Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro NARITA

Mitsuhiro NARITA 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: 9004857
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressor, for the purpose of preventing the positions of a diaphragm and a head flange in a radial direction from moving with respect to a casing, preventing the unstable vibration of the rotor and enabling an efficient and stable operation even on high-pressure conditions, there is provided a barrel-shaped centrifugal compressor including a casing, a diaphragm located in the casing to define a flow channel, and a head flange attached to the end of the casing by a shear key, wherein in the inner peripheral surface of the casing and the outer peripheral surface of abutment portions of the diaphragm and the head flange in which they are abutted on the inner peripheral surface of the casing, sliding key grooves which are vertical to the surfaces are provided at least two portions in a peripheral direction, and sliding keys are provided in the key grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Magara, Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Mitsuhiro Narita, Haruo Miura, Naohiko Takahashi, Akira Endo
  • Patent number: 8631961
    Abstract: Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Naruse, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto, Haruo Miura, Mitsuhiro Narita
  • Publication number: 20110318163
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressor, for the purpose of preventing the positions of a diaphragm and a head flange in a radial direction from moving with respect to a casing, suppressing the generation of an unstable fluid force in a seal and the contact of the seal with a rotor to prevent the unstable vibration of the rotor and enabling an efficient and stable operation even on high-pressure conditions, there is provided a barrel-shaped centrifugal compressor including a casing, a diaphragm located in the casing to define a flow channel, and a head flange attached to the end of the casing by a shear key, wherein in the inner peripheral surface of the casing and the outer peripheral surface of abutment portions of the diaphragm and the head flange in which they are abutted on the inner peripheral surface of the casing, sliding key grooves which are vertical to the surfaces are provided at least two portions in a peripheral direction, and sliding keys are provided in the key grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yohei Magara, Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Mitsuhiro Narita, Haruo Miura, Naohiko Takahashi, Akira Endo
  • Publication number: 20100270308
    Abstract: Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro NARUSE, Tetsuya KUWANO, Taiji HASHIMOTO, Haruo MIURA, Mitsuhiro NARITA