Patents by Inventor Kento OKU

Kento OKU 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).

  • Outdoor unit for air-conditioning apparatus
    Patent number: 11959659
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, having a compressor, a top cover configured to cover an upper surface of the compressor, and a side cover configured to cover a side of the compressor and a side of the top cover, the side cover including a rectangular cutout portion formed in a part of an upper end of the side cover. The outdoor unit has a non-water-absorbent draining element disposed across from a central portion of the top cover to a bottom portion of the cutout portion, and tilts down from the central portion of the top cover toward the bottom portion of the cutout portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kento Oku, Keiichi Tomita, Tetsuya Masuda
  • Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus and method of assembling outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus
    Patent number: 11473788
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus enabling a soundproof material to correctly cover a compressor and having enhanced assembling efficiency and a method for assembling the outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus are provided. The outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes the compressor installed inside a casing and the soundproof material covering at least the compressor. The soundproof material includes a lower soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of a lower portion of the compressor and an upper soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of an upper portion of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yo Kitabatake, Shigeru Hata, Keiichi Tomita, Yohei Kawaguchi, Rei Hayakawa, Kento Oku
  • OUTDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210010712
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, having a compressor, a top cover configured to cover an upper surface of the compressor, and a side cover configured to cover a side of the compressor and a side of the top cover, the side cover including a rectangular cutout portion formed in a part of an upper end of the side cover. The outdoor unit has a non-water-absorbent draining element disposed across from a central portion of the top cover to a bottom portion of the cutout portion, and tilts down from the central portion of the top cover toward the bottom portion of the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kento OKU, Keiichi TOMITA, Tetsuya MASUDA
  • OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200041145
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus enabling a soundproof material to correctly cover a compressor and having enhanced assembling efficiency and a method for assembling the outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus are provided. The outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes the compressor installed inside a casing and the soundproof material covering at least the compressor. The soundproof material includes a lower soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of a lower portion of the compressor and an upper soundproof material surrounding a lateral periphery of an upper portion of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yo KITABATAKE, Shigeru HATA, Keiichi TOMITA, Yohei KAWAGUCHI, Rei HAYAKAWA, Kento OKU