Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tominaga

Masahiro Tominaga 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: 11001126
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning unit includes a seal compressing portion presses a sealing component against a partition wall that separates an interior and an exterior of a vehicle compartment. The seal compressing portion is positioned in the interior of the vehicle compartment and includes a tubing routing space through which inner tubing extends, and a drain space positioned below the tubing routing space to receive water drained from the tubing routing space. The drain space communicates with the exterior of the vehicle compartment via a through hole of the partition wall to discharge water from the drain space to the exterior of the vehicle compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20210001684
    Abstract: According to the disclosed air conditioner with a pipe support, both a seat member and a holder member are provided by a base portion and a cover portion. The seat member is provided by the base end portion and the cover end portion. The holder member is provided by the base depression portion and the cover depression portion. The holder member is positioned behind the seat member and supports the end pipes. The base portion and the cover portion are connected by a connecting mechanism. Behind the seat member, the holder member supports the end pipes, so that the end pipes are held stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro TOMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20190084371
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning unit includes a seal compressing portion presses a sealing component against a partition wall that separates an interior and an exterior of a vehicle compartment. The seal compressing portion is positioned in the interior of the vehicle compartment and includes a tubing routing space through which inner tubing extends, and a drain space positioned below the tubing routing space to receive water drained from the tubing routing space. The drain space communicates with the exterior of the vehicle compartment via a through hole of the partition wall to discharge water from the drain space to the exterior of the vehicle compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Masahiro TOMINAGA
  • Patent number: 7377554
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided for an air conditioning unit mounted inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle and connected with pipes, which extends to the passenger compartment from an engine cabin through a pipe penetration opening of an isolation member. The seal structure includes an annular-shape pipe coupling wall formed at a case of the air conditioning unit and arranged at an outer side of a connection unit of the pipes, a first packing unit sandwiched between the pipe coupling wall and the connection unit, and a second packing unit between the isolation member and a front end of the pipe coupling wall. The second packing unit is bonded to both the first packing unit and the pipe coupling wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohisa Motomura, Kazuyuki Niimi, Kouji Matsunaga, Masahiro Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20050230967
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided for an air conditioning unit mounted inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle and connected with pipes, which extends to the passenger compartment from an engine cabin through a pipe penetration opening of an isolation member. The seal structure includes an annular-shape pipe coupling wall formed at a case of the air conditioning unit and arranged at an outer side of a connection unit of the pipes, a first packing unit sandwiched between the pipe coupling wall and the connection unit, and a second packing unit between the isolation member and a front end of the pipe coupling wall. The second packing unit is bonded to both the first packing unit and the pipe coupling wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohisa Motomura, Kazuyuki Niimi, Kouji Matsunaga, Masahiro Tominaga
  • Patent number: 4495234
    Abstract: A weather stripping for sealing a vehicle body flange. The weather strip includes a sealing member integrally formed with a channel or strip body having an opening for receiving a body flange therein. The weather strip includes at least one sealing lip formed on an inner surface of the strip body that extends in the longitudinal direction and a connecting portion in which the interior sealing lip is cut away to define an interior passageway that will communicate with the outside of the channel. This assures draining of water and the like which may have entered inside the strip body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tominaga, Kenichi Nakamura, Kunio Mishima