Patents by Inventor Masakazu Tanigawa

Masakazu Tanigawa 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: 20140087648
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a housing having an air flow path therein. An air guide member is provided within a mixing zone where a first air flow flowing in from a first opening provided on the air flow path within the housing and a second air flow flowing in from a second opening are mixed, and guides the first air flow and the second air flow. A slide damper adjusts an opening degree of the first opening. The air guide member has a rectifying unit rectifying the first air flow to the mixing zone, and a deflecting unit arranged closer to the second opening than the rectifying unit and deflecting a flow direction of the first air flow from a direction of the second opening. The apparatus can suppress generation of noise at the mixing zone arranged with the air guide member including the rectifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masakazu Tanigawa