Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
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Patent number: 11680539Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a turbocharger according to an embodiment includes a cylinder block internally including a plurality of cylinders, a cylinder head disposed on top of the cylinder block, and internally including a plurality of exhaust flow passages through which exhaust air discharged from each of the plurality of cylinders flows, and the turbocharger including a rotational shaft, a turbine wheel, and a compressor wheel, the turbine wheel being disposed at one end of the rotational shaft, the compressor wheel being disposed at the other end of the rotational shaft. At least the turbine wheel of the turbocharger is arranged inside the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Makoto Ozaki
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Publication number: 20230184258Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal compressor according to the present disclosure includes: a hub; a plurality of full blades disposed on a peripheral surface of the hub at intervals in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of splitter blades each of which is disposed between adjacent full blades of the plurality of full blades on the peripheral surface of the hub. When a blade height ratio which is a ratio of a blade height (Hf) of each full blade to a blade height (Hs) of each splitter blade on a meridional plane of the impeller is defined as Hs/Hf, the blade height ratio satisfies Hs/Hf<1 at least at a leading edge of each splitter blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventor: Kenichiro IWAKIRI
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Publication number: 20230175101Abstract: A method for producing a TiAl alloy member includes a molding step (S10) of laminating a solidified body obtained by melting and solidifying or sintering powder of a TiAl alloy by irradiation of the powder with a beam, to mold a laminated body; and a heat treatment step (S12) of heating the laminated body at a setting temperature that is equal to or higher than a temperature at which a phase transformation to an ? phase is initiated, to produce a TiAl alloy member. By the method for producing a TiAl alloy member, the TiAl alloy member can be easily molded with a decrease in high temperature properties suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Keisuke SHINZAWA, Atsushi TAKITA, Akihiko CHIBA
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Publication number: 20230175525Abstract: A scroll casing for a centrifugal compressor satisfies a relationship of Tb/Ta?1.0 in a range of an angular position around a scroll center of the scroll passage from 180 degrees to 360 degrees, where Ta is a passage width of the diffuser passage along an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor, Tb is a shortest distance from a start position which is a connection position with a hub-side passage surface of the diffuser passage on an inner peripheral surface of a scroll portion forming the scroll passage to a virtual arc that touches an end position which is a position opposite to the start position on the inner peripheral surface, and the angular position is defined so that the angle gradually increases from a merging position between a scroll start and a scroll end of the scroll passage of 60 degrees to the downstream side of the scroll passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventor: Kenichiro IWAKIRI
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Publication number: 20230175524Abstract: A compressor housing internally forms: an inlet passage with an inflow port formed in a shroud surface; an outlet passage with an outflow port formed in an introduction surface formed on a front side of a shroud surface; and a recirculation passage connecting the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An intake air introduction portion of the compressor housing has: a front-side surface defining a front side in the outlet passage; a rear-side surface defining a rear side in the outlet passage; and a front-side introduction surface formed on the front side relative to the outflow port on the introduction surface. Each of the front-side surface, the rear-side surface, and the front-side introduction surface is inclined to the rear side from an outer side toward an inner side in a radial direction, the rear-side surface includes a convex curved portion, and the front-side introduction surface includes an introduction surface-side convex curved portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Yutaka FUJITA, Hironori HONDA
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Patent number: 11655851Abstract: A bearing device according to an embodiment is a bearing device for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, the device including at least one rolling bearing which includes an inner race fixed to the rotational shaft, a rolling element, and an outer race for rotatably holding the rolling element with the inner race, and a casing for housing the rolling bearing, the casing including a plurality of first oil supply holes formed at intervals in a circumferential direction for supplying lubricant oil to a first gap between the rolling bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the casing. Each of the plurality of first oil supply holes satisfies: ?·d1·?1<?·d12/4,??(a) where d1 is a diameter of an outlet opening of the first oil supply hole, and ?1 is a space of the first gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Nagai, Takuya Arakawa, Takaya Futae, Shuichi Miura, Yosuke Dammoto, Akihiro Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20230128222Abstract: The present invention suppresses leakage of combustion gas from a contact surface. A cylinder head (20) is attached to a cylinder block. The surface (26) of the side of the cylinder head (20) that is attached to the cylinder block includes a first region (AH1) and a second region (AH2) that has higher hardness than the first region (AH1).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki IIZUMI, Motoi KAWASHIMA, Takuya KUMAGAI, Makoto SAKAGUCHI, Kazunori SAWAZAKI, Hideho NARITA, Ryuji KATAYAMA
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Patent number: 11619134Abstract: A mixed-flow turbine wheel includes: a plurality of rotor blades disposed on a circumferential surface of the hub at intervals in a circumferential direction and configured such that each of the plurality of rotor blades has a leading edge which includes, in a meridional view, an oblique edge portion where a distance between the leading edge and an axis of the rotational shaft decreases from a tip side toward a hub side, and a sensor detection surface having a flat shape and being applied with a marking which is detectable by an optical sensor device.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Koji Wakashima, Makoto Ozaki, Kimio Hatano, Bumpei Hashimoto, Hiroshi Saito, Takuya Rikimaru
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Publication number: 20230099007Abstract: A turbine includes: a rotatable impeller with a hub provided with a plurality of rotor blades; and a tubular member in which a diffuser located downstream of the impeller is formed. On an inner surface of the tubular member, a plurality of projections projecting radially inward of the tubular member are formed at positions closer to an inlet end of the tubular member than an outlet end of the tubular member. The plurality of projections are arranged in a circumferential direction of the inner surface so as to leave a space between adjacent projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Makoto OZAKI
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Publication number: 20230089893Abstract: A rotary electrical machine includes a housing which includes a flow passage portion in which a refrigerant flow passage through which a refrigerant flows is formed and which houses a rotor and a stator. The refrigerant flow passage includes a first flow passage of which a length from the inlet to the outlet in the circumferential direction is a predetermined length, and a second flow passage of which a length from the inlet to the outlet in the circumferential direction is shorter than that of the first flow passage. The second flow passage is provided with a partition wall portion between the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall in the radial direction. A slit penetrating the partition wall portion in the circumferential direction is formed in the partition wall portion. A width of the slit is smaller than a width of the first flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Tokio MOROHOSHI, Yudai FUJIOKA, Takashi FUKUNAGA, Takayoshi FUJII, Toshiaki KAWABATA
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Patent number: 11608798Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gas engine and a ship provided with the same, the gas engine making it is possible to ensure a distance that enables fuel and an oxidizing agent to mix, and to evenly mix the oxidizing agent and the fuel even if the flow rate of gas traveling towards intake pipes varies. A gas engine (1) comprises: an intake passage (10) through which a gas flows; a plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B) where the intake passage (10) branches apart at a branching section (14) that is downstream in the gas flow direction, the intake pipes opening to a cylinder (16) at the downstream end; and a fuel injection means (31) that injects fuel into the intake passage (10). The fuel injection means (31) is provided upstream of the branching section (14) in the gas flow direction, and injects varying quantities of fuel into the plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTDInventors: Shintaro Shuto, Satoshi Yamada, Kazuro Hotta, Tomohiro Noguchi, Kenichi Iizuka, Yuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11603859Abstract: Provided are a variable geometry turbine and a supercharger including the same that can change flow rate characteristics of a turbine in accordance with engine output with simple structure and can adjust the flow angle of a fluid flowing into a turbine impeller to any angle in the circumferential direction of the turbine impeller. The variable geometry turbine (10) includes a turbine impeller (12) configured to rotate about an axis line, a turbine housing (30) configured to accommodate the turbine impeller (12) and form a throat passage (32) and a scroll flow channel (34) on the outer circumferential side of the turbine impeller (12), the scroll flow channel (34) communicating with the throat passage (32), and a width changing mechanism in which a width change portion (52) that changes a passage width of the throat passage (32) along the circumferential direction of the turbine impeller (12) is movable in the width direction of the passage width.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Makoto Ozaki
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Patent number: 11603772Abstract: A forced induction device (100) includes: a rotor (1) which includes a turbine side shaft portion (11), a compressor side shaft portion (12), and a connection shaft portion (13) connecting these to each other; a turbine side bearing (5) which supports the turbine side shaft portion (11); and a compressor side bearing (6) which supports the compressor side shaft portion (12). A rigidity of the connection shaft portion (13) is lower than that of the turbine side shaft portion (11) and the compressor side shaft portion (12) so that a node in a mode shape at each critical speed involving with an operating rotational speed region of the rotor (1) is located between the turbine side bearing (5) and the compressor side bearing (6).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Takuya Arakawa, Takaya Futae, Shuichi Miura, Yosuke Danmoto
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Publication number: 20230077059Abstract: A rotary electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator, and a housing having a flow passage section. The flow passage section has an inner circumferential wall that makes contact with an outer circumferential surface of the stator, an outer circumferential wall arranged on the outside of the inner circumferential wall in the radial direction, and a partition wall section, which is provided in a portion in the circumferential direction, and connects the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall in the radial direction. The stator has a yoke section extending in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of teeth extending radially inward from the yoke section. The yoke section has a first portion connected to each of the teeth, and a second portion arranged between two first portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The partition wall section faces the second portion in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Tokio MOROHOSHI, Yudai FUJIOKA, Takashi FUKUNAGA, Takayoshi FUJII
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Publication number: 20230068282Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventor: Hisao OGAWA
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Patent number: 11585348Abstract: A compressor wheel device comprises a compressor wheel attached to a rotary shaft and a thrust collar attached to the rotary shaft at a back surface of the compressor wheel. The compressor wheel includes: a wheel body part with a hub and at least one blade provided on an outer peripheral surface of the hub; and a sleeve part having a cylindrical shape projecting along an axis direction from a back surface of the hub and having an outer peripheral surface on which a sealing groove extending along a peripheral direction is formed. The thrust collar has a circular plate-like shape including: one surface including an abutting surface abutting on an end surface of the sleeve part and extending along a radial direction; and the other surface including a slidably-contacting surface slidably contacting a thrust bearing supporting the rotary shaft in a thrust direction and extending along the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Iwakiri, Takaya Futae
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Patent number: 11585238Abstract: A bearing device includes a rotary part which is configured to be rotatable about a rotational axis and has a rotary surface intersecting the rotational axis, and a stationary part which has a stationary surface facing the rotary surface. One of the rotary surface or the stationary surface includes a bearing surface part for forming a bearing oil film. The rotary surface includes a first inner circumferential region, and a first outer circumferential region facing the stationary surface on a radially outer side of the bearing surface part and having higher oleophobicity than the first inner circumferential region.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventor: Yuya Kojima
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Patent number: 11585265Abstract: A surge suppression device for suppressing surge in an exhaust turbine-type turbocharger includes: a high-pressure tank configured to accumulate high-pressure gas with a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure; a high-pressure gas injection line connecting the high-pressure tank and an upstream intake passage on an upstream side of a compressor of the turbocharger; an on-off valve configured to open and close the high-pressure gas injection line; and a control device configured to control the on-off valve on the basis of a relationship between a pressure ratio of the compressor of the turbocharger and an intake flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Fujita, Nobuhito Oka, Makoto Ozaki
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Publication number: 20230053136Abstract: A turbocharger is provided with: a rotational shaft; a rolling bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft; an oil film damper disposed radially outward of an outer ring of the rolling bearing; and a housing having a first axial retaining portion and a second axial retaining portion, disposed adjacent to both ends of the oil film damper in the axial direction, respectively, for restricting movement of the outer ring in the axial direction. An axial end surface of the outer ring, or a facing surface of the first axial retaining portion or the second axial retaining portion facing the axial end surface of the outer ring has: a coefficient of static friction smaller than that of a portion of the housing excluding the first axial retaining portion and the second axial retaining portion; or has a recess where oil of the oil film damper can enter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitomo NODA, Takuya ARAKAWA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Shuichi ISAYAMA, Hiroaki TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20230050463Abstract: 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 02. 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Bipin GUPTA, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Yuya NAKAHARA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA