Patents by Inventor Kouta KIMACHI

Kouta KIMACHI 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: 10982680
    Abstract: A turbocharger impeller includes: a cylindrical boss portion disposed around a rotary axis; a hub portion connected to the boss portion and extends in a radial direction of the rotary axis; and a blade portion protruding from the boss portion and the hub portion toward a tip end side in the direction of the rotary axis and the radial direction. At least a part of an outer peripheral part of the hub portion in the radial direction or a part of the blade portion is provided with a resin second section and the second section is bonded to an aluminum first section. The turbocharger impeller includes the aluminum first section and the resin second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Tomohisa Okada, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kouta Kimachi
  • Publication number: 20210054851
    Abstract: A turbocharger impeller includes: a cylindrical boss portion disposed around a rotary axis; a hub portion connected to the boss portion and extends in a radial direction of the rotary axis; and a blade portion protruding from the boss portion and the hub portion toward a tip end side in the direction of the rotary axis and the radial direction. At least a part of an outer peripheral part of the hub portion in the radial direction or a part of the blade portion is provided with a resin second section and the second section is bonded to an aluminum first section. The turbocharger impeller includes the aluminum first section and the resin second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Tomohisa OKADA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Kouta KIMACHI
  • Patent number: 10724426
    Abstract: An electric turbocharger includes an electric motor which rotationally drives a rotating blade, a motor housing which accommodates the electric motor therein, a controller which is disposed outside the motor housing and controls the driving of the electric motor, and a power supply mechanism which supplies a current from the controller to the electric motor through a through-hole communicating the inside and the outside of the motor housing, in which the power supply mechanism includes a rod which is hermetically sealed while being inserted through the through-hole, a connector which is connected to at least one end of the rod, and a busbar which is connected to the connector, and in which the connector absorbs a relative positional displacement of the rod with respect to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Tomohisa Okada, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10662965
    Abstract: A sealing structure includes: an insertion hole formed in a sealing plate; a sealing ring provided in the insertion hole; a first rotating body provided to the shaft, at least a part of the first rotating body positioned inside the insertion hole; a second rotating body disposed at a position apart from the compressor impeller than the first rotating body and having a maximum outer diameter larger than a minimum inner diameter of the insertion hole; and an annular receiving groove formed by the first rotating body and the second rotating body and receiving an inner circumferential surface side of the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hirai, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10473110
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor including: a impeller; a wall portion having an opposed surface that is spaced apart from and opposed to a back surface of the impeller; an insertion hole, which is formed in the wall portion, and is configured to receive a shaft inserted into the insertion hole; a bearing, which is provided in the insertion hole or apart from the impeller with respect to the insertion hole, and is configured to axially support the shaft through interposition of grease being a lubricant inside; an electric motor which is provided on a side opposite to the impeller over the wall portion; and an opposed hole, which is formed in the wall portion, is disclosed. The opposed hole has one end opened in the opposed surface and another end opened at a position opposed to a stator of the electric motor on a side opposite to the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10415644
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes rotating shaft supported with respect to an end wall of a housing. The rotary machine includes a bearing that is attached to the rotating shaft and rotatably supports the rotating shaft to the housing, a cylindrical holding portion that is provided in the end wall of the housing and extends in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a cylindrical bearing sleeve that is fixed to the holding portion and surrounds the bearing. The bearing sleeve includes a surrounding portion that surrounds the bearing and a protruding portion that protrudes from the surrounding portion toward the end wall. The protruding portion and the holding portion overlap each other in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the bearing sleeve is fixed to the end wall by fitting the protruding portion into the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Kouta Kimachi
  • Publication number: 20190120125
    Abstract: An electric turbocharger includes an electric motor which rotationally drives a rotating blade, a motor housing which accommodates the electric motor therein, a controller which is disposed outside the motor housing and controls the driving of the electric motor, and a power supply mechanism which supplies a current from the controller to the electric motor through a through-hole communicating the inside and the outside of the motor housing, in which the power supply mechanism includes a rod which is hermetically sealed while being inserted through the through-hole, a connector which is connected to at least one end of the rod, and a busbar which is connected to the connector, and in which the connector absorbs a relative positional displacement of the rod with respect to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Tomohisa OKADA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Kouta KIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20180209436
    Abstract: Provided is a centrifugal compressor, including: a impeller; a wall portion having an opposed surface that is spaced apart from and opposed to a back surface of the impeller; an insertion hole, which is formed in the wall portion, and is configured to receive a shaft inserted to the insertion hole; a bearing, which is provided in the insertion hole or apart from the impeller with respect to the insertion hole, and is configured to axially support the shaft through interposition of grease being a lubricant inside; an electric motor which is provided on a side opposite to the impeller over the wall portion; and an opposed hole, which is formed in the wall portion, and has one end opened in the opposed surface and another end opened at a position opposed to a stator of the electric motor on a side opposite to the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Kouta KIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20180209330
    Abstract: An electric supercharger includes: a shaft including a small diameter portion, a large diameter portion having a larger diameter than that of the small diameter portion, and a step surface extending in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the small diameter portion to an outer circumferential surface of the large diameter portion; a rotor core in which one end surface of a main body portion through which the small diameter portion is inserted abuts against the step surface, the rotor core formed with, in the main body portion, a receiving hole that is opened to the end surface; a magnet accommodated in the receiving hole; and an end plate inserted with the large diameter portion and facing at least a part of the magnet accommodated in the receiving hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ilzuka, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Kouta Kimachi
  • Publication number: 20180172019
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes an impeller which is attached to one end portion in an axial direction of a rotating shaft; and a bearing which is attached to the rotating shaft on a rear surface side of the impeller. The impeller includes a cylindrical boss portion, a hub portion, and a blade portion. A rear surface of the hub portion is provided with a recessed portion recessed toward the one end side from an end edge on the rear surface side of the hub portion in the axial direction. The other end in the axial direction of the boss portion is disposed inside the recessed portion, and an end surface on the one end side of the bearing is disposed inside the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Kouta KIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20180156280
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes rotating shaft supported with respect to an end wall of a housing. The rotary machine includes a bearing that is attached to the rotating shaft and rotatably supports the rotating shaft to the housing, a cylindrical holding portion that is provided in the end wall of the housing and extends in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a cylindrical bearing sleeve that is fixed to the holding portion and surrounds the bearing. The bearing sleeve includes a surrounding portion that surrounds the bearing and a protruding portion that protrudes from the surrounding portion toward the end wall. The protruding portion and the holding portion overlap each other in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the bearing sleeve is fixed to the end wall by fitting the protruding portion into the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Kouta KIMACHI