Patents by Inventor Taiji Hashimoto

Taiji Hashimoto 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: 11280223
    Abstract: A bolt fastening structure has an upper flange and a lower flange of a casing to which inner pressure is applied, the upper flange and the lower flange defining an abutting interface therebetween; a bolt hole formed through the abutting interface; and a counterbored portion formed asymmetric about a bolt hole center. The abutting interface includes a first region extending from a bolt hole inner side edge to an upper and lower flanges inner edge and being a region where the upper flange and the lower flange are in surface-to-surface contact with each other; and a partial contact region extending from a bolt hole outer side edge to an upper and lower flanges outer edge and being a region where the upper flange and the lower flange are partially in surface-to-surface contact with each other. In the partial contact region, the upper flange and the lower flange are in surface-to-surface contact with each other in a second region, and the first region is larger than the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youhei Tanno, Takeshi Kazama, Ryuhei Tsukahara, Taiji Hashimoto, Tomohiro Naruse
  • Publication number: 20190055855
    Abstract: A bolt fastening structure has an upper flange and a lower flange of a casing to which inner pressure is applied, the upper flange and the lower flange defining an abutting interface therebetween; a bolt hole formed through the abutting interface; and a counterbored portion formed asymmetric about a bolt hole center. The abutting interface includes a first region extending from a bolt hole inner side edge to an upper and lower flanges inner edge and being a region where the upper flange and the lower flange are in surface-to-surface contact with each other; and a partial contact region extending from a bolt hole outer side edge to an upper and lower flanges outer edge and being a region where the upper flange and the lower flange are partially in surface-to-surface contact with each other. In the partial contact region, the upper flange and the lower flange are in surface-to-surface contact with each other in a second region, and the first region is larger than the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Youhei TANNO, Takeshi KAZAMA, Ryuhei TSUKAHARA, Taiji HASHIMOTO, Tomohiro NARUSE
  • Patent number: 9644636
    Abstract: In a centrifugal steam compressor having sealing water discharge at pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a simple structure in which a high-pressure piping system is omitted as much as possible from a sealing water circulation system is realized. A shaft seal system 50 is capable of supplying high-pressure sealing water and low-pressure sealing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu
  • Publication number: 20150330401
    Abstract: In a centrifugal steam compressor having sealing water discharge at pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a simple structure in which a high-pressure piping system is omitted as much as possible from a sealing water circulation system is realized. A shaft seal system 50 is capable of supplying high-pressure sealing water and low-pressure sealing water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Taiji HASHIMOTO, Tao HU
  • Patent number: 8770589
    Abstract: A shaft-seal device for high-temperature fluid including a seal case (2) formed as a metallic cylindrical structure of a single unit and comprised of a main body portion (2a, 2b, 2c), first and second holding portions (2d, 2e), first and second partition portions (2f, 2h), a channel formation portion (2g) forming a minute annular channel (27) with the outer circumference surface of a rotary shaft (1), and an o-ring holding portion (2i). The seal case is installed in an apparatus housing (8) with first and second o-rings (2m, 2n) in between. The intra-seal case region (A1), in which sealing rings (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) of mechanical seals (3, 4, 5) are provided, and the high-temperature fluid region, which is an intra-apparatus housing region (A), are partitioned by a cooling chamber (28) into and from which coolant (82) is supplied and discharged via feed/discharge coolant paths (80, 81).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packaging Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu, Eiji Okumachi, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8631961
    Abstract: Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Naruse, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto, Haruo Miura, Mitsuhiro Narita
  • Patent number: 8481885
    Abstract: A welding apparatus and a welding method are employed for laser narrow groove welding which performs welding scanning a laser beam in the welding direction while feeding a solid filler metal into a narrow groove. The welding apparatus includes a laser beam irradiation head having a mechanism periodically oscillating an irradiation point of the laser beam with a predetermined amplitude in the bottom of the groove, and a filler metal control device having a solid filler metal feeder feeding the solid filler metal to the molten pool formed in the bottom of the groove by the laser beam and adjusting the feeding position independent of a motion of the laser beam irradiation head so that the tip position of the solid filler metal detected is constantly positioned in the center of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukamoto, Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Yoshihisa Maeda, Shinji Imaoka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120326394
    Abstract: A shaft-seal device for high-temperature fluid including a seal case (2) formed as a metallic cylindrical structure of a single unit and comprised of a main body portion (2a, 2b, 2c), first and second holding portions (2d, 2e), first and second partition portions (2f, 2h), a channel formation portion (2g) forming a minute annular channel (27) with the outer circumference surface of a rotary shaft (1), and an o-ring holding portion (2i). The seal case is installed in an apparatus housing (8) with first and second o-rings (2m, 2n) in between. The intra-seal case region (A1), in which sealing rings (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) of mechanical seals (3, 4, 5) are provided, and the high-temperature fluid region, which is an intra-apparatus housing region (A), are partitioned by a cooling chamber (28) into and from which coolant (82) is supplied and discharged via feed/discharge coolant paths (80, 81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu, Eiji Okumachi, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8153091
    Abstract: To provide a simple highly-pure Xe retrieval method and device with high retrieval efficiency by functionally removing such elements as water, CO2 and FCs from waste gases from semiconductor production processes, such as the plasma etching, that contain low-concentration Xe. For samples containing xenon and fluorocarbon, this invention is characterized by having at least first adsorption means (A1) filled with synthetic zeolite with pore size of 4A or smaller and aluminum oxide, arranged serially, gas separation means (A2) composed of silicone or polyethylene hollow fiber gas separation membrane modules 4, second adsorption means (A3) filled with either activated carbon, synthetic zeolite with pore size of 5A or larger, molecular sieving carbon with pore size of 5A or larger, or a combination of these, and reaction means (A4) filled with calcium compounds as reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude Et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimoto, Terumasa Koura, Yukio Fukuda, Masaki Narazaki, Taiji Hashimoto, Toru Sakai, Kazuo Yokogi
  • Publication number: 20100326969
    Abstract: A welding apparatus and a welding method are employed for laser narrow groove welding which performs welding scanning a laser beam in the welding direction while feeding a solid filler metal into a narrow groove. The welding apparatus includes a laser beam irradiation head having a mechanism periodically oscillating an irradiation point of the laser beam with a predetermined amplitude in the bottom of the groove, and a filler metal control device having a solid filler metal feeder feeding the solid filler metal to the molten pool formed in the bottom of the groove by the laser beam and adjusting the feeding position independent of a motion of the laser beam irradiation head so that the tip position of the solid filler metal detected is constantly positioned in the center of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi TSUKAMOTO, Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Yoshihisa Maeda, Shinji Imaoka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100270308
    Abstract: Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro NARUSE, Tetsuya KUWANO, Taiji HASHIMOTO, Haruo MIURA, Mitsuhiro NARITA
  • Publication number: 20100074820
    Abstract: To provide a simple highly-pure Xe retrieval method and device with high retrieval efficiency by functionally removing such elements as water, CO2 and FCs from waste gases from semiconductor production processes, such as the plasma etching, that contain low-concentration Xe. For samples containing xenon and fluorocarbon, this invention is characterized by having at least first adsorption means (A1) filled with synthetic zeolite with pore size of 4A or smaller and aluminum oxide, arranged serially, gas separation means (A2) composed of silicone or polyethylene hollow fiber gas separation membrane modules 4, second adsorption means (A3) filled with either activated carbon, synthetic zeolite with pore size of 5A or larger, molecular sieving carbon with pore size of 5A or larger, or a combination of these, and reaction means (A4) filled with calcium compounds as reactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Kimoto, Terumasa Koura, Yukio Fukuda, Masaki Narazaki, Taiji Hashimoto, Toru Sakai, Kazuo Yokogi
  • Patent number: 7530781
    Abstract: A pump device for pressurizing a fluid to be fed, comprises: a rotary shaft, a bearing including a bearing surface adapted to face to the rotary shaft so that the rotary shaft is supported on the bearing surface in a rotatable manner, and an impeller fixed to the rotary shaft to be rotatable with the rotary shaft so that the fluid is pressurized by a rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Hitchi Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaki Fukuchi, Taiji Hashimoto, Kazuo Amano
  • Publication number: 20050254943
    Abstract: A pump device for pressurizing a fluid to be fed, comprises: a rotary shaft, a bearing including a bearing surface adapted to face to the rotary shaft so that the rotary shaft is supported on the bearing surface in a rotatable manner, and an impeller fixed to the rotary shaft to be rotatable with the rotary shaft so that the fluid is pressurized by a rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaki Fukuchi, Taiji Hashimoto, Kazuo Amano
  • Publication number: 20030152495
    Abstract: The present invention has an object thereof to make possible the recycling of exhaust gas components in a manufacturing process by cooling, liquefaction, and recovery, and to use toxic or useful gases without disposal, and to dramatically reduce the frequency of exhaust system maintenance by combining such a recovery method with a vacuum exhaust system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Taiji Hashimoto, Kazuhide Ino
  • Patent number: 6514034
    Abstract: A pump, comprising: an impeller 1 having blades; and a casing 121 for storing the impeller therein, on an inner surface of which, confronting to the impeller, are formed plural numbers of shallow grooves 124 in a direction of pressure gradient of fluid, around a periphery thereof, wherein the fluid being increased up in pressure by the blades 122 flows within the grooves in a reverse direction, directing to an upstream side, so as to spout out at a place where re-circulations occur when the flow rate is low in amount. Also, an outlet angle of the blade 122 is set to be within a region from 30 degree to 90 degree. Further, preferably, front guide vanes 11 are provided, so that a direction of absolute flow at an outlet of the impeller is directed into an axial direction of the pump at an amount of designed flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Okamura, Kouichi Irie, Taiji Hashimoto, Hitoharu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020164245
    Abstract: A pump, comprising: an impeller 1 having blades; and a casing 121 for storing the impeller therein, on an inner surface of which, confronting to the impeller, are formed plural numbers of shallow grooves 124 in a direction of pressure gradient of fluid, around a periphery thereof, wherein the fluid being increased up in pressure by the blades 122 flows within the grooves in a reverse direction, directing to an upstream side, so as to spout out at a place where re-circulations occur when the flow rate is low in amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Okamura, Kouichi Irie, Taiji Hashimoto, Hitoharu Kimura
  • Patent number: 6436353
    Abstract: The present invention makes possible the recycling of exhaust has components in a manufacturing process by cooling, liquefaction, and recovery, and to use toxic or useful gases without disposal, and to dramatically reduce the frequency of exhaust system maintenance by combining such a recovery method with a vacuum exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Ultraclean Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Taiji Hashimoto, Kazuhide Ino
  • Patent number: 4770615
    Abstract: A screw compressor including a scavenging port, which is separate from a discharge port, located on or in a vicinity of a discharge-side end face of the working space of the casing, for scavenging gas therethrough from a compression chamber near to a completion of a suction stroke. Gas of high temperature leaking from a compression chamber on high-pressure side into a compression chamber on a low-pressure side (in the suction stroke) can be scavenged from the compressor to outside, thereby avoiding a reduction in suction volume efficiency, an increase in consumption of power, and a rise in temperature of gas to be compressed which might otherwise be caused by the gas of high temperature leaking into the compression chambers during a suction stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fujiwara, Taiji Hashimoto, Akira Suzuki