Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
  • Patent number: 11976665
    Abstract: A compressor according to an embodiment includes: a rotational shaft provided with a compressor impeller on one end side; a rolling bearing device for rotatably supporting the rotational shaft; and a housing for housing the rolling bearing device. The rolling bearing device includes: an inner ring mounted on the rotational shaft; an outer ring supported by the housing with application of a load from the housing in an axial direction of the rotational shaft; a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; an elastic member disposed on an outer circumferential side of the outer ring so as to come into contact with the housing; and a sliding portion disposed on one end side of the outer ring in the axial direction so as to come into contact with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Arakawa, Naomichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11976667
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor comprises: an impeller; an inlet pipe portion forming an intake passage to introduce air to the impeller; and a throttle mechanism capable of reducing a flow passage area of the intake passage upstream of the impeller. The throttle mechanism includes an annular portion configured to move between a first position and a second position upstream of the first position in an axial direction of the impeller. In a cross-section along a rotational axis of the impeller, an outer peripheral surface of the annular portion is formed to smoothly connect a leading edge and a trailing edge of the annular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Iwakiri, Isao Tomita, Masaki Tojo, Takashi Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20240141952
    Abstract: A gas bearing device is a gas bearing device using a gas as a working fluid, including: a rotational shaft; a housing where the rotational shaft penetrates; an annular top foil disposed inside the housing and surrounding an outer periphery of the rotational shaft; a back spring disposed between the top foil and the housing, and having a plurality of crests contacting the top foil and a plurality of valleys contacting the housing; and a pair of snap rings fitted in shaft holes where the rotational shaft of the housing penetrates, and configured to restrict movement of the back spring in an axial direction of the rotational shaft. The gas bearing device has a turning groove inclined with respect to an axis of the rotational shaft, in at least one of the pair of snap rings or in a region of the rotational shaft facing at least one of the pair of snap rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Shuichi ISAYAMA, Toru SUZUKI, Naomichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240133423
    Abstract: A gas bearing device is a gas bearing device for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft by using a gas as a working fluid, including: a housing where the rotational shaft penetrates; an annular top foil disposed inside the housing and surrounding an outer periphery of the rotational shaft; a back spring disposed between the top foil and the housing, and having a plurality of crests contacting the top foil and a plurality of valleys contacting the housing; and a pair of snap rings fitted in shaft holes where the rotational shaft of the housing penetrates, and configured to restrict movement of the back spring in an axial direction of the rotational shaft. An inner peripheral surface of each of the pair of snap rings has self-lubricating properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Shuichi ISAYAMA, Toru SUZUKI, Naomichi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11965431
    Abstract: A turbine is provided with: a turbine wheel configured to rotate about an axis O1; a turbine housing accommodating the turbine wheel and defining an annular nozzle passage on the outer peripheral side of the turbine wheel; and a plurality of low solidity nozzle vanes 6 arranged in the nozzle passage at an interval in the circumferential direction. Circumferentially adjacent low solidity nozzle vanes 6 are disposed at different radial positions in a connection position of each of the low solidity nozzle vanes 6 with a hub-side wall surface of the hub-side wall surface and a shroud-side wall surface which define the nozzle passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD
    Inventors: Nao Taniguchi, Toyotaka Yoshida, Makoto Ozaki, Nobuhito Oka
  • Patent number: 11953054
    Abstract: A bearing condition monitoring device is a bearing condition monitoring device for monitoring a condition of a thrust bearing for holding a rotational shaft in a thrust direction. The bearing condition monitoring device includes a first temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the thrust bearing, and an arithmetic device for counting a frequency at which an evaluation index of a thrust load on the basis of a measurement value by the first temperature sensor exceeds an allowable value, and for outputting an abnormality in the condition of the thrust bearing if the counted frequency exceeds a threshold. The arithmetic device may count, as the frequency, only a case where a state in which the thrust load exceeds an upper limit load continues for not less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Seigi Yano, Yuta Ishii, Jun Suzuki, Takaya Futae, Shunsuke Yakushiji, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Publication number: 20240110532
    Abstract: Provided is an engine control device for controlling an opening degree of a valve adjusting a flow rate of an air-fuel mixture of an engine, wherein the opening degree is corrected based on an exhaust temperature deviation which is a deviation between a reference value and a current value of an exhaust temperature when controlling the opening degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki HASHIMOTO, Ko TAKAYANAGI, Masataka SHIRAISHI, Yuta FURUKAWA, Yosuke KITAMURA, Yuki KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11946377
    Abstract: A variable nozzle device 20 for a variable geometry turbocharger includes: a nozzle mount 21; a nozzle plate 22 disposed so as to face the nozzle mount, the nozzle plate forming a nozzle flow passage 4 having an annular shape between the nozzle plate 22 and the nozzle mount 21; and a plurality of variable nozzle vanes 6 disposed at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of the nozzle flow passage 4 so as to be individually rotatable about a pivot axis O2. The nozzle plate 22 includes a first surface 33 facing the nozzle mount 21, a second surface 34 opposite to the first surface 33, and at least one through hole 36 formed through the first surface 33 and the second surface 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin Gupta, Toyotaka Yoshida, Yuya Nakahara, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240102479
    Abstract: An electric centrifugal compressor includes: an electric motor including a rotational shaft; a first impeller disposed on one end side of the rotational shaft; a first bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft at a position between the first impeller and the electric motor and including a lubricant; and a first bearing housing accommodating the first bearing, The first bearing housing includes a compressed gas supply hole for supplying a compressed gas from outside of the first bearing housing to a gap between a rotating body including the rotational shaft and the first bearing housing. An outlet of the compressed gas supply hole is disposed on an inner surface of the first bearing housing and is located between the first impeller and the first bearing in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Takaaki YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240093628
    Abstract: An exhaust gas pipe includes: a plurality of pipe bodies which are formed in a tubular shape centered on an axis and are arranged in a direction of the axis and through which an exhaust gas led from an engine body flows; a connection portion which connects a pair of the pipe bodies adjacent to each other; and a gasket which is provided between the pipe body and the connection portion, wherein a flange projecting toward an outer peripheral side is provided a an end portion of the pipe body in the direction of the axis, wherein the connection portion includes a main connection body which has a tubular shape centered on the axis and a pressing ring which is provided with a facing surface facing the flange while sandwiching the gasket in a gap between the flange and the facing surface, and wherein the exhaust gas pipe further includes: coupling members which are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction and couple the flange and the pressing ring to each other; and a deformation prevention member that
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SUZUKI, Minoru ESAKI, Takeshi KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20240076996
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbine includes: a turbine rotor; a scroll passage forming part which forms a scroll passage; an exhaust gas passage forming part which forms an exhaust gas passage for introducing an exhaust gas from the scroll passage to the turbine rotor; and a variable nozzle unit including a plurality of nozzle vanes disposed in the exhaust gas passage and configured to be rotatable about respective rotation centers. The exhaust gas passage forming part includes: a first plate member having an annular first plate part; and a second plate member having an annular second plate part which defines the exhaust gas passage between the first plate part and the second plate part and is disposed closer to a turbine outlet than the first plate part in an axial direction of the turbine rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin GUPTA, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Yuya NAKAHARA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Youji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11913414
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to increase the pressure of fuel while reducing an increase in the maximum lift amount of a cam and deterioration of a fuel injection ability. This cam for use in a fuel injection pump that increases the pressure of fuel supplied into a fuel supply chamber by an axial movement of a plunger. The cam includes a first cam surface that causes an increase rate of an axial speed of the plunger when the cam rotates at a constant speed, in a pre-stroke period until the plunger increases the pressure of the fuel in the fuel supply chamber, to be a first increase rate, and a second cam surface that causes the increase rate of the axial speed of the plunger when the cam rotates at the constant speed, in a pressure increasing period that is a period from a start of increasing the pressure of the fuel in the fuel supply chamber by the plunger, to be a second increase rate, wherein the first increase rate is set higher than the second increase rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11913372
    Abstract: This turbocharger includes: an impeller which includes a hub provided to be rotatable around a center axis and a plurality of turbine blades arranged on the outside of the hub in a radial direction at intervals in a circumferential direction around the center axis; and a turbine housing which is disposed on the outside of the impeller in the radial direction and forms a scroll flow path guiding an exhaust gas toward the impeller on the inside of the radial direction while turning the exhaust gas in the circumferential direction, wherein a flow path width in the circumferential direction of at least one of a plurality of inter-blade flow path portions formed between the plurality of turbine blades is different from a flow path width of the another of the plurality of inter-blade flow path portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Hoshi, Yukihide Nagayo, Shoeji Nakaye, Toshikazu Mori, Takaaki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11916397
    Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakakita, Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Uehara, Masato Mitsuhashi, Fujio Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20240060421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine housing for use in a turbocharger, comprising a wheel housing space, an inlet, at least one volute, and a tongue that projects from a separation wall. The tongue is configured to guide an exhaust gas flow to a section of the wheel housing space where an inducer area of a turbine wheel to be accommodated by the turbine housing is to be located. At least one of the tongue and the separation wall is configured to enable a portion of the exhaust gas flow to pass therethrough as a leakage flow from an upstream side of the at least one of the tongue and the separation wall to a downstream side of the at least one of the tongue and the separation wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arjan VAN BEMMEL, Jeffrey VAN DEN BROEK
  • Patent number: 11905969
    Abstract: A scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor according to an embodiment is a scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor having a scroll passage formed in spiral shape, comprising: a tongue portion separating the scroll passage from an outlet passage connected to the downstream side of the scroll passage at the most downstream position of the scroll passage in a passage connecting portion where a winding start portion and a winding end portion of the scroll passage intersect; and a ridge portion protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the scroll passage on the axially downstream side of the centrifugal compressor toward the axially upstream side of the centrifugal compressor, with a protruding height toward the axially upstream side gradually increasing toward the tongue portion from a starting position that is located upstream from the tongue portion in the scroll passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Iwakiri
  • Patent number: 11906003
    Abstract: A coupling device configured to transmit a rotational force between a first shaft and a second shaft, the device including a first coupling member mounted on the first shaft, a second coupling member mounted on the second shaft, and an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, and configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft. The second coupling member includes a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first fastening device, and a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a long hole extending along a circumferential direction of the above-described axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second fastening device inserted through the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Ogawa, Satoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240052880
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device includes: a thrust collar fitted with a drive shaft, the thrust collar including a flange portion extending radially outward of the drive shaft; and a thrust member penetrated by the thrust collar and including a pad portion in a region facing the flange portion. The pad portion includes: a plurality of land portions which are parallel to a plane orthogonal an axis of the drive shaft and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the drive shaft; and tapered portions each of which is disposed between adjacent land portions among the plurality of land portions, joined via a step to a boundary of one land portion in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft, and joined continuously to a boundary of another land portion. Each of the land portions has a circumferential groove which is longer in the circumferential direction than in a radial direction of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Seigi YANO, Takaya FUTAE, Shuichi ISAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11897055
    Abstract: A balance adjustment method for a rotor includes an imbalance acquisition step of acquiring imbalance position and amount of the rotor after a first balance correction step of correcting balance of the rotor by cutting a compressor wheel side, an excision target section determination step of determining, based on the imbalance position and amount of the rotor, an excision target range including an imbalance correction position of the turbine wheel and a removal amount in the excision target range, and a second balance correction step of correcting the balance of the rotor by repeatedly irradiating the excision target range determined in the excision target section determination step with laser light from a laser marker device to remove by the removal amount from the turbine wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Matsushita, Hideyuki Kumagai, Hiroyuki Kadono
  • Patent number: 11876380
    Abstract: The hybrid power generation system includes a renewable energy power generation device and a rotary power generation device connected to a common alternating-current power system. In the system, if renewable energy or an output fluctuates, a correction value calculated based on the fluctuation amount is added to a control parameter as a feedforward component, controlling the rotary power generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakamoto, Yoshimi Okazaki