Patents by Inventor Yoji Katsuki

Yoji Katsuki 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: 20220250435
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device is disclosed. The air condition device includes an air conditioning case having a passage in which air flows, a blower connected to the air conditioning case for blowing the air, a cooler and a heater housed in an interior of the air conditioning case, and a duct provided in the air conditioning case for conveying the air that has been temperature controlled by the cooler and the heater. The passage includes a cool air passage in which the cooler is disposed, a warm air passage in which the heater is disposed, and an introduction passage provided between the cool air passage and the warm air. A switching door is provided in the introduction passage for controlling an amount of the air flowing to the cool air passage and the warm air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo Wakamatsu, Yoji Katsuki, Hirokazu Endo, Naoki Yanagita, Yasunobu Muraoka, Akira Hosoya, Koichi Kaiyama
  • Patent number: 8662158
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first partitioning member and a second partitioning member are installed at a boundary position between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is separated into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In the case that air is not blown in either one of the passages that are disposed in the first cooling section and the second cooling section, air that flows through the other of the passages is prevented from flowing into the one passage through the interior of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Keihin Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Seto, Yoji Katsuki, Tsunetoshi Kitamura, Junichi Kanemaru, Shinji Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 8267155
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by first and second ribs, and by ribs, which are formed respectively to face toward an evaporator and a heater core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Keihin Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Katsuki, Tsunetoshi Kitamura, Junichi Kanemaru, Shinji Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20110005714
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. Air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by a pair of ribs, which are formed to face toward a heater core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Katsuki, Tsunetoshi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20110005718
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first partitioning member and a second partitioning member are installed at a boundary position between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is separated into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In the case that air is not blown in either one of the passages that are disposed in the first cooling section and the second cooling section, air that flows through the other of the passages is prevented from flowing into the one passage through the interior of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Seto, Yoji Katsuki, Tsunetoshi Kitamura, Junichi Kanemaru, Shinji Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20110005716
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by first and second ribs, and by ribs, which are formed respectively to face toward an evaporator and a heater core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Katsuki, Tsunetoshi Kitamura, Junichi Kanemaru, Shinji Kakizaki