Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Tanimura

Yoshiaki Tanimura 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: 5706887
    Abstract: A heat exchanger mounted in an air condition is constructed such that at least one row of heat conduction pipe groups are arranged across an air passage. Each heat conduction pipe group is constructed such that a plurality of heat conduction pipes 22 are arranged in parallel with each other and a fine wire 23 made of a metallic material having excellent heat conductivity is spirally wound around each adjacent heat conduction pipe 22. Thus, the performance of the heat exchanger can be improved without the air conditioner being designed with larger dimensions.In addition, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat conduction pipes 39 arranged in the form of at least one row with a constant distance between adjacent pipes, and a plurality of twisted wires 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michimasa Takeshita, Takayuki Yoshida, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hitoshi Iijima, Takashi Gotoh, Tsuneo Yumikura
  • Patent number: 5704421
    Abstract: A heat exchanger mounted in an air conditioner is constructed such that at least one row of heat conduction pipe groups are arranged across an air passage. Each heat conduction pipe group is constructed such that a plurality of heat conduction pipes 22 are arranged in parallel with each other and a fine wire 23 made of a metallic material having excellent heat conductivity is spirally wound around each adjacent heat conduction pipe 22. Thus, performances of the heat exchanger can be improved without a possibility that the air conditioner is designed with larger dimensions. In addition, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat conduction pipes 39 arranged in the form of at least one row with a constant distance between adjacent ones and a plurality of twisted wires 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michimasa Takeshita, Takayuki Yoshida, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hitoshi Iijima, Takashi Gotoh, Tsuneo Yumikura
  • Patent number: 5647431
    Abstract: A heat exchanger mounted on an air condition is constructed such that at least one row of heat conduction pipe groups are arranged across an air passage. Each heat conduction pipe groups is constructed such that a plurality of heat conduction pipes 22 are arranged in parallel with each other and a fine wire 23 made of a metallic material having excellent heat conductivity is spirally wound around each adjacent heat conduction pipes 22. Thus, performances of the heat exchanger can be improved without a possibility that the air conditioner is designed with larger dimensions. In addition, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat conduction pipes 39 arranged in the form of at least one row with a constant distance between adjacent ones and a plurality of twisted wires 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michimasa Takeshita, Takayuki Yoshida, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hitoshi Iijima, Takashi Gotoh, Tsuneo Yumikura
  • Patent number: 5165250
    Abstract: An air conditioning system comprising a refrigerant circuit. A thermal storage device is arranged in the refrigerant circuit and can store heat and utilize the stored heat to increase heating capacity at the time of kickoff of heating. A temperature detector detects a temperature at a thermal storage portion of a thermal storage and radiating heat exchanger which is housed in the thermal storage device. A counter counts a thermal storage operation period required for the temperature detected at the thermal storage portion to achieve a predetermined value, outputs a signal indicative of stopping a thermal storage operation when the detected temperature has achieved the predetermined value, counts the lapse of a predetermined thermal storage operation stoppage period after stop of the thermal storage operation, and outputs a signal indicative of starting the thermal storage operation when a predetermined thermal storage operation stoppage time has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagatomo, Seiji Kubo, Kazuaki Isono, Hidenori Ishioka, Katsuyuki Aoki, Toshihiro Tanaka, Yasuo Imaki, Tomofumi Tezuka, Yoshiaki Tanimura
  • Patent number: 4775007
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a plurality of regularly corrugated fins placed one over another in layers at regular pitches in a back-to-back arrangement so as to form alternate wide and narrow fluid passage between the adjacent corrugated fins, and each having a plurality of small through holes, a plurality of collars formed in a staggered arrangement, and an annular area not having any small through hole and formed so as to surround the root of each collar; and pipes for passing a secondary fluid therethrough, each inserted through the collars of the layers of the corrugated fins. The height of the collar from the lower surface of the annular area corresponds to the pitch between the adjacent corrugated fins, and thereby the corrugated fins can be assembled at regular pitches simply by placing one over another. The pipes are expanded after being inserted through the collars so that the pipes are firmly and closely joined to the collars for satisfactory heat transmission between the fins and the pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hiroyuki Umemura, Makoto Yamada, Yu Seshimo, Masao Fujii, Ikuo Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 4771610
    Abstract: A multiroom air conditioner has a plurality of indoor heat exchangers connected to a single outdoor heat exchanger. A reversible expansion valve is installed on a liquid-side branch pipe for each of the indoor heat exchangers, and a solenoid valve is installed on a gas-side branch pipe for each indoor heat exchanger. Temperature sensors are provided on the liquid-side branch pipes, on the gas-side branch pipes, and on the outlet side during cooling of the outdoor heat exchanger. A pressure sensor or a temperature sensor detects the saturation temperature on the high-pressure side of the compressor. Based on the saturation temperature on the high-pressure side of the compressor, the temperature on the outlet side during cooling of the outdoor heat exchanger, and the temperatures in the liquidside branch pipes, a controller controls the expansion valves so as to obtain a target degree of subcooling during cooling and heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Nakashima, Akio Fukushima, Junji Tamari, Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Yasuo Sato, Hitoshi Iijima, Fumio Matsuoka, Mitsuo Umehara
  • Patent number: 4768583
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a plurality of perforated and regularly corrugated heat transfer plates arranged in a ridge-to-ridge and furrow-to-furrow arrangement, so as to form primary fluid passages each consisting of alternate expanded sections and narrowed sections arranged along the direction of flow of a primary fluid, and a plurality of pipes for passing a secondary fluid therethrough, the pipes penetrating through and across the heat transfer plates. Oblique guide grooves are formed in the surfaces of each heat transfer plates to facilitate the downward flow of the condensate condensed over the surfaces of the heat transfer plates, the grooves being inclined closer to the vertical than to the horizontal to facilitate downward flow of any vapor condensed on the plates from the primary fluid whereby the heat transfer plates dry quickly for efficient heat exchange between the primary and secondary fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ikuo Tsukamoto, Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hiroyuki Umemura, Yu Seshimo, Masao Fujii, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 4624114
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle system includes a compressor 1, a condenser 2, an expansion device 3 and an evaporator 5 connected in series with each other, and charged with a heteroazeotropic refrigerant mixture comprising R12 and R13. A fractionating vessel 6 and an electromagnetic valve 7 are provided in predetermined portions of the system for separating the R12 and R13 refrigerant components during an ordinary freezing mode and for mixing them during a rapid freezing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4580415
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle system includes a compressor 1, a condenser 2, an expansion device 3 and an evaporator 5 connected in series with each other, and charged with a heteroazeotropic refrigerant mixture comprising R12 and R13. A fractionating vessel 6 and an electromagnetic valve 7 are provided in predetermined portions of the system for separating the R12 and R13 refrigerant components during an ordinary freezing mode and for mixing them during a rapid freezing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Naoki Tanaka
  • Patent number: D300240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sakuma, Yoshiaki Tanimura, Hiroyuki Umemura, Makoto Yamada, Ikuo Tsukamoto, Yu Seshimo, Masao Fujii