Patents by Inventor Makoto Iwasaki

Makoto Iwasaki 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: 11927195
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a sealing main body surrounding a rotor shaft rotating about an axis from an outer periphery side. The sealing main body includes an inside surface facing an outside surface of the rotor shaft with clearance and a plurality of hole parts formed recessed to an outer side in a radial direction from the inside surface and arrayed in a circumferential direction of the inside surface and in a direction of the axis. The hole parts have an inner peripheral wall in which a spiral groove extending twisting toward the outer side in a radial direction is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Motomu Asahara, Naoto Omura, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11827470
    Abstract: The paper sheet processing device includes a bladed wheel 10, a paper sheet supply/transport unit 30, 100, a stacking tray 50 that holds paper sheets emitted from the bladed wheel one by one in a stacked state, and an extraction area 80. The stacking tray includes a first stacking part 51 that stacks thereon paper sheets being emitted when at a paper sheet stacking position P1, and is rotationally moved to a non-stacking position P2 when a predetermined number of paper sheets are stacked thereon, and a second stacking part 61 that is moved to the paper sheet stacking position to stack paper sheets thereon when being rotated by a predetermined angle from the non-stacking position, and is rotationally moved to the non-stacking position when the predetermined number of paper sheets are stacked thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Osada, Kazuya Furumachi, Yousuke Miyashita, Makoto Iwasaki, Nobuhiro Ida, Hirotaka Yamazaki, Rei Yamamoto, Takeaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11783973
    Abstract: An R-T-B based permanent magnet in which R is a rare earth element, T is Fe or a combination of Fe and Co, B is boron, and further includes M. The R-T-B based permanent magnet includes main phase grains consisting of R2T14B phase. M at least includes Ga and Zr. The R-T-B based permanent magnet further includes C and O. R content is 29.0 mass % to 33.0 mass %, B content is 0.85 mass % to 1.05 mass %, Ga content is 0.30 mass % to 1.20 mass %, 0 content is 0.03 mass % to 0.20 mass %, and C content is 0.03 mass % to 0.30 mass %. Further, the R-T-B based permanent magnet satisfies 3.48m(B)?2.67?m(Zr)?3.48m(B)?1.87 in which m(B) (mass %) is B content and m(Zr) (mass %) is Zr content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake Kitaoka, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20230287894
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a sealing main body surrounding a rotor shaft rotating about an axis from an outer periphery side. The sealing main body includes an inside surface facing an outside surface of the rotor shaft with clearance and a plurality of hole parts formed recessed to an outer side in a radial direction from the inside surface and arrayed in a circumferential direction of the inside surface and in a direction of the axis. The hole parts have an inner peripheral wall in which a spiral groove extending twisting toward the outer side in a radial direction is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Motomu ASAHARA, Naoto OMURA, Makoto IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230175411
    Abstract: The rotary machine includes a rotor, an annular member disposed on an outer circumferential side of the rotor, and a hole pattern seal fixed to the annular member and partitioning a space between the rotor and the annular member into a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side. The hole pattern seal has an annular seal main body covering an outer circumference of the rotor, a hole group provided on an inner circumferential surface of the seal main body, and having holes being aligned at intervals in the direction of an axis of the rotor and a circumferential direction of the axis, and fin sections provided on the inner circumferential surface of the seal main body throughout in the circumferential direction, each of the fin sections having the thickness equal to or smaller than that of the thinnest part of the seal main body, wherein the fin sections are provided on at least the high-pressure side and the low-pressure side of the seal main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto IWASAKI, Motomu ASAHARA, Naoto OMURA
  • Patent number: 11492684
    Abstract: An R-T-B based permanent magnet, in which R is a rare earth element, T is Fe or a combination of Fe and Co, and B is boron, includes main phase grains made of an R2T14B crystal phase and grain boundaries formed between the main phase grains. The grain boundaries include an R—O—C—N concentrated part having higher concentrations of R, O, C, and N than that of the main phase grains. The R—O—C—N concentrated part includes a heavy rare earth element. The R—O—C—N concentrated part has a core part and a shell part covering at least part of the core part. A concentration of the heavy rare earth element in the shell part is higher than a concentration of the heavy element in the core part. A covering ratio of the shell part with respect to the core part of the R—O—C—N concentrated part is 45% or more in average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11469016
    Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet containing a first heavy rare earth element, in which R includes Nd, T includes Co and Fe, the first heavy rare earth element includes Tb or Dy, the R-T-B based sintered magnet has a region in which a concentration of the first heavy rare earth element decreases from the surface toward the inside, a first grain boundary phase which contains the first heavy rare earth element and Nd but does not contain Co is present in one cross section including the region, and an area occupied by the first grain boundary phase in one cross section including the region is 1.8% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ayato Kakoki, Makoto Iwasaki, Tetsuya Hidaka, Takuma Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11398327
    Abstract: An alloy for R-T-B based permanent magnet in which R is a rare earth element, T is a combination of Fe and Co, and B is boron. R includes one or more selected from Nd, Pr, Dy, and Tb. The alloy for R-T-B based permanent magnet includes M and C. M is one or more selected from Al, Cu, Zr, and Ga. Relative to 100 mass % of the alloy for R-T-B based permanent magnet, a total content of Nd, Pr, Dy, and Tb is 28.00 mass % or more and 34.00 mass % or less, Co content is 0.05 mass % or more and 3.00 mass % or less, B content is 0.70 mass % or more and 0.95 mass % or less, C content is 0.12 mass % or more and 0.19 mass % or less, a total content of M is more than 0 mass % and 4.00 mass % or less, and Fe is a substantial balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawamura, Hidetake Kitaoka, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11387024
    Abstract: An R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet in which R is a rare earth sintered magnet, T is an iron group element, and B is boron. R includes one or more selected from Nd and Pr. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet includes M and C in which M is one ore more selected from Zr, Ti, and Nb. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet includes main phase grains and grain boundaries, and the grain boundaries includes a coexisting part in which a M—C compound, a M—B compound, and a 6-13-1 phase coexist. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet attains improved HcJ while maintaining good Br and Hk/HcJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawamura, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20220177253
    Abstract: The paper sheet processing device includes a bladed wheel 10, a paper sheet supply/transport unit 30, 100, a stacking tray 50 that holds paper sheets emitted from the bladed wheel one by one in a stacked state, and an extraction area 80. The stacking tray includes a first stacking part 51 that stacks thereon paper sheets being emitted when at a paper sheet stacking position P1, and is rotationally moved to a non-stacking position P2 when a predetermined number of paper sheets are stacked thereon, and a second stacking part 61 that is moved to the paper sheet stacking position to stack paper sheets thereon when being rotated by a predetermined angle from the non-stacking position, and is rotationally moved to the non-stacking position when the predetermined number of paper sheets are stacked thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito OSADA, Kazuya FURUMACHI, Yousuke MIYASHITA, Makoto IWASAKI, Nobuhiro IDA, Hirotaka YAMAZAKI, Rei YAMAMOTO, Takeaki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11306603
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate about an axis, a rotor blade including a rotor blade body extending radially outward from the rotary shaft, and a shroud on an end outside in a radial direction, a casing enclosing the rotor blade from outside in the radial direction and including a cavity accommodating the shroud on an inner circumference of the casing, a plurality of seal fins protruding radially inward from an opposing surface that faces the shroud in the cavity such that a clearance is between an outer circumferential surface of the shroud and the plurality of seal fins, and a plurality of swirl breaks upstream of the plurality of seal fins located furthest upstream in a direction of the axis in the cavity, the plurality of swirl breaks being arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Rimpei Kawashita, Katsuya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11270814
    Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, and an insulation layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulation layer includes a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition including a base polymer, not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass of an amorphous silica and not less than 10 parts by mass and not more than 150 parts by mass of a halogen-free flame retardant relative to 100 parts by mass of the base polymer. The base polymer includes not less than 50 parts by mass and not more than 90 parts by mass of either an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or an ethylene-butene copolymer and not less than 10 parts by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass of a low-density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Setogawa, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11244778
    Abstract: An R-T-B based permanent magnet wherein R is one or more rare earth elements, T is Fe and Co, and B is boron. The R-T-B based permanent magnet includes M, C and N, wherein M is two or more selected from Cu, Ga, Mn, Zr, and Al, and includes at least Cu and Ga. A total content of R is ?29.0 and ?33.5 mass %, Co content is ?0.10 and ?0.49 mass %, B content is ?0.80 and ?0.96 mass %, a total content of M is ?0.63 and ?4.00 mass %, Cu content is ?0.51 and ?0.97 mass %, Ga content is ?0.12 and ?1.07 mass %, C content is ?0.065 and ?0.200 mass %, N content is ?0.023 and ?0.323 mass %, and Fe is a substantial balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Akihiro Harada
  • Patent number: 11244779
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an R-T-B based permanent magnet having a wide temperature range suitable for sintering. The R-T-B based permanent magnet in which R is one or more rare earth elements, T is a combination of Fe and Co, and B is boron. The R-T-B based permanent magnet comprises M, O, C, and N. M is three or more selected from Cu, Ga, Mn, Zr, and Al; and at least comprises Cu, Ga, and Zr. A content of each component is within a predetermined range. The R-T-B based permanent magnet includes main phase grains made of R2T14B compound and grain boundaries existing between main phase grains. The grain boundaries include a two-grain boundary which is a grain boundary formed between two adjacent main phase grains, and a Zr—B compound is included in the two-grain boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Fujiwara, Makoto Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20210296029
    Abstract: An R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet in which R is a rare earth sintered magnet, T is an iron group element, and B is boron. R includes one or more selected from Nd and Pr. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet includes M and C in which M is one ore more selected from Zr, Ti, and Nb. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet includes main phase grains and grain boundaries, and the grain boundaries includes a coexisting part in which a M—C compound, a M—B compound, and a 6-13-1 phase coexist. The R—T—B based rare earth sintered magnet attains improved HcJ while maintaining good Br and Hk/HcJ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAMURA, Makoto IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11078803
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machinery includes: a rotor; a casing; a rotating-blade stage including rotating blades and a radially-outer side rotating blade ring continuing to radially outer ends of the rotating blades; and a rotating-blade side seal device configured to seal a gap between the radially-outer side rotating blade ring and the casing. The rotating-blade side seal device includes: a seal fin having an annular shape and extending toward an outer peripheral surface of the radially-outer side rotating blade ring from the casing; and a swirl brake fixed to the casing in a cavity formed at an upstream side of the seal fin. The swirl brake includes: a first plate-shaped member having a surface along a radial direction of the rotor; and a second plate-shaped member or a third plate-shaped member having a surface oblique to the radial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Rimpei Kawashita, Makoto Iwasaki, Makoto Kamishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210222578
    Abstract: There is provided a fluid control device included in a rotary machine including a rotor, a case provided to surround an outer side of the rotor, and seal fins each provided to protrude from at least one of the rotor or the case, and configured to control a swirling flow flowing between the seal fin and the rotor or between the seal fin and the case. The fluid control device includes a first fluid control device configured to generate an induced flow in a backflow direction opposite to a flow direction of the swirling flow in an axial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kodai IWATSU, Makoto IWASAKI, Teruaki YAMAWAKI
  • Patent number: 11049629
    Abstract: A non-halogen flame-retardant insulated electric wire includes a conductor and a crosslinked single-layer or a multilayer insulating layer on an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulating layer has a tensile elastic modulus of 500 MPa or more and an elongation at break of 120% or less in a tensile test performed at a displacement rate of 200 mm/min, and has a storage elastic modulus at 125° C. of 3×106 Pa or more in a dynamic viscoelasticity test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Ryutaro Kikuchi, Mitsuru Hashimoto, Takuya Oriuchi
  • Publication number: 20210148249
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate about an axis, a rotor blade including a rotor blade body extending radially outward from the rotary shaft, and a shroud provided on an end outside in a radial direction of the rotor blade body, a casing enclosing the rotor blade from outside in the radial direction and being formed with a cavity accommodating the shroud on an inner circumference of the casing, a plurality of seal fins protruding radially inward from an opposing surface that faces the shroud in the cavity and being formed with a clearance between an outer circumferential surface of the shroud, and a plurality of swirl breaks that is provided upstream of the plurality of seal fins located most upstream in a direction of the axis in the cavity and that is arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction. Each of the plurality of swirl breaks is provided with a hole penetrating each of the swirl breaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto IWASAKI, Rimpei KAWASHITA, Katsuya YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10990712
    Abstract: There is provided a contact force evaluation method for evaluating a contact force against a supporting member of a tube bundle positioned in a fluid and supported by the supporting member, including a contact force setting step of setting a contact force of the tube bundle, a probability density function calculation step of calculating a probability density function of a reaction force received by the supporting member from the tube bundle in response to a predetermined input, using a vibration analysis model of the tube bundle and the supporting member, a probability calculation step of calculating a probability that a reaction force equal to or higher than the set contact force occurs, based on the calculated probability density function, and an evaluation step of evaluating the set contact force, based on the calculated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Kazuo Hirota, Shingo Nishida, Tetsuya Arikawa, Ryoichi Kawakami, Masaaki Katayama, Toshifumi Nariai, Kohei Yamamoto