Patents by Inventor Hideyuku KAWAJIRI

Hideyuku KAWAJIRI 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: 20120063889
    Abstract: A fluid machine of an embodiment includes a sealing portion formed of an annular minute gap between a runner band of a runner configuring a rotating portion and a sealing liner which is a stationary portion and arranged in opposition to the runner band. A groove having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape is formed circumferentially on a surface of the sealing liner configuring the sealing portion. In a cross section perpendicular to a groove forming direction of the groove, an angle ?, formed between a side WU of the groove on the most upstream side with respect to the flowing direction of the leakage flow and a side W0 of the groove which is on an extended line of the surface of the sealing liner, is determined to be 15° or more and 40° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Hideyuku KAWAJIRI, Naritoshi Nakagawa