Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Reiji Morioka

Yasuhiro Yoshida

Teruhiko Kumada

Toshiaki Yoshikawa

Hiroshi Nakashima

Yuki Sakai

Masaki Toyoshima

Takahiro Sakai

Yoshinori Yamamoto

Susumu Fujiwara

Takaki Yagisawa

Makoto Okabe

Tetsuya Tazawa

Hidetomo Nakagawa

Tetsuo Yamashita

Sota Komae

Hideki Takahara

Yoshinori Tanikawa

Katsumasa Sakamoto

Takuya Furuhashi

Emi Takeda

Tsukasa Takagi

Ayumi Saiki

Yukihiko Nagase

Masatomo Hatta

Yunqing Fan

Junichi Okazaki

Fumihiko Sone

Masumi Handa

Keita Tateyama

Ryosuke Tsunoda

Etsuko Hirose

Minoru Ishii

An aluminum fin material includes an aluminum plate, an erosion-resistant coating layer on a surface of the aluminum plate, and a hydrophilic coating layer formed on a surface of the erosion-resistant coating layer. The erosion-resistant coating layer contains an acrylic resin and fluororesin particles, an amount of the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mg/dmor more and 8.00 mg/dmor less, and a content of the fluororesin particles in the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mass % or more and 8.00 mass % or less.

Aluminum fin material, heat exchanger, air conditioner, and method for producing aluminum fin material

A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.

Remote control for air-conditioning apparatus

An air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning device, a ventilator, a sensor group, an operation terminal, and a control device installed in a building. The control device performs controlling and monitoring of operation of the air conditioning device and the ventilator. The control device controls the ventilator so as to operate during the maintenance operation of the air conditioning device.

Air-conditioning system, controller, and program

In an air conditioner, an air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. A filter cleaning device includes a device body to house a filter for capturing dust in the air in a movable form, and a part of the device body forms a supporting part to support the air cleaner. An indoor unit body houses the filter cleaning device, and houses the air cleaner by supporting it by the supporting part.

Air conditioner

In an air conditioner, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger exchange heat between air and a refrigerant. An air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. An indoor unit body houses the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger and houses the air cleaner of which the center position in the height direction is positioned lower than a connection part between the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger.

A pleasant sound making device processes temporal variation characteristics in nature such that a frequency component and a peak frequency component in a frequency band which coincide with or are approximate to a housing of an indoor unit provided with a driving part (a fan, a motor, etc.) do not coincide with or are not approximate to the housing, on the basis of subjective view and physiological response evaluations of humans, and operates the driving part with a signal based on the processed waveform.

Pleasant sound making device for facility apparatus sound, and pleasant sound making method for facility apparatus sound

A coating composition having high dirt prevention properties and improved adhesiveness to hydrophobic surfaces such as those made of a plastic, and a coating method are provided. More specifically, provided is a coating composition, including: hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; hydrophilic inorganic fine particles; and an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate, and also provided is a coating method including the steps of: preparing a first agent having hydrophilic inorganic fine particles and hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; preparing a second agent by adding, to the first agent, an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate; applying the second agent onto a member to be coated; and drying the second agent on the member to be coated.

Coating composition, coating method, air conditioner, ventilation fan, and electrical equipment

An atomizing electrode includes: a trunk unit made to be tabular-shaped and almost rectangular-shaped for receiving water dropped from water supply means in a direction of gravitational force and delivering the water; and a top end atomizing unit which is a plate-shaped projection formed so as to be projected from a side surface of the trunk unit and formed unitedly with the trunk unit. The trunk unit of the atomizing electrode extends a long-side direction in a horizontal direction, is provided below the cooling unit with a space of a predetermined distance so as not to contact the cooling unit, and is arranged so that when the cooling unit is projected in the direction of gravitational force, a width of the cooling unit in a horizontal direction should be included in a width of a long-side direction of a top surface of the trunk unit exposed to the cooling unit.

Electrostatic atomizer and air conditioner

It is an object to provide an electrostatic atomizing apparatus which is simply structured, is easy to assemble, is low in cost, has clogging resistance against foreign matter, can be used for a long time, and is highly reliable, or a home electrical appliance such as a refrigerator, air conditioner, etc. including the electrostatic atomizing apparatus. A discharge electrode formed of foam metal, whereto water that attaches to a surface is supplied by capillary action, a counter electrode provided so as to be opposed to the discharge electrode, and a water supply that is provided directly above the discharge electrode via a predetermined clearance, supplying water to the discharge electrode or the electrode holding part, are included.

Electrostatic atomizing apparatus, appliance, air conditioner, and refrigerator

A coating composition including ultrafine silica particles having an average particle diameter of 15 nm or less and fluororesin particles, in which ultrafine silica particle content is 0.1 to 5 mass %, and the mass ratio of the ultrafine silica particles to the fluororesin particles is 70:30 to 95:5. According to the coating composition, there is provided a coating film which makes it possible to readily coat the surfaces of various articles without impairing the color tone and the texture and which is excellent in antisoiling performance and durability.

Coating composition, and its production, heat exchanger and air conditioner

A coating composition according to the present invention includes silica microparticles and fluorine resin particles. The coating film formed on a surface of an article includes a silica film composed of the silica microparticles, in which the fluorine resin particles are dotted so as to partially expose from a surface of the silica film, an exposed area of the silica film is larger than an exposed area of the fluorine resin particles, and amount of natrium contained in the coating composition is made equal to or less than 0.5% in a ratio by weight to contained amount of the silica microparticles.

Coating composition, heat exchanger, and air-conditioner

Disclosed is an air conditioner coated by the coating composition to the resin-made components where due formation occurs upon the cooling operation, provides the antifouling performance against various stains, restrains enlargement of droplet, and provides an excellent long-term durability (sticking property and peeling off property) all at the same time. The air conditioner of the present embodiment forms a coating filmto surfaces of resin-made components and resin-made components installed to a rear flow side of the heat exchanger, includes the silica ultrafine particlesand the fluororesin particles, and provides, within the coating film, a silica filmcomprising the silica ultrafine particles and the fluororesin particlespartially exposed from a surface of the silica filmin dots, and an exposed area of the silica filmis greater than an exposed area of the fluororesin particles

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Tokyo, Japan

Reiji Morioka