Patents by Inventor Takehito Tamaoka

Takehito Tamaoka 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: 20220057124
    Abstract: A liquid feeder switches a flow path of a liquid having flowed in from an inflow port to one of a flow path communicating with a first base communication port and a bypass outflow path. When a pump is attached to a base, the bypass outflow path is closed to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow to the pump. When the pump is removed from the base, the bypass outflow path is opened to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow from the bypass outflow path to the outflow port. The liquid feeder is able to prevent liquid leakage when a pump of a liquid feeder is replaced or repaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Takaya OKUNO, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA, Akihiko MAKITA
  • Publication number: 20220057123
    Abstract: A liquid feeder includes a pump which is prevented from idling, and a replenisher including a cylinder that is a bottomed tube including an opening on a side adjacent to a communication flow path, the opening being connected to the communication flow path, and that is capable of accommodating a liquid in at least a portion of the cylinder, a seal that is housed in the cylinder in a movable manner along the cylinder, and seals the liquid in the cylinder, and a pressurizer to pressurize the seal toward a pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takahiro IMANISHI, Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 11252837
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a cold plate including a lower surface to be in contact with a heat-radiating component, and a first coolant passage in which a coolant flows, a radiator including fins to perform cooling and pipes each defining a second coolant passage in communication with the first coolant passage, a pump to circulate the coolant, a first tank joined to one end of each of the pipes, and a second tank to join another end of each of the pipes to the pump. The radiator is provided on the cold plate, and the pump is adjacent to the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuya Nakae, Akihiko Makita, Hidenobu Takeshita, Tomotsugu Sugiyama, Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Publication number: 20220026137
    Abstract: A cooler includes a cold plate to absorb heat from a heat source into coolant, a housing filled with the coolant and located on an upper side of the cold plate in a first direction X, and a partition located on a lower side in the housing. An inflow port and an outflow port are provided on one side in a second direction Y perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction X. The cold plate includes a first plate chamber and a second plate chamber in which the coolant flows between the cold plate and the partition. The partition includes a first through-hole communicating with the first plate chamber. The first plate chamber is farthest from the inflow port to the other side in the second direction Y. The housing includes a communication flow path allowing the inflow port to communicate with the first through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takaya OKUNO, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220025890
    Abstract: A pump device includes a flow path through which liquid flows, a first pump in the flow path, a second pump in the flow path, a first pump downstream flow path located downstream of the first pump in the flow path, a second pump downstream flow path located downstream of the second pump in the flow path, a connection flow path connected to the first pump downstream flow path and the second pump downstream flow path in the flow path, a first check valve provided in the first pump downstream flow path, and a second check valve provided in the second pump downstream flow path or the connection flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KITAMURA, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220030747
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a cold plate in contact with a heat generating component, a housing on one side of the cooling assembly in a first direction with respect to the cold plate, a first wall located between the housing and the cold plate, and a second wall separating a plate chamber defined by the housing and the first wall into a first plate chamber and a second plate chamber adjacent to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first wall includes a first through hole opposing the cold plate in the first plate chamber and a second through hole opposing the cold plate in the second plate chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takaya OKUNO, Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 11147187
    Abstract: A cooling device includes at least two cooling units, each cooling unit including a plate-shaped cold plate extending in a horizontal direction, a radiator extending in a first direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction and having a plurality of plate-shaped fins which, on the cold plate, is disposed parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a pump which supplies a refrigerant liquid to the cold plate and the radiator, in which the pump is adjacent to the radiator and is disposed in the second direction of the radiator, and the pump of one first cooling unit of the two cooling units faces the other second cooling unit of the two cooling units in the second direction or in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Nobuya Nakae, Takahiro Imanishi, Akihiko Makita, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Patent number: 11136988
    Abstract: A gas dynamic bearing includes a shaft extending along a central axis extending vertically, and a sleeve with a hole opening at least at one end of the sleeve in an axial direction, at least a portion of the shaft housed inside the hole. The sleeve includes dynamic pressure grooves in an inner peripheral surface of the hole. The shaft includes a core portion, and a protective portion that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the core portion and that includes at least a portion facing the inner peripheral surface of the hole in a radial direction. The protective portion includes a first protective portion and a second protective portion. The first protective portion is at least above or below the second protective portion in the axial direction, and includes at least a portion with a thickness in the radial direction more than a thickness of the second protective portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukushima, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Publication number: 20210282298
    Abstract: A cooling device includes at least two cooling units, each cooling unit including a plate-shaped cold plate extending in a horizontal direction, a radiator extending in a first direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction and having a plurality of plate-shaped fins which, on the cold plate, is disposed parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a pump which supplies a refrigerant liquid to the cold plate and the radiator, in which the pump is adjacent to the radiator and is disposed in the second direction of the radiator, and the pump of one first cooling unit of the two cooling units faces the other second cooling unit of the two cooling units in the second direction or in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Nobuya NAKAE, Takahiro IMANISHI, Akihiko MAKITA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210204453
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling assembly which includes a cold plate extending in a first direction, a pump and a tank on one side of the cold plate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a partition extending in the first direction and covering the cold plate on one side in the second direction. The cold plate and the partition define a first refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows. The pump includes a pump chamber in which an impeller is housed, the impeller moving the refrigerant. The tank includes a tank chamber in which the refrigerant flows. The pump chamber and the tank chamber communicate with each other through a first tank hole portion. The partition includes a first hole portion through which the first refrigerant flow path and the tank chamber communicate. The first tank hole portion is provided on one side in the first direction with respect to the first hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Takehito TAMAOKA, Nobuya NAKAE
  • Publication number: 20210136958
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling plate with a bottom wall portion with a lower surface which contacts a heat-generating component, a top wall portion which covers an upper surface of the bottom wall portion, a side wall portion which couples the bottom wall portion and the top wall portion, and an internal space which is surrounded by the bottom wall portion, the top wall portion, and the side wall portion to define a first cooling medium flow passage. The bottom wall portion includes blades on the upper surface. An inlet port or an outlet port is on one end side of the first cooling medium flow passage. An inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion includes a first bent portion which is bent convex inward between ends of the blades and the at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Nobuya NAKAE, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 10962018
    Abstract: A gas dynamic pressure bearing includes a shaft centered on a central axis extending in an up-down direction, and a sleeve that faces at least a portion of the shaft in a radial direction. The portion in which the sleeve and the shaft face each other in the radial direction includes a first dynamic pressure portion at each of both ends in the axial direction, and a second dynamic pressure portion between the first dynamic pressure portions. In the first dynamic pressure portion, one of the sleeve and the shaft includes dynamic pressure grooves arranged in a circumferential direction. A sum of center angles of groove widths of the dynamic pressure grooves in a cross-section cut along a plane orthogonal to the central axis is about 144° or more and about 216° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukushima, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Patent number: 10959353
    Abstract: A cooling device is provided with a cooling unit that includes a cold plate extending in a first direction; a pump and a tank disposed on one side in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the cold plate; and a partition member extending in the first direction and covering the cold plate on one side in the second direction. The cold plate includes a first refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows in the first direction. The pump includes a pump chamber where a rotating body is accommodated. The tank includes a tank chamber storing the refrigerant and a first tank hole part communicating with the pump chamber. The partition member, including a first hole part that communicates the first flow path and the tank chamber, is provided on one side in the first direction with respect to the first hole part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka, Nobuya Nakae
  • Patent number: 10917995
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a cold plate; a radiator; a pump; a first tank; and a second tank. The cold plate has a first cooling medium flow passage. The radiator has fins and pipes forming a second cooling medium flow passage. The pump circulates a cooling medium. The first tank is coupled to one ends of the pipes. The second tank couples the other ends of the pipes to the pump. The radiator is disposed on the cold plate. The cold plate has a bottom wall portion, a top wall portion, a side wall portion, an internal space, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The bottom wall portion has blades, and an inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion has a first bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Nobuya Nakae, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Patent number: 10859093
    Abstract: A blower includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis, a motor that drives the impeller, and a housing that accommodates the impeller and the motor. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes arrayed in a circumferential direction and a flange in which the plurality of vanes are provided at an outer circumferential edge on a radially outer side. The housing includes a first housing that faces a vane lower end surface located on an axial-direction lower side of the vane with a gap interposed therebetween. The vane lower end surface includes a first vane end surface in which a shortest distance to the first housing in an axial direction increases toward the radially outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Masashi Hirayama, Naruyuki Horaitani, Shun Hirano, Takayuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200309140
    Abstract: A gas dynamic bearing includes a shaft extending along a central axis extending vertically, and a sleeve with a hole opening at least at one end of the sleeve in an axial direction, at least a portion of the shaft housed inside the hole. The sleeve includes dynamic pressure grooves in an inner peripheral surface of the hole. The shaft includes a core portion, and a protective portion that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the core portion and that includes at least a portion facing the inner peripheral surface of the hole in a radial direction. The protective portion includes a first protective portion and a second protective portion. The first protective portion is at least above or below the second protective portion in the axial direction, and includes at least a portion with a thickness in the radial direction more than a thickness of the second protective portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200309139
    Abstract: A gas dynamic pressure bearing includes a shaft centered on a central axis extending in an up-down direction, and a sleeve that faces at least a portion of the shaft in a radial direction. The portion in which the sleeve and the shaft face each other in the radial direction includes a first dynamic pressure portion at each of both ends in the axial direction, and a second dynamic pressure portion between the first dynamic pressure portions. In the first dynamic pressure portion, one of the sleeve and the shaft includes dynamic pressure grooves arranged in a circumferential direction. A sum of center angles of groove widths of the dynamic pressure grooves in a cross-section cut along a plane orthogonal to the central axis is about 144° or more and about 216° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200309191
    Abstract: A rotating-side magnet has a tubular shape extending in an axial direction and has different magnetic poles in the axial direction. A fixed-side magnet has a tubular shape extending in the axial direction, opposes the rotating-side magnet with a gap in the radial direction, and has magnetic poles radially different from the magnetic poles of the rotating-side magnet. Fixed-side auxiliary members each of which is made of a ferromagnetic material are provided at both axial ends of the fixed-side magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200214176
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a cold plate; a radiator; a pump; a first tank; and a second tank. The cold plate has a first cooling medium flow passage. The radiator has fins and pipes forming a second cooling medium flow passage. The pump circulates a cooling medium. The first tank is coupled to one ends of the pipes. The second tank couples the other ends of the pipes to the pump. The radiator is disposed on the cold plate. The cold plate has a bottom wall portion, a top wall portion, a side wall portion, an internal space, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The bottom wall portion has blades, and an inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion has a first bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko TOKESHI, Nobuya NAKAE, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 10677258
    Abstract: The blowing device includes an impeller that is rotatable about a center axis and a motor that drives the impeller. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes arranged in a circumferential direction, a flange in which the plurality of vanes are provided at the outer circumferential edge in a radial-direction outside, and a plate-shaped first shielding unit located between the vanes adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The first shielding unit is connected to a rear edge surface on an opposite side to the rotation direction of the vane and an outside surface located on the radial-direction outside of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Masashi Hirayama, Naruyuki Horaitani, Shun Hirano, Takayuki Ito