Patents by Inventor Yoshikatsu INAGAKI

Yoshikatsu INAGAKI 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: 11933543
    Abstract: A heat sink includes: a container having a cavity inside and a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a working fluid encapsulated in the cavity; and a steam flow path in the cavity where the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the first surface having a flat part and a protruding part projecting from the flat part in an external direction, causing the container to have a flat portion and a protruding portion projecting from the flat portion in the external direction, an inner space of the protruding portion of the container being in communication with an inner space of the flat portion, causing the cavity to be formed, and a first heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the flat part of the first surface and a second heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya Kawabata, Masahiro Meguro, Ryo Tsubata, Hirofumi Aoki, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hiroshi Sakai, Hideaki Kawabata
  • Patent number: 11874068
    Abstract: A vapor chamber has: a container in which a cavity portion is formed in an inside; a wick structure provided in the cavity portion; a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion; a vapor flow path which is formed in the cavity portion and through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows; and a hydrogen occlusion metal that is disposed in the cavity portion and absorbs hydrogen at 350° C. or lower and does not release hydrogen at 350° C. or lower, the hydrogen occlusion metal being coated in a region in contact with the working fluid in an inner surface of the cavity portion and/or the wick structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hirofumi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11867467
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat-radiating fin group having a plurality of heat-radiating fins that are arranged parallel to each other in a first direction; first heat pipes, one end of each first heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a first heat-generating element, another end of each first heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group; and second heat pipes, one end of each second heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a second heat-generating element, another end of each second heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group, wherein respective inserted another ends of the first and second heat pipes are disposed on a plane parallel to the first direction and defined in the heat-radiating fin group and have portions parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ito, Masahiro Meguro, Kenya Kawabata, Yoshikatsu Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11828539
    Abstract: Provided is a heat pipe which is installed in a cold region in a bottom heat posture in which a longitudinal direction of a container is substantially in parallel with a gravitational direction, is capable of preventing the container from deforming even when a working fluid has become frozen, and has excellent heat transport properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hirofumi Aoki, Kazuya Takahashi, Shinichi Ito, Shuta Hikichi
  • Publication number: 20230269910
    Abstract: A vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a working fluid sealed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, wherein a container inner surface area increasing unit including a protruding part is formed on an inner surface of the first surface, and a first wick structure is provided on a surface of the protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya KAWABATA, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Hirofumi AOKI, Hiroshi OKADA, Yosuke WATANABE, Hideaki KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20230106794
    Abstract: A heat sink includes: a container having a cavity inside and a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a working fluid encapsulated in the cavity; and a steam flow path in the cavity where the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the first surface having a flat part and a protruding part projecting from the flat part in an external direction, causing the container to have a flat portion and a protruding portion projecting from the flat portion in the external direction, an inner space of the protruding portion of the container being in communication with an inner space of the flat portion, causing the cavity to be formed, and a first heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the flat part of the first surface and a second heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya Kawabata, Masahiro Meguro, Ryo Tsubata, Hirofumi Aoki, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hiroshi Sakai, Hideaki Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20230069333
    Abstract: A vapor chamber has: a container in which a cavity portion is formed in an inside; a wick structure provided in the cavity portion; a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion; a vapor flow path which is formed in the cavity portion and through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows; and a hydrogen occlusion metal that is disposed in the cavity portion and absorbs hydrogen at 350° C. or lower and does not release hydrogen at 350° C. or lower, the hydrogen occlusion metal being coated in a region in contact with the working fluid in an inner surface of the cavity portion and/or the wick structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Hirofumi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220341681
    Abstract: Provided is a heat pipe which is installed in a cold region in a bottom heat posture in which a longitudinal direction of a container is substantially in parallel with a gravitational direction, is capable of preventing the container from deforming even when a working fluid has become frozen, and has excellent heat transport properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Hirofumi AOKI, Kazuya TAKAHASHI, Shinichi ITO, Shuta HIKICHI
  • Patent number: 11415373
    Abstract: Provided is a heat pipe which is installed in a cold region in a bottom heat posture in which a longitudinal direction of a container is substantially in parallel with a gravitational direction, is capable of preventing the container from deforming even when a working fluid has become frozen, and has excellent heat transport properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hirofumi Aoki, Kazuya Takahashi, Shinichi Ito, Shuta Hikichi
  • Patent number: 11337336
    Abstract: A cooling device including a container to which at least one heating element is thermally connected, a primary refrigerant, and a condensation tube through which a secondary refrigerant flows, wherein a container inner surface area increasing portion is formed on an inner surface of the container to which the heating element is thermally connected, and a plate-shaped member is provided, that includes a shielding portion that is located above the container inner surface area increasing portion in a direction of gravity and below the condensation tube in the direction of gravity, with at least a part of the shielding portion not immersed in the primary refrigerant in a liquid phase, and the plate-shaped member includes a support portion extending from the shielding portion, in a part of a periphery along an orthogonal direction to the direction of gravity, of the container inner surface area increasing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Aoki, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Kenya Kawabata, Yoshinori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220132697
    Abstract: A vapor chamber is provided that allows space-saving and weight reduction of a device in which the vapor chamber is to be mounted. The vapor chamber has a container in which a cavity portion is formed by one plate-shaped body and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, and a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion. The container includes a heat transfer portion that transfers heat by a phase change of the working fluid, and an extending portion that extends outwards from the heat transfer portion and has a function other than a heat transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Kenya KAWABATA, Hirofumi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220128314
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a vapor chamber that has excellent fixing stability of a wick structure inside a container and also has excellent circulation properties for a liquid-phase working fluid due to excellent capillary force of the wick structure. The vapor chamber includes a container in which a cavity portion is formed by one plate-shaped body and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion, and a wick structure contained in the cavity portion and welded to the container so that a welded portion is formed in the wick structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Kenya KAWABATA, Hirofumi AOKI
  • Patent number: 11313627
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat pipe capable of preventing deformation of even a thin container and having excellent heat transfer characteristics by preventing freezing of a working fluid even if the longitudinal direction of the container is set substantially parallel to the direction of gravity in cold regions. A heat pipe includes a container having a tubular shape with both ends sealed, a wick structure stored in the container, and a working fluid sealed in the container, wherein, in at least one of cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the container, the wick structure is in contact with the inner surface of the container at two points but both side surfaces of the wick structure are not in contact with any inner surface of the container, and a sintered metal layer is formed on the container inner surface being not in contact with the wick structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Shinichi Ito, Kazuya Takahashi, Shuta Hikichi
  • Publication number: 20220046824
    Abstract: A cooling device that can reduce heat resistance by improving a heat exchange action of a condensation tube, and can exhibit excellent cooling characteristics, and a cooling system using the cooling device are provided. The cooling device includes a container to which at least one heating element is thermally connected, a primary refrigerant sealed inside the container, a condensation tube through which a secondary refrigerant flows and which penetrates through a gaseous phase portion inside the container, and a porous member provided at an outer surface of the condensation tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi AOKI, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Yoshinori NAKAMURA, Hideaki KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20220046825
    Abstract: The vapor chamber includes a container having a cavity formed of one plate-shaped body to which a heating element is thermally connected and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity, and a wick structure that is enclosed in the cavity and separated from the container. The container includes a support part protruding from an inner surface of the other plate-shaped body toward the one plate-shaped body, the support part being formed of a recessed part provided to an outer surface of the other plate-shaped body. At the rising base portion of the support part from the inner surface of the other plate-shaped body, the defined angle between the support part and the inner surface of the other plate-shaped body is an obtuse angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Kenya KAWABATA, Hirofumi AOKI
  • Patent number: 11246239
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heatsink that can improve heat radiation efficiency of a heat radiating fin and equalize a heat input in a heat receiving portion while securing sufficient volumes of the heat receiving portion, a heat insulating portion, and a heat radiating portion even in an environment in which an installation space for the heatsink, more specifically, an installation space in a width direction of the heatsink is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Watanabe, Kenya Kawabata, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Tatsuro Miura, Kazuaki Aotani, Toshiaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210318072
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat-radiating fin group having a plurality of heat-radiating fins that are arranged parallel to each other in a first direction; first heat pipes, one end of each first heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a first heat-generating element, another end of each first heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group; and second heat pipes, one end of each second heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a second heat-generating element, another end of each second heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group, wherein respective inserted another ends of the first and second heat pipes are disposed on a plane parallel to the first direction and defined in the heat-radiating fin group and have portions parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi ITO, Masahiro MEGURO, Kenya KAWABATA, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI
  • Patent number: D953280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shuta Hikichi, Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Yosuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: D954005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Shuta Hikichi
  • Patent number: D971862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Shuta Hikichi, Hiroshi Sakai