Patents by Inventor Naoki Tokue

Naoki Tokue 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: 10612411
    Abstract: A variable nozzle unit is used in a turbine having a gas inflow passage which is sandwiched between a first flow passage wall surface and a second flow passage wall surface facing each other and through which a gas flowing from a scroll flow passage into a turbine impeller flows. The variable nozzle unit includes nozzle vanes, each of which is rotatably supported on both sides thereof by the first flow passage wall surface side and the second flow passage wall surface side and pivots about a pivotal axis parallel to the rotational axis of the turbine impeller in the gas inflow passage. An end face of the nozzle vane is formed with a cut face that is located closer to a leading edge than the pivotal axis, is cut out such that a gap between the cut face and the second flow passage wall surface is greater than other regions, and intersects the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Nishioka, Naoki Tokue
  • Patent number: 10030576
    Abstract: A bottom surface of a housing recess of a turbine housing includes a close attachment portion in a continuous annular land shape, which is located radially outside a fitting recess. The close attachment portion is closely attached to a portion radially outside first support holes in a surface of a shroud ring opposite from its facing surface, by a fastening force of attachment bolts. The first support holes in the shroud ring communicate with an outlet side of a turbine impeller through a connection path and a cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Ueda, Akira Iwakami, Yoshinari Yoshida, Naoki Tokue, Masaru Nishioka, Mikito Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180179909
    Abstract: A variable nozzle unit is used in a turbine having a gas inflow passage which is sandwiched between a first flow passage wall surface and a second flow passage wall surface facing each other and through which a gas flowing from a scroll flow passage into a turbine impeller flows. The variable nozzle unit includes nozzle vanes, each of which is rotatably supported on both sides thereof by the first flow passage wall surface side and the second flow passage wall surface side and pivots about a pivotal axis parallel to the rotational axis of the turbine impeller in the gas inflow passage. An end face of the nozzle vane is formed with a cut face that is located closer to a leading edge than the pivotal axis, is cut out such that a gap between the cut face and the second flow passage wall surface is greater than other regions, and intersects the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru NISHIOKA, Naoki TOKUE
  • Patent number: 9702264
    Abstract: Three or more attachment pins are arranged on a right lateral surface of a nozzle ring at intervals. All the attachment pins are placed outside support holes in the nozzle ring in radial directions of the nozzle ring. A guide ring is provided across right lateral surfaces of the attachment pins. A first side guide member to support a right lateral surface of a drive ring in away that allows the right lateral surface to be in sliding contact therewith is provided to the right of the guide ring. A second side guide member to support a left lateral surface of the drive ring in a way that allows the left lateral surface to be in sliding contact therewith is provided to the left of the guide ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Ueda, Akira Iwakami, Naoki Tokue, Masaru Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20150125275
    Abstract: A bottom surface of a housing recess of a turbine housing includes a close attachment portion in a continuous annular land shape, which is located radially outside a fitting recess. The close attachment portion is closely attached to a portion radially outside first support holes in a surface of a shroud ring opposite from its facing surface, by a fastening force of attachment bolts. The first support holes in the shroud ring communicate with an outlet side of a turbine impeller through a connection path and a cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi UEDA, Akira IWAKAMI, Yoshinari YOSHIDA, Naoki TOKUE, Masaru NISHIOKA, Mikito ISHII
  • Publication number: 20140334918
    Abstract: Three or more attachment pins are arranged on a right lateral surface of a nozzle ring at intervals. All the attachment pins are placed outside support holes in the nozzle ring in radial directions of the nozzle ring. A guide ring is provided across right lateral surfaces of the attachment pins. A first side guide member to support a right lateral surface of a drive ring in away that allows the right lateral surface to be in sliding contact therewith is provided to the right of the guide ring. A second side guide member to support a left lateral surface of the drive ring in a way that allows the left lateral surface to be in sliding contact therewith is provided to the left of the guide ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi UEDA, Akira Iwakami, Naoki Tokue, Masaru Nishioka