Patents by Inventor Tsuneaki Odai

Tsuneaki Odai 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: 9493050
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes an air conditioning unit mounted in a front side of the vehicle to condition air in a front seat area, a rear air outlet, a rear duct to connect the air conditioning unit and the rear air outlet, a rear fan provided near the rear air outlet to draw air from the air conditioning unit via the rear duct so that the air is blown from the rear air outlet, an air inlet provided in the rear duct to draw air from a cabin of the vehicle into the rear duct, and a door structure provided at the air inlet to adjust an opening level of either or both of the air inlet and the rear duct so as to adjust an air intake amount from the air conditioning unit and an air intake amount from the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Fukutomi, Ryousuke Muraki, Tsuneaki Odai
  • Publication number: 20120295529
    Abstract: An airconditioning system for a vehicle includes an airconditioning unit mounted in a front side of the vehicle to condition air in a front seat area, a rear air outlet, a rear duct to connect the airconditioning unit and the rear air outlet, a rear fan provided near the rear air outlet to draw air from the airconditioning unit via the rear duct so that the air is blown from the rear air outlet, an air inlet provided in the rear duct to draw air from a vehicle cabin into the rear duct, and a door structure provided at the air inlet to adjust an opening level of either or both of the air inlet and the rear duct to adjust an air intake amount from the airconditioning unit and that from the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshitomo FUKUTOMI, Ryousuke MURAKI, Tsuneaki ODAI
  • Patent number: 5902180
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning amplifier unit being connected to a plurality of door actuators through one communication and one power line; and the air-conditioning amplifier unit having first door-operation self-diagnostic means which sends to the door actuator target stopping position data for bringing doors in a full-open condition or full-close condition; if there is a change in an instruction value, after the lapse of a preset period of time which takes into account the time period required for the door to arrive at a target position and a lag in communication, the self-diagnostic means determining that the doors are in a normal condition when the signal returned from the door actuator represents that the doors are in a stopped state but determining that the doors are in an abnormal condition when the signal represents that the doors are in an actuated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Calsonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sunaga, Tsuneaki Odai, Masatoshi Suto