Patents by Inventor Takahiro Bamba

Takahiro Bamba 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: 9151297
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. A position or a width of the suction ring groove 1 is distributed in an arc shape in a circumferential direction, and the arc has a center angle ? in a range of 0<??30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9133717
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a turbine airfoil cools a turbine airfoil (10) exposed to hot gas (1), using cooling air (2) of a temperature lower than that of the hot gas. The turbine airfoil (10) includes an external surface (11), an internal surface (12) opposite to the external surface, a plurality of film-cooling holes (13) blowing the cooling air from the internal surface toward the external surface to film-cool the external surface, and a plurality of heat-transfer promoting projections (14) integrally formed with the internal surface and protruding inwardly from the internal surface. The turbine airfoil further includes a hollow cylindrical insert (20) which is positioned inside the internal surface of the turbine airfoil and to which the cooling air is supplied. The insert has a plurality of impingement holes (21) for impingement-cooling the internal surface (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Chiyuki Nakamata, Takashi Yamane, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Takahiro Bamba
  • Publication number: 20120321440
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. An axial distance Sr from an upstream end face of the suction ring groove 1 to an impeller full blade leading edge 4 or a width br of the suction ring groove 1 is represented as A·sin(?+?0)+A0 and is distributed in a sinusoidal shape in a circumferential direction, an initial phase angle ?0 is in a range of 0°??0?360°, and a circumferential angle ? of the casing 10 has a definition range of ?0????0+360°. In the expression, A denotes amplitude of distribution of the axial distance Sr or the width br, and A0 denotes an average of the axial distance Sr or the width br.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20120315127
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor has a casing 7. In the casing 7 is formed a back-flow channel 9 to return fluid from a downstream position of an impeller full blade leading edge 6a to an upstream position of the impeller full blade leading edge 6a. The back-flow channel 9 includes a suction ring groove 9a and a back-flow ring groove 9b. The suction ring groove opens at the downstream position on the inner face 7a of the casing 7, and extends in the circumferential direction. The back-flow ring groove opens at the upstream position on the inner face 7a, and extends in the circumferential direction. Distribution in the circumferential direction of the axial-direction position of the suction ring groove 9a or a width of the suction ring groove 9a is asymmetric with reference to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20120308372
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. An axial-direction position Sr from an upstream end face of the suction ring groove to an impeller full blade leading edge 4 or a width br of the suction ring groove 1 is represented as A(?·D??·D)2+A0 and is distributed in a parabolic shape in a circumferential direction. An initial phase angle ?0 is in a range of 0??0?2?. A circumferential angle ? of the casing has a definition range of ?0????0+2?. In the expression, A denotes a parameter of the parabola in the axial-direction position Sr or the width br, and A0 denotes an extreme of the axial-direction position Sr or the width br when corresponding circumferential angle ? and the ? are equal at an extreme point of distribution of the parabola.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20120308371
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. A position or a width of the suction ring groove 1 is distributed in an arc shape in a circumferential direction, and the arc has a center angle a in a range of 0<?30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20110027102
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a turbine airfoil cools a turbine airfoil (10) exposed to hot gas (1), using cooling air (2) of a temperature lower than that of the hot gas. The turbine airfoil (10) includes an external surface (11), an internal surface (12) opposite to the external surface, a plurality of film-cooling holes (13) blowing the cooling air from the internal surface toward the external surface to film-cool the external surface, and a plurality of heat-transfer promoting projections (14) integrally formed with the internal surface and protruding inwardly from the internal surface. The turbine airfoil further includes a hollow cylindrical insert (20) which is positioned inside the internal surface of the turbine airfoil and to which the cooling air is supplied. The insert has a plurality of impingement holes (21) for impingement-cooling the internal surface (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Chiyuki Nakamata, Takashi Yamane, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Takahiro Bamba