Patents by Inventor Suemi Tanaka

Suemi Tanaka 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: 6189213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling unit for electronic devices wherein the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a plate-type metal block for removing heat generated from an electronic component, the metal block having holes in the thickness part of the metal block and having convex portions formed on one main surface or both main surfaces of the metal block; (b) inserting heat pipes into the holes; and (c) applying a local and two-dimensional force from the surface of the metal block to the convex portions to make the surface flat bringing the outer surface of each heat pipe into close contact with the inner wall of each hole in the metal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kimura, Masaaki Yamamoto, Suemi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5960866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling unit for electronic devices wherein the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a plate-type metal block for removing heat generated from an electronic component, the metal block having holes in the thickness part of the metal block and having convex portions formed on one main surface or both main surfaces of the metal block; (b) inserting heat pipes into the holes; and (c) applying a local and two-dimensional force from the surface of the metal block to the convex portions to make the surface flat bringing the outer surface of each heat pipe into close contact with the inner wall of each hole in the metal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuichi Kimura, Masaaki Yamamoto, Suemi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5409055
    Abstract: A heat pipe type radiator is formed with a cooling plate mounted on an evaporative section of a heat pipe and a flat heat conductive plate mounted on a condenser section. Heat-generating electronic components are brought into contact with the cooling plate and a radiation fin molded from a thin plate in a wave form is mounted on both surfaces of the heat conductive plate. Other embodiments of the radiation fin include a skived fin formed by skiving a flat plate in an arch form, a pin fin and a wire fin which are composed of and so forth. Since each of these fins has the large surface area for heat radiation per unit volume and is small in weight, it is suitable to use for a heat pipe type radiator for an electronic apparatus. The heat generated in the electronic components transported to the heat conductive plate through the cooling plate and the heat pipe is radiated from the entire surface of the radiation fin to the ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suemi Tanaka, Junji Sotani, Kenichi Nanba
  • Patent number: 4982274
    Abstract: A heat pipe type cooling apparatus for a semiconductor, comprises a plurality of first copper pipes, each of the first pipes having a plurality of V-shaped grooves formed in an inner surface thereof and arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, and a plurality of second copper pipes, each of the second pipes having a plurality of second grooves formed in an inner surface thereof, each of the second grooves having an opening narrower than an inner part thereof. A plurality of ceramic pipes connect the first pipes and the second pipes, through intermediate pipes made of a nickel-iron alloy. One end of each of the second pipes is inserted in a metal block on which a semiconductor is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Murase, Suemi Tanaka