Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kawanishi

Kenichi Kawanishi 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: 9914186
    Abstract: The water jet peening device of the present invention is provided with: a swiveling mechanism for swiveling a spray nozzle in the horizontal direction centered on a positioning member that is positioned at the upper end of an instrumentation tube support; a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the spray nozzle in the vertical direction with respect to the positioning member that is positioned at the upper end of the instrumentation tube support; and a rotation mechanism for supporting the spray nozzle so as to be able to rotate centered on a downward-inclined rotation shaft center on the positioning member end of the vertical direction, disposing a spray port aimed toward the side of the rotation shaft center in a direction that is at a slant from the rotation shaft center, and rotating the spray nozzle centered on the rotation shaft center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hinami, Kenichi Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9884405
    Abstract: According to the present invention, the distance between a spray nozzle and a surface to be constructed is kept constant, and the spray nozzle is moved smoothly to perform water jet peening in a suitable state of construction. A water jet peening device has a spray nozzle (8) for spraying a water jet, the spray nozzle being capable of moving along a predetermined movement trajectory so that a spray port (8a) of the spray nozzle points upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hinami, Kenichi Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20150340108
    Abstract: According to the present invention, the distance between a spray nozzle and a surface to be constructed is kept constant, and the spray nozzle is moved smoothly to perform water jet peening in a suitable state of construction. A water jet peening device has a spray nozzle (8) for spraying a water jet, the spray nozzle being capable of moving along a predetermined movement trajectory so that a spray port (8a) of the spray nozzle points upward or downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hinami, Kenichi Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20150321299
    Abstract: The water jet peening device of the present invention is provided with: a swiveling mechanism for swiveling a spray nozzle in the horizontal direction centered on a positioning member that is positioned at the upper end of an instrumentation tube support; a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the spray nozzle in the vertical direction with respect to the positioning member that is positioned at the upper end of the instrumentation tube support; and a rotation mechanism for supporting the spray nozzle so as to be able to rotate centered on a downward-inclined rotation shaft center on the positioning member end of the vertical direction, disposing a spray port aimed toward the side of the rotation shaft center in a direction that is at a slant from the rotation shaft center, and rotating the spray nozzle centered on the rotation shaft center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hinami, Kenichi Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9102024
    Abstract: A clearance increasing jig of a heat transfer tube, includes: a jig main body inserted into a clearance between adjacent heat transfer tubes; an inflow hole provided in the jig main body and configured to allow a fluid to flow into the jig main body; and an increasing unit provided in the jig main body and configured to increase the clearance as the fluid flows into the jig main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Kenichi Kawanishi, Masahito Matsubara, Yoshihisa Fujiwara, Tomochika Hamamoto, Yukihide Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20140034269
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes: a plurality of heat transfer tubes which is arranged and provided with predetermined gaps; and a plurality of second vibration suppression members 14B which is provided in the gaps and is provided on both sides sandwiching each of the heat transfer tubes 5, and one second vibration suppression member 14B and the other second vibration suppression member 14B of a plurality of second vibration suppression members 14B are provided at different positions in an axial direction of the heat transfer tubes 5 sandwiching the heat transfer tubes 5, the one second vibration suppression member 14B is provided pressing the heat transfer tubes 5; and the other second vibration suppression member 14B is provided pressing the heat transfer tubes 5 from an opposite side of the one second vibration suppression member 14B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshihisa Fujiwara, Tomochika Hamamoto, Kenichi Kawanishi, Ikuo Otake, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Masahito Matsubara, Yoichi Iwamoto, Keisuke Sasajima, Kotoyo Mizuno, Ryuichi Nagase
  • Publication number: 20140020233
    Abstract: A clearance increasing jig of a heat transfer tube, includes: a jig main body inserted into a clearance between adjacent heat transfer tubes; an inflow hole provided in the jig main body and configured to allow a fluid to flow into the jig main body; and an increasing unit provided in the jig main body and configured to increase the clearance as the fluid flows into the jig main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Kenichi Kawanishi, Masahito Matsubara, Yoshihisa Fujiwara, Tomochika Hamamoto, Yukihide Shimazu
  • Patent number: 8362389
    Abstract: Aims are to provide a tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus and an adjustment method thereof capable of adjusting irradiation position with favorable reproducibility, even when an optical fiber is eccentric. In the tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus, an optical control unit (5) includes a rotational hold mechanism (9) for holding an optical fiber (6) in a manner that the optical fiber (6) is rotatable in a circumferential direction of the optical fiber (6), and, if a position of an intensity peak of the laser beam from the optical fiber (6) in an axial direction of the tubular body (2) is offset from the center of an irradiation profile, a position at which the optical fiber (6) is held in the circumferential direction is adjusted by the rotational hold mechanism (9) so as to eliminate the offset or to minimize an influence of the offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuho Tsubota, Takashi Ishide, Takashi Akaba, Hironori Onitsuka, Kenichi Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20100122972
    Abstract: Aims are to provide a tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus and an adjustment method thereof capable of adjusting irradiation position with favorable reproducibility, even when an optical fiber is eccentric. In the tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus, an optical control unit (5) includes a rotational hold mechanism (9) for holding an optical fiber (6) in a manner that the optical fiber (6) is rotatable in a circumferential direction of the optical fiber (6), and, if a position of an intensity peak of the laser beam from the optical fiber (6) in an axial direction of the tubular body (2) is offset from the center of an irradiation profile, a position at which the optical fiber (6) is held in the circumferential direction is adjusted by the rotational hold mechanism (9) so as to eliminate the offset or to minimize an influence of the offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuho Tsubota, Takashi Ishide, Takashi Akaba, Hironori Onitsuka, Kenichi Kawanishi