Patents by Inventor Takashi Kashihara

Takashi Kashihara 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: 11396879
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cross-flow fan including a fan rotor and a housing. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out path defined by first and second extension wall portions and two sidewalls. The first extension wall portion continuously extends from a tongue portion of the housing to the blow-out port. The second extension wall portion faces the first extension wall portion. The two sidewalls are respectively provided at axial ends of the fan rotor. The two sidewalls are formed such that the blow-out path has a narrowed portion whose cross-sectional area decreases as its cross-sectional shape changes from a rectangular shape to a trapezoidal shape from an upstream side toward a downstream side thereof, the trapezoidal shape having a portion near the second extension wall portion smaller in width than a portion near the first extension wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Jinfan Ryuu, Hironobu Teraoka
  • Patent number: 11306924
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner including: a casing; a cross-flow fan arranged in the casing and having a fan rotor and a tongue portion extending in an axial direction along an outer periphery of the fan rotor below the fan rotor and forward of a center axis of the fan rotor to define a suction port, the cross-flow fan forming in the casing an air flow directed from the rear to the front; and a heat exchanger arranged upstream of the fan in a direction of the air flow and having an inclined portion inclined to be positioned further downward toward a front side. The heat exchanger is arranged such that a front end of the inclined portion is located below the fan rotor and between a foremost portion and center axis of the fan rotor in a front-to-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jinfan Ryuu, Takashi Kashihara, Hironobu Teraoka
  • Patent number: 11035379
    Abstract: A double-suction centrifugal fan includes: a first impeller coupled to a shaft; a second impeller provided with a second inlet port opened opposite to an electric motor and coupled to the shaft at a position farther from the electric motor than the first impeller; a first bell mouth connected to a first inlet port of the first impeller, and a second bell mouth connected to the second inlet port of the second impeller. An axial length L2 of the second bell mouth is greater than an axial length L1 of the first bell mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Azumi Kojima, Takashi Kashihara
  • Publication number: 20210172445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cross-flow fan including a fan rotor and a housing. The cross-flow fan has a blow-out path defined by first and second extension wall portions and two sidewalls. The first extension wall portion continuously extends from a tongue portion of the housing to the blow-out port. The second extension wall portion faces the first extension wall portion. The two sidewalls are respectively provided at axial ends of the fan rotor. The two sidewalls are formed such that the blow-out path has a narrowed portion whose cross-sectional area decreases as its cross-sectional shape changes from a rectangular shape to a trapezoidal shape from an upstream side toward a downstream side thereof, the trapezoidal shape having a portion near the second extension wall portion smaller in width than a portion near the first extension wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KASHIHARA, Jinfan RYUU, Hironobu TERAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200003227
    Abstract: A double-suction centrifugal fan includes: a first impeller coupled to a shaft; a second impeller provided with a second inlet port opened opposite to an electric motor and coupled to the shaft at a position farther from the electric motor than the first impeller; a first bell mouth connected to a first inlet port of the first impeller, and a second bell mouth connected to the second inlet port of the second impeller. An axial length L2 of the second bell mouth is greater than an axial length L1 of the first bell mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Azumi KOJIMA, Takashi KASHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10480817
    Abstract: The duct-type indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a casing including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, an inlet duct connection part which is formed in the first surface and to which an inlet duct is connected, and an outlet duct connection part which is formed in the second surface and to which an outlet duct is connected; a partition member partitioning interior of the casing into a first space on an inlet side and a second space on an outlet side, the partitioning member having an opening communicating the first space with the second space; a heat exchanger arranged inside the first space; and a centrifugal fan having an impeller with backward curved blades, the impeller being positioned inside the second space to suck in air in the first space through the opening. The impeller has a rotating shaft parallel to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Takahiro Yamasaki, Kaname Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20190331351
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner including: a casing; a cross-flow fan arranged in the casing and having a fan rotor and a tongue portion extending in an axial direction along an outer periphery of the fan rotor below the fan rotor and forward of a center axis of the fan rotor to define a suction port, the cross-flow fan forming in the casing an air flow directed from the rear to the front; and a heat exchanger arranged upstream of the fan in a direction of the air flow and having an inclined portion inclined to be positioned further downward toward a front side. The heat exchanger is arranged such that a front end of the inclined portion is located below the fan rotor and between a foremost portion and center axis of the fan rotor in a front-to-back direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jinfan RYUU, Takashi KASHIHARA, Hironobu TERAOKA
  • Patent number: 10274222
    Abstract: A fan unit includes a fan case, a partition member and a centrifugal fan. The fan case has an inflow port and a blowout port. The fan case includes a unit connecting portion for connecting the heat exchange unit. The partition member partitions an inside of the fan case into an upstream side space and a downstream side space. The partition member has an opening for allowing the upstream side space and the downstream side space to communicate with each other. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller including a plurality of backward curved blades. The centrifugal fan is arranged such that the impeller is located in the downstream side space and sucks air in the upstream side space through the opening. The blowout port is located on an outer side in a radial direction of the impeller in the downstream side space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Takahiro Yamasaki, Kaname Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10006463
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a centrifugal fan mounted in an interior of a casing and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor can have a primary-side pressure detection tube opened in a position adjacent to a circumferential part of the casing on an inlet side surface of the bell mouth of the fan when the bell mouth is seen from a direction along the rotary shaft to detect a primary-side pressure of the centrifugal fan. Alternatively, the pressure sensor can have a primary-side pressure detection tube opened in a position adjacent to a circumferential part of the casing on a heat exchanger compartment side surface of the partition member when the partition member is seen from a direction along the rotary shaft to detect a primary-side pressure of the centrifugal fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Takahiro Yamasaki, Naofumi Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 9945568
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, a heater and a fan heat shield. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port, and the bladed wheel being made of resin. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment. The fan heat shield member is mounted in the fan downwind space in order to cover a part of the bladed wheel that is opposed to the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naofumi Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo, Takahiro Yamasaki, Takashi Kashihara, Akihiko Mori
  • Patent number: 9903386
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a hub and a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The hub connects blow-out port side ends of the plural rearward blades and is configured to be rotated about the rotary shaft. The hub has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the rearward blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Takashi Kashihara, Kaname Maruyama, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Naofumi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9765989
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing and having a fan entrance, a heat exchanger, a first drain pan mounted in the heat exchanger to receive water produced by dew condensation in the heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along the fan entrance. The first drain is disposed adjacent to a drain pan nearby lateral part of multiple lateral parts of the casing that are disposed along the opening direction of the fan entrance. The rotary shaft is disposed adjacent to a bladed wheel nearby lateral part of the multiple lateral parts of the casing and being opposed to the drain pan nearby lateral part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Naofumi Yokoyama, Takahiro Yamasaki, Takashi Kashihara, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 9702588
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The partition member has a fan entrance bored in opposition to the blow-out port. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along the fan entrance and the blow-out port. The rotary shaft is disposed adjacent to a bladed wheel nearby lateral part of multiple lateral parts of the casing that are disposed along the opening direction of the fan entrance and the opening direction of the blow-out port. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed in a position adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the multiple lateral parts of the casing and being opposed to the bladed wheel nearby lateral part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naofumi Yokoyama, Takahiro Yamasaki, Takashi Kashihara, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 9696062
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, and a heater. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space. The blow-out port opposed space is a region opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space. The fan downwind space is a space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Naofumi Yokoyama, Takashi Kashihara, Akihiko Mori
  • Patent number: 9618216
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the casing along an opening direction of a fan entrance and the blow-out port. A fan downwind space is located on a downwind side of a bladed wheel within a fan compartment, and has a blow-out port opposed space and a blow-out port non-opposed space. A first guide member directs air existing in the blow-out port non-opposed space toward the blow-out port opposed space, and is mounted in a boundary region located astride of regions located on forward and rearward sides in a rotary direction within the blow-out port non-opposed and blow-out port opposed spaces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kashihara, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Takahiro Yamasaki, Naofumi Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20150330403
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a hub and a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The hub connects blow-out port side ends of the plural rearward blades and is configured to be rotated about the rotary shaft. The hub has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the rearward blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMASAKI, Takashi KASHIHARA, Kaname MARUYAMA, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Naofumi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150300360
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, a heater and a fan heat shield. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port, and the bladed wheel being made of resin. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment. The fan heat shield member is mounted in the fan downwind space in order to cover a part of the bladed wheel that is opposed to the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Tsuyoshi YOKOMIZO, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Takashi KASHIHARA, Akihiko MORI
  • Publication number: 20150300669
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the casing along an opening direction of a fan entrance and the blow-out port. A fan downwind space is located on a downwind side of a bladed wheel within a fan compartment, and has a blow-out port opposed space and a blow-out port non-opposed space. A first guide member directs air existing in the blow-out port non-opposed space toward the blow-out port opposed space, and is mounted in a boundary region located astride of regions located on forward and rearward sides in a rotary direction within the blow-out port non-opposed and blow-out port opposed spaces, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi KASHIHARA, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Tsuyoshi YOKOMIZO
  • Publication number: 20150300668
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, and a heater. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space. The blow-out port opposed space is a region opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space. The fan downwind space is a space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMASAKI, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Takashi KASHIHARA, Akihiko MORI
  • Publication number: 20150300688
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The partition member has a fan entrance bored in opposition to the blow-out port. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along the fan entrance and the blow-out port. The rotary shaft is disposed adjacent to a bladed wheel nearby lateral part of multiple lateral parts of the casing that are disposed along the opening direction of the fan entrance and the opening direction of the blow-out port. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed in a position adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the multiple lateral parts of the casing and being opposed to the bladed wheel nearby lateral part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Takashi KASHIHARA, Tsuyoshi YOKOMIZO