Patents by Inventor Hiromichi HIRAKI

Hiromichi HIRAKI 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: 20230358252
    Abstract: A pump apparatus includes: a rotational shaft; a hub portion mounted to the rotational shaft; a centrifugal pump vane mounted to a circumferential surface of the hub portion; an annular disc portion mounted to a tip end of the centrifugal pump vane; and an axial turbine blade mounted to an outer circumferential surface of the annular disc portion. A liquid flow passage through which a liquid flowing from a first side toward a second side in an axis direction of the rotational shaft flows into the centrifugal pump vane is formed at a radially inner side of the annular disc portion, and a gas flow passage through which a gas flowing from the second side toward the first side passes through the axial turbine blade is formed at a radially outer side of the annular disc portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo TAKATA, Masaharu NAKAMURA, Masamitsu WATANABE, Hiromichi HIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20150354593
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a turbine nozzle is provided. The method includes: (A) forming a first part which includes a blade and one of an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion integrated therein; (B) forming the other of the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion as a second part; (C) combining the first part and the second part such that an outer side surface of the inner ring portion and an inner side surface of the outer ring portion are arranged to oppose each other and that a gap is formed between the blade of the first part and the second part; and (D) flowing a brazing material in a molten state into the gap to braze the blade of the first part and the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromichi HIRAKI, Yoshihiro KAWAMATA