Patents by Inventor Toshiro OOTA

Toshiro OOTA 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: 20090323285
    Abstract: A heat transport device includes an airtight container, a working fluid contained in the airtight container, and a plurality of plate-like members including a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member adjacent to the first plate-like member, the plate-like members each having a first hole having a first opening area and a second hole having a second opening area smaller than the first opening area, the plate-like members being layered in the airtight container so that the first hole of the first plate-like member and the first hole of the second plate-like member are communicated with each other, to retain the working fluid in a liquid phase by applying a capillary force to the working fluid, and so that an opening of the second hole is located within an opening of the first hole, to transfer the working fluid vaporized into a gas phase in the layered direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki RYOSON, Takashi YAJIMA, Mitsuo HASHIMOTO, Toshiro OOTA, Tatsuhiko SHIGEMOTO, Kazuo GOTO