Patents by Inventor Ichiro Hirakawa

Ichiro Hirakawa 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: 20210180511
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a suction part (10b) configured to suction a fluid; an impeller (12) configured to compress the fluid supplied from the suction part (10b); a drive shaft (18) having one end to which the impeller (12) is attached; an intermediate shaft (16) provided at the one end of the drive shaft (18) such that the drive shaft (18) extends in an axial direction from a downstream side to an upstream side of the impeller (12); a motor (14) or a generator having a rotor (14a) attached to a distal end of the intermediate shaft (16) via a coupling (20a), a stator (14c) provided so as to correspond to the rotor (14a), and a body portion (14b) configured to hold the stator (14c); and a cover (30) formed into a tubular shape to surround the intermediate shaft (16) and the coupling (20a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Yoshihisa Ono, Hidetaka Nishimura, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 10630144
    Abstract: An electric motor support mechanism having a cylindrical member that is attached to the end part of the intake opening side of an air inlet guide, and is formed in a cylindrical shape around an axis line extending along a rotation shaft, a plurality of struts connected to multiple locations on the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, the plurality of struts extending in the radial direction from the inner circumferential surface toward the axis line, and connecting members that connect pairs of struts disposed adjacently in the circumferential direction around the axis line. The end parts of the plurality of struts on the axis-line side in the radial direction are connected in multiple locations on the outer circumferential surface of the electric motor, whereby the electric motor is supported on the axis line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Shiraishi, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 10077785
    Abstract: An impeller assembly includes: a compressor impeller; a flange member in which a shaft is inserted, the flange member having an abutting portion to abut on an upstream-side end surface, in an axis line direction, of the hub, and an impeller-side flange portion provided on an upstream side, in the axis line direction, of the abutting portion and protruding outward in a radial direction; a nut screwed on a tip portion of the shaft so as to hold the flange member between the nut and the end surface of the hub; a rotor of an electric generator or an electric motor, the rotor having a rotor-side flange portion disposed on an opposite to the hub across the impeller-side flange portion; and a fastening member fastening the impeller-side flange portion and the rotor-side flange portion to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180262088
    Abstract: An electric motor support mechanism having a cylindrical member that is attached to the end part of the intake opening side of an air inlet guide, and is formed in a cylindrical shape around an axis line extending along a rotation shaft, a plurality of struts connected to multiple locations on the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, the plurality of struts extending in the radial direction from the inner circumferential surface toward the axis line, and connecting members that connect pairs of struts disposed adjacently in the circumferential direction around the axis line. The end parts of the plurality of struts on the axis-line side in the radial direction are connected in multiple locations on the outer circumferential surface of the electric motor, whereby the electric motor is supported on the axis line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Shiraishi, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20170306980
    Abstract: An impeller assembly includes: a compressor impeller; a flange member in which a shaft is inserted, the flange member having an abutting portion to abut on an upstream-side end surface, in an axis line direction, of the hub, and an impeller-side flange portion provided on an upstream side, in the axis line direction, of the abutting portion and protruding outward in a radial direction; a nut screwed on a tip portion of the shaft so as to hold the flange member between the nut and the end surface of the hub; a rotor of an electric generator or an electric motor, the rotor having a rotor-side flange portion disposed on an opposite to the hub across the impeller-side flange portion; and a fastening member fastening the impeller-side flange portion and the rotor-side flange portion to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: D849685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Ichiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: D868112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Ichiro Hirakawa