Patents by Inventor Yohei TOBE

Yohei TOBE 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: 20240011681
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a chiller reduced in size, cost, and energy use. [Solution] A chiller C1 includes a tank 1, a pump 2, a plurality of coolant circuits 3 and 4 configured to cool a plurality of respective loads, and a refrigeration circuit 5. The plurality of coolant circuits 3 and 4 and the refrigeration circuit 5 are connected to each other via respective heat exchangers 6 and 7 capable of individually controlling cooling performance. The first heat exchanger 6 connecting the first coolant circuit 3 and the refrigeration circuit 5 is configured to control a temperature of a coolant that returns from a first load W1 and a second load W2 to the tank 1. The second heat exchanger 7 connecting the second coolant circuit 4 and the refrigeration circuit 5 is configured to control a temperature of the coolant that is supplied from the tank 1 to the second load W2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Yohei TOBE, Toshiki SASATANI
  • Publication number: 20230228462
    Abstract: A chiller is provided that includes a deionization filter to remove ionic substances in cooling waters, and that is of such a small size as to save energy and costs. The chiller also includes cooling-water circuits, and a refrigeration circuit. The refrigeration circuit includes heat-exchange-path sections. The heat-exchange-path sections include respective heat exchangers. The cooling-water circuits and includes tanks, first supply lines, second supply lines, and return lines. The chiller includes a filtering line branching off from the second supply line of the cooling-water circuit and connected to the return line of the cooling-water circuit. The filtering line is provided with the deionization filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Yohei TOBE, Toshiki SASATANI