Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Inax Corporation

Aisin Seiki Company, Ltd.

Shinji Kawai

Yuji Yamaguchi

Masato Ishikawa

Hisanori Ikeda

Masahide Kinami

Akimoto Suzuki

Takuya Goto

Yosuke Naito

Katsuya Ishigami

Koichi Suzuki

Kenichi Kaneko

Osamu Matsubara

Yuji Hirashiba

Tomio Oguma

Youhei Koyanagi

Tetsuo Makino

Hisanobu Takeda

Hideki Furukawa

Kazutaka Kuwana

Masayuki Oishi

Takehiko Fushimi

Shuhei Yokota

Naoki Minamoto

Katsuhiro Mori

Mikio Yoshihara

Mitsuhiro Ohara

Atsushi Sawaki

Kiyoshi Yasutomi

Kouichi Hayashi

Seiji Tanaka

Mitsugu Nonomura

Akira Takamata

Yoshiyuki Torii

Haruo Machinaga

An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a wire attachment part on which a wire is placed, a wire retainer configured to retain the wire placed on the wire attachment part, a wall part provided on one lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having a plurality of opening ports each configured to receive a protrusion part formed at one end of the wire retainer, a plurality of boss parts provided on the other lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having heights different from each other, the wire retainer having the other end to be fastened to any one of the plurality of boss parts, and a fastener configured to fasten the wire retainer to the one of the plurality of boss parts.

Wire fastener for indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus

Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing crazing, which occurs in a fixing claw or a claw receiver due to intrusion of oil or solvent. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a rear casing and a front casing. An upper wall is formed, and an overlap portion is formed. The fixing claw is provided, and the claw receiver is provided. The upper wall has a front portion on a front side with respect to the fixing claw, and the claw receiver protrudes rearward from the overlap portion. A recessed portion which is opened upward is formed on a front side of the claw receiver of the overlap portion.

Indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus

A housing cover provided on a housing section of an indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit including a casing, and the housing section provided on a bottom portion of the casing and having a remote control receiving section for receiving an infrared signal from a remote control and a temperature detection sensor for contactlessly detecting a surface temperature of an object in a room, the housing cover comprising a light transmissive surface inclined diagonally downward from a front and a sensor opening port formed behind the light transmissive surface, wherein the light transmissive surface is formed in front of the remote control receiving section to be opposed to and be parallel to the remote control receiving section, and the sensor opening port is formed such that the temperature detection sensor protrudes from the opening port.

Housing cover and indoor unit of air conditioning apparatus having the housing cover

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an air purifying filter including a filter body for air purification, a pair of bearing units, and a pair of protrusions that extend outward from the filter body; and an air filter for dust collection including a pair of shaft units coupled with the respective bearing units, and a pair of supports accommodating the respective protrusions. The protrusions are placed into the respective supports from the direction of the respective shaft units.

Indoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus

A communication device constitutes part of an apparatus and communicates with other apparatuses. The communication device includes a case having an opening; a plurality of indicator lamps accommodated in the case, at a position corresponding to the opening; and an indicator lamp cover that is provided so as to be slidable in a direction in which the plurality of indicator lamps are arranged and that is used to adjust an opening degree of the opening.

Communication device and air-conditioning apparatus

An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member.

Indoor unit of air conditioning device with insulated air passage

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing having a wall extending in a horizontal direction, and a front panel covering at least a part of a front side of the wall. On a region of the wall covered by the front panel, an opening leading to a front end of a space in which a network repeater for wirelessly communicating with a network is to be contained is formed. The opening is configured to be exposed in a state in which a whole or a part of the front panel is removed or opened.

A human private parts washing apparatus includes a first nozzle device having a first splashing opening for washing the first position, a second nozzle device having a second splashing opening that is opened on a position end thereof for washing the second position, a case having the first nozzle device and the second nozzle device therein, a stand for mounting thereon the first nozzle device and the second nozzle device, and a driving device for driving the stand back and forth.

Human private parts washing apparatus

An apparatus for detecting seated condition for toilet seat which detects whether the change in input voltage of determining circuit, over predetermined time, in response to electrostatic capacity is existed or not. When the change is existed, the present apparatus computes and renews the set value 1 for detecting un-seated condition and the set value 2 for detecting seated condition based on the changed input potential. Accordingly, the present apparatus is the apparatus for detecting whether a human is seated or un-seated on a toilet seat using electrostatic capacity and the present invention can reduce the error in detection caused by the change in electrostatic capacity owing to a person, temperature and humidity.

Apparatus for detecting seated condition for toilet seat

A sanitary device is comprised of a tank storing an amount of water, a water pressure source, a cylinder, a nozzle pipe slidably fitted in the cylinder such that across the nozzle pipe a base side chamber and a distal side chamber are defined in the cylinder, a return spring accommodated in the distal side chamber and urging the nozzle pipe toward the retracted position thereof, and a control device serving for establishing either a first fluid communication between the tank and the base side chamber or a second fluid communication between the tank and the distal side chamber in such a manner that the first fluid communication brings the nozzle pipe into its operating position for ejecting the water while the water pressure is being supplied to the tank and the second fluid communication, together with the return spring, brings the nozzle pipe into its retracted position.

Sanitary device

A warm water tank in a sanitary device for a toilet bowl has a tank portion. A heater disposed in the tank portion so as to be located at a side portion of the toilet bowl. A water supply pipe is disposed in the tank portion so as to be located at the side portion of the toilet bowl. A water storing chamber formed in the tank portion so as to be located at a upper portion of the toilet bowl.

Sanitary device having warm water tank

A sanitary device is comprised of a toilet bowl having therein an inner space and a rear portion, a casing mounted on the rear portion of the toilet bowl, an outer nozzle having at its front, intermediate and rear portions an opening, a tapered wall and an inlet, respectively, and secured to the casing in such a manner that the outer nozzle is oriented toward the inner space of the toilet bowl. A water supply device supplies an amount of water continuously to the inlet of the outer nozzle. An auxiliary valve is provided at a frontward portion of the tapered wall of the outer nozzle for interrupting the fluid communication between the atmosphere and the inside of the outer nozzle. An inner nozzle has holes top be aimed at a body part and disposed in the outer nozzle in such a manner that when the inner nozzle is in its retracted position, the fluid communication between the inlet and the inside of the outer nozzle is established, and when a retainer mounted of the rear portion of the inner nozzle is in engagement with the tapered wall, the extended position of the inner nozzle is established. A spring urges the inner nozzle in the direction of its retracted position and a valve is disposed in a rear portion of the inner nozzle so as to be opened only when the inner nozzle is in its retracted or extended position.

A toilet seat has a heater connected to a controller for supplying heating current thereto via a first cable. A thermo-sensor in the toilet seat provides temperature signals to the controller via a second cable. The controller terminates the current to the heater upon the termination of signals from the thermo-sensor. The wires of the second cable have a diameter larger than those of the first cable, so that the wires of the second cable, which provide the temperature signal to the controller, will fail due to bending stresses upon repeated raising and lowering of the toilet seat, before the wires of the first cable. This will cause the controller to terminate the supply of current to the heater.

Toilet seat structure having heater and thermo-sensor wires

A lavatory seat device includes lavatory seat accommodating a heater and a thermo-sensor for detecting a temperature thereof. First lead wires supply an electric current to the heater. Second lead wires convey a signal from the thermo-sensor. A control circuit controls the heater in response to the thermo-sensor in such a manner that the current supply of the heater is interrupted when the signal from the thermo-sensor becomes a set value or the cutting of the second lead wires is detected. A case has the control circuit therein. A first pivot portion of the lavatory seat has a hole through which the first and second lead wires extend. A second pivot portion of the case is fitting with the first pivot portion to pivot the lavatory seat. A holder holds the first and second lead wires in such a manner that the cutting of the first lead cannot occur prior to the cutting of the second lead wire.

Lavatory seat device

A sanitary spray device of the type having a nozzle adapted to extend into a toilet bowl for spraying and washing fluid on the private parts of a person seated on the toilet bowl is provided with a rotatable valve in association with a liquid supply tank. The nozzle is secured to the rotatable valve and is comprised of an outer pipe and an inner concentrically spaced pipe defining inner and outer liquid passages. A spray head is mounted on the end of the nozzle adapted to be disposed in the toilet bowl and is provided with first spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the anal portions of a person and second spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the genital portions of a person. The spray head is provided with a sealing arrangement to communicate the outer fluid passage with the first spray holes and the inner fluid passage with the second spray holes. Upon rotation of the valve the inner and outer liquid passages will be selectively placed in communication with the interior of the liquid supply tank for supplying liquid under pressure to either the first spray holes or the second spray holes.

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