Patents by Inventor Iwa OU

Iwa OU 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: 11933405
    Abstract: A sliding component includes: a dynamic pressure generation groove provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, the dynamic pressure generation groove having a first end forming a closed end and a second end forming an inlet communicating with any one side of a sealed fluid side and a leakage side in a radial direction; and a deep groove provided in the sliding surface and deeper than the dynamic pressure generation groove, an inlet 16a of the deep groove communicating with an inlet of the dynamic pressure generation groove on a side of a side wall of the dynamic pressure generation groove, the side wall being circumferentially opposite to a dynamic pressure generation wall constituting another side wall of the dynamic pressure generation groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tokunaga, Tadatsugu Imura, Hiroshi Suzuki, Iwa Ou
  • Patent number: 11892081
    Abstract: A sliding component having excellent lubricity and a high recovery rate of a sealed fluid is provided. In a mechanical seal as a sliding component in which a plurality of spiral grooves serving as a plurality of dynamic pressure generation grooves extending from a low pressure side to a high pressure side are formed on a sliding surface of a stationary seal ring serving as any one sliding member in the mechanical seal, the sliding surface is provided with an annular groove serving as a recessed portion extending in a circumferential direction and opened to the low pressure side and the annular groove communicates with the spiral groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki Inoue, Yuta Negishi, Minori Onuma, Iwa Ou, Tadatsugu Imura, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230375036
    Abstract: To provide sliding components capable of suppressing dynamic pressure generation mechanisms from being deformed and damaged due to wear of sliding surfaces. In a pair of sliding components which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine, has a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms formed in a sliding surface of the sliding component by recessed portions, and is formed in an annular shape to seal a sealed fluid by sliding the sliding surfaces of the sliding components. A surface region in the periphery of the recessed portions of the sliding component is formed to be separated from an opposite region of the sliding component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Iwa OU, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11821461
    Abstract: A pair of sliding components formed in an annular shape and disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine are constituted by a first sliding component 10 and a second sliding component. A sliding surface of the first sliding component has a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms each of which includes at least a shallow groove communicating with a leakage side. A sliding surface of the second sliding component has deep grooves each of which has a dimension deeper than that of the shallow groove of each of the dynamic pressure generation mechanisms and communicates with the leakage side, each of the deep grooves overlapping with the shallow groove each of the dynamic pressure generation mechanisms during relative rotation of the first and second sliding components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Iwa Ou, Tadatsugu Imura, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11767916
    Abstract: To provide sliding components capable of suppressing dynamic pressure generation mechanisms from being deformed and damaged due to wear of sliding surfaces. In a pair of sliding components which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine, has a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms formed in a sliding surface of the sliding component by recessed portions, and is formed in an annular shape to seal a sealed fluid by sliding the sliding surfaces of the sliding components. A surface region in the periphery of the recessed portions of the sliding component is formed to be separated from an opposite region of the sliding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tadatsugu Imura, Hiroshi Suzuki, Iwa Ou, Yuichiro Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20230184288
    Abstract: An annular sliding component disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and sliding relative to the other sliding component has a sliding surface provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove which includes a communication portion communicating with an external space and a dead-end portion on a relative rotation downstream of the communication portion. The sliding component includes a guide configured to guide a fluid existing in the external space on an upstream side of the communication portion in a guide direction different from a direction in which a peripheral surface of the sliding component formed on the downstream side of the communication portion and facing toward a side of the external space extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Tadatsugu IMURA, Ayano TANISHIMA, Iwa OU, Shogo FUKUDA, Kenta UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230175587
    Abstract: In a sliding component formed in an annular shape and disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and sliding relative to an opposite sliding component, a sliding surface of the sliding component is provided with a conduction groove communicating with an outer space and a dynamic pressure generation groove communicating with the conduction groove, extending in a circumferential direction, and having a closed terminating end portion and at least a part of a bottom portion of the conduction groove is provided with an inclined surface inclined with respect to a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tadatsugu IMURA, Iwa OU, Shogo FUKUDA, Kenta UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220275828
    Abstract: A sliding component having excellent lubricity and a high recovery rate of a sealed fluid is provided. In a mechanical seal as a sliding component in which a plurality of spiral grooves serving as a plurality of dynamic pressure generation grooves extending from a low pressure side to a high pressure side are formed on a sliding surface of a stationary seal ring serving as any one sliding member in the mechanical seal, the sliding surface is provided with an annular groove serving as a recessed portion extending in a circumferential direction and opened to the low pressure side and the annular groove communicates with the spiral groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki INOUE, Yuta NEGISHI, Minori ONUMA, Iwa OU, Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220128092
    Abstract: A sliding component includes: a dynamic pressure generation groove provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, the dynamic pressure generation groove having a first end forming a closed end and a second end forming an inlet communicating with any one side of a sealed fluid side and a leakage side in a radial direction; and a deep groove provided in the sliding surface and deeper than the dynamic pressure generation groove, an inlet 16a of the deep groove communicating with an inlet of the dynamic pressure generation groove on a side of a side wall of the dynamic pressure generation groove, the side wall being circumferentially opposite to a dynamic pressure generation wall constituting another side wall of the dynamic pressure generation groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Iwa OU
  • Publication number: 20220120315
    Abstract: There is provided a sliding component that supplies a sealed fluid to a leakage side in a gap between sliding surfaces to exhibit high lubricity and has a small leakage of the sealed fluid. A sliding component that has an annular shape and is disposed in a place where relative rotation is performed in a rotary machine, includes a plurality of dynamic pressure generating mechanisms provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, each of the dynamic pressure generating mechanisms provided with a deep groove portion that communicates with a leakage side, and a shallow groove portion that communicates with the deep groove portion and extends in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Iwa OU
  • Publication number: 20220120313
    Abstract: A pair of sliding components formed in an annular shape and disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine are constituted by a first sliding component 10 and a second sliding component. A sliding surface of the first sliding component has a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms each of which includes at least a shallow groove communicating with a leakage side. A sliding surface of the second sliding component has deep grooves each of which has a dimension deeper than that of the shallow groove of each of the dynamic pressure generation mechanisms and communicates with the leakage side, each of the deep grooves overlapping with the shallow groove each of the dynamic pressure generation mechanisms during relative rotation of the first and second sliding components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Iwa OU, Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220106980
    Abstract: To provide sliding components capable of suppressing dynamic pressure generation mechanisms from being deformed and damaged due to wear of sliding surfaces. In a pair of sliding components which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine, has a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms formed in a sliding surface of the sliding component by recessed portions, and is formed in an annular shape to seal a sealed fluid by sliding the sliding surfaces of the sliding components. A surface region in the periphery of the recessed portions of the sliding component is formed to be separated from an opposite region of the sliding component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Iwa OU, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220099190
    Abstract: A sliding component having an annular shape is disposed in a place where relative rotation is performed in a rotary machine, in which a plurality of dynamic pressure generating mechanisms are provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, each including a deep groove portion that communicates with an outer diameter side, and at least one shallow groove portion that communicates with the deep groove portion and extends in a circumferential direction, and the deep groove portion is provided with a trap portion that suppresses a sealed liquid in the deep groove portion from leaking to a leakage side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Iwa OU, Tadatsugu IMURA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220099138
    Abstract: A pair of sliding components are disposed at a relatively rotating position at the time of running a rotary machine and formed in an annular shape in which a sealed liquid is present on one side of an inner radial side and an outer radial side and a gas is present on the remaining side thereof. A sliding surface of a sliding component is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove which communicates with the side of a gas in a radial direction and which is configured to generate a dynamic pressure between the sliding surfaces by the gas at the time of running the rotary machine. A sliding surface of a sliding component is provided with a groove which extends in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SUZUKI, Tadatsugu IMURA, Iwa OU, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA