Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nishiyama

Kenichi Nishiyama 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: 11873720
    Abstract: A design method of a center guide pin includes a step of setting a virtual center axis of a casing, a step of acquiring a center position of the center guide pin in a horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a first offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the center guide pin from the virtual center axis of the casing in the horizontal direction, a step of setting a virtual center axis of a diaphragm, a step of acquiring a center position of a groove portion in the horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a second offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the groove portion from the virtual center axis of the diaphragm in the horizontal direction, and a step of designing the center guide pin based on the first offset amount and the second offset amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yasuhiko Kawamura, Hirotoshi Abo, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11598218
    Abstract: The valve device includes: a valve casing that includes a valve casing main body, in which an inlet flow path, an intermediate flow path, and an outlet flow path are formed, and a lid portion that closes an external opening portion formed in the valve casing main body; an intermediate valve seat portion that is detachable from the valve casing main body; a strainer that extends in a direction connecting the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion and is disposed between the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion; and an energizing member that is disposed between the strainer and the intermediate valve seat portion and is energized the intermediate valve seat portion toward the valve casing main body. The strainer is disposed with the energizing member pressed toward the valve casing main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishiyama, Yuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11598219
    Abstract: A valve drive device includes a hydraulic cylinder that is configured to drive a regulating valve, an actuator that is configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection pipe through which the hydraulic cylinder with the actuator communicate with each other and the hydraulic oil flows. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder body to which the hydraulic oil is supplied, a piston movable in a central axis direction of the cylinder body by the hydraulic oil supplied to the cylinder body, and a cylinder base on which the cylinder body is placed in a state where the central axis direction is coincident with a vertical direction. The cylinder base has hydraulic oil flow path portion connected to the connection pipe and through which the hydraulic oil flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20220403750
    Abstract: A design method of a center guide pin includes a step of setting a virtual center axis of a casing, a step of acquiring a center position of the center guide pin in a horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a first offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the center guide pin from the virtual center axis of the casing in the horizontal direction, a step of setting a virtual center axis of a diaphragm, a step of acquiring a center position of a groove portion in the horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a second offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the groove portion from the virtual center axis of the diaphragm in the horizontal direction, and a step of designing the center guide pin based on the first offset amount and the second offset amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yasuhiko Kawamura, Hirotoshi Abo, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11415018
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve casing 21, an intermediate rod portion 29, and an intermediate actuator unit 30. In the valve casing 21, a rod insertion hole into which the intermediate rod portion 29 can be inserted is formed. The intermediate actuator unit 30 includes a hydraulic cylinder that causes a piston rod portion to advance and retreat in a direction orthogonal to a second center axis direction D2. The hydraulic cylinder includes a rod guide portion that guides movement of the piston rod portion. A gap between an inner circumferential surface of the rod insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate rod portion 29 is formed to be wider than a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the rod guide portion and an outer circumferential surface of the piston rod portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20220186630
    Abstract: The valve device includes: a valve casing that includes a valve casing main body, in which an inlet flow path, an intermediate flow path, and an outlet flow path are formed, and a lid portion that closes an external opening portion formed in the valve casing main body; an intermediate valve seat portion that is detachable from the valve casing main body; a strainer that extends in a direction connecting the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion and is disposed between the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion; and an energizing member that is disposed between the strainer and the intermediate valve seat portion and is energized the intermediate valve seat portion toward the valve casing main body. The strainer is disposed with the energizing member pressed toward the valve casing main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishiyama, Yuki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210231026
    Abstract: A valve drive device includes a hydraulic cylinder that is configured to drive a regulating valve, an actuator that is configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection pipe through which the hydraulic cylinder with the actuator communicate with each other and the hydraulic oil flows. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder body to which the hydraulic oil is supplied, a piston movable in a central axis direction of the cylinder body by the hydraulic oil supplied to the cylinder body, and a cylinder base on which the cylinder body is placed in a state where the central axis direction is coincident with a vertical direction. The cylinder base has hydraulic oil flow path portion connected to the connection pipe and through which the hydraulic oil flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10808566
    Abstract: A valve device for installing in a cylinder of a turbine casing includes a plurality of valves arranged within a casing of a pressure receiving steam chamber, a plurality of steam channels fluidly communicating between the plurality of valves and the cylinder of the turbine casing, and a pressure receiving plate configured to receive pressure of steam in the pressure receiving steam chamber to hold at least two valve seats of the plurality of valves on the casing of the pressure receiving steam chamber. The pressure receiving plate has locking holes corresponding to the at least two valve seats, and the at least two valve seats are fully circumferentially locked by inner peripheral edges of the locking holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20200271009
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve casing 21, an intermediate rod portion 29, and an intermediate actuator unit 30. In the valve casing 21, a rod insertion hole into which the intermediate rod portion 29 can be inserted is formed. The intermediate actuator unit 30 includes a hydraulic cylinder that causes a piston rod portion to advance and retreat in a direction orthogonal to a second center axis direction D2. The hydraulic cylinder includes a rod guide portion that guides movement of the piston rod portion. A gap between an inner circumferential surface of the rod insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate rod portion 29 is formed to be wider than a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the rod guide portion and an outer circumferential surface of the piston rod portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10690001
    Abstract: A stop valve includes a connection-switching part capable of switching a connection state between a rod part having an end portion which is connected to a valve disc and an actuator part which linearly moves the rod part. The connection-switching part includes a concave engaging part which is recessed the rod part, a casing having an accommodation space joined to the concave engaging part formed therein, a plurality of frame pieces, a sleeve part which is movable between the frame piece accommodation position and a frame piece detachment position, and a gas introduction part through which a gas is introduced into the accommodation space. The sleeve part moves from the frame piece detachment position to the frame piece accommodation position using the gas. The casing is in contact with the frame pieces at the frame piece accommodation position when moving toward the second side in the central axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10605114
    Abstract: A valve device includes a main steam valve that is provided on a steam flow channel, a regulating valve that is provided on the steam flow channel to be connected to the main steam valve in series and that includes a first valve seat and a first valve body, an overload valve that is provided on a branch flow channel which connects a portion of the steam flow channel between the main steam valve and the regulating valve and a steam turbine to each other and that includes a second valve seat and a second valve body, and a driving unit that drives the first valve body and the second valve body as a common driving source of the first valve body and the second valve body such that the first valve body and the second valve body are interlocked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190234230
    Abstract: The present disclosure has an object to provide a valve device for a turbine in which valve seats of a plurality of valves can be reliably secured to a casing, a turbine including the valve device, and a method for producing the valve device and the turbine. A stop valve device used in a steam turbine includes: a plurality of valves arranged in a chamber into which steam flows; a casing in which the chamber and a plurality of steam channels are formed; and a pressure receiving plate configured to receive pressure of the steam in the chamber to hold two or more valve seats of the two or more valves on the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190195083
    Abstract: To provide redundancy to a link mechanism provided in a steam turbine. A backup device for a link mechanism includes a stand-by plate suspended from a regulating valve lever as a first link and located immediately below a contact stopper provided on a main rod as a second link. The backup device preferably further includes a clamp that is provided on the regulating valve lever and suspends the stand-by plate. If the links are disjoined due to damage to a joint that joins the links of the link mechanism and thus the main rod is disengaged from the regulating valve lever by its own weight, the contact stopper provided on the main rod is locked by the stand-by plate located immediately below the contact stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190093501
    Abstract: A stop valve includes a connection-switching part capable of switching a connection state between a rod part having an end portion which is connected to a valve disc and an actuator part which linearly moves the rod part. The connection-switching part includes a concave engaging part which is recessed the rod part, a casing having an accommodation space joined to the concave engaging part formed therein, a plurality of frame pieces, a sleeve part which is movable between the frame piece accommodation position and a frame piece detachment position, and a gas introduction part through which a gas is introduced into the accommodation space. The sleeve part moves from the frame piece detachment position to the frame piece accommodation position using the gas. The casing is in contact with the frame pieces at the frame piece accommodation position when moving toward the second side in the central axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10184602
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a cylindrical main body section that is provided with at least one annular rib on the outer circumferential surface; and a deforming section that is configured from a bellows that can be deformed in an axis line direction and diameter direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Koda, Jumpei Nishioka, Kenichi Nishiyama, Hiroaki Usui
  • Publication number: 20180306050
    Abstract: A valve device includes a main steam valve that is provided on a steam flow channel, a regulating valve that is provided on the steam flow channel to be connected to the main steam valve in series and that includes a first valve seat and a first valve body, an overload valve that is provided on a branch flow channel which connects a portion of the steam flow channel between the main steam valve and the regulating valve and a steam turbine to each other and that includes a second valve seat and a second valve body, and a driving unit that drives the first valve body and the second valve body as a common driving source of the first valve body and the second valve body such that the first valve body and the second valve body are interlocked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150377395
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a cylindrical main body section that is provided with at least one annular rib on the outer circumferential surface; and a deforming section that is configured from a bellows that can be deformed in an axis line direction and diameter direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro KODA, Jumpei NISHIOKA, Kenichi NISHIYAMA, Hiroaki USUI
  • Patent number: 7294907
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a housing having a resin-molded base and ribs; metal lead pieces embedded in the housing, the metal lead pieces each having an inner terminal portion facing an inner space of the housing, an outer terminal portion exposed at a bottom surface of the housing, and a lateral electrode portion exposed at an outer lateral surface of the housing; an imaging element fixed on the base in the inner space; connecting members connecting electrodes of the imaging element respectively to the inner terminal portions; and a transparent plate fixed to an upper surface of the ribs. The die pad having a through hole is embedded in a center portion of the base so that the die pad's upper and lower surfaces are exposed, and the imaging element is fixed on the die pad. A ventilation hole to the inner space of the housing that is formed in one piece with a resin can be formed easily with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Minamio, Kouichi Yamauchi, Kenichi Nishiyama, Kiyokazu Itoi
  • Publication number: 20050001219
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a housing having a resin-molded base and ribs; metal lead pieces embedded in the housing, the metal lead pieces each having an inner terminal portion facing an inner space of the housing, an outer terminal portion exposed at a bottom surface of the housing, and a lateral electrode portion exposed at an outer lateral surface of the housing; an imaging element fixed on the base in the inner space; connecting members connecting electrodes of the imaging element respectively to the inner terminal portions; and a transparent plate fixed to an upper surface of the ribs. The die pad having a through hole is embedded in a center portion of the base so that the die pad's upper and lower surfaces are exposed, and the imaging element is fixed on the die pad. A ventilation hole to the inner space of the housing that is formed in one piece with a resin can be formed easily with a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Minamio, Kouichi Yamauchi, Kenichi Nishiyama, Kiyokazu Itoi
  • Patent number: 5994212
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip is bonded onto a die pad portion of a lead frame including nickel/palladium/gold stacked plate layers. Then, a first bonding procedure is carried out with a metal wire of gold pressed against an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip while applying a load of approximately 60 g and ultrasonic waves with a power of approximately 55 mW by using a bonding tool. Subsequently, a second bonding procedure is carried out with the metal wire pressed against an inner lead portion of the lead frame while applying a load of 150 through 250 g and the ultrasonic waves with a power of 0 through 20 mW. In the second bonding procedure, the wire bonding in conformity with the property of the stacked plate layers can be conducted using a large load and a small ultrasonic power, resulting in attaining firm bonding in a short period of time without causing peeling of the gold plate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Arakawa, Seiichi Ito, Kenichi Nishiyama, Koei Maruyama