Patents by Inventor Wataru Egawa

Wataru Egawa 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: 9765999
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a flow diverter provided in an air conditioner has a flow diverter main body having an internal space, and a first connection portion to which a pipe is connected; the first connection portion has an inner peripheral surface that defines a hole through which the pipe is inserted; the inner peripheral surface has, in the direction of a central axis, a brazing portion which is provided at a location containing an end on the side where the pipe is inserted, and forms a gap filled with solder for brazing between the inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the pipe, and a restricting portion located closer to the flow diverter main body than to the brazing portion; and the inner diameter of the restricting portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the brazing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Michitsuji, Yoshiteru Nouchi, Wataru Egawa
  • Publication number: 20150000332
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that: a flow diverter provided in an air conditioner has a flow diverter main body having an internal space, and a first connection portion to which a pipe is connected; the first connection portion has an inner peripheral surface that defines a hole through which the pipe is inserted; the inner peripheral surface has, in the direction of a central axis, a brazing portion which is provided at a location containing an end on the side where the pipe is inserted, and forms a gap filled with solder for brazing between the inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the pipe, and a restricting portion located closer to the flow diverter main body than to the brazing portion; and the inner diameter of the restricting portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the brazing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Michitsuji, Yoshiteru Nouchi, Wataru Egawa
  • Publication number: 20090077987
    Abstract: In an air conditioner of a ceiling-installed type provided with a casing (10), a ceiling panel (20) installed at a lower end part of a casing (10), and a suction grill (22) attached to the ceiling panel (20), the ceiling panel (20) having a removable type or an opening-closing type suction grill (22) and the ceiling panel (20) having an elevating-lowering type suction grill (22) are configured to be shared to curtail a waste in cost. To this end, the ceiling panel (20) is configured to have a ceiling panel body (26), a frame (27) arranged on an inner periphery side of this ceiling panel body (26) and to which the suction grill (22) is attached, and an attachment mechanism for attaching the frame (27) to the ceiling panel body (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Wataru Egawa, Tetsuya Morizane