Patents by Inventor Shigemi Ota

Shigemi Ota 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: 7318322
    Abstract: A rack-mount server system of a liquid cooling system, in which a heat-generating component such as a CPU is cooled by a coolant has a plurality of server modules with heat-generating components which are cooled by the circulating coolant. The server modules are connected in parallel to a circulation coolant path through which the coolant to cool the server modules is circulated. In the middle of the coolant circulation path is a cooling unit that cools the coolant by radiating its heat to the outside air. Furthermore, a bypass route parallel to the server modules and going around the server modules is provided in the coolant circulation path, and the circulation quantity of the coolant is controlled in the bypass route. Alternatively, the flow quantity of the coolant is controlled in each of the server modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Shinji Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20040221604
    Abstract: A rack-mount server system of a liquid cooling system, in which a heat-generating component such as a CPU is cooled by a coolant has a plurality of server modules with heat-generating components which are cooled by the circulating coolant. The server modules are connected in parallel to a circulation coolant path through which the coolant to cool the server modules is circulated. In the middle of the coolant circulation path is a cooling unit that cools the coolant by radiating its heat to the outside air. Furthermore, a bypass route parallel to the server modules and going around the server modules is provided in the coolant circulation path, and the circulation quantity of the coolant is controlled in the bypass route. Alternatively, the flow quantity of the coolant is controlled in each of the server modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Shinji Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6522539
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is constructed wherein, a fan box is provided with a plurality of suction openings and exhaust openings formed on a suction main surface and an exhaust main surface opposite to each other, a plurality of fan units each comprising a multi-blade fan and a suction duct disposed in different positions in a inserting direction are alternately arranged in an axial direction of the multi-blade fan so as to be able to insert and drawn out, and the fan unit is configured so that a suction duct thereof operates as a suction passage for the multi-blade fans of the next fan unit by communicating a fan suction opening with the suction opening through the suction duct and communicating a fan exhaust opening with the exhaust opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video and Information System, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Takashi Moriyama
  • Patent number: 6504715
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is constructed wherein, a fan box is provided with a plurality of suction openings and exhaust openings formed on a suction main surface and an exhaust main surface opposite to each other, a plurality of fan units each comprising a multi-blade fan and a suction duct disposed in different positions in a inserting direction are alternately arranged in an axial direction of the multi-blade fan so as to be able to insert and drawn out, and the fan unit is configured so that a suction duct thereof operates as a suction passage for the multi-blade fans of the next fan unit by communicating a fan suction opening with the suction opening through the suction duct and communicating a fan exhaust opening with the exhaust opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video and Information System, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Takashi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20020191376
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is constructed wherein, a fan box is provided with a plurality of suction openings and exhaust openings formed on a suction main surface and an exhaust main surface opposite to each other, a plurality of fan units each comprising a multi-blade fan and a suction duct disposed in different positions in a inserting direction are alternately arranged in an axial direction of the multi-blade fan so as to be able to insert and drawn out, and the fan unit is configured so that a suction duct thereof operates as a suction passage for the multi-blade fans of the next fan unit by communicating a fan suction opening with the suction opening through the suction duct and communicating a fan exhaust opening with the exhaust opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Takashi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20010028551
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is constructed wherein, a fan box is provided with a plurality of suction openings and exhaust openings formed on a suction main surface and an exhaust main surface opposite to each other, a plurality of fan units each comprising a multi-blade fan and a suction duct disposed in different positions in a inserting direction are alternately arranged in an axial direction of the multi-blade fan so as to be able to insert and drawn out, and the fan unit is configured so that a suction duct thereof operates as a suction passage for the multi-blade fans of the next fan unit by communicating a fan suction opening with the suction opening through the suction duct and communicating a fan exhaust opening with the exhaust opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Shigemi Ota, Takashi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20010028550
    Abstract: A fan box has a principal inlet side and a principal outlet side disposed opposite to each other, in which sides a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets are formed respectively. In the fan box, a plurality of fan units, each of which holds a multiblade fan, are arranged side by side with the axial directions of the multiblade fans oriented in the same direction. Each fan unit has the construction in which a fan inlet is in communication with the inlets through a suction duct and a fan outlet is in communication with the outlets. Check valves are provided on the respective outlets, and when the multiblade fan of a specific fan unit stops operating, the check valve of the outlet corresponding to that multiblade fan is autonomously closed to prevent a reduction in the cooling capacity due to the air flowing back and circulating within the multiblade fan to continue the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Hideaki Miyake, Yuichi Fukuda, Takashi Moriyama, Shigemi Ota