Patents by Inventor Tooru Fujimoto

Tooru Fujimoto 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: 20170159963
    Abstract: A total heat exchanger exchanges heat between air flowing through an air supply passage and air flowing through an air exhaust passage. An air supply fan transfers air from the outside of a room into the room through the air supply passage. If the temperature of outdoor air (OA) is below a lower temperature threshold (Tth), a controller intermittently stops the air supply fan in response to an index of the moisture content in room air (RA) such that as the stage of the index of the moisture content depending on the moisture content in the room air (RA) shifts toward higher stages, the period of time during which the air supply fan is at rest in an intermittent operating cycle increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MATSUGI, Kenichi MAEGAITO, Takayuki SUNAYAMA, Tooru FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150017906
    Abstract: A ventilation device performs ventilation by supplying outdoor air indoors as supply air and exhausting room air outdoors as exhaust air. The ventilation device includes a heat exchange unit provided with a heat exchange element that performs heat exchange between the supply air and the exhaust air and a humidification unit provided with a humidification element that humidifies the supply air. The heat exchange unit is provided with a supply air blower with which the outdoor air is suctioned and sent to the humidification unit and a supply air delivery port with which supply air sent from the supply air blower is delivered and guided to the humidification unit. The humidification unit is provided with a supply air introduction port that introduces supply air delivered from the heat exchange unit, and a supply air duct that regulates spreading of supply air introduced from the supply air introduction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shioyama, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8915451
    Abstract: When a humidity adjustment device starts up, an outside air temperature To and an room air temperature Tr are compared to determine which air temperature is higher. By mutually changing the flow of the outside air and the flow of the room air by means of an air circulation switching device, the air having the higher temperature of the outside air and the room air is circulated to a heat exchanger that operates as an evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Takahashi, Tooru Fujimoto, Gakuto Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140166765
    Abstract: When a humidity adjustment device starts up, an outside air temperature To and an room air temperature Tr are compared to determine which air temperature is higher. By mutually changing the flow of the outside air and the flow of the room air by means of an air circulation switching device, the air having the higher temperature of the outside air and the room air is circulated to a heat exchanger that operates as an evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Takahashi, Tooru Fujimoto, Gakuto Sakai
  • Patent number: 7998231
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a housing, a centrifugal fan and an air purifying filter. The fan is substantially centered in the housing. The fan has a rotary shaft extending in a depth direction of the air purifier and a fan inlet port facing frontward. Air suctioned by the fan is blown out in a direction perpendicular to the rotary shaft. The filter is aligned with the fan along the direction perpendicular to the rotary shaft. An air inlet port is disposed in front of the fan so as to communicate with the fan inlet port. When the fan rotates, air is suctioned into the air purifier via the air inlet port. An air outlet port is arranged relative to the filter such that air purified by the filter is blown out of the air purifier through the air outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiming Zheng, Yasuhiro Oda, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20100293907
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a housing, a centrifugal fan and an air purifying filter. The fan is substantially centered in the housing. The fan has a rotary shaft extending in a depth direction of the air purifier and a fan inlet port facing frontward. Air suctioned by the fan is blown out in a direction perpendicular to the rotary shaft. The filter is aligned with the fan along the direction perpendicular to the rotary shaft. An air inlet port is disposed in front of the fan so as to communicate with the fan inlet port. When the fan rotates, air is suctioned into the air purifier via the air inlet port. An air outlet port is arranged relative to the filter such that air purified by the filter is blown out of the air purifier through the air outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Zheng, Yasuhiro Oda, Tooru Fujimoto