Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kashirajima
Yasuhiro Kashirajima 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).
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Patent number: 9404679Abstract: A cooling system includes; an evaporator evaporating a refrigerant by heat exchange with room air; a water-cooled condenser being arranged above the evaporator and condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange with cold water; a cold-water flow control valve controlling the flow rate of the cold water supplied to the water-cooled condenser; a refrigerant cooling tower being arranged above the evaporator and condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange with outside air; a blower being arranged at the refrigerant cooling tower and blowing the outside air; a refrigerant-temperature detector detecting the temperature of the refrigerant condensed by the water-cooled condenser and/or the refrigerant cooling tower; and a controller changing at least one of the opening in the cold-water flow control valve and the rotational speed of a motor in the blower according to the temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Ito, Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Yasuhiko Inadomi, Koichi Fukuchi
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Patent number: 9317080Abstract: The local cooling unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing having a cavity formed in the housing, an air inlet port which is provided in a bottom surface of the housing and which takes in exhaust heat air from the electronic device, an evaporator which is provided in the housing and which evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with air sucked in from the air inlet port to cool the air, the refrigerant passing through an inside of the evaporator, an air outlet port which is provided in a side surface of the housing and which exhausts the air cooled by the evaporator, and a fan which is provided on a side of the air inlet port or a side of the air outlet port of the housing and which moves the air from the air inlet port to the air outlet port.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Teruo Mikami, Tomohiro Yoshida, Masakatsu Senda, Ryoji Shimokawa, Yasuhiro Kashirajima
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Patent number: 8959938Abstract: A cooling system includes an evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant to cool an object to be cooled; a refrigerant-supply-flow-rate regulator for regulating a flow rate of the refrigerant to be supplied to the evaporator; a condenser for condensing the refrigerant by cooling the refrigerant by use of a chilled fluid; and a chilled-fluid-flow-rate regulator for regulating a flow rate of the chilled fluid to be supplied to the condenser, the refrigerant condensed by the condenser being to be pressurized to be supplied to the evaporator. The chilled-fluid-flow-rate regulator regulates a flow rate of the fluid, to be supplied to the evaporator, for a temperature of the refrigerant condensed to come to a predetermined target refrigerant-liquid temperature, and the refrigerant-supply-flow-rate regulator regulates a flow rate of the refrigerant, to be supplied to the evaporator, for a temperature of the object cooled to come to a predetermined target cooling temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Ito, Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Yasuhiko Inadomi, Tomohiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 8839638Abstract: In a cooling system for an electronic device of the present invention, server rooms in which a plurality of servers are placed, an evaporator which is provided close to each of the servers, and cools exhaust air from the server by vaporizing a refrigerant with heat generating from the server, a cooling tower which is provided at a place higher than the evaporator, cools the refrigerant by outside air and water sprinkling, and condenses the vaporized refrigerant, and a circulation line in which the refrigerant naturally circulates between the evaporator and the cooling tower. According to the cooling system, an electronic device which is required to perform a precise operation with a heat generation amount from itself being large, such as a computer and a server, can be efficiently cooled at low running cost.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Hiroshige Kikuchi, Takumi Sugiura, Koji Watanabe, Kenichi Nakashima
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Publication number: 20140000300Abstract: A cooling system includes; an evaporator evaporating a refrigerant by heat exchange with room air; a water-cooled condenser being arranged above the evaporator and condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange with cold water; a cold-water flow control valve controlling the flow rate of the cold water supplied to the water-cooled condenser; a refrigerant cooling tower being arranged above the evaporator and condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange with outside air; a blower being arranged at the refrigerant cooling tower and blowing the outside air; a refrigerant-temperature detector detecting the temperature of the refrigerant condensed by the water-cooled condenser and/or the refrigerant cooling tower; and a controller changing at least one of the opening in the cold-water flow control valve and the rotational speed of a motor in the blower according to the temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Junichi ITO, Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Yasuhiko INADOMI, Koichi FUKUCHI
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Publication number: 20130317654Abstract: An air-conditioning control system is equipped with: a first client server containing a job management program that manages jobs for multiple electronic devices; a second client server that determines the required amount of cooling on the basis of the power information for the multiple electronic devices that is output from this first client server, and outputs information that controls the operation of multiple air-conditioners; an integrated management server that inputs information from the first and second client servers; and a control board that controls the operation of the air-conditioners on the basis of commands from the integrated management server. An environment optimization control program, which calculates the temperature distribution and airflow in an electronic device facility when the operation of the air-conditioners is controlled on the basis of the input power information for the electronic devices and the required amount of cooling, is installed in the integrated management server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Junichi Ito, Ryoji Shimokawa, Masakatsu Senda
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Publication number: 20130291575Abstract: An air conditioning system for appropriately controlling the air conditioning capacity by preventing occurrence of cavitation of a refrigerant pump and a method of operating the system are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Junichi Ito, Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Yasuhiko Inadomi, Tomohiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20120291465Abstract: A cooling system for electronic equipment includes an evaporator cooling the electronic equipment, a blower making air heated by the electronic equipment flow into the evaporator, and a condenser condensing a refrigerant to be supplied to the evaporator and also includes a refrigerant liquid pipe guiding a liquefied refrigerant from the condenser to a lower part of the evaporator, a refrigerant gas pipe guiding the refrigerant which evaporates by cooling the electronic equipment from an upper part of the evaporator to the condenser, a refrigerant flow rate control valve controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing into the evaporator, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of air obtained after passing through the evaporator, and a controller for control valve controlling the control valve on the basis of a detection value of the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Junichi ITO, Yasuhiko INADOMI, Tomohiro YOSHIDA, Teruo MIKAMI
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Publication number: 20120218711Abstract: In a cooling system for an electronic device of the present invention, server rooms in which a plurality of servers are placed, an evaporator which is provided close to each of the servers, and cools exhaust air from the server by vaporizing a refrigerant with heat generating from the server, a cooling tower which is provided at a place higher than the evaporator, cools the refrigerant by outside air and water sprinkling, and condenses the vaporized refrigerant, and a circulation line in which the refrigerant naturally circulates between the evaporator and the cooling tower. According to the cooling system, an electronic device which is required to perform a precise operation with a heat generation amount from itself being large, such as a computer and a server, can be efficiently cooled at low running cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Hiroshige KIKUCHI, Takumi SUGIURA, Koji WATANABE, Kenichi NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 8199504Abstract: In a cooling system for an electronic device of the present invention, server rooms in which a plurality of servers are placed, an evaporator which is provided close to each of the servers, and cools exhaust air from the server by vaporizing a refrigerant with heat generating from the server, a cooling tower which is provided at a place higher than the evaporator, cools the refrigerant by outside air and water sprinkling, and condenses the vaporized refrigerant, and a circulation line in which the refrigerant naturally circulates between the evaporator and the cooling tower. According to the cooling system, an electronic device which is required to perform a precise operation with a heat generation amount from itself being large, such as a computer and a server, can be efficiently cooled at low running cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Hiroshige Kikuchi, Takumi Sugiura, Koji Watanabe, Kenichi Nakashima
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Patent number: 8164902Abstract: An electronic apparatus, such as a blade server or the like, has a cooling system for efficiently cooling a plurality of heat generating semiconductor devices, such as a CPU, mounted on blades which is freely put on and taken off. The cooling system includes a thermosiphon which transfers heat from devices having relatively high heat generation, such as CPU or the like, to the outside of the apparatus, heat pipes which transfer heat of devices having relatively low heat generation to the thermosiphon, a thermal highway which is thermally coupled to the thermosiphon by the mounting of blades into a housing and collects and transfers the heat from the thermosiphon and the heat pipes, and a condenser which transfers the heat collected and transferred by the thermal highway outside a housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Matsushima, Tadakatsu Nakajima, Takayuki Atarashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Hiroyuki Toyoda, Tomoo Hayashi, Akio Idei, Shigeyasu Tsubaki, Takumi Sugiura, Yasuhiro Kashirajima
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Publication number: 20110314853Abstract: A cooling system comprising an intake air temperature sensor which measures an intake air temperature to an evaporator by a blower; a return air temperature sensor which measures a return air temperature which is cooled in the evaporator; and a blower frequency switching device which switches a frequency of the blower, wherein the blower frequency switching device controls the frequency of the blower to a frequency of the blower corresponding to a difference between an intake air temperature which is measured by an intake air temperature sensor and a return air temperature which is measured by a return air temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Junichi ITO, Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Yasuhiko INADOMI, Tomohiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20110308262Abstract: A refrigerant circulation apparatus includes: an evaporator which evaporates a refrigerant; a blowing device which blows air to the evaporator; a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator; a blower failure detecting device which detects failure of the blowing device; a heat medium flow rate control valve which controls a flow rate of a heat medium supplied to the condenser, the heat medium for cooling the refrigerant; a condenser refrigerant liquid temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the refrigerant which is supplied to the evaporator from the condenser; and condenser side refrigerant temperature control device which lowers a setting temperature of a condenser side externally inputted temperature and controls the heat medium flow rate control valve so that a measured value of the condenser refrigerant liquid temperature sensor becomes equal to the lowered setting temperature, when receiving a failure signal from the blower failure detecting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Yasuhiko INADOMI, Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Junichi ITO, Yasushi NISHIDA, Teruo MIKAMI
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Publication number: 20110279976Abstract: The local cooling unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing having a cavity formed in the housing, an air inlet port which is provided in a bottom surface of the housing and which takes in exhaust heat air from the electronic device, an evaporator which is provided in the housing and which evaporates a refrigerant by heat exchange with air sucked in from the air inlet port to cool the air, the refrigerant passing through an inside of the evaporator, an air outlet port which is provided in a side surface of the housing and which exhausts the air cooled by the evaporator, and a fan which is provided on a side of the air inlet port or a side of the air outlet port of the housing and which moves the air from the air inlet port to the air outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Teruo Mikami, Tomohiro Yoshida, Masakatsu Senda, Ryoji Shimokawa, Yasuhiro Kashirajima
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Publication number: 20110271695Abstract: A cooling method for an electronic device, comprising: naturally circulating a refrigerant between: an evaporator which vaporizes the refrigerant by heat exchange with exhaust hot air from the electronic device, and cools the exhaust hot air; and one of a cooling tower and a condenser which is placed at a position higher than the evaporator, and liquefies the vaporized refrigerant; and valve-controlling a flow rate of a refrigerant liquid to be supplied to the evaporator so that an air temperature after heat has been exchanged for cooling by the evaporator becomes a temperature suited to an operating environment of the electronic device, wherein one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a refrigerant gas in one of the cooling tower and the condenser do not fluctuate even when the flow rate of the refrigerant liquid to be supplied to the evaporator is valve-controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Junichi Ito, Yasuhiko Inadomi, Masakatsu Senda, Ryoji Shimokawa, Noboru Oshima, Takumi Sugiura
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Publication number: 20110185758Abstract: A cooling system for an electronic apparatus, includes: a casing in which the electronic apparatus is housed; an evaporator which is disposed at a rear surface side of the casing, and cools heat released from the electronic apparatus by a refrigerant; a slide mechanism which connects the casing and the evaporator to be movable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the casing; at least any one of a cooling tower which is provided at a higher place than the evaporator and condenses the refrigerant by cooling of external air and sprinkled water, and a heat exchanger which cools the refrigerant by using chilled water; a circulation line which moves the refrigerant between the evaporator and at least one of the cooling tower and the heat exchanger; and a piping which connects the circulation line and the evaporator, and is extendable and contractible in response to movement of the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Ryoji SHIMOKAWA, Masakatsu SENDA, Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Junichi ITO, A sahi NAGATAKIYA
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Publication number: 20110127027Abstract: A cooling method of an electronic device, the cooling method naturally circulating a cooling medium between an evaporator, which gasifies the cooling medium and cools heat-discharging air from the electronic device by heat exchange with the heat-discharging air, and a cooling tower or a condenser, which is disposed at a higher position than the evaporator and liquefies the gasified cooling medium, and subjecting a flow rate of the cooling-medium liquid supplied to the evaporator to valve control so that a temperature of the air obtained after the heat exchange and the cooling by the evaporator becomes a temperature suitable for an operating environment of the electronic device, wherein the improvement comprises that a condensation temperature or a condensation pressure of the cooling-medium gas in the cooling tower or the condenser is configured to be not varied even when the flow rate of the cooling-medium liquid supplied to the evaporator is subjected to the valve control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Junichi Ito, Yasuhiko Inadomi, Takumi Sugiura, Ryoji Shimokawa, Masakatsu Senda, Noboru Oshima
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Publication number: 20110056223Abstract: In a cooling system for an electronic device of the present invention, server rooms in which a plurality of servers are placed, an evaporator which is provided close to each of the servers, and cools exhaust air from the server by vaporizing a refrigerant with heat generating from the server, a cooling tower which is provided at a place higher than the evaporator, cools the refrigerant by outside air and water sprinkling, and condenses the vaporized refrigerant, and a circulation line in which the refrigerant naturally circulates between the evaporator and the cooling tower. According to the cooling system, an electronic device which is required to perform a precise operation with a heat generation amount from itself being large, such as a computer and a server, can be efficiently cooled at low running cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro KASHIRAJIMA, Hiroshige KIKUCHI, Takumi SUGIURA, Koji WATANABE, Kenichi NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 7855890Abstract: In a cooling system for an electronic device of the present invention, server rooms in which a plurality of servers are placed, an evaporator which is provided close to each of the servers, and cools exhaust air from the server by vaporizing a refrigerant with heat generating from the server, a cooling tower which is provided at a place higher than the evaporator, cools the refrigerant by outside air and water sprinkling, and condenses the vaporized refrigerant, and a circulation line in which the refrigerant naturally circulates between the evaporator and the cooling tower. According to the cooling system, an electronic device which is required to perform a precise operation with a heat generation amount from itself being large, such as a computer and a server, can be efficiently cooled at low running cost.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kashirajima, Hiroshige Kikuchi, Takumi Sugiura, Koji Watanabe, Kenichi Nakashima
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Publication number: 20100073863Abstract: An electronic apparatus, such as a blade server or the like, has a cooling system for efficiently cooling a plurality of heat generating semiconductor devices, such as a CPU, mounted on blades which is freely put on and taken off. The cooling system includes a thermosiphon which transfers heat from devices having relatively high heat generation, such as CPU or the like, to the outside of the apparatus, heat pipes which transfer heat of devices having relatively low heat generation to the thermosiphon, a thermal highway which is thermally coupled to the thermosiphon by the mounting of blades into a housing and collects and transfers the heat from the thermosiphon and the heat pipes, and a condenser which transfers the heat collected and transferred by the thermal highway outside a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Hitoshi MATSUSHIMA, Tadakatsu Nakajima, Takayuki Atarashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Hiroyuki Toyoda, Tomoo Hayashi, Akio Idei, Shigeyasu Tsubaki, Takumi Sugiura, Yasuhiro Kashirajima