Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Ichino

Yoshihiro Ichino 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: 7073341
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that includes an exhaust heat recovery unit for recovering exhaust heat in a heat transfer medium, a heat transfer medium passage in which the heat transfer medium outputted from the exhaust heat recovery unit flows, an auxiliary heating device, heats the heat transfer medium, an absorption chiller driven by heat of the heat transfer medium, a refrigerant passage, through which a refrigerant outputted from the absorption chiller flows, an indoor unit to which the refrigerant is supplied through the refrigerant passage, a heat transfer medium temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the heat transfer medium flowing through the heat transfer medium passage, a refrigerant temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant passage, and a control portion for controlling an operation of driving the auxiliary heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Tongu, Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Kazuhei Arita, Yoshihiro Ichino, Masato Ogai, Akira Yamauchi, Takayuki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20050262869
    Abstract: An air conditioner that comprises an exhaust heat recovery unit 3 for recovering exhaust heat in a heat transfer medium, a heat transfer medium passage 5a in which the heat transfer medium outputted from the exhaust heat recovery unit 3 flows, an auxiliary heating device 7, which is provided in the heat transfer medium passage 5a, for heating the heat transfer medium, an absorption chiller 9, to which the heat transfer medium passage 5a is connected, to be driven by heat of the heat transfer medium, a refrigerant passage 11a, through which a refrigerant outputted from the absorption chiller 9 flows, an indoor unit 13 to which the refrigerant is supplied through the refrigerant passage 11a, a heat transfer medium temperature detecting means 15 for detecting the temperature of the heat transfer medium flowing through the heat transfer medium passage 5a, a refrigerant temperature detecting means 17 for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant passage 11a, and a control portion
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Shinji Tongu, Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Kazuhei Arita, Yoshihiro Ichino, Masato Ogai, Akira Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6477850
    Abstract: The air conditioner comprises heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 for adjusting the temperature of a heat transfer medium, an absorption chiller 5 having as a heat source the heat transfer medium supplied from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 via a heat transfer medium line 7a through which the heat transfer medium conducts, a valve 9a provided in the heat transfer medium line 7a, a by-pass line 11a branching off from the valve 9a, and an indoor unit 19 supplied with a refrigerant from the absorption chiller 5 or the heat transfer medium from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 via the by-pass line 11a. Thereby, at the time of heating, the valve is switched to allow the heat transfer medium to pass through the by-pass line 11, so that the heat transfer medium can be directly supplied via the by-pass line 11 to the indoor unit 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhei Arita, Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Yoshihiro Ichino, Shinji Tongu
  • Publication number: 20020023442
    Abstract: The air conditioner comprises heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 for adjusting the temperature of a heat transfer medium, an absorption chiller 5 having as a heat source the heat transfer medium supplied from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 via a heat transfer medium line 7a through which the heat transfer medium conducts, a valve 9a provided in the heat transfer medium line 7a, a by-pass line 11a branching off from the valve 9a, and an indoor unit 19 supplied with a refrigerant from the absorption chiller 5 or the heat transfer medium from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device 1 via the by-pass line 11a. Thereby, at the time of heating, the valve is switched to allow the heat transfer medium to pass through the by-pass line 11, so that the heat transfer medium can be directly supplied via the by-pass line 11 to the indoor unit 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhei Arita, Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Yoshihiro Ichino, Shinji Tongu