Patents by Inventor Minoru Onai

Minoru Onai 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).

  • Facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing water vapor compression system
    Patent number: 8120916
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic apparatus that includes a semiconductor element. The cooling apparatus includes an evaporator containing a coolant and evaporating the coolant under a reduced pressure lower than an ambient pressure to generate a chilled coolant, a condenser regenerating the coolant from a vapor of the coolant and being fluid-communicated with the evaporator through a bypass line, and a circulating pump and a line supplying the chilled coolant to a heat exchange area of the electronic apparatus to conduct a heat exchange with an air flow passing though the semiconductor element at a hot side of the electronic apparatus and returning the coolant after the heat exchange to the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roger R Schmidt, Jyunji Takayoshi, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masayoshi Funatsu, Minoru Onai, Masaaki Imai, Yoshinori Inoue
  • Facilitating Cooling Of An Electronics Rack Employing Water Vapor Compression System
    Publication number: 20110063792
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic apparatus that includes a semiconductor element. The cooling apparatus includes an evaporator containing a coolant and evaporating the coolant under a reduced pressure lower than an ambient pressure to generate a chilled coolant, a condenser regenerating the coolant from a vapor of the coolant and being fluid-communicated with the evaporator through a bypass line, and a circulating pump and a line supplying the chilled coolant to a heat exchange area of the electronic apparatus to conduct a heat exchange with an air flow passing though the semiconductor element at a hot side of the electronic apparatus and returning the coolant after the heat exchange to the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger R. Schmidt, Jyunji Takayoshi, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masayoshi Funatsu, Minoru Onai, Masaaki Imai, Yoshinori Inoue