Patents by Inventor Kentarou Oda

Kentarou Oda 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: 20090193842
    Abstract: A turbo compressor is provided with a first compression stage that draws in and compresses a fluid, and a second compression stage connected to the first compression stage via a rotation shaft, that further compresses the compressed fluid from the first compression stage. The first compression stage and the second compression stage are arranged adjacent to each other with their backsides facing each other. A discharge port of the first compression stage, and a suction port of the second compression stage are formed in the same plane, and there is provided a U-shaped pipe that connects the first discharge port and the second suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Minoru Tsukamoto, Kentarou Oda
  • Publication number: 20090193839
    Abstract: A turbo compressor includes a motor, an impeller which is rotationally driven as the rotative power of the motor is transmitted to the impeller, a gear unit which transmits the rotative power of the motor to the impeller, and an oil tank to which lubricant supplied to the gear unit is at least recovered, wherein the oil tank is a portion of a closed space formed by at least one of a motor housing surrounding the motor and an impeller housing surrounding the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Minoru Tsukamoto, Kentarou Oda
  • Publication number: 20090196741
    Abstract: A position adjustment device of a turbo compressor that supports an annular member of which at least a portion is capable of being disposed in a diffuser flow path and that can be disposed in and adjusts the height of the annular member. The position adjustment device has a plurality of lever mechanisms that each have a rod connected to the annular member and are disposed separated from each other in the circumferential direction; and a transmission mechanism that transmits a drive force that at least one of the plurality of lever mechanisms has received to the other lever mechanisms. The transmission mechanism has a substantially circumferential linkage in which an open section is partially provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Minoru Tsukamoto, Kentarou Oda