Patents by Inventor Yuto TANIGUCHI

Yuto TANIGUCHI 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).

  • Heat-exchanger fixing plate and indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus
    Patent number: 11940174
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger fixing plate fixes a side portion of a heat exchanger to a housing panel of an air-conditioning apparatus, the heat exchanger including a heat radiation fin and a heat transfer tube. The heat-exchanger fixing plate includes a heat-exchanger support portion facing the side portion of the heat exchanger, and having an insertion hole through which a hairpin portion of the heat transfer tube of the heat exchanger is inserted; and a housing-panel fixing portion separate from and fitted to the heat-exchanger support portion fastened with a screw to the housing panel such that the heat exchanger is fixed to the housing panel. The housing-panel fixing portion is made of material having a higher mechanical strength than that of the heat-exchanger support portion, and the heat-exchanger support portion is made of the material having a lower friction coefficient than that of the housing-panel fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuki Yada, Hisanori Ikeda, Takuya Niimura, Ryosuke Taoka, Yosuke Katayama, Yusuke Tatara, Yuto Taniguchi
  • HEAT-EXCHANGER FIXING PLATE AND INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220163232
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger fixing plate is to fix a side portion of a heat exchanger to a housing panel of an air-conditioning apparatus, the heat exchanger including a heat radiation fin and a heat transfer tube. The heat-exchanger fixing plate includes a heat-exchanger support portion facing the side portion of the heat exchanger, and having an insertion hole through which a hairpin portion of the heat transfer tube of the heat exchanger is inserted; and a housing-panel fixing portion formed separately from the heat-exchanger support portion and fitted to the heat-exchanger support portion, the housing-panel fixing portion being fastened with a screw to the housing panel such that the heat exchanger is fixed to the housing panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Mizuki YADA, Hisanori IKEDA, Takuya NIIMURA, Ryosuke TAOKA, Yosuke KATAYAMA, Yusuke TATARA, Yuto TANIGUCHI