Patents by Inventor Ari Yoshii

Ari Yoshii 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: 10203128
    Abstract: A chilled water circulation system includes a thermal source, an AHU, a pump, and a control section. The thermal source chills water to a specified temperature. The AHU cools air by heat exchange with the chilled water. The pump feeds the chilled water having a flow rate corresponding to an operating frequency of a power inverter to the AHU. The control section calculates a degree of surplus, which indicates surplus capacity of the AHU to cool air, on the basis of information indicating the state of the AHU. If the degree of surplus is not lower than the specified threshold, the control section controls the operating frequency of the power inverter, thereby decreasing the flow rate of the chilled water fed from the pump. If the degree of surplus is lower than the specified threshold, the control section increases the flow rate of the chilled water fed from the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NTT FACILITIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ari Yoshii, Shinichiro Kaneko, Kanji Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20150354851
    Abstract: A cold/chilled water circulation system comprises a thermal source, an AHU, a pump, and a control section. The thermal source cools chilled water to a specified temperature. The AHU is an air conditioner that cools air by heat exchange with the chilled water. The pump feeds the chilled water having a flow rate corresponding to an operating frequency of a power inverter to the AHU from the thermal source. The control section calculates a degree of surplus, which indicates surplus capacity of the AHU to cool air, on the basis of information indicating the state of the AHU. The control section controls the operating frequency of the power inverter, to decrease the flow rate of the fed chilled water if the degree of surplus is not lower than the specified threshold, and to increase the flow rate if the degree of surplus is lower than the specified threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ari Yoshii, Shinichiro Kaneko, Kanji Tashiro