Patents by Inventor Yasunori Watanabe

Yasunori Watanabe 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: 11161290
    Abstract: The present invention prevents internal cracks occurring when an impeller molded using a fiber reinforced resin is manufactured by injection molding. This method for manufacturing an impeller is provided with: an injection step of filling a cavity with a molten resin containing reinforced fibers, from a gate side into which the molten resin flows, toward an opposite-gate side opposite to the gate side; and a dwell step of applying required pressure to the filled molten resin. In the injection step and the dwell step, directional cooling is performed with a temperature gradient such that the temperature becomes lower from the gate side toward the opposite-gate side. According to this method for manufacturing the impeller, the opposite-gate side shrinks with a decrease in the temperature of the molten resin since the temperature of the opposite-gate side is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe, Kosuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210170654
    Abstract: This molding method involves: a first step in which a perforation pin (2) is made to protrude into a cavity (13) in a mold (1); a second step in which a molten resin (16) is injected to fill the cavity (13) so as to envelop the protruding part of the perforation pin (2); a third step in which, in a state in which the resin (16) is in an uncured state, the perforation pin (2) is made to protrude further; and a fourth step in which the resin (16) is cured to obtain a molded resin article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Kosuke IKEDA, Yasunori WATANABE, Kana SAKON, Ryoji OKABE, Akihisa OKUDA, Ryota OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210162637
    Abstract: In the present invention, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of a local deformation in a plate material during solidification and shrinkage of an injection molding material. The composite material injection molding method includes an injection step of injecting an injection molding material containing reinforcing fibers onto one surface of a plate material; and a molding step of solidifying the injection molding material to mold a frame part so as to surround the outer periphery of the plate material and to mold a rib so as to define an inner peripheral-side space on the inner peripheral side of the frame part. In the injection step, the injection molding material is injected so that a weld part at which the injection molding material converges is formed in a region not overlapping the plate material of the frame part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryota OZAKI, Masahiko SHIMIZU, Shoya MANO, Yusuke KAWAMURA, Ryoji OKABE, Kosuke IKEDA, Kiichi NISHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10838552
    Abstract: A touch sensor false detection preventing structure for use in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that is provided with a through-hole provided area through which a sensor sheet passes, a circuit board that is mounted inside the housing, and a touch panel that is electrically connected to the circuit board by the sensor sheet. The touch sensor false detection preventing structure includes protruding portions formed on an inner surface at both ends of the through-hole provided area in planar view so as to protrude a predetermined distance, such that movement at a part of both side ends of the sensor sheet is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Younghoon Kim, Tomoaki Tsuchiya, Tomoya Sasaki, Shinya Abe, Yasunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10746052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a radial compressor including: a scroll portion which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of an impeller and an intake portion and extends in a circumferential direction, has a discharge port opening in a circumferential direction and a scroll flow path through which the gas from the impeller flows toward the discharge port, and includes a resin material having a gradually increasing external shape dimension; and a plurality of ribs which connect an outer circumferential surface of the intake portion and an outer surface of the scroll portion. The plurality of ribs are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, an installation interval gradually decreases toward the discharge port in the circumferential direction, and a length dimension in a radial direction on the outer surface of the scroll portion gradually decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe, Kenichiro Iwakiri, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Patent number: 10683870
    Abstract: This impeller cover is provided with: a machinable abradable seal section which has a shroud surface, which faces the outer peripheral surface of an impeller rotating about its axis, and which provides a seal between the outer peripheral surface and the shroud surface; a cover body which covers the impeller from the outside and which has a seal housing section for housing the abradable seal section therein; and a filling material which is interposed between the abradable seal section and the cover body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe, Isao Tomita, Takashi Arai, Hiroyuki Arimizu
  • Patent number: 10655633
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe
  • Patent number: 10655470
    Abstract: This impeller is provided with: an impeller body formed in a disk-like shape and having a boss hole section formed therein, the boss hole section allowing a rotating shaft to be fitted therein; and compressor blades provided on the front surface side of the impeller body so as to protrude from the hub surface of the impeller body. The impeller consists either of a first resin member and a second resin member, which are engaged with each other and which consist of a resin, or of a resin member and a metallic member, which are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10641276
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the mechanical strength of a boss in correspondence with the direction in which the principal stress is generated in an impeller formed of fiber-reinforced resin. A hub 11 is provided with a first region ? arranged on the back surface 11b side, and a second region ? arranged on the front surface 11a side. In the first region ? the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers F dispersed at the periphery of a boss hole 12 are oriented inclined with respect to the radial direction of the hub 11 is high, and in the second region the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers dispersed at the periphery of the boss hole are oriented along the rotational axis line is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe, Kosuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200123931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a radial compressor including: a scroll portion which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of an impeller and an intake portion and extends in a circumferential direction, has a discharge port opening in a circumferential direction and a scroll flow path through which the gas from the impeller flows toward the discharge port, and includes a resin material having a gradually increasing external shape dimension; and a plurality of ribs which connect an outer circumferential surface of the intake portion and an outer surface of the scroll portion. The plurality of ribs are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, an installation interval gradually decreases toward the discharge port in the circumferential direction, and a length dimension in a radial direction on the outer surface of the scroll portion gradually decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Patent number: 10544796
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20190329464
    Abstract: The temperature T (° C.) of a surface of an electroconductive mesh layer 15 in contact with a second resin layer (16), the thickness t1 of a first resin layer (14), and the thickness t2 of the second resin layer (16) satisfy expression (1). (1): T=f1(?1, ?1, Cp1)ln(t1)+f2(?2, ?2, Cp2)ln(t2)+C=[?1/(?1·Cp1)] ?2T/?x2+[?2/(?2·Cp2)]?2T/?x2+C=[?1/(?1·Cp1)]·[(TPn+1+TPn?1?2TPn)/(2·?x)2]+[?2/(?2·Cp2)]·[(TPn+1+TPn?1?2TPn)/(2·?x)2]+C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke IKEDA, Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Akihisa OKUDA, Kana SAKON
  • Publication number: 20190265838
    Abstract: A touch sensor false detection preventing structure for use in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that is provided with a through-hole provided area through which a sensor sheet passes, a circuit board that is mounted inside the housing, and a touch panel that is electrically connected to the circuit board by the sensor sheet. The touch sensor false detection preventing structure includes protruding portions formed on an inner surface at both ends of the through-hole provided area in planar view so as to protrude a predetermined distance, such that movement at a part of both side ends of the sensor sheet is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Younghoon KIM, Tomoaki TSUCHIYA, Tomoya SASAKI, Shinya ABE, Yasunori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10322753
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a main body section (21) extending forward from a substantially central portion of a front pillar in an upward/downward direction, and an upper member (5) including an extension section (22) extending forward and downward from the main body section (21). The main body section (21) includes a first L-shaped member (31). The extension section (22) includes a second L-shaped member (33). Either one of the first L-shaped member (31) and the second L-shaped member (33) has an extension portion (51) overlapping a wall surface of the other one of the first L-shaped member and the second L-shaped member different from a flange (41) and a flange (42) of the other one of the first L-shaped member (31) and the second L-shaped member (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fujita
  • Patent number: 10263290
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which swelling due to charge-discharge cycling is inhibited. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a flat electrode assembly in which a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate having a different polarity from the first electrode plate are wound with a separator provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mitani, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yasunori Watanabe, Kentaro Takahashi, Masaki Deguchi, Yuta Ichikawa, Masaya Ugaji
  • Publication number: 20190055961
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a casing for a compressor, the method including an intake-side casing molding process of molding an intake portion and a first main body portion of a scroll portion by integral molding of resin; an impeller-side casing molding process of integrally molding a second main body portion of the scroll portion and a diffuser portion by a resin molding metal mold used in the intake-side casing molding process; a die sliding process of combining the intake portion and the first main body portion which have been integrally molded, and the second main body portion and the diffuser portion which have been integrally molded, by slide of the resin molding metal mold; and a secondary molding process of joining the intake portion and the first main body portion, and the second main body portion and the diffuser portion combined with each other by resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Takahiro YAMASHITA, Kazutake FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 10189507
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front bulkhead. The front bulkhead includes a right side stay made of a resin and connected to a right front side frame, a right upper side beam made of a metal and extending from the right side stay to a right upper member, an upper beam made of a metal and detachably connected to the right upper side beam, and a hood lock device provided on the upper beam. The right end of the upper beam is connected in a state in which it clamps the right side stay in a vehicle body longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Satoshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20180266427
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the mechanical strength of a boss in correspondence with the direction in which the principal stress is generated in an impeller formed of fiber-reinforced resin. A hub 11 is provided with a first region ? arranged on the back surface 11b side, and a second region ? arranged on the front surface 11a side. In the first region ? the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers F dispersed at the periphery of a boss hole 12 are oriented inclined with respect to the radial direction of the hub 11 is high, and in the second region the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers dispersed at the periphery of the boss hole are oriented along the rotational axis line is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Kosuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180170440
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a main body section (21) extending forward from a substantially central portion of a front pillar in an upward/downward direction, and an upper member (5) including an extension section (22) extending forward and downward from the main body section (21). The main body section (21) includes a first L-shaped member (31). The extension section (22) includes a second L-shaped member (33). Either one of the first L-shaped member (31) and the second L-shaped member (33) has an extension portion (51) overlapping a wall surface of the other one of the first L-shaped member and the second L-shaped member different from a flange (41) and a flange (42) of the other one of the first L-shaped member (31) and the second L-shaped member (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Seiji Suzuki, Ryo Fujita
  • Publication number: 20180045211
    Abstract: This impeller cover is provided with: a machinable abradable seal section which has a shroud surface, which faces the outer peripheral surface of an impeller rotating about its axis, and which provides a seal between the outer peripheral surface and the shroud surface; a cover body which covers the impeller from the outside and which has a seal housing section for housing the abradable seal section therein; and a filling material which is interposed between the abradable seal section and the cover body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Isao TOMITA, Takashi ARAI, Hiroyuki ARIMIZU