Patents by Inventor Koichi Umetsu

Koichi Umetsu 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: 10436496
    Abstract: A blade included in an impeller is formed so that, when viewed in a vertical cross-sectional view of the blade, a pressure surface of the blade and a suction surface of the blade opposite to the pressure surface are curved more in the direction in which the impeller rotates, in their areas farther from the axis of rotation of the impeller and closer to the exterior of the blade, and are arched so that a portion near the center of the blade is most distant from a straight line connecting the inner end and the outer end of the blade, the pressure surface and the suction surface form a curved surface including at least one circular arc, and a straight portion of the blade is formed to be connected to the curved surface on its one side, and extend toward the inner end of the blade on its other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takahide Tadokoro, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Seiji Hirakawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Koichi Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10088176
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, back flow is less likely to occur at an outlet port in relation to an inlet resistance, and the air-conditioning device includes: a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cross-flow fan provided inside the main body; and a heat exchanger provided inside the main body, wherein the main body includes at least a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the inlet port is formed in the upper surface, a ratio H/Df between the main body height dimension H and the fan outer diameter Df is 2.2 to 2.7, and an angle of inclination ? between a rear part of an front upward inclination section of the heat exchanger and a vertical direction is 30° to 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Takahiro Shishido, Koichi Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20170276379
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, back flow is less likely to occur at an outlet port in relation to an inlet resistance, and the air-conditioning device includes: a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cross-flow fan provided inside the main body; and a heat exchanger provided inside the main body, wherein the main body includes at least a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the inlet port is formed in the upper surface, a ratio H/Df between the main body height dimension H and the fan outer diameter Df is 2.2 to 2.7, and an angle of inclination between a rear part of an front upward inclination section of the heat exchanger and a vertical direction is 30° to 45°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi IKEDA, Mitsuhiro SHIROTA, Takahiro SHISHIDO, Koichi UMETSU
  • Publication number: 20150056910
    Abstract: A blade included in an impeller is formed so that, when viewed in a vertical cross-sectional view of the blade, a pressure surface of the blade and a suction surface of the blade opposite to the pressure surface are curved more in the direction in which the impeller rotates, in their areas farther from the axis of rotation of the impeller and closer to the exterior of the blade, and are arched so that a portion near the center of the blade is most distant from a straight line connecting the inner end and the outer end of the blade, the pressure surface and the suction surface form a curved surface including at least one circular arc, and a straight portion of the blade is formed to be connected to the curved surface on its one side, and extend toward the inner end of the blade on its other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takahide Tadokoro, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Seiji Hirakawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Koichi Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20120097367
    Abstract: The present invention provides indoor unit of air conditioner including a plurality of heat-exchangers, main-unit casing that accommodates heat-exchangers and includes suction air duct extending from air inlet to heat-exchangers and blowout air duct extending from heat-exchangers to air outlet, and air blower that is provided in blowout air duct and blows out air taken in from air inlet, from air outlet after having air passed through heat-exchangers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Goto, Takashi Kobayashi, Daisuke Sugiyama, Seiji Hirakawa, Koichi Umetsu