Patents by Inventor Naotoshi SHIMIZU

Naotoshi SHIMIZU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084715
    Abstract: A turbine includes a turbine wheel, a housing having a flow path for a gas, a variable geometry device to guide the gas from the flow path to the turbine wheel, and a biasing member. The variable geometry device includes one or more nozzle vane member, each having a nozzle vane, a nozzle shaft and a nozzle link plate. The biasing member is in contact with the nozzle link plate of the nozzle vane member, to urge the nozzle vane member against a contact surface of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi SEGAWA, Hayato SHIBAYAMA, Takao ASAKAWA, Kengo IKEDA, Naotoshi SHIMIZU, Taiki YOSHIZAKI, Ryosuke MIYAO
  • Publication number: 20240018879
    Abstract: A variable capacity turbocharger includes a turbine impeller, a gas inlet passage fluidly coupled to the turbine impeller, a nozzle vane located in the gas inlet passage, a drive assembly that rotates the nozzle vane, a drive chamber accommodating the drive assembly and including a region configured to store liquid in the drive chamber, and a liquid passage fluidly coupled with the drive chamber and configured to discharge the liquid from the drive chamber. A surface of the liquid passage has a greater surface roughness than the region of the drive chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Naotoshi SHIMIZU, Kengo IKEDA, Takao ASAKAWA, Hayato SHIBAYAMA, Kenichi SEGAWA, Ryosuke MIYAO, Takafumi UEDA