Patents by Inventor Tadashi Kanzaka

Tadashi Kanzaka 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: 20230304507
    Abstract: A compressor housing includes: when an intake side in an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor is defined as a front side, and a side opposite to the intake side in the axial direction is defined as a rear side, a shroud surface including a surface facing a tip of an impeller blade of the impeller with a predetermined gap; a front-side inner peripheral surface formed on the front side of the shroud surface in the axial direction and positioned on an outer side in a radial direction than a front end of the shroud surface; and plurality of grooves formed in the front-side inner peripheral surface at intervals in a circumferential direction wherein each of the plurality of grooves includes: an inclined portion whose depth gradually increases toward a rotation direction of the impeller; and a stepped portion formed at a downstream end of the inclined portion in the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Yutaka FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230272805
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a shroud surface; a front-side inner peripheral surface formed on a front side of the shroud surface in the axial direction and disposed outward of a front end of the shroud surface in the radial direction; and at least one projection protruding from the front-side inner peripheral surface inward in the radial direction. A rear end of the at least one projection is configured to be connected to the front end of the shroud surface. The at least one projection is formed in a plate shape, and in a cross-sectional view along an axis of the impeller, has an inclined front edge extending obliquely to the axis of the impeller from a front end of the projection toward a rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Yutaka FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230258197
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal compressor includes: a hub; and at least one blade disposed on a hub surface of the hub. A hub-side end of a trailing edge of the at least one blade is located radially outward of an outer peripheral portion of the hub, and is located on either of a first line extending radially outward from the hub surface of the hub or a second line extending radially outward from a back surface of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Yutaka FUJITA, Tadashi KANZAKA, Hironori HONDA
  • Publication number: 20230175524
    Abstract: A compressor housing internally forms: an inlet passage with an inflow port formed in a shroud surface; an outlet passage with an outflow port formed in an introduction surface formed on a front side of a shroud surface; and a recirculation passage connecting the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An intake air introduction portion of the compressor housing has: a front-side surface defining a front side in the outlet passage; a rear-side surface defining a rear side in the outlet passage; and a front-side introduction surface formed on the front side relative to the outflow port on the introduction surface. Each of the front-side surface, the rear-side surface, and the front-side introduction surface is inclined to the rear side from an outer side toward an inner side in a radial direction, the rear-side surface includes a convex curved portion, and the front-side introduction surface includes an introduction surface-side convex curved portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA, Yutaka FUJITA, Hironori HONDA
  • Patent number: 11572894
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kanzaka, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Takao Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11408439
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor 10 includes a diffuser 13 that comprises: a shroud wall surface 131 that extends in the radial direction of a rotating shaft 3; and a hub wall surface 132 that extends in the radial direction and opposes the shroud wall surface 131 on the downstream side of a flow in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3, the hub wall surface having a gap between itself and the shroud wall surface 131, and with that gap, forming an annular diffuser flow path 130 through which a fluid flows. A hub-side convex portion 132b is formed over the entire periphery of the hub wall surface 132, the hub-side convex portion 132b protruding toward the shroud wall surface 131 side relative to a straight line L1 that connects a starting end 132s on an inlet 130a side of the diffuser flow path 130 and a terminating end 132e on an outlet 130b side of the diffuser flow path 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Patent number: 11391177
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine housing configured to house a turbine rotor provided on one side of a rotor shaft; and a bearing housing configured to house a bearing that rotatably supports the rotor shaft, in which at least one cooling water flow path through which cooling water flows is formed in at least one of the turbine housing and the bearing housing, and the at least one cooling water flow path is formed such that a plurality of flow path cross sections are present in, of a cross-section including an axis of the rotor shaft, a half cross-section divided by the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujita, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Publication number: 20210332719
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine housing configured to house a turbine rotor provided on one side of a rotor shaft; and a bearing housing configured to house a bearing that rotatably supports the rotor shaft, in which at least one cooling water flow path through which cooling water flows is formed in at least one of the turbine housing and the bearing housing, and the at least one cooling water flow path is formed such that a plurality of flow path cross sections are present in, of a cross-section including an axis of the rotor shaft, a half cross-section divided by the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Yutaka FUJITA, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Patent number: 11085461
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller, a diffuser flow passage forming portion forming an annular diffuser flow passage on a downstream side of the impeller, a plurality of small chord-pitch ratio diffuser blades disposed in the diffuser flow passage at intervals in a circumferential direction of the impeller, and a flow passage dividing annulus extending to the diffuser flow passage along a radial direction of the impeller, and dividing the diffuser flow passage into a hub-side flow passage and a shroud-side flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Publication number: 20210239130
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor diffuser structure according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is a centrifugal compressor diffuser structure provided on a downstream side of an impeller of the centrifugal compressor, and includes a hub-side wall surface, a shroud-side wall surface defining, together with the hub-side wall surface, a diffuser flow path, and a partial guide vane provided on at least one of the hub-side wall surface and the shroud-side wall surface. Given that a vane height of the partial guide vane is a, and an axial height of the diffuser flow path is H, a relationship of 0.05 H?a?0.20 H is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Tadashi KANZAKA, Teng CAO
  • Patent number: 11041505
    Abstract: A rotary machine blade (31) equipped with a clearance flow suppression blade section (34), the lean angle of which has one or more inflection points, and which is formed such that when the direction from a positive-pressure surface (31a) to a negative-pressure surface (31b) is taken as the normal direction, an inflection point (P1) of the lean angle positioned farthest toward the blade end (33) changes from the negative to the positive direction in the direction away from the blade end (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Honda, Seiichi Ibaraki, Kenichiro Iwakiri, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Patent number: 10883513
    Abstract: This compressor wheel (3) is provided with a disc (22) which is formed in a disc shape and provided to be rotatable around a central axis (C); and a plurality of blades (23) provided on a disc surface (22f) facing a first side in the central axis (C) direction with an interval in a circumferential direction around the central axis (C). A rear surface (22r) of the disc (22) facing a second side in the central axis (C) direction has a convex curved surface (25) which is convex toward the second side in the central axis (C) direction at least part of a center portion of the disc (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujita, Tadashi Kanzaka, Hiroaki Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20200378389
    Abstract: An electric supercharger includes: a compressor impeller; a motor configured to transmit a driving force to the compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a back-surface side casing facing a back surface of the compressor impeller via a gap and surrounding the rotational shaft; a bearing disposed between the back-surface side casing and the rotational shaft so as to support the rotational shaft rotatably; and a mechanical seal positioned between the back surface of the compressor impeller and the bearing in an axial direction of the compressor impeller and configured to seal a gap between the rotational shaft and the back-surface side casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Akihiro SUGIYAMA, Yutaka FUJITA, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Patent number: 10801514
    Abstract: An impeller wheel according to an embodiment includes a hub, a plurality of long blades disposed on a circumferential surface of the hub, the plurality of long blades extending from an inlet portion to an outlet portion of fluid and a plurality of short blades each disposed on the circumferential surface of the hub, the plurality of short blades extending from a downstream side of leading edges of the plurality of the long blades to the outlet portion in a flow passage formed between adjacent long blades of the plurality of long blades. In the impeller wheel, an expression ?2s,full<?2s,spl is satisfied, where ?2s,full and ?2s,spl are respectively blade angles on tip side edges of the plurality of long blades and the plurality of short blades at the outlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Teng Cao, Isao Tomita, Liping Xu, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Patent number: 10746052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a radial compressor including: a scroll portion which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of an impeller and an intake portion and extends in a circumferential direction, has a discharge port opening in a circumferential direction and a scroll flow path through which the gas from the impeller flows toward the discharge port, and includes a resin material having a gradually increasing external shape dimension; and a plurality of ribs which connect an outer circumferential surface of the intake portion and an outer surface of the scroll portion. The plurality of ribs are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, an installation interval gradually decreases toward the discharge port in the circumferential direction, and a length dimension in a radial direction on the outer surface of the scroll portion gradually decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Ryoji Okabe, Kenichiro Iwakiri, Tadashi Kanzaka
  • Publication number: 20200166051
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi KANZAKA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA, Takao YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10634042
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body configured to rotate around a central axis, and a casing configured to accommodate at least a part of the rotating body, and the casing, includes a main section made of a metallic material, and a high-porosity section made of the same material as the main section and having a porosity higher than the main section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yosuke Dammoto, Tadashi Kanzaka, Atsushi Takita
  • Publication number: 20200123931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a radial compressor including: a scroll portion which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of an impeller and an intake portion and extends in a circumferential direction, has a discharge port opening in a circumferential direction and a scroll flow path through which the gas from the impeller flows toward the discharge port, and includes a resin material having a gradually increasing external shape dimension; and a plurality of ribs which connect an outer circumferential surface of the intake portion and an outer surface of the scroll portion. The plurality of ribs are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction, an installation interval gradually decreases toward the discharge port in the circumferential direction, and a length dimension in a radial direction on the outer surface of the scroll portion gradually decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori WATANABE, Ryoji OKABE, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Publication number: 20200088210
    Abstract: A rotary machine blade (31) equipped with a clearance flow suppression blade section (34), the lean angle of which has one or more inflection points, and which is formed such that when the direction from a positive-pressure surface (31a) to a negative-pressure surface (31b) is taken as the normal direction, an inflection point (P1) of the lean angle positioned farthest toward the blade end (33) changes from the negative to the positive direction in the direction away from the blade end (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori HONDA, Seiichi IBARAKI, Kenichiro IWAKIRI, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Publication number: 20200063753
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor 10 includes a diffuser 13 that comprises: a shroud wall surface 131 that extends in the radial direction of a rotating shaft 3; and a hub wall surface 132 that extends in the radial direction and opposes the shroud wall surface 131 on the downstream side of a flow in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3, the hub wall surface having a gap between itself and the shroud wall surface 131, and with that gap, forming an annular diffuser flow path 130 through which a fluid flows. A hub-side convex portion 132b is formed over the entire periphery of the hub wall surface 132, the hub-side convex portion 132b protruding toward the shroud wall surface 131 side relative to a straight line L1 that connects a starting end 132s on an inlet 130a side of the diffuser flow path 130 and a terminating end 132e on an outlet 130b side of the diffuser flow path 130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka HIGASHIMORI, Tadashi KANZAKA