Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Kameya

Hirotaka Kameya 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: 20080080997
    Abstract: A screw compressor rotatably accommodates, within a casing 20 including a suction port and a delivery port 3, a pair of female and male rotors 1, 2 under the meshed state and compresses gas in the state where a liquid is mixed by pouring the liquid to the gas confined within a working chamber 8 formed with both rotors 1, 2 and the casing 20. On the wall surface of the casing 20 opposing to the rotor delivery end, a recessed part 10 is provided. The working chamber 8 is communicated with the recessed part 10 immediately before isolating from the delivery port 3 and this communication is maintained until a volume of the working chamber 8 substantially becomes zero. Thereby, the screw compressor can be control increase in power consumption, vibration, and noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: KOHTARO CHIBA, Hirotaka Kameya, Hideharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7081311
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack has an air chamber to which is introduced compressed air that is produced by compressing the atmosphere with a compressor. Energy is recovered from exhaust discharged from the air chamber as it is expanded by an expander. The compressor and the expander are connected to each other via the air chamber of the fuel cell stack through piping. The pressure of the exhaust flowing through the piping is detected by a pressure sensor and, based on the detected pressure, a throttle valve controls a flow rate of the exhaust drawn into the expander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Fumio Takeda, Masayuki Kasahara, Hitoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20060140810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump which assures high reliability while maintaining the functionality as a compact, inexpensive motor-mounted internal gear pump. The pump includes an inner rotor with teeth on its outer surface, an outer rotor with teeth on its inner surface to engage with the inner rotor teeth, a pump casing housing both the rotors, and an inner rotor support shaft which pivotally supports the inner rotor. The motor includes a rotator located inside the pump casing, and a stator located outside the pump casing. The pump casing includes two casing members which face both side faces of the outer rotor and the inner rotor and have an outer rotor bearing which pivotally supports both sides of the outer rotor. The inner rotor support shaft has an inner rotor bearing eccentric to the outer rotor to support the inner rotor pivotally in a rotatable manner and connects the two casing members virtually concentrically with the outer rotor bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Taiwan Hitachi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Masato Nakanishi, Eiji Sato, Yuuichi Yanagase, Kouji Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7044724
    Abstract: A screw compressor comprises a casing, and a male and a female rotor formed with axially twisted screw grooves and accommodated in the casing, the both rotors being rotated by timing gears fixed to the respective rotors while a desired minute gap is kept therebetween, and a method of manufacturing rotors therefor. In the screw compressor, the male and female rotors formed with axially twisted screw grooves in the casing comprise concave stripes having a minute depth and provided on the respective screw grooves to extend along directions of twist thereof, and leakage of a compressed air is less to give a high compression efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Tomu Kato, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Patent number: 7040845
    Abstract: A screw compressor comprises a casing, and a male and a female rotor formed with axially twisted screw grooves and accommodated in the casing, the both rotors being rotated by timing gears fixed to the respective rotors while a desired minute gap is kept therebetween, and a method of manufacturing rotors therefor. In the screw compressor, the male and female rotors formed with axially twisted screw grooves in the casing comprise concave stripes having a minute depth and provided on the respective screw grooves to extend along directions of twist thereof, and leakage of a compressed air is less to give a high compression efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Tomu Kato, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Patent number: 7014437
    Abstract: An oil separator and an oil reservoir are formed integral with a main casing. Also, an opening communicated with the oil reservoir is formed in a part of a lower portion of an oil separation space of the oil separator. Preferably, the opening is formed so that its width is increased as it approaches an outer peripheral side of the oil separation space from a center thereof. Further, a safety valve is installed so that a line connecting between the safety valve and the center of the oil separator is made substantially in parallel to axes of screw rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., trustee, for the benefit of Hitachi Air Conditioning Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohsumimoto, Masayuki Urashin, Shigekazu Nozawa, Takeshi Hida, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Publication number: 20050265860
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a motor-mounted internal gear pump that is small-sized, less expensive and has high reliability, while utilizing a function of an internal gear pump that is suitable for high head. A motor-mounted internal gear pump has a pump section for sucking and discharging a liquid and a motor section for driving the same. The pump section has an internal rotor having teeth formed around its outer periphery, an external rotor having teeth formed around its inner periphery and a pump casing that accommodates both rotors and has a suction port for sucking a liquid and a discharge port for discharging a liquid. The motor section has a can that composes a part of the pump casing and formed of anon-magnetic material into a thin plate, a rotator arranged at the inside of the can for driving the external rotor or the internal rotor; and a stator arranged at the outside of the can for rotating the rotator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Masato Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20050147519
    Abstract: A screw compressor comprises a casing, and a male and a female rotor formed with axially twisted screw grooves and accommodated in the casing, the both rotors being rotated by timing gears fixed to the respective rotors while a desired minute gap is kept therebetween, and a method of manufacturing rotors therefor. In the screw compressor, the male and female rotors formed with axially twisted screw grooves in the casing comprise concave stripes having a minute depth and provided on the respective screw grooves to extend along directions of twist thereof, and leakage of a compressed air is less to give a high compression efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Tomu Kato, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Publication number: 20050089433
    Abstract: A screw compressor comprises a casing, and a male and a female rotor formed with axially twisted screw grooves and accommodated in the casing, the both rotors being rotated by timing gears fixed to the respective rotors while a desired minute gap is kept therebetween, and a method of manufacturing rotors therefor. In the screw compressor, the male and female rotors formed with axially twisted screw grooves in the casing comprise concave stripes having a minute depth and provided on the respective screw grooves to extend along directions of twist thereof, and leakage of a compressed air is less to give a high compression efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Tomu Kato, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Patent number: 6884049
    Abstract: A screw compressor of which a female rotor is driven by a motor, and of which a male rotor is driven by the female rotor. The male or female rotor is composed of a member which is made of cast iron and is subjected to surface hardening treatment or heat treatment including quenching. The surface hardening treatment may include sulphonitriding or nitiriding treatment. In the case of subjecting the cast iron to the heat treatment, austemper treatment is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.,
    Inventors: Takeshi Hida, Masayuki Urashin, Shigekazu Nozawa, Hiroki Ohsumimoto, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20050063852
    Abstract: A screw compressor of which a female rotor is driven by a motor, and of which a male rotor is driven by the female rotor. The male or female rotor is composed of a member which is made of cast iron and is subjected to surface hardening treatment or heat treatment including quenching. The surface hardening treatment may include sulphonitriding or nitiriding treatment. In the case of subjecting the cast iron to the heat treatment, austemper treatment is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Hida, Masayuki Urashin, Shigekazu Nozawa, Hiroki Ohsumimoto, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040208771
    Abstract: An oil separator and an oil reservoir are formed integral with a main casing. Also, an opening communicated with the oil reservoir is formed in a part of a lower portion of an oil separation space of the oil separator. Preferably, the opening is formed so that its width is increased as it approaches an outer peripheral side of the oil separation space from a center thereof. Further, a safety valve is installed so that a line connecting between the safety valve and the center of the oil separator is made substantially in parallel to axes of screw rotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohsumimoto, Masayuki Urashin, Shigekazu Nozawa, Takeshi Hida, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Publication number: 20030108446
    Abstract: A screw compressor of which a female rotor is driven by a motor, and of which a male rotor is driven by the female rotor. The male or female rotor is composed of a member which is made of cast iron and is subjected to surface hardening treatment or heat treatment including quenching. The surface hardening treatment may include sulphonitriding or nitiriding treatment. In the case of subjecting the cast iron to the heat treatment, austemper treatment is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Hida, Masayuki Urashin, Shigekazu Nozawa, Hiroki Ohsumimoto, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6554595
    Abstract: In an oil-mist separator included by a compressor, an inlet passage directs a flow axis of a mixture gas including a mist of lubrication oil and a gas to be taken out of the compressor with a pressurized condition when the mixture gas reaches a chamber, and a discharge port for discharging the gas from the chamber opens in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hida, Shigekazu Nozawa, Masayuki Urashin, Hiroki Osumimoto, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030049505
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack has an air chamber to which is introduced compressed air that is produced by compressing the atmosphere with a compressor. Energy is recovered from exhaust discharged from the air chamber as it is expanded by an expander. The compressor and the expander are connected to each other via the air chamber of the fuel cell stack through piping. The pressure of the exhaust flowing through the piping is detected by a pressure sensor and, based on the detected pressure, a throttle valve controls a flow rate of the exhaust drawn into the expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Fumio Takeda, Masayuki Kasahara, Hitoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20030021714
    Abstract: The screw compressor according to the invention is provided with a main casing 1 having male and female rotors 6, a discharge casing 3 having a discharge passage 15 for compressed gas discharged from the rotors, and an oil reservoir 19 for accumulating oil separated from the compressed gas. The discharge casing is provided with a cylindrical oil separating space section 4 formed therein so as to communicate with the discharge passage, which discharge passage is connected in a tangential direction of the oil separating space section. Further, a discharge port 14 is provided so as to communicate with the oil separating space section, and a cylindrical member 5 is further provided in the oil separating space section so as to be concentric therewith. The oil separating space section and the oil reservoir are connected to each other through a communication passage having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the oil separating space section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroki Osumimoto, Shigekazu Nozawa, Masayuki Urashin, Takeshi Hida, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6506039
    Abstract: The screw compressor according to the invention is provided with a main casing 1 having male and female rotors 6, a discharge casing 3 having a discharge passage 15 for compressed gas discharged from the rotors, and an oil reservoir 19 for accumulating oil separated from the compressed gas. The discharge casing is provided with a cylindrical oil separating space section 4 formed therein so as to communicate with the discharge passage, which discharge passage is connected in a tangential direction of the oil separating space section. Further, a discharge port 14 is provided so as to communicate with the oil separating space section, and a cylindrical member 5 is further provided in the oil separating space section so as to be concentric therewith. The oil separating space section and the oil reservoir are connected to each other through a communication passage having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the oil separating space section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Osumimoto, Shigekazu Nozawa, Masayuki Urashin, Takeshi Hida, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20020054823
    Abstract: In an oil-mist separator included by a compressor, an inlet passage directs a flow axis of a mixture gas including a mist of lubrication oil and a gas to be taken out of the compressor with a pressurized condition when the mixture gas reaches a chamber, and a discharge port for discharging the gas from the chamber opens in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Hida, Shigekazu Nozawa, Masayuki Urashin, Hiroki Osumimoto, Hirotaka Kameya, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6257855
    Abstract: A screw rotor for use in screw compressors and screw vacuum pumps comprises a pair of rotors including a male rotor and a female rotor. These rotors have helical lobes in an axial direction and mesh with each other to form a compression chamber. Depending upon a lobe configuration of the rotors, suction pressure and discharge pressure, a negative torque for self-rotation as well as a positive torque opposing to rotation due to a compression action is generated on the female rotor in operation. This phenomenon generates when a value obtained by integrating a torque acting on the female rotor over an entire cross section in an axial direction of the rotors becomes negative. When the negative torque is generated, noises due to tooth separating vibration is caused. Then, a lobe profile is defined such that a magnitude of the negative torque is smaller than that of the positive torque in respective cross sections of the female rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Shigekazu Nozawa, Masayuki Urashin, Takeshi Hida, Masakazu Aoki
  • Patent number: 5314321
    Abstract: A screw-type rotary fluid machine such as a compressor or a vacuum pump has male and female rotors which rotate within a casing, with or without mutual contact. At least one of the male and female rotors being surface-treated to have a treated surface structure. The treated surface structure is a multi-layered structures composed of a plurality of layers including a non-electrolytic Ni plating layer and at least one covering layer of organic resin. The organic resin may be one or more kinds selected from a group of engineering plastics, so as to improve mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamamoto, Toshihiro Yamada, Tatsuo Natori, Kotaro Naya, Motohiro Satoo, Mitsuru Fujiwara, Katsumi Matsubara, Kazuaki Shinoki, Hirotaka Kameya