Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Hirano

Yukihiro Hirano 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).

  • Patent number: 10412862
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a power supply, a fan that causes air to flow into the power supply, and a power distributor that is disposed in front of or in back of the power supply in a direction of flow of the air due to the fan and that is electrically coupled to the power supply, wherein a vent through which the air passes is formed in a surface of the power distributor that faces the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi Maekawa, Yukihiro Hirano, Keita Hirai
  • Patent number: 10362704
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a substrate that includes a first connector and a second connector, a backplane that includes a third connector coupled to the first connector and a fourth connector coupled to the second connector, and a metal plate attached to the backplane, wherein the metal plate has an opening to which the fourth connector is attached, wherein the first connector is arranged near a central part of the substrate on an end side inserted into the backplane and the second connector is arranged on each side of the first connector, and wherein a clearance between the opening of the metal plate and the fourth connector increases as a distance from the third connector to the fourth connector increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukihiro Hirano, Masanori Tachibana, Akira Shimasaki, Yoshimi Maekawa, Misao Umematsu, Naomi Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20190045652
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a substrate that includes a first connector and a second connector, a backplane that includes a third connector coupled to the first connector and a fourth connector coupled to the second connector, and a metal plate attached to the backplane, wherein the metal plate has an opening to which the fourth connector is attached, wherein the first connector is arranged near a central part of the substrate on an end side inserted into the backplane and the second connector is arranged on each side of the first connector, and wherein a clearance between the opening of the metal plate and the fourth connector increases as a distance from the third connector to the fourth connector increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukihiro Hirano, Masanori Tachibana, Akira Shimasaki, Yoshimi Maekawa, Misao Umematsu, Naomi Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20180263141
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a power supply, a fan that causes air to flow into the power supply, and a power distributor that is disposed in front of or in back of the power supply in a direction of flow of the air due to the fan and that is electrically coupled to the power supply, wherein a vent through which the air passes is formed in a surface of the power distributor that faces the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshimi Maekawa, Koji NAKAGAWA, Yukihiro Hirano, Keita Hirai
  • Patent number: 9924617
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a device main body including a cooling plate; and a heat generating unit including a heat generating element and a contact plate thermally coupled to the heat generating element, the heat generating unit being detachable from the device main body, wherein the cooling plate includes a heat transfer spring configured to come into contact with the contact plate, the heat transfer spring includes a spring portion configured to come into elastic contact with the contact plate, and a thermally conductive portion disposed between a surface of the spring portion on an opposite side from a contact surface of the spring portion that comes into contact with the contact plate, and the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yukihiro Hirano
  • Publication number: 20170245397
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a device main body including a cooling plate; and a heat generating unit including a heat generating element and a contact plate thermally coupled to the heat generating element, the heat generating unit being detachable from the device main body, wherein the cooling plate includes a heat transfer spring configured to come into contact with the contact plate, the heat transfer spring includes a spring portion configured to come into elastic contact with the contact plate, and a thermally conductive portion disposed between a surface of the spring portion on an opposite side from a contact surface of the spring portion that comes into contact with the contact plate, and the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukihiro Hirano
  • Publication number: 20150059388
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cooling device that cools, by using refrigerant, heating components mounted over a circuit board and has different use-temperature conditions, wherein the circuit board is provided with a first area in which a first group of heating components having an operating condition of generating heat less than a given-heat quantity and operating in a temperature range lower than a first temperature is arranged, a second area in which a second group of heating components having an operating condition of generating heat equal not less than the given-heat quantity and operating in a temperature range between the first temperature and a second temperature exceeding the first temperature is arranged, and a third area in which a third group of heating components having an operating condition of generating heat equal to or less than the given-heat quantity and operating in a temperature range exceeding the second temperature is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yukihiro Hirano, Keita Hirai, Akira Shimasaki, Keitaro KUROSAKI, Misao Umematsu
  • Publication number: 20150036272
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: substrate unit including a signal terminal provided over a first edge of a substrate body, and a power terminal provided over a second edge that is different from the first edge; and a case including an insertion unit into which the substrate unit is inserted from the first edge, a signal connection member to which the signal terminal is coupled when the substrate unit is inserted into the insertion unit, and a power connection member to which the power terminal is coupled when the substrate unit is inserted into the insertion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori Tachibana, Yukihiro Hirano, Misao Umematsu