Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Tokuyama

Shinichiro Tokuyama 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: 20180030561
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow element which has an internal space and of which the internal space is cryogenically used, the method comprising a base material forming step of forming a base material which has a space to serve as the internal space; a filling step of filling the internal space of the formed base material with fluid having a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature at which the base material is subjected to solid-phase transformation and causing the base material to be subjected to the solid-phase transformation; and a finishing step of finishing the base material after the base material is subjected to phase transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ishibashi, Shugo Iwasaki, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yuji Masuda, Kosei Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9822791
    Abstract: Provided is a seal device configured to prevent leakage of a fluid on an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft in a direction along an axis of the rotary shaft. The seal device includes an annular main body section disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft, and a plurality of at least two kinds of holes formed in an inner circumferential surface of the main body section opening and facing to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, and having different depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagai, Satoshi Saburi, Takashi Sato, Daisuke Kiuchi, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20170254344
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a rotational shaft; a main casing surrounding at least a part of the rotational shaft, the main casing having an inlet and an outlet separated from each other in an axial direction of the rotational shaft and an annular space surrounding a section of the rotational shaft at a side of the inlet and communicating with the inlet; at least one impeller disposed in a fixed state to the rotational shaft inside the main casing; a flow guide member disposed inside the annular space and extending along the axial direction of the rotational shaft; a plurality of injection holes disposed along the flow guide member and separated from one another along the axial direction of the rotational shaft; and a flow path which extends inside the annular space and through which a cleaning fluid to be supplied to the plurality of injection holes is capable of flowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170248154
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for compressing a fluid in a gas phase or a supercritical phase includes: a rotational shaft; an axial flow path extending along an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor; a radial flow path communicating with the axial flow path and extending along a radial direction of the centrifugal compressor on a downstream side of the axial flow path; an impeller at least partially disposed in the radial flow path and configured to rotate together with the rotational shaft to increase pressure of the fluid flowing in the radial flow path; and a pre-compression unit disposed in the axial flow path at a position distant from a leading edge of the impeller on an upstream side of the leading edge and configured to increase the pressure of the fluid in advance before the fluid is introduced to the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170241427
    Abstract: A seal mechanism (20A) is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a rotor (2) extending along an axis (O) to perform sealing between the seal mechanism and the outer circumferential surface (2a) of the rotor (2). The seal mechanism (20A) includes a main body portion (21A) having a cylindrical shape, and into which the rotor (2) is inserted; and a plurality of hole portions (22) formed on an inner circumferential surface of the main body portion (21A) to face an outer circumferential surface of the rotor (2). The hole portions (22) are within a range in which a hole depth h is equal to or smaller than a hole diameter d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170226881
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a main casing having an inlet and an outlet; at least one impeller disposed rotatably inside the main casing; an intake casing connected to the inlet, the intake casing having an intake port on a position spaced away from the inlet in a direction of an axis; a cleaning-liquid injection device capable of being disposed on a side of the intake port inside the intake casing; and a cleaning-liquid supply device for supplying a cleaning liquid to the cleaning-liquid injection device. The cleaning-liquid injection device includes: a pipe capable of being disposed so as to extend along a plane which intersects with the direction of the axis, inside the intake casing; and a plurality of injection holes disposed on the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Yukinori MACHIDA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160123332
    Abstract: A rotary machine characterized by being equipped with: a rotary drive part; a drive shaft that is rotated about a horizontally extending axis by the rotary drive part; a large gear that is fixed to the drive shaft; a bearing part that rotatably supports the drive shaft, and to which a lubrication oil is supplied; multiple pinions that are driven by being engaged with the large gear; multiple compression parts that are arranged so as to correspond to the multiple pinions and are respectively rotated by the pinions; and a plate that is installed between the bearing part and the large gear and covers at least a portion of the bottom half of the large gear so as to separate the large gear and the bearing part from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYATA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9297389
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a material for a rotary machine component, by performing at least a solution treatment on a material made of a duplex stainless steel, wherein, in the solution treatment, the material is heated to a temperature in a range of 950 to 1100° C. and is thereafter cooled to 700° C. at an average cooling rate of equal to or greater than 20° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shugo Iwasaki, Yoshikazu Yamada, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Tatsuya Osawa, Seiichi Yarimizu
  • Publication number: 20160017888
    Abstract: A centrifugal fluid machine includes a rotor, a low pressure compression unit provided on one side in the axial direction of the rotor, a high pressure compression unit provided on the other side in the axial direction of the rotor, a partition wall 13 that separates the low and high pressure compression units, and a high pressure-side discharge passage 54 formed on the side of the high pressure compression unit of the partition wall 13, extending in the radial direction of the rotor, and provided along the partition wall 13, wherein the partition wall 13 has a wall body 71, a passage deformation suppression member 72 that is provided between the wall body 71 and the high pressure-side discharge passage 54 and can deform the high pressure-side discharge passage 54, and an biasing mechanism 73 that is provided between the wall body 71 and the passage deformation suppression member 72.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150267710
    Abstract: Provided is a seal device configured to prevent leakage of a fluid on an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft in a direction along an axis of the rotary shaft. The seal device includes an annular main body section disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft, and a plurality of at least two kinds of holes formed in an inner circumferential surface of the main body section opening and facing to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, and having different depths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagai, Satoshi Saburi, Takashi Sato, Daisuke Kiuchi, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20150260294
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a casing that is disposed on the outer circumference side of a rotating shaft and rotates about the axis relative to the rotating shaft, and a hole pattern seal that is fixed to the casing, divides a space between the rotating shaft and the casing into a high pressure side and a low pressure side, and has a first hole line on which a plurality of first hole portions are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction so as to face an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft. The hole pattern seal has fin portions that extend toward the rotating shaft at the high-pressure side of the first hole line and in the circumferential direction. The rotating shaft includes a convex portion that protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft toward the first hole portions to extend in the circumferential direction, and face the first hole portions at the low pressure side of the fin portion. The convex portion has a wall surface facing the fin portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20130058773
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a material for a rotary machine component, by performing at least a solution treatment on a material made of a duplex stainless steel, wherein, in the solution treatment, the material is heated to a temperature in a range of 950 to 1100° C. and is thereafter cooled to 700° C. at an average cooling rate of equal to or greater than 20° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shugo Iwasaki, Yoshikazu Yamada, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Tatsuya Osawa, Seiichi Yarimizu