Patents by Inventor Koichi TODOROKI

Koichi TODOROKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230221084
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a structure in which a heat exchanger main body through which coolant flows is obliquely installed in a box-shaped enclosure, the heat exchanger main body is constituted by a header pipe and a plurality of heat transfer pipes connected to the header pipe and disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of a part of the header pipe, the header pipe has an area adjacent to an inner surface of the enclosure, and a seal section is provided between the inner surface of the enclosure and the area of the header pipe adjacent to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Masaki CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20230213253
    Abstract: A cooling device using a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant is circulated through a heat receiver, a compressor, a heat radiator, and an expansion valve includes: a gas-liquid separator configured to perform gas-liquid separation on the refrigerant supplied from the expansion valve; a pump configured to send a liquid phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator to the heat receiver; and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of a refrigerant flow path of the refrigeration cycle, and an operation and stop of the compressor and the pump, wherein the control unit starts the operation of the pump on condition that a net positive suction head of the pump has reached a predetermined value or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi OHTSUKA, Koichi Todoroki, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Masaki Chiba, Mahiro Hachiya, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11683912
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a duct that guides air that has absorbed heat generated inside a cooling target and has been discharged, to the cooling target; a cooler that is provided in the duct and cools the air flowing inside the duct; and an adjusting mechanism that is located on a downstream side of the cooler, adjusts an amount of the air discharged from the duct into a room where the cooling target is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kobayashi, Koichi Todoroki, Nirmal Singh Rajput, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Masaki Chiba, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11614288
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a structure in which a heat exchanger main body through which coolant flows is obliquely installed in a box-shaped enclosure, the heat exchanger main body is constituted by a header pipe and a plurality of heat transfer pipes connected to the header pipe and disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of a part of the header pipe, the header pipe has an area adjacent to an inner surface of the enclosure, and a seal section is provided between the inner surface of the enclosure and the area of the header pipe adjacent to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Todoroki, Minoru Yoshikawa, Masaki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20230023287
    Abstract: A cooling system (100) has a housing (101), a heat exchanger (110) and an air distribution controller (120). The housing (101) including an inlet (102) for receiving air exhausted from the server module and an outlet (103) for providing air to the server module. The heat exchanger (110) is mounted between the inlet (102) and the outlet (103), the heat exchanger (110) is configured that a refrigerant (111) contained in the heat exchanger (110) exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger (110). The heat exchanger (110) accepts variation of the refrigerant liquid level. The air distribution controller (120) is mounted in an inlet side of the heat exchanger (110). The air distribution controller (120) has a movable plate which allows an airflow profile from the inlet to the heat exchanger (110) redirected. The air distribution controller (120) controls the airflow profile depending on the liquid level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nilmal Singh RAJPUT, Koichi TODOROKI, Takafumi NATSUMEDA, Mahiro HACHIYA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11428442
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a first evaporation unit, a second evaporation unit, a first condensation unit, a second condensation unit, common piping, a compressor, an expansion valve, a first valve, and a second valve. The common piping combines liquid-phase refrigerant flowing from the first condensation unit and liquid-phase refrigerant flowing from the second condensation unit. The first valve adjusts the liquid-phase refrigerant amount flowing into the first evaporation unit. The second valve adjusts the liquid-phase refrigerant amount flowing into the second evaporation unit. In addition, the pressure inside the common pipe is greater than the respective pressures inside the first evaporation unit and the second evaporation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisato Sakuma, Koichi Todoroki, Masaki Chiba, Takafumi Natsumeda, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220192057
    Abstract: A local cooler includes: a housing formed into a box shape; a heat exchanger provided along a slope extending upward to a rear portion from a lower position located on the front side of the housing; a first intake/exhaust port provided on a front surface of the housing; a second intake/exhaust port provided on a bottom surface of the housing; third intake/exhaust ports provided at a plurality of locations among side surfaces, upper surface and rear surface of the housing; and a closing plate capable of selectively shielding these intake/exhaust ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Kunihiko ISHIHARA, Masaki CHIBA, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO, Takafumi NATSUMEDA, Nirmal Singh RAJPUT
  • Patent number: 11343946
    Abstract: A cooling system including a vaporizer configured to absorb heat due to a liquid-phase refrigerant being vaporized, a condenser configured to discharge heat due to a refrigerant in a gaseous phase state being liquefied, a resistance body provided in a middle of a pipe passage ranging from the vaporizer to the condenser and applying a resistance to the refrigerant, state detection sensors provided in the pipe passage on an upstream and downstream sides of the resistance body and detecting a state of the refrigerant flowing through each side inside the pipe passage, and a flow rate controller configured to detect droplets in the refrigerant flowing through the pipe passage on the basis of a difference between detection values of the state detection sensors which are detected on the upstream and downstream sides of the resistance body, and controls a flow rate of the refrigerant on the basis of detection results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Koichi Todoroki, Hisato Sakuma, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220154988
    Abstract: A liquid separator including a cylindrical closed container in which a refrigerant is stored, a refrigerant inflow pipe that allows the refrigerant to flow into the closed container, and a refrigerant outflow pipe that allows the vapor-phase refrigerant in a space inside the closed container to flow out, in which the refrigerant inflow pipe and the refrigerant outflow pipe are each connected from the upper part of the closed container toward the inside thereof, and the closed container has a short cylindrical shape in which the height is smaller relative to the diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi NATSUMEDA, Masaki CHIBA, Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220141993
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a duct provided above a cooling target and configured to guide an air discharged after absorbing heat generated inside the cooling target to the cooling target, a cooler provided in the duct and configured to cool the air flowing in the duct, and an adjusting mechanism provided downstream of the cooler and configured to adjust the air discharged from the duct to the cooling target, and the duct receives the air discharged from one side of the cooling target and directed upward, guides the air to another side of the cooling target, and discharges the air downward on the other side, and the adjusting mechanism changes a position of an opening at a discharge port of the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KOBAYASHI, Kunihiko ISHIHARA, Koichi TODOROKI, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220053670
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a duct that guides air that has absorbed heat generated inside a cooling target and has been discharged, to the cooling target; a cooler that is provided in the duct and cools the air flowing inside the duct; and an adjusting mechanism that is located on a downstream side of the cooler, adjusts an amount of the air discharged from the duct into a room where the cooling target is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KOBAYASHI, Koichi TODOROKI, Nirmal Singh RAJPUT, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO, Masaki CHIBA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11226130
    Abstract: A valve control device includes a receiving unit, an opening degree control unit, and a fixing control unit. The receiving unit receives information concerning the measured temperature of a fluid to be cooled that is cooled by a vaporizer in a refrigerant circulation path that is equipped with the vaporizer and a condenser. The opening degree control unit variably controls the opening degree of a valve that controls the flow rate of the refrigerant that circulates through the circulation path in accordance with the difference between the measured temperature and a target temperature provided in advance. The fixing control unit fixes the opening degree of the valve with priority over variable control performed by the opening degree control unit in the case where a fixing condition based on the difference between the measured temperature and the target temperature and a valve opening degree variation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Todoroki, Arihiro Matsunaga, Masanori Sato, Mizuki Wada, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20210337705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cooling system including a vaporizer (1) which is configured to absorb heat due to a liquid-phase refrigerant R being vaporized, a condenser (2) which is configured to discharge heat due to a refrigerant (R) in a gaseous phase state being liquefied, a resistance body (8) which is provided in a middle of a pipe passage (3) ranging from the vaporizer (1) to the condenser (2) and is configured to apply a resistance to the refrigerant (R), state detection sensors (9) which are provided in the pipe passage (3) on an upstream side and a downstream side of the resistance body (8) and are configured to detect a state of the refrigerant (R) flowing through each side inside the pipe passage (3), and a flow rate control means (C) which is configured to detect the presence of droplets in the refrigerant R flowing through the pipe passage (3) on the basis of a difference between detection values of the state detection sensors (9) which are detected on the upstream side and the downstream s
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Koichi TODOROKI, Hisato SAKUMA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11105566
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a lower header into which a liquid-phase refrigerant flows, a plurality of heat exchange pipes which branch off from the lower header and extend upwards, and an upper header which is configured to collect refrigerant received by the heat exchange pipes, in which a refrigerant inlet of the lower header is provided with a flow passage resistance adjusting hole having a cross-section smaller than a flow passage cross-section of a pipe passage for supplying the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Todoroki, Arihiro Matsunaga, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20210092876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a local air conditioner. In a local air conditioner system provided with a plurality of local air conditioners, an increase in the number of local air conditioners is problematic. Thus, the local air conditioner of the present invention comprising: a heat exchanger; a first main flow pipe; a second main flow pipe; a first branch pipe that connects the heat exchanger and the first main flow pipe; and a second branch pipe that connects the heat exchanger and the second main flow pipe, wherein the first main flow pipe is provided with a first connection structure on both end portions and the second main flow pipe is provided with a second connection structure on both end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Kunihiko ISHIHARA, Masaki CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20210010763
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a structure in which a heat exchanger main body through which coolant flows is obliquely installed in a box-shaped enclosure, the heat exchanger main body is constituted by a header pipe and a plurality of heat transfer pipes connected to the header pipe and disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of a part of the header pipe, the header pipe has an area adjacent to an inner surface of the enclosure, and a seal section is provided between the inner surface of the enclosure and the area of the header pipe adjacent to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Masaki CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20210003327
    Abstract: In order to efficiently distribute a heat medium at a low heat medium pressure, a heat exchange apparatus includes a heat exchange pipe 2 configured to accommodate a heat medium L to be evaporated by heat absorption from a gas to be cooled, the heat exchange pipe being disposed in an inclined state, a supply pipe 1 configured to supply the heat medium L in a liquid-phase state, the supply pipe being placed in a vicinity of a lower part of the heat exchange pipe 2, a discharge pipe 3 configured to receive a heat medium L to be evaporated in the heat exchange pipe 2 and discharged from an upper part of the heat exchange pipe, and a connecting pipe 4 placed, directing downward, between an upper part of the heat exchange pipe 2 and the discharge pipe 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Kunihiko ISHIHARA, Masaki CHIBA, Yoshinori MIYAMOTO, Takafumi NATSUMEDA, Nirmal Singh RAJPUT
  • Publication number: 20200400348
    Abstract: A cooling device 10 comprising a first evaporation unit 11, a second evaporation unit 12, a first condensation unit 21, a second condensation unit 22, common piping CP, a compressor 30, an expansion valve 40, a first valve 71, and a second valve 72. The common piping CP combines liquid-phase refrigerant LP-COO flowing from the first condensation unit 21 and liquid-phase refrigerant LP-COO flowing from the second condensation unit 22. The first valve 71 adjusts the liquid-phase refrigerant amount LP-COO flowing into the first evaporation unit 11. The second valve 72 adjusts the liquid-phase refrigerant amount LP-COO flowing into the second evaporation unit 12. In addition, the pressure P0 inside the common pipe CP is greater than the respective pressures P1 and P2 inside the first evaporation unit 11 and the second evaporation unit 12. Thus, the length of the piping can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisato SAKUMA, Koichi TODOROKI, Masaki CHIBA, Takafumi NATSUMEDA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200224983
    Abstract: Provided are a phase change cooling device and a control method, whereby stable high-efficiency cooling performance can be obtained according to heat exchange performance. This phase change cooling device includes: a heat receiver which accommodates a coolant and receives heat from a heat generation body which is to be cooled; a heat radiator which radiates the heat of a coolant vapor of the coolant gasified by receiving heat by means of the heat receiver, and recirculates a liquefied liquid coolant to the heat receiver; a valve for controlling the flow rate of the liquid coolant; and a control means for controlling the opening degree of the valve, wherein the control means controls the opening degree of the valve on the basis of an exhaust temperature, which is the temperature after being discharged from the heat receiver, and the temperature in the vicinity of the heat radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Koichi TODOROKI, Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Mizuki WADA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200214173
    Abstract: A phase-change cooling apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes heat receiving means; refrigerant liquid driving means for circulating the refrigerant liquid; a first refrigerant flow path in which the refrigerant liquid flowing away from the refrigerant liquid driving means circulates through the heat receiving means and the heat radiating means; a second refrigerant flow path of a flow path shortening the first refrigerant flow path in such a way that a branched refrigerant liquid being at least part of the refrigerant liquid flowing away from the refrigerant liquid driving means toward the heat receiving means circulates without passing through the heat receiving means and the heat radiating means; and control means for controlling a flow rate of a heat-receiving-side refrigerant liquid being a refrigerant liquid flowing into the heat receiving means based on a flow rate of the branched refrigerant liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Koichi TODOROKI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA