Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiro NUMOTO

Tatsuhiro NUMOTO 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: 20240365512
    Abstract: A thermal diffusion device that includes: a housing having a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface that face each other in a thickness direction and define and internal space; a working medium enclosed in the internal space of the housing; and a wick in the internal space of the housing. The wick includes: a support that is in contact with the first inner wall surface; a perforated body that is in contact with the support, the perforated body having a through-hole that penetrates the perforated body in the thickness direction; and a protrusion portion on a peripheral edge of the through-hole and extending in a direction toward the first inner wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro NUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240361084
    Abstract: A thermal diffusion device that includes: a housing having a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface that face each other in a thickness direction and define an internal space; a working medium enclosed in the internal space of the housing; and a wick in the internal space of the housing. The wick includes: a support that is in contact with the first inner wall surface; a perforated body that is in contact with the support, the perforated body having a through-hole that penetrates the perforated body in the thickness direction; and protrusion portion extending from a peripheral edge of the through-hole in a direction toward the second inner wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro NUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240302105
    Abstract: A thermal diffusion device that includes: a housing including a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface facing each other in a thickness direction; a working medium sealed in an inner space of the housing; and a wick structure in the inner space of the housing, the wick structure including a supporting portion in contact with the first inner wall surface and a portion having holes composed of a same material as the supporting portion and integral with the supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro NUMOTO, Tsuyoshi MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20240276677
    Abstract: A thermal diffusion device that includes: a housing having a first inner wall surface and a second inner wall surface facing each other in a thickness direction and defining an internal space of the housing; a working medium enclosed in the internal space of the housing; and a wick having a sheet shape and disposed in the internal space of the housing, wherein the wick has at least one bent portion protruding from the first inner wall surface toward the second inner wall surface, and wherein a space defined by the at least one bent portion of the wick and the first inner wall surface forms a liquid channel for the working medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro NUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11445636
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing including a first sheet and a second sheet opposing each other and joined together at outer edges of the first sheet and the second sheet and defining a hollow vapor flow pass therein; a working fluid in the housing; a first wick in contact with the vapor flow pass; and a second wick between the first wick and an inner wall surface of at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet. The first wick defines a first liquid flow pass, the second wick defines a second liquid flow pass, and a first average diameter of the first liquid flow pass is smaller than or equal to 75% of a second average diameter of the second liquid flow pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KELVIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takuo Wakaoka, Tatsuhiro Numoto, Keijiro Kojima, Ryan J. Lewis
  • Patent number: 11277940
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing, a wick structure joined to a major inside surface of the housing, and a working liquid enclosed inside the housing. The wick structure is joined to the housing at a joint portion within a joint region, and a proportion of a total area of the joint portion within the joint region to an area of the joint region is 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuo Wakaoka, Norikazu Kume, Haruhiko Ikeda, Tatsuhiro Numoto, Atsushi Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11150030
    Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a housing including first and second sheets that face each other and that include respective outer edge portions joined to each other, supports that support the first and second sheets from inside and that are disposed therebetween, and a hydraulic fluid enclosed in the housing. The first and second sheets do not include an angled portion having an angle of about 90° or less between a joint and a support nearest to the joint. The expression 0.02?b/a?0.3 is satisfied, where a is a distance from an outer edge of the outermost support to an inner edge of the joint between the first and second sheets, and b is a distance between the first and second sheets at the outer edge of the outermost support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishimoto, Norikazu Kume, Haruhiko Ikeda, Takuo Wakaoka, Osamu Chikagawa, Tatsuhiro Numoto
  • Patent number: 11058031
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing composed of a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other and having outer edge portions thereof joined to each other to define an internal space, the second sheet having a plurality of projecting portions on an inner surface thereof that faces the internal space; a pillar between the first sheet and the second sheet and supporting them from the internal space; a wick arranged in the housing, and a working fluid enclosed in the housing. A first flow path and a second flow path are formed in the internal space, and a cross-sectional area of the second flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Numoto, Takuo Wakaoka, Atsushi Kishimoto, Osamu Chikagawa
  • Publication number: 20210180876
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing including a first sheet and a second sheet opposing each other and having respective outer edges of the first sheet and the second sheet joined together; an operation fluid enclosed in the housing; a wick on an inner surface of the first sheet and/or an inner surface of the second sheet; a first pillar on the inner surface of the first sheet and/or the inner surface of the second sheet and that defines a cavity in the housing; and a second pillar on the inner surface of the first sheet and/or the inner surface of the second sheet and configured to prevent the housing from being warped when heated to join the first sheet and the second sheet together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Keijiro Kojima, Tatsuhiro Numoto, Takeaki Tamayama, Norikazu Kume
  • Publication number: 20210136955
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing including a first sheet and a second sheet opposing each other and joined together at outer edges of the first sheet and the second sheet and defining a hollow vapor flow pass therein; a working fluid in the housing; a first wick in contact with the vapor flow pass; and a second wick between the first wick and an inner wall surface of at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet. The first wick defines a first liquid flow pass, the second wick defines a second liquid flow pass, and a first average diameter of the first liquid flow pass is smaller than or equal to 75% of a second average diameter of the second liquid flow pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: TAKUO WAKAOKA, Tatsuhiro Numoto, Keijiro Kojima, Ryan J. Lewis
  • Patent number: 10973151
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a casing, a pillar in an internal space of the casing and that supports the casing from an inside thereof, a working fluid in the internal space of the casing, and recessed portions in at least a portion of a main external surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuo Wakaoka, Norikazu Kume, Haruhiko Ikeda, Osamu Nakao, Tatsuhiro Numoto
  • Publication number: 20200236810
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a casing, a pillar in an internal space of the casing and that supports the casing from an inside thereof, a working fluid in the internal space of the casing, and recessed portions in at least a portion of a main external surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takuo Wakaoka, Norikazu Kume, Haruhiko Ikeda, Osamu Nakao, Tatsuhiro Numoto
  • Publication number: 20200060044
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing composed of a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other and having outer edge portions thereof joined to each other to define an internal space, the second sheet having a plurality of projecting portions on an inner surface thereof that faces the internal space; a pillar between the first sheet and the second sheet and supporting them from the internal space; a wick arranged in the housing, and a working fluid enclosed in the housing. A first flow path and a second flow path are formed in the internal space, and a cross-sectional area of the second flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Numoto, Takuo Wakaoka, Atsushi Kishimoto, Osamu Chikagawa
  • Publication number: 20200045847
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a casing, a pillar in an internal space of the casing and that supports the casing from an inside thereof, a working fluid in the internal space of the casing, and recessed portions in at least a portion of a main external surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: TAKUO WAKAOKA, Norikazu KUME, Haruhiko IKEDA, Osamu NAKAO, Tatsuhiro NUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200045848
    Abstract: A vapor chamber that includes a housing, a wick structure joined to a major inside surface of the housing, and a working liquid enclosed inside the housing. The wick structure is joined to the housing at a joint portion within a joint region, and a proportion of a total area of the joint portion within the joint region to an area of the joint region is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Takuo Wakaoka, Norikazu Kume, Haruhiko Ikeda, Tatsuhiro Numoto, Atsushi Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190271511
    Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a housing including first and second sheets that face each other and that include respective outer edge portions joined to each other, supports that support the first and second sheets from inside and that are disposed therebetween, and a hydraulic fluid enclosed in the housing. The first and second sheets do not include an angled portion having an angle of about 90° or less between a joint and a support nearest to the joint. The expression 0.02?b/a?0.3 is satisfied, where a is a distance from an outer edge of the outermost support to an inner edge of the joint between the first and second sheets, and b is a distance between the first and second sheets at the outer edge of the outermost support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi KISHIMOTO, Norikazu KUME, Haruhiko IKEDA, Takuo WAKAOKA, Osamu CHIKAGAWA, Tatsuhiro NUMOTO