Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nakaniwa

Akihiro Nakaniwa 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: 20130272895
    Abstract: An impeller is formed of two parts, i.e., an inner peripheral side part and an outer peripheral side part. The inner peripheral side part is molded in a cylindrical shape. The outer peripheral side part is formed by integrally molding an annular disc externally fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the inner peripheral side part, a plurality of blades provided at an interval in a circumferential direction on a surface that faces the other side in the axis line direction of the annular disc and forming al flow path extending in a radial direction, and a cover covering the plurality of blades from the other side in the axis line direction and having an insertion hole to which the inner peripheral side part is inserted in the axis line direction at an interval in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hitoshi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20130251531
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary machine including: a shaft that rotates; a disc that has a substantially cylindrical hub fitted into the shaft and is provided so as to widen outward in a radial direction from a front end to a rear end of the hub; and an impeller having a plurality of blades provided on a surface of the disc. The hub has a tight fit section having an internal radius that is smaller than a radius of the shaft, and a loose fit section having an internal radius that is greater than the internal radius of the tight fit section. The loose fit section is provided on the front end side of the hub with respect to the tight fit section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hitoshi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20130164119
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure (50, 60) configured to seal a clearance (31, 32) with respect to a flow path defined by a rotary body (20) rotated about a central shaft (P) and configured to allow passage of a mainstream, and a stationary body (10) disposed at the rotary body (20) to form the clearance (31, 32), the seal structure including a seal member (51A, 51B) installed at the clearance (31, 32) and configured to divide a fluid introduced from the mainstream into the clearance (31, 32) into a high pressure side and a low pressure side, and a shifting member (52A, 52B) installed at the high pressure side of the fluid in the clearance (31, 32), and configured to allow passage of the fluid and reduce a velocity component in a rotational direction of the rotary body (20) of the velocity component of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 8444379
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a housing rotatably accommodating a rotary shaft, guide parts extending along a radial direction and an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and arranged side-by-side in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft, a partition part that is a partition between spaces between the guide parts and an outside space, a first seal part that is an annular protrusion, forming a first gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the partition part, and blocking a flow of fluid passing through the outside space, and a second seal part that is an annular protrusion extending in the radial direction, forming a second gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the housing, and blocking a flow of fluid that has passed through the spaces between guide parts and a flow of fluid that has passed through the first seal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yuji Futagami
  • Patent number: 8328510
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a housing that rotatably accommodates a rotary shaft, a plurality of guide parts that extend along at least one of a radial direction and an axial direction of the rotary shaft and that impart flow velocity components in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft to fluid passing through therebetween, a partition part that connects ends of the plurality of guide parts and that serves as a partition between spaces between the plurality of guide parts and an outside space, a first seal part that is an annular protrusion extending in the radial direction, that forms a first gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the housing, and that blocks fluid flowing toward the plurality of guide parts, and a second seal part that is an annular protrusion, that forms a second gap with respect to the rotary shaft or the partition part, and that blocks fluid flowing through the outside space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani
  • Publication number: 20120186605
    Abstract: The centrifugal compressor is provided with a casing, a rotating shaft which is supported inside the casing, an impeller which is arranged on the rotating shaft and rotates to compress a fluid, and a washing liquid injection device which injects a washing liquid into a flow path formed by the impeller and the casing. The washing liquid injection device is provided with a plurality of nozzles which are arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft to inject the washing liquid into the flow path and a plurality of chambers which communicate with each corresponding nozzle among the plurality of nozzles and supply the washing liquid to the corresponding nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20120121432
    Abstract: Provided is an impeller of a centrifugal compressor including: a hub; a plurality of blades protruding from a surface of the hub, wherein a passage is formed by the hub and a blade being adjacent with the hub, so that a fluid, flowing in along an axial direction at an inner circumferential side in a radial direction, is flowed out toward an outer circumferential side in a radial direction; each of the plurality of blades includes a main body part and a leading edge, the main body part including a pressure side and a suction side; an angle between a component central line of the main body part and the axial direction increases from an inner end toward an outer end; and a radius of curvature at a central position, intersecting with the component central line of the leading edge, decreases from the inner end toward the outer end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Tokiya Wakai, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yasuro Sakamoto, Takashi Hiyama
  • Publication number: 20110200439
    Abstract: A hub is supported rotatably about an axis of rotation, and the diameter thereof increases from upstream to downstream sides along a fluid flow. A plurality of impeller blades extend radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the hub. A shroud is formed in a cylindrical shape whose diameter increases from the upstream to downstream sides along the fluid flow and joins outer circumferential ends of the plurality of impeller blades. The impeller blades are composed of upstream blade segments and downstream blade segments bonded at a bonding surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The upstream blade segments are integral with at least a portion of the shroud, and the downstream blade segments are integral with at least a portion of the hub. This improves the reliability and performance of an impeller and a compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yujiro Watanabe, Toyoaki Yasui, Kazuyoshi Miyagawa, Yuya Konno
  • Publication number: 20100119367
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device for a rotary fluid machine and a rotary fluid machine capable of stabilizing the behavior of a rotary shaft in the rotary fluid machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKANIWA
  • Publication number: 20100028148
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device for a rotary fluid machine and a rotary fluid machine that reduce a decrease in efficiency and suppress swirling stall in a multistage rotary fluid machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani