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: 9821498
    Abstract: In an injection molding method, using a heating cylinder having on the front end thereof a discharge nozzle, a single axis screw is rotatable inside the heating cylinder, a fiber-supplying device fills reinforcing fiber into the heating cylinder, and injection molding is performed while supplying the reinforcing fiber and the resin starting material separately and supplying the reinforcing fiber on the front side of the resin starting material. The method includes a plasticization process for obtaining a specified amount of a kneaded product by retracting the screw while rotating in the normal direction to melt the resin starting material and knead reinforcing fiber into the melted resin starting material, and an injection process for discharging the kneaded product from the discharge nozzle by advancing the screw. Reinforcing fiber is supplied into the heating cylinder in the injection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: U-MHI PLATECH CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Okabe, Toshihiko Kariya, Naoki Toda, Munehiro Nobuta
  • Publication number: 20170328372
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body for rotating around an axis along with a rotating shaft, formed from a resin and shaped as a disk; compressor blades provided on a hub surface of the impeller body; and a reinforcing ring which is formed from a resin and reinforcing fibers in a ring shape extending in the circumferential direction, and engages, from the outer peripheral side, a step section formed in the back surface of the impeller body and having a fitting surface facing the outer peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE
  • Publication number: 20170306973
    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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE
  • Publication number: 20170306761
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Yasunori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9669573
    Abstract: The injection molding apparatus of the present invention includes: a heating cylinder; a screw that is provided rotatably in an inner portion of the heating cylinder; a resin feed hopper that feeds a resin pellet; and a fiber feed device that is provided ahead of the resin feed hopper and feeds reinforcing fibers into the heating cylinder. The screw includes a first stage that is located on a rear side, and in which the resin pellet is melted, and a second stage that is located on a front side, and in which the melted resin pellet and the reinforcing fibers are mixed, and a lead of a second flight provided in the second stage is larger than a lead of a first flight provided in the first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kariya, Naoki Toda, Munehiro Nobuta, Kiyoshi Kinoshita, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Ikeda, Yuji Suzumura, Hitoshi Onuma, Ryoji Okabe, Masanori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170074278
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo WATANABE, Isao TOMITA, Ryoji OKABE, Hiroshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160009010
    Abstract: The injection molding apparatus of the present invention includes: a heating cylinder; a screw that is provided rotatably in an inner portion of the heating cylinder; a resin feed hopper that feeds a resin pellet; and a fiber feed device that is provided ahead of the resin feed hopper and feeds reinforcing fibers into the heating cylinder. The screw includes a first stage that is located on a rear side, and in which the resin pellet is melted, and a second stage that is located on a front side, and in which the melted resin pellet and the reinforcing fibers are mixed, and a lead of a second flight provided in the second stage is larger than a lead of a first flight provided in the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Toshihiko KARIYA, Naoki TODA, Munehiro NOBUTA, Kiyoshi KINOSHITA, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Kosuke IKEDA, Yuji SUZUMURA, Hitoshi ONUMA, Ryoji OKABE, Masanori TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160001477
    Abstract: In an injection molding method, using a heating cylinder having on the front end thereof a discharge nozzle, a single axis screw is rotatable inside the heating cylinder, a fiber-supplying device fills reinforcing fiber into the heating cylinder, and injection molding is performed while supplying the reinforcing fiber and the resin starting material separately and supplying the reinforcing fiber on the front side of the resin starting material. The method includes a plasticization process for obtaining a specified amount of a kneaded product by retracting the screw while rotating in the normal direction to melt the resin starting material and knead reinforcing fiber into the melted resin starting material, and an injection process for discharging the kneaded product from the discharge nozzle by advancing the screw. Reinforcing fiber is supplied into the heating cylinder in the injection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Toshihiko KARIYA, Naoki TODA, Munehiro NOBUTA