Patents by Inventor Takao Yokoyama

Takao Yokoyama 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: 11680539
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a turbocharger according to an embodiment includes a cylinder block internally including a plurality of cylinders, a cylinder head disposed on top of the cylinder block, and internally including a plurality of exhaust flow passages through which exhaust air discharged from each of the plurality of cylinders flows, and the turbocharger including a rotational shaft, a turbine wheel, and a compressor wheel, the turbine wheel being disposed at one end of the rotational shaft, the compressor wheel being disposed at the other end of the rotational shaft. At least the turbine wheel of the turbocharger is arranged inside the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Makoto Ozaki
  • 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: 11512634
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade according to at least one embodiment of the present invention is to be connected to a rotational shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis and includes: a hub having a hub surface inclined with respect to the axis in a cross-section along the axis; at least one rotor blade disposed on the hub surface; and a connection passage disposed inside the turbine rotor blade and connecting a first opening disposed in the at least one rotor blade and a second opening disposed downstream of the first opening in the turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Toru Hoshi, Toyotaka Yoshida, Keigo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11421535
    Abstract: A turbine blade configured to be coupled to a rotational shaft and rotated around an axis includes: a hub having a hub surface which is inclined with respect to the axis in a cross section along the axis; a rotor blade disposed on the hub surface; and at least one rib formed on a blade surface of the rotor blade, the at least one rib extending in a direction which intersects with a span direction of the rotor blade in a meridional plane of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Toru Hoshi, Toyotaka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11384683
    Abstract: A turbocharger according to an embodiment is a turbocharger including a turbine housing for housing a turbine wheel rotary driven by an exhaust gas, a bearing housing for housing a rotational shaft on which the turbine wheel is mounted, the bearing housing being adjacent to the turbine housing, and a wastegate portion including a bypass passage and a valve body, the bypass passage allowing the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine wheel, the valve body being able to adjust a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage. In the turbine housing, a scroll passage for supplying the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel is formed by casting, at least on a radially outer side of the turbine wheel. A fastening portion for fastening the turbine housing and the bearing housing is disposed on a radially outer side of the scroll passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Takao Yokoyama, Kunihiro Tomikawa, Makoto Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11319873
    Abstract: A turbo cluster gas turbine system includes: at least one combustor configured to combust a fuel to generate a combustion gas; an output turbine configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the at least one combustor; and a plurality of supercharging systems configured to supply compressed air to be supplied to the at least one combustor, wherein each of the supercharging systems includes: a first turbocharger having a rotation shaft formed separately from a rotation shaft of the output turbine and configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the combustor; a first air line for supplying compressed air compressed by a compressor of the first turbocharger to the combustor; and a first combustion gas line for supplying the combustion gas from the combustor to a turbine of the first turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Takata, Takao Yokoyama, Kenji Nakamichi, Shinsuke Sato
  • Patent number: 11230938
    Abstract: A fixed vane turbocharger includes: an impeller; a housing including, inside thereof, an impeller housing space which accommodates the impeller, a scroll flow passage formed on a radially outer side of the impeller, and a communication flow passage which brings the impeller housing space and the scroll flow passage into communication; and at least one fixed vane unit disposed in the communication flow passage and fixed to a portion of the housing on an inner side of the scroll flow passage with respect to a radial direction of the impeller. Each of the at least one fixed vane unit includes at least two vane portions and a coupling portion coupling the two vane portions, and is formed of a single sheet metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Toru Hoshi
  • Patent number: 11187144
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a connection section and a body section. The connection section extends from an outlet of turbine rotor blades. The body section is connected to an end of the connection section on a downstream side and has a larger flow passage sectional area than the connection section. The shape of the flow passage sectional surface of the connection section is formed into a circle at an outlet of the turbine rotor blades and is formed into an ellipse at an inlet of the body section. The shape of the flow passage sectional surface of the connection section is further formed to be gradually enlarged in a long-axis direction of the ellipse from the outlet of the turbine rotor blades toward the inlet of the body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Hoshi, Reiko Takashima, Takao Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210363915
    Abstract: A turbocharger according to an embodiment is a turbocharger including a turbine housing for housing a turbine wheel rotary driven by an exhaust gas, a bearing housing for housing a rotational shaft on which the turbine wheel is mounted, the bearing housing being adjacent to the turbine housing, and a wastegate portion including a bypass passage and a valve body, the bypass passage allowing the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine wheel, the valve body being able to adjust a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage. In the turbine housing, a scroll passage for supplying the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel is formed by casting, at least on a radially outer side of the turbine wheel. A fastening portion for fastening the turbine housing and the bearing housing is disposed on a radially outer side of the scroll passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KITAMURA, Takao YOKOYAMA, Kunihiro TOMIKAWA, Makoto OZAKI
  • Patent number: 11174870
    Abstract: A turbine for a turbocharger includes: a turbine impeller coupled to a compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a turbine casing disposed so as to cover the turbine impeller, the turbine casing including a scroll flow passage and a scroll outlet portion disposed on an inner side, in a radial direction, of the scroll flow passage, for guiding exhaust gas from the scroll flow passage to the turbine impeller; and a back-surface side member disposed so as to face a back surface of the turbine impeller. The back-surface side member includes a protruding portion disposed on an impeller facing surface which faces the back surface of the turbine impeller, the protruding portion protruding toward the back surface and extending in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Hoshi, Toyotaka Yoshida, Takao Yokoyama, Bipin Gupta
  • Patent number: 11092068
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbocharger includes: a turbine rotor; and a variable nozzle mechanism for adjusting a flow of exhaust gas to the turbine rotor from a scroll flow passage formed on a radially outer side of the turbine rotor. The variable nozzle mechanism includes: a nozzle vane disposed in an exhaust gas flow passage for guiding the exhaust gas to the turbine rotor from the scroll flow passage; a support wall forming a flow passage wall on a first side of the exhaust gas flow passage with respect to an axial direction of the turbine rotor and supporting the nozzle vane rotatably in a cantilever fashion; and a non-support wall forming a flow passage wall on a second side of the exhaust gas flow passage with respect to the axial direction. Of an end surface of the nozzle vane on a side of the non-support wall, an edge portion on a side of a pressure surface includes a non-support-wall side linear portion formed to have a linear shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Toru Hoshi, Masaki Tojo
  • Patent number: 11022130
    Abstract: This turbocharger (1A) is provided with: a rotating shaft (4); a turbine wheel (2); a compressor wheel (3); a bearing housing (6) provided with journal bearings (5A, 5B) for rotatably supporting a shaft (4), and a thrust bearing (8) for supporting the rotating shaft (4) in the center axis (C) direction thereof; and a turbine housing (31) in which the turbine wheel (2) is accommodated. A fluid supply section (70A) for supplying a fluid to the turbine wheel (2) is provided within the turbine housing (31) and said fluid presses the turbine wheel (2) toward a first end (4a) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Fujita, Takao Yokoyama, Seiichi Ibaraki
  • Patent number: 11002291
    Abstract: A compressor impeller includes: a compressor impeller body portion including a boss portion and a plurality of vane portions disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction on a peripheral surface of the boss portion; and a heat shield portion disposed on a side of a back surface of the boss portion and configured to rotate with the compressor impeller body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Yutaka Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210123380
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade according to at least one embodiment of the present invention is to be connected to a rotational shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis and includes: a hub having a hub surface inclined with respect to the axis in a cross-section along the axis; at least one rotor blade disposed on the hub surface; and a connection passage disposed inside the turbine rotor blade and connecting a first opening disposed in the at least one rotor blade and a second opening disposed downstream of the first opening in the turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao YOKOYAMA, Toru HOSHI, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Keigo SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210062751
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a turbocharger according to an embodiment includes a cylinder block internally including a plurality of cylinders, a cylinder head disposed on top of the cylinder block, and internally including a plurality of exhaust flow passages through which exhaust air discharged from each of the plurality of cylinders flows, and the turbocharger including a rotational shaft, a turbine wheel, and a compressor wheel, the turbine wheel being disposed at one end of the rotational shaft, the compressor wheel being disposed at the other end of the rotational shaft. At least the turbine wheel of the turbocharger is arranged inside the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takao YOKOYAMA, Makoto OZAKI
  • Patent number: 10895226
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a gripping unit gripping a turbine-housing side flange portion and a bearing-housing side flange portion to couple a turbine housing and a bearing housing. In a state where the turbine housing and the bearing housing are coupled by the gripping unit, an elastic force in a direction to separate the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion from each other is applied to each of the turbine housing and the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Watanabe, Takao Yokoyama, Takashi Yoshimoto, Chikako Kato, Keigo Sakamoto, Yosuke Dammoto
  • Patent number: 10890105
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a turbine wheel 24 that is attached to a rotating shaft 14 and that has a plurality of turbine blades in the circumferential direction; scroll passages 15Aa, 15Ab that are formed in a spiral shape on the outside of the turbine wheel 24, and that are formed by being divided into a plurality of sections in the circumferential direction, the passages communicating with each other at the position of the turbine wheel 24 disposed between respective tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad; and threads 51 that are provided on an back facing surface 41 disposed so as to oppose the back surface of the turbine wheel 24, the back surface being on the axially opposite side from the turbine blade side, and the linear parts extending from starting points 51a near the tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad toward the rotating shaft 14 side so as to control the passage of fluid between the back surface and the back facing surface 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Reiko Takashima, Takao Yokoyama, Masaki Tojo
  • Publication number: 20200355118
    Abstract: A turbo cluster gas turbine system includes: at least one combustor configured to combust a fuel to generate a combustion gas; an output turbine configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the at least one combustor; and a plurality of supercharging systems configured to supply compressed air to be supplied to the at least one combustor, wherein each of the supercharging systems includes: a first turbocharger having a rotation shaft formed separately from a rotation shaft of the output turbine and configured to be driven with the combustion gas from the combustor; a first air line for supplying compressed air compressed by a compressor of the first turbocharger to the combustor; and a first combustion gas line for supplying the combustion gas from the combustor to a turbine of the first turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ryo TAKATA, Takao YOKOYAMA, Kenji NAKAMICHI, Shinsuke SATO
  • Patent number: 10781704
    Abstract: When A is a flow-path cross-sectional area of the scroll part, and R is a distance from a centroid of a flow-path cross-section of the scroll part to a rotational axis of the turbine rotor blade, the scroll part is configured so that a first graph, having a horizontal axis representing an angular position ? in a circumferential direction of the scroll part and a vertical axis representing ratio A/R of the flow-path cross-sectional area A to the distance R, at least partially has a concave distribution. The scroll part includes a first section belonging to a first angular range in the circumferential direction, and a second section belonging to a second angular range downstream of the first angular range in the circumferential direction and having a smaller throat width than a throat width of the first section in an axial direction of the turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Makoto Ozaki, Takao Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200291847
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a connection section and a body section. The connection section extends from an outlet of turbine rotor blades. The body section is connected to an end of the connection section on a downstream side and has a larger flow passage sectional area than the connection section. The shape of the flow passage sectional surface of the connection section is formed into a circle at an outlet of the turbine rotor blades and is formed into an ellipse at an inlet of the body section. The shape of the flow passage sectional surface of the connection section is further formed to be gradually enlarged in a long-axis direction of the ellipse from the outlet of the turbine rotor blades toward the inlet of the body section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru HOSHI, Reiko TAKASHIMA, Takao YOKOYAMA