Patents by Inventor Shimpei YOKOYAMA

Shimpei YOKOYAMA 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: 20230407916
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a plurality of bearing pads tiltably supporting a rotation shaft which rotates about an axial line, from the outer circumferential side of the rotation shaft, the bearing pads being spaced apart along the circumferential direction; and an oil supply part that supplies oil between the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft and pad surfaces of the bearing pads which face the rotation shaft. The plurality of bearing pads include a first bearing pad that supports the rotation shaft directly below the axial line, and a pair of second bearing pads which sandwich the first bearing pad from the rotation direction. Among the first bearing pad and the second bearing pads, a groove is formed only on the pad surfaces of the second bearing pads so as to extend in the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yuki KAMEYAMA, Yoshitomo NODA
  • Patent number: 11841028
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device is provided with: a rotational shaft; a collar member fitted to the rotational shaft and having a first thrust surface; and a thrust member having an insertion hole into which the rotational shaft is inserted and a second thrust surface which is disposed around the insertion hole and faces the first thrust surface of the collar member. The first thrust surface is configured to be inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the rotational shaft so that a distance between the first thrust surface and the second thrust surface periodically increases and decreases with rotation of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Futae, Seigi Yano, Shimpei Yokoyama, Tasuku Masuda, Yuya Kojima, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Patent number: 11795997
    Abstract: A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Takuzo Shigihara, Shimpei Yokoyama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Masaya Kawano
  • Publication number: 20230213060
    Abstract: Provided are a journal bearing and a rotary machine, including: a housing that has an annular shape and is disposed around a rotating shaft; a plurality of bearing pads that are disposed between the housing and the rotating shaft to be spaced from each other at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the housing; and a support that supports at least one end of each bearing pad in the axial direction of the rotating shaft to allow the each bearing pad to swing in the housing about an axis serving as a fulcrum in parallel to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yoshitomo NODA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Takuzo SHIGIHARA
  • Patent number: 11692587
    Abstract: A bearing device includes: a rotary shaft being rotatable around an axis; a bearing pad that supports an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; a nozzle that is disposed on an upstream side of the bearing pad in a rotational direction of the rotation shaft and has a supply hole; a pair of side plates that face the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft on an upstream side of the nozzle in the rotational direction and are disposed on both sides of the nozzle in the axial direction, the pair of side plates having a discharge hole; and a guide surface that faces the upstream side in the rotation direction and extends in the axial direction over an entire length of the bearing pad in the axial direction, wherein the guide surface is circumferentially positioned between the supply hole and the discharge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuzo Shigihara, Shuichi Isayama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Shimpei Yokoyama, Yuichiro Waki
  • Patent number: 11536122
    Abstract: An oil field pump is installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction, the oil filed pump including a rotor with an internal flow path for the extraction oil, a stator installed on the outer circumference of the rotor, a thrust bearing that supports the axial weight of the rotor and the stator, a supply pipe that supplies a portion of the extraction oil in the flow path to the thrust bearing, and a filter that is installed at further upstream on the flow path than the supply pipe along the flow direction of the extraction oil, and traps foreign matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yokoyama, Nobuhiro Kunitake, Takumi Hori, Tanehiro Shinohara, Norihisa Takei
  • Publication number: 20220372987
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device is provided with: a rotational shaft; a collar member fitted to the rotational shaft and having a first thrust surface; and a thrust member having an insertion hole into which the rotational shaft is inserted and a second thrust surface which is disposed around the insertion hole and faces the first thrust surface of the collar member. The first thrust surface is configured to be inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the rotational shaft so that a distance between the first thrust surface and the second thrust surface periodically increases and decreases with rotation of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Seigi YANO, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Tasuku MASUDA, Yuya KOJIMA, Yosuke DAMMOTO
  • Patent number: 11480187
    Abstract: An oil field pump is installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction. The oil field pump includes a rotor with an impeller, a stator installed on the outer circumferential of the rotor and that forms a flow path for passing the extraction oil between the stator and the rotor and that includes a diffuser on the downstream side of the impeller, a static pressure bearing device installed between the rotor and the stator and that supports the load in the radial direction, and a supply flow path that supplies, to the static pressure bearing device, a portion of the extraction oil flowing along the inner side in the radial direction of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Rimpei Kawashita, Shimpei Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220316523
    Abstract: A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitomo NODA, Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Masaya KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20220090625
    Abstract: This bearing device has: a bearing pad (50) supporting an outer circumferential surface of a rotation shaft rotatably around the axis of the rotation shaft; a nozzle (80) that is disposed on the upstream side of the bearing pad (50) in a rotational direction (T) of the rotation shaft, and has a supply hole (85) for supplying lubrication oil to the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft; a pair of side plates (60) disposed on both sides of the nozzle (80) with respect to the axial direction and facing the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft on the upstream side of the nozzle (80) in the rotational direction (T), at least one of the pair having formed a discharge hole (61) penetrating through the one side plate in the axial direction; and a guide surface (86) which, at a position between the supply hole (85) and the discharge hole (61) in the circumferential direction, faces the upstream side in the rotational direction (T) and extends in the axial direction along the outer circumfe
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Shuichi ISAYAMA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yuichiro WAKI
  • Patent number: 11199077
    Abstract: An oil field pump installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction and includes a rotor, a stator mounted on the outer circumference of the rotor, a flow path for flow of the extraction oil connecting an area formed within the rotor to an area formed between the rotor and the stator, a thrust bearing that supports the axial weight of the rotor and the stator, and a supply pipe that supplies a portion of the extraction oil in the flow path to the thrust bearing. The thrust bearing includes a protrusion part fixed to the outer circumference of the rotor and rotating as one piece with the rotor, and a facing part fixed to the stator and facing opposite a surface in the axial direction of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yokoyama, Nobuhiro Kunitake, Takumi Hori, Norihisa Takei, Tanehiro Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11193528
    Abstract: A bearing pad for a tilting-pad bearing includes a first member having a bearing surface and a second member disposed on a back surface side of the first member. At least one of a back surface of the first member or a front surface of the second member facing the back surface of the first member has a recess for forming a cavity between the first member and the second member. Preferably, the bearing pad further includes a support member disposed on a back surface side of the second member and tiltably supporting the first member and the second member, and the recess is formed over at least a part of an installation range of the support member in a plan view of the bearing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Yoshimine, Tanehiro Shinohara, Tadasuke Nishioka, Shimpei Yokoyama, Takuzo Shigihara
  • Patent number: 11060561
    Abstract: An oil bath type bearing device which supports a rotating shaft rotating around an axis the bearing device is provided. The oil bath type bearing device includes a plurality of bearing pads which are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction along an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, an annular carrier ring which supports the plurality of bearing pads from an outer peripheral side and in which an oil supply hole through which a lubricant is supplied is formed, and a casing which covers the carrier ring from the outer peripheral side and holds the lubricant between the rotating shaft and the casing. The oil supply hole penetrate the carrier ring from the outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side and extends toward a rear side in a rotational direction of the rotating shaft as the oil supply hole goes radially inward with respect to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yokoyama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Takuzo Shigihara
  • Patent number: 10962051
    Abstract: A support part supports a bearing pad from an outer circumferential side so as to be swingable at a pivot position. A radius of curvature of a rotary shaft is Rj, a radius of curvature of a pad surface is Rp, and a radius of curvature of a reference circle centered at an axial line and having a radius equal to a distance between a center and the pivot position on the pad surface is Rb, and a relationship of Rj<Rp<Rb is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei Yokoyama, Tadasuke Nishioka, Chihiro Yoshimine, Yuichiro Waki, Yuki Sumi
  • Patent number: 10907681
    Abstract: A pad bearing includes a pad disposed on a radially outer side of a rotary shaft and supporting the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis, a block-shaped nozzle member disposed on an upstream side with respect to the pad on the radially outer side of the rotary shaft and including a discharge hole for discharging a lubricant toward an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, and a compressed flow forming unit disposed in at least one of the pad and the nozzle member and configured to compress a flow of the lubricant flowing along the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft as the rotary shaft rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Konishi, Shimpei Yokoyama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Tadasuke Nishioka, Shuichi Isayama
  • Publication number: 20200392986
    Abstract: A bearing pad for a tilting-pad bearing includes a first member having a bearing surface and a second member disposed on a back surface side of the first member. At least one of a back surface of the first member or a front surface of the second member facing the back surface of the first member has a recess for forming a cavity between the first member and the second member. Preferably, the bearing pad further includes a support member disposed on a back surface side of the second member and tiltably supporting the first member and the second member, and the recess is formed over at least a part of an installation range of the support member in a plan view of the bearing pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Tanehiro SHINOHARA, Tadasuke NISHIOKA, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Takuzo SHIGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200378225
    Abstract: An oil field pump is installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction, the oil filed pump including a rotor with an internal flow path for the extraction oil, a stator installed on the outer circumference of the rotor, a thrust bearing that supports the axial weight of the rotor and the stator, a supply pipe that supplies a portion of the extraction oil in the flow path to the thrust bearing, and a filter that is installed at further upstream on the flow path than the supply pipe along the flow direction of the extraction oil, and traps foreign matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Nobuhiro KUNITAKE, Takumi HORI, Tanehiro SHINOHARA, Norihisa TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20200378226
    Abstract: An oil field pump installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction and includes a rotor, a stator mounted on the outer circumference of the rotor, a flow path for flow of the extraction oil connecting an area formed within the rotor to an area formed between the rotor and the stator, a thrust bearing that supports the axial weight of the rotor and the stator, and a supply pipe that supplies a portion of the extraction oil in the flow path to the thrust bearing. The thrust bearing includes a protrusion part fixed to the outer circumference of the rotor and rotating as one piece with the rotor, and a facing part fixed to the stator and facing opposite a surface in the axial direction of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Nobuhiro KUNITAKE, Takumi HORI, Norihisa TAKEI, Tanehiro SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20200378397
    Abstract: An oil field pump installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction, the oil field pump including a rotor with an impeller, a stator installed on the outer circumferential of the rotor and that forms a flow path for passing the extraction oil between the stator and the rotor and that includes a diffuser on the downstream side of the impeller, a static pressure bearing device installed between the rotor and the stator and that supports the load in the radial direction, and a supply flow path that supplies, to the static pressure bearing device, a portion of the extraction oil flowing along the inner side in the radial direction of the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Rimpei KAWASHITA, Shimpei YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200378224
    Abstract: An oil field pump is installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction, the oil field pump including a rotor formed with an internal flow path for the extraction oil, a stator mounted on the outer circumference of the rotor, a thrust bearing that supports the axial weight of the rotor and the stator, and a supply pipe that supplies a portion of the extraction oil from the center side in the rotational direction of the flow path to the thrust bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Nobuhiro KUNITAKE, Takumi HORI, Norihisa TAKEI, Tanehiro SHINOHARA