. The shape of a blade is formed so that when a blade edge positioned on the downstream side of the blowing direction is designated as a blade rear-edge, the centrifugal fan has a relationship of the outer diameter of the side plate>the outer diameter of the blade rear-edge on the side of a side plate>the outer diameter of the blade rear-edge on the side of a main plate?the outer diameter of the main plate, and the blade rear-edge is located inside of a straight line connecting a connection point between the blade rear-edge and the main plate to a connection point between the blade rear-edge and the side plate relative to the rotation axis of the fan, and the distance between the blade rear edge and the rotation axis increases toward the side plate from the main plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takehara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Masaaki Iseki
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Publication number: 20100050678Abstract: A centrifugal fan mounted in an air conditioner has the following relationship: outer diameter of a side plate of the centrifugal fan>outer diameter of the blade rear-edge part on side-plate side>diameter of the blade rear-edge part on main plate side>outer diameter of the main plate. In the centrifugal fan, the blade rear-edge part is positioned inside from a straight line connecting the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the main plate, to the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the side plate, as viewed from the rotation axis. The blade rear-edge part has a shape such that the distance from the rotation axis becomes larger from the main plate toward the side plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takahara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Yukihiko Kawanori