Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki YAMANASHI

Yoshiyuki YAMANASHI 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: 11280507
    Abstract: An air-conditioner which performs an appropriate control in the event of a leak of refrigerant. The air-conditioner includes a refrigerant circuit, a refrigerant leak sensor which senses a leak of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit, an indoor fan which delivers air to the indoor heat exchanger, and an indoor control circuit which, upon sensing a leak of refrigerant by the refrigerant leak sensor, controls the indoor fan based on whether the refrigerant sealed in the refrigerant circuit is flammable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Yoneyama, Shunji Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Yamanashi, Atsuhiko Yokozeki
  • Publication number: 20190338971
    Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioner which performs an appropriate control in the event of a leak of refrigerant. The air-conditioner (100) is provided with: a refrigerant circuit (10); a refrigerant leak sensor (25) which senses a leak of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit (10); an indoor fan (Fi) which delivers air to the indoor heat exchanger (15); and an indoor control circuit 32 which, upon sensing a leak of refrigerant by the refrigerant leak sensor (25), controls the indoor fan (Fi) based on whether the refrigerant sealed in the refrigerant circuit 10 is flammable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyasu YONEYAMA, Shunji SASAKI, Yoshiyuki YAMANASHI, Atsuhiko YOKOZEKI
  • Patent number: 9964327
    Abstract: An air-conditioning remote controller allowing a user to intuitively grasp a setting status of an air-conditioner and to use the controller commonly between a plurality of models of the main body of the air-conditioners, the air-conditioning remote controller including an input unit to input setting values for setting items relating to air-conditioning control, and a display unit having a predetermined area to display a plurality of icons thereon and displaying setting values and icons depending on the number of taps, wherein the display unit changes the number of displayable icons depending on the number of taps for the main body of the air-conditioner controlled using the setting values, and also displays the icons with the larger size per tap as the number of the icons in the air-conditioner is getting smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Ayumi Masuda, Yoshiyuki Yamanashi, Kouichirou Sakurai, Ena Kudo, Satomi Kaito
  • Publication number: 20160209073
    Abstract: An air-conditioning remote controller allowing a user to intuitively grasp a setting status of an air-conditioner and to use the controller commonly between a plurality of models of the main body of the air-conditioners, the air-conditioning remote controller including an input unit to input setting values for setting items relating to air-conditioning control, and a display unit having a predetermined area to display a plurality of icons thereon and displaying setting values and icons depending on the number of taps, wherein the display unit changes the number of displayable icons depending on the number of taps for the main body of the air-conditioner controlled using the setting values, and also displays the icons with the larger size per tap as the number of the icons in the air-conditioner is getting smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ayumi MASUDA, Yoshiyuki YAMANASHI, Kouichirou SAKURAI, Ena KUDO, Satomi KAITO