Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20240060421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine housing for use in a turbocharger, comprising a wheel housing space, an inlet, at least one volute, and a tongue that projects from a separation wall. The tongue is configured to guide an exhaust gas flow to a section of the wheel housing space where an inducer area of a turbine wheel to be accommodated by the turbine housing is to be located. At least one of the tongue and the separation wall is configured to enable a portion of the exhaust gas flow to pass therethrough as a leakage flow from an upstream side of the at least one of the tongue and the separation wall to a downstream side of the at least one of the tongue and the separation wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arjan VAN BEMMEL, Jeffrey VAN DEN BROEK
  • Patent number: 11905969
    Abstract: A scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor according to an embodiment is a scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor having a scroll passage formed in spiral shape, comprising: a tongue portion separating the scroll passage from an outlet passage connected to the downstream side of the scroll passage at the most downstream position of the scroll passage in a passage connecting portion where a winding start portion and a winding end portion of the scroll passage intersect; and a ridge portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the scroll passage on the axially downstream side of the centrifugal compressor toward the axially upstream side of the centrifugal compressor, with a protruding height toward the axially upstream side gradually increasing toward the tongue portion from a starting position that is located upstream from the tongue portion in the scroll passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Iwakiri
  • Patent number: 11906003
    Abstract: A coupling device configured to transmit a rotational force between a first shaft and a second shaft, the device including a first coupling member mounted on the first shaft, a second coupling member mounted on the second shaft, and an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, and configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft. The second coupling member includes a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first fastening device, and a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a long hole extending along a circumferential direction of the above-described axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second fastening device inserted through the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Ogawa, Satoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240052880
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device includes: a thrust collar fitted with a drive shaft, the thrust collar including a flange portion extending radially outward of the drive shaft; and a thrust member penetrated by the thrust collar and including a pad portion in a region facing the flange portion. The pad portion includes: a plurality of land portions which are parallel to a plane orthogonal an axis of the drive shaft and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the drive shaft; and tapered portions each of which is disposed between adjacent land portions among the plurality of land portions, joined via a step to a boundary of one land portion in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft, and joined continuously to a boundary of another land portion. Each of the land portions has a circumferential groove which is longer in the circumferential direction than in a radial direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Seigi YANO, Takaya FUTAE, Shuichi ISAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11897055
    Abstract: A balance adjustment method for a rotor includes an imbalance acquisition step of acquiring imbalance position and amount of the rotor after a first balance correction step of correcting balance of the rotor by cutting a compressor wheel side, an excision target section determination step of determining, based on the imbalance position and amount of the rotor, an excision target range including an imbalance correction position of the turbine wheel and a removal amount in the excision target range, and a second balance correction step of correcting the balance of the rotor by repeatedly irradiating the excision target range determined in the excision target section determination step with laser light from a laser marker device to remove by the removal amount from the turbine wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Matsushita, Hideyuki Kumagai, Hiroyuki Kadono
  • Patent number: 11876380
    Abstract: The hybrid power generation system includes a renewable energy power generation device and a rotary power generation device connected to a common alternating-current power system. In the system, if renewable energy or an output fluctuates, a correction value calculated based on the fluctuation amount is added to a control parameter as a feedforward component, controlling the rotary power generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakamoto, Yoshimi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11840981
    Abstract: At least one thermal barrier coating member mounted on an inner wall surface, facing a combustion chamber of an engine, of a cylinder liner accommodating a piston slidably along an axial direction, is provided with: a base layer configured to be detachably fitted into a recess formed in the inner wall surface of the cylinder liner; and a thermal barrier coating layer formed on an opposite side of the base layer from the inner wall surface of the cylinder liner. The thermal barrier coating layer is disposed above a piston ring which is positioned at an uppermost position in the axial direction of the cylinder liner when the piston reaches top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Terakado, Yuji Bessho, Kimihiko Maehata
  • Patent number: 11841028
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device is provided with: a rotational shaft; a collar member fitted to the rotational shaft and having a first thrust surface; and a thrust member having an insertion hole into which the rotational shaft is inserted and a second thrust surface which is disposed around the insertion hole and faces the first thrust surface of the collar member. The first thrust surface is configured to be inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the rotational shaft so that a distance between the first thrust surface and the second thrust surface periodically increases and decreases with rotation of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Futae, Seigi Yano, Shimpei Yokoyama, Tasuku Masuda, Yuya Kojima, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Patent number: 11835057
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal compressor is an impeller 5 of a centrifugal compressor, that is, a compressor impeller 5 and includes a hub, at least one airfoil portion erected on a hub surface of the hub, and a first fillet. The at least one airfoil portion has a trailing edge configured such that a distance between the trailing edge and an axis of the centrifugal compressor increases with increasing distance from a back surface of the hub. The first fillet is formed on a radially outer side of an outer peripheral surface of a back plate portion forming a back surface portion of the hub. The first fillet connects the outer peripheral surface of the back plate portion and the trailing edge of the at least one airfoil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujita, Nobuhito Oka
  • Patent number: 11828240
    Abstract: A temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of a turbocharger is detected for each cycle of an engine. A first vibration component corresponding to each of cylinders is specified from a pulsation component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, and the first vibration components for each of the cylinders are integrated over a plurality of cycles. A variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders is calculated by comparing integration results among the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Sase, Shintarou Noguchi, Byeongil An
  • Patent number: 11828222
    Abstract: A sealing structure of a turbocharger includes a turbine housing including a scroll channel, a nozzle mount, a nozzle plate defining, with the nozzle mount, an exhaust gas channel for introducing an exhaust gas from the scroll channel to a turbine wheel, the nozzle plate including an annular plate portion that has a channel wall surface defining the exhaust gas channel and a tubular portion that extends from an inner peripheral end portion on a back surface of the annular plate portion toward a first inner wall surface of the turbine housing, and a sealing device for sealing a section between the first inner wall surface and an end surface of the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Jain Sambhav, Yosuke Danmoto, Youji Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11821358
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbocharger according to an embodiment includes a rotational shaft; a turbine wheel disposed on one end side of the rotational shaft; a compressor wheel disposed on another end side of the rotational shaft; a bearing housing for housing a bearing part for rotatably supporting the rotational shaft; a variable nozzle structure for controlling a flow rate of an exhaust gas flowing into the turbine wheel, the variable nozzle structure including a nozzle plate and nozzle mount that define an exhaust gas flow passage for allowing the exhaust gas to flow into the turbine wheel, a nozzle vane disposed rotatably about a support shaft in the exhaust gas flow passage, and a drive part for rotating the nozzle vane, the drive part being disposed in an internal space defined between the bearing housing and the nozzle mount; and a cooling gas passage for extracting compressed gas compressed by the compressor wheel and introducing the compressed gas into the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Hokuto Isoda, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Publication number: 20230358189
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses leakage of combustion gas from a contact surface. A cylinder head (20) is attached to a cylinder block. The surface (26) of the side of the cylinder head (20) that is attached to the cylinder block includes a first region (AH1) and a second region (AH2) that has higher hardness than the first region (AH1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki IIZUMI, Motoi KAWASHIMA, Takuya KUMAGAI, Makoto SAKAGUCHI, Kazunori SAWAZAKI, Hideho NARITA, Ryuji KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11808174
    Abstract: A turbine includes: a rotatable impeller with a hub provided with a plurality of rotor blades; and a tubular member in which a diffuser located downstream of the impeller is formed. On an inner surface of the tubular member, a plurality of projections projecting radially inward of the tubular member are formed at positions closer to an inlet end of the tubular member than an outlet end of the tubular member. The plurality of projections are arranged in a circumferential direction of the inner surface so as to leave a space between adjacent projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Makoto Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11808173
    Abstract: A scroll passage of a turbine housing includes: an outer peripheral surface extending along an axial direction of the turbine housing; an inner peripheral surface disposed inward of the outer peripheral surface; a one-side surface extending along the radial direction; an other-side surface disposed closer to an outlet of the housing; a one-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the one-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; an other-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; and an other-side inner peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the inner peripheral surface. A ratio of a width dimension of the scroll passage to an R dimension of each portion is defined as a peripheral R ratio, and the peripheral R ratio has an R ratio increasing region the ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Hoshi, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Shunsuke Miyoshi, Kenji Nitta, Sosuke Irie
  • Patent number: 11808655
    Abstract: A vibration isolation holding device includes a body portion and an abutment member. The abutment member is arranged between the body portion and a bearing housing, and has an abutment surface abutting on the bearing housing, when a cartridge is held. A biasing member is disposed between the abutment member and the body portion. An interval between the body portion and the abutment member is regulated by a first regulating portion to be shorter than a natural length of the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Miura, Hideo Mori, Takanori Shoji, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Publication number: 20230349556
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion cylinder; and a combustion-chamber forming member disposed so as to be at least partially inserted into the combustion cylinder and forming a combustion chamber with the combustion cylinder. A radial-direction gap for introducing film air is formed between the combustion cylinder and the combustion-chamber forming member. A gas turbine includes a combustor; a compressor for generating compressed air; and a turbine configured to be rotary driven by combustion gas from the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji FUJITA, Hikaru KUROSAKI, Yuta ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230353016
    Abstract: This rotary machine is provided with: a rotor shaft; a compressor connected to the rotor shaft; a rotor connected to the rotor shaft on the upstream side, from the compressor, of the air-flow flowing to the compressor; a stator disposed so as to have a space from the outer circumferential part of the rotor; and a cover that covers the upstream side of the air-flow in the space between the stator and the rotor and that has an opening formed so as to connect the space with the upstream side, from the space, of the air-flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi SATO, Naomichi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11802575
    Abstract: With an electric compressor including a rotational shaft, a compressor wheel disposed on the rotational shaft, and an electric motor for applying a rotational force to the rotational shaft including a rotor fixed to the rotational shaft, and a stator disposed around the rotor, for applying the rotational force to the rotor by an electromagnetic force, a vibration/noise reduction device includes a detector for detecting a frequency related to a vibration of the stator, and a signal generator for generating a vibration signal that has a frequency of a predetermined integral multiple of an electrical angle frequency, which is obtained from the frequency detected by the detector, and has a signal wave attenuating the vibration of the stator, and a vibrator for vibrating the electric compressor based on the vibration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi Shibata, Michio Kyoya
  • Publication number: 20230340904
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a casing of a turbocharger includes: a steam treatment step of subjecting at least one of a turbine housing and a bearing housing to a steam treatment to form an oxide film on the at least one of the turbine housing and the bearing housing before assembling the turbine housing, the bearing housing and a compressor housing; and an assembling step of assembling the turbine housing, the bearing housing and the compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei KONNO, Kazuya TAKEDA, Wataru MURONO, Yuya KONNO