Patents by Inventor Minoru Yoshikawa

Minoru Yoshikawa 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: 20160290691
    Abstract: It is difficult to avoid a decrease in cooling capacity without causing an increase in power consumption if a cooling device including a piping structure grows in size, therefore, a piping structure according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a tubular part including a first flow passage through which a refrigerant flowing and a shell region surrounding the first flow passage; an introduction part composing a part of the shell region and including a second flow passage connected to the first flow passage; and a connection located at an end, between ends of the introduction part, on the side opposite to an end on a side where the second flow passage being connected to the first flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki CHIBA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Kenichi INABA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Masanori SATO, Tadao HOSAKA, Yasuhito NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9459031
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes N (N is an integer of 2 or larger) refrigerant storage units arranged in a vertical direction and configured to store refrigerants, a condensation unit disposed above the N refrigerant storage units, a steam pipe for circulating gas phase refrigerants flowing out of the N refrigerant storage units to the condensation unit, a liquid pipe for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of the condensation unit to an uppermost refrigerant storage unit, and separation piping for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of an upper refrigerant storage unit to a lower refrigerant storage unit. The liquid phase refrigerant flows into each refrigerant storage unit via an inlet, and flows out from the refrigerant storage unit via a first connection port formed below the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Inaba, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Akira Shoujiguchi, Masaki Chiba, Arihiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20160282023
    Abstract: In order to supply a refrigerant to multiple-stage heat receivers equally while saving space, a refrigerant distribution device to distribute a refrigerant supplied from the upper stream according to the present invention includes a main body including a side wall part, an upper face part and a bottom face part, an upstream pipe provided on the upper face part in a manner communicating with an inside of the main body, a downstream pipe provided in a state partially inserted inside the main body via an under face hole part provided in the bottom face part, a tributary pipe provided in the side wall part or the bottom face part in a manner communicating with the inside of the main body, and a refrigerant direction changing means provided between the upstream pipe and the downstream pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Masaki CHIBA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Tadao HOSAKA, Shunsuke FUJII, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Kenichi INABA, Masanori SATO
  • Patent number: 9456528
    Abstract: It is impossible in a cooling device using a phase-change system, seeking high heat transport performance, to obtain sufficient cooling performance due to the increase in thermal resistance with a heating element to be cooled, therefore, a connecting structure of a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a connecting board with an opening; a pressing plate of thin plate elastically deformable; first fixing means for fixing the pressing plate to the connecting board with the pressing plate disposed covering heat receiving means composing the cooling device; and second fixing means for fixing the connecting board to a substrate with the heat receiving means abutting against a heating element mounted on the substrate and disposed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Akira Shoujiguchi, Masaki Chiba, Kenichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 9433129
    Abstract: It is impossible in a cooling device using a phase-change system, seeking high heat transport performance, to obtain sufficient cooling performance due to the increase in thermal resistance with a heating element to be cooled, therefore, a connecting structure of a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a connecting board with an opening; a pressing plate of thin plate elastically deformable; first fixing means for fixing the pressing plate to the connecting board with the pressing plate disposed covering heat receiving means composing the cooling device; and second fixing means for fixing the connecting board to a substrate with the heat receiving means abutting against a heating element mounted on the substrate and disposed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Akira Shoujiguchi, Masaki Chiba, Kenichi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20160209120
    Abstract: A boiling heat transfer device of the present invention includes: a heat receiving portion that boils a liquefied refrigerant to convert it to vapor, and contacts with a device to be cooled and cools the device to be cooled; a vapor tube that connects to an upper portion of the heat receiving portion and conveys the vapor generated by the heat receiving portion; a heat dissipating portion that condenses the vapor conveyed from the vapor tube to convert it to a liquefied refrigerant and dissipates heat to an atmosphere; and a liquid tube that returns to the heat receiving portion the liquefied refrigerant condensed by the heat dissipating portion. At least a portion of a cross-sectional area of a flow passage of the vapor in the heat receiving portion gradually decreases from a lower portion of the heat receiving portion toward the upper portion of the heat receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Takeya HASHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9386724
    Abstract: A vapor phase cooling apparatus (10) includes: a housing (11) including a heat receiver (14a) configured to receive heat generated by an electronic component (50) that is a heat generating source, the electronic component (50) being connected to a vertical outer surface on the +Z side of the housing, the housing including an internal space for enclosing refrigerant; and a first heat sink (21) and a second heat sink (22) that are disposed on the +Y side and the ?Y side from the electronic component (50) and that dissipate heat to the outside. Both ends of the first heat sink (21) and the second heat sink (22) in X direction extend further along the surface on the +Z side than both ends of the heat receiver (14a) in X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20160174417
    Abstract: A control mechanism becomes complex when an optimum volume of refrigerant is stably supplied to a plurality of objects to be cooled that have differing heat generation values. The present invention is a cooling system which comprises a first refrigerant tank that stores a liquid-phase refrigerant, a plurality of evaporators that gasify the liquid-phase refrigerant supplied from the first refrigerant tank, a condenser that liquefies the gas-phase refrigerant that was gasified by the evaporators, a vapor pipe that connects the evaporators and the condenser and in which the gas-phase refrigerant flows, and a liquid pipe that connects the condenser and the first refrigerant tank and connects the first refrigerant tank and the plurality of evaporators and in which the liquid-phase refrigerant flows, wherein the condenser is located higher than the plurality of evaporators, and the first refrigerant tank is located lower than the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mahiro HACHIYA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Masaki CHIBA, Kenichi INABA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9363886
    Abstract: An electronic substrate has a tabular base material which can install a heater element and a cooling structure that cools the heater element. The electronic substrate can be plugged in/out in a case in the direction which is almost parallel to the face of the base material. The cooling structure has a first heat radiation part with a hollow shape and a heat transfer part. The first heat radiation part radiates the generated heat of a heater element installed in the base material. A heat transfer part transfers the generated heat to the first heat radiation part. The first heat radiation part has a first joint surface formed along a face which is almost vertical to the insert and removal direction of the base material. The first heat radiation part is connected to a second radiation part set up in the case thermally through the first joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakamoto, Minoru Yoshikawa, Masaki Chiba, Kenichi Inaba, Arihiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20160147034
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a sealed casing according to the present invention includes sealed containers for housing heat-generation components irradiated with light from a light source to generate heat, an evaporation unit disposed in the sealed container to store a refrigerant, a condensation unit configured to liquefy the refrigerant gasified by the heat received from the heat-generation component, a steam pipe configured to connect the evaporation unit and the condensation unit, through which the gasified refrigerant flows, and a liquid pipe configured to connect the evaporation unit and the condensation unit to each other, through which the liquefied refrigerant flows. Thus, a cooling structure capable of preventing performance deterioration of a cooling target device can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Masaki CHIBA, Kenichi INABA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160116225
    Abstract: This cooling device has: an evaporation section for storing a refrigerant; a condensation section for radiating the heat of a gas-phase refrigerant, which has been gasified by the evaporation section, by condensing and liquefying the gas-phase refrigerant; a vapor pipe for transporting the gas-phase refrigerant to the condensation section; a liquid pipe for transporting a liquid-phase refrigerant, which has been condensed by the condensation section, to the evaporation section; and a mounting plate provided with a connection structure connected to the device side which is to be cooled. The evaporation section is disposed on one surface of the mounting plate, and the condensation section is disposed on the other side of the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: AKIRA SHOUJIGUCHI, MINORU YOSHIKAWA, HITOSHI SAKAMOTO, MASAKI CHIBA, KENICHI INABA, ARIHIRO MATSUNAGA, MAHIRO HACHIYA
  • Patent number: 9297589
    Abstract: A boiling heat transfer device of the present invention includes: a heat receiving portion that boils a liquefied refrigerant to convert it to vapor, and contacts with a device to be cooled and cools the device to be cooled; a vapor tube that connects to an upper portion of the heat receiving portion and conveys the vapor generated by the heat receiving portion; a heat dissipating portion that condenses the vapor conveyed from the vapor tube to convert it to a liquefied refrigerant and dissipates heat to an atmosphere; and a liquid tube that returns to the heat receiving portion the liquefied refrigerant condensed by the heat dissipating portion. At least a portion of a cross-sectional area of a flow passage of the vapor in the heat receiving portion gradually decreases from a lower portion of the heat receiving portion toward the upper portion of the heat receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakamoto, Minoru Yoshikawa, Takeya Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 9288931
    Abstract: A cooling system comprising: an evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant by performing heat exchange with outside air; a condenser for condensing a gas refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant by making a refrigerant and a cooling medium perform heat exchange with each other; a gas refrigerant pipe and a liquid refrigerant pipe connecting the evaporator and the condenser; and the evaporator including: an upper part header provided in a highest position of the evaporator, and connected with the condenser by the gas refrigerant pipe, through the gas refrigerant pipe a gas refrigerant flowing; a lower part header provided in a lowest position of the evaporator, and connected with the condenser by the liquid refrigerant pipe, through the liquid refrigerant pipe a liquid refrigerant flowing; a middle header provided in an intermediate position between the upper part header and the lower part header, and connected with the condenser by the liquid refrigerant pipe, through the liquid refrigerant pipe the liquid refrige
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Inaba, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Masaki Chiba, Arihiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20160018143
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes N (N is an integer of 2 or larger) refrigerant storage units arranged in a vertical direction and configured to store refrigerants, a condensation unit disposed above the N refrigerant storage units, a steam pipe for circulating gas phase refrigerants flowing out of the N refrigerant storage units to the condensation unit, a liquid pipe for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of the condensation unit to an uppermost refrigerant storage unit, and separation piping for circulating a liquid phase refrigerant flowing out of an upper refrigerant storage unit to a lower refrigerant storage unit. The liquid phase refrigerant flows into each refrigerant storage unit via an inlet, and flows out from the refrigerant storage unit via a first connection port formed below the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi INABA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Masaki CHIBA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160014933
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an electronic apparatus cooling system having superior cooling characteristics and portability. [Solution] A rack 2 is installed within a container 1. A heat receiving apparatus 3 is disposed on a lateral face of the rack 2, and receives heat emitted within the rack 2 by a liquid-phase cooling medium gasifying and becoming a gaseous-phase cooling medium. A gaseous-phase tube 6 is disposed extending in plumb direction, and transports the gaseous-phase cooling medium from the heat receiving apparatus 3. A heat radiating apparatus 4 is disposed above the rack 2 outside the container 1, and radiates the heat which the heat receiving apparatus 3 has received by cooling the gaseous-phase cooling medium flowing from the gaseous-phase tube 6, making said gaseous-phase cooling medium into the liquid-phase cooling medium. A liquid-phase tube 7 transports the liquid-phase cooling medium from the heat radiating apparatus 4 to the heat receiving apparatus 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Masaki CHIBA, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Kenichi INABA
  • Publication number: 20160014928
    Abstract: An electronic board 200 has a heat generating component 220 mounted on it. An enclosure 300 houses the electronic board 200. A heat transport unit 400 is coupled to the enclosure 300 and transports heat generated by the heat generating component 220 to the outside. A heat receiving unit 510 is provided in a heat transport unit 400, 400A. The heat receiving unit 510 receives heat generated by the heat generating component 220. A heat dissipating unit 530 is provided in the heat transport unit 400 in such a manner that a portion of the heat dissipating unit 530 is exposed to outside air, and is coupled to the heat receiving unit 510. The heat dissipating unit 530 dissipates heat received by the heat receiving unit 510 to the outside. A guide duct unit 340 is formed into a tube interconnecting the heat generating component 220 and the heat receiving unit 510 in order to release heat of the heat generating component 220 to the heat receiving unit 510.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Masaki CHIBA, Kenichi INABA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20150351286
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a heat receiving portion that receives heat generated by an electronic apparatus and causes a phase of a first heating medium to change from a liquid phase to a gas; a heat radiating portion that causes a phase of the first heating medium to change from the gas to the liquid and supplies the first heating medium to the heat receiving portion; and a compressor that raises a temperature of the first heating medium supplied from the heat receiving portion and supplies the first heating medium to the heat radiating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Masaki CHIBA, Kenichi INABA, Arihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20150305209
    Abstract: A cooling system of an electronic device storing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a rack including an electronic device and a plurality of placement shelves to place the electronic device; in the rack, a vaporizer having a refrigerant internally being mounted; outside the rack, a condensing part connected with the vaporizer by a laying pipe being installed; and a refrigerant adjustment means for adjusting a height of a refrigerant surface in the vaporizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi INABA, Minoru YOSHIKAWA, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Akira SHOUJIGUCHI, Arihiro MATSUNAGA, Masaki CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20150241096
    Abstract: In order to maintain a high cooling capability even in a case where a heating element has a lower calorific value, a boiling section of a heat receiving section in a phase change cooling apparatus includes a comb-shaped structure and a porous layer provided on a bottom portion of the comb-shaped structure between fins of the comb-shaped structure. With such a boiling section, a liquid film of a liquid phase refrigerant is forcedly made thinner. Thus, the liquid phase refrigerant is changed in phase into a gaseous phase refrigerant even in a case of a small difference between the temperature of the gaseous phase refrigerant and the temperature of the heat receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Arihiro Matsunaga, Minoru Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Akira Shoujiguchi, Masaki Chiba, Kenichi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20150136362
    Abstract: A heat conveying structure for an electronic device, the heat conveying structure including an evaporating section that has a chamber structure with first fins erected therein, is thermally connected to the electronic device, evaporates a liquid coolant on the surfaces of the first fins to thereby change the liquid coolant to a vapor coolant, and sends out liquid coolant present near the first fins along with the vapor coolant as a gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant, a condensing section that has a chamber structure with second fins erected therein, and changes the gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant in contact with the second fins to a liquid coolant, a vapor pipe that connects the evaporating section and the condensing section, and moves the gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant sent out from the evaporating section to the condensing section, and a liquid pipe that connects the evaporating section and the condensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Minoru Yoshikawa