Patents by Inventor Tutomu Hatakubo

Tutomu Hatakubo 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: 5161739
    Abstract: An outdoor unit comprises a combustion unit for presenting combustion heat, a heating medium heating part for heating the heating medium with the combustion heat to vary in phase from liquid to gas, and a heating medium transferring part. A plurality of indoor units each have an indoor heat exchanger and a required heating capacity detecting part for detecting a required heating capacity in a region to be heated required for the indoor heat exchanger. The detecting part comprises a room temperature setting part, a room temperature detector, and a required heating capacity data output part for delivering required heating capacity data in the region to be heated depending on the difference between the preset room temperature and the detected room temperature. The distributing part couples the plural indoor units parallel to the outdoor unit so as to form individual enclosed heating medium circulation cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuo Saito, Katuyoshi Kumazawa, Fusao Hirasawa, Tetsuo Sano, Tutomu Hatakubo, Hideto Kuyama