Patents by Inventor Miku KURODA

Miku KURODA 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: 11788536
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing in which the impeller is accommodated and a guide flow path guiding fluid to the impeller is formed; and a guide vane which is disposed in the guide flow path and is extended from a hub side wall surface of the guide flow path, which is continued to a hub side of the impeller, to a shroud side wall surface of the guide flow path to a shroud side of the impeller, wherein the guide vane is twisted forward the impeller in a rotating direction thereof as close to the shroud side wall surface from the hub side wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miku Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20220381249
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing in which the impeller is accommodated and a guide flow path guiding fluid to the impeller is formed; and a guide vane which is disposed in the guide flow path and is extended from a hub side wall surface of the guide flow path, which is continued to a hub side of the impeller, to a shroud side wall surface of the guide flow path to a shroud side of the impeller, wherein the guide vane is twisted forward the impeller in a rotating direction thereof as close to the shroud side wall surface from the hub side wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miku Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11401944
    Abstract: The impeller includes a disc having a main surface extending outward in a radial direction toward one side in an axial direction, a plurality of blades defining a flow path extending to an outlet on one side from an inlet on the other side in the axial direction, and a cover disposed to cover the plurality of blades. At least one of an inlet side region and an outlet side region which are a connection portion between the blade and the main surface and a connection portion between the blade and the cover has a small fillet portion curved in an arc shape and having a small radius of curvature. An intermediate region formed between the inlet side region and the outlet side region has a large fillet portion having a large radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Miku Kuroda, Hiroaki Oka
  • Patent number: 11248613
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is provided with a return vane including a suction surface facing a front side in a rotation direction of a rotation shaft and a pressure surface facing a rear side. A casing includes a hub side wall surface and a shroud side wall surface that form a placement region of the return vane in the straight flow path, and an intermediate suction port formed on the shroud side wall surface, the intermediate suction port ejecting fluid guided from outside toward the straight flow path; and inside the return vane, an internal flow path is formed in which one end communicates with the intermediate suction port and another end is an outlet port that opens to the suction surface of the return vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miku Kuroda, Chihiro Myoren
  • Patent number: 11187242
    Abstract: A multi-stage centrifugal compressor according to at least one embodiment includes: multiple stages of impellers arranged in an axial direction; a casing surrounding the impellers; and a diffuser channel for guiding a working fluid discharged from the impellers outward in a radial direction. In a cross-section along the axial direction, a first diffuser wall surface on a hub side of a pair of diffuser wall surfaces that are opposed in the axial direction across the diffuser channel has a retreating surface retreating toward the hub side from a connection position with a downstream end of a first upstream wall surface to a radially outer side with respect to a tangential direction of the first upstream wall surface at the downstream end of the first upstream wall surface, the first upstream wall surface being positioned upstream of the first diffuser wall surface and connected to the first diffuser wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Miku Kuroda, Chihiro Myoren
  • Publication number: 20210301831
    Abstract: The impeller includes a disc having a main surface extending outward in a radial direction toward one side in an axial direction, a plurality of blades defining a flow path extending to an outlet on one side from an inlet on the other side in the axial direction, and a cover disposed to cover the plurality of blades. At least one of an inlet side region and an outlet side region which are a connection portion between the blade and the main surface and a connection portion between the blade and the cover has a small fillet portion curved in an arc shape and having a small radius of curvature. An intermediate region formed between the inlet side region and the outlet side region has a large fillet portion having a large radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Miku Kuroda, Hiroaki Oka
  • Publication number: 20210262475
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is provided with a return vane including a suction surface facing a front side in a rotation direction of a rotation shaft and a pressure surface facing a rear side. A casing includes a hub side wall surface and a shroud side wall surface that form a placement region of the return vane in the straight flow path, and an intermediate suction port formed on the shroud side wall surface, the intermediate suction port ejecting fluid guided from outside toward the straight flow path; and inside the return vane, an internal flow path is formed in which one end communicates with the intermediate suction port and another end is an outlet port that opens to the suction surface of the return vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Miku KURODA, Chihiro MYOREN
  • Publication number: 20210003145
    Abstract: A multi-stage centrifugal compressor according to at least one embodiment includes: multiple stages of impellers arranged in an axial direction; a casing surrounding the impellers; and a diffuser channel for guiding a working fluid discharged from the impellers outward in a radial direction. In a cross-section along the axial direction, a first diffuser wall surface on a hub side of a pair of diffuser wall surfaces that are opposed in the axial direction across the diffuser channel has a retreating surface retreating toward the hub side from a connection position with a downstream end of a first upstream wall surface to a radially outer side with respect to a tangential direction of the first upstream wall surface at the downstream end of the first upstream wall surface, the first upstream wall surface being positioned upstream of the first diffuser wall surface and connected to the first diffuser wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Miku KURODA, Chihiro MYOREN