Patents by Inventor Akihiko Shirota

Akihiko Shirota 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: 10760449
    Abstract: A fixing device fixes a relative position in a rotational direction of an outer member and an inner member of a stationary body of the rotary machine, and includes: a radial pin that is inserted into a through hole passing through the outer member in a radial direction of a rotary machine and having a stepped portion formed therein to have a larger diameter at a portion on an outer side in the radial direction of the rotary machine than at a portion on an inner side in the radial direction, that has a part on the inner side in the radial direction of the rotary machine to be inserted into a concave portion of the inner member, and that has a flange portion on the outer side in the radial direction of the rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirota, Takeki Nakayama, Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10677098
    Abstract: A pin insertion hole is formed in an outer member, and a pin groove is formed in an inner member. A positioning device includes a pin entering the pin insertion hole and the pin groove, and a groove contact member coming in contact with a groove side surface of the pin groove. In one member of the pin and the groove contact member, a position restriction concave portion recessed in a direction away from the other member is formed in a portion facing the other member. In the other member, a claw portion entering the position restriction concave portion and coming into contact with the position restriction concave portion is formed as a portion of the other member is plastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirota, Takeki Nakayama, Shinya Honda, Masaaki Sotokawa
  • Patent number: 10619516
    Abstract: A support device is provided with: a support member having a body disposed in a recess provided in the upper surface of the lower half of an outer member, and a protrusion provided on the body, the protrusion protruding toward the lower half of an inner member from a front surface facing the lower half of the inner member, the protrusion being disposed removably in a hole provided in the lower half of the inner member; a first adjustment member disposed between the bottom surface of the recess and the lower surface, facing the bottom surface, of the body; and an upper liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirota, Takeki Nakayama, Taichi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10563541
    Abstract: A securing device having a radial pin which is inserted into a through-hole having an outside hole and an inside hole and penetrating an outside member in the radial direction of a rotary machine, the outside hole being open to the outside of the outside member in the radial direction of the rotary machine, the inside hole communicating with the outside hole, having a smaller diameter than the outside hole, and being open to the inside in the radial direction of the rotary machine, the radial pin having a portion on the inside in the radial direction of the rotary machine inserted into a recess formed in an inside member, and including a flange portion having an outer diameter larger than a diameter of the inside hole; and a pin support unit which is inserted into the outside hole on the outside in the radial direction of the rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirota, Taichi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10392973
    Abstract: A pin insertion hole penetrating an outer member from an outer circumferential side to an inner circumferential side is formed in the outer member. A pin groove that is concave from an outer circumferential side to an inner circumferential side is formed in an inner member. A positioning device includes a pin that is inserted into the pin insertion hole of the outer member and the pin groove of the inner member, a liner holder that comes in contact with a groove side surface of the pin groove, and a liner that is disposed between the liner holder and the pin in the pin groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Honda, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: 10364166
    Abstract: An UV-irradiation apparatus of an embodiment is provided with an irradiation unit, a measuring unit, a detecting unit, a calculator and a display. The irradiation unit irradiates treatment water as a treatment target with treating ultraviolet rays. The measuring unit measures ultraviolet ray intensity of ultraviolet rays transmitted through the treatment water. The detecting unit detects a deterioration of the irradiation unit in accordance with the ultraviolet ray intensity measured by the measuring unit. The calculator calculates the ultraviolet ray permeability of the treatment water, on the basis of the ultraviolet ray intensity of ultraviolet rays emitted from the irradiation unit depending on a preset setting value and the ultraviolet ray intensity measured by the measuring unit. The display displays the detection result of the deterioration of the irradiation unit by the detecting unit, and the ultraviolet ray permeability calculated by the calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinji Kobayashi, Norimitsu Abe, Takeshi Ide, Akihiko Shirota, Kenji Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10233770
    Abstract: A position adjustment device is provided with an eccentric pin and a push rod. The eccentric pin has a rotating shaft part, and an eccentric shaft part inserted into an end in a circumferential direction of a lower-half inside member. The push rod is inserted into the lower-half inside member from an end surface in the circumferential direction of the lower-half inside member, the push rod being able to come into contact with the eccentric shaft part within the lower-half inside member. The rotating shaft part has a columnar shape with a rotational axis line. The eccentric shaft part is formed with: a side peripheral surface that comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of an eccentric shaft hole in the lower-half inside member into which the eccentric shaft part is inserted, and a rod contact surface that comes into contact with the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagaki, Akihiko Shirota
  • Publication number: 20180283213
    Abstract: A pin insertion hole is formed in an outer member, and a pin groove is formed in an inner member. A positioning device includes a pin entering the pin insertion hole and the pin groove, and a groove contact member coming in contact with a groove side surface of the pin groove. In one member of the pin and the groove contact member, a position restriction concave portion recessed in a direction away from the other member is formed in a portion facing the other member. In the other member, a claw portion entering the position restriction concave portion and coming into contact with the position restriction concave portion is formed as a portion of the other member is plastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko SHIROTA, Takeki NAKAYAMA, Shinya HONDA, Masaaki SOTOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180073397
    Abstract: A securing device having a radial pin which is inserted into a through-hole having an outside hole and an inside hole and penetrating an outside member in the radial direction of a rotary machine, the outside hole being open to the outside of the outside member in the radial direction of the rotary machine, the inside hole communicating with the outside hole, having a smaller diameter than the outside hole, and being open to the inside in the radial direction of the rotary machine, the radial pin having a portion on the inside in the radial direction of the rotary machine inserted into a recess formed in an inside member, and including a flange portion having an outer diameter larger than a diameter of the inside hole; and a pin support unit which is inserted into the outside hole on the outside in the radial direction of the rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirota, Taichi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20180066542
    Abstract: A support device is provided with: a support member having a body disposed in a recess provided in the upper surface of the lower half of an outer member, and a protrusion provided on the body, the protrusion protruding toward the lower half of an inner member from a front surface facing the lower half of the inner member, the protrusion being disposed removably in a hole provided in the lower half of the inner member; a first adjustment member disposed between the bottom surface of the recess and the lower surface, facing the bottom surface, of the body; and an upper liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko SHIROTA, Takeki NAKAYAMA, Taichi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170362961
    Abstract: A fixing device fixes a relative position in a rotational direction of an outer member and an inner member of a stationary body of the rotary machine, and includes: a radial pin that is inserted into a through hole passing through the outer member in a radial direction of a rotary machine and having a stepped portion formed therein to have a larger diameter at a portion on an outer side in the radial direction of the rotary machine than at a portion on an inner side in the radial direction, that has a part on the inner side in the radial direction of the rotary machine to be inserted into a concave portion of the inner member, and that has a flange portion on the outer side in the radial direction of the rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiko SHIROTA, Takeki NAKAYAMA, Mitsuhiro ADACHI, Hiroshi INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20170283276
    Abstract: A liquid processing system has: processing units of n stages in which each processing unit includes one or a plurality of processing lines, each processing line includes an ultraviolet ray irradiating unit, and the number of processing lines of an m-th stage processing unit is larger than the number of processing lines of an m+1-th stage processing unit; and adjusting section which adjusts an output of an ultraviolet ray irradiating unit provided to a processing unit of a predetermined stage. An output of an ultraviolet ray irradiating unit provided to a processing unit of a stage other than the predetermined stage is each fixed, and the adjusting section adjusts the output of the let ray irradiating unit provided to the processing unit of the predetermined stage such that a liquid processed in an n-th stage processing unit of a final stage is in a desired processing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: NORIMITSU ABE, TAKESHI IDE, SHINJI KOBAYASHI, AKIHIKO SHIROTA, KENJI TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 9725337
    Abstract: An ultraviolet irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment includes a reaction tank including an inlet port for introducing to-be-treated water, and a discharge port for discharging to-be-treated water after treatment, a first ultraviolet lamp, and an ultraviolet monitor including an ultraviolet sensor. The first ultraviolet lamp is accommodated in a first protection tube including both end portions fixed in the reaction tank. The ultraviolet monitor is accommodated in a second protection tube, the second protection tube is disposed in parallel to the first protection tube, and both end portions of the second protection tube are fixed in the reaction tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinji Kobayashi, Norimitsu Abe, Takeshi Ide, Akihiko Shirota, Kenji Takeuchi, Takahiro Soma
  • Patent number: D863520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D925964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D968153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D981542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D1002259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D1004356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota
  • Patent number: D1007927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SENGOKU WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Sengoku, Takehira Sengoku, Akihiko Shirota