Patents by Inventor Taiki KANZAWA

Taiki KANZAWA 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: 20240084714
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; a plurality of slits formed closer to the blades with respect to the accommodation chamber in the housing and connected to the intake flow path; a plurality of compartment walls circumferentially separating the plurality of slits; and an outer circumferential wall connecting radially outer ends of the plurality of compartment walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YONEMURA, Ryota SAKISAKA, Yoichi SATO, Taiki KANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230375004
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; and one or more grooves formed over an inner circumferential surface and a side face closer to the blades in the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YONEMURA, Ryota SAKISAKA, Yoichi SATO, Ryosuke INOMATA, Taiki KANZAWA