Patents by Inventor Yuuichi NISHI

Yuuichi NISHI 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).

  • Air-conditioning apparatus and remote controller power supply method
    Patent number: 10120400
    Abstract: A remote controller power supply method for an air-conditioning apparatus, configured to control a plurality of indoor units divided into groups with different remote controllers, is provided that allows exclusion of a supply current monitoring circuit from a circuit board of the indoor units. In the air-conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units, the plurality of indoor units are divided into two or more groups, and the indoor units in each of the groups are connected to a different remote controller. The indoor units are each allocated with an address having a ranking given according to a predetermined rule, and the outdoor unit instructs the indoor unit having the address of a first rank, out of the plurality of indoor units in each of the groups, to supply power to the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Souichirou Matsuno, Yuuichi Nishi, Tomoaki Kobata, Akihisa Maekita
  • AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROLLER POWER SUPPLY METHOD
    Publication number: 20160265799
    Abstract: A remote controller power supply method for an air-conditioning apparatus, configured to control a plurality of indoor units divided into groups with different remote controllers, is provided that allows exclusion of a supply current monitoring circuit from a circuit board of the indoor units. In the air-conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units, the plurality of indoor units are divided into two or more groups, and the indoor units in each of the groups are connected to a different remote controller. The indoor units are each allocated with an address having a ranking given according to a predetermined rule, and the outdoor unit instructs the indoor unit having the address of a first rank, out of the plurality of indoor units in each of the groups, to supply power to the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Souichirou MATSUNO, Yuuichi NISHI, Tomoaki KOBATA, Akihisa MAEKITA