Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kuwahara

Takayuki Kuwahara 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: 11939977
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Kazuhide Watanabe, Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Hagita, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20240068472
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress noise caused by contact between a depression and a ring. Provided is an electric compressor comprising: a housing that forms an outer shell; a fixed scroll that is housed in the housing and fixed on the housing side; a turning scroll that meshes with the fixed scroll and turns with respect to the fixed scroll; an autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30) that inhibits autorotation of the turning scroll; and a lubricant supply unit that supplies a lubricant to the autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30). The autorotation inhibiting mechanism (30) has: a ring hole (32) which is formed in the turning scroll; a ring (33) which is disposed in the ring hole (32), and the outer circumferential surface (33b) of which faces the inner circumferential surface 32a of the ring hole (32); and a pin (34) which is provided to the housing and which engages with the inner circumferential surface (33a) of the ring (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KUWAHARA, Akinori YOSHIOKA, Goshi IKETAKA, Makoto TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11415130
    Abstract: In the present invention, a fixed scroll (210A) comprises a lubricating oil introduction passage (40) that serves as a first passage for supplying, to the inside of a scroll compressor part (30), a lubricating oil located inside an oil separator that serves as a lubricating oil separation part. An orbiting scroll (210B) comprises a lubricating oil discharge passage (50) that serves as a second passage for discharging, to the outside of the scroll compressor part (30), the lubricating oil which has been introduced to the inside of the scroll compressor part (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11266377
    Abstract: A support apparatus comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate, based on an irradiation plan with radiation on a target site of a subject, a recommendation degree of disposition of an ultrasonic probe configured to scan the target site at irradiation with the radiation, for each position in the subject. And the processing circuitry is configured to notify an operator of the recommendation degree in association with a position in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11092155
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Kazuhide Watanabe, Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Hagita, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20210180594
    Abstract: In the present invention, a fixed scroll (210A) comprises a lubricating oil introduction passage (40) that serves as a first passage for supplying, to the inside of a scroll compressor part (30), a lubricating oil located inside an oil separator that serves as a lubricating oil separation part. An orbiting scroll (210B) comprises a lubricating oil discharge passage (50) that serves as a second passage for discharging, to the outside of the scroll compressor part (30), the lubricating oil which has been introduced to the inside of the scroll compressor part (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro FUJITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210148361
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SATO, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhide WATANABE, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Takayuki HAGITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210102538
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor which enables reliable separation of oil from a refrigerant gas while suppressing increases in the size of equipment and manufacturing costs. Provided is a compressor (1) including a housing (2), a compression mechanism (13) compressing a refrigerant gas flowing into a suction space (Ss), an oil separation space (So) separating oil from the refrigerant gas compressed by the compression mechanism (13) and guiding the refrigerant gas to a discharge pipe (40), and a separation cylinder (30) disposed along an axis line (X2) of the oil separation space (So) above the oil separation space (So) in a gravitational direction. The separation cylinder (30) has a small-diameter section, a large-diameter section formed below the small-diameter section in the gravitational direction, and an introduction inlet formed in the small-diameter section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KUWAHARA, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Makoto TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10844719
    Abstract: One of a pair of a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll is the scroll including a step portion provided only at a predetermined position along a spiral direction on a blade bottom surface of a spiral wrap, and the other one of the scrolls is the scroll including a step portion provided only at a predetermined position along a spiral direction on a blade tip surface of a spiral wrap. A blade bottom surface of an end plate of the fixed scroll is set as a reference surface for setting a chip gap between both the scrolls. When a wrap height of the spiral wrap of the orbiting scroll is represented by (L) (Lo, Li) and a wrap height of the spiral wrap of the fixed scroll is represented by (lo, li), L (Lo, Li)>1 (lo, li) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Hajime Sato, Takuma Yamashita, Takayuki Hagita, Takayuki Kuwahara, Katsuhiro Fujita, Kazuhide Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10766120
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compressor scroll that appropriately impinges cavitation bubbles on target regions of a scroll. The method includes the step of water jet peening by jetting cavitation bubbles generated underwater by a water jet at a first side of an end plate (13A) of the scroll (13), with a center (P1, P2, P3) of the cavitation bubbles being offset from a center (O) of the spiral shape of a wall portion (13B) on the end plate (13A) and the step portion (13Aa) and the stepped portion (13Ba) positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the cavitation bubbles (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Takaharu Maeguchi, Masafumi Hamasaki, Yukio Michishita, Yukihiro Kawai, Hiroshi Ogawa, Makoto Takeuchi, Kazuhide Watanabe, Takayuki Kuwahara, Masaki Kawasaki, Katsuhiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 10659005
    Abstract: An AT-cut crystal element is provided. The AT-cut crystal element includes side surfaces intersecting with a Z?-axis of a crystallographic axis of a crystal. At least one side surface of the side surfaces is constituted of three surfaces of a first surface to a third surface. Besides, a crystal resonator including the AT-cut crystal element, and a crystal unit including the crystal resonator are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kuwahara, Kenji Shimao, Hirokazu Iwata
  • Patent number: 10634140
    Abstract: In a scroll compressor that forms two suction volume parts by engaging paired fixed scroll and turning scroll with each other while scroll laps respectively erected on end plates of the fixed scroll and the turning scroll are opposed to each other and driving the turning scroll to revolve around the fixed scroll, out of the two suction volume parts, one of the suction volume parts that is formed close to a suction port provided in a housing is made larger than the other suction volume part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kuwahara, Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Hagita, Makoto Takeuchi, Hajime Sato, Genta Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10590769
    Abstract: In a scroll fluid machine, a thinned section (26) is provided in correspondence with a position at which the wrap height of a spiral wrap (15B, 16B) changes due to a step part. The thinned section (26) is provided on the front-side surface or the rear-side surface of a tooth tip section of at least one of the spiral wraps (15B, 16B) of at least one of partner scrolls (15, 16) respectively engaging with scrolls (15, 16). The thinned section (26) is provided in the direction in which the wrap thickness decreases so as to extend over at least a reduced-machining-accuracy area (27), which is an area where the machining becomes discontinuous due to at least a change in the wrap height. Thus, a contact failure between the spiral wraps (15B, 16B) is avoided in the area where the machining accuracy relatively decreases as a result of increasing the machining speed, thereby achieving both improved productivity and maintained performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Takeuchi, Ei Onogawa, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 10507338
    Abstract: A gantry applies particle beams to a subject. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus scans the subject with ultrasonic waves via an ultrasonic probe, and acquires an ultrasonic image concerning a radiotherapy target region of the subject. A processing circuitry specifies a first planned point of a Bragg peak in the ultrasonic image, which anatomically coincides approximately with a second planned point of the Bragg peak decided in radiotherapy planning. The processing circuitry estimates a sighting point of the Bragg peak of a particle beam based on a body surface position of the subject and an actual range of the particle beam. The display displays the ultrasonic image to indicate the first planned point and the sighting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kuwahara, Satoru Ohishi
  • Publication number: 20180117360
    Abstract: A gantry applies particle beams to a subject. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus scans the subject with ultrasonic waves via an ultrasonic probe, and acquires an ultrasonic image concerning a radiotherapy target region of the subject. A processing circuitry specifies a first planned point of a Bragg peak in the ultrasonic image, which anatomically coincides approximately with a second planned point of the Bragg peak decided in radiotherapy planning. The processing circuitry estimates a sighting point of the Bragg peak of a particle beam based on a body surface position of the subject and an actual range of the particle beam. The display displays the ultrasonic image to indicate the first planned point and the sighting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kuwahara, Satoru Ohishi
  • Publication number: 20180058451
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine includes a pair of a fixed scroll (15) and an orbiting scroll (16). The scroll fluid machine has an one-side stepped scroll structure in which a stepped part (16E) is provided only at a predetermined position on a tooth bottom surface (16D) of a involute spiral wrap (16B) of one of the fixed scroll (15) and the orbiting scroll (16) in a spiral direction, and a stepped part (15E) corresponding to the stepped part (16E) on the tooth bottom surface (16D) is provided only at a predetermined position on a tooth top surface (15C) of a involute spiral wrap (15B) of the other scroll in a spiral direction. The stepped part (16E) on the tooth bottom surface (16D) is provided at a position on an inner side of a spiral end position (16F) of the involute spiral wrap (16B) at intake closure by an involute angle of n radians in the spiral direction or at a position on an outer side of the inner-side position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki HAGITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Hiroshi YAMAZAKI, Keita KITAGUCHI, Hajime SATO
  • Publication number: 20180045199
    Abstract: In a scroll compressor that forms two suction volume parts by engaging paired fixed scroll and turning scroll with each other while scroll laps respectively erected on end plates of the fixed scroll and the turning scroll are opposed to each other and driving the turning scroll to revolve around the fixed scroll, out of the two suction volume parts, one of the suction volume parts that is formed close to a suction port provided in a housing is made larger than the other suction volume part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KUWAHARA, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Takayuki HAGITA, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Hajime SATO, Genta YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180038368
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SATO, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhide WATANABE, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Takayuki HAGITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170370219
    Abstract: One of a pair of a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll is the scroll including a step portion provided only at a predetermined position along a spiral direction on a blade bottom surface of a spiral wrap, and the other one of the scrolls is the scroll including a step portion provided only at a predetermined position along a spiral direction on a blade tip surface of a spiral wrap. A blade bottom surface of an end plate of the fixed scroll is set as a reference surface for setting a chip gap between both the scrolls. When a wrap height of the spiral wrap of the orbiting scroll is represented by (L) (Lo, Li) and a wrap height of the spiral wrap of the fixed scroll is represented by (lo, li), L (Lo, Li)>1 (lo, li) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Hajime SATO, Takuma YAMASHITA, Takayuki HAGITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Kazuhide WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170342837
    Abstract: In a scroll fluid machine, a thinned section (26) is provided in correspondence with a position at which the wrap height of a spiral wrap (15B, 16B) changes due to a step part. The thinned section (26) is provided on the front-side surface or the rear-side surface of a tooth tip section of at least one of the spiral wraps (15B, 16B) of at least one of partner scrolls (15, 16) respectively engaging with scrolls (15, 16). The thinned section (26) is provided in the direction in which the wrap thickness decreases so as to extend over at least a reduced-machining-accuracy area (27), which is an area where the machining becomes discontinuous due to at least a change in the wrap height. Thus, a contact failure between the spiral wraps (15B, 16B) is avoided in the area where the machining accuracy relatively decreases as a result of increasing the machining speed, thereby achieving both improved productivity and maintained performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto TAKEUCHI, Ei ONOGAWA, Takayuki KUWAHARA