Patents by Inventor Kenji Ashida

Kenji Ashida 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).

  • Publication number: 20220340858
    Abstract: An incubator includes: a housing which is divided into a thermostatic chamber and an air-conditioning chamber and allows first air to circulate between the thermostatic chamber and the air-conditioning chamber; and an air conditioner that regulates a temperature of the first air in the air-conditioning chamber. A channel through which the first air flows is formed in the air-conditioning chamber. The air conditioner includes: a supply unit having a supply port for supplying second air colder than the first air to the channel; an upstream fan which is arranged upstream of the supply port and allows the first air in the thermostatic chamber to flow into the channel; and a downstream fan which is arranged downstream of the supply port, mixes the second air with the first air, and allows the first air mixed with the second air to flow from the channel into the thermostatic chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP
    Inventors: Koichi ABE, Hiroshi YATA, Kenji ASHIDA, Yusuke UEDA
  • Patent number: 9010143
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor (10) compressing a refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger (30) exchanging heat between the refrigerant and indoor air, a pressure-reducing expansion valve (50) reducing pressure of and expanding the refrigerant, and an outdoor heat exchanger (60) exchanging heat between the refrigerant and outdoor air. The air conditioner further has a base plate (70) arranged below the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and having a drain outlet (71) formed at a position opposing an undersurface of the outdoor heat exchanger (60). Between the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and the base plate (70), a freeze prevention pipe (41) is disposed in a manner, in plan view, to at least partially pass inside the region of the drain outlet (71). The freeze prevention pipe (41) is connected between the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and the indoor heat exchanger (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Ashida
  • Publication number: 20110154845
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor (10) compressing a refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger (30) exchanging heat between the refrigerant and indoor air, a pressure-reducing expansion valve (50) reducing pressure of and expanding the refrigerant, and an outdoor heat exchanger (60) exchanging heat between the refrigerant and outdoor air. The air conditioner further has a base plate (70) arranged below the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and having a drain outlet (71) formed at a position opposing an undersurface of the outdoor heat exchanger (60). Between the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and the base plate (70), a freeze prevention pipe (41) is disposed in a manner, in plan view, to at least partially pass inside the region of the drain outlet (71). The freeze prevention pipe (41) is connected between the outdoor heat exchanger (60) and the indoor heat exchanger (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Kenji Ashida