Patents by Inventor Tomonobu IZAKI

Tomonobu IZAKI 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: 20200400320
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a first heat exchanger inclined forward and downward, a second heat exchanger provided below the first heat exchanger, a drain pan provided below the second heat exchanger, and a blocking member covering an area between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and also a part of the first heat exchanger from a front side. The first heat exchanger has at least one heat exchanging unit. An upper edge of the blocking member is higher than a front edge at a lower end of the heat exchanging unit disposed at a front-most side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi OBARA, Tomonobu IZAKI, Kosuke SATO, Keisuke OISHI
  • Patent number: 9829227
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of refrigerant flow paths separated by a distributor and is configured to allow a refrigerant inflow amount to each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths to be adjusted by a pressure loss in a corresponding one of a plurality of capillaries connected between the distributor and the plurality of refrigerant flow paths. Inner diameters of the plurality of capillaries are limited to two types. An inner diameter of one type of the plurality of capillaries having a larger inner diameter is 1.3 to 1.6 times larger than an inner diameter of an other type of the plurality of capillaries having a smaller inner diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonobu Izaki, Masahiko Takagi
  • Publication number: 20160109169
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of refrigerant flow paths separated by a distributor and is configured to allow a refrigerant inflow amount to each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths to be adjusted by a pressure loss in a corresponding one of a plurality of capillaries connected between the distributor and the plurality of refrigerant flow paths. Inner diameters of the plurality of capillaries are limited to two types. An inner diameter of one type of the plurality of capillaries having a larger inner diameter is 1.3 to 1.6 times larger than an inner diameter of an other type of the plurality of capillaries having a smaller inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonobu IZAKI, Masahiko TAKAGI