Patents by Inventor Takashi NAMBU

Takashi NAMBU 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: 20170276233
    Abstract: An oil-drain device for a thrust bearing includes: a rotor shaft; a collar member mounted to an outer periphery of the rotor shaft; a thrust bearing supporting the rotor shaft in an axial direction; and an oil-drain space forming member defining an oil-drain space through which lubricant oil leaking from a sliding portion of the thrust bearing flows, between the thrust bearing and the oil-drain space forming member. The oil-drain space includes: an oil-drain channel defined between a first end surface of the thrust bearing and a first end surface of the oil-drain space forming member, surrounding the flange portion of the collar member; and an oil-drain port formed below the oil-drain channel, for discharging the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel outside the oil-drain space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadasuke NISHIOKA, Yosuke DANMOTO, Isao TOMITA, Takashi NAMBU, Yoji AKIYAMA, Yuya KOJIMA, Tatsuya ISHIZAKI, Seigi YANO, Takaya FUTAE, Motoki EBISU
  • Publication number: 20170211616
    Abstract: A rotary machine is provided with: a flange section protruding in the radial direction of a rotating shaft which rotates about an axis and rotating together with the rotating shaft; a stationary bush disposed at a distance in the direction of the axis from the flange section, surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, and provided in a housing supporting the rotating shaft so as to be immovable in the direction of the axis relative to the rotating shaft; and a rotation bush which is disposed between the flange section and the stationary bush so as to be sandwiched there between in the direction of the axis, covers the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, and is rotatable relative to the rotating shaft and the housing while floating in fluid. The rotation bush has, on the surface thereof which faces the direction of the axis, a land surface and a tapered surface which is continuous with the land surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya KOJIMA, Tadasuke NISHIOKA, Takaya FUTAE, Motoki EBISU, Takashi NAMBU
  • Publication number: 20170009810
    Abstract: An object is to provide a floating bush bearing device including a circumferential groove over the entire circumference of an outer peripheral surface of a floating bush while ensuring that a pressing force is applied by lubricant oil to the floating bush to reduce oscillation, as well as a turbocharger provided with the bearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Tadasuke NISHIOKA, Takashi NAMBU, Noriyuki HAYASHI, Hiroshi SUZUKI