Patents by Inventor Masami Kamiya

Masami Kamiya 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: 11959398
    Abstract: This composite material blade, which is formed using a composite material including reinforcing fibers and resin, and which has a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface, is provided with a ventral part, being the part on the positive pressure surface side in a blade thickness direction, which is the direction joining the positive pressure surface and the negative pressure surface, a dorsal part, being the part on the negative pressure surface side in the blade thickness direction, and a metal shield portion which is provided on the leading edge side, being the upstream side in a flow direction in which a fluid flows, wherein: the metal shield portion includes a main body portion provided on the leading edge side, and an embedded portion which is provided on the trailing edge side, being the downstream side in the flow direction, of the main body portion, and which is provided between the ventral part and the dorsal part; and the plate thickness of the metal shield portion in the blade thick
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Kamiya, Ryoji Okabe, Kentaro Shindo, Takahiro Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20230308002
    Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device for a magnetic gear is provided with: an outer circumferential cover member and an inner circumferential cover member coaxially disposed on an outer side and an inner side in a radial direction, respectively; a magnetic pole piece holder defined by wall members between the outer circumferential cover member and the inner circumferential cover member; and a magnetic pole piece held by the magnetic pole piece holder. The inner ring member, the outer ring member, and the wall members are integrally configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Takayuki SHIMIZU, Masayuki SAKAI, Masami KAMIYA
  • Patent number: 11679536
    Abstract: A composite material blade molding method is for molding a composite material blade by curing a prepreg. The composite material blade has a back-side blade member and a belly-side blade member which are superposed and joined. The composite material blade molding method includes: a lamination step for forming a back-side laminate in a back-side molding die and forming a belly-side laminate in a belly-side molding die; an inner surface cowl plate disposition step for disposing an inner surface cowl plate for maintaining an inner space formed by the back-side laminate and the belly-side laminate; a die mating step for die-mating the back-side molding die and the belly-side molding die and disposing a foaming agent in the inner space maintained by the inner surface cowl plate; and a curing step for heating and expanding the foaming agent and heat-curing the back-side laminate and the belly-side laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro Shindo
  • Publication number: 20230129429
    Abstract: This composite material blade, which is formed using a composite material including reinforcing fibers and resin, and which has a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface, is provided with a ventral part, being the part on the positive pressure surface side in a blade thickness direction, which is the direction joining the positive pressure surface and the negative pressure surface, a dorsal part, being the part on the negative pressure surface side in the blade thickness direction, and a metal shield portion which is provided on the leading edge side, being the upstream side in a flow direction in which a fluid flows, wherein: the metal shield portion includes a main body portion provided on the leading edge side, and an embedded portion which is provided on the trailing edge side, being the downstream side in the flow direction, of the main body portion, and which is provided between the ventral part and the dorsal part; and the plate thickness of the metal shield portion in the blade thick
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami KAMIYA, Ryoji OKABE, Kentaro SHINDO, Takahiro TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20230101040
    Abstract: This composite-material blade formed by using a fiber-reinforced resin containing a resin and reinforcing fibers is provided with: a base material part provided on the inner surface of the composite-material blade; and a first cover part for covering the outer surface of the base material part. The base material part is formed by using a carbon fiber-reinforced resin containing a first resin and carbon fibers. The first cover part is formed from an elastic polymer fiber-reinforced resin containing a second resin and elastic polymer fibers, and has more resistance to impact than the base material part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami KAMIYA, Ryoji OKABE
  • Patent number: 11473844
    Abstract: This temperature monitoring device (100) can be placed in a furnace together with a composite material. The temperature monitoring device (100) includes: a pair of internal components (10) that each have a temperature detection surface (11) and are layered such that the temperature detection surfaces (11, 11) face each other; a temperature detection unit (30) disposed so as to be sandwiched between the temperature detection surfaces (11, 11); at least a pair of external components (20) that are respectively disposed on reverse sides from the temperature detection surfaces (11); and an adjustment part (50) capable of adjusting the sizes of the thickness-direction gaps between the internal components (10) and external components (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Kamiya, Kazuki Noma, Jun Eto, Akihisa Okuda
  • Patent number: 11426963
    Abstract: A composite blade made of prepreg obtained by impregnating reinforcement fibers with resin and curing the resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers, the composite blade including: a blade root provided on a base end and fitted into a blade groove; an airfoil provided extending from the blade root toward a tip end; and a metal patch provided between the blade groove and the blade root and placed on the blade root. The metal patch includes a plurality of projections protruding toward the blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro Shindo, Takahiro Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11384647
    Abstract: A composite blade formed by laying up composite layers containing reinforcing fiber and resin, the composite blade comprising: a blade root mounted in a blade groove; an airfoil extending from the blade root to a front end side; and a metal patch mounted between the blade groove and the blade root, and bonded to the blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro Shindo
  • Patent number: 11371365
    Abstract: A composite blade is formed by laying up composite layers in which reinforced fibers are impregnated with resin. The composite layers are laid up in a blade thickness direction that is a direction connecting a suction side and a pressure side of the composite blade. The composite blade includes a thick part that has a surface layer area from a surface of the thick part to a predetermined depth in the blade thickness direction and a deep layer area at a depth larger than the predetermined depth from the surface in the blade thickness direction. A median value in a predetermined range of thicknesses of each composite layer in the surface layer area is smaller than a median value in a predetermined range of thicknesses of each composite layer in the deep layer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Kentaro Shindo, Masami Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11306597
    Abstract: A composite blade includes an airfoil; and a blade root including a straight section from a blade end part being a connection location with the airfoil to an inclination start part between the blade end part and a base end, and a bearing section from the inclination start part to the base end. A laminate of composite layers with reinforced fibers impregnated with resin is provided across the airfoil and the blade root. A metal body is provided on the blade root. The laminate extends along the longitudinal direction in the airfoil and in the straight section, and extends to be inclined away from a center axis in the bearing section. The metal body is provided on both surfaces of the laminate in the blade root, extends along the longitudinal direction in the straight section, and extends to be inclined away from the center axis in the bearing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Kentaro Shindo, Masami Kamiya, Yoshinori Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11292219
    Abstract: Provided is a method of shaping a composite blade made of a composite material by curing prepreg in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with resin. A foaming agent disposed in an internal space of the composite blade contains a plurality of foaming bodies and foaming agent resin. The foaming bodies foam by being heated. The foaming agent resin cures by being heated. The foaming bodies include low-temperature side foaming bodies and high-temperature side foaming bodies. The low-temperature side foaming bodies foam in a low temperature range during a curing step. The high-temperature side foaming bodies foam in a high temperature range corresponding to temperatures higher than the low temperature range during the curing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Kentaro Shindo, Masami Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20210404497
    Abstract: A joint member according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a resin member, and a metal member which includes a base material, and a cubic lattice part formed on a surface of the base material and embedded with the resin member. The cubic lattice part includes a plurality of lattice points and a plurality of arms connecting the lattice points, respectively. Of the plurality of lattice points, an outermost lattice point far from the surface of the base material includes at least three lattice points forming an inclined surface with respect to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro TACHIBANA, Ryouji OKABE, Masami KAMIYA, Yasunori WATANABE, Koichi HASEGAWA, Yuichi YUI, Akihisa OKUDA
  • Patent number: 11066939
    Abstract: A composite blade is formed by laying up composite layers in which reinforced fibers are impregnated with resin, and has a blade root and an airfoil extending from the blade root in a longitudinal direction. The composite blade includes a first laminate of the composite layers extending along the longitudinal direction in the airfoil and extending along a first inclination direction inclined toward a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction in the blade root; a second laminate of the composite layers extending along the longitudinal direction and contacting the first laminate in the airfoil, the second laminate extending along a second inclination direction inclined toward a direction opposite to the first inclination direction in the blade root and being separated from the first laminate; and a third laminate of the composite layers provided between the first and second laminates in the blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yoshinori Nonaka, Kentaro Shindo, Masami Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20210123680
    Abstract: This temperature monitoring device (100) can be placed in a furnace together with a composite material. The temperature monitoring device (100) includes: a pair of internal components (10) that each have a temperature detection surface (11) and are layered such that the temperature detection surfaces (11, 11) face each other; a temperature detection unit (30) disposed so as to be sandwiched between the temperature detection surfaces (11, 11); at least a pair of external components (20) that are respectively disposed on reverse sides from the temperature detection surfaces (11); and an adjustment part (50) capable of adjusting the sizes of the thickness-direction gaps between the internal components (10) and external components (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masami KAMIYA, Kazuki NOMA, Jun ETO, Akihisa OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210108521
    Abstract: A composite blade is formed by laying up composite layers in which reinforced fibers are impregnated with resin, and has a blade root and an airfoil extending from the blade root in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yoshinori NONAKA, Kentaro SHINDO, Masami KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210078217
    Abstract: This composite material blade molding method for molding a composite material blade by curing a prepreg, wherein the composite material blade has a back-side blade member and a belly-side blade member which are superposed and joined. The composite material blade molding method comprises: a lamination step for forming a back-side laminate in a back-side molding die and forming a belly-side laminate in a belly-side molding die; an inner surface cowl plate disposition step for disposing an inner surface cowl plate for maintaining an inner space formed by the back-side laminate and the belly-side laminate; a die mating step for die-mating the back-side molding die and the belly-side molding die and disposing a foaming agent in the inner space maintained by the inner surface cowl plate; and a curing step for heating and expanding the foaming agent and heat-curing the back-side laminate and the belly-side laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Masami KAMIYA, Kentaro SHINDO
  • Patent number: 10914176
    Abstract: A composite blade is formed by laying up composite material layers in which reinforcement fibers are impregnated with resin in a thickness direction of the blade. The composite blade includes a blade root on a base end side, an airfoil on a tip side, a first lay-up in which some composite material layers are laid up in the blade root so as to space parts of the composite material layers to form spacing parts and to extend from the distal toward the base end side in the thickness direction, and second lay-ups in which some composite material layers are laid up in the spacing parts so as to be lined up in the thickness direction. Among the second lay-ups, a second lay-up closer to a center side than to an outer side in the thickness direction is a larger distance from a proximal position to a top position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Kamiya, Ryoji Okabe, Yoshinori Nonaka, Kentaro Shindo
  • Patent number: 10914175
    Abstract: A composite blade includes a composite blade body including reinforced fibers and resin; a metal layer provided on an outer side of a leading edge section including a leading edge that is a part of the composite blade body on an upstream side of an air stream, the metal layer having a thickness of equal to or larger than 5 micrometers and equal to or smaller than 100 micrometers; an adhesive layer provided between the composite blade body and the metal layer to bond the metal layer to the composite blade body; and an electric insulating layer provided in contact with a surface of the leading edge section of the composite blade body, the surface being on the side on which the metal layer is provided, the electric insulating layer having an electric insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro Shindo
  • Publication number: 20200400027
    Abstract: A composite blade formed by laying up composite layers containing reinforcing fiber and resin, the composite blade comprising: a blade root mounted in a blade groove; an airfoil extending from the blade root to a front end side; and a metal patch mounted between the blade groove and the blade root, and bonded to the blade root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20200331222
    Abstract: A composite blade made of prepreg obtained by impregnating reinforcement fibers with resin and curing the resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers, the composite blade including: a blade root provided on a base end and fitted into a blade groove; an airfoil provided extending from the blade root toward a tip end; and a metal patch provided between the blade groove and the blade root and placed on the blade root. The metal patch includes a plurality of projections protruding toward the blade root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Masami KAMIYA, Kentaro SHINDO, Takahiro TACHIBANA