Patents by Inventor Shuhei YOKOTA
Shuhei YOKOTA 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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Patent number: 11892177Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a cartridge provided to an air inlet so as to be freely mountable and dismountable. The cartridge accommodates a filter so as to be freely movable in a fore-and-aft direction and has an opening port formed in one end portion in the fore-and-aft direction. A dust box is provided on a side of the end portion of the cartridge. The dust box includes a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter and a dust collecting portion configured to collect dust.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Publication number: 20220258088Abstract: An air filter includes a frame portion including an outer frame and an inner frame, the outer frame being a frame body forming an outer contour and formed with an opening, the inner frame being provided within the outer frame and configured to partition the opening of the outer frame into a grid shape, and a filter portion provided on the frame portion to cover sections surrounded by the outer frame and the inner frame, the filter portion being configured to adsorb dust, wherein one side of the frame portion is totally flat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Takanori YOSHIDA, Shuhei YOKOTA, Yusuke MINE
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Patent number: 10908443Abstract: A display device includes: a first frame including a frame portion covering a peripheral portion of a display panel; a second frame including a panel support sandwiching the display panel with the frame portion; an optical sheet being opposite to the display panel in a first direction, an outer peripheral end of the optical sheet being opposite to the panel support; a transparent substrate on which the optical sheet is disposed; a third frame including a main body having an accommodation space accommodating light emitting elements, and a substrate support extending from the main body to support the transparent substrate; and spacer members disposed between the panel support and the substrate support. The optical sheet and the panel support are disposed with a space interposed therebetween in the first direction, and each spacer member includes a restriction unit restricting movement of the transparent substrate in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.Inventor: Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10895402Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a plurality of axial-flow fans arranged side by side in a horizontal direction below an air inlet. Further, the indoor unit includes a plurality of filters provided to the air inlet so as to be arranged side by side. A cleaning mechanism and a dust box are further provided to the air inlet. Further, the dust box is arranged at a position between adjacent filters and adjacent axial-flow fans.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Publication number: 20210008480Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a cartridge provided to an air inlet so as to be freely mountable and dismountable. The cartridge accommodates a filter so as to be freely movable in a fore-and-aft direction and has an opening port formed in one end portion in the fore-and-aft direction. A dust box is provided on a side of the end portion of the cartridge. The dust box includes a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter and a dust collecting portion configured to collect dust.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Masayuki OISHI, Shuhei YOKOTA
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Patent number: 10864470Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a cartridge provided to an air inlet so as to be freely mountable and dismountable. The cartridge accommodates a filter so as to be freely movable in a right-and-left direction and has an opening port formed in one end portion in the right-and-left direction. A dust box is provided on a side of the end portion of the cartridge. The dust box includes a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter and a dust collecting portion configured to collect dust.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10746434Abstract: A housing cover provided on a housing section of an indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit including a casing, and the housing section provided on a bottom portion of the casing and having a remote control receiving section for receiving an infrared signal from a remote control and a temperature detection sensor for contactlessly detecting a surface temperature of an object in a room, the housing cover comprising a light transmissive surface inclined diagonally downward from a front and a sensor opening port formed behind the light transmissive surface, wherein the light transmissive surface is formed in front of the remote control receiving section to be opposed to and be parallel to the remote control receiving section, and the sensor opening port is formed such that the temperature detection sensor protrudes from the opening port.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinji Kawai, Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10731873Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing, an up-down airflow direction plate rotatably supported in the air outlet, and an auxiliary airflow direction plate rotatably supported below, and on an upstream side of, the up-down airflow direction plate. The up-down airflow direction plate has a main blade part formed of a flat plate and a rear edge part formed of a flat plate. When the main blade part is in a horizontal state, the rear edge part is inclined upward to a back face of the casing from the main blade part. When an angle ? formed between the main blade part and the rear edge part and an angle ? formed between the main blade part and a virtual line through a center of a tip part of the auxiliary airflow direction plate, ? is greater than ?.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke Adachi, Syogo Namatame, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10718546Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit includes: a plastic design panel that includes a front panel part having a rectangular shape in front view and a flange part projecting toward a back surface from one longitudinal edge of the front panel part; and a reinforcement member that has a shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the front panel part across a middle part of the design panel and is fixed to the design panel so as to be in contact with a back surface of the front panel part and an inner surface of the flange part.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisanori Ikeda, Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10627121Abstract: An indoor unit includes axial-flow fans, which are provided on downstream of an air inlet. Further, a plurality of first bars are provided to the air inlet. In plan view, leading edge portions of blades of the axial-flow fan are inclined in a direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from a rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to an outer peripheral side. Further, in plan view, the plurality of the first bars are inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the axial-flow fan from the rotary shaft side of the axial-flow fan to the outer peripheral side.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomoya Fukui, Hiroshi Hirosaki, Kenichi Sakoda, Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10465938Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus including: a sensor box accommodating a sensor configured to detect light; a gearbox configured to hold the sensor box so as to be rotatable, and to be moved along a first axis together with the sensor box; a first motor configured to apply a force causing the sensor box to rotate; a second motor configured to apply a force causing the gearbox to move along the first axis; and a shaft inserted through the gearbox to be rotated by receiving the force from the first motor, in which, in the gearbox, the shaft is inserted, and the gear is accommodated so that a rotational force transmitted from the shaft is transmitted to the sensor box, the gear being movable along the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Naito, Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10408474Abstract: In an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, a filter, a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter, and a dust box are provided to an air inlet. Further, the dust box is provided so as to be freely mountable into and dismountable from a casing in a fore-and-aft direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 10365008Abstract: An indoor unit includes, in an airflow path, an axial fan, an indoor heat exchanger having a W-shape in side view, and a forward drain pan and a rearward drain each disposed below the corresponding valley portion of the indoor heat exchanger. The airflow path is divided into a first airflow path, a second airflow path, and a third airflow path. The indoor unit includes an up/down airflow direction flap disposed at the air outlet. The up/down airflow direction flap includes a rearward up/down airflow direction flap disposed under the second airflow path and the third airflow path, and a forward up/down airflow direction flap disposed forward of the rearward up/down airflow direction flap and under the first airflow path.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shuhei Yokota, Masayuki Oishi
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Publication number: 20190154276Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing, an up-down airflow direction plate rotatably supported in the air outlet, and an auxiliary airflow direction plate rotatably supported below, and on an upstream side of, the up-down airflow direction plate. The up-down airflow direction plate has a main blade part formed of a flat plate and a rear edge part formed of a flat plate. When the main blade part is in a horizontal state, the rear edge part is inclined upward to a back face of the casing from the main blade part. When an angle ? formed between the main blade part and the rear edge part and an angle ? formed between the main blade part and a virtual line through a center of a tip part of the auxiliary airflow direction plate, ? is greater than ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Syogo NAMATAME, Shuhei YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20190004363Abstract: A display device includes: a first frame including a frame portion covering a peripheral portion of a display panel; a second frame including a panel support sandwiching the display panel with the frame portion; an optical sheet being opposite to the display panel in a first direction, an outer peripheral end of the optical sheet being opposite to the panel support; a transparent substrate on which the optical sheet is disposed; a third frame including a main body having an accommodation space accommodating light emitting elements, and a substrate support extending from the main body to support the transparent substrate; and spacer members disposed between the panel support and the substrate support. The optical sheet and the panel support are disposed with a space interposed therebetween in the first direction, and each spacer member includes a restriction unit restricting movement of the transparent substrate in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventor: Shuhei YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20180238581Abstract: An indoor unit includes, in an airflow path, an axial fan, an indoor heat exchanger having a W-shape in side view, and a forward drain pan and a rearward drain each disposed below the corresponding valley portion of the indoor heat exchanger. The airflow path is divided into a first airflow path, a second airflow path, and a third airflow path. The indoor unit includes an up/down airflow direction flap disposed at the air outlet. The up/down airflow direction flap includes a rearward up/down airflow direction flap disposed under the second airflow path and the third airflow path, and a forward up/down airflow direction flap disposed forward of the rearward up/down airflow direction flap and under the first airflow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Shuhei YOKOTA, Masayuki OISHI
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Publication number: 20180119985Abstract: A housing cover provided on a housing section of an indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit including a casing, and the housing section provided on a bottom portion of the casing and having a remote control receiving section for receiving an infrared signal from a remote control and a temperature detection sensor for contactlessly detecting a surface temperature of an object in a room, the housing cover comprising a light transmissive surface inclined diagonally downward from a front and a sensor opening port formed behind the light transmissive surface, wherein the light transmissive surface is formed in front of the remote control receiving section to be opposed to and be parallel to the remote control receiving section, and the sensor opening port is formed such that the temperature detection sensor protrudes from the opening port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinji KAWAI, Masayuki OISHI, Shuhei YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20180106494Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus including: a sensor box accommodating a sensor configured to detect light; a gearbox configured to hold the sensor box so as to be rotatable, and to be moved along a first axis together with the sensor box; a first motor configured to apply a force causing the sensor box to rotate; a second motor configured to apply a force causing the gearbox to move along the first axis; and a shaft inserted through the gearbox to be rotated by receiving the force from the first motor, in which, in the gearbox, the shaft is inserted, and the gear is accommodated so that a rotational force transmitted from the shaft is transmitted to the sensor box, the gear being movable along the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Yosuke NAITO, Masayuki OISHI, Shuhei YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20180094830Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit includes: a plastic design panel that includes a front panel part having a rectangular shape in front view and a flange part projecting toward a back surface from one longitudinal edge of the front panel part; and a reinforcement member that has a shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the front panel part across a middle part of the design panel and is fixed to the design panel so as to be in contact with a back surface of the front panel part and an inner surface of the flange part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisanori IKEDA, Masayuki OISHI, Shuhei YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20180038603Abstract: In an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, a filter, a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter, and a dust box are provided to an air inlet. Further, the dust box is provided so as to be freely mountable into and dismountable from a casing in a fore-and-aft direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Masayuki OISHI, Shuhei YOKOTA