Patents by Inventor Kenji Takamiya

Kenji Takamiya 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: 11852142
    Abstract: A gear pump is provided with: a casing including a suction port configured to suck fluid, and a discharge port configured to expel the pressurized fluid; a gear including a wheel portion with gear teeth and an axially elongated shaft portion, the gear being so housed in the casing as to transport the fluid from the suction port to the discharge port; and a floating bearing rotatably supporting the shaft portion and being movable axially, the floating bearing including a sealing face in contact with the wheel portion, a receiver face axially opposed to the sealing face; and a communication path having an opening on the sealing face and communicating the opening with a third pressurization chamber defined by a third receiver face of the receiver face and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Takamiya
  • Patent number: 11732711
    Abstract: In an external gear pump, a first bushing of a rotational shaft of a first gear has a second surface facing to a first surface of a pump body. A recess for supplying high-pressure lubricating oil between an inner circumferential surface of the first bushing and an outer circumferential surface of the rotational shaft is opened on the inner circumferential surface within a low pressure range associating with an inlet chamber of fluid. A bushing-side supply passage for supplying the high-pressure lubricating oil to the recess is formed within the first bushing. A bushing-side inlet port of the bushing-side supply passage is opened on the second surface within a high pressure range associating with an outlet chamber of the fluid. A body-side supply passage for supplying the high-pressure lubricating oil to a body-side supply port opened on the first surface is formed within the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanida, Takashi Sato, Kenji Takamiya, Akihiro Shimamura, Naoki Seki
  • Publication number: 20230184247
    Abstract: A gear bearing structure for an external gear pump includes a driving gear and the driven gear accommodated rotatably in a pump body of the external gear pump, an inlet chamber formed on one side of a mesh portion of the driving gear and the driven gear, an outlet chamber formed on the other side of the mesh portion, a hollow cylindrical bushing for holding a rotational shaft of the driving gear or the driven gear with a lubricating liquid film formed between itself and the rotational shaft, and a ring plate spring disposed between the pump body and the bushing to urge the bushing so as to slidably contact with a side face of the one of the driving gear and the driven gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TANIDA, Kenji TAKAMIYA, Yasuyoshi UMEKI, Akihiro SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220074408
    Abstract: A gear pump is provided with: a casing including a suction port configured to suck fluid, and a discharge port configured to expel the pressurized fluid; a gear including a wheel portion with gear teeth and an axially elongated shaft portion, the gear being so housed in the casing as to transport the fluid from the suction port to the discharge port; and a floating bearing rotatably supporting the shaft portion and being movable axially, the floating bearing including a sealing face in contact with the wheel portion, a receiver face axially opposed to the sealing face; and a communication path having an opening on the sealing face and communicating the opening with a third pressurization chamber defined by a third receiver face of the receiver face and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Takamiya
  • Publication number: 20210355939
    Abstract: In an external gear pump, a first bushing of a rotational shaft of a first gear has a second surface facing to a first surface of a pump body. A recess for supplying high-pressure lubricating oil between an inner circumferential surface of the first bushing and an outer circumferential surface of the rotational shaft is opened on the inner circumferential surface within a low pressure range associating with an inlet chamber of fluid. A bushing-side supply passage for supplying the high-pressure lubricating oil to the recess is formed within the first bushing. A bushing-side inlet port of the bushing-side supply passage is opened on the second surface within a high pressure range associating with an outlet chamber of the fluid. A body-side supply passage for supplying the high-pressure lubricating oil to a body-side supply port opened on the first surface is formed within the pump body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TANIDA, Takashi SATO, Kenji TAKAMIYA, Akihiro SHIMAMURA, Naoki SEKI
  • Patent number: 10648467
    Abstract: A gear pump is comprised of a driving gear, a first driven gear and second driven gears mutually in mesh; a housing accommodating them and defining a flow path including a first suction port, a second suction port, a first pressure port and a second pressure port; a floating comprising a thrust face bearing a floating force exerted by fluids and first, second and third pressure-receiving faces respectively oriented in a direction opposed to the thrust face; a first pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first pressure port or the second pressure port to exert pressure on the first pressure-receiving face; a second pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first suction port to exert pressure on the second pressure-receiving face; and a third pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the second suction port to exert pressure on the third pressure-receiving face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Takamiya, Seiei Masuda
  • Publication number: 20180106253
    Abstract: A gear pump is comprised of a driving gear, a first driven gear and second driven gears mutually in mesh; a housing accommodating them and defining a flow path including a first suction port, a second suction port, a first pressure port and a second pressure port; a floating comprising a thrust face bearing a floating force exerted by fluids and first, second and third pressure-receiving faces respectively oriented in a direction opposed to the thrust face; a first pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first pressure port or the second pressure port to exert pressure on the first pressure-receiving face; a second pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first suction port to exert pressure on the second pressure-receiving face; and a third pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the second suction port to exert pressure on the third pressure-receiving face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAMIYA, Seiei MASUDA
  • Patent number: 7806595
    Abstract: A miniature linear motion guide unit can eliminate the need for additional machining on a track rail, and thus improve the accuracy of the track rail and reduce the manufacturing costs. A track rail (R) having raceway grooves (4, 5) is fixed to a mounting surface by a fixing member (A). A slider (S) straddles and moves on the track rail. The fixing member has a recessed groove (7) formed in an opposing mounting face (6) facing the mounting surface and straddling the track rail. Part of the recessed groove is in contact with the track rail when the recessed groove straddles the track rail. A mounting hole (11) is drilled in a portion of the recessed groove of the fixing member away from the track rail. A stopper member (10) such as a bolt is inserted in the mounting hole and fixed to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Takamiya, Yasuhiro Otsuji
  • Publication number: 20080008407
    Abstract: A miniature linear motion guide unit can eliminate the need for additional machining on a track rail, and thus improve the accuracy of the track rail and reduce the manufacturing costs. A track rail (R) having raceway grooves (4, 5) is fixed to a mounting surface by a fixing member (A). A slider (S) straddles and moves on the track rail. The fixing member has a recessed groove (7) formed in an opposing mounting face (6) facing the mounting surface and straddling the track rail. Part of the recessed groove is in contact with the track rail when the recessed groove straddles the track rail. A mounting hole (11) is drilled in a portion of the recessed groove of the fixing member away from the track rail. A stopper member (10) such as a bolt is inserted in the mounting hole and fixed to the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Takamiya, Yasuhiro Otsuji