Patents by Inventor Suguru KIUCHI

Suguru KIUCHI 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: 10900358
    Abstract: The packaged compressor includes: an exhaust duct having an exhaust port; a gas cooler arranged to be inclined with respect to the exhaust port in the exhaust duct; and at least one sound insulating plate arranged in a direction perpendicular to the exhaust port in the exhaust duct, the sound insulating plate configured to partition the exhaust port. In the packaged compressor, the exhaust port is partitioned into divided openings by the sound insulating plate. Of the divided openings, an area of a first divided opening provided on a side where a distance between the gas cooler and the exhaust port is shortest is larger than an area of a second divided opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yoshio Yano, Suguru Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10711803
    Abstract: The packaged compressor includes inside a package: a compressor main body compressing air; a cooling fan; a fan cover attached to the cooling fan and opened to a suction side and to an upward direction being a delivery side of the cooling fan; an exhaust duct provided above a delivery side opening of the fan cover and extending in a vertical direction; and an air-cooled heat exchanger arranged to be inclined with respect to a vertical direction inside the exhaust duct and configured to exchange heat between air compressed by the compressor main body and air delivered by the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Suguru Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20190309626
    Abstract: The packaged compressor includes: an exhaust duct having an exhaust port; a gas cooler arranged to be inclined with respect to the exhaust port in the exhaust duct; and at least one sound insulating plate arranged in a direction perpendicular to the exhaust port in the exhaust duct, the sound insulating plate configured to partition the exhaust port. In the packaged compressor, the exhaust port is partitioned into divided openings by the sound insulating plate. Of the divided openings, an area of a first divided opening provided on a side where a distance between the gas cooler and the exhaust port is shortest is larger than an area of a second divided opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshio YANO, Suguru KIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10403257
    Abstract: A sound deadening device has an introducing and damping section. The introducing and damping section includes an introduction section that introduces fluid, an expansion chamber, and a lead-out section. The expansion chamber is communicated with the introduction section, has a flow passage cross-section larger than a flow passage cross-section of the introduction section, and has protrusions along a travelling direction of a sound wave, resonance of the sound wave being to be suppressed. The lead-out section is communicated with the expansion chamber, has a flow passage cross-section smaller than that of the expansion chamber, and leads out the fluid in a direction different from an introduction direction of the fluid. Accordingly, it is possible to weaken the resonance of the sound wave, suppress rise of inner sound pressure of the sound deadening device, and prevent reduction in a sound deadening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsugihashi, Yosuke Fukushima, Kazuya Hirata, Suguru Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10174655
    Abstract: A silencer includes: a housing that has a draw-in portion drawing in fluid, and a plurality of sound attenuating portions arranged in a flowing direction of the fluid; a first partition provided with an intermediate communicating portion communicating the most downstream attenuating portion with the adjacent attenuating portion located adjacent to the most downstream attenuating portion; a valve portion disposed in the most downstream attenuating portion, the valve portion being capable of closing the intermediate communicating portion; a valve holding portion holding the valve portion, the valve holding portion being detachably attached to the housing; and a draw-out portion provided in a portion of the most downstream attenuating portion other than the valve holding portion, the draw-out portion drawing out the fluid from the most downstream attenuating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsugihashi, Yosuke Fukushima, Kazuya Hirata, Suguru Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20190003490
    Abstract: The packaged compressor includes inside a package: a compressor main body compressing air; a cooling fan; a fan cover attached to the cooling fan and opened to a suction side and to an upward direction being a delivery side of the cooling fan; an exhaust duct provided above a delivery side opening of the fan cover and extending in a vertical direction; and an air-cooled heat exchanger arranged to be inclined with respect to a vertical direction inside the exhaust duct and configured to exchange heat between air compressed by the compressor main body and air delivered by the cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Suguru KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180025714
    Abstract: A sound deadening device has an introducing and damping section. The introducing and damping section includes an introduction section that introduces fluid, an expansion chamber, and a lead-out section. The expansion chamber is communicated with the introduction section, has a flow passage cross-section larger than a flow passage cross-section of the introduction section, and has protrusions along a travelling direction of a sound wave, resonance of the sound wave being to be suppressed. The lead-out section is communicated with the expansion chamber, has a flow passage cross-section smaller than that of the expansion chamber, and leads out the fluid in a direction different from an introduction direction of the fluid. Accordingly, it is possible to weaken the resonance of the sound wave, suppress rise of inner sound pressure of the sound deadening device, and prevent reduction in a sound deadening effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro KIKUCHI, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya HIRATA, Suguru KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170191390
    Abstract: A silencer includes: a housing that has a draw-in portion drawing in fluid, and a plurality of sound attenuating portions arranged in a flowing direction of the fluid; a first partition provided with an intermediate communicating portion communicating the most downstream attenuating portion with the adjacent attenuating portion located adjacent to the most downstream attenuating portion; a valve portion disposed in the most downstream attenuating portion, the valve portion being capable of closing the intermediate communicating portion; a valve holding portion holding the valve portion, the valve holding portion being detachably attached to the housing; and a draw-out portion provided in a portion of the most downstream attenuating portion other than the valve holding portion, the draw-out portion drawing out the fluid from the most downstream attenuating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro KIKUCHI, Kazuki TSUGIHASHI, Yosuke FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya HIRATA, Suguru KIUCHI