Patents by Inventor Tomoya YANASE

Tomoya YANASE 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: 11306926
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing forming an outline of the outdoor unit, a partition plate extending from a front surface toward a rear surface of the housing and partitioning an interior of the housing into an air-sending device chamber and a machine chamber, a heat exchanger disposed in the air-sending device chamber and along an end portion located at the rear surface of the housing, and a holder mounted on the heat exchanger and accommodating a temperature-measurement unit that measures an outside air temperature. The partition plate includes a first flat portion disposed with a space between a rear surface of the first flat portion and the heat exchanger and extending in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger, and a second flat portion projecting from a side edge portion of the first flat portion toward the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuho Ito, Tomoya Yanase
  • Patent number: 10962239
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan chamber, a machine chamber, a partition plate, and an electrical component unit. The partition plate is provided, in its upper part, with a planar receiving surface portion for receiving a holder. The holder is provided with a positioning protrusion protruding downward. A cutout portion into which the positioning protrusion is inserted is formed in the receiving surface portion. At least one inclined surface portion that is inclined downward from the receiving surface portion and guides the positioning protrusion to the cutout portion is provided at an end portion of the receiving surface portion that leads to the cutout portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuho Ito, Tomoya Yanase
  • Patent number: 10920999
    Abstract: A fan motor support includes a rightward-and-leftward direction guide piece which projects in a direction of approaching a fan motor from a lower intermediate transverse plate or an upper intermediate transverse plate extending across a pair of support columns in a rightward-and-leftward direction at a position above or below the fan motor in a vertical direction at a distance apart from the fan motor. The rightward-and leftward direction guide piece is formed to be opened in a direction opposite to a machine chamber in a rightward-and-leftward direction and recessed toward the machine chamber. A rightward-and-leftward direction guide groove which is configured to change a wiring path of the lead wire of the fan motor hooked thereto to a direction toward the machine chamber from the upward-and-downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Kazuho Ito, Kentaro Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20200182492
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing forming an outline of the outdoor unit, a partition plate extending from a front surface toward a rear surface of the housing and partitioning an interior of the housing into an air-sending device chamber and a machine chamber, a heat exchanger disposed in the air-sending device chamber and along an end portion located at the rear surface of the housing, and a holder mounted on the heat exchanger and accommodating a temperature-measurement unit that measures an outside air temperature. The partition plate includes a first flat portion disposed with a space between a rear surface of the first flat portion and the heat exchanger and extending in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger, and a second flat portion projecting from a side edge portion of the first flat portion toward the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Kazuho ITO, Tomoya YANASE
  • Patent number: 10480799
    Abstract: An outdoor unit connected to an indoor unit through a refrigerant pipe, including: a casing; a compressor accommodated inside the casing; a valve mounting plate positioned in an upper part inside the casing and above the compressor; a valve mounted on the valve mounting plate, to which the refrigerant pipe is connected; and a terminal block to which a first wiring drawn from outside of the casing is connected, the terminal block being accommodated inside the casing, in which the valve mounting plate includes a mounting portion on which the terminal block is provided, the mounting portion communicating an upper side on which the valve is provided and a lower side on which the controller is provided into communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20190285288
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a fan chamber, a machine chamber, a partition plate, and an electrical component unit. The partition plate is provided, in its upper part, with a planar receiving surface portion for receiving a holder. The holder is provided with a positioning protrusion protruding downward. A cutout portion into which the positioning protrusion is inserted is formed in the receiving surface portion. At least one inclined surface portion that is inclined downward from the receiving surface portion and guides the positioning protrusion to the cutout portion is provided at an end portion of the receiving surface portion that leads to the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro WATANABE, Kazuho ITO, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20190264929
    Abstract: A fan motor support includes a rightward-and-leftward direction guide piece which projects in a direction of approaching a fan motor from a lower intermediate transverse plate or an upper intermediate transverse plate extending across a pair of support columns in a rightward-and-leftward direction at a position above or below the fan motor in a vertical direction at a distance apart from the fan motor. The rightward-and-leftward direction guide piece is formed to be opened in a direction opposite to a machine chamber in a rightward-and-leftward direction and recessed toward the machine chamber. A rightward-and-leftward direction guide groove which is configured to change a wiring path of the lead wire of the fan motor hooked thereto to a direction toward the machine chamber from the upward-and-downward direction. Therefore, a highly reliable outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus which prevents breakage of the lead wire of the fan motor can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Kazuho ITO, Kentaro YONEHARA
  • Patent number: 10208968
    Abstract: An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes: a casing; and a heat exchanger accommodated in the casing. The casing includes a bottom panel on a bottom surface of the casing. The bottom panel includes: a first bottom plate portion formed below the heat exchanger; and a second bottom plate portion formed on the bottom panel at a portion other than the first bottom plate portion. A lower end of the heat exchanger is arranged at a position above any point on an upper surface of the first bottom plate portion and below any point on an upper surface of the second bottom plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 10132512
    Abstract: An outdoor unit is an outdoor unit to which a refrigerant pipe used to circulate refrigerant between an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes: a rectangular bottom panel disposed below the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, the rectangular bottom panel supporting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; a peripheral panel disposed on a peripheral portion of the bottom panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; a fixing panel disposed at a corner portion of the bottom panel to be located at an inner side of the peripheral panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; and a valve which is fixed to the fixing panel and to which the refrigerant pipe is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Jinnai, Toshiyuki Kubono, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
  • Patent number: 10077911
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing having a bottom panel formed in a rectangular shape in a planar view. The bottom panel includes a bottom portion constituting a lower face of the casing, and a rising portion rising from an outer peripheral edge of the bottom portion. A first holding part is provided to the rising portion on a side of one side face of the casing, and a second holding part is provided to the rising portion on a side of the other side face of the casing opposite to the side of the one side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai, Tomoya Yanase
  • Patent number: 10024555
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a partition plate that separates a machine compartment, in which a compressor unit, a refrigerant pipe, and an electrical-part storage are disposed, and an air blower compartment; an electrical-part storage that is disposed so as to extend from the machine compartment side of the partition plate to the air blower compartment side of the partition plate, and that stores therein an electrical part; an auxiliary board that is disposed in the machine compartment and on which an electrical part that is other than the electrical part installed in the electrical-part storage, is installed; and a board fixing portion that is interposed between the electrical-part storage located in the machine compartment and the auxiliary board to fix the auxiliary board thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20170363303
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing including a side panel, a terminal block accommodated in the housing, and a power supply wire connected to the terminal block. The side panel includes an outer shell surface forming a part of an outer surface of the housing, a first recessed surface recessed from the outer shell surface in an inward direction of the housing, and a second recessed surface formed in the first recessed surface and recessed from the first recessed surface in the inward direction of the housing. The power supply wire is arranged on the second recessed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170350606
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit including a heat exchanger, and a housing having a front panel, side panels, and a back panel, the back panel includes a connection port attachment portion to which a pipe connection port is attached, and a heat exchanger holding piece to which the heat exchanger is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20170336084
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing including a blower chamber and a machine chamber, a left side panel having a first opening and defining a side surface of the casing adjacent to the blower chamber, and a first grip attached to the left side panel. The first grip is located inside an edge of the first opening in the side view of the casing and is located inside an outer surface of the left side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170328585
    Abstract: An outdoor unit connected to an indoor unit through a refrigerant pipe, including: a casing; a compressor accommodated inside the casing; a valve mounting plate positioned in an upper part inside the casing and above the compressor; a valve mounted on the valve mounting plate, to which the refrigerant pipe is connected; and a terminal block to which a first wiring drawn from outside of the casing is connected, the terminal block being accommodated inside the casing, in which the valve mounting plate includes a mounting portion on which the terminal block is provided, the mounting portion communicating an upper side on which the valve is provided and a lower side on which the controller is provided into communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20170328587
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing having a bottom panel formed in a rectangular shape in a planar view. The bottom panel includes a bottom portion constituting a lower face of the casing, and a rising portion rising from an outer peripheral edge of the bottom portion. A first holding part is provided to the rising portion on a side of one side face of the casing, and a second holding part is provided to the rising portion on a side of the other side face of the casing opposite to the side of the one side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20170314794
    Abstract: An outdoor unit is configured to accommodate a compressor and is connected to a refrigerant pipe used for circulating refrigerant between an indoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a bottom panel under the compressor to support the compressor, a first side panel on a peripheral edge of the bottom panel, a second side panel at a position facing the first side panel on the peripheral edge of the bottom panel, and an outdoor heat exchanger above the bottom panel and extending in a direction from the first side panel toward the second side panel, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger has an end portion facing one of side end portions of the second side panel, and the bottom panel includes a projection formed at a position corresponding to the end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger and protruding in a direction from the first side panel toward the second side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWAZAKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20170314793
    Abstract: An outdoor unit is an outdoor unit to which a refrigerant pipe used to circulate refrigerant between an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes: a rectangular bottom panel disposed below the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, the rectangular bottom panel supporting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; a peripheral panel disposed on a peripheral portion of the bottom panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; a fixing panel disposed at a corner portion of the bottom panel to be located at an inner side of the peripheral panel and positioned upright on the bottom panel; and a valve which is fixed to the fixing panel and to which the refrigerant pipe is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE, Hiroshi IWAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170314791
    Abstract: An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes: a casing; and a heat exchanger accommodated in the casing. The casing includes a bottom panel on a bottom surface of the casing. The bottom panel includes: a first bottom plate portion formed below the heat exchanger; and a second bottom plate portion formed on the bottom panel at a portion other than the first bottom plate portion. A lower end of the heat exchanger is arranged at a position above any point on an upper surface of the first bottom plate portion and below any point on an upper surface of the second bottom plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 9797607
    Abstract: A heat source side unit for an air conditioning apparatus includes a machine room in which a compressor is accommodated, an air-sending unit room in which an air-sending unit is accommodated, a separator for partitioning a space into the machine room and the air-sending unit room, a reactor installed in the machine room, and a reactor mounting member fixed to the separator on a side of the machine room and on which the reactor is mounted, and the reactor mounting member includes a first mounting unit and a second mounting unit corresponding to each of the reactors with the sizes different from each other, and on the reactor mounting member, the reactor is selectively mounted on either one of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit corresponding to the size of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai, Tomoya Yanase