Patents by Inventor Toshikatsu KONDOU

Toshikatsu KONDOU 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: 10495114
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a plurality of blades radially extending from a boss provided at a rotary center and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, and a ring portion connecting outer peripheral ends of the blades in a ring shape. A radially outer end part at an end on an air-flow upstream side of the ring portion is positioned outward in a radial direction of a rotary shaft in the blower fan, as toward the air-flow upstream side. Thus, the blower can prevent the backflow air from being swirled, thereby reducing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kondou, Youhei Kamiya, Masaru Kamiya, Takeshi Miyamoto, Masashi Matsukawa, Isao Kondoh, Takashi Ito, Kazuhiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10337394
    Abstract: A blower has a blower fan and a half shroud. The blower fan supplies air to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a core that performs a heat exchange between a heat medium and the air. The half shroud covers a part of the core and defines an air passage extending from the heat exchanger to the blower fan. A blocking plate is disposed in a non-overlapping portion in which the half shroud and the core are located not to overlap with each other. The blocking plate prevents the air, which is blown by the blower fan, from flowing into an upstream area of the blower fan in a flow direction of the air through the non-overlapping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kondou, Yukio Shidara
  • Patent number: 10309422
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a plurality of blades radially extending from a boss provided at the rotary center and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, and a ring portion connecting outer peripheral ends of the blades in a ring shape. An inner peripheral wall surface of an end part on an air-flow downstream side of a cylindrical portion is disposed on the outside in a radial direction of the rotary shaft in the blower fan, with respect to an end part on the air-flow downstream side of the ring portion. The end part on the air-flow downstream side of the cylindrical portion is positioned outward in the radial direction of the rotary shaft, as toward the air-flow downstream side. Thus, the blower can prevent the backflow air from being swirled, thereby reducing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kondou, Masashi Matsukawa, Youhei Kamiya, Masaru Kamiya, Takeshi Miyamoto, Isao Kondoh, Takashi Ito, Kazuhiro Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20180003101
    Abstract: A blower has a blower fan and a half shroud. The blower fan supplies air to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a core that performs a heat exchange between a heat medium and the air. The half shroud covers a part of the core and defines an air passage extending from the heat exchanger to the blower fan. A blocking plate is disposed in a non-overlapping portion in which the half shroud and the core are located not to overlap with each other. The blocking plate prevents the air, which is blown by the blower fan, from flowing into an upstream area of the blower fan in a flow direction of the air through the non-overlapping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KONDOU, Yukio SHIDARA
  • Publication number: 20160341220
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a plurality of blades radially extending from a boss provided at the rotary center and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, and a ring portion connecting outer peripheral ends of the blades in a ring shape. An inner peripheral wall surface of an end part on an air-flow downstream side of a cylindrical portion is disposed on the outside in a radial direction of the rotary shaft in the blower fan, with respect to an end part on the air-flow downstream side of the ring portion. The end part on the air-flow downstream side of the cylindrical portion is positioned outward in the radial direction of the rotary shaft, as toward the air-flow downstream side. Thus, the blower can prevent the backflow air from being swirled, thereby reducing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KONDOU, Masashi MATSUKAWA, Youhei KAMIYA, Masaru KAMIYA, Takeshi MIYAMOTO, Isao KONDOH, Takashi ITO, Kazuhiro TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160333893
    Abstract: A blower fan includes a plurality of blades radially extending from a boss provided at a rotary center and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, and a ring portion connecting outer peripheral ends of the blades in a ring shape. A radially outer end part at an end on an air-flow upstream side of the ring portion is positioned outward in a radial direction of a rotary shaft in the blower fan, as toward the air-flow upstream side. Thus, the blower can prevent the backflow air from being swirled, thereby reducing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Toshikatsu KONDOU, Youhei KAMIYA, Masaru KAMIYA, Takeshi MIYAMOTO, Masashi MATSUKAWA, Isao KONDOH, Takashi ITO, Kazuhiro TAKEUCHI