Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Kawai

Yoshimi Kawai 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: 6196018
    Abstract: A motor 51 is attached on the bottom surface side of a motor base 52 with a pinion gear 54 and an output gear 55 housed in a gear housing portion 521 thereof, and an output shaft 553 of the output gear 55 is inserted through a side plate 25L of an air outlet and is coupled to a flap 30 while the output shaft 553 is supported by a bearing hole 526 formed on the bottom portion of the motor base 52, and by a burring hole 251 formed at the side plate 25L. Therefore, the configuration of a flap driving means is simplified, the size is reduced, and the backlash of driving gears is controlled to smoothly drive the flap without rattling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Osamu Nakamura, Yoshimi Kawai
  • Patent number: 5943872
    Abstract: In an air conditioner, a supporting base having a plurality of bearing cylinder portions is attached to an outlet of a housing of the air conditioner. Each shaft of wind horizontally direction plates is located in the outlet of the housing and is disposed in the bearing cylinder portion through first and second bearing bushes. The first bearing bushes hold the wind horizontally direction plates in a cantilever manner. A heat insulation material is adhered onto the supporting base. The wind horizontally direction plates can be easily attached to the air outlet after the heat insulation material is installed, and the moisture condensation is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurada, Yoshimi Kawai
  • Patent number: 5888133
    Abstract: In an air conditioner, at least one up-down wind direction board rotates in an up-down direction around almost horizontal rotation axis within an air outlet, and a plurality of lateral wind direction boards rotating laterally are provided around rotation axes as the center which are almost orthogonal to the rotation axis of said up-down wind direction board. Also a diffuser constituting a part of the air outlet is provided rotationally around an almost horizontal rotation axis as the center at the lower portion of the air outlet. A motor for driving the up-down wind direction board is provided at the side of one side wall portion of the air outlet. The up-down wind direction board is set by said motor to any arbitrary angle of tilt between the initial stop position closing said air outlet and maximum open position almost vertically downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Yoshimi Kawai
  • Patent number: 5873780
    Abstract: In an air conditioner provided with at least one longitudinal louver rotating in a vertical direction with an almost horizontal rotation axis as the center and with a number of lateral louvers rotating in a lateral direction with a rotation axis line almost perpendicular to the rotation axis line of the above-described longitudinal louver, a cover plate is provided at an upper wall portion of the above-described air outlet so that a specified space is formed between the cover plate and the upper wall portion, and each of the lateral louvers is attached at the cover plate by the medium of a bush with an arm and a connecting plate for connecting the lateral louvers formed at the bush to prevent the reduction of air blowing efficiency, generation of a noise, and condensation in an air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Yoshimi Kawai