Patents by Inventor Hideki Horie

Hideki Horie 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: 10677502
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heat transport apparatus includes an evaporator, a cooling unit, a channel structure, and a heating mechanism. The evaporator vaporizes a refrigerant by heat generated by a heat-generating element. The cooling unit is provided above the evaporator and cools and condenses the refrigerant vaporized in the evaporator. The channel structure constitutes a channel through which the refrigerant circulates between the evaporator and the cooling unit. The heating mechanism heats the cooling unit and suppresses solidification of the refrigerant at the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takuya Hongo, Rei Kimura, Tomonao Takamatsu, Chikako Iwaki, Hideki Horie
  • Publication number: 20190078815
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heat transport apparatus includes an evaporator, a cooling unit, a channel structure, and a heating mechanism. The evaporator vaporizes a refrigerant by heat generated by a heat-generating element. The cooling unit is provided above the evaporator and cools and condenses the refrigerant vaporized in the evaporator. The channel structure constitutes a channel through which the refrigerant circulates between the evaporator and the cooling unit. The heating mechanism heats the cooling unit and suppresses solidification of the refrigerant at the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takuya HONGO, Rei KIMURA, Tomonao TAKAMATSU, Chikako IWAKI, Hideki HORIE
  • Patent number: 8873697
    Abstract: A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor includes a reactor vessel, a containment, an air flow path, and an injection unit. The vessel has a reactor core and a coolant for the reactor core. The containment surrounds an outside of the vessel. The air flow path removes heat by flowing air around the containment. The injection unit injects filler in a gap between the vessel and the containment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Horie, Yasushi Tsuboi, Fumie Sebe, Nobuhisa Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20130114778
    Abstract: A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor includes a reactor vessel, a containment, an air flow path, and an injection unit. The vessel has a reactor core and a coolant for the reactor core. The containment surrounds an outside of the vessel. The air flow path removes heat by flowing air around the containment. The injection unit injects filler in a gap between the vessel and the containment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Horie, Yasushi Tsuboi, Fumie Sebe, Nobuhisa Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20100239060
    Abstract: In a reflector-controlled fast reactor in which neutron reflectors disposed outside a rector core, immersed in a primary coolant, are moved vertically to thereby adjust leakage of neutrons from the reactor core and control reactivity of the rector core, a region, which is located around the reactor core and in which the neutron reflectors move, is surrounded by a material inferior to the primary coolant in terms of neutron reflection capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Horie, Yasuyuki Moriki, Kenji Igarashi