Patents by Inventor Kazuomi Yamamoto

Kazuomi Yamamoto 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: 11577823
    Abstract: A noise reduction apparatus, an aircraft, and a noise reduction method capable of increasing the amount of noise reduction are provided. The noise reduction apparatus 1 includes a porous plate 2 disposed to face a fluid flow, the porous plate 2 including a bend region 5 bent toward an upstream side of the fluid flow. The bend region 5 is provided at the end portion 6 of the porous plate 2, and has a concave R-shape on an upstream side of the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Tohru Hirai, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Yasushi Ito, Kentaro Tanaka, Takehisa Takaishi, Yuzuru Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20210039773
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a noise reduction apparatus, an aircraft, and a noise reduction method capable of increasing the amount of noise reduction. [Solving Means] The noise reduction apparatus 1 includes a porous plate 2 disposed to face a fluid flow, the porous plate 2 including a bend region 5 bent toward an upstream side of the fluid flow. The bend region 5 is provided at the end portion 6 of the porous plate 2, and has a concave R-shape on an upstream side of the fluid flow. Although the direction of the fluid flow is typically deflected toward the outside from the center of the porous plate 2 due to the porous plate 2, the deflected fluid easily passes through the porous plate 2 since the porous plate has the bend region 5. Thus, the shear layer of the fluid flow is weakened, the noise induced by the vortex is reduced, and it is possible to increase the reduction amount of noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tohru HIRAI, Mitsuhiro MURAYAMA, Kazuomi YAMAMOTO, Yasushi ITO, Kentaro TANAKA, Takehisa TAKAISHI, Yuzuru YOKOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10746620
    Abstract: A pressure measure sheet having a sheet shape and having a pressure measure surface, the pressure measure sheet being adapted to be arranged on a surface of a measured object, includes: a plurality of pressure measure ports provided through the pressure measure surface; at least one connection port adapted to be connected to a side of a pressure measure device; and a coupler part including a plurality of through-tubes penetrating the plurality of pressure measure ports and the at least one connection port, in which the pressure measure sheet includes a region in which the plurality of through-tubes are arrayed in nonparallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, TOKYO FLUID RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kohzai, Yuzuru Yokokawa, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Yasushi Ito, Hideo Omotani
  • Patent number: 10611461
    Abstract: A flap of an aircraft includes a flap body that is provided deployably with respect to a main wing, an inclined portion that protrudes from an upper surface of a tip part on at least an outboard side in a span direction of the flap body and is inclined with respect to an aircraft axis direction, and a protruding portion that smoothly protrudes from a lower surface of the tip part on at least the outboard side. A rear end of the inclined portion is located closer to a side end edge of the tip part in the span direction of the flap body than a virtual line that passes through a front end of the inclined portion and is parallel to the aircraft axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Kensuke Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10562606
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to reducing noise resulting from a wing tip vortex of a wing such as a flap. A flap of an aircraft includes a flap main body provided to a parent wing in a deployable manner, and a vortex generation portion including a protruding member, the protruding member being provided to protrude from an upper surface at least at an end of the flap main body on an outboard side in a span direction and forming a predetermined angle to an axial direction of the aircraft. A rear end of the protruding member is located on the side adjacent to a side-end edge at the end of the flap main body in the span direction relative to a virtual line passing through a front end of the protruding member and being parallel to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190128759
    Abstract: A pressure measure sheet having a sheet shape and having a pressure measure surface, the pressure measure sheet being adapted to be arranged on a surface of a measured object, includes: a plurality of pressure measure ports provided through the pressure measure surface; at least one connection port adapted to be connected to a side of a pressure measure device; and a coupler part including a plurality of through-tubes penetrating the plurality of pressure measure ports and the at least one connection port, in which the pressure measure sheet includes a region in which the plurality of through-tubes are arrayed in nonparallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, TOKYO FLUID RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Kohzai, Yuzuru Yokokawa, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Yasushi Ito, Hideo Omotani
  • Publication number: 20180170521
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to reducing noise resulting from a wing tip vortex of a wing such as a flap. A flap of an aircraft includes a flap main body provided to a parent wing in a deployable manner, and a vortex generation portion including a protruding member, the protruding member being provided to protrude from an upper surface at least at an end of the flap main body on an outboard side in a span direction and forming a predetermined angle to an axial direction of the aircraft. A rear end of the protruding member is located on the side adjacent to a side-end edge at the end of the flap main body in the span direction relative to a virtual line passing through a front end of the protruding member and being parallel to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180155007
    Abstract: A flap of an aircraft includes a flap body that is provided deployably with respect to a main wing, an inclined portion that protrudes from an upper surface of a tip part on at least an outboard side in a span direction of the flap body and is inclined with respect to an aircraft axis direction, and a protruding portion that smoothly protrudes from a lower surface of the tip part on at least the outboard side. A rear end of the inclined portion is located closer to a side end edge of the tip part in the span direction of the flap body than a virtual line that passes through a front end of the inclined portion and is parallel to the aircraft axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Kensuke Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9440729
    Abstract: In a high-lift-device, a wing, and noise reduction device for a high-lift-device that are capable of reducing noise generated when a flap is extended, preventing deterioration of aerodynamics characteristic when retracting the flap, and preventing an increase in weight, a flap main body (5) disposed so as to be extendable/retractable relative to a main wing and a protruding portion (6A-1) that smoothly protrudes at least at the vicinity of one end portion of a positive-pressure surface (PS) of the flap main body (5) in a direction away from the flap main body (5) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hirai, Keizo Takenaka, Taro Imamura, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Yuzuru Yokokawa