Patents by Inventor Norio KOKUBO
Norio KOKUBO 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).
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Publication number: 20240151444Abstract: A temperature control system includes a first chiller, a first tank, a first tank bypass channel, a first mixing valve that adjusts a mixing ratio of a fluid flowing from the first tank into the first chiller to a fluid flowing from the first tank bypass channel into the first chiller, a second chiller, a second tank, a second tank bypass channel, a second mixing valve that adjusts a mixing ratio of a fluid flowing from the second tank into the second chiller to a fluid flowing from the second tank bypass channel into the second chiller, a first supply valve, a first return valve, a first on-off value, a second supply valve, a second return valve, a second on-off valve, and a controller that controls the valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Norio Kokubo, Shinichi Nitta
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Patent number: 11796247Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target to a target temperature that changes with lapse of time. The system includes: a first adjustment apparatus that includes a first tank that stores a first heat transfer medium, adjusts the temperature of the first heat transfer medium to a first set temperature, and supplies the temperature-adjusted first heat transfer medium; a first circulation circuit through which the first heat transfer medium flows from the first adjustment apparatus to a first flow-through path and returns to the first adjustment apparatus; an adjustment section that adjusts an amount of heat supplied from the first flow-through path to the control target; a memory that stores a relation between the lapse of time and the target temperature; and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Patent number: 11788777Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20230317482Abstract: A temperature regulating apparatus includes: a heating section configured to produce a heating liquid; a cooling section configured to produce a cooling liquid; a heating-liquid delivery pipe for delivering the heating liquid to the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment; a cooling-liquid delivery pipe for delivering the cooling liquid to the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment; a heating-side return pipe for returning a liquid mixture of the heating liquid and the cooling liquid that have passed through the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment to the heating section; a cooling-side return pipe for returning the liquid mixture that has passed through the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment to the cooling section; and at least one of a heating-side heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the heating liquid and the liquid mixture and a cooling-side heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the cooling liquid and the liquid mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD., CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro FUKUSUMI, Shinichi NITTA, Norio KOKUBO
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Patent number: 11703284Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Patent number: 11656016Abstract: A cooling system includes: a first cooling apparatus electrically driven to supply a first heat transfer medium cooled to a first set temperature or lower; a plurality of second cooling apparatuses each of which includes a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first heat transfer medium supplied from the first cooling apparatus and a second heat transfer medium, and is electrically driven to supply a third heat transfer medium cooled to a second set temperature or lower, the second set temperature being changed individually with lapse of time; and a processor that obtains second set temperatures of the second cooling apparatuses and sets the first set temperature based on the obtained second set temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20210148630Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target to a target temperature that changes with lapse of time. The system includes: a first adjustment apparatus that includes a first tank that stores a first heat transfer medium, adjusts the temperature of the first heat transfer medium to a first set temperature, and supplies the temperature-adjusted first heat transfer medium; a first circulation circuit through which the first heat transfer medium flows from the first adjustment apparatus to a first flow-through path and returns to the first adjustment apparatus; an adjustment section that adjusts an amount of heat supplied from the first flow-through path to the control target; a memory that stores a relation between the lapse of time and the target temperature; and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20210148621Abstract: A cooling system includes: a first cooling apparatus electrically driven to supply a first heat transfer medium cooled to a first set temperature or lower; a plurality of second cooling apparatuses each of which includes a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the first heat transfer medium supplied from the first cooling apparatus and a second heat transfer medium, and is electrically driven to supply a third heat transfer medium cooled to a second set temperature or lower, the second set temperature being changed individually with lapse of time; and a processor that obtains second set temperatures of the second cooling apparatuses and sets the first set temperature based on the obtained second set temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20210140688Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20210140719Abstract: A temperature control system is used for controlling a temperature of a control target. The system includes: a first circulation circuit through which a first heat transfer medium circulates; a second circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and through which a second heat transfer medium circulates; and a third circulation circuit that is independent of the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit and through which a third heat transfer medium circulates. The third heat transfer medium has a usable temperature range wider than usable temperature ranges of the first heat transfer medium and the second heat transfer medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Norio Kokubo, Masayuki Kouketsu, Isahiro Hasegawa, Toshiharu Nakazawa, Keisuke Takanashi, Yukihiro Fukusumi
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Publication number: 20100123092Abstract: A fluid control valve comprises a ferromagnetic material portion that is formed on the spool so as to extend in the axial direction of the spool, permanent magnets that are arranged opposite each other having the middle portion therebetween in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the spool, form between themselves oppositely oriented magnetic fields aligned in the axial direction, and which are formed to be longer than the middle portion in the axial direction of the spool, and a coil that is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the spool with respect to the permanent magnets and generates a magnetic field that penetrates the opposing permanent magnets due to the conduction of electricity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Norio KOKUBO, Hiroshi ITAFUJI, Yasuhisa HIROSE
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Publication number: 20100116484Abstract: The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a bypass pathway that circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit without passing the fluid through the heating pathway and the cooling pathway, an adjustment means that adjusts a flow ratio of the fluid that is supplied from the heating pathway, cooling pathway, and bypass pathway to the temperature adjustment unit, and a flow means that flows the fluid in order to circulate the fluid, and wherein a heating unit for heating the fluid is arranged in the heating pathway, and the flow means is disposed downstream from the heating unit along at least one of the pathways for circulating the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Norio KOKUBO, Yasuhisa HIROSE, Kazuhiko KUSAKA, Keiichi NISHIKAWA, Takahiro MINATANI
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Publication number: 20080314564Abstract: A temperature control device controls the temperature of a controlled object by circulating a fluid in a temperature adjustment unit arranged near the controlled object. The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a bypass pathway that does not pass the fluid through the heating pathway and cooling pathway, but circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, and adjustment means that adjust a flow ratio of the fluid that is supplied from the heating pathway, cooling pathway, and bypass pathway to the temperature adjustment unit via a confluence unit that combines these flows. The adjustment means are provided on a downstream side of each of the heating pathway, the cooling pathway, and the bypass pathway and on the upstream side of the confluence unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya NAGASEKI, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Koichi MURAKAMI, Ryo NONAKA, Yoshihisa SUDOH, Hiroshi ITAFUJI, Norio KOKUBO