Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Tazawa

Tetsuya Tazawa 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: 20190249883
    Abstract: Provided is a ceiling-concealed air-conditioning apparatus, including: an air-conditioning apparatus main body having an air inlet formed in a lower portion thereof; an electrical component box arranged on a side of the air-conditioning apparatus main body, and includes a switch configured to operate the air-conditioning apparatus main body, and arranged on a lower portion of the electrical component box; and a decorative panel arranged below the air-conditioning apparatus main body and the electrical component box to serve as a decorative surface, the decorative panel including: a suction grille arranged so as to be openable and closable and configured to cover the air inlet; and a side panel arranged below the electrical component box, the side panel including an openable and closable cover arranged so as to be openable and closable and configured to cover the switch when the openable and closable cover is closed, the openable and closable cover including a protruding portion protruded on a side portion of
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke TOMOMURA, Tetsuya TAZAWA, Hironobu SUEHIRO
  • Patent number: 10274219
    Abstract: When a controller determines that a leakage of refrigerant occurs, the controller executes a control of rotating an air-sending fan at high rotation speed. After the control, the controller executes a control of stopping rotation of the air-sending fan or reducing a rotation speed of the air-sending fan in accordance with a result of detection by a first refrigerant sensor provided in a lower portion of a heat exchanger chamber. Thus, the air-sending fan is prevented from continuing the rotation at high rotation speed. Therefore, an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus is excellent in safety and is capable of avoiding feeling of discomfort of a user due to the high-speed rotation of the air-sending fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Makino, Kouji Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Tazawa
  • Publication number: 20170370605
    Abstract: When a controller determines that a leakage of refrigerant occurs, the controller executes a control of rotating an air-sending fan at high rotation speed. After the control, the controller executes a control of stopping rotation of the air-sending fan or reducing a rotation speed of the air-sending fan in accordance with a result of detection by a first refrigerant sensor provided in a lower portion of a heat exchanger chamber. Thus, the air-sending fan is prevented from continuing the rotation at high rotation speed. Therefore, an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus is excellent in safety and is capable of avoiding feeling of discomfort of a user due to the high-speed rotation of the air-sending fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki MAKINO, Kouji YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuya TAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170343258
    Abstract: In an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus according to the present invention, an air inlet for room air is provided at a position lower than a height position of a drain pan. A partition plate is provided to partition a space below a height position of the drain pan in a housing. A pipe connecting portion connected to a refrigerant pipe of an outdoor unit is provided in one part of the partitioned space and a heat exchanger and a fan are placed in the other part of the partitioned space. At least one communicating path is formed in the partition plate to communicate the two parts of the partitioned space with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kouji YAMAGUCHI, Hiroaki MAKINO, Tetsuya TAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9791160
    Abstract: A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus including a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger; a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a housing front surface at a position near a housing top surface; and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed near the housing front surface are included. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation. The upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Ogata, Takashi Ikeda, Masatomo Hatta, Keichi Ochiai, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tetsuya Tazawa, Keisuke Tomomura, Toshiya Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9631822
    Abstract: A locking claw on an outer face of a container portion made of resin is engaged with a locking hole in an outer periphery of a case made of sheet metal, the container portion being covered by the case, a locking claw on an outer face of a cover is engaged with a locking hole in an outer periphery of a lid body, the cover being covered by the lid body, they are assembled so that a part of an opening edge of an opening portion of the case is covered by an opening edge of an opening portion of the cover, the container portion and the case as well as the cover and the lid body are fixed to form an electric equipment box and a flame spread inhibiting path is formed between the lid body and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kojima, Toshihiro Hotta, Tetsuya Tazawa, Hiroshi Ohmura, Yasushi Oba, Takuya Goto, Den Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9581379
    Abstract: A floor-standing air-conditioning apparatus includes a lower air inlet, an air outlet having an air outlet opening, a heat exchanger that is provided in the body, a crossflow fan that is provided in the body and produces a flow of air in which the air that has flowed into the body passes through the heat exchanger and is guided to the air outlet, a drain pan that is provided below the heat exchanger in the height direction of the body. The heat exchanger includes a front heat exchanger and a rear heat exchanger, a pair of which form a V shape with their lower ends being in contact with, or in proximity to, each other, and are arranged so that the crossflow fan is positioned between the front heat exchanger and the rear heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Koji Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tetsuya Tazawa, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150211782
    Abstract: A floor-standing air-conditioning apparatus includes a lower air inlet, an air outlet having an air outlet opening, a heat exchanger that is provided in the body, a crossflow fan that is provided in the body and produces a flow of air in which the air that has flowed into the body passes through the heat exchanger and is guided to the air outlet, a drain pan that is provided below the heat exchanger in the height direction of the body. The heat exchanger includes a front heat exchanger and a rear heat exchanger, a pair of which form a V shape with their lower ends being in contact with, or in proximity to, each other, and are arranged so that the crossflow fan is positioned between the front heat exchanger and the rear heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Koji Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tetsuya Tazawa, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150121934
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing having a front and side panel in which an opening is formed, a fan disposed in an air-sending device chamber formed inside the housing, an outdoor heat exchanger disposed in the air-sending device chamber, a bell mouth which is disposed in the air-sending device chamber and extends backwards from the periphery of the opening, and a heater which is disposed in the air-sending device chamber in which the bell mouth is disposed, and extends in the up and down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuo YAMASHITA, Masatomo HATTA, Minoru ISHII, Reiji MORIOKA, Tetsuya TAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150121933
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuo YAMASHITA, Masatomo HATTA, Minoru ISHII, Reiji MORIOKA, Tetsuya TAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140367069
    Abstract: A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus including a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger; a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a housing front surface at a position near a housing top surface; and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed near the housing front surface are included. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation. The upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Ogata, Takashi Ikeda, Masatomo Hatta, Keichi Ochiai, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tetsuya Tazawa, Keisuke Tomomura, Toshiya Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8006510
    Abstract: In an indoor equipment of an air conditioner in which a heat exchanger, a blower, and a drain pan receiving a drain water having been condensed at mentioned heat exchanger below the heat exchanger are contained in an internal part of the indoor equipment housing including an air inlet and an air outlet; and a back portion of the drain pan is faced to an air flow path communicating with mentioned air outlet, and a stabilizer is disposed at an end portion on the upstream side of the air flow path of this drain pan, the drain pan 4 is integrally formed of a drain pan body 41 and a stabilizer portion 42 by injection molding; and a concave portion 40 is formed on the air flow path side in the vicinity of the boundary between the drain pan body and the stabilizer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Miyamoto, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Isao Okano, Masahiro Motooka, Tetsuya Tazawa, Shinsuke Nakahata, Yohei Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20110113807
    Abstract: A locking claw on an outer face of a container portion made of resin is engaged with a locking hole in an outer periphery of a case made of sheet metal, the container portion being covered by the case, a locking claw on an outer face of a cover is engaged with a locking hole in an outer periphery of a lid body, the cover being covered by the lid body, they are assembled so that a part of an opening edge of an opening portion of the case is covered by an opening edge of an opening portion of the cover, the container portion and the case as well as the cover and the lid body are fixed to form an electric equipment box and a flame spread inhibiting path is formed between the lid body and the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kojima, Toshihiro Hotta, Tetsuya Tazawa, Hiroshi Ohmura, Yasushi Oba, Takuya Goto, Den Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7810739
    Abstract: The invention provides an air conditioner including a radiant sensor device assembly inside a front panel of an indoor unit, in which a radiant sensor holder for holding a radiant sensor and a radiant sensor holder drive mechanism are assembled into the radiant sensor device assembly, the radiant sensor holder drive mechanism includes four projections provided on a part of the outer periphery of the radiant sensor holder in the radial directions, a drive motor attached to the radiant sensor device assembly so that the direction of a motor shaft extends in the same direction as the axis of rotation of the radiant sensor holder, and a sector-shaped connecting member being attached to the motor shaft and having three pins to be fitted between the four projections on the radiant sensor holder respectively for driving the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tazawa, Toshihiro Hotta, Kazuhito Kojima, Hiroshi Oomura
  • Publication number: 20090057432
    Abstract: The invention provides an air conditioner including a radiant sensor device assembly inside a front panel of an indoor unit, in which a radiant sensor holder for holding a radiant sensor and a radiant sensor holder drive mechanism are assembled into the radiant sensor device assembly, the radiant sensor holder drive mechanism includes four projections provided on a part of the outer periphery of the radiant sensor holder in the radial directions, a drive motor attached to the radiant sensor device assembly so that the direction of a motor shaft extends in the same direction as the axis of rotation of the radiant sensor holder, and a sector-shaped connecting member being attached to the motor shaft and having three pins to be fitted between the four projections on the radiant sensor holder respectively for driving the projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tazawa, Toshihiro Hotta, Kazuhito Kojima, Hiroshi Oomura