Patents by Inventor Reiji Morioka
Reiji Morioka 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).
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Publication number: 20240093886Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a wall-mounted indoor unit which includes a heat exchanger, a blower, and a housing that accommodates the heat exchanger and the blower therein, and which is fixed to a wall surface, and a discharge unit which is disposed above the indoor unit outside the indoor unit, in which the housing includes a suction port that opens upward, the discharge unit includes a discharge device disposed above the suction port, at least a portion of air suctioned into the suction port passes through the discharge device, and a center of the discharge unit in a right-left direction of the indoor unit is disposed to be shifted to one side in the right-left direction with respect to a center of the indoor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Reiji MORIOKA, Mitsuhiro SHIROTA, Hirotaka ISHIDA, Shinji KAWAI, Hisanori IKEDA
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Publication number: 20240077213Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a wall-mounted indoor unit which includes a heat exchanger, a blower, and a housing that accommodates the heat exchanger and the blower therein, and which is fixed to a wall surface, and a discharge unit which is disposed above the indoor unit outside the indoor unit, in which the indoor unit includes a first control unit that controls the indoor unit, the housing includes a suction port that opens upward, the discharge unit includes a discharge device disposed above the suction port, at least a portion of air suctioned into the suction port passes through the discharge device, and the discharge device is driven based on a signal received from the first control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Reiji MORIOKA, Mitsuhiro SHIROTA, Hirotaka ISHIDA, Shinji KAWAI, Hisanori IKEDA
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Publication number: 20230314035Abstract: An air conditioner includes a setting receiver and an air-conditioning controller. The setting receiver receives from a user a setting of setting information including ceiling height information relating to a ceiling height for each section of predetermined sections in an air-conditioning target area and saves the received setting information in a setting information file. The air-conditioning controller controls air conditioning of the air-conditioning target area based on the ceiling height information of each section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Harumi KATO, Reiji MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20230243540Abstract: An air-conditioning system according to the present disclosure comprises an indoor unit; a temperature measurement device; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect, in a case where a room has a plurality of ceilings having different heights, a high ceiling space being disposed at a position higher than a ceiling having a lowest height of the plurality of ceilings; detect the floor; calculate a temperature difference between the temperature of the high ceiling space detected by the temperature measurement device and the surface temperature of the floor detected by the temperature measurement device; and generate a first air flow according to a predetermined operating condition in a case where the temperature difference calculated is less than a first threshold, and generate a second air flow in a case where the temperature difference is equal to or more than the first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Harumi KATO, Reiji MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20230046781Abstract: An aluminum fin material includes an aluminum plate, an erosion-resistant coating layer on a surface of the aluminum plate, and a hydrophilic coating layer formed on a surface of the erosion-resistant coating layer. The erosion-resistant coating layer contains an acrylic resin and fluororesin particles, an amount of the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mg/dm2 or more and 8.00 mg/dm2 or less, and a content of the fluororesin particles in the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mass % or more and 8.00 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryosuke TSUNODA, Keita TATEYAMA, Reiji MORIOKA, Etsuko HIROSE, Yoshinori YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220243045Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising; a thermoplastic resin (A) selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A1), a styrene-based resin (A2), an aromatic polyester resin (A3), a polyphenylene ether resin (A4), a methacrylic resin (A5), a polyarylene sulfide resin (A6), an olefin resin (A7), a polyamide resin (A8), and mixtures thereof; a hydrophilic copolymer (B) having a polyoxyethylene chain; and a fatty acid metal salt (C) represented by the following formula (1): M(OH)y(R—COO)x . . . (1), wherein R is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms; M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zinc, calcium, magnesium, lithium, and barium; and x and y each independently represent an integer of 0 or more, and satisfy the relation represented by x+y=[valency of M].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Reiji MORIOKA, Etsuko HIROSE, Keiko ISHIMOTO, Yoshihide NISHIHIRO, Daiji SATO
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Patent number: 11397019Abstract: A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Takahara, Yukihiko Nagase, Reiji Morioka, Yuki Sakai, Takaki Yagisawa
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Publication number: 20210222905Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, an air-conditioning unit for air-conditioning a target space includes a compressor to compress a refrigerant and circulates the refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe, a heat exchanger to cause heat exchange between air in the target space and the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant pipe, and a blower to feed air in the target space to the heat exchanger. An acquirer acquires a temperature and a humidity in the target space. An air-conditioning controller switches an operation mode in accordance with the temperature and the humidity acquired by the acquirer between a cooling mode in which the air-conditioning unit cools the target space, a dehumidification mode in which the air-conditioning unit dehumidifies the target space, and an air-blowing mode in which the compressor is stopped without the blower stopping air blowing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Reiji MORIOKA, Emi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20210055014Abstract: A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Hideki TAKAHARA, Yukihiko NAGASE, Reiji MORIOKA, Yuki SAKAI, Takaki YAGISAWA
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Patent number: 10788225Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning device, a ventilator, a sensor group, an operation terminal, and a control device installed in a building. The control device performs controlling and monitoring of operation of the air conditioning device and the ventilator. The control device controls the ventilator so as to operate during the maintenance operation of the air conditioning device.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Emi Takeda, Masaki Toyoshima, Takuya Furuhashi, Sota Komae, Fumihiko Sone, Reiji Morioka
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Patent number: 10443888Abstract: In an air conditioner, an air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. A filter cleaning device includes a device body to house a filter for capturing dust in the air in a movable form, and a part of the device body forms a supporting part to support the air cleaner. An indoor unit body houses the filter cleaning device, and houses the air cleaner by supporting it by the supporting part.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Reiji Morioka
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Patent number: 10281161Abstract: In an air conditioner, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger exchange heat between air and a refrigerant. An air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. An indoor unit body houses the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger and houses the air cleaner of which the center position in the height direction is positioned lower than a connection part between the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Reiji Morioka
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Publication number: 20180087792Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning device, a ventilator, a sensor group, an operation terminal, and a control device installed in a building. The control device performs controlling and monitoring of operation of the air conditioning device and the ventilator. The control device controls the ventilator so as to operate during the maintenance operation of the air conditioning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Emi TAKEDA, Masaki TOYOSHIMA, Takuya FURUHASHI, Sota KOMAE, Fumihiko SONE, Reiji MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20180051895Abstract: In an air conditioner, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger exchange heat between air and a refrigerant. An air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. An indoor unit body houses the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger and houses the air cleaner of which the center position in the height direction is positioned lower than a connection part between the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventor: Reiji MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20180051905Abstract: In an air conditioner, an air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. A filter cleaning device includes a device body to house a filter for capturing dust in the air in a movable form, and a part of the device body forms a supporting part to support the air cleaner. An indoor unit body houses the filter cleaning device, and houses the air cleaner by supporting it by the supporting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventor: Reiji MORIOKA
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Patent number: 9704475Abstract: A pleasant sound making device processes temporal variation characteristics in nature such that a frequency component and a peak frequency component in a frequency band which coincide with or are approximate to a housing of an indoor unit provided with a driving part (a fan, a motor, etc.) do not coincide with or are not approximate to the housing, on the basis of subjective view and physiological response evaluations of humans, and operates the driving part with a signal based on the processed waveform.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu Fujiwara, Reiji Morioka
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Patent number: 9481802Abstract: A coating composition having high dirt prevention properties and improved adhesiveness to hydrophobic surfaces such as those made of a plastic, and a coating method are provided. More specifically, provided is a coating composition, including: hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; hydrophilic inorganic fine particles; and an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate, and also provided is a coating method including the steps of: preparing a first agent having hydrophilic inorganic fine particles and hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; preparing a second agent by adding, to the first agent, an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate; applying the second agent onto a member to be coated; and drying the second agent on the member to be coated.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Teruhiko Kumada, Reiji Morioka
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Patent number: 9132439Abstract: An atomizing electrode includes: a trunk unit made to be tabular-shaped and almost rectangular-shaped for receiving water dropped from water supply means in a direction of gravitational force and delivering the water; and a top end atomizing unit which is a plate-shaped projection formed so as to be projected from a side surface of the trunk unit and formed unitedly with the trunk unit. The trunk unit of the atomizing electrode extends a long-side direction in a horizontal direction, is provided below the cooling unit with a space of a predetermined distance so as not to contact the cooling unit, and is arranged so that when the cooling unit is projected in the direction of gravitational force, a width of the cooling unit in a horizontal direction should be included in a width of a long-side direction of a top surface of the trunk unit exposed to the cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Reiji Morioka, Takahiro Sakai
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Publication number: 20150179161Abstract: A pleasant sound making device processes temporal variation characteristics in nature such that a frequency component and a peak frequency component in a frequency band which coincide with or are approximate to a housing of an indoor unit provided with a driving part (a fan, a motor, etc.) do not coincide with or are not approximate to the housing, on the basis of subjective view and physiological response evaluations of humans, and operates the driving part with a signal based on the processed waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu Fujiwara, Reiji Morioka
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Publication number: 20150121933Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing having a bottom panel, an outdoor heat exchanger disposed inside the housing, a fan disposed inside the housing, a fan motor which is disposed inside the housing and drives the fan, a fan motor supporting plate disposed inside the housing more to the front than the outdoor heat exchanger and supports the fan motor, and a heater at least partially disposed on or around the fan motor supporting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuo YAMASHITA, Masatomo HATTA, Minoru ISHII, Reiji MORIOKA, Tetsuya TAZAWA