Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Suzuta
Tadahiko Suzuta 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).
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Publication number: 20240172396Abstract: A cooling system of the present disclosure includes: a coolant tank storing a coolant removing heat from a heating element in a closed space as an inner space; a plurality of heat pipes that are arranged to extend from the coolant tank toward the outside of the coolant tank and respectively having passages allowing the coolant as a working fluid to be movable therethrough; and a blower fan blowing air to the plurality of heat pipes from the outside of the coolant tank in a direction in which the heat pipes are arranged, wherein a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the extension direction of each heat pipe is a flat plate shape having a leading edge on an upstream side of a blowing direction of the blower fan and a trailing edge on a downstream side thereof with the blowing direction as a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Yuichi Otani, Sumiu Uchida, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroko Kitamoto, Kentaro Hayashi, Atsushi Imai
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Publication number: 20230251041Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied, a pair of partition plates defining a closed space, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid into the closed space, a discharge portion configured to discharge the second fluid in the closed space, and a flow path forming portion forming a plurality of small flow path portions between the heat transfer tubes adjacent to each other. The second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the closed space in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the first fluid. The plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other when viewed from a position where the discharge portion is disposed in an extension direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Koichi Tanimoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroyuki Nakaharai
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Publication number: 20230059838Abstract: An outer surface of a part of an airframe includes a mixed region in which a first color similar to a color applied to an adjacent region and a second color having a lower absorption rate of sunlight than the first color are mixed in a predetermined color distribution pattern. A reflective material that contributes to an increase in a reflection rate of sunlight is added to a part to which at least the first color is applied in the mixed region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Aircraft CorporationInventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Umemoto, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Nobuhide Hara
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Patent number: 10926862Abstract: Temperature of a structural member is maintained at allowable temperature or less by suppressing heat transfer from a high-temperature duct to the structural member. An insertion sheet according to the present invention is inserted between a flange and a partition panel. The flange is provided on a bleed duct and is fastened to the partition panel. The bleed duct penetrates through a partition wall of an aircraft. The insertion sheet includes first parts and a second part. The first parts are disposed near respective shafts of rivets provided at a plurality of positions of the insertion sheet. The second part extends among the first parts. The first parts bear a load of fastening, and the second part has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Toshiyuki Umemoto
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Patent number: 10436371Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of the gaseous body outside the cover, wherein the sensor includes a range in which the sensor rises upward from the position corresponding to the vent.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
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Patent number: 10309571Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a guide member that guides the gaseous body flowing out from the vent toward a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of a gaseous body outside the cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tadahiko Suzuta, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
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Patent number: 10174876Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including a pipe that is disposed along an approximately horizontal direction, and has a plurality of ducts through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere continuously flows, and a plurality of couplings each connecting the ducts together; and a cover covering an outer periphery of the pipe. The cover defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out of the cover at an interval in a length direction of the pipe. As the plurality of vents, the cover includes at least first vents located corresponding to the couplings. Respective positions of the first vents are substantially set within a range from a two o'clock position to a ten o'clock position through a six o'clock position in a cross sectional surface of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kei Takao, Ichiro Maeda
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Patent number: 9868534Abstract: An aircraft includes: a fairing which covers a lower part of a fuselage having a main landing gear bay (MLG bay), and defines a ventilation cavity communicating with the MLG bay between the fairing and the fuselage; and a heat removal system which removes heat generated from the MLG inside the MLG bay to the outside of the MLG bay by suctioning/discharging air through an inlet port and an outlet port leading from the ventilation cavity or the MLG bay to external air. The fairing defines a wheel opening through which a wheel of the MLG enters and exits, and defines a ventilation port, which functions as one of the inlet and outlet ports, between the fairing and an outer peripheral part of the wheel exposed from the wheel opening to the lower side of the MLG bay when the MLG is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta
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Publication number: 20170183083Abstract: Temperature of a structural member is maintained at allowable temperature or less by suppressing heat transfer from a high-temperature duct to the structural member. An insertion sheet according to the present invention is inserted between a flange and a partition panel. The flange is provided on a bleed duct and is fastened to the partition panel. The bleed duct penetrates through a partition wall of an aircraft. The insertion sheet includes first parts and a second part. The first parts are disposed near respective shafts of rivets provided at a plurality of positions of the insertion sheet. The second part extends among the first parts. The first parts bear a load of fastening, and the second part has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Toshiyuki Umemoto
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Publication number: 20160238179Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a guide member that guides the gaseous body flowing out from the vent toward a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of a gaseous body outside the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Tadahiko SUZUTA, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20160238180Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of the gaseous body outside the cover, wherein the sensor includes a range in which the sensor rises upward from the position corresponding to the vent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Tadahiko SUZUTA, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20160238181Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe structure including a pipe that is disposed along an approximately horizontal direction, and has a plurality of ducts through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere continuously flows, and a plurality of couplings each connecting the ducts together; and a cover covering an outer periphery of the pipe. The cover defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out of the cover at an interval in a length direction of the pipe. As the plurality of vents, the cover includes at least first vents located corresponding to the couplings. Respective positions of the first vents are substantially set within a range from a two o'clock position to a ten o'clock position through a six o'clock position in a cross sectional surface of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Tadahiko SUZUTA, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Kei TAKAO, Ichiro MAEDA
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Publication number: 20160214720Abstract: An aircraft includes: a fairing which covers a lower part of a fuselage having a main landing gear bay (MLG bay), and defines a ventilation cavity communicating with the MLG bay between the fairing and the fuselage; and a heat removal system which removes heat generated from the MLG inside the MLG bay to the outside of the MLG bay by suctioning/discharging air through an inlet port and an outlet port leading from the ventilation cavity or the MLG bay to external air. The fairing defines a wheel opening through which a wheel of the MLG enters and exits, and defines a ventilation port, which functions as one of the inlet and outlet ports, between the fairing and an outer peripheral part of the wheel exposed from the wheel opening to the lower side of the MLG bay when the MLG is retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Nobuhide HARA, Tadahiko SUZUTA
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Publication number: 20120269312Abstract: An object is to provide a corium cooling structure that is capable of accumulating corium and debris that have flowed out from a reactor in small divided portions and of sufficiently cooling the high-temperature corium and debris, a reactor containment vessel provided with the same, and a nuclear power plant provided with the same. A capture portion that captures the corium that has flowed out from a reactor and a plurality of pipe portions that are provided in a coolant storing portion and into which the corium flows via the capture portion are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Makoto Yamagishi, Hiroshi Goda, Koichi Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20120213322Abstract: As shown in FIG. 1, a pressurized water reactor (12) is configured to be arranged within a reactor containment vessel (11), and a cooling-water circulation path (51) that supplies primary cooling water to the reactor containment vessel (11) or the pressurized water reactor (12) and collects and circulates the primary cooling water during an emergency, and a cooling device (52) that air-cools primary cooling water flowing in the cooling-water circulation path (51) at outside of the reactor containment vessel (11) are provided, thereby making it possible to realize downsizing and cost reduction of emergency core cooling system and to improve safety and reliability thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Naito, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroshi Sano, Hidekazu Udagawa
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Publication number: 20120051485Abstract: In a corium cooling promoting apparatus and a containment, a pressurized water reactor (12) is contained inside the containment (11), and a cavity (56) to which cooling water can be supplied in an emergency is provided below the pressurized water reactor (12). The cooling promoting apparatus (61) is disposed in the cavity (56), and an inclined plate (62) for spreading a corium (debris) from the pressurized water reactor (12) is provided, as the cooling promoting apparatus (61), at a position below the pressurized water reactor (12) in the cavity (56). The cooling of the corium falling from the nuclear reactor is thereby facilitated, and the corium is cooled at an early stage to improve safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Goda, Makoto Yamagishi, Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo
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Patent number: 8002866Abstract: In a steam-water separator, a swirl vane (52) is provided inside a riser (51), an annular downcomer space (54) is formed by providing a downcomer barrel (53) outside the riser (51), a deck plate (55) is arranged above the riser (51) and the downcomer barrel (53) with a predetermined space therefrom, an orifice (56) and vents (57) are formed, and aperture ratios of plural slits (58a, 58b, 58c, and 58d) formed on the riser (51) are set at from 30% to 70%. Accordingly, the steam and the water is appropriately separated, and the separated steam is reliably discharged upward from the orifice while the separated water is allowed to reliably flow down through the downcomer space, thereby enhancing steam-water separating efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Yasuhiko Hirao
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Patent number: 7867309Abstract: In a steam-water separator, horizontal slits are formed on the outer side of the curving direction of the curved part and at a location between the curved part of the riser and the swirl vane.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kengo Shimamura, Naoaki Hirota, Yosuke Katsura
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Publication number: 20090120297Abstract: In a steam-water separator, horizontal slits are formed on the outer side of the curving direction of the curved part and at a location between the curved part of the riser and the swirl vane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Yoshiyuki Kondo, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kengo Shimamura, Naoaki Hirota, Yosuke Katsura
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Publication number: 20090007530Abstract: In a steam-water separator, a swirl vane (52) is provided inside a riser (51), an annular downcomer space (54) is formed by providing a downcomer barrel (53) outside the riser (51), a deck plate (55) is arranged above the riser (51) and the downcomer barrel (53) with a predetermined space therefrom, an orifice (56) and vents (57) are formed, and aperture ratios of plural slits (58a, 58b, 58c, and 58d) formed on the riser (51) are set at from 30% to 70%. Accordingly, the steam and the water is appropriately separated, and the separated steam is reliably discharged upward from the orifice while the separated water is allowed to reliably flow down through the downcomer space, thereby enhancing steam-water separating efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Yasuhiko Hirao