Patents by Inventor Satoshi Nakai

Satoshi Nakai 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).

  • Publication number: 20230366582
    Abstract: A disadvantage such as loss of life to a bearing of an indoor fan motor may occur when the number of rotations of the indoor fan falls below a predetermined number of rotations. An indoor unit includes a fan, a casing, a first horizontal flap, a second horizontal flap, and an indoor controller. The casing accommodates the fan, and has a blow-out port through which air provided by the fan is blown out. The indoor controller performs opening and closing operations to bring the first and second horizontal flaps into a first state in decreasing an airflow volume to be blown out through the blow-out port. In the first state, the first horizontal flap is in a position to open a first portion of the blow-out port while the second horizontal flap is in or substantially in a position to close a second portion of the blow-out port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAI, Tetsuya YAMASHITA, Hideaki KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230365436
    Abstract: Distribution pipe for conducting ultrapure water from ultrapure water production facility to cleaning apparatus treatment unit provided on distribution pipe, distribution pipe for conducting ultrapure water to cleaning apparatus branches from distribution pipe between ultrapure water production facility and treatment unit, water amount controller provided in a first branch portion where distribution pipe branches from distribution pipe, water amount controller for controlling the ultrapure water supplied from distribution pipe to cleaning apparatus comparator for comparing a first amount of impurities contained in the ultrapure water treated by treatment unit with a second amount of impurities contained in the non-treated ultrapure water by treatment unit and flow path controller for controlling water amount controllers based on the results of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei TSUTANO, Satoshi NAKAI, Hiroshi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20230119180
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a first housing in which the terminal fitting is stored, the first housing constituting a fitting part with a counterpart connector; a seal member disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the first housing; a front holder mounted on the first housing so as to prevent the seal member from coming out from the first housing; and a second housing including a short terminal, the short terminal being configured to allow a fitting state with the counterpart connector to be detected. The second housing is attached to the first housing and retained by the front holder in a state in which the second housing is displaceable in a direction intersecting a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a posture in which the short terminal faces the counterpart connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230122369
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing in which the terminal fitting is stored, the housing constituting a fitting part with a counterpart connector; a shield shell disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the housing; and a seal member made of rubber and sandwiched between the housing and the shield shell. The seal member has a rubber hardness of 30 degrees or more and 50 degrees or less. A value obtained by dividing a compressed height, which is a difference between a first height of the seal member before being sandwiched between the housing and the shield shell and a second height of the seal member when being sandwiched between the housing and the shield shell, by the first height is 0.1 or more and 0.4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230121828
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing in which the terminal fitting is stored; a shield shell disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the housing; and a waterproof cover having a tubular shape and made of an elastic material, the waterproof cover being provided so as to surround an outer periphery of the shield shell and configured to be in close contact with the outer periphery of the shield shell. The shield shell is brought into close contact with a close-contact portion of the waterproof cover. The waterproof cover includes at least one protruding strip portion provided at the close-contact portion, the at least one protruding strip portion protruding from a tubular inner surface of the waterproof cover and extending in a peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20220299034
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a cross-flow fan having a cylindrical shape, and a heat exchanger disposed on an upstream side of an air flow of the cross-flow fan. The cross-flow fan includes a plurality of impellers. Each of the impellers includes a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction. The heat exchanger has an inverted V-shape. A clearance is formed between the cross-flow fan and the heat exchanger. The clearance has a dimension no more than 20% of a diameter of each of the impeller. The impellers are arranged with at least one of the blades displaced between each adjacent two of the impellers. A number of the impellers arranged along a rotation axis is at least 14 and no more than 30 in the cross-flow fan. Each of the plurality of impellers being connected together to form a single, continuous unit without a gap disposed between adjacent impellers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Satoshi NAKAI
  • Patent number: 11384765
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a cross-flow fan having a cylindrical shape, and a heat exchanger disposed on an upstream side of an air flow of the cross-flow fan. The cross-flow fan includes a plurality of impellers. Each of the impellers includes a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction. A clearance is formed between the cross-flow fan and the heat exchanger. The clearance has a dimension no more than 20% of a diameter of each of the impeller. The impellers are arranged with at least one of the blades displaced between each adjacent two of the impellers. A number of the impellers arranged along a rotation axis is at least 14 and no more than 30 in the cross-flow fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakai
  • Patent number: 11073302
    Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit main body having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange by the heat exchanger. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out flow path that is configured such that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. When a distance in the lower wall from an intersection, where a tangent inscribing a tongue of the cross-flow fan orthogonally intersects the lower wall, to a lower end of the indoor unit main body is referred to as distance L, a ratio (L/D) of the distance L to outer diameter D of an impeller of the cross-flow fan is less than 0.05. At least part of the blow-out flow path is formed to project out of the outlet at least when air conditioning operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Teraoka, Hideshi Tanaka, Satoshi Nakai, Masahito Higashida, Masafumi Uda, Kaname Maruyama, Zuozhou Chen
  • Publication number: 20210048220
    Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit main body having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange by the heat exchanger. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out flow path that is configured such that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. When a distance in the lower wall from an intersection, where a tangent inscribing a tongue of the cross-flow fan orthogonally intersects the lower wall, to a lower end of the indoor unit main body is referred to as distance L, a ratio (L/D) of the distance L to outer diameter D of an impeller of the cross-flow fan is less than 0.05. At least part of the blow-out flow path is formed to project out of the outlet at least when air conditioning operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu TERAOKA, Hideshi TANAKA, Satoshi NAKAI, Masahito HIGASHIDA, Masafumi UDA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Zuozhou CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210033288
    Abstract: This indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit body including an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange on air drawn in from the inlet; and a cross-flow fan configured to blow out air, which has undergone heat exchange performed by the heat exchanger from the outlet. The cross-flow fan includes a blow-out flow path formed by a lower wall, left and right side walls, and an upper wall so that a cross-sectional area gradually increases downward, with the blow-out flow path guiding blown-out air to the outlet. The two side walls are arranged to project out of the outlet at least when an air conditioning operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu TERAOKA, Hideshi TANAKA, Satoshi NAKAI, Masahito HIGASHIDA, Masafumi UDA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Zuozhou CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200277960
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a cross-flow fan having a cylindrical shape, and a heat exchanger disposed on an upstream side of an air flow of the cross-flow fan. The cross-flow fan includes a plurality of impellers. Each of the impellers includes a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction. A clearance is formed between the cross-flow fan and the heat exchanger. The clearance has a dimension no more than 20% of a diameter of each of the impeller. The impellers are arranged with at least one of the blades displaced between each adjacent two of the impellers. A number of the impellers arranged along a rotation axis is at least 14 and no more than 30 in the cross-flow fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Satoshi NAKAI
  • Patent number: 10704554
    Abstract: A cross-flow fan made of resin includes first and second fan blocks joined together. The first fan block includes a first support plate, plural first blades connected to the first support plate, and a first outer peripheral ring having a first ring portion that interconnects outer ends of the plural first blades. The second fan block includes a second support plate, plural second blades having second one-side distal ends connected to the second support plate, and a second outer peripheral ring having a second ring portion that interconnects outer ends of the plural second blades adjacent second other-side distal ends of the plural second blades. The second other-side distal ends of the plural second blades are joined to the first support plate, and the first support plate and the second outer peripheral ring are disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakai, Nobuyasu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10355372
    Abstract: A conductor unit includes: a plurality of conductors each including a conducting portion covered with an insulating coating; an annular core that includes a first core constituent portion and a second core constituent portion combined with the first core constituent portion, and that interposes the conductors between the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion; and a holding member that makes the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion press and hold the conductors therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hayato Iizuka, Satoshi Nakai, Kazuma Kayo, Hiroshi Aihara
  • Patent number: 10355400
    Abstract: The connector device includes a first connector in which a first conductive member is housed in a first housing chamber, a second connector including a second housing chamber, and a cover, wherein the second housing chamber has a first housed position of the holding member of when an energization circuit is in an energized state, and a second housed position of the holding member of when the energization circuit is in a broken state, the holding member includes a non-contact portion that does not come into contact with a protruded body of the cover in a case of the first attachment state, and a pushed portion pushed by the protruded body to the second housed position in a case of the first housed position and in a case where the cover is attached in the second attachment state to the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Yokoyama, Hajime Kato, Takaaki Miyajima, Satoshi Nakai
  • Patent number: 10270435
    Abstract: A clock signal generator circuit includes a CR oscillator part, which outputs a clock signal having a frequency corresponding to a time constant determined by a capacitor and a resistor, and a frequency varying part. The frequency varying part includes a counter for performing a counting operation and varies a frequency of the clock signal by varying a resistance value of the resistor in correspondence to a count value of the counter. The resistor of the CR oscillator part includes plural resistive elements, one terminal of which are connected to a common node. The frequency varying part includes tri-state buffers, input terminals of which are connected in common and output terminals of which are connected to other terminals of the resistive elements, respectively, and varies the resistance value of the resistor by switching over states of the buffers in correspondence to the count value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakai, Ippei Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20190007034
    Abstract: A clock signal generator circuit includes a CR oscillator part, which outputs a clock signal having a frequency corresponding to a time constant determined by a capacitor and a resistor, and a frequency varying part. The frequency varying part includes a counter for performing a counting operation and varies a frequency of the clock signal by varying a resistance value of the resistor in correspondence to a count value of the counter. The resistor of the CR oscillator part includes plural resistive elements, one terminal of which are connected to a common node. The frequency varying part includes tri-state buffers, input terminals of which are connected in common and output terminals of which are connected to other terminals of the resistive elements, respectively, and varies the resistance value of the resistor by switching over states of the buffers in correspondence to the count value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAI, Ippei KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10156376
    Abstract: Wind noise is suppressed while an air-blowing performance is maintained. An indoor unit 1 of an air conditioner includes a cross flow fan 10 and a rear guider 20 and a stabilizer 32 which are provided on the respective sides of the outer periphery of the cross flow fan 10 to form an air passage. Each of the rear guider 20 and the stabilizer 32 has, at least at a part in the axial direction which part is on the leading end side, twisted portions 23, 37. In the circumferential direction of the cross flow fan 10, each twisted portion 23, 37 is deviated from the axial direction of the cross flow fan 10 gradually from one end to the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakai, Masafumi Uda
  • Publication number: 20180342833
    Abstract: The connector device includes a first connector in which a first conductive member is housed in a first housing chamber, a second connector including a second housing chamber, and a cover, wherein the second housing chamber has a first housed position of the holding member of when an energization circuit is in an energized state, and a second housed position of the holding member of when the energization circuit is in a broken state, the holding member includes a non-contact portion that does not come into contact with a protruded body of the cover in a case of the first attachment state, and a pushed portion pushed by the protruded body to the second housed position in a case of the first housed position and in a case where the cover is attached in the second attachment state to the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Haruhiko Yokoyama, Hajime Kato, Takaaki Miyajima, Satoshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20180328367
    Abstract: A cross-flow fan made of resin includes first and second fan blocks joined together. The first fan block includes a first support plate, plural first blades connected to the first support plate, and a first outer peripheral ring having a first ring portion that interconnects outer ends of the plural first blades. The second fan block includes a second support plate, plural second blades having second one-side distal ends connected to the second support plate, and a second outer peripheral ring having a second ring portion that interconnects outer ends of the plural second blades adjacent second other-side distal ends of the plural second blades. The second other-side distal ends of the plural second blades are joined to the first support plate, and the first support plate and the second outer peripheral ring are disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAI, Nobuyasu ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180261930
    Abstract: A conductor unit includes: a plurality of conductors each including a conducting portion covered with an insulating coating; an annular core that includes a first core constituent portion and a second core constituent portion combined with the first core constituent portion, and that interposes the conductors between the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion; and a holding member that makes the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion press and hold the conductors therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hayato Iizuka, Satoshi Nakai, Kazuma Kayo, Hiroshi Aihara