Patents by Inventor Noriko Morioka

Noriko Morioka 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: 11162429
    Abstract: Provided is a turbo fan engine (TF) provided with a power transmission device that switches main shafts (MSs) connected to a starter generator (SG) so as to perform power transmission, between at startup and after the startup. The TF includes a first MS and a second MS. The power transmission device includes a first shaft, an intermediate shaft, and a second shaft that are coaxially disposed, and a clutch. The first shaft is connected to the first MS through bevel gears, the intermediate shaft is disposed outside of the first shaft and is connected to the SG through bevel gears, and the second shaft is disposed outside of the intermediate shaft and is connected to the second MS through bevel gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Oyama, Noriko Morioka, Naoki Seki
  • Patent number: 10914236
    Abstract: A heat exhaust system for an on-aircraft electric generator, includes: a fuel pump which is driven by electric power generated by an electric generator installed in an aircraft, and which measures and supplies fuel to an engine of the aircraft; a first heat exchanger which releases heat generated by the electric generator into the fuel supplied to the engine; a fuel flow rate determiner which determines a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the engine by the fuel pump; an electric generator output determiner which determines an output from the electric generator; and a heat release controller which controls heat release at the first heat exchanger by using at least one of the flow rate of the fuel determined by the fuel flow rate determiner and the output determined by the electric generator output determiner as a control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Morioka, Hitoshi Oyori
  • Publication number: 20200263614
    Abstract: Provided is a turbo fan engine (TF) provided with a power transmission device that switches main shafts (MSs) connected to a starter generator (SG) so as to perform power transmission, between at startup and after the startup. The TF includes a first MS and a second MS. The power transmission device includes a first shaft, an intermediate shaft, and a second shaft that are coaxially disposed, and a clutch. The first shaft is connected to the first MS through bevel gears, the intermediate shaft is disposed outside of the first shaft and is connected to the SG through bevel gears, and the second shaft is disposed outside of the intermediate shaft and is connected to the second MS through bevel gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko OYAMA, Noriko MORIOKA, Naoki SEKI
  • Patent number: 10358980
    Abstract: Two systems of a first pump unit and a third pump unit that supply fuel of a fuselage fuel tank, and a second pump unit and a fourth pump unit that supply fuel of fuel tanks in both right and left wings are provided corresponding to a left-wing engine and a right-wing engine, respectively. A supply source of the fuel to be supplied to the left-wing engine or the right-wing engine is switched by switching of the pump unit to be turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Morioka, Hitoshi Oyori
  • Patent number: 10280866
    Abstract: A fuel supply device according to the present invention comprises a first fuel pump for forcing fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel passage, a first electric motor for driving the first fuel pump, a second fuel pump for forcing fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel passage, a second electric motor for driving the second fuel pump, a supply flow rate sensor for detecting flow rate in the supply passage, and a control device for controlling the flow rate in the supply passage to follow a desired value thereof, by regulating rotational speeds of the first and second electric motors depending on a difference between the desired value and a detected value of flow rate in the supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyori, Noriko Morioka
  • Patent number: 10271465
    Abstract: Heat exchangers are adjacent to electric driving units. Electric blowers of electric blower units rotate at rotational speed corresponding to amounts of heat generation of the electric driving units and suck air (ventilation air and outboard air). The sucked-in air passes through the heat exchangers that are adjacent to the electric driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Morioka, Hitoshi Oyori
  • Publication number: 20190063321
    Abstract: A heat exhaust system for an on-aircraft electric generator, includes: a fuel pump which is driven by electric power generated by an electric generator installed in an aircraft, and which measures and supplies fuel to an engine of the aircraft; a first heat exchanger which releases heat generated by the electric generator into the fuel supplied to the engine; a fuel flow rate determiner which determines a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the engine by the fuel pump; an electric generator output determiner which determines an output from the electric generator; and a heat release controller which controls heat release at the first heat exchanger by using at least one of the flow rate of the fuel determined by the fuel flow rate determiner and the output determined by the electric generator output determiner as a control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Morioka, Hitoshi Oyori
  • Publication number: 20180370619
    Abstract: An electric taxiing system of an aircraft includes: a wheel of an aircraft; a taxiing motor which is rotated together with the wheel in landing of the aircraft to apply breaking force to the wheel and to generate regenerative power according to the breaking force, and which rotates the wheel in taxiing of the aircraft; and a power supply control unit which supplies the regenerative power to an electric element of the aircraft, the electric element being driven in order for the aircraft to perform landing or re-takeoff after cancelling landing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko MORIOKA, Daiki KAKIUCHI, Hitoshi OYORI, Hiroyuki ASAKURA
  • Patent number: 9999164
    Abstract: A cooling device applicable to an airplane having a pressurized cabin and a ram air channel for cooling an electronic device arranged in the pressurized cabin, is comprised of a partition wall separating the pressurized cabin from the ram air channel; and a heat exchanger thermally in contact with the electronic device and exposed to the ram air channel so as to radiate heat to a ram air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Shinsuke Matsuno, Noriko Morioka, Naoki Seki
  • Publication number: 20170218875
    Abstract: A fuel supply device according to the present invention comprises a first fuel pump for forcing fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel passage, a first electric motor for driving the first fuel pump, a second fuel pump for forcing fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel passage, a second electric motor for driving the second fuel pump, a supply flow rate sensor for detecting flow rate in the supply passage, and a control device for controlling the flow rate in the supply passage to follow a desired value thereof, by regulating rotational speeds of the first and second electric motors depending on a difference between the desired value and a detected value of flow rate in the supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyori, Noriko Morioka
  • Publication number: 20170086335
    Abstract: Heat exchangers are adjacent to electric driving units. Electric blowers of electric blower units rotate at rotational speed corresponding to amounts of heat generation of the electric driving units and suck air (ventilation air and outboard air). The sucked-in air passes through the heat exchangers that are adjacent to the electric driving units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko MORIOKA, Hitoshi OYORI
  • Publication number: 20170027088
    Abstract: A cooling device applicable to an airplane having a pressurized cabin and a ram air channel for cooling an electronic device arranged in the pressurized cabin, is comprised of a partition wall separating the pressurized cabin from the ram air channel; and a heat exchanger thermally in contact with the electronic device and exposed to the ram air channel so as to radiate heat to a ram air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KIMURA, Shinsuke MATSUNO, Noriko MORIOKA, Naoki SEKI
  • Publication number: 20160169112
    Abstract: Two systems of a first pump unit and a third pump unit that supply fuel of a fuselage fuel tank, and a second pump unit and a fourth pump unit that supply fuel of fuel tanks in both right and left wings are provided corresponding to a left-wing engine and a right-wing engine, respectively. A supply source of the fuel to be supplied to the left-wing engine or the right-wing engine is switched by switching of the pump unit to be turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko MORIOKA, Hitoshi OYORI
  • Patent number: 9260195
    Abstract: An electricity generation system according to the present invention comprises a first electric generator designed to generate electricity by rotation of a high-pressure shaft of a compressor constituting a jet engine, a second electric generator designed to generate electricity by rotation of a low-pressure shaft of the compressor, a power distributor for distributing power generated by the first and second electric generators among a multiple loads, a first power regulation device for regulating power output of the first electric generator, a second power regulation device for regulating power output of the second electric generator, and a power control device which manipulates the first and second power regulation devices to ensure a specified amount or greater of jet engine surge margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyori, Noriko Morioka
  • Publication number: 20130287594
    Abstract: A fuel supply device according to the present invention comprises a first fuel pump for forcing fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel passage, a first electric motor for driving the first fuel pump, a second fuel pump for forcing fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel passage, a second electric motor for driving the second fuel pump, a supply flow rate sensor for detecting flow rate in the supply passage, and a control device for controlling the flow rate in the supply passage to follow a desired value thereof, by regulating rotational speeds of the first and second electric motors depending on a difference between the desired value and a detected value of flow rate in the supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Oyori, Noriko Morioka
  • Patent number: 7691213
    Abstract: There is provided an inexpensive rolling element used under high interface pressure such as induction hardened gears, the rolling element being improved in the seizure resistance of its tooth flanks and having a temper hardness of HRC 50 or more at 300° C. To this end, the rolling element is made from a steel material containing at least 0.45 to 1.5 wt % C and one or more alloy elements selected from 0.1 to 0.5 wt % V and 0.3 to 1.5 wt % Cr, and has a rolling contact surface layer having a structure tempered at low temperature in which 2 to 18% by volume cementite disperses in a martensite parent phase formed by induction heating and cooling and containing 0.25 to 0.8 wt % carbon solid-dissolving therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Masanari Furumoto, Chikara Nakao, Noriko Morioka
  • Patent number: 7422643
    Abstract: There is provided an inexpensive rolling element used under high interface pressure such as induction hardened gears, the rolling element being improved in the seizure resistance of its tooth flanks and having a temper hardness of HRC 50 or more at 300° C. To this end, the rolling element is made from a steel material containing at least 0.45 to 1.5 wt % C and one or more alloy elements selected from 0.1 to 0.5 wt % V and 0.3 to 1.5 wt % Cr, and has a rolling contact surface layer having a structure tempered at low temperature in which 2 to 18% by volume cementite disperses in a martensite parent phase formed by induction heating and cooling and containing 0.25 to 0.8 wt % carbon solid-dissolving therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Masanari Furumoto, Chikara Nakao, Noriko Morioka
  • Publication number: 20060021679
    Abstract: There is provided an inexpensive rolling element used under high interface pressure such as induction hardened gears, the rolling element being improved in the seizure resistance of its tooth flanks and having a temper hardness of HRC 50 or more at 300° C. To this end, the rolling element is made from a steel material containing at least 0.45 to 1.5 wt % C and one or more alloy elements selected from 0.1 to 0.5 wt % V and 0.3 to 1.5 wt % Cr, and has a rolling contact surface layer having a structure tempered at low temperature in which 2 to 18% by volume cementite disperses in a martensite parent phase formed by induction heating and cooling and containing 0.25 to 0.8 wt % carbon solid-dissolving therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Masanari Furumoto, Chikara Nakao, Noriko Morioka
  • Publication number: 20050247377
    Abstract: The pitting resistance of a gear is increased by hardening its tooth flanks through application of carburizing/quenching, bright hardening and induction hardening to a steel material capable of providing significantly improved softening resistance in tempering at a low temperature of 300 to 350° C. To this end, the steel material prepared so as to satisfy the relationship described by: 5?4.3×Si (wt %)+7.3×Al (wt %)+3.1×V (wt %)+1.5×Mo (wt %)+1.2×Cr (wt %)×(0.45÷C (wt %)) is carburized such that the carbon concentration of its carburized surface layer is adjusted to 0.6 to 0.9 wt %; and the steel material is subjected to quenching and tempering at 300° C. or less subsequently to the carburization process, or alternatively the steel material is once cooled after the carburization process and then subjected to treatments of re-heating hardening and tempering at 300° C. or less so that a hardness of HRC 58 or more is ensured by the tempering process at 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Naoji Hamasaka, Noriko Morioka
  • Publication number: 20050241734
    Abstract: The pitting resistance of a gear is increased by hardening its tooth flanks through application of carburizing/quenching, bright hardening and induction hardening to a steel material capable of providing significantly improved softening resistance in tempering at a low temperature of 300 to 350° C. To this end, the steel material prepared so as to satisfy the relationship described by: 5?4.3×Si(wt %)+7.3×Al(wt %)+3.1×V(wt %)+1.5×Mo(wt %)+1.2×Cr(wt %)×(0.45÷C(wt %)) is carburized such that the carbon concentration of its carburized surface layer is adjusted to 0.6 to 0.9 wt %; and the steel material is subjected to quenching and tempering at 300° C. or less subsequently to the carburization process, or alternatively the steel material is once cooled after the carburization process and then subjected to treatments of re-heating hardening and tempering at 300° C. or less so that a hardness of HRC 58 or more is ensured by the tempering process at 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takemori Takayama, Naoji Hamasaka, Noriko Morioka