Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Taniguchi

Mitsunori Taniguchi 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: 8312640
    Abstract: A cloth dryer includes heat-pump (30), rotary tub (5) for accommodating clothes (4) to be dried, blower (12) for supplying air heated by heat radiator (23) to rotary tub (5), and heat-exchange air flow paths (22, 24) for circulating the air stayed in rotary tub (5) through heat radiator (23) via heat absorber (21). Fins striding over heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23) allow integrating absorber (21) and radiator (23) into one body which can be thus placed within air-flow paths (22, 24). Heat-transfer reducing section (32) is formed on the fins between heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23) for reducing the heat transfer via the fins between heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23). The foregoing structure can prevent frost and ice produced on heat absorber (21) from growing, so that a compact cloth dryer excellent in drying performance is obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Hideo Nisihata, Tosiaki Andou, Masayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8230909
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided which has an easy-to-manufacture structure, is inexpensive, and has high quality and reliability while keeping high heat exchanging performance. The heat exchanger has first substrates (26) having first slits (30) and second slits (40) disposed substantially in parallel, and second substrates (28) having third slits (50) with substantially the same shape as that of first slits (30). The longitudinal length of second substrates (28) is set shorter than that of second slits (40). First substrates (26) and second substrates (28) are stacked so that first slits (30) communicate with third slits (50). First slits (30) and third slits (50) form tube external flow channels (60). Second slits (40) and second substrates (28) form tube internal flow channels (70). The heat exchanging section including only tubes can be formed of substrates having a slit, so that the heat exchanger can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Osao Kido, Toshiaki Mamemoto
  • Publication number: 20120186305
    Abstract: A laundry dryer has drum (1) which stores laundry; heat pump device including pipeline connecting compressor (16), which compresses refrigerant, radiator (17), pressure reducer (18), which reduces refrigerant after heat emission at radiator (17), and heat absorber (19), so that pipeline allows sequential circulation of refrigerant; circulation duct (13) in which blower (4) is situated to blow dry air so that dry air sequentially circulates from drum (1), heat absorber (19), radiator (17), to drum (1) again; air volume controller which controls blower (4) to adjust dry air volume in circulation duct (13); and compressor controller which controls rotational speed of compressor (16), wherein compressor controller changes rotational speed of compressor (16) based on fluctuation in dry air volume in circulation duct (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Norihiko Fujiwara, Shigeharu Nakamoto, Ahin Kang
  • Publication number: 20100170101
    Abstract: A cloth dryer includes heat-pump (30), rotary tub (5) for accommodating clothes (4) to be dried, blower (12) for supplying air heated by heat radiator (23) to rotary tub (5), and heat-exchange air flow paths (22, 24) for circulating the air stayed in rotary tub (5) through heat radiator (23) via heat absorber (21). Fins striding over heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23) allow integrating absorber (21) and radiator (23) into one body which can be thus placed within air-flow paths (22, 24). Heat-transfer reducing section (32) is formed on the fins between heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23) for reducing the heat transfer via the fins between heat absorber (21) and heat radiator (23). The foregoing structure can prevent frost and ice produced on heat absorber (21) from growing, so that a compact cloth dryer excellent in drying performance is obtainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Hideo Nisihata, Tosiaki Andou, Masayuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100051249
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided which has an easy-to-manufacture structure, is inexpensive, and has high quality and reliability while keeping high heat exchanging performance. The heat exchanger has first substrates (26) having first slits (30) and second slits (40) disposed substantially in parallel, and second substrates (28) having third slits (50) with substantially the same shape as that of first slits (30). The longitudinal length of second substrates (28) is set shorter than that of second slits (40). First substrates (26) and second substrates (28) are stacked so that first slits (30) communicate with third slits (50). First slits (30) and third slits (50) form tube external flow channels (60). Second slits (40) and second substrates (28) form tube internal flow channels (70). The heat exchanging section including only tubes can be formed of substrates having a slit, so that the heat exchanger can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori TANIGUCHI, Osao Kido, Toshiaki Mamemoto
  • Publication number: 20100051250
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided which has an easy-to-manufacture structure, is inexpensive, and has high quality and reliability while keeping high heat exchanging performance. The heat exchanger has first substrates (26) having first slits (30) and second slits (40) disposed substantially in parallel, and second substrates (28) having third slits (50) with substantially the same shape as that of first slits (30). The longitudinal length of second substrates (28) is set shorter than that of second slits (40). First substrates (26) and second substrates (28) are stacked so that first slits (30) communicate with third slits (50). First slits (30) and third slits (50) form tube external flow channels (60). Second slits (40) and second substrates (28) form tube internal flow channels (70). The heat exchanging section including only tubes can be formed of substrates having a slit, so that the heat exchanger can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori TANIGUCHI, Osao Kido, Toshiaki Mamemoto
  • Patent number: 7637313
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which, while having excellent heat exchanging performance, has a structure easy to produce, is of low cost, and has high quality and reliability. The heat exchanger has first base plates (26), in each of which first slits (30) and second slits (40) are provided in substantially parallel to each other, and has second base plates (28), in each of which third slits (50) with substantially the same shape as a first slit (30) are provided. The length in the longitudinal direction of a second base plate (28) is set to be less than the length of a second slit (40). The first base plates (26) and the second base plates (28) are layered over each other such that the first slits (30) provided in the first base plates (26) and the third slits (50) provided in the second base plates (28) are communicated. Flow paths (60) outside tubes are constructed by the first slits (30) provided in the first base plates (26) and the third base plates (50) provided in the second base plates (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Osao Kido, Toshiaki Mamemoto
  • Publication number: 20080135218
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which, while having excellent heat exchanging performance, has a structure easy to produce, is of low cost, and has high quality and reliability. The heat exchanger has first base plates (26), in each of which first slits (30) and second slits (40) are provided in substantially parallel to each other, and has second base plates (28), in each of which third slits (50) with substantially the same shape as a first slit (30) are provided. The length in the longitudinal direction of a second base plate (28) is set to be less than the length of a second slit (40). The first base plates (26) and the second base plates (28) are layered over each other such that the first slits (30) provided in the first base plates (26) and the third slits (50) provided in the second base plates (28) are communicated. Flow paths (60) outside tubes are constructed by the first slits (30) provided in the first base plates (26) and the third base plates (50) provided in the second base plates (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Osao Kido, Toshiaki Mamemoto
  • Publication number: 20080121387
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is formed by connecting tube-group blocks along a tube axis, where each one of tube-group blocks includes a plurality of substrates having a large number of through holes, which communicate with insides of a plurality of tubes placed between the substrates. A length of the tubes can be shortened so that the tube-group block can be formed within a predetermined size. The substrates and the tubes can be formed by injection molding or die-casting simultaneously with ease, so that the manufacturing steps of inserting the tubes and bonding the substrates can be eliminated. The heat exchanger can be available at a lower cost while it maintains excellent heat exchanging performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Osao Kido, Kiyoshi Kinoshita, Takashi Okutani
  • Patent number: 6886981
    Abstract: A grain bag is comprised of a cylindrical barrel having a lid openable and closable upwardly and a bottom part having an outlet tube at a center of a undersurface thereof, and developed with a flap attached in the vicinity of the outlet tube for shielding the outlet tube, a latch attached to a border of the flap through a contact string, and a latch retainer attached to a side of the barrel for catching the latch enabling engagement and disengagement of the latch and the latch retainer at the side of the barrel. The number of latches and latch retainers varies from one to plural numbers according to a size of a bag. Apart from a latch with a contact string and a latch retainer, looped strings are provided and coupled together by a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Tanaka Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Keizo Wajima
  • Publication number: 20030104149
    Abstract: A grain bag is comprised of a cylindrical barrel having a lid openable and closable upwardly and a bottom part having an outlet tube at a center of a undersurface thereof, and developed with a flap attached in the vicinity of the outlet tube for shielding the outlet tube, a latch attached to a border of the flap through a contact string, and a latch retainer attached to a side of the barrel for catching the latch enabling engagement and disengagement of the latch and the latch retainer at the side of the barrel. The number of latches and latch retainers varies from one to plural numbers according to a size of a bag. Apart from a latch with a contact string and a latch retainer, looped strings are provided and coupled together by a hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Keizo Wajima
  • Patent number: 5894780
    Abstract: A composting container for holding and composting farming and stock raising waste material including a barrel, and top and bottom lids openable. The circumference of a lower half portion of the said barrel of the container is tightened by bands. This arrangement helps the container efficiently ferment and decompose a manure inside without tedious works such as providing proper moisture and ventilation, which are regularly required in conventional manure storage outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Tanaka Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Taniguchi