Patents by Inventor Hideki Nagao

Hideki Nagao 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).

  • Publication number: 20240026895
    Abstract: A rotor includes a bolt fixing portion having a plurality of bolts for collectively fixing a plurality of impellers including a disk having a central shaft structure. The disk has a first fitting portion having a plurality of first protrusion portions and first recessed portions, a second fitting portion having a plurality of second protrusion portions and second recessed portions, and a plurality of bolt holes through which the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion pass and into which the bolt is inserted. The first protrusion portion is fitted into the second recessed portion of another adjacent impeller in a state where movement in the circumferential direction is restricted to each other, and the first recessed portion is fitted to the second protrusion portion of another adjacent impeller in a state where movement in the circumferential direction is restricted to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Okada, Nobuyori Yagi, Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11788604
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a first shaft that is fixed to the sun gear and is rotatable integrally with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears that mesh with the sun gear and are rotatable about a center line thereof parallel to the axis, an internal gear that includes internal teeth facing inside in a radial direction to mesh with the planetary gears and is rotatable about the axis, a second shaft that extends in the axial direction to be connected to the internal gear and rotates about the axis together with the internal gear, and a reinforcing member that is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the internal gear and is formed in an annular shape of a material having a higher specific strength than that of a material forming the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Publication number: 20230304532
    Abstract: A tilting pad bearing includes a plurality of pads slidably supporting an outside surface of a rotor shaft, a housing covering the plurality of pads, a support portion swingably supporting the pad with respect to the housing, and a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid to a pad surface. The support portion includes a pivot having a pad support surface in contact with a pad outside surface and a pivot curved surface curved facing and protruding toward a side opposite to the pad support surface, a liner having a first liner surface in contact with the pivot curved surface, and a biasing member biasing the liner toward the pivot with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuzo Shigihara, Chihiro Yoshimine, Shinpei Yokoyama, Yuki Kameyama, Hideki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20230265918
    Abstract: A rotary mechanical system includes a driving machine, a transmission unit that includes a main shaft, a main gear, an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, an auxiliary shaft, and a first gear, a gearbox that includes a second gear meshing with the first gear, an input shaft with the second gear fixed, and an output shaft that shifts a rotation speed of the input shaft, and a rotary machine that includes a rotary machine shaft connected to the output shaft. The first gear is a spur gear having a plurality of first tooth portions which are spur teeth whose teeth traces are parallel to the central axis. The second gear has a plurality of second tooth portions which are spur teeth whose teeth traces are parallel to the central axis, and each of which is disposed between the adjacent first tooth portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11656026
    Abstract: A compressing system includes a compression section that compresses a target gas to an intermediate pressure, which is equal to or higher than a critical pressure and lower than a target pressure to generate an intermediate supercritical fluid, a cooling section that cools the intermediate supercritical fluid generated in the compression section to near a critical temperature to generate an intermediate supercritical pressure liquid, and a pumping section that compresses the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid generated in the cooling section to a pressure that is equal to or higher than the target pressure. At least one of the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid compressed in the pumping section, a low-temperature liquid generated by extracting the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid on the upstream side of the pumping section to reduce pressure to near the critical pressure, and an external cooling medium is used as a cooling medium in the cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Yonemura, Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11649828
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a cylindrical rotary shaft extending in a direction of an axis, a fastening bolt having a bolt body that extends in a direction of an axis O in the rotary shaft to form fastening portions at both ends, a pair of rotary bodies each having an end portion in the direction of the axis that is fixed to each of the pair of fastening portions to be in contact with an end surface of the rotary shaft in the direction of the axis, and a bolt extension mechanism that temporarily extends the bolt body in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20230099357
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a first shaft that is fixed to the sun gear and is rotatable integrally with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears that mesh with the sun gear and are rotatable about a center line thereof parallel to the axis, an internal gear that includes internal teeth facing inside in a radial direction to mesh with the planetary gears and is rotatable about the axis, a second shaft that extends in the axial direction to be connected to the internal gear and rotates about the axis together with the internal gear, and a reinforcing member that is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the internal gear and is formed in an annular shape of a material having a higher specific strength than that of a material forming the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11572881
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a compressor including a rotary shaft, an impeller, and a casing, a motor including a motor rotor disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft, and a coupling shaft coupling the motor rotor to the rotary shaft. The compressor includes a compressor bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, and a compressor connecting hub that is fixed to the rotary shaft at a position where the compressor connecting hub overlaps the compressor bearing in the axial direction and at a position on an inner side in the radial direction. The coupling shaft is allowed to alleviate misalignment with the compressor connecting hub. The compressor bearing rotatably supports an outer peripheral surface of the compressor connecting hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11572887
    Abstract: A compressor has a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of impellers that include a disk having a solid structure having a buried center, and are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of bolts for fixing the plurality of impellers together. The disk has a disk surface facing the axial direction and a bolt hole penetrating the disk at a position deviated outward from an axis in a radial direction. The disk surface includes a contact surface of which at least a part is located outside the bolt hole in the radial direction, and a non-contact surface which is a region inside the contact surface in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11560903
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a compression section that is disposed between the pair of radial bearings in a casing and compresses a fluid, an expansion section that is disposed side by side with the compression section and expands the fluid, and a thrust bearing that is disposed at a position close to a first end portion or a second end portion of a rotary shaft in an axial direction with respect to the compression section and the expansion section. Among a compression section suction port, a compression section discharge port, an expansion section suction port, and an expansion section discharge port, the compression section suction port is disposed at a position closest to the first end portion in the axial direction, and the expansion section discharge port is disposed at a position closest to the second end portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11519416
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220307512
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220268291
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a cylindrical rotary shaft extending in a direction of an axis, a fastening bolt having a bolt body that extends in a direction of an axis 0 in the rotary shaft to form fastening portions at both ends, a pair of rotary bodies each having an end portion in the direction of the axis that is fixed to each of the pair of fastening portions to be in contact with an end surface of the rotary shaft in the direction of the axis, and a bolt extension mechanism that temporarily extends the bolt body in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20220268292
    Abstract: A compressor has a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of impellers that include a disk having a solid structure having a buried center, and are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of bolts for fixing the plurality of impellers together. The disk has a disk surface facing the axial direction and a bolt hole penetrating the disk at a position deviated outward from an axis in a radial direction. The disk surface includes a contact surface of which at least a part is located outside the bolt hole in the radial direction, and a non-contact surface which is a region inside the contact surface in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11236758
    Abstract: An impeller includes a disk that has a disk shape centered on an axis, a cover that is disposed to be separated from the disk in an axial direction in which the axis extends, a plurality of blades that connect the disk and the cover to each other and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a connection member that is disposed to be separated from the plurality of blades in the axial direction and connects the disk and the cover to each other. A plurality of the connection members are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction at positions near an inlet of an impeller flow path with respect to front edges of the blades positioned at positions near the inlet, the impeller flow path being formed between the disk and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20210239131
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a compression section that is disposed between the pair of radial bearings in a casing and compresses a fluid, an expansion section that is disposed side by side with the compression section and expands the fluid, and a thrust bearing that is disposed at a position close to a first end portion or a second end portion of a rotary shaft in an axial direction with respect to the compression section and the expansion section. Among a compression section suction port, a compression section discharge port, an expansion section suction port, and an expansion section discharge port, the compression section suction port is disposed at a position closest to the first end portion in the axial direction, and the expansion section discharge port is disposed at a position closest to the second end portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Publication number: 20210207607
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a compressor including a rotary shaft, an impeller, and a casing, a motor including a motor rotor disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft, and a coupling shaft coupling the motor rotor to the rotary shaft. The compressor includes a compressor bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, and a compressor connecting hub that is fixed to the rotary shaft at a position where the compressor connecting hub overlaps the compressor bearing in the axial direction and at a position on an inner side in the radial direction. The coupling shaft is allowed to alleviate misalignment with the compressor connecting hub. The compressor bearing rotatably supports an outer peripheral surface of the compressor connecting hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20210190088
    Abstract: An impeller includes a disk that has a disk shape centered on an axis, a cover that is disposed to be separated from the disk in an axial direction in which the axis extends, a plurality of blades that connect the disk and the cover to each other and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a connection member that is disposed to be separated from the plurality of blades in the axial direction and connects the disk and the cover to each other. A plurality of the connection members are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction at positions near an inlet of an impeller flow path with respect to front edges of the blades positioned at positions near the inlet, the impeller flow path being formed between the disk and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 11022369
    Abstract: A booster system for increasing pressure of an object gas includes: a first compression unit that compresses the object gas to intermediate pressure equal to or higher than the critical pressure and lower than the target pressure and generates an intermediate supercritical fluid; a cooling unit that cools the intermediate supercritical fluid with a cooling medium and generates an intermediate supercritical pressure liquid; a liquid extracting and pressure reducing unit that extracts a part of the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid; a flow regulating valve that regulates a flow rate of the extracted part of the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid; a second compression unit that increases pressure of the rest of the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid to be equal to or higher than the target pressure; and a pressure sensor that detects pressure of the intermediate supercritical pressure liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10900491
    Abstract: A compressor system includes; a compression section that sucks and compresses gas; a rotor that includes the compression section; a gas bearing that supports the rotor; a dynamic-pressure generating gas supply system that supplies, to a gas supply port for dynamic pressure of the gas bearing, bleed gas from the gas pressurized by the compression section; and an external gas supply system for static pressure that supplies, to a gas supply port for static pressure of the gas bearing, external gas from outside of the compression section. The dynamic-pressure generating gas supply system and the external gas supply system for static pressure respectively include paths that are independent of each other to the gas bearing. The gas supply port for dynamic pressure and the gas supply port for static pressure are independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Tomoaki Okamura