Patents by Inventor Ryoma Yamakawa

Ryoma Yamakawa 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: 20230383845
    Abstract: A sliding component capable of improving lubricity between sliding surfaces is provided. In a sliding component 10 which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotary machine and relatively slides on a counter sliding component 20, a sliding surface 11 of the sliding component 10 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 30. A groove 14 is formed between the adjacent protrusions 30 so as to be continuous from a sealing side S1 to a leakage side S2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi SUZUKI, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Ryoma YAMAKAWA, Shogo FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10655736
    Abstract: In an embodiment, in a sliding component, a sliding face of a stationary-side seal ring 6 has a fluid circulation groove 10 communicating with a high-pressure fluid side via an entrance portion 10a and an exit portion 10b. A rotating-side seal ring 5 has a larger outer diameter and a smaller inner diameter than the seal ring 6. A groove 15 into which a claw is loosely fitted is provided on an outer periphery of the seal ring 5. A width of the groove 15 is smaller than a distance between the portion 10a and the 10b in the circumferential direction. WMR/WSR is set within a range of 0.75<WMR/WSR<1.4 (WMR is a face width between an inner diameter of the groove 15 and an inner diameter 6b of the sliding face; WSR is a face width of the sliding face).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Takeshi Hosoe, Ryoma Yamakawa, Yuta Negishi, Kenji Kiryu, Keiichi Chiba, Akira Yoshino, Hiroshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10443737
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a slide component includes one slide part 5 provided, on a low-pressure side of a sealing face thereof, with a negative pressure generation mechanism 10 including a negative pressure generation groove 10. The negative pressure generation groove 10a communicates with a high-pressure fluid side and is separated from a low-pressure fluid side by a land portion R. Another slide part 1 is provided, in a sealing face thereof, with at least one interference groove 15 communicating with the high-pressure fluid side for producing pressure variations in a fluid in the negative pressure generation groove 10a. The at least one interference groove 15 has an end 15a on an inside-diameter side extending to a position to radially overlap the negative pressure generation groove 10a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Takeshi Hosoe, Ryoma Yamakawa, Yuta Negishi, Kenji Kiryu, Keiichi Chiba, Akira Yoshino, Hiroshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10344867
    Abstract: In an embodiments, a slide component includes a pair of slide parts that relatively slide on each other, one of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with fluid circulation grooves 10 that communicate with a high-pressure fluid side via inlet portions and outlet portions and are separated from a low-pressure fluid side by land portions, the other of the slide parts being circumferentially provided in a sealing face with a plurality of interference grooves 15, 16, 17, 20 for producing pressure variations in a fluid in the fluid circulation grooves 10, adjacent ones of the interference grooves 15, 16, 17, 20 being set to have different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sungawa, Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Takeshi Hosoe, Ryoma Yamakawa, Yuta Negishi, Kenji Kiryu, Keiichi Chiba, Akira Yoshino, Hiroshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10274086
    Abstract: Provided is a slide component that can prevent deposit formation on a sealing face as well as promoting circulation of a fluid on sealing faces while fulfilling both conflicting conditions of sealing and lubrication, to maintain the sealing function of the sealing faces for a long period of time. The slide component includes a pair of slide parts that relatively slide on each other, one of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with fluid circulation grooves 10 that communicate with a high-pressure fluid side via an inlet portion and an outlet portion and are separated from a low-pressure fluid side by a land portion, the other of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with interference grooves 15 that communicate with the high-pressure fluid side and produce pressure variations in a fluid in the fluid circulation grooves 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuichiro Tokunaga, Hideyuki Inoue, Takeshi Hosoe, Ryoma Yamakawa, Yuta Negishi, Kenji Kiryu, Keiichi Chiba, Akira Yoshino, Hiroshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20180187784
    Abstract: In an embodiment, in a sliding component, a sliding face of a stationary-side seal ring 6 has a fluid circulation groove 10 communicating with a high-pressure fluid side via an entrance portion 10a and an exit portion 10b. A rotating-side seal ring 5 has a larger outer diameter and a smaller inner diameter than the seal ring 6. A groove 15 into which a claw is loosely fitted is provided on an outer periphery of the seal ring 5. A width of the groove 15 is smaller than a distance between the portion 10a and the 10b in the circumferential direction. WMR/WSR is set within a range of 0.75<WMR/WSR<1.4 (WMR is a face width between an inner diameter of the groove 15 and an inner diameter 6b of the sliding face; WSR is a face width of the sliding face).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Kazumasa SUNAGAWA, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Hideyuki INOUE, Takeshi HOSOE, Ryoma YAMAKAWA, Yuta NEGISHI, Kenji KIRYU, Keiichi CHIBA, Akira YOSHINO, Hiroshi KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180106374
    Abstract: In an embodiments, a slide component includes a pair of slide parts that relatively slide on each other, one of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with fluid circulation grooves 10 that communicate with a high-pressure fluid side via inlet portions and outlet portions and are separated from a low-pressure fluid side by land portions, the other of the slide parts being circumferentially provided in a sealing face with a plurality of interference grooves 15, 16, 17, 20 for producing pressure variations in a fluid in the fluid circulation grooves 10, adjacent ones of the interference grooves 15, 16, 17, 20 being set to have different shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Kazumasa SUNAGAWA, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Hideyuki INOUE, Takeshi HOSOE, Ryoma YAMAKAWA, Yuta NEGISHI, Kenji KIRYU, Keiichi CHIBA, Akira YOSHINO, Hiroshi KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170268679
    Abstract: Provided is a slide component that can prevent deposit formation on a sealing face as well as promoting circulation of a fluid on sealing faces while fulfilling both conflicting conditions of sealing and lubrication, to maintain the sealing function of the sealing faces for a long period of time. The slide component includes a pair of slide parts that relatively slide on each other, one of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with fluid circulation grooves 10 that communicate with a high-pressure fluid side via an inlet portion and an outlet portion and are separated from a low-pressure fluid side by a land portion, the other of the slide parts being provided in a sealing face with interference grooves 15 that communicate with the high-pressure fluid side and produce pressure variations in a fluid in the fluid circulation grooves 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Kazumasa SUNAGAWA, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Hideyuki INOUE, Takeshi HOSOE, Ryoma YAMAKAWA, Yuta NEGISHI, Kenji KIRYU, Keiichi CHIBA, Akira YOSHINO, Hiroshi KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170241549
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a slide component includes one slide part 5 provided, on a low-pressure side of a sealing face thereof, with a negative pressure generation mechanism 10 including a negative pressure generation groove 10. The negative pressure generation groove 10a communicates with a high-pressure fluid side and is separated from a low-pressure fluid side by a land portion R. Another slide part 1 is provided, in a sealing face thereof, with at least one interference groove 15 communicating with the high-pressure fluid side for producing pressure variations in a fluid in the negative pressure generation groove 10a. The at least one interference groove 15 has an end 15a on an inside-diameter side extending to a position to radially overlap the negative pressure generation groove 10a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi ITADANI, Kazumasa SUNAGAWA, Yuichiro TOKUNAGA, Hideyuki INOUE, Takeshi HOSOE, Ryoma YAMAKAWA, Yuta NEGISHI, Kenji KIRYU, Keiichi CHIBA, Akira YOSHINO, Hiroshi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9581200
    Abstract: A fluid is actively taken into sealing faces and discharged from the sealing faces to prevent concentration of sediment causative substances on the sealing faces and prevent generation of sediment while preventing leakage of the fluid taken into the sealing faces to a low pressure fluid side. A fluid circulation groove includes an inlet side section where the fluid comes in from a high pressure fluid side and an outlet side section where the fluid goes out to the high pressure fluid side in one of sealing faces of a pair of sliding parts that slide on each other. The fluid circulation groove is isolated from the low pressure fluid side by a land section. Groove width of the outlet side section of the fluid circulation groove is gradually expended toward an outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuuichiro Tokunaga, Ryoma Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20160252182
    Abstract: A pair of sliding parts include sliding faces that include a fluid circulation groove including an inlet section where a fluid comes in from a high pressure fluid side, an outlet section where the fluid goes out to the high pressure fluid side. A communication section provides communication between the inlet section and the outlet section in at least one of sealing faces of a pair of sliding parts that slide on each other. The fluid circulation groove is isolated from a low pressure fluid side by a land section R. A section of a bottom wall of the fluid circulation groove is formed in a round bottom shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuuichiro Tokunaga, Ryoma Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20160195138
    Abstract: A fluid is actively taken into sealing faces and discharged from the sealing faces to prevent concentration of sediment causative substances on the sealing faces and prevent generation of sediment while preventing leakage of the fluid taken into the sealing faces to a low pressure fluid side. A fluid circulation groove includes an inlet side section where the fluid comes in from a high pressure fluid side and an outlet side section where the fluid goes out to the high pressure fluid side in one of sealing faces of a pair of sliding parts that slide on each other. The fluid circulation groove is isolated from the low pressure fluid side by a land section. Groove width of the outlet side section of the fluid circulation groove is gradually expended toward an outlet end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Kazumasa Sunagawa, Yuuichiro Tokunaga, Ryoma Yamakawa