Patents by Inventor Shintaro Shuto

Shintaro Shuto 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: 11608798
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gas engine and a ship provided with the same, the gas engine making it is possible to ensure a distance that enables fuel and an oxidizing agent to mix, and to evenly mix the oxidizing agent and the fuel even if the flow rate of gas traveling towards intake pipes varies. A gas engine (1) comprises: an intake passage (10) through which a gas flows; a plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B) where the intake passage (10) branches apart at a branching section (14) that is downstream in the gas flow direction, the intake pipes opening to a cylinder (16) at the downstream end; and a fuel injection means (31) that injects fuel into the intake passage (10). The fuel injection means (31) is provided upstream of the branching section (14) in the gas flow direction, and injects varying quantities of fuel into the plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD
    Inventors: Shintaro Shuto, Satoshi Yamada, Kazuro Hotta, Tomohiro Noguchi, Kenichi Iizuka, Yuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220213846
    Abstract: A piston of an internal combustion engine configured to be reciprocable along an axial direction in a cylinder includes a cavity formed to be recessed in a center of a piston top surface, and an outer circumferential edge portion located on a radially outer side of the cavity in the piston top surface. The cavity includes a lip portion which has an inclined surface extending obliquely downward from the outer circumferential edge portion toward a radially inner side, a raised portion protruding upward from a bottom of the cavity, and a curved portion connecting the raised portion and the lip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka TSUBAKI, Yusuke IMAMORI, Satoshi YAMADA, Shintaro SHUTO, Taro TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200340428
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gas engine and a ship provided with the same, the gas engine making it is possible to ensure a distance that enables fuel and an oxidizing agent to mix, and to evenly mix the oxidizing agent and the fuel even if the flow rate of gas traveling towards intake pipes varies. A gas engine (1) comprises: an intake passage (10) through which a gas flows; a plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B) where the intake passage (10) branches apart at a branching section (14) that is downstream in the gas flow direction, the intake pipes opening to a cylinder (16) at the downstream end; and a fuel injection means (31) that injects fuel into the intake passage (10). The fuel injection means (31) is provided upstream of the branching section (14) in the gas flow direction, and injects varying quantities of fuel into the plurality of intake pipes (12A, 12B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro SHUTO, Satoshi YAMADA, Kazuro HOTTA, Tomohiro NOGUCHI, Kenichi IIZUKA, Yuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10036353
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes: a fresh air throttle portion that continues from a fresh air inlet portion and is configured to throttle the flow of fresh air; an inner side tube portion that continues from the fresh air throttle portion, has a tubular shape and has an opening end disposed on a side opposite to the fresh air throttle portion; an exhaust gas inlet portion configured to receive a flow of exhaust gas; a surrounding portion that continues from the exhaust gas inlet portion, surrounds the inner side tube portion, and defines a circumference direction flow path for the exhaust gas extending along an outer circumference surface of the inner side tube portion; and an outlet portion that continues from the surrounding portion, has a tubular shape, and defines a merging flow path configured to receive the flow of the fresh air flowing out from the opening end of the inner side tube portion and the flow of the exhaust gas flowing out from the circumference direction flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Shuto, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Hiromi Komatsu, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Takafumi Tanaka, Satoshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20160319778
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes: a fresh air throttle portion that continues from a fresh air inlet portion and is configured to throttle the flow of fresh air; an inner side tube portion that continues from the fresh air throttle portion, has a tubular shape and has an opening end disposed on a side opposite to the fresh air throttle portion; an exhaust gas inlet portion configured to receive a flow of exhaust gas; a surrounding portion that continues from the exhaust gas inlet portion, surrounds the inner side tube portion, and defines a circumference direction flow path for the exhaust gas extending along an outer circumference surface of the inner side tube portion; and an outlet portion that continues from the surrounding portion, has a tubular shape, and defines a merging flow path configured to receive the flow of the fresh air flowing out from the opening end of the inner side tube portion and the flow of the exhaust gas flowing out from the circumference direction flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shintaro Shuto, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Hiromi Komatsu, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Takafumi Tanaka, Satoshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Ueda