Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Tanabe

Nobutaka Tanabe 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: 10837670
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a heating device configured to perform a heating operation by heating air inside a room and sending out the heated air; a floor temperature sensor configured to measure a floor temperature inside the room; a suction air temperature sensor configured to measure a suction air temperature that is a temperature of the air flowing into the heating device; and a controller configured to calculate a reference temperature from the floor temperature and the suction air temperature, and when determining that the reference temperature is lower than a start determination temperature designated in advance, cause the heating device to perform the heating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Motoshi Tezuka, Nobutaka Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20190154291
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a heating device configured to perform a heating operation by heating air inside a room and sending out the heated air; a floor temperature sensor configured to measure a floor temperature inside the room; a suction air temperature sensor configured to measure a suction air temperature that is a temperature of the air flowing into the heating device; and a controller configured to calculate a reference temperature from the floor temperature and the suction air temperature, and when determining that the reference temperature is lower than a start determination temperature designated in advance, cause the heating device to perform the heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Motoshi TEZUKA, Nobutaka TANABE
  • Patent number: 9857095
    Abstract: In an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, a casing has an air inlet formed in an upper part and an air outlet formed below a front part. The casing accommodates a heat exchanger and fan. A horizontal airflow-direction louver is mounted pivotally inside the air outlet to guide airflow in a horizontally changeable manner. A vertical airflow-direction louver is mounted to cover the air outlet in a closed position and to guide airflow in a vertically changeable manner. An infrared sensor projects downward from the casing at a position in a horizontal end portion of the casing and in front of the air outlet. An airflow blocking portion is located behind the infrared sensor, and has a side wall on or beside one edge of the air outlet. The side wall is located closer to a center of the air outlet in the horizontal direction than the infrared sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hirakawa, Hidetomo Nakagawa, Nobutaka Tanabe, Motoshi Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20170336083
    Abstract: The air-conditioning-apparatus indoor unit includes a main body that has an air inlet and an air outlet that accommodates a heat exchanger and a fan, left-right deflectors that are arranged in the air outlet and are configured to change the direction of an air flow from the air outlet in a left-right direction, up-down deflectors that are arranged in the air outlet and are configured to change the direction of the air flow from the air outlet in an up-down direction, the infrared sensor disposed at one end in the left-right direction of the front surface of the main body, and a large air flow control plate, a small air flow control plate, and an upper air flow control plate that are arranged between the infrared sensor and one end of the left-right deflector close to the infrared sensor and that control the air flow from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro SHIROTA, Junichi OKAZAKI, Nobutaka TANABE, Seiji HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160033162
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a casing having an air inlet formed in an upper part of the casing and an air outlet formed below a front part of the casing, the casing accommodating therein a heat exchanger and a fan; at least one horizontal airflow-direction louver mounted pivotally inside the air outlet to guide airflow through the air outlet in a horizontally changeable manner; at least one vertical airflow-direction louver mounted to cover the air outlet in a closed position and to guide airflow through the air outlet in a vertically changeable manner; an infrared sensor projecting downward from the casing at a position in a horizontal end portion of the casing and in front of the air outlet; and at least one airflow blocking portion located behind the infrared sensor, the at least one airflow blocking portion having a side wall on or beside one edge of the air outlet, the side wall located closer to a center of the air outlet in the horizontal direction than the infrared senso
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji HIRAKAWA, Hidetomo NAKAGAWA, Nobutaka TANABE, Motoshi TEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20120234028
    Abstract: The drying operation menu determination means configures the drying operation by combining a heating operation and at least either one of a fanning operation and a fan stop operation by the air volume determination means when carrying out the drying operation with heating operation, and configures the drying operation by combining a fanning operation and a fan stop operation by the air volume determination means when carrying out the drying operation without heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka TANABE, Tatsuo Seki
  • Publication number: 20080156405
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire in which adequate performance on snow and icy roads and adequate performance on dry/wet roads are effectively achieved at the same time is provided. Tread section 16 of the pneumatic tire includes center main grooves 20L and 20R extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the tire, and shoulder main grooves 22L and 22R formed at a width direction outer sides of the tire. 2D sipes 23L and 23R are formed in center land portion 24 defined by center main grooves 20L and 20R. 2D sipes 36L and 36R are formed at second block arrays 26L and 26R adjacent to an outer side of the center main grooves 20L and 20R respectively in the width direction of the tire. 3D sipes 42L and 42R are formed at shoulder block arrays 54L and 54R adjacent to an outer side of shoulder main grooves 22L and 22R respectively in the width direction of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutaka Tanabe