Patents by Inventor Kotaro Chiba

Kotaro Chiba 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: 20230383749
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled rotary compressor includes a compressor main body having a compression chamber formed by a fixed wall and a rotating wall and compressing gas, and a liquid injection path for injecting a coolant into the compression chamber, and adjusts a discharge flow rate by changing a rotational speed of the rotating wall. The compressor includes a liquid amount adjusting unit that adjusts an amount of the coolant supplied from the liquid injection path to the compressor main body according to a change in the rotational speed of the rotating wall, and a compressed gas supply path that supplies compressed gas to a downstream side of the liquid amount adjusting unit in the liquid injection path. The compressed gas is supplied from the compressed gas supply path to the liquid injection path according to the amount of the coolant supplied to the compressor main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nae HISANO, Ryota IIJIMA, Kotaro CHIBA, Takeshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20230366400
    Abstract: A gas compressor includes a compression mechanism, a separator tank that introduces lubricating oil to be supplied to the compression mechanism and a mixed fluid of a working fluid and the lubricating oil discharged from the compression mechanism and separates the lubricating oil, an oil cooler that cools the lubricating oil from the separator tank, an oil circulation path that supplies the cooled lubricating oil to the compression mechanism, and a motor that drives the compression mechanism and is isolated from the oil circulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota IIJIMA, Kotaro CHIBA, Nae HISANO
  • Publication number: 20230289686
    Abstract: A carpooling support method, a carpooling support device, and a carpooling support system generate a vehicle allocation plan candidate of a vehicle for a first user (supporter), based on a vehicle allocation request, transmits a support request for the first user to consent to a predetermined support for a second user (support recipient) of the vehicle, to an operation terminal, acquire a support availability data from the operation terminal, where the support availability data indicating whether consent to the predetermined support is possible, and record the vehicle allocation plan candidate and the support availability data in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Miyoshi, Kotaro Chiba, Shuji Miyanaga, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11719241
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes plural screw rotors, plural suction-side bearings that each rotatably support the suction side of the plural screw rotors and plural discharge-side bearings that each rotatably support the discharge side of the plural screw rotors, and a casing that houses the plural screw rotors, the plural suction-side bearings, and the plural discharge-side bearings. Each screw rotor includes a lobe section with plural lobes and a suction-side shaft section and a discharge-side shaft section each disposed at both ends of the lobe section. The casing has a housing chamber that houses the lobe sections of the plural screw rotors and a lubrication path in which liquid that lubricates the plural suction-side bearings circulates. In the lubrication path, respective passages to lubricate each of the plural suction-side bearings are connected in series and a most downstream part is connected to the housing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita
  • Publication number: 20230070782
    Abstract: A liquid supply type screw compressor that can suppress a rise in temperature of a liquid while reducing work for stirring the liquid is provided. The liquid supply type screw compressor has a male rotor 11A and a female rotor 11B, male-rotor-side working chambers formed at grooves of the male rotor 11A, and female-rotor-side working chambers formed at grooves of the female rotor 11B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Masahiko TAKANO, Kenji MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220403845
    Abstract: A delivery port of a rotary-screw compressor includes: a first opening having a profile configured to interrupt communication with a second working chamber of a suction process that opens only in the axial direction; a second opening connected to the first opening; and a third opening connected to the first opening and the second opening. The profile of the first opening includes: a first profile line that forms one of a pair of lateral edges of a lingulate protrusion configured to close off the second working chamber and extends toward a reference point; a second profile line that forms another one of the pair of the lateral edges of the protrusion; a third profile line that extends toward the reference point along the root circle of the female rotor; and a second connection line that connects the first profile line with the second profile line. The second opening is a first groove that opens into the first opening at the second connection line and extends toward a reference line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220341423
    Abstract: This screw compressor is provided with a screw rotor, a casing accommodating the screw rotor, and a liquid feed mechanism for feeding a liquid into an operating chamber enclosed by the casing, wherein the pitch of the screw rotor changes in the axial direction from a suction end surface toward a discharge end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shota TANIMOTO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Tomohiro KOMATSU, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kotaro CHIBA
  • Patent number: 11428228
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a casing, and a delivery side shaft sealing unit. The delivery side shaft sealing unit includes an annular groove, a seal ring, and a shaft sealing fluid supply passage. Pressure of the fluid that is supplied to the one side, in the axial direction, of the seal ring via the shaft sealing fluid supply passage is set higher than pressure that acts on a first side surface, in an axial direction with respect to a first side wall surface of the annular groove, of the seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Takeshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20220268276
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply mechanism including: a plurality of liquid supply sections each including a plurality of branch paths whose central axes intersect with each other, and a supply path having a side surface to which the plurality of branch paths of the plurality of liquid supply sections are directly connected, respectively, and supplying liquid, which is supplied from an upstream, to the branch paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11359626
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply mechanism including: a plurality of liquid supply sections each including a plurality of branch paths whose central axes intersect with each other, and a supply path having a side surface to which the plurality of branch paths of the plurality of liquid supply sections are directly connected, respectively, and supplying liquid, which is supplied from an upstream, to the branch paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220049700
    Abstract: A screw compressor is provided which can reduce the pressure loss in a suction flow passage. A casing 12 of the screw compressor includes a bore 21 that accommodates a lobed portion 13A of a male rotor 11A and a lobed portion 13B of a female rotor 11B therein such that working chambers are formed in lobe grooves of the lobed portions, a suction port 22 located on an outer side in a rotor radial direction, and a suction flow passage 23 that communicates in a rotor axial direction with working chambers that are in a suction stroke. The suction flow passage 23 includes a male rotor side suction flow passage 26A located on an male rotor 11A side and besides on a downstream side with respect to a virtual plane C, and a female rotor side suction flow passage 26B located on an female rotor 11B side and besides on the downstream side with respect to the virtual plane C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
  • Patent number: 11231036
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a casing, and a fluid supply portion to supply fluid in a membrane form into a compression chamber in the casing. The screw rotor has a male and female rotors. A male bore covering the male rotor and a female bore covering the female rotor are formed on the inner surface of the casing. An intersection line, on a higher pressure side, of the male and female bores is defined as a compression cusp. In a bore development view, a trajectory made by the first intersection of an extension line of a female lobe ridge and a male lobe ridge being moved, along with the rotation of the male and female rotors, is defined as a trajectory line. An opening of the fluid supply section to the compression chamber is positioned between the compression cusp and the trajectory line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Minako Kanada
  • Publication number: 20210381510
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes plural screw rotors, plural suction-side bearings that each rotatably support the suction side of the plural screw rotors and plural discharge-side bearings that each rotatably support the discharge side of the plural screw rotors, and a casing that houses the plural screw rotors, the plural suction-side bearings, and the plural discharge-side bearings. Each screw rotor includes a lobe section with plural lobes and a suction-side shaft section and a discharge-side shaft section each disposed at both ends of the lobe section. The casing has a housing chamber that houses the lobe sections of the plural screw rotors and a lubrication path in which liquid that lubricates the plural suction-side bearings circulates. In the lubrication path, respective passages to lubricate each of the plural suction-side bearings are connected in series and a most downstream part is connected to the housing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
  • Patent number: 11149734
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid machine configured such that liquid supplied to a working chamber from the outside of the fluid machine is dispersed extensively in the working chamber. This fluid machine is constituted of a screw rotor and a casing for accommodating the screw rotor and is provided with a liquid supply section for supplying liquid into a working chamber from the outside. The liquid supply section is configured so that liquid is dispersed in the longitudinal direction of the tooth groove of the screw rotor rather than in the width direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Toshikazu Harashima, Kosuke Sadakata, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Masanao Kotani, Ryoji Kawai, Minako Kanada
  • Patent number: 10995756
    Abstract: Provided is an air compressor which helps to attain a proper discharge air temperature and which is superior in energy saving property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanao Kotani, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Ryoji Kawai, Kotaro Chiba, Minako Kanada, Sachio Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20210088045
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply mechanism including: a plurality of liquid supply sections each including a plurality of branch paths whose central axes intersect with each other, and a supply path having a side surface to which the plurality of branch paths of the plurality of liquid supply sections are directly connected, respectively, and supplying liquid, which is supplied from an upstream, to the branch paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200386229
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a casing, and a fluid supply portion to supply fluid in a membrane form into a compression chamber in the casing. The screw rotor has a male and female rotors. A male bore covering the male rotor and a female bore covering the female rotor are formed on the inner surface of the casing. An intersection line, on a higher pressure side, of the male and female bores is defined as a compression cusp. In a bore development view, a trajectory made by the first intersection of an extension line of a female lobe ridge and a male lobe ridge being moved, along with the rotation of the male and female rotors, is defined as a trajectory line. An opening of the fluid supply section to the compression chamber is positioned between the compression cusp and the trajectory line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Minako KANADA
  • Publication number: 20200378385
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes: a screw rotor including a rotor section and a shaft section; a casing having a shaft hole through which the shaft section is inserted, the casing housing the screw rotor; and a delivery side shaft sealing unit configured to seal a clearance between the shaft section and the shaft hole against leakage of a working fluid. The delivery side shaft sealing unit includes an annular groove provided in the shaft section, a seal ring disposed movably in an axial direction of the shaft section within the annular groove, the seal ring being capable of sliding contact with the shaft hole and a side wall surface of the annular groove, and a shaft sealing fluid supply passage communicating with the shaft hole and supplying a fluid to one side, in an axial direction, of the seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Takeshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 10514037
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid feeding type screw compressor that can reduce size and weight and improve vibration insulation and sound insulation. A liquid feeding type screw compressor includes as components: a compressor main body; a motor driving the compressor main body; and a gas-liquid separator separating a liquid from a compressed air discharged from the compressor main body. The motor is arranged above the compressor main body. The gas-liquid separator is arranged below the compressor main body. A compressor main body casing constituting an inner cylindrical space forming a compression operation chamber together with the screw rotor and constituting the contour of the compressor main body and a casing constituting the contour of another component consist of an integrally molded single member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sadakata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Toshikazu Harashima, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kotaro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20190242382
    Abstract: Provided is an air compressor which helps to attain a proper discharge air temperature and which is superior in energy saving property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Masanao KOTANI, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Ryoji KAWAI, Kotaro CHIBA, Minako KANADA, Sachio SEKIYA