Patents by Inventor Shoichi Aizu

Shoichi Aizu 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: 4196910
    Abstract: A shaft sealing device for a turbocharger wherein seal rings are disposed between a shaft and a bearing casing and in order to lower the high pressure gas which passes through the seal ring to a low pressure, a small chamber in communication with the exterior is formed, whereby the gas leakage into the bearing casing may be reduced as much as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoichi Aizu
  • Patent number: 4171137
    Abstract: A slinger arrangement whereby the lubricating oil supplied to a bearing of a turbine shaft may be prevented from being sucked through one or more seal rings into a blower when the pressure in the blower becomes negative.According to one embodiment of the present invention, the slinger consists of a large- and small-diameter sections, and a first seal ring is fitted into a circumferential groove formed in the large diameter section and contacts the lower end of first and second air vent chamber casings which is remote from a fan wheel, the first and second casings being axially spaced apart from each other and cooperating to define an air vent chamber, while a second seal ring is fitted into a circumferential groove formed in the small-diameter section and contacts the lower end of the other air vent chamber casing which is closer to the fan wheel. A circumferential oil throwing groove may be formed in the large-diameter section between the first and second seal rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Aizu, Masami Shimizu