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).
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Publication number: 20230383749Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Nae HISANO, Ryota IIJIMA, Kotaro CHIBA, Takeshi TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20230366400Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Ryota IIJIMA, Kotaro CHIBA, Nae HISANO
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Publication number: 20230289686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Miyoshi, Kotaro Chiba, Shuji Miyanaga, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11719241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita
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Publication number: 20230070782Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Masahiko TAKANO, Kenji MORITA
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Publication number: 20220403845Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
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Publication number: 20220341423Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Shota TANIMOTO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Tomohiro KOMATSU, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kotaro CHIBA
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Patent number: 11428228Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Takeshi Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20220268276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 11359626Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20220049700Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
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Patent number: 11231036Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Minako Kanada
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Publication number: 20210381510Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA
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Patent number: 11149734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10995756Abstract: Provided is an air compressor which helps to attain a proper discharge air temperature and which is superior in energy saving property.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masanao Kotani, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Ryoji Kawai, Kotaro Chiba, Minako Kanada, Sachio Sekiya
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Publication number: 20210088045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20200386229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Minako KANADA
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Publication number: 20200378385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Kotaro CHIBA, Masahiko TAKANO, Kenji MORITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Takeshi TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 10514037Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Sadakata, Hitoshi Nishimura, Toshikazu Harashima, Kentaro Yamamoto, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kotaro Chiba
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Publication number: 20190242382Abstract: Provided is an air compressor which helps to attain a proper discharge air temperature and which is superior in energy saving property.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Masanao KOTANI, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Ryoji KAWAI, Kotaro CHIBA, Minako KANADA, Sachio SEKIYA