Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Kawabata

Hirofumi Kawabata 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: 8697017
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing method of the present invention includes sequentially introducing an exhaust gas from a semiconductor manufacturing equipment to a combustion-based detoxifying device, a dust collector, and a two-stage gas cleaning device, so as to process the exhaust gas, wherein the two-stage gas cleaning device is comprised of a first-stage gas cleaning device and a second-stage gas cleaning device, and gas cleaning is performed in the first gas cleaning device that uses water as a cleaning solution and subsequently in the second gas cleaning device that uses an alkaline aqueous solution as a cleaning solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20110158878
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing method of the present invention includes sequentially introducing an exhaust gas from a semiconductor manufacturing equipment to a combustion-based detoxifying device, a dust collector, and a two-stage gas cleaning device, so as to process the exhaust gas, wherein the two-stage gas cleaning device is comprised of a first-stage gas cleaning device and a second-stage gas cleaning device, and gas cleaning is performed in the first gas cleaning device that uses water as a cleaning solution and subsequently in the second gas cleaning device that uses an alkaline aqueous solution as a cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kawabata