Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Suzuta

Tadahiko Suzuta 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: 20240172396
    Abstract: A cooling system of the present disclosure includes: a coolant tank storing a coolant removing heat from a heating element in a closed space as an inner space; a plurality of heat pipes that are arranged to extend from the coolant tank toward the outside of the coolant tank and respectively having passages allowing the coolant as a working fluid to be movable therethrough; and a blower fan blowing air to the plurality of heat pipes from the outside of the coolant tank in a direction in which the heat pipes are arranged, wherein a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the extension direction of each heat pipe is a flat plate shape having a leading edge on an upstream side of a blowing direction of the blower fan and a trailing edge on a downstream side thereof with the blowing direction as a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Yuichi Otani, Sumiu Uchida, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroko Kitamoto, Kentaro Hayashi, Atsushi Imai
  • Publication number: 20230251041
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied, a pair of partition plates defining a closed space, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid into the closed space, a discharge portion configured to discharge the second fluid in the closed space, and a flow path forming portion forming a plurality of small flow path portions between the heat transfer tubes adjacent to each other. The second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the closed space in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the first fluid. The plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other when viewed from a position where the discharge portion is disposed in an extension direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Koichi Tanimoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroyuki Nakaharai
  • Publication number: 20230059838
    Abstract: An outer surface of a part of an airframe includes a mixed region in which a first color similar to a color applied to an adjacent region and a second color having a lower absorption rate of sunlight than the first color are mixed in a predetermined color distribution pattern. A reflective material that contributes to an increase in a reflection rate of sunlight is added to a part to which at least the first color is applied in the mixed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Umemoto, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Nobuhide Hara
  • Patent number: 10926862
    Abstract: Temperature of a structural member is maintained at allowable temperature or less by suppressing heat transfer from a high-temperature duct to the structural member. An insertion sheet according to the present invention is inserted between a flange and a partition panel. The flange is provided on a bleed duct and is fastened to the partition panel. The bleed duct penetrates through a partition wall of an aircraft. The insertion sheet includes first parts and a second part. The first parts are disposed near respective shafts of rivets provided at a plurality of positions of the insertion sheet. The second part extends among the first parts. The first parts bear a load of fastening, and the second part has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Toshiyuki Umemoto
  • Patent number: 10436371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of the gaseous body outside the cover, wherein the sensor includes a range in which the sensor rises upward from the position corresponding to the vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 10309571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a guide member that guides the gaseous body flowing out from the vent toward a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of a gaseous body outside the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 10174876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including a pipe that is disposed along an approximately horizontal direction, and has a plurality of ducts through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere continuously flows, and a plurality of couplings each connecting the ducts together; and a cover covering an outer periphery of the pipe. The cover defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out of the cover at an interval in a length direction of the pipe. As the plurality of vents, the cover includes at least first vents located corresponding to the couplings. Respective positions of the first vents are substantially set within a range from a two o'clock position to a ten o'clock position through a six o'clock position in a cross sectional surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 9868534
    Abstract: An aircraft includes: a fairing which covers a lower part of a fuselage having a main landing gear bay (MLG bay), and defines a ventilation cavity communicating with the MLG bay between the fairing and the fuselage; and a heat removal system which removes heat generated from the MLG inside the MLG bay to the outside of the MLG bay by suctioning/discharging air through an inlet port and an outlet port leading from the ventilation cavity or the MLG bay to external air. The fairing defines a wheel opening through which a wheel of the MLG enters and exits, and defines a ventilation port, which functions as one of the inlet and outlet ports, between the fairing and an outer peripheral part of the wheel exposed from the wheel opening to the lower side of the MLG bay when the MLG is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta
  • Publication number: 20170183083
    Abstract: Temperature of a structural member is maintained at allowable temperature or less by suppressing heat transfer from a high-temperature duct to the structural member. An insertion sheet according to the present invention is inserted between a flange and a partition panel. The flange is provided on a bleed duct and is fastened to the partition panel. The bleed duct penetrates through a partition wall of an aircraft. The insertion sheet includes first parts and a second part. The first parts are disposed near respective shafts of rivets provided at a plurality of positions of the insertion sheet. The second part extends among the first parts. The first parts bear a load of fastening, and the second part has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Toshiyuki Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20160238180
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of the gaseous body outside the cover, wherein the sensor includes a range in which the sensor rises upward from the position corresponding to the vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Tadahiko SUZUTA, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160238181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including a pipe that is disposed along an approximately horizontal direction, and has a plurality of ducts through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere continuously flows, and a plurality of couplings each connecting the ducts together; and a cover covering an outer periphery of the pipe. The cover defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out of the cover at an interval in a length direction of the pipe. As the plurality of vents, the cover includes at least first vents located corresponding to the couplings. Respective positions of the first vents are substantially set within a range from a two o'clock position to a ten o'clock position through a six o'clock position in a cross sectional surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tadahiko SUZUTA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160238179
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a guide member that guides the gaseous body flowing out from the vent toward a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of a gaseous body outside the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Tadahiko SUZUTA, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160214720
    Abstract: An aircraft includes: a fairing which covers a lower part of a fuselage having a main landing gear bay (MLG bay), and defines a ventilation cavity communicating with the MLG bay between the fairing and the fuselage; and a heat removal system which removes heat generated from the MLG inside the MLG bay to the outside of the MLG bay by suctioning/discharging air through an inlet port and an outlet port leading from the ventilation cavity or the MLG bay to external air. The fairing defines a wheel opening through which a wheel of the MLG enters and exits, and defines a ventilation port, which functions as one of the inlet and outlet ports, between the fairing and an outer peripheral part of the wheel exposed from the wheel opening to the lower side of the MLG bay when the MLG is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuhide HARA, Tadahiko SUZUTA
  • Publication number: 20120269312
    Abstract: An object is to provide a corium cooling structure that is capable of accumulating corium and debris that have flowed out from a reactor in small divided portions and of sufficiently cooling the high-temperature corium and debris, a reactor containment vessel provided with the same, and a nuclear power plant provided with the same. A capture portion that captures the corium that has flowed out from a reactor and a plurality of pipe portions that are provided in a coolant storing portion and into which the corium flows via the capture portion are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Makoto Yamagishi, Hiroshi Goda, Koichi Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20120213322
    Abstract: As shown in FIG. 1, a pressurized water reactor (12) is configured to be arranged within a reactor containment vessel (11), and a cooling-water circulation path (51) that supplies primary cooling water to the reactor containment vessel (11) or the pressurized water reactor (12) and collects and circulates the primary cooling water during an emergency, and a cooling device (52) that air-cools primary cooling water flowing in the cooling-water circulation path (51) at outside of the reactor containment vessel (11) are provided, thereby making it possible to realize downsizing and cost reduction of emergency core cooling system and to improve safety and reliability thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Naito, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroshi Sano, Hidekazu Udagawa
  • Publication number: 20120051485
    Abstract: In a corium cooling promoting apparatus and a containment, a pressurized water reactor (12) is contained inside the containment (11), and a cavity (56) to which cooling water can be supplied in an emergency is provided below the pressurized water reactor (12). The cooling promoting apparatus (61) is disposed in the cavity (56), and an inclined plate (62) for spreading a corium (debris) from the pressurized water reactor (12) is provided, as the cooling promoting apparatus (61), at a position below the pressurized water reactor (12) in the cavity (56). The cooling of the corium falling from the nuclear reactor is thereby facilitated, and the corium is cooled at an early stage to improve safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goda, Makoto Yamagishi, Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8002866
    Abstract: In a steam-water separator, a swirl vane (52) is provided inside a riser (51), an annular downcomer space (54) is formed by providing a downcomer barrel (53) outside the riser (51), a deck plate (55) is arranged above the riser (51) and the downcomer barrel (53) with a predetermined space therefrom, an orifice (56) and vents (57) are formed, and aperture ratios of plural slits (58a, 58b, 58c, and 58d) formed on the riser (51) are set at from 30% to 70%. Accordingly, the steam and the water is appropriately separated, and the separated steam is reliably discharged upward from the orifice while the separated water is allowed to reliably flow down through the downcomer space, thereby enhancing steam-water separating efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Yasuhiko Hirao
  • Patent number: 7867309
    Abstract: In a steam-water separator, horizontal slits are formed on the outer side of the curving direction of the curved part and at a location between the curved part of the riser and the swirl vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kengo Shimamura, Naoaki Hirota, Yosuke Katsura
  • Publication number: 20090120297
    Abstract: In a steam-water separator, horizontal slits are formed on the outer side of the curving direction of the curved part and at a location between the curved part of the riser and the swirl vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kengo Shimamura, Naoaki Hirota, Yosuke Katsura
  • Publication number: 20090007530
    Abstract: In a steam-water separator, a swirl vane (52) is provided inside a riser (51), an annular downcomer space (54) is formed by providing a downcomer barrel (53) outside the riser (51), a deck plate (55) is arranged above the riser (51) and the downcomer barrel (53) with a predetermined space therefrom, an orifice (56) and vents (57) are formed, and aperture ratios of plural slits (58a, 58b, 58c, and 58d) formed on the riser (51) are set at from 30% to 70%. Accordingly, the steam and the water is appropriately separated, and the separated steam is reliably discharged upward from the orifice while the separated water is allowed to reliably flow down through the downcomer space, thereby enhancing steam-water separating efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Yasuhiko Hirao