Patents by Inventor Yukiko Wakino

Yukiko Wakino 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: 10912222
    Abstract: A cooling system includes: a cooling device; a pump coupled to the cooling device; and a waste heat device coupled to the cooling device, wherein the cooling device includes: a first refrigerant tank and a second refrigerant tank that each stores a first refrigerant that is output from the waste heat device and input to the waste heat device; and a liquid immersion tank sandwiched between the first refrigerant tank and the second refrigerant tank and configured to hold an electronic device in a second refrigerant that is output from the pump and input to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino
  • Patent number: 10888032
    Abstract: An apparatus for liquid immersion cooling, the apparatus includes: a casing configured to be partly filled with a first coolant and immerse, in the first coolant, a heat generating component other than a first heat generating component in a plurality of heat generating component; a liquid cooling jacket provided in contact with the first heat generating component placed in the casing, and configured to cool the first heat generating component; a first cooling device configured to dissipate heat of a second coolant sent out from the liquid cooling jacket through a first pipe, thereby cooling the second coolant; and a first pump configured to send out the second coolant cooled by the first cooling device to the liquid cooling jacket through a second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Minoru Ishinabe
  • Patent number: 10743438
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a cooling medium bath configured to house a first refrigerant in which an electronic device is immersed; a liquid-cooling jacket configured to be provided to the electronic device and to cool the electronic device by a second refrigerant that flows in an internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket; a first pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to supply the second refrigerant from an outside of the cooling medium bath to the liquid-cooling jacket; a second pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to discharge the second refrigerant that flows in the internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket to the outside of the cooling medium bath; and a circulator configured to cause the first refrigerant in the cooling medium bath to stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Hiroyoshi Kodama, Minoru Ishinabe
  • Patent number: 10624236
    Abstract: A liquid immersion tank includes an outer-case to have a first hole in a side-wall of the outer-case and an opening at a top of the outer-case, an inner-case to have a second hole in a side-wall of the inner-case and an opening at a top of the inner-case, the inner-case being contained in the outer-case and containing an electronic device to be cooled by a coolant, and a spring to support the inner-case to be able to move between a first position and a second position disposed above the first position, cause, when the inner-case is at the first position, the second hole to communicate with the first hole so that the coolant flow into the inner-case, and cause, when the inner-case is at the second position, the second hole to face the side-wall of the outer-case so that the coolant is prevented to flow into the inner-case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino
  • Publication number: 20200029464
    Abstract: A liquid immersion tank includes an outer-case to have a first hole in a side-wall of the outer-case and an opening at a top of the outer-case, an inner-case to have a second hole in a side-wall of the inner-case and an opening at a top of the inner-case, the inner-case being contained in the outer-case and containing an electronic device to be cooled by a coolant, and a spring to support the inner-case to be able to move between a first position and a second position disposed above the first position, cause, when the inner-case is at the first position, the second hole to communicate with the first hole so that the coolant flow into the inner-case, and cause, when the inner-case is at the second position, the second hole to face the side-wall of the outer-case so that the coolant is prevented to flow into the inner-case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino
  • Publication number: 20190394900
    Abstract: A cooling system includes: a cooling device; a pump coupled to the cooling device; and a waste heat device coupled to the cooling device, wherein the cooling device includes: a first refrigerant tank and a second refrigerant tank that each stores a first refrigerant that is output from the waste heat device and input to the waste heat device; and a liquid immersion tank sandwiched between the first refrigerant tank and the second refrigerant tank and configured to hold an electronic device in a second refrigerant that is output from the pump and input to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino
  • Patent number: 10517191
    Abstract: A liquid immersion server includes a processor, a heat sink to which heat generated by the processor is transferred, a flow channel through which a first refrigerant liquid that has absorbed heat from the heat sink flows, and a cooling bath that stores a second refrigerant liquid that is inactive in a lower section thereof and that stores the first refrigerant liquid in an upper section thereof, wherein when the liquid immersion server is in operation, the processor, the heat sink, and the flow channel are immersed in the second refrigerant liquid, the flow channel has a supply port to which the first refrigerant liquid is supplied from a first pipe and a first discharge port that discharges the first refrigerant liquid that has absorbed heat into the cooling bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Minoru Ishinabe
  • Publication number: 20190297747
    Abstract: An apparatus for liquid immersion cooling, the apparatus includes: a casing configured to be partly filled with a first coolant and immerse, in the first coolant, a heat generating component other than a first heat generating component in a plurality of heat generating component; a liquid cooling jacket provided in contact with the first heat generating component placed in the casing, and configured to cool the first heat generating component; a first cooling device configured to dissipate heat of a second coolant sent out from the liquid cooling jacket through a first pipe, thereby cooling the second coolant; and a first pump configured to send out the second coolant cooled by the first cooling device to the liquid cooling jacket through a second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Minoru Ishinabe
  • Patent number: 10356958
    Abstract: An immersion cooling apparatus includes an immersion tank in which an electronic device is disposed and in which a secondary refrigerant is stored, the electronic device being dipped into and cooled down by the secondary refrigerant, a housing in which the immersion tank is disposed and in which a primary refrigerant is stored, the immersion tank being dipped into and cooled down by the primary refrigerant, and a driver that rotates the immersion tank, wherein the immersion tank being rotatably attached to an interior of the housing, the immersion tank having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface being positioned facing the electronic device, the outer circumferential surface being positioned on an opposite side of the inner circumferential surface, each of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface having a plurality of projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Inano, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino, Hiroyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20190098796
    Abstract: A liquid immersion server includes a processor, a heat sink to which heat generated by the processor is transferred, a flow channel through which a first refrigerant liquid that has absorbed heat from the heat sink flows, and a cooling bath that stores a second refrigerant liquid that is inactive in a lower section thereof and that stores the first refrigerant liquid in an upper section thereof, wherein when the liquid immersion server is in operation, the processor, the heat sink, and the flow channel are immersed in the second refrigerant liquid, the flow channel has a supply port to which the first refrigerant liquid is supplied from a first pipe and a first discharge port that discharges the first refrigerant liquid that has absorbed heat into the cooling bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Minoru Ishinabe
  • Publication number: 20190082556
    Abstract: An immersion cooling apparatus includes an immersion tank in which an electronic device is disposed and in which a secondary refrigerant is stored, the electronic device being dipped into and cooled down by the secondary refrigerant, a housing in which the immersion tank is disposed and in which a primary refrigerant is stored, the immersion tank being dipped into and cooled down by the primary refrigerant, and a driver that rotates the immersion tank, wherein the immersion tank being rotatably attached to an interior of the housing, the immersion tank having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface being positioned facing the electronic device, the outer circumferential surface being positioned on an opposite side of the inner circumferential surface, each of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface having a plurality of projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi INANO, Minoru Ishinabe, Yukiko Wakino, Hiroyuki FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10111367
    Abstract: A liquid immersion cooling apparatus that cools an electronic device including a heat generating element, the apparatus includes a liquid immersion tank that accommodates a cooling liquid and the electronic device to be immersed in the cooling liquid, a wall that is disposed within the liquid immersion tank, the wall having a protrusion protruding toward the electronic device, and a drive mechanism that moves a position of the protrusion along the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kodama, Hiroshi Endo, Yukiko Wakino, Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10015912
    Abstract: A data center includes: a liquid immersion tank that holds an information processing apparatus in a cooling liquid; a cooling apparatus that cools a pipe exposed to outside air and through which the cooling liquid flows from the liquid immersion tank; and a pump apparatus that delivers the cooling liquid from the cooling apparatus to the liquid immersion tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Inano, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Hiroyoshi Kodama, Hiroshi Endo, Yukiko Wakino
  • Publication number: 20180027695
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a cooling medium bath configured to house a first refrigerant in which an electronic device is immersed; a liquid-cooling jacket configured to be provided to the electronic device and to cool the electronic device by a second refrigerant that flows in an internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket; a first pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to supply the second refrigerant from an outside of the cooling medium bath to the liquid-cooling jacket; a second pipe coupled to the cooling medium bath, to be immersed in the first refrigerant, and configured to discharge the second refrigerant that flows in the internal section of the liquid-cooling jacket to the outside of the cooling medium bath; and a circulator configured to cause the first refrigerant in the cooling medium bath to stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko WAKINO, Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Hiroyoshi KODAMA, Minoru ISHINABE
  • Publication number: 20170354066
    Abstract: A liquid immersion cooling apparatus that cools an electronic device including a heat generating element, the apparatus includes a liquid immersion tank that accommodates a cooling liquid and the electronic device to be immersed in the cooling liquid, a wall that is disposed within the liquid immersion tank, the wall having a protrusion protruding toward the electronic device, and a drive mechanism that moves a position of the protrusion along the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KODAMA, Hiroshi ENDO, Yukiko WAKINO, Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20170303443
    Abstract: A data center includes: a liquid immersion tank that holds an information processing apparatus in a cooling liquid; a cooling apparatus that cools a pipe exposed to outside air and through which the cooling liquid flows from the liquid immersion tank; and a pump apparatus that delivers the cooling liquid from the cooling apparatus to the liquid immersion tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi INANO, Hiroyuki FUKUDA, Hiroyoshi Kodama, Hiroshi ENDO, Yukiko Wakino
  • Publication number: 20170194548
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a board; an electronic element mounted over the board; a Peltier element placed over the electronic element; a first holding board placed over the Peltier element; a radiation member placed over the first holding board; and a first thermal conduction layer placed between the first holding board and the radiation member, the first thermal conduction layer being in close contact with the first holding board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukiko Wakino
  • Patent number: 8378687
    Abstract: A measuring method of a battery includes the step of measuring frequency characteristics of an internal impedance of the battery by an AC impedance method, and determining a parameter of an element representing ease of mobility of charges on a surface of a positive electrode of the battery and that of an element representing the ease of mobility of charges on the surface of a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Katsusada Motoyoshi, Yukiko Wakino, Kensuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090096459
    Abstract: A measuring method of a battery includes the step of measuring frequency characteristics of an internal impedance of the battery by an AC impedance method, and determining a parameter of an element representing ease of mobility of charges on a surface of a positive electrode of the battery and that of an element representing the ease of mobility of charges on the surface of a negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoneda, Katsusada Motoyoshi, Yukiko Wakino, Kensuke Yoshida