Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Ashiwake

Noriyuki Ashiwake 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: 6987668
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system having a circulator for circulating a cooling liquid therethrough including an input portion for receiving the cooling liquid and a separate output portion for supplying the cooling liquid. A heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid from the circulator and positioned to received heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation portion for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a member for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation portion into the circulation means so that the cooling liquid circulates within a closed flow passage. An accumulating portion is further formed within a portion of the closed flow passage for accumulating the cooling liquid therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Rintaro Minamitani, Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6972954
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system which is utilizable in a personal computer includes a pump for supplying a cooling liquid; a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation pipe for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a passage for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation pipe into the pump. The heat radiation pipe is made of material having a corrosion resistance that is higher than that of the heat receiving jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20050157466
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system which is utilizable in a personal computer includes a pump for supplying a cooling liquid; a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation pipe for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a passage for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation pipe into the pump. The heat radiation pipe is made of material having a corrosion resistance that is higher than that of the heat receiving jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6873525
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system includes a pump for supplying a cooling liquid including water, a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation portion for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a member for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation portion into the pump. Different parts of the liquid cooling system are provided with different corrosion resistance against the cooling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040233635
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system having a circulator for circulating a cooling liquid therethrough including an input portion for receiving the cooling liquid and a separate output portion for supplying the cooling liquid. A heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid from the circulator and positioned to received heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation portion for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a member for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation portion into the circulation means so that the cooling liquid circulates within a closed flow passage. An accumulating portion is further formed within a portion of the closed flow passage for accumulating the cooling liquid therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Rintaro Minamitani, Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040228088
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system includes a pump for supplying a cooling liquid including water, a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body, a heat radiation portion for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket, and a member for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation portion into the pump. Different parts of the liquid cooling system are provided with different corrosion resistance against the cooling liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6741464
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for cooling a high heat generating body, such as a semiconductor element or the like, of the type used in an electronic apparatus that is small and thin in size, or in a personal computer equipped with such a structure therein. The system has a pump of the reciprocal movement type, a heat receiving jacket, a heat radiation pipe, and a connector pipe for connecting those parts with one another so as to form a closed loop filled with a cooling liquid. In the system, &Dgr;Vs is equal to or greater than &Dgr;Vp, wherein the inner volume change when the pump emits pulsation therefrom is &Dgr;Vp, the pressure caused by the volume change is P, and the volume change due to the pressure P that occurs in flow passage of the cooling liquid &Dgr;Vp other than within the pump, is &Dgr;Vs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Rintaro Minamitani, Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040037035
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for use in an electronic apparatus having a heat generating member includes a heat-receiving member thermally connected with the heat generating member and having a first flow passage, a heat-dissipating member to dissipate heat into an outside air atmosphere, and having a second flow passage, a tube for connecting between the first flow passage and the second flow passage, and a heat transfer device including therein a liquid circulator for circulating liquid through the first and second flow passages between the heat-receiving element and the heat-dissipating element. The liquid circulator produces a liquid circulating flow rate so that a difference between a maximum temperature and a minimum temperature of the circulating liquid at least in the first and second flow passages is not greater than a difference between an upper limit temperature of the heat generating member and an outside air temperature of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takashi Naganawa, Makoto Kitano, Rintaro Minamitani, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6697253
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for a personal computer is suitable for cooling a semiconductor device, etc, generating high heat and is designed to suppress undesirable influence on the personal computer following corrosion in the liquid cooling system, thereby ensuring the dependability of the system as a whole. The liquid cooling system has a pump for supplying cooling liquid; a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body; a heat radiation pipe for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket; and a passage for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation pipe into said pump. The heat radiation pipe is made of a material having a corrosion resistance that is higher than that of the heat receiving jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6611425
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a water-cooling system suited for a construction having compact, thin design. In the electronic apparatus, a water-cooling jacket is thermally connected to a heat-generating element, a heat-dissipating pipe is thermally connected to a heat-dissipating metal sheet provided at a rear panel of a display case, and a cooling medium liquid is circulated between the water-cooling jacket and the heat-dissipating pipe by a liquid-moving device. A necessary and sufficient circulating flow rate and a necessary discharge pressure are determined by the relation between the upper limit temperature of the heat-generating element and the limit amount of heat dissipation from the surface of the housing. With this structure, heat occurring in the heat-generating element can be dissipated from the rear surface of the display case due to the necessary and sufficient liquid-circulating flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takashi Naganawa, Makoto Kitano, Rintaro Minamitani, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20020105781
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic apparatus having a water-cooling structure suited for a compact, thin design in which structure is brought about a liquid-circulating flow rate necessary and sufficient for an increased amount of heat occurring in a heat-generating element due to an improved processing performance of the electronic apparatus. In the electronic apparatus, a water-cooling jacket 8 is thermally connected to a heat-generating element 7, a heat-dissipating pipe 9 being thermally connected to a heat-dissipating metal sheet 9 provided at a rear panel of a display case 2, a cooling medium liquid being circulated between the water-cooling jacket 8 and the heat-dissipating pipe 9 by a liquid-moving device 11. The necessary and sufficient circulating flow rate and the necessary discharge pressure are determined by the relation between the upper limit temperature of the heat-generating element 7 and the limit amount of heat dissipation from the surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takashi Naganawa, Makoto Kitano, Rintaro Minamitani, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20020075646
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system and a personal computer equipped with it, being suitable for a semiconductor device, etc, generating high heat therefrom and suppressing influences following corrosion upon an apparatus, thereby ensuring healthiness of the system as a whole, wherein it comprises: a pump for supplying cooling liquid; a heat receiving jacket being supplied with the cooling liquid, and for receiving heat generated from a heat generation body; a heat radiation pipe for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket; and a passage for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation pipe into said pump, and the heat radiation pipe is made of material having corrosion resistance being higher than that of the heat receiving jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20020075645
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for cooling a high heat generating body, such as a semiconductor element or the like, used in an electronic apparatus being small and thin in sizes, or a personal computer equipped with such the structure therein, comprising a ump of reciprocal movement type, a heat receiving jacket, a heat radiation pipe, and a connector pipe for connecting those parts with one another, wherein those are disposed to form a closed loop and are filled up with cooling liquid therein, and &Dgr;Vs is equal to or greater than &Dgr;Vp, defining that inner volume change when the pump emits pulsation therefrom is the &Dgr;Vp, that pressure caused accompanying with the volume change is P, and that volume change due to the pressure P in flow passage of the cooling liquid &Dgr;Vp other than portion of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Rintaro Minamitani, Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6292365
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a cooler of an electronic apparatus capable of keeping semiconductor chips at a low temperature without care of condensation and which is excellent in compactness. To achieve the above object, the present invention proposes an electronic apparatus in which a heating region is built in the multilayered wiring substrate of the semiconductor package or module on the side near to the input/output pins, the semiconductor package or module and the cooler mounted on the package or module are placed in a moisture proof case, a heat insulating material is filled in the gaps between the moisture proof case, semiconductor package or module and cooler, and a heater is provided on the outer periphery of the heat insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ashiwake, Toshio Otaguro, Atsuo Nishihara, Mitsuru Honma
  • Patent number: 5959351
    Abstract: There is disclosed a liquid-cooled electronic device. Semiconductor devices are mounted on a substrate of a semiconductor module immersed in a cooling liquid. A wire-like member is provided in the vicinity of a cooling medium ejection port of each cooling medium supply member which cools a respective one of the semiconductor devices by a jet of the cooling liquid. With this arrangement, the flow of the cooling liquid downstream of the wire-like member is disturbed to promote the boiling over the entire surface of the semiconductor device, and when the semiconductor device is to be cooled, a transient temperature rise is reduced at the time of starting the energization of the semiconductor device, thereby stabilizing the temperature of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Sasaki, Tadakatsu Nakajima, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Yasuo Ohsone, Toshio Hatada, Toshiki Iino, Akio Idei, Kenichi Kasai
  • Patent number: 5774334
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices are fixed on a substrate by solder and a semiconductor module having an enclosed structure is formed by the substrate, flanges and a housing. Two groups of heat conducting members, each having fins respectively in contract with the semiconductor devices and an inner wall of the housing are attached to the semiconductors. A fin thickness of each fin of the two groups of heat conducting members is comparatively thick, a fin height is low and the respective fins of the respective opposed heat conducting members have with very small clearances therebetween. A liquid as a heat conducting medium is enclosed in the semiconductor module. The liquid level of the semiconductor module is controlled such that it contacts a uppermost semiconductor device in the semiconductor module in a vertical arrangement. Further, valve mechanisms for introducing and removing a cooling fluid are provided at a top face and a bottom face of a space formed in the semiconductor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizo Kawamura, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takahiro Daikoku, Akio Idei, Kenichi Kasai, Hideyuki Kimura, Atsuo Nishihara, Toshio Hatada, Shigeyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5751062
    Abstract: A cooling device of a multi-chip module has micropackages that are independent of thermal deformation and easy to assembly and disassembly. The multi-chip module includes a multi-layer substrate on which the micropackages, each encasing an LSI chip, are mounted, and a housing formed integrally with a cooler. Each of the micropackages includes a first heat conduction member, having a cap portion for receiving the LSI chip and a first fin made of the same material as the cap portion to be integral therewith, and a substrate fixed to the cap portion of the first heat conduction member, the LSI chip being mounted on the substrate which is securely fixed to the cap portion of the heat conduction member while being fixedly joined at the back surface thereof to an inner surface of the cap portion of the first heat conduction member. Second heat conduction members, each including a base portion and a second fin, are disposed to engage with the first fins and be pressed against the cooler by a spring, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Daikoku, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Kenichi Kasai, Keizou Kawamura, Akio Idei
  • Patent number: 5705850
    Abstract: The disclosed invention aims at providing a semiconductor module structure which has a high ability of absorbing thermal deformation, is excellent in radiating ability and enables an easy maintenance operation. To this end, in the semiconductor module of the invention thermal conductor members are provided, each of which has an area of contact with a semiconductor device or an inner surface of a housing and has opposed heat transfer surfaces. A radiator is formed integrally on the housing. With this structure, large thermal deformation resulting from a high heat production density design can be absorbed, and at the same time heat from semiconductor devices can be efficiently radiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takahiro Daikoku, Kenichi Kasai, Keizou Kawamura, Hideyuki Kimura, Atsuo Nishihara, Toshio Hatada, Toshiki Iino
  • Patent number: 5595240
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of electronic devices including thermal conductive members each of which is positioned with one side thereof being in contact with a surface of each electronic device, the other side thereof being fitted to a housing with a small clearance provided therebetween, so as to diffuse and remove heat generated in the electronic devices. In order to press each thermal conductive member onto the associated electronic device, a resilient member is provided between the housing and the thermal conductive member, and is arranged to have a width larger than a width of grooves between fins formed on the housing and also larger than a width of grooves between fins formed on the thermal conductive member. A setting space to receive each resilient member therein is formed in a region where the fins are fitted to each other, so that the resilient member and the thermal conductive member can be fitted and positioned with respect to the housing when the resilient member is provided in this setting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Daikoku, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Nobuo Kawasaki, Shizuo Zushi
  • Patent number: RE35721
    Abstract: A cooling device for providing cooling of integrated circuit semiconductor chips is so arranged as to transfer a heat via thin fin members which are fitted with each other with a small clearance. The bottom surface of one of thermal conductive members which is provided integrally with the fin members is made greater in surface area than a back planar surface of the semiconductor chip, and the thermal conductive member and the semiconductor chip are kept at all times in plane contact with each other, thereby enhancing the cooling performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Daikoku, Tadakatsu Nakajima, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Keizo Kawamura, Motohiro Sato, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Wataru Nakayama