Patents by Inventor Takanori Okazaki

Takanori Okazaki 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: 10907668
    Abstract: A flow damper including a cylindrical vortex chamber, a small flow-rate pipe connected to a peripheral plate of the vortex chamber along a tangential direction, a large flow-rate pipe connected to the peripheral plate with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet formed in a central part of the vortex chamber, and a pressure equalization pipe with respective ends being connected to the peripheral plate on opposite sides of the outlet and at positions closer to a connection portion between the small flow-rate pipe and the large flow-rate pipe than positions facing each other, putting the outlet therebetween. The pressure equalization pipe is arranged with at least a part thereof is located at a higher position than a top plate of the vortex chamber, and an outgassing hole is provided at an uppermost part of the pressure equalization pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Iino, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Hideyuki Sakata, Yutaka Tanaka, Setsuo Tokunaga, Takashi Nakahara, Takanori Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10900508
    Abstract: To include a cylindrical vortex chamber 35, a small flow-rate pipe 37 connected to a peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35 along a tangential direction thereof, a large flow-rate pipe 36 connected to the peripheral plate 35C with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe 37, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet 39 formed in a central part of the vortex chamber 35, and a straightening plate 50 that is arranged in a part between the outlet 39 and the peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35, and when jets flow into the vortex chamber 35 from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and the large flow-rate pipe 36, straightens impinging jets from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and from the large flow-rate pipe 36 having flowed into the vortex chamber 35 toward the outlet 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakata, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Masamichi Iino, Toshihiro Sato, Yutaka Tanaka, Takanori Okazaki, Takashi Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20180358137
    Abstract: A flow damper including a cylindrical vortex chamber, a small flow-rate pipe connected to a peripheral plate of the vortex chamber along a tangential direction, a large flow-rate pipe connected to the peripheral plate with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet formed in a central part of the vortex chamber, and a pressure equalization pipe with respective ends being connected to the peripheral plate on opposite sides of the outlet and at positions closer to a connection portion between the small flow-rate pipe and the large flow-rate pipe than positions facing each other, putting the outlet therebetween. The pressure equalization pipe is arranged with at least a part thereof is located at a higher position than a top plate of the vortex chamber, and an outgassing hole is provided at an uppermost part of the pressure equalization pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Iino, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Hideyuki Sakata, Yutaka Tanaka, Setsuo Tokunaga, Takashi Nakahara, Takanori Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20180218795
    Abstract: To include a cylindrical vortex chamber 35, a small flow-rate pipe 37 connected to a peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35 along a tangential direction thereof, a large flow-rate pipe 36 connected to the peripheral plate 35C with a predetermined angle with respect to the small flow-rate pipe 37, an outlet pipe connected to an outlet 39 formed in a central part of the vortex chamber 35, and a straightening plate 50 that is arranged in a part between the outlet 39 and the peripheral plate 35C of the vortex chamber 35, and when jets flow into the vortex chamber 35 from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and the large flow-rate pipe 36, straightens impinging jets from the small flow-rate pipe 37 and from the large flow-rate pipe 36 having flowed into the vortex chamber 35 toward the outlet 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakata, Shigeto Hirai, Taiki Asahara, Takafumi Ogino, Akira Kirita, Akihiro Toda, Masamichi Iino, Toshihiro Sato, Yutaka Tanaka, Takanori Okazaki, Takashi Nakahara