Patents by Inventor Atsushi Higashio

Atsushi Higashio 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: 10077783
    Abstract: A rotation mechanism includes a casing with an upper half portion and a lower half portion; and an internal unit disposed in the casing with a rotor rotating around an axis thereof. Additionally, a bearing portion rotatably supports the rotor, and an annular seal portion seals a gap surrounding a circumferential surface of the rotor. An axial movement restricting portion includes a fitting concave portion on one of the casing and the internal unit, and a fitting convex portion to be fitted into the fitting concave portion as a pair, which restricts relative movement between the casing and the internal unit in a direction of axis. A tapered surface is formed on the fitting concave portion and the fitting convex portion and a width thereof in the direction of axis increases toward an inner circumferential side in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Masuda, Atsushi Higashio
  • Patent number: 9664055
    Abstract: An impeller and a rotary machine include an inner diameter portion, a disk portion, a blade portion, and a cover portion. The disk portion includes a main body portion adjacent to the blade portion, and a fixing portion disposed at a radially inward side of the main body portion and fitted at a radially outward side of an outer peripheral surface of the inner diameter portion. The fixing portion is formed so as to protrude from the main body portion toward another side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Katsuya Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Atsushi Higashio
  • Patent number: 9587644
    Abstract: A compressor casing, a compressor provided with the same, and a method of assembling the compressor are provided. The compressor casing includes a substantially tubular casing, a plurality of sealing surfaces provided on an inner circumferential surface of the compressor casing along an axial direction thereof, a sealing means provided for each of the plurality sealing surfaces, a substantially cylindrical bundle for accommodating a blade inside and for being assembled to the compressor casing so as to have contact with the plurality of sealing surfaces, and a roller provided on an outer circumferential surface of the substantially cylindrical bundle, for rolling on the inner circumferential surface of the compressor casing when the substantially cylindrical bundle is assembled to or removed from the compressor casing. The sealing surfaces are connected with one another with tapered surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Higashio, Kazumi Matsubayashi
  • Patent number: 8974176
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor that is capable of, with a simple configuration, facilitating the insertion operation of a compressor bundle by reliably preventing tilting thereof during insertion into a chamber; and that also makes it possible to reduce a roller size without increasing the contact pressure of rollers for sliding the compressor bundle. A small tilt sensor that detects a relative angle difference ? of the compressor bundle with respect to the bundle casing is provided at at least one location in the compressor bundle to be inserted into the chamber inside the bundle casing. In addition, the weight of the compressor bundle during the insertion into the chamber is supported by rollers provided at a bottom portion near the front end of the compressor bundle by making the rollers come in contact with an inner circumferential wall surface of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Sasaki, Takeshi Yoshimi, Yasuyoshi Tozaki, Akihiko Yano, Atsushi Higashio
  • Publication number: 20140178183
    Abstract: A rotation mechanism includes: a casing which is configured to be vertically split into two portions and includes an upper half portion on the upper side and a lower half portion on the lower side; an internal unit which is disposed in the casing and has a configuration in which a rotor which rotates around an axis thereof, a bearing portion which rotatably supports the rotor, and an annular seal portion which seals a gap surrounding a circumferential surface of the rotor so as to enable the rotor to rotate are integrated; an axial movement restricting portion which includes a fitting concave portion provided on one of the casing and the internal unit and a fitting convex portion provided on the other thereof to be fitted into the fitting concave portion as a pair and restricts relative movement between the casing and the internal unit in a direction of axis; and a tapered surface which is formed on each of the fitting concave portion and the fitting convex portion so that a width thereof in the direction of
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohiro Masuda, Atsushi Higashio
  • Publication number: 20140064975
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an impeller and a rotary machine including an inner diameter portion, a disk portion, a blade portion, and a cover portion. The disk portion includes a main body portion provided the blade portion, and a fixing portion disposed at an inner side in a radial direction of the rotor than the main body portion and fitted at the outside of an outer peripheral surface of the inner diameter portion. The fixing portion is formed so as to protrude toward the other side in the axial direction from the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Katsuya Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Atsushi Higashio
  • Publication number: 20130243582
    Abstract: A compressor casing to allow easy assemblage and disassembling, a compressor provided with the same, and a method of assembling the compressor are provided. The compressor casing includes a substantially tubular casing, a plurality of sealing surfaces provided on an inner circumferential surface of the casing along an axial direction thereof, a sealing means provided for each sealing surface, a substantially cylindrical bundle for accommodating a blade inside and for being assembled to the casing so as to contact with the sealing surfaces, and a roller provided on an outer circumferential surface of the bundle, for rolling on the inner circumferential surface of the casing when the bundle is assembled to or removed from the casing. The sealing surfaces are connected with one another tapered surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Atsushi Higashio, Kazumi Matsubayashi
  • Publication number: 20120243982
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor that is capable of, with a simple configuration, facilitating the insertion operation of a compressor bundle by reliably preventing tilting thereof during insertion into a chamber; and that also makes it possible to reduce a roller size without increasing the contact pressure of rollers for sliding the compressor bundle. A small tilt sensor that detects a relative angle difference ? of the compressor bundle with respect to the bundle casing is provided at at least one location in the compressor bundle to be inserted into the chamber inside the bundle casing. In addition, the weight of the compressor bundle during the insertion into the chamber is supported by rollers provided at a bottom portion near the front end of the compressor bundle by making the rollers come in contact with an inner circumferential wall surface of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Masashi SASAKI, Takeshi Yoshimi, Yasuyoshi Tozaki, Akihiko Yano, Atsushi Higashio
  • Patent number: 6959571
    Abstract: Hydraulic cylinders are provided in a housing so as to be opposed to work rolls and backup rolls. Before a front end portion of a rollable material is engaged between the work rolls, the working oil pressure of the hydraulic cylinders is set at a high pressure value to make a pressing force on roll chocks high. After the rollable material is completely engaged between the work rolls, the working oil pressure of the hydraulic cylinders is set at a low pressure value to make the pressing force on the roll chocks low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Yamamoto, Atsushi Higashio, Hideaki Furumoto
  • Publication number: 20030024293
    Abstract: Hydraulic cylinders are provided in a housing so as to be opposed to work rolls and backup rolls. Before a front end portion of a rollable material is engaged between the work rolls, the working oil pressure of the hydraulic cylinders is set at a high pressure value to make a pressing force on roll chocks high. After the rollable material is completely engaged between the work rolls, the working oil pressure of the hydraulic cylinders is set at a low pressure value to make the pressing force on the roll chocks low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Mikio Yamamoto, Atsushi Higashio, Hideaki Furumoto
  • Patent number: 6510721
    Abstract: Work rolls opposed to each other have shafts rotatably supported by upper and lower work roll chocks of a housing, a screw down device for applying a predetermined pressure to the upper work roll is provided in an upper portion of the housing, screw mechanisms capable of thrusting the work roll chocks in a horizontal direction are provided on an entry side or a delivery side of the housing, hydraulic cylinder mechanisms capable of thrusting the work roll chocks in the horizontal direction are provided on the other side, and contraction portions are provided in hydraulic supply and discharge pipes of the hydraulic cylinder mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Yamamoto, Atsushi Higashio, Hideaki Furumoto, Naoki Morihira, Kanji Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Kazuo Morimoto