Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki KUBONO

Toshiyuki KUBONO 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: 20170205086
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya YANASE, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 9470424
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwazaki, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Yanase, Kazuho Itou
  • Patent number: 9453649
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit, an upper corner bend portion is connected to a linear portion of a flange via an inclined portion that is located inside an ideal bending line of the upper corner bend portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kubono
  • Patent number: 9388993
    Abstract: A power supply panel includes an engagement portion. An electrical component box includes a hook portion that engages with the engagement portion. A temporarily fixed state in which the power supply panel is attached to the electrical component box is set when the engagement portion engages with the hook portion. A securely fixed state in which the power supply panel is positioned inside the outer periphery of a housing, as the housing is seen in a plan view, and the power supply panel is positioned below the electrical component box is set when the electrical component box is placed in a machine chamber and the power supply panel is attached to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20160131404
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes at least one of a hexagonal sealing nut and attention attracting means that needs to be operated by an operator when removing a hexagonal sealing nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya MOCHIZUKI, Yoshihiro TANABE, Kenta KAWAHARA, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 9273895
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Takeuchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20160033146
    Abstract: The motor fixing support includes long base sections extending in a vertical direction, which are respectively formed on both sides in a lateral direction, and folding pieces respectively extending from both side edges of the respective base sections in a short-side direction. The length of the folding piece in the extending direction, which extends from the base section toward the base section in the short-side direction, and the length of the folding piece in the extending direction, which extends from the base section toward the base section in the short-side direction, are larger than the lengths of the folding pieces in the extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20160033147
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI, Tomoya YANASE
  • Publication number: 20150316279
    Abstract: Provided is an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, including: a casing having an opening formed at a rear surface side thereof; and a heat exchanger having a flat surface region formed into a planar shape, and being accommodated in the casing so that the flat surface region is exposed through the opening formed at the rear surface side of the casing. A side edge portion of the opening formed at the rear surface side is formed at a position opposed to the flat surface region, and is bent toward the heat exchanger side so as to narrow a gap between the side edge portion and the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KUBONO, Hiroyuki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 8959942
    Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent freezing of water droplets, etc. between a fan and a bell mouth. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner includes an eaves member that is placed above an air outlet formed by a bell mouth in close adherence with a front panel, and that protrudes toward a side of an outlet grille. Particularly, the eaves member is placed with a space from the outlet grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Kubono, Norio Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20150042216
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit, an upper corner bend portion is connected to a linear portion of a flange via an inclined portion that is located inside an ideal bending line of the upper corner bend portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Toshiyuki KUBONO
  • Publication number: 20150043133
    Abstract: A power supply panel includes an engagement portion. An electrical component box includes a hook portion that engages with the engagement portion. A temporarily fixed state in which the power supply panel is attached to the electrical component box is set when the engagement portion engages with the hook portion. A securely fixed state in which the power supply panel is positioned inside the outer periphery of a housing, as the housing is seen in a plan view, and the power supply panel is positioned below the electrical component box is set when the electrical component box is placed in a machine chamber and the power supply panel is attached to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20150027670
    Abstract: An outdoor machine of an air conditioner includes a fan motor mount including a fan motor support plate, and a top plate. The fan motor support plate is formed with: a plurality of props; a prop horizontal plane; a prop front plane; a fitting portion, which is provided on the prop horizontal plane and fitted to a rear end of the top plate; and a first screw hole, which is provided on the prop front plane to fix the top plate. The top plate is formed with: a screw fixing piece, which has a shape parallel to the prop front plane and is provided with a second screw hole corresponding the first screw hole. The fitting portion is fitted to the rear end of the top plate, and the screw fixing piece is located on the front side of the prop front plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Kazuhiro OOISHI
  • Publication number: 20140202191
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an air-conditioning-apparatus outdoor unit including a socket that can be used in cold climate areas. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 includes a base plate 12 having a hole 13 and a socket 50 attached to the base plate 12 with a clearance 16 provided between the socket 50 and a lower surface of the base plate 12, the socket 50 communicating with the hole 13 to provide a first drainage path. The clearance 16 functions as a second drainage path for allowing drain water from the hole 13 to be guided out of the outdoor unit 100 when the first drainage path is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki JINNAI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Yoichi TAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20140165640
    Abstract: [Object] To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate using a heater fixture. [Solution] An outdoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bottom plate 4, a heat exchanger 10 mounted on the bottom plate 4, and a fan 11 sending air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor unit 100 includes a heater 12 provided on the bottom plate 4; a fan retaining portion 20, mounted on the bottom plate 4, for retaining the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40, mounted on the fan retaining portion 20, for fixing the heater 12 by pressing the heater 12 against the bottom plate 4 from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto TAKEUCHI, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Kubono, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Itou, Tomoya Yanase, Hiroshi Iwazaki
  • Publication number: 20140144167
    Abstract: A bottom plate 1 has a projecting portion 1a that upwardly projects at a portion thereof to which a heater support 5 is attached, and a leg 3 is disposed at a portion that at least includes a position below a screw hole 1b formed in the projecting portion 1a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroshi Iwazaki, Kazuhiro Ooishi, Kazuho Ito, Tomoya Yanase
  • Publication number: 20140131024
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heat exchanger disposed inside a housing; and a bottom plate of the housing, including, a bottom plate portion, a flange formed by upwardly folding back an edge of the bottom plate portion, a drainage hole penetrating the bottom plate portion and configured to discharge water, a plurality of mounting bases protruding upwardly from the bottom plate portion and supporting a lower end of the heat exchanger by upper surfaces thereof, and a drainage conduit provided in contact with the mounting bases and inclining downward toward the drainage hole, wherein a portion of the bottom plate portion positioned between at least one of the plurality of the mounting bases and the flange includes an inclined portion which is inclined toward the drainage conduit in a longitudinal direction of the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWAZAKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Kazuhiro OOISHI, Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Tomoya YANASE, Kazuho ITOU
  • Publication number: 20100319380
    Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent freezing of water droplets, etc. between a fan and a bell mouth. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner includes an eaves member that is placed above an air outlet formed by a bell mouth in close adherence with a front panel, and that protrudes toward a side of an outlet grille. Particularly, the eaves member is placed with a space from the outlet grille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya MOCHIZUKI, Toshiyuki KUBONO, Norio YAMAUCHI, Hiroyuki JINNAI