Patents by Inventor Koji SAKOTA

Koji SAKOTA 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: 20240120800
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure of a motor casing configured to house an AC motor of a plurality of phases, the terminal connection structure includes a plurality of terminal blocks located side by side to each other along a circumferential direction of the motor casing and including a plurality of terminal surfaces facing away from the motor casing, and a plurality of terminals that penetrate the terminal blocks and are configured to be electrically connected to the phases of the AC motor. A portion of each of the terminals is located on the terminal surfaces. At least one terminal surface is offset in a perpendicular direction from a plane aligned with another terminal surface of the plurality of terminal surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shun NAKAYAMA, Koji SAKOTA, Yuji SASAKI, Yoshihito KATSU
  • Publication number: 20230296108
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a rotating shaft, a compressor impeller, a compressor housing, a diffuser plate and an impeller installation portion. The diffuser plate is fixed to the compressor housing and forms a diffuser flow path. The impeller installation portion faces the compressor impeller and is located between the rotating shaft and the diffuser plate. The diffuser plate is located around an outer circumference of the impeller installing portion and is attached to the impeller installation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Yuji SASAKI, Shun NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230296031
    Abstract: An electric turbocharger includes an electric motor including a stator disposed annularly about a rotation axis, a first member thermally coupled with a first end face of the stator and forming a first cooling passage that extends around the rotation axis, and a second member thermally coupled with a second end face of the stator and accommodating a second cooling passage that extends around the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Yuji SASAKI, Shun NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230279873
    Abstract: An electric turbocharger includes a motor including a stator, and a diffuser plate thermally coupled to an end surface of the stator to transfer heat from the stator to the diffuser plate. The diffuser plate forming a cooling flow path to circulate a cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Yuji SASAKI, Shun NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230258230
    Abstract: A thrust air bearing includes a plurality of foil units arranged in a circle. Each foil unit includes a top foil portion, and a bump foil portion integrally provided with the top foil portion and disposed opposite the top foil portion in a circumferential direction forming the circle. The foil unit is disposed such that the top foil portion lies on top of the bump foil portion of another adjacent foil unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Koji SAKOTA
  • Publication number: 20230187997
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes an electric motor including a rotor and a stator, a rotary shaft to be rotated by driving the electric motor, an impeller attached to the rotary shaft, an inverter that controls the electric motor, and a plurality of lead wires that exit from the stator and connected to the inverter. The stator includes an inner periphery facing the rotor, and an outer periphery opposite the inner periphery, and the inverter is located in a circumferential direction along the outer periphery of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shun NAKAYAMA, Koji SAKOTA, Yuji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11339800
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft of a compressor impeller, a gas bearing structure that supports the rotary shaft, a motor that rotates the rotary shaft, a motor housing that houses the motor, a compressor housing that houses the compressor impeller and includes an intake port and a discharge port, a gas bleed port that is provided closer to the discharge port than the compressor impeller in a flow direction in the compressor housing, a bearing cooling line that connects the gas bleed port to the gas bearing structure, and a heat exchanger that is disposed on the bearing cooling line. The heat exchanger is mounted on at least one of the motor housing and the compressor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Sakota, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Kaoru Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11248612
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a motor that rotates a rotary shaft of a compressor impeller, a motor housing that houses the motor, a compressor housing that houses the compressor impeller and includes an intake port and a discharge port, an gas bleed port that is provided closer to the discharge port than the compressor impeller in a flow direction in the compressor housing, a cooling gas line which is connected to the gas bleed port and through which a part of compressed gas compressed by the compressor impeller passes, a cooling liquid line of which at least a part is provided in the motor housing and through which cooling liquid of which the temperature is lower than the temperature of the compressed gas passes, and a heat exchanger that is disposed on the cooling gas line and the cooling liquid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Sakota, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Hideumi Ohkuma, Naomi Sawachika
  • Patent number: 11177489
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotation shaft, a compressor impeller attached to one end of the rotation shaft, and a first wall surface and a second wall surface formed inside a housing so as to face each other in an axial direction. A diffuser is formed between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the axial direction, and a wall portion separates the diffuser from an axial space inside the housing in which the rotation shaft extends. The wall portion includes at least one extraction hole that fluidly couples the diffuser to the axial spate and that is configured to extract a gas from the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Sakota, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Kaoru Kaneko, Naomi Sawachika
  • Publication number: 20200256344
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a motor that rotates a rotary shaft of a compressor impeller, a motor housing that houses the motor, a compressor housing that houses the compressor impeller and includes an intake port and a discharge port, an gas bleed port that is provided closer to the discharge port than the compressor impeller in a flow direction in the compressor housing, a cooling gas line which is connected to the gas bleed port and through which a part of compressed gas compressed by the compressor impeller passes, a cooling liquid line of which at least a part is provided in the motor housing and through which cooling liquid of which the temperature is lower than the temperature of the compressed gas passes, and a heat exchanger that is disposed on the cooling gas line and the cooling liquid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Nobuyuki IKEYA, Hideumi OHKUMA, Naomi SAWACHIKA
  • Publication number: 20200259193
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotation shaft, a compressor impeller attached to one end of the rotation shaft, and a first wall surface and a second wall surface formed inside a housing so as to face each other in an axial direction. A diffuser is formed between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the axial direction, and a wall portion separates the diffuser from an axial space inside the housing in which the rotation shaft extends. The wall portion includes at least one extraction hole that fluidly couples the diffuser to the axial spate and that is configured to extract a gas from the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Nobuyuki IKEYA, Kaoru KANEKO, Naomi SAWACHIKA
  • Publication number: 20200256343
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft of a compressor impeller, a gas bearing structure that supports the rotary shaft, a motor that rotates the rotary shaft, a motor housing that houses the motor, a compressor housing that houses the compressor impeller and includes an intake port and a discharge port, a gas bleed port that is provided closer to the discharge port than the compressor impeller in a flow direction in the compressor housing, a bearing cooling line that connects the gas bleed port to the gas bearing structure, and a heat exchanger that is disposed on the bearing cooling line. The heat exchanger is mounted on at least one of the motor housing and the compressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Koji SAKOTA, Nobuyuki IKEYA, Kaoru KANEKO