Patents by Inventor Norihiro Takenaka

Norihiro Takenaka 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: 9010142
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached; and a refrigerant jacket which is connected to the power device, and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board is accommodated in a switch box. The refrigerant jacket is fixed to the switch box through a heat transfer plate, and the refrigerant jacket and the printed circuit board are connected together by the switch box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Patent number: 8978404
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board (31) to which a power device (33) is attached; and a refrigerant jacket (20) which is connected to the power device (33), and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board (31) is accommodated in a switch box (40). The refrigerant jacket (20) is fixed to the switch box (40) through a heat transfer plate (50), and the refrigerant jacket (20) and the printed circuit board (31) are connected together by the switch box (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20140190196
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board to which a power device is attached; and a refrigerant jacket which is connected to the power device, and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board is accommodated in a switch box. The refrigerant jacket is fixed to the switch box through a heat transfer plate, and the refrigerant jacket and the printed circuit board are connected together by the switch box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki OKUDA, Norihiro TAKENAKA, Tomohiro MASUI
  • Patent number: 8650903
    Abstract: An airflow-direction adjustment unit is configured to adjust a direction of air expelled to an exterior from a main body of a heat source unit of a refrigeration apparatus, the airflow-direction adjustment unit. The airflow-direction adjustment unit includes a mounting member and a closing member. The mounting member has-at least one expulsion opening arranged and configured to expel the air from the heat source unit main body. The mounting member is mounted on the heat source unit main body. The closing member is arranged and configured to block some portion of the at least one expulsion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norihiro Takenaka
  • Patent number: 8464548
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board (31) having a power element (33) and a refrigerant jacket (20) to which the power element (33) is thermally connected, with refrigerant circulating therein used in refrigeration cycle, are provided in an outdoor unit casing (70). The printed-circuit board (31) is provided in a switch box (40). A face of the outdoor unit casing (70) has a service opening (71). The refrigerant jacket (20) faces the service opening (71), being closer to the front side of the outdoor unit casing (70) than the power element (33) as viewed from the service opening (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Patent number: 7971451
    Abstract: An air conditioner is installable in a ceiling of an air-conditioned room and is disposed with a casing in whose top surface is formed a suction opening and in whose bottom surface are formed blowout openings, and in which is formed an air flow path that leads from the suction opening to the blowout openings, a blow fan that is disposed in the air flow path, and a heat exchanger that is disposed in the air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yabu, Hiromune Matsuoka, Norihiro Takenaka, Tetsuya Morizane
  • Publication number: 20110126568
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a printed circuit board (31) to which a power device (33) is attached; and a refrigerant jacket (20) which is connected to the power device (33), and through which refrigerant used for a refrigeration cycle flows. The printed circuit board (31) is accommodated in a switch box (40). The refrigerant jacket (20) is fixed to the switch box (40) through a heat transfer plate (50), and the refrigerant jacket (20) and the printed circuit board (31) are connected together by the switch box (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20110079033
    Abstract: A printed-circuit board (31) having a power element (33) and a refrigerant jacket (20) to which the power element (33) is thermally connected, with refrigerant circulating therein used in refrigeration cycle, are provided in an outdoor unit casing (70). The printed-circuit board (31) is provided in a switch box (40). A face of the outdoor unit casing (70) has a service opening (71). The refrigerant jacket (20) faces the service opening (71), being closer to the front side of the outdoor unit casing (70) than the power element (33) as viewed from the service opening (71).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okuda, Norihiro Takenaka, Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20100276116
    Abstract: An airflow-direction adjustment unit is configured to adjust a direction of air expelled to an exterior from a main body of a heat source unit of a refrigeration apparatus, the airflow-direction adjustment unit. The airflow-direction adjustment unit includes a mounting member and a closing member. The mounting member has-at least one expulsion opening arranged and configured to expel the air from the heat source unit main body. The mounting member is mounted on the heat source unit main body. The closing member is arranged and configured to block some portion of the at least one expulsion opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Norihiro Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20090211284
    Abstract: An air conditioner is installable in a ceiling of an air-conditioned room and is disposed with a casing in whose top surface is formed a suction opening and in whose bottom surface are formed blowout openings, and in which is formed an air flow path that leads from the suction opening to the blowout openings, a blow fan that is disposed in the air flow path, and a heat exchanger that is disposed in the air flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yabu, Hiromune Matsuoka, Norihiro Takenaka, Tetsuya Morizane