Patents by Inventor Masaki Tojo

Masaki Tojo 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: 8806867
    Abstract: A variable geometry exhaust turbocharger, wherein bolts which fasten a variable nozzle mechanism do not loosen. A variable geometry exhaust turbocharger, is provided with a turbine housing a turbine rotor, a turbine shaft a bearing for supporting the turbine shaft, a bearing housing, and a variable nozzle mechanism for regulating the flow of exhaust gas. The variable nozzle mechanism is provided with a nozzle, a nozzle mount, a lever plate, and a drive ring. A nozzle plate with which the tip of the nozzle makes contact is provided to an inner tube section of the turbine housing. A sleeve member is provided between the nozzle mount and the nozzle plate so as to be coaxial with a through-hole and a screw-through hole. The nozzle mount and the nozzle plate are connected together by fastening bolts passed through the through-hole, the sleeve member, and the screw through-hole, in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hayashi, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo, Yoichi Ueno
  • Patent number: 8474257
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust turbine equipped with an exhaust control valve which can reduce wear of the contact surfaces between the shaft and the bushing or the turbine casing. The exhaust turbine is equipped with the exhaust control valve for opening/closing an exhaust bypass passage leading the exhaust turbine being driven by exhaust gas output from an engine to an exhaust outlet passage while bypassing the exhaust turbine, wherein the exhaust control valve comprises a shaft which is supported rotation-freely by a turbine casing and supports a valve element, an arm equipped with a connecting part with a drive source and turning the shaft about the axis thereof by the reciprocating motion of the connecting part produced by the drive source, and a weight attached to an end on the side opposite to the connecting part with the drive source with respect to the axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshimoto, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo, Noriyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8251650
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor housing capable of reducing the weight of a compressor without leading to an increase in the size and a reduction in the efficiency of the compressor. The compressor housing includes: an inner cylinder made of a plastic material and extending in an axial direction and in a circumferential direction to surround blade tips of the blades; and an outer cylinder made of a plastic material and extending in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction to surround the inner cylinder. The inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are bonded or jointed at the first end, opposite the second end where the volute is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Ibaraki, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo
  • Publication number: 20120148391
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is equipped with a resin housing, that is made in a manner such that compression efficiency is not lost and merits such as weight and cost reduction are not cancelled out. The turbo charger housing comprises a volute section, a channel formation section, and an impeller that is fixed in the center of the channel formation section to a rotating shaft. An annular shroud is disposed in a recess formed on the inner wall of the channel formation section. The annular shroud forms the outer walls of a channel and a diffuser for compressed gas. The edge of the annular shroud spaced from a partition wall, which forms a portion of a bearing housing. If the resin housing undergoes thermal deformation, the dimensions of a gap between the annular shroud and the curved profile of a blade is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.,
    Inventors: Seiichi Ibaraki, Isao Tomita, Yasuaki Jinnai, Takashi Mikogami, Masaki Tojo, Akio Kitada
  • Publication number: 20120121400
    Abstract: A compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger has an inlet slit, an outlet slit and the recirculation passage can formed at the same time when the compressor housing assembled. Ease of assembly and the reduction of the production cost is achieved. The structure of the inlet slit, the outlet slit and the recirculation passage can be compact and can be easily adjusted. Noises generated in the compressor impeller can be reduced without providing a noise insulation cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Tomita, Seiichi Ibaraki, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo
  • Publication number: 20110296829
    Abstract: A variable geometry exhaust turbocharger, wherein bolts which fasten a variable nozzle mechanism do not loosen. A variable geometry exhaust turbocharger is provided with a turbine housing (1), a turbine rotor (3), a turbine shaft (3A), a bearing (5) for supporting the turbine shaft, a bearing housing (4), and a variable nozzle mechanism (8) for regulating the flow of exhaust gas. The variable nozzle mechanism (8) is provided with a nozzle (6), a nozzle mount (7), a lever plate (11), and a drive ring (10). A nozzle plate (9) with which the tip of the nozzle (6) makes contact is provided to an inner tube section (1a) of the turbine housing (1). A sleeve member (12) is provided between the nozzle mount (7) and the nozzle plate (9) so as to be coaxial with a through-hole (7a) and a screw-through hole (9a). The nozzle mount (7) and the nozzle plate (9) are connected together by fastening bolts (B) passed through the through-hole (7a), the sleeve member (12), and the screw through-hole (9a), in that order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hayashi, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo, Yoichi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20110126537
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust turbine equipped with an exhaust control valve (waste gate valve) which can reduce wear of the contact surfaces between the shaft and the bushing or the turbine casing that support the moving components of the valve in the entire operating range of the exhaust control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshimoto, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo, Noriyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110005222
    Abstract: An exhaust-bypass valve capable of reducing wear of a rotating shaft to prevent controllability from deteriorating is provided. An exhaust-bypass valve (1) of a turbocharger includes a shunting passage (5) that communicates between a passage (3) at the turbine-inlet side and a passage (4) at the turbine-outlet side and a valve flap (6) that opens and closes this shunting passage (5). The valve flap (6) opens and closes to shunt a gas flowing through the passage (3) at the turbine-inlet side into the passage at the turbine-outlet side. The valve flap (6) is rotatably supported at one side thereof serving as a center-of-rotation side, and the other side thereof moves away from or towards the shunting passage (5) to open or close the shunting passage (5). A tapered portion (10) is provided at an edge on the other side. The edge is at least one of an edge of an opening of the shunting passage (5) facing the valve flap (6) and a side surface of the valve flap (6) facing the shunting passage (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hayashi, Mitsushige Kubota, Takao Yokoyama, Masaki Tojo
  • Publication number: 20090290979
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor housing capable of reducing the weight of a compressor without leading to an increase in the size and a reduction in the efficiency of the compressor. The compressor housing includes: an inner cylinder made of a plastic material and extending in an axial direction and in a circumferential direction to surround blade tips of the blades; and an outer cylinder made of a plastic material and extending in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction to surround the inner cylinder. The inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are bonded or jointed at the first end, opposite the second end where the volute is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi IBARAKI, Yasuaki JINNAI, Masaki TOJO