Patents by Inventor Nobutaka YANAGIDANI

Nobutaka YANAGIDANI 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: 10589339
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blisk includes an intermediate product molding step of molding a blisk intermediate product including a circular disk-corresponding part, a plurality of rotor blade-corresponding parts, and bridges each connecting a front edge of one of each pair of the rotor blade-corresponding parts adjacent to each other and a rear edge of the other one of the rotor blade-corresponding parts. The method for manufacturing the blisk further includes a disk finishing step of cutting the disk-corresponding part so as to finish the disk-corresponding part into the disk in a product form, and a rotor blade finishing step of cutting each bridge so as to finish the respective rotor blade-corresponding parts into the respective rotor blades in a product form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, Endo Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ochiai, Nobutaka Yanagidani, Rui Kondo
  • Patent number: 10247247
    Abstract: A spline connection structure includes a shaft portion having teeth with crowned tooth surfaces formed at equal intervals on an outer circumferential surface and a cylindrical portion having grooves into which the teeth of the shaft portion are fitted formed on an inner circumferential surface are connected. Two adjacent tooth surfaces facing each other are bent while maintaining a constant distance therebetween in a tooth width direction when viewed from a diameter direction of the shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Yanagidani, Daigo Yoneda, Norimasa Taga, Junichi Enomoto, Kimiaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180250733
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blisk includes an intermediate product molding step of molding a blisk intermediate product including a circular disk-corresponding part, a plurality of rotor blade-corresponding parts, and bridges each connecting a front edge of one of each pair of the rotor blade-corresponding parts adjacent to each other and a rear edge of the other one of the rotor blade-corresponding parts. The method for manufacturing the blisk further includes a disk finishing step of cutting the disk-corresponding part so as to finish the disk-corresponding part into the disk in a product form, and a rotor blade finishing step of cutting each bridge so as to finish the respective rotor blade-corresponding parts into the respective rotor blades in a product form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: IHI Corporation, Endo Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OCHIAI, Nobutaka YANAGIDANI, Rui KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170307023
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spline connection structure in which a shaft portion having teeth with crowned tooth surfaces formed at equal intervals on an outer circumferential surface and a cylindrical portion having grooves into which the teeth of the shaft portion are fitted formed on an inner circumferential surface are connected, wherein two adjacent tooth surfaces facing each other are bent while maintaining a constant distance therebetween in a tooth width direction when viewed from a diameter direction of the shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corpoation
    Inventors: Nobutaka YANAGIDANI, Daigo YONEDA, Norimasa TAGA, Junichi ENOMOTO, Kimiaki NAKAMURA