Patents by Inventor Ikuhisa Mizuta

Ikuhisa Mizuta 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).

  • Patent number: 8579592
    Abstract: A hub-side leading edge part of a fan first-stage rotating blade 10 for taking an air thereinto more extends in a forward direction of an engine than a tip-side leading edge part and a mid-span leading edge part. The hub side of the fan first-stage rotating blade 10 is integrally connected as one with the tip side and the mid span while having a longer chord length than those of the tip side and the mid span. A radius at a root of the hub-side leading edge part is set in a boss ratio of 0 to 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kodama, Shinya Goto, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Takeshi Murooka
  • Patent number: 8186962
    Abstract: A leading edge part of a fan rotating blade for taking air thereinto is provided with a vertical hub portion positioned on the hub side so as to be substantially perpendicular to a fan rotary shaft, a backward mid-span portion inclined toward the downstream side from the hub side to the mid-span portion, and a forward inclined tip portion inclined toward the upstream side from the mid-span side to the tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Murooka, Ikuhisa Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20100232970
    Abstract: [Object] An object of the invention is to provide a fan rotating blade for a turbofan engine capable of increasing a bypass ratio by increasing an intake air flow rate without enlarging a diameter of a fan and an inner diameter of a casing and of realizing a decrease in weight of an engine as well as a decrease in fuel consumption and noise. [Means for Solving the Problems] A leading edge part 11 of a fan rotating blade 10 for taking air thereinto is provided with a vertical hub portion 12 positioned on the hub side so as to be substantially perpendicular to a fan rotary shaft, a backward mid-span portion 13 inclined toward the downstream side from the hub side to the mid-span portion, and a forward inclined tip portion 14 inclined toward the upstream side from the mid-span side to the tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Murooka, Ikuhisa Mizuta
  • Patent number: 7748950
    Abstract: A turbofan engine of the invention is provided with a fan first-stage moving blade for taking an air therein, and a spinner rotationally driving the fan first-stage moving blade, the spinner has a spiral blade extending spirally to an outer side in a radial direction, sucking the air from a front face of the spinner and supplying the air to the fan first-stage moving blade. Further, the fan first-stage moving blade and the spinner are integrally coupled, and the spiral blade and the fan first-stage moving blade are formed such that blade surfaces are smoothly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kodama, Shinya Goto, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Takeshi Murooka
  • Patent number: 7721526
    Abstract: A turbofan engine has a fan on a front side thereof and a turbine driving the fan. The turbofan engine includes a disk rotationally driven by the turbine, a spinner detachably mounted at a front side of the disk, a spiral blade integrally mounted on a surface of the spinner, and a rear moving blade detachably mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the disk. The spiral blade and the rear moving blade form a first-stage moving blade of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujimura, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Kuniyuki Imanari
  • Publication number: 20090304518
    Abstract: A hub-side leading edge part of a fan first-stage rotating blade 10 for taking an air thereinto more extends in a forward direction of an engine than a tip-side leading edge part and a mid-span leading edge part. The hub side of the fan first-stage rotating blade 10 is integrally connected as one with the tip side and the mid span while having a longer chord length than those of the tip side and the mid span. A radius at a root of the hub-side leading edge part is set in a boss ratio of 0 to 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kodama, Shinya Goto, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Takeshi Murooka
  • Publication number: 20090016870
    Abstract: A turbofan engine of the invention is provided with a fan first-stage moving blade for taking an air therein, and a spinner rotationally driving the fan first-stage moving blade, the spinner has a spiral blade extending spirally to an outer side in a radial direction, sucking the air from a front face of the spinner and supplying the air to the fan first-stage moving blade. Further, the fan first-stage moving blade and the spinner are integrally coupled, and the spiral blade and the fan first-stage moving blade are formed such that blade surfaces are smoothly connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kodama, Shinya Goto, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Takeshi Murooka
  • Publication number: 20080000216
    Abstract: A turbofan engine has a fan on a front side thereof and a turbine driving the fan. The turbofan engine includes a disk rotationally driven by the turbine, a spinner detachably mounted at a front side of the disk, a spiral blade integrally mounted on a surface of the spinner, and a rear moving blade detachably mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the disk. The spiral blade and the rear moving blade form a first-stage moving blade of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujimura, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Kuniyuki Imanari
  • Publication number: 20060254271
    Abstract: A microwave reflection control device of the present invention comprises a reflection member which divides the inside of an inlet duct of a gas turbine engine into a plurality of areas in a peripheral or radial direction with respect to a duct center axis. The reflection member is formed into a reflection curved surface shape to block and diffuse a microwave which comes toward a fan moving blade from the inlet duct. Thus, reflection of the microwave by the fan moving blade is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Imanari, Ryuki Nohara, Ikuhisa Mizuta, Takeshi Murooka
  • Patent number: 5513952
    Abstract: An axial flow compressor is disclosed. The axial flow compressor has a casing defining a compression passage therein. The casing has an inner surface and a center axis extending along the elongated direction of the casing. A plurality of rotor blades fixed to a disk rotate in the compression passage around the center axis. Each of the rotor blades has a tip, and the tip defines a rotation area having a width extending in the direction along the center axis. A circular concavity is formed on the inner surface of the casing extending completely around the inner surface. The circular concavity has a continuous curved shape in a sectional view, and the circular concavity is formed at a portion corresponding to a front part of the rotation area of the rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Research Institute of Advanced Material Gas-Generator
    Inventors: Ikuhisa Mizuta, Kaoru Chiba