Patents by Inventor Azumi Yoshida
Azumi Yoshida 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: 12247490Abstract: This shaft sealing device comprises: a housing that has a storage groove; a seal body stored in the storage groove; and a projected part that projects from one of the housing and the seal body toward the other in the storage groove in an axial direction. The seal body divides an annular space into a high-pressure region on a first side in the axial direction and a low-pressure region on a second side in the axial direction. The housing has a connection part that connects the low-pressure region with the inside of the storage groove. The projected part divides a portion between an opposite surface and a low-pressure-side lateral surface of the seal body into a first space on the radially outer side and a second space on the radially inner side. The connection part connects the first space with the low-pressure region.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kohei Ozaki, Masaya Kawano, Azumi Yoshida, Shintaro Okumura, Tatsuro Furusho, Shin Nishimoto
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Publication number: 20250035006Abstract: A sealing device including: a sealing member that is disposed between a rotating member of a rotating machine and a stationary member disposed on the outer side of the rotating member in the radial direction of the rotating member, and that creates a seal between the rotating member and the stationary member; and a biasing member that biases the sealing member toward the radially outer side. The sealing member has a base extending in the circumferential direction of the rotating member, a rib that extends in the circumferential direction and protrudes outward in the radial direction from the base, and a seal fin that extends in the circumferential direction and protrudes inward in the radial direction of the rotating member from the base. The rib has a cut-away part in which the biasing member is disposed between one end and the other end of the rib in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Tatsuro FURUSHO, Shin NISHIMOTO, Shintaro OKUMURA, Kenichi SAKASHITA, Masaya KAWANO, Kohei OZAKI, Azumi YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 12205570Abstract: A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Honji, Azumi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20240344463Abstract: This shaft sealing device comprises: a housing that has a storage groove; a seal body stored in the storage groove; and a projected part that projects from one of the housing and the seal body toward the other in the storage groove in an axial direction. The seal body divides an annular space into a high-pressure region on a first side in the axial direction and a low-pressure region on a second side in the axial direction. The housing has a connection part that connects the low-pressure region with the inside of the storage groove. The projected part divides a portion between an opposite surface and a low-pressure-side lateral surface of the seal body into a first space on the radially outer side and a second space on the radially inner side. The connection part connects the first space with the low-pressure region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kohei Ozaki, Masaya Kawano, Azumi Yoshida, Shintaro Okumura, Tatsuro Furusho, Shin Nishimoto
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Publication number: 20240340574Abstract: A resonator includes a first resonance portion, a second resonance portion, and a communication portion. The first resonance portion includes a first housing which includes a first space and on which a first opening portion configured to communicate the first space with outside is formed. The second resonance portion includes a second housing which includes a second space and on which a second opening portion configured to communicate the second space with the outside is formed. The communication portion is configured to connect the first resonance portion with the second resonance portion to communicate with each other. A resonance frequency of the first resonance portion and a resonance frequency of the second resonance portion are identical to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Azumi YOSHIDA, Hiroaki YAKUSHIDO
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Publication number: 20240125391Abstract: A shaft seal device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of thin plates arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotational shaft and each having a width in an axial direction of the rotational shaft and a seal ring including a seal mounting groove for mounting the plurality of thin plates. An inner wall of the seal mounting groove on one side in the axial direction has a groove formed along the circumferential direction, in an inner region in a radial direction of the rotational shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kohei OZAKI, Azumi YOSHIDA, Tatsuro FURUSHO, Shin NISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240098425Abstract: A speaker unit includes a yoke, a magnet, a voice coil and a partitioner. The yoke includes a base portion and a protruding portion protruding from the base portion. The magnet is disposed on the base portion. The top plate is disposed on the magnet. A magnetic gap is formed between the top plate and the protruding portion. The voice coil is disposed in the magnetic gap. The partitioner is disposed in a surrounded-space surrounded by the yoke, the matmet and the top plate. The partitioner is spaced apart from the base portion. The partitioner includes at least one opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Azumi YOSHIDA, Tsukasa SUENAGA, Tsunenori SANO
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Publication number: 20240087553Abstract: A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yoshikazu HONJI, Azumi YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11905838Abstract: A seal member is disposed between a rotor and a stator to provide a seal between the rotor and the stator. The seal member comprises: a rotary-side member fixed to a surface of the rotor opposing the stator; a fixed-side member fixed to the stator and facing the rotary-side member; and a first fin and a second fin which are disposed on one of the rotary-side member and the fixed-side member, the first fin protruding on the opposing surface side, the second fin being disposed on a lower pressure side in a rotating axis direction relative to the first fin and protruding on the opposing surface side. The thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the second fin at the root thereof is greater than the thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the first fin at the root thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuro Furusho, Shin Nishimoto, Hidekazu Uehara, Kohei Ozaki, Azumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11869473Abstract: A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Honji, Azumi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230341056Abstract: This seal device comprises: a movable seal ring arranged so as to be deformable in the radial direction, in a state of facing an outer peripheral surface of a rotor of a steam turbine capable of rotating around the axis; a first elastic member provided to each of end surfaces of the movable seal ring in the circumferential direction; and a second elastic member that is provided to an intermediate position in the circumferential direction of the movable seal ring and urges the movable seal ring outward in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Norihisa TAKEI, Hidekazu UEHARA, Takumi HORI, Kohei OZAKI, Azumi YOSHIDA, Masaya KAWANO, Shin NISHIMOTO, Tatsuro FURUSHO, Shintaro OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20230258268Abstract: A sealing device is disposed between a stationary body and a rotating body and is configured to suppress flow of a fluid from a high-pressure side to a low-pressure side. The sealing device includes: a sealing member movably supported by the stationary body in an axial direction and a radial direction of the rotating body; a seal fin extending from the sealing member to the rotating body side; a pressure adjustment space provided between the stationary body and a high-pressure-side end surface of the sealing member; and a communication passage having one end communicating with the low-pressure side and the other end communicating with the pressure adjustment space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Mitsumata, Kohei Ozaki, Azumi Yoshida, Masaya Kawano
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Patent number: 11614035Abstract: A seal segment comprises: a seal body having a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces that extend while being inclined forward in a rotational direction of a rotating shaft as the pieces draw farther inward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and that are layered in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft; a pair of side plates extending in the circumferential direction so as to cover the seal body from both sides with respect to an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and a housing having a housing main body that accommodates the seal body while allowing the seal body to protrude inward in the radial direction, and an extending part that is provided to an end portion of the housing main body in the circumferential direction, and that extends inward in the radial direction along an end surface of the seal body in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Azumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Uehara, Kohei Ozaki, Shin Nishimoto, Tatsuro Furusho
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Publication number: 20220259982Abstract: A seal member is disposed between a rotor and a stator to provide a seal between the rotor and the stator. The seal member comprises: a rotary-side member fixed to a surface of the rotor opposing the stator; a fixed-side member fixed to the stator and facing the rotary-side member; and a first fin and a second fin which are disposed on one of the rotary-side member and the fixed-side member, the first fin protruding on the opposing surface side, the second fin being disposed on a lower pressure side in a rotating axis direction relative to the first fin and protruding on the opposing surface side. The thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the second fin at the root thereof is greater than the thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the first fin at the root thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTDInventors: Tatsuro Furusho, Shin Nishimoto, Hidekazu Uehara, Kohei Ozaki, Azumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11319825Abstract: A sealing device seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor and an inner circumferential surface of a stator. The sealing device includes a sealing ring provided on the stator and having a free-cutting material, in which a convex portion and a concave portion are alternately formed in an axial direction, on a surface facing the rotor; a plurality of radial fins protruding radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; and oblique fins which obliquely protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward both ends of the free-cutting material of the sealing ring in the axial direction from the outside of the both ends.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kohei Ozaki, Hidekazu Uehara, Azumi Yoshida, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Eiji Konishi, Shin Nishimoto
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Patent number: 11293350Abstract: A seal segment (11) includes a retainer (21), a seal body (13) having a thin plate seal piece (20), a high-pressure side plate (23), a low-pressure side plate, a retainer simulating section (51) further extending in the circumferential direction (Dc) from an end portion of the retainer (21) in the circumferential direction (Dc), and a block body (50) including a seal body simulation section (53) extending inward in the radial direction (Dr) from the retainer simulation section. The high-pressure side plate (23) and the low-pressure side plate cover at least a part of the seal body simulation section (53) of the block body (50).Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Azumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Uehara, Shin Nishimoto, Naoya Tatsumi, Kohei Ozaki
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Publication number: 20210239050Abstract: A seal segment comprises: a seal body having a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces that extend while being inclined forward in a rotational direction of a rotating shaft as the pieces draw farther inward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and that are layered in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft; a pair of side plates extending in the circumferential direction so as to cover the seal body from both sides with respect to an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and a housing having a housing main body that accommodates the seal body while allowing the seal body to protrude inward in the radial direction, and an extending part that is provided to an end portion of the housing main body in the circumferential direction, and that extends inward in the radial direction along an end surface of the seal body in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Azumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Uehara, Kohei Ozaki, Shin Nishimoto, Tatsuro Furusho
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Publication number: 20210222577Abstract: A sealing device seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor and an inner circumferential surface of a stator. The sealing device includes a sealing ring provided on the stator and having a free-cutting material, in which a convex portion and a concave portion are alternately formed in an axial direction, on a surface facing the rotor; a plurality of radial fins protruding radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; and oblique fins which obliquely protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward both ends of the free-cutting material of the sealing ring in the axial direction from the outside of the both ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Kohei OZAKI, Hidekazu UEHARA, Azumi YOSHIDA, Toyoharu NISHIKAWA, Eiji KONISHI, Shin NISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20210110807Abstract: A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Yoshikazu HONJI, Azumi YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 10927765Abstract: A seal segment (11) includes a seal body having a plurality of laminated thin plate seal pieces (20), and a high-pressure side plate (23). The high-pressure side plate (23) includes an outer diameter side edge portion (23b) which is an outer edge portion in the radial direction (Dr) and extends in a circular are shape in the circumferential direction (Dc), an inner diameter side edge portion (23c) which is an inner edge portion in a radial direction (Dr) and extends in a circular arc shape in the circumferential direction (Dc), and a front edge portion (23d) which is an edge portion on a front side in the rotational direction (Bc). The high-pressure side plate (23) further includes a reinforcing portion (40) only in a region of the high-pressure side plate (23) on the front side in the rotational direction (Bc).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Azumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Uehara, Shin Nishimoto, Naoya Tatsumi, Kohei Ozaki