Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11702947
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11703015
    Abstract: A three-dimensional additive manufactured product includes a body portion and a male screw portion integrally disposed on a surface of the body portion so as to protrude therefrom. The male screw portion includes a following side flank forming a first flank angle with respect to a vertical plane to an axis thereof. The first flank angle is not less than 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Adachi, Akira Ogawara, Katsuhiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11702225
    Abstract: Provided are a cap seal with which molding of a seal material by hand can be omitted and variation in cap seal mounting quality can be minimized, a fastening structure provided with said cap seal, and a method for mounting a cap seal. This cap seal comprises: a plurality of cap parts (11) which have an opening (11b) in one end, inside of which a space (11a) is formed, and which have insulation; and a base part (12) which connects the peripheries at the ends of the cap parts (11) on the opening (11b)-sides together and which has insulation; the cap parts (11) accommodating seal members and protruding parts of fastening members inside the spaces (11a), and the opening (11b)-side surface of the base part (12) being fabricated into a mounting surface (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Akamatsu, Koji Irie
  • Patent number: 11703819
    Abstract: A unit space update device, which generates a unit space, includes: a detection value acquisition unit which acquires a bundle of detection values detected at a constant cycle; and a deletion processing unit which deletes one bundle from the bundles of the detection values constituting the unit space, when adding the bundle of the detection values to the unit space. The deletion processing unit includes at least one among: a first processing unit which randomly deletes one bundle from the bundles of the detection values forming the unit space; and a second processing unit which, with respect to the detection value of the predetermined evaluation item among the plurality of evaluation items, deletes any one bundle of the bundles including the detection value with the highest appearance frequency in the unit space, or one of two bundles having the smallest difference between the detected values in the unit space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Nagano, Mayumi Saito, Keiji Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11699933
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine comprises a two-pole rotor, a three-phase armature winding, and a stator core having fifty-four slots. An armature winding is stored as a top coil piece and a bottom coil piece in two layers in the slot of the stator core and has three parallel circuits and two phase belts per one phase. Each phase belt includes two parallel circuits. When a sequence of the first and second parallel circuits of one phase belt is viewed from a side closer to a phase belt center, those parallel circuits are arranged in a sequence of the first, second, first, first, second, first, first, first, and second parallel circuits in the top coil pieces and in a sequence of the first, second, first, first, second, first, first, first, and second parallel circuits in the bottom coil pieces to be connected to the top coil pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Takahashi, Harumasa Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11697489
    Abstract: A wing includes: a main structural member; a leading-edge member formed of material with a coefficient of linear thermal expansion different from that of material of the main structural member; an eccentric bushing that has a circular through-hole and is shaped in a cylindrical shape; and a coupling member. The leading-edge member has a first hole prolonged in a specific direction. The main structural member has a second hole. The center axis of the eccentric bushing and the center axis of the through-hole are parallel to and offset from each other. The eccentric bushing is inserted to the first hole. The first coupling member is inserted to the through-hole and the second hole to couple the main structural member and the leading-edge member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Kanazawa, Kenta Katsunaga, Koji Ogimura
  • Publication number: 20230213482
    Abstract: To further reduce the computational load in an inspection process of ultrasonic inspection of an inspection target. An ultrasonic inspection method includes the steps of: collecting data as a result of scanning an inspection target in such a manner that a plurality of probes transmit ultrasonic signals to the inspection target and the probes receive reflected ultrasonic signals from the inspection target; rendering a primary image including a contour and an internal side of the inspection target based on the data as the result of scanning by using a sonic speed of the ultrasonic signals transmitted and received by the probes, the sonic speed being set to a predetermined value regardless of a region through which the ultrasonic signals have passed; and evaluating whether an internal flaw is present in the inspection target in the primary image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei HAYASHI, Masakazu KAMIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230213060
    Abstract: Provided are a journal bearing and a rotary machine, including: a housing that has an annular shape and is disposed around a rotating shaft; a plurality of bearing pads that are disposed between the housing and the rotating shaft to be spaced from each other at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the housing; and a support that supports at least one end of each bearing pad in the axial direction of the rotating shaft to allow the each bearing pad to swing in the housing about an axis serving as a fulcrum in parallel to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yoshitomo NODA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Takuzo SHIGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230213180
    Abstract: A method of disassembling a steam generator including a body portion, a water chamber, a tube plate and a plurality of heat transfer tubes, the method includes: a step of obtaining a disassembly target including the tube plate and a part of the heat transfer tubes; a step of specifying the heat transfer tube fixed to the tube plate; a step of releasing fixation between the part of the heat transfer tube and the tube plate; and a step of pulling out the part of the heat transfer tube from the through-hole, in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is inserted from the primary region side, and in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is moved to a plurality of streaks only in a direction from the primary region side to the secondary region side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Reiko Ueno, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Hara, Masaki Noda, Kohei Tada
  • Patent number: 11692710
    Abstract: A burner comprises: at least one mixing tube extending inside a fuel plenum and having an interior configured to be supplied with an air; and a plurality of fuel injection holes for injecting a fuel supplied to the fuel plenum into the interior of the at least one mixing tube. When the at least one mixing tube is viewed in an axial direction of the mixing tube, a central axis of each of the plurality of fuel injection holes is oblique in a same direction with respect to a circumferential direction of the mixing tube, to a radial direction of the mixing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Tada
  • Patent number: 11692587
    Abstract: A bearing device includes: a rotary shaft being rotatable around an axis; a bearing pad that supports an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; a nozzle that is disposed on an upstream side of the bearing pad in a rotational direction of the rotation shaft and has a supply hole; a pair of side plates that face the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft on an upstream side of the nozzle in the rotational direction and are disposed on both sides of the nozzle in the axial direction, the pair of side plates having a discharge hole; and a guide surface that faces the upstream side in the rotation direction and extends in the axial direction over an entire length of the bearing pad in the axial direction, wherein the guide surface is circumferentially positioned between the supply hole and the discharge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuzo Shigihara, Shuichi Isayama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Shimpei Yokoyama, Yuichiro Waki
  • Patent number: 11691743
    Abstract: A propulsion device includes: a duct in which a flow path extending in a direction of an axis; a fan which is provided with a) an outer peripheral ring formed in an annular shape surrounding the axis and installed to be relatively rotatable around the axis with respect to the duct, b) a plurality of fan blades arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction such that each blade is extended from the outer peripheral ring toward the inside of the flow path, and c) an inner peripheral ring formed in an annular shape being connected radially inner end portions of the plurality of fan blades and in which an air flow passage is formed so that air flows therethrough in the direction of the axis; and a motor which drives the fan to rotate around the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Karikomi, Yuki Morisaki, Kazuki Hosono, Junji Iwatani
  • Patent number: 11691708
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion; a shroud surrounding the shaft portion and including an inside surface that forms a flow path-forming surface defining a flow path with the shaft portion; a first propeller rotatably provided in the flow path; a second propeller rotatably provided on a downstream side of the first propeller in the flow path; and a motor including a rotor that is fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the second propeller and that is accommodated in the shroud, and a stator that surrounds the rotor via a clearance and that is fixed in the shroud. A portion of the flow path-forming surface on a downstream side of the second propeller decreases in diameter toward the downstream side, and the shroud includes an inlet flow path that is open at a portion between the first propeller and the second propeller of the flow path-forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Hideyuki Kudo, Shinichi Isobe, Shigeki Senoo
  • Patent number: 11692514
    Abstract: A scramjet engine includes first and second flow path forming members and first and second fuel injection devices. A flow path formed between the first and second flow path forming members includes a turbulence forming region where compressed air is introduced and a combustion region located downstream thereof. The second flow path forming member is formed with a protrusion in the turbulence formation region. The first fuel injection device is configured to inject fuel into the compressed air via a first fuel nozzle. The second flow path forming member is formed with a cavity located in the combustion region. The second fuel injection device is configured to inject fuel into the compressed air via a second fuel nozzle. The cavity is provided with an inclined surface connected to a bottom surface. An inclination of the inclined surface is adjusted so that a shock wave is generated in the combustion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Nakamura, Akihiko Tsunemi, Takuto Haniu
  • Patent number: 11692705
    Abstract: A solid fuel burner to be inserted into a burner throat bored in a wall portion of a furnace, comprising: a solid fuel nozzle for ejecting mixed fluid of solid fuel and primary air; a secondary air nozzle for ejecting secondary air; a tertiary air nozzle for ejecting tertiary air; a secondary air guide member for guiding a flow of the secondary air outwardly in a radial direction; and one or more tertiary air guide members for guiding a flow of the tertiary air outwardly in the radial direction at a first angle with respect to a central axis (C) of the solid fuel burner, wherein a distal end position (X2) of each of the tertiary air guide members in an axial direction of the solid fuel burner is at a closer side of the furnace than a distal end position (X1) of the secondary air guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kiyama, Kenichi Ochi, Shohei Mito, Kosuke Kitakaze, Toshihiko Mine
  • Publication number: 20230202778
    Abstract: In a granular material supply system including a tank that stores granular material, a carrier line through which the granular material flowing out of the tank is carried to a carrier destination, and a cutout line that connects the tank and the carrier line and through which the granular material flowing out of the tank is supplied to the carrier line, a control device includes a density control unit configured to control a density of the granular material on a downstream side of a junction of the cutout line and the carrier line to a set value predetermined and a flow rate control unit configured to control a flow rate of the granular material to be supplied to the carrier destination through the carrier line to a command value instructed by the carrier destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Hiroe, Kazunari Ide, Akihiko Saito, Kei Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20230209019
    Abstract: An image information provision device includes: a setting unit configured to set a collection point or a collection section for an image on a target road; and an image acquisition unit configured to request an on-board unit of a vehicle present within a predetermined range from the collection point or the collection section to transmit a captured-image captured at the collection point or in the collection section, and store, in a storage, a captured-image received from the on-board unit that has received the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ono, Kozaburo Konishi, Yoshifumi Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20230204457
    Abstract: Provided is a diagnosis device that can determine the status of an anomaly besides the presence of an anomaly of a driven member. The diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a driven member having a rotary shaft, the driven member is rotated by driving of an externally mounted motor, and the diagnosis device calculates an estimated torque resistance of a combination of the driven member and the motor based on actual operation data obtained by driving the driven member by using the motor and finds a driven member and motor three-dimensional table that is a three-dimensional table of angles, angular velocities, and estimated torque resistances, finds a reference-state three-dimensional table that is a three-dimensional table of angles, angular velocities, and estimated torque resistances in a reference state, and calculates a determination three-dimensional table from a difference between the driven member and motor three-dimensional table and the reference-state three-dimensional table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyota Tokuyama, Ichiro Awaya, Tomohiro Ikawa, Junya Takida, Kimihito Obase, Genki Nakai
  • Patent number: 11686649
    Abstract: An early sign detection device includes a plurality of sensors, a data acquisition unit configured to acquire time series variation data of a physical amount from each of the plurality of sensors, a computation unit configured to compute an occurrence probability of a vibration mode involved in a sudden variant vibration of a detection subject from an amplitude or a phase of the time series variation data of the physical amount at each of the plurality of positions, and a detection unit configured to detect an early sign of the sudden variant vibration on the basis of the occurrence probability of the vibration mode. The plurality of sensors are respectively disposed at a plurality of positions of the detection subject and are each configured to measure the physical amount at a corresponding position of the plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nakamori, Keisuke Matsuyama, Yuki Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20230196773
    Abstract: An object detection device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image at a predetermined time interval; a first image processing unit configured to extract an object from the acquired image; a second image processing unit configured to extract a plurality of candidate areas of the object on a screen, based on a position of the object acquired in a previous frame of the image; a comparison unit configured to compare the object extracted by the first image processing unit and the candidate areas with an object extracted from an image in the previous frame of the image; and a specification unit configured to specify a candidate area of a current frame that matches the object extracted from the image in the previous frame, from the candidate areas, based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iio, Kiichi Sugimoto, Kenta Nakao