Patents by Inventor Akinori Tasaki
Akinori Tasaki 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).
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Patent number: 11536291Abstract: A rotor hanging tool includes a beam extending in parallel to an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of ring support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, and attachable to and detachable from a support ring, a pair of rotor support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, attachable to and detachable from the rotor main body at positions different from the ring support portions in the axial direction, and respectively supporting the rotor main body from below, and a vertical position adjustment unit for adjusting a position of each of the rotor support portions in a vertical direction with respect to the beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International CorporationInventors: Yoshikuni Kono, Akinori Tasaki
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Patent number: 11131319Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is provided with a plurality of diaphragms including a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm which are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, a casing disposed on a radially outer side of the plurality of diaphragms and accommodating an internal component including the plurality of diaphragms, at least one axial spacer disposed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and a scroll flow passage formed by a scroll inner peripheral wall and a scroll outer peripheral wall. The scroll inner peripheral wall is formed by a surface of the first diaphragm positioned on a radially inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the first diaphragm. At least a part of the scroll outer peripheral wall is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki, Daisuke Hirata
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Publication number: 20210239133Abstract: A rotor hanging tool includes a beam extending in parallel to an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of ring support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, and attachable to and detachable from a support ring, a pair of rotor support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, attachable to and detachable from the rotor main body at positions different from the ring support portions in the axial direction, and respectively supporting the rotor main body from below, and a vertical position adjustment unit for adjusting a position of each of the rotor support portions in a vertical direction with respect to the beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International CorporationInventors: Yoshikuni Kono, Akinori Tasaki
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Patent number: 11053952Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk that has a disk shape and is configured to rotate around an axis; and a plurality of blades that are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction on a side of a surface of the disk toward a direction of the axis and extend to a rear side in a rotation direction as the plurality of the blades go toward an outer side in a radial direction. Each of the plurality of the blades has: a primary blade which extends to the rear side in the rotation direction as the primary blade goes from an inner side toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a secondary blade which is provided at intervals on a side in front of the primary blade in the rotation direction to correspond to the primary blade.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki
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Publication number: 20200232474Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk that has a disk shape and is configured to rotate around an axis; and a plurality of blades that are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction on a side of a surface of the disk toward a direction of the axis and extend to a rear side in a rotation direction as the plurality of the blades go toward an outer side in a radial direction. Each of the plurality of the blades has: a primary blade which extends to the rear side in the rotation direction as the primary blade goes from an inner side toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a secondary blade which is provided at intervals on a side in front of the primary blade in the rotation direction to correspond to the primary blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki
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Publication number: 20190063457Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is provided with a plurality of diaphragms including a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm which are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, a casing disposed on a radially outer side of the plurality of diaphragms and accommodating an internal component including the plurality of diaphragms, at least one axial spacer disposed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and a scroll flow passage formed by a scroll inner peripheral wall and a scroll outer peripheral wall. The scroll inner peripheral wall is formed by a surface of the first diaphragm positioned on a radially inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the first diaphragm. At least a part of the scroll outer peripheral wall is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki, Daisuke Hirata
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Publication number: 20190032833Abstract: A pipe for a driven-type fluid machine includes: an inlet pipe that is to be connected to a suction port provided in a casing of the driven-type fluid machine, a supply pipe that supplies a fluid, and a bend that connects the supply pipe and the inlet pipe to each other. The bend is shaped such that a pipe width in a plane including a pipe axis of the inlet pipe and a pipe axis of the supply pipe gradually decreases from an upstream portion to a bent portion, and L1?3×d is satisfied where d is the pipe width at the bent portion and L1 is an axial length of the inlet pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki
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Publication number: 20180066674Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is able to cause air to efficiently flow to an impeller thereof, and enables improvement of operating efficiency. The centrifugal compressor has: a casing having an inlet flow channel and a connection flow channel formed therein, the inlet flow channel having a suction port provided at one place thereof, the connection flow channel being connected to the inlet flow channel; a main shaft inserted in the casing; an impeller fixed to the main shaft and arranged in the inlet flow channel; and an inlet guide vane unit having a plurality of inlet guide vanes arranged upstream of the impeller of the inlet flow channel. In the inlet guide vane unit, an arrangement interval between inlet guide vanes at a suction port side is narrower than an arrangement interval of inlet guide vanes at a side opposite to the suction port side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Saito, Akinori Tasaki
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Method of manufacturing by electric discharge machining an impeller for centrifugal rotating machine
Patent number: 8581136Abstract: A method for manufacturing an impeller of a centrifugal rotating machine that is approximately disk-shaped and in which flow passages are formed between a plurality of blades and disposed in a radial manner from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, provided with a first flow passage formation step that forms a first region on the outer circumferential side within the flow passage by inserting an electrode of a shape fitting to the flow passage with the electric discharge machining method from the outer circumferential side of the disk-shaped body having an outer shape of an impeller, and a second flow passage formation step that forms a second region on the inner circumferential side within the flow passage from the inner circumferential side of the disk-shaped body.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hoden Seimitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisanori Kishimoto, Toyoaki Yasui, Akinori Tasaki, Eizaburo Tanaka, Takashi Maehara -
Publication number: 20110108526Abstract: A method for manufacturing an impeller of a centrifugal rotating machine that is approximately disk-shaped and in which flow passages are formed between a plurality of blades and disposed in a radial manner from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, provided with: a first flow passage formation step that forms a first region on the outer circumferential side within the flow passage by inserting an electrode of a shape fitting to the flow passage with the electric discharge machining method from the outer circumferential side of the disk-shaped body having an outer shape of an impeller; and a second flow passage formation step that forms a second region on the inner circumferential side within the flow passage from the inner circumferential side of the disk-shaped body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Hisanori Kishimoto, Toyoaki Yasui, Akinori Tasaki, Eizaburo Tanaka, Takashi Maehara
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Publication number: 20100316502Abstract: A method of manufacturing an impeller of a centrifugal rotary machine, the impeller being formed in a substantially disk shape and including a passageway curved to follow the axial direction in an inner peripheral side of the impeller and to follow the radial direction as it goes to an outer peripheral side thereof, the method includes: a first passageway forming step of setting a rotation center at a position on one side of the axial direction where a curvature center of the passageway is located relative to a disk forming an external shape of the impeller, and rotating a processing tool about the rotation center relative to the disk so as to form at least a part of the passageway from a position which is an inner peripheral end of the passageway of the disk toward the outer peripheral side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Pham KHANHSON, Toyoaki Yasui, Akinori Tasaki, Eizaburo Tanaka, Takashi Maehara
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Publication number: 20090324405Abstract: An object is to provide a method for forming a superior corrosion-resistant plating layer by sealing penetrating pinholes formed in an electroless plating layer. There are provided a first plating step of performing electroless Ni—P plating on a base material (1); an etching step of etching a surface of a first plating layer (3) formed by the first plating step; and a second plating step of performing electroless Ni—P plating to form a second plating layer (5) on the first plating layer (3) processed by the etching step.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Toyoaki Yasui, Akinori Tasaki, Katsuyasu Hananaka, Yuya Konno, Kenji Itagaki
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Publication number: 20090304519Abstract: An object is to provide a gas-compressor impeller which has excellent durability even when gas containing solid particles is compressed and which does not increase the cost. A gas-compressor impeller installed in a gas compressor that compresses gas containing solid particles has a hub portion and a plurality of blades extending substantially radially from the outer circumferential surface of the hub portion. The hub portion and the blades are rotated about the central axial line to compress gas. The blades have abrasion-resistant films only at gas inlet portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTDInventors: Toyoaki Yasui, Akinori Tasaki, Kenji Itagaki, Naoki Hirata, Yuya Konno