Patents by Inventor Ryoji OKABE

Ryoji OKABE 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: 10655633
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe
  • Patent number: 10655470
    Abstract: This impeller is provided with: an impeller body formed in a disk-like shape and having a boss hole section formed therein, the boss hole section allowing a rotating shaft to be fitted therein; and compressor blades provided on the front surface side of the impeller body so as to protrude from the hub surface of the impeller body. The impeller consists either of a first resin member and a second resin member, which are engaged with each other and which consist of a resin, or of a resin member and a metallic member, which are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10641276
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the mechanical strength of a boss in correspondence with the direction in which the principal stress is generated in an impeller formed of fiber-reinforced resin. A hub 11 is provided with a first region ? arranged on the back surface 11b side, and a second region ? arranged on the front surface 11a side. In the first region ? the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers F dispersed at the periphery of a boss hole 12 are oriented inclined with respect to the radial direction of the hub 11 is high, and in the second region the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers dispersed at the periphery of the boss hole are oriented along the rotational axis line is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Yasunori Watanabe, Kosuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200123931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a radial compressor including: a scroll portion which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of an impeller and an intake portion and extends in a circumferential direction, has a discharge port opening in a circumferential direction and a scroll flow path through which the gas from the impeller flows toward the discharge port, and includes a resin material having a gradually increasing external shape dimension; and a plurality of ribs which connect an outer circumferential surface of the intake portion and an outer surface of the scroll portion. The plurality of ribs are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, an installation interval gradually decreases toward the discharge port in the circumferential direction, and a length dimension in a radial direction on the outer surface of the scroll portion gradually decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Publication number: 20200095873
    Abstract: A composite blade includes an airfoil; and a blade root including a straight section from a blade end part being a connection location with the airfoil to an inclination start part between the blade end part and a base end, and a bearing section from the inclination start part to the base end. A laminate of composite layers with reinforced fibers impregnated with resin is provided across the airfoil and the blade root. A metal body is provided on the blade root. The laminate extends along the longitudinal direction in the airfoil and in the straight section, and extends to be inclined away from a center axis in the bearing section. The metal body is provided on both surfaces of the laminate in the blade root, extends along the longitudinal direction in the straight section, and extends to be inclined away from the center axis in the bearing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Kentaro SHINDO, Masami KAMIYA, Yoshinori NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10544796
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20190386551
    Abstract: An inner coil end portion of a coil includes inner notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap inner coil end portions of other coils which are adjacent to the coil in an axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the inner coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction. An outer coil end portion of the coil includes outer notch portions and that are positioned to respectively overlap outer coil end portions of the other coils which are adjacent to the coil in the axial direction as seen in the axial direction, and that are capable of accommodating the outer coil end portions of the other coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Masayuki SAKAI, Hisanobu SHINODA, Keisuke Ota, Ryoji OKABE
  • Publication number: 20190329464
    Abstract: The temperature T (° C.) of a surface of an electroconductive mesh layer 15 in contact with a second resin layer (16), the thickness t1 of a first resin layer (14), and the thickness t2 of the second resin layer (16) satisfy expression (1). (1): T=f1(?1, ?1, Cp1)ln(t1)+f2(?2, ?2, Cp2)ln(t2)+C=[?1/(?1·Cp1)] ?2T/?x2+[?2/(?2·Cp2)]?2T/?x2+C=[?1/(?1·Cp1)]·[(TPn+1+TPn?1?2TPn)/(2·?x)2]+[?2/(?2·Cp2)]·[(TPn+1+TPn?1?2TPn)/(2·?x)2]+C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke IKEDA, Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Akihisa OKUDA, Kana SAKON
  • Publication number: 20190301285
    Abstract: A composite blade is formed by laying up composite material layers in which reinforcement fibers are impregnated with resin in a thickness direction of the blade. The composite blade includes a blade root on a base end side, an airfoil on a tip side, a first lay-up in which some composite material layers are laid up in the blade root so as to space parts of the composite material layers to form spacing parts and to extend from the distal toward the base end side in the thickness direction, and second lay-ups in which some composite material layers are laid up in the spacing parts so as to be lined up in the thickness direction. Among the second lay-ups, a second lay-up closer to a center side than to an outer side in the thickness direction is a larger distance from a proximal position to a top position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masami Kamiya, Ryoji OKABE, Yoshinori NONAKA, Kentaro SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20190301290
    Abstract: A composite blade formed by laying up composite material layers in which reinforced fibers are impregnated with resin in a blade thickness direction includes a blade root provided on a base side, an airfoil extending from a tip side of the blade root, a metal member provided on the blade root, and a fastener configured to fasten the blade root and the metal member. The blade root includes a main body portion, a curved portion that is curved outward in the blade thickness direction from the main body portion, and an extending portion that extends outward in the blade thickness direction from the curved portion. The metal member is fixed to the extending portion with the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masami Kamiya, Ryoji OKABE, Kentaro SHINDO, Yoshinori NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20190283363
    Abstract: A forming method of a cylindrical composite material includes layering a plurality of composite material sheets in a cylindrical shape with splices formed between ends of adjacent composite material sheets such that phases of the splices in a circumferential direction differ from each other; heating the composite material sheets layered at the layering while pressurizing the composite material sheets in a state where the layered composite material sheets are disposed along an inner surface of a composite material cylindrical mold to cause a resin included in the composite material sheets to react to combine the composite material sheets to be formed in a cylindrical shape; and performing an adhesion pretreatment that is performed before the heating and allows the inner surface of the composite material cylindrical mold to adhere to an outermost composite material sheet of the layered composite material sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kodai SHIMONO, Ryoji OKABE
  • Publication number: 20190277142
    Abstract: A composite blade includes a composite blade body including reinforced fibers and resin; a metal layer provided on an outer side of a leading edge section including a leading edge that is a part of the composite blade body on an upstream side of an air stream, the metal layer having a thickness of equal to or larger than 5 micrometers and equal to or smaller than 100 micrometers; an adhesive layer provided between the composite blade body and the metal layer to bond the metal layer to the composite blade body; and an electric insulating layer provided in contact with a surface of the leading edge section of the composite blade body, the surface being on the side on which the metal layer is provided, the electric insulating layer having an electric insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Masami Kamiya, Kentaro SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20190280575
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotation shaft, a magnet unit fixed to the rotation shaft to rotates with the rotation shaft, and a coil unit arranged to face the magnet unit in an axial direction. The magnet unit includes a magnet ring in which magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft, and a holding ring provided at an outer peripheral side of the magnet ring to hold the magnet ring. The holding ring includes a composite material in which a carbon fiber is impregnated with resin. The carbon fiber includes a pitch-based carbon fiber and a PAN-based carbon fiber. A volume ratio of the pitch-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the PAN-based carbon fiber in a portion at an outer peripheral side; a volume ratio of the PAN-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the pitch-based carbon fiber in a portion at an inner peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto INOMOTO, Kodai SHIMONO, Ryoji OKABE
  • Patent number: 10267332
    Abstract: A compressor includes: an impeller including a hub and a plurality of blades disposed on an outer surface of the hub; and a housing which houses the impeller. The housing includes: a shroud section facing the outer surface of the hub to form a fluid flow path between the shroud section and the outer surface, and surrounding the impeller; and a casing section formed integrally with the shroud section and supporting the shroud section. The shroud section includes a first resin-based material having a static tensile strength of at least 65 MPa and no more than 200 MPa and a breaking strain of no more than 0.3 mm/mm at a temperature of 100° C. The casing section includes a second resin-based material having a static tensile strength of at least 40 MPa and a breaking strain of at least 0.1 mm/mm at a temperature of 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Watanabe, Isao Tomita, Ryoji Okabe, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190106791
    Abstract: A plated plated fiber-reinforced member includes: a fiber-reinforced member formed of a composite fiber material in which multiple reinforcing fibers dispersed in a resin, some of the multiple reinforcing fibers being allowed so that portions thereof protruding from a surface of the resin; and an electroless-plated layer formed on the fiber-reinforced member to cover the surface of the resin and the portions of the reinforcing fibers protruded from the surface of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kana TANIGUCHI, Ryoji OKABE, Hideyuki MINAI
  • Publication number: 20190055961
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a casing for a compressor, the method including an intake-side casing molding process of molding an intake portion and a first main body portion of a scroll portion by integral molding of resin; an impeller-side casing molding process of integrally molding a second main body portion of the scroll portion and a diffuser portion by a resin molding metal mold used in the intake-side casing molding process; a die sliding process of combining the intake portion and the first main body portion which have been integrally molded, and the second main body portion and the diffuser portion which have been integrally molded, by slide of the resin molding metal mold; and a secondary molding process of joining the intake portion and the first main body portion, and the second main body portion and the diffuser portion combined with each other by resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Takahiro YAMASHITA, Kazutake FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20180266427
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the mechanical strength of a boss in correspondence with the direction in which the principal stress is generated in an impeller formed of fiber-reinforced resin. A hub 11 is provided with a first region ? arranged on the back surface 11b side, and a second region ? arranged on the front surface 11a side. In the first region ? the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers F dispersed at the periphery of a boss hole 12 are oriented inclined with respect to the radial direction of the hub 11 is high, and in the second region the frequency with which the reinforcement fibers dispersed at the periphery of the boss hole are oriented along the rotational axis line is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Kosuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180045211
    Abstract: This impeller cover is provided with: a machinable abradable seal section which has a shroud surface, which faces the outer peripheral surface of an impeller rotating about its axis, and which provides a seal between the outer peripheral surface and the shroud surface; a cover body which covers the impeller from the outside and which has a seal housing section for housing the abradable seal section therein; and a filling material which is interposed between the abradable seal section and the cover body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Isao TOMITA, Takashi ARAI, Hiroyuki ARIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180029273
    Abstract: The present invention prevents internal cracks occurring when an impeller molded using a fiber reinforced resin is manufactured by injection molding. This method for manufacturing an impeller is provided with: an injection step of filling a cavity with a molten resin containing reinforced fibers, from a gate side into which the molten resin flows, toward an opposite-gate side opposite to the gate side; and a dwell step of applying required pressure to the filled molten resin. In the injection step and the dwell step, directional cooling is performed with a temperature gradient such that the temperature becomes lower from the gate side toward the opposite-gate side. According to this method for manufacturing the impeller, the opposite-gate side shrinks with a decrease in the temperature of the molten resin since the temperature of the opposite-gate side is lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE, Kosuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170335858
    Abstract: This impeller is provided with: an impeller body having a disk-like shape and rotating about an axis together with a rotating shaft; and compressor blades (25) provided so as to protrude from the hub surface (31b) of the impeller body, the hub surface (31b) being formed on the front surface side of the impeller body, the compressor blades (25) each having a pair of side surfaces (26) which faces the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and along which fluid flows. Each of the compressor blades (25) is formed in a tapered shape so that, within a range in which stress in the direction of the axis of at least the rotating shaft is maximum, the pair of side surfaces (26), when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis, approach each other as the pair of side surfaces (26) extends radially outward of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Isao TOMITA, Atsushi MATSUO, Yasunori WATANABE