Abstract: Occurrence of a phenomenon in which an air current that has just been blown from any indoor unit is drawn into an adjacent indoor unit is reduced. A controller makes each of a plurality of indoor units perform a partial supply operation. In the partial supply operation, the controller controls an airflow direction adjusting flap such that, regarding the indoor units adjacent to each other with a predetermined distance ? interposed therebetween, air currents are blown from both outlet openings which face each other with the predetermined distance ? interposed therebetween, and that the air currents collide with each other.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage an access right that is assigned to each of a plurality of users, and a storage unit configured to store a plurality of scenarios including the adjusting operation of the apparatus and a first access level that is assigned to each of the scenarios. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether or not a scenario can be executed with the access right given to a user, by comparing the access right of the user with the first access level stored in the storage unit, and displays, before the scenario is executed, at least one of the plurality of scenarios on a display unit such that the determination result can be displayed identifiably.

Abstract: A draft perceived by a user under an indoor unit is reduced. A controller makes each of a plurality of indoor units perform a partial supply operation. In the partial supply operation, the controller controls an airflow blocking mechanism such that, regarding the indoor units adjacent to each other with a predetermined distance a interposed therebetween, no air current is blown from one of the outlet openings which face each other with the predetermined distance a interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Entrance of cold air from near a wall of an indoor space is avoided. An airflow direction adjusting flap is provided at a main outlet opening of the casing, and changes a direction of air supplied from the main outlet opening in a vertical direction. The heat exchange temperature sensor detects a temperature of the indoor heat exchanger. A motor controller controls the airflow direction adjusting flap to operate in an airflow mode, in which air is supplied from the main outlet opening at least horizontally, when a value detected by the heat exchange temperature sensor is greater than a first predetermined value in the heating operation.

Abstract: If a load of an indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a cooling operation, a controller performs a swing control operation to swing a wind direction adjusting slat so that a direction of blown air shifts in a limited possible range. The angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to a horizontal plane in the limited possible range is smaller than the angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to the horizontal plane in the normal possible range. The normal possible range is previously determined to be a range where if the load of the indoor space is lower than the predetermined value, the direction of the blown air can shift upward and downward.

Abstract: Entrance of cold air from near a wall of an indoor space is avoided. An airflow direction adjusting flap is provided at a main outlet opening, and changes the direction of airflow coming from the main outlet opening in a vertical direction. A load detector detects a load of an indoor space. When the load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a heating operation, the airflow direction adjusting flap guides the air coming from the main outlet opening in a horizontal direction or in an upward direction with respect to the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A vibration-type driving device according to the present invention includes a plurality of vibrators in which contact portions perform an elliptical motion using a combination of vibrations in different vibration modes; and a driven object having contact regions that come into contact with the contact portions and move relative to the plurality of vibrators, wherein the contact regions for the individual vibrators differ in position so as not to overlap.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet-type heat pipe that has a sufficient heat transport capability and can be effortlessly installed in a thin chassis. The sheet-type heat pipe is made of a sealed container formed by stacking and joining together at least two etched sheet bodies formed as metal foil sheets. Particularly, etching or pressing is performed on the surface of the sheet bodies to join at least two sheet bodies such that fine concavities and convexities can be formed on the inner surface of the container and the sheet-type heat pipe with a sufficient heat transport capability can thus be obtained even when the sealed container is thinly formed with its thickness not larger than, e.g. 0.5 mm. More particularly, since the thickness of the container is thinly formed, the sheet-type heat pipe of the present invention can be effortlessly installed in a thin chassis of a mobile terminal.

Abstract: A grille is provided at a lower end portion of an air inlet, and covers a central portion of the air inlet to form an inlet opening between an outer peripheral edge of the grille and an opening edge of the air inlet in plan view. A plate member extends along an inner surface of the air inlet, and provided inside the air inlet such that an upper edge of the plate member is located more inward than a lower edge of the plate member. The upper edge of the plate member is located above the lower end of the air inlet. The lower edge of the plate member surrounds an outer periphery of the grille in plan view.

Abstract: A vibration actuator capable of determining positional relationship between a vibration body and driven body with high accuracy while keeping a pressurized contact state therebetween. The driven body contacts with the vibration body in a first direction and moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A holding member that holds the vibration body has two holes. A support member that supports the holding member has two projections that fit in the holes to form first and second fitting parts. The projection contacts with the hole in the second direction and in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions in the first fitting part. The projection contacts with the hole in the third direction in the second fitting part. A contact range of the projection and hole in the third direction in the first fitting part differs from that in the second fitting part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an indoor unit including: a load detector for detecting a heavy-load area to bear a relatively heavy air-conditioning load during a heating mode of operation and a light-load area to bear a lighter air-conditioning load than the heavy-load area from a perimeter zone of a space to be air-conditioned; and an air volume adjuster for setting the volume of air blown toward the light-load area to be lower than that of air blown toward the heavy-load area in a horizontal blowing mode. This allows the entire room, including the perimeter zone, to be air-conditioned efficiently during the heating mode of operation with temperature non-uniformity reduced in the room.

Abstract: In order to carry out, in a heating operation, an airflow rate adjusting operation in which a reduced amount of conditioned air is blown in one or more of a plurality of blowing directions to increase a blowing speed in the rest of the blowing directions, an operation control section is configured to control the flow of the conditioned air such that the conditioned air is blown out in a horizontal blow mode in the blowing direction in which the blowing speed is increased by the airflow rate adjusting operation, and periodically change the blowing direction in which a reduced amount of the conditioned air is blown. As a result, temperature variations in the air-conditioning target space in the heating operation are reduced.

Abstract: A vibration-type actuator which downsizes a pressurizing mechanism for bringing a vibrating body and a driven body into pressure contact with each other and generates required pressurizing force. The vibrating body has an elastic body, an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, and at least one projecting portion. The driven body has a driven base material that is brought into pressure contact with the vibrating body, and a permanent magnet joined to the driven base material. The driven base material and the elastic body face each other across the permanent magnet in a thickness direction of the elastic body. The permanent magnet is magnetized in the thickness direction of the elastic body. A magnetic action of the permanent magnet on the elastic body and the driven base material brings the projecting portion and the driven base material into pressure contact with each other in the thickness direction of the elastic body.

Abstract: A vibration type driving device includes a vibrator configured to make an elliptic motion of a contact portion by combining vibrations in different vibration modes, and a driven body configured to be rotated relative to the vibrator by the elliptic motion while being in contact with the contact portion. A contact pressure of the contact portion with the driven body is lower on a radial inner side than on a radial outer side in a radial direction of the rotation.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal capable of allowing a heat generating component such as a CPU to make best use of its capabilities. The sheet-shaped heat pipe, according to the present invention, is provided either between the rear surface of the touch panel and motherboard, or between the one and the battery pack. In this case, since the sheet-shaped heat pipe is arranged opposite to the rear surface of the touch panel which is a part of the chassis of the mobile terminal, a favorable heat diffusion from the heat generating components such as the CPU to a large area on the chassis can be achieved through these sheet-shaped heat pipe, thus allowing the heat generating component such as the CPU to make best use of its capabilities.

Abstract: A vibration wave actuator includes a vibrator, a driven element, and a magnet. The vibrator has at least an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic body to which the electro-mechanical energy conversion element is joined, the elastic body including a contact portion. The driven element is in pressure contact with the contact portion of the vibrator, and includes a magnetic substance. The magnet is arranged such that the vibrator is placed between the driven element and the magnet.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet-type heat pipe that has a sufficient heat transport capability and can be effortlessly installed in a thin chassis. The sheet-type heat pipe is made of a sealed container having a thickness of not larger than 0.5 mm. This container is formed by stacking and diffusion-joining together etched sheet bodies. Particularly, etching is performed on one side surface of each of the sheet bodies such that fine concavities and convexities can be formed on the inner surface of the container and the sheet-type heat pipe with a sufficient heat transport capability can thus be obtained even when the thickness of the container is not larger than 0.5 mm. More particularly, since the thickness of the container is formed to not larger than 0.5 mm, the sheet-type heat pipe can be effortlessly installed in a thin chassis such as that of a mobile terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decorative panel for a ceiling-mounted indoor unit of an air conditioning device, and the panel is configured to improve the design of a suction grill without increasing the number of manufacturing process steps. The decorative panel includes: a panel body having a suction port; and a suction grill attached to the suction port of the panel body. The suction grill has a grill body which is formed in the shape of a grid to have a large number of suction holes and is positioned over the suction port. A large number of recesses are formed in a lower surface of the decorative panel so as to be arranged along, and to surround, the grill body.

Abstract: A decorative panel includes a panel body with a suction port and an outlet port, and a suction grill attached to the suction port of the panel body. The suction grill includes a grill body positioned over the suction port, and an extension extending outward from the entire periphery of the grill body to overlap with a lower surface of the panel body. The extension is configured such that an end of a portion of the extension extending toward the outlet port is located closer to the suction port than an edge of the lower surface of the panel body facing the outlet port.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to exclusively enable both a resume function and an auto-clear function. To achieve the object, there are provided a resume unit configured to reproduce setting based on stored setting information, an auto-clear unit configured to clear the setting information, and a switching unit configured to switch from an operation of enabling either one of the resume unit and the auto-clear unit to an operation of enabling the other of the resume unit and the auto-clear unit.