Patents by Inventor Takuo ODA

Takuo ODA 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: 11874076
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core according to an embodiment includes: a first header space; a plurality of first layered header passages; a plurality of first communication port rows; and a plurality of first passages. The plurality of first layered header passages are stacked in a perpendicular direction to a reference plane so as to each extend along the reference plane. Each first layered header passage has an open end at a first edge adjacent to the first header space and communicates with the first header space through the open end. The plurality of first communication port rows are arranged in the perpendicular direction so as to correspond to the plurality of first layered header passages, respectively. Each first communication port row is formed by a plurality of first communication ports arranged along the reference plane. The plurality of first passages communicate with any of the first layered header passages through the plurality of first communication ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku Eguchi, Minemasa Omura, Yoichi Uefuji, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Masaya Hatanaka, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda
  • Publication number: 20230349641
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes: a plurality of internal passages; and a header passage communicating with the plurality of internal passages. An inner wall of the header passage has greater surface roughness than passage walls of the plurality of internal passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya HATANAKA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Nobuhide HARA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Takuo ODA, Koichi TANIMOTO, Masashi KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11638957
    Abstract: An additive manufactured object according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first base portion made of a metal, and a plurality of wall portions each having a thickness thinner than the first base portion and provided upright on the first base portion so as to be aligned in a wall thickness direction. A first end portion of each of the wall portions is connected to the first base portion via a first connection portion having a width greater than the thickness of each of the wall portions in the wall thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Hatanaka, Masashi Kitamura, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda, Yoichi Uefuji, Shunsaku Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20230123794
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core according to at least one embodiment is provided with: a core body having a plurality of cavity portions forming a plurality of channels inside the core body; and a header including a header passage communicating with the plurality of channels on at least one end side of the core body. The header passage is at least partially located in a region displaced outward from an arrangement area of the plurality of channels in plan view as viewed from a first extension direction of the plurality of channels. The core body has a body side surface extending along the first extension direction at a position closer to the arrangement area than a portion of the header passage that is farthest outward from the arrangement area in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Yoichi UEFUJI, Nobuhide HARA, Takuo ODA, Masaya HATANAKA, Shunsaku EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230092417
    Abstract: In a header of a heat exchanger core, a header passage includes: at least one radial passage extending along a radial direction, and a plurality of circumferential passages branched from each radial passage and communicating with one or more of the axial passages, respectively. The flow passage area of each radial passage is smaller in a second position than in a first position, where the second position is inward of the first position in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Nobuhide HARA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Masaya HATANAKA, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Takuo ODA
  • Publication number: 20230087617
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes a core formed such that a pair of adjacent passages are folded on top of one another while being adjacent. At least one passage of the pair of adjacent passages has a pair of adjacent passage portions between which the other passage is not interposed in a direction in which the passages lie on top of one another. The core has a heat insulation layer between the pair of passage portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku EGUCHI, Nobuhide HARA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Yoichi UEFUJI, Masaya HATANAKA, Takuo ODA, Koichi TANIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230079473
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid is provided with: a body part which is an additive manufactured body and includes a first passage through which the first fluid flows and a second passage through which the second fluid flows; and a covering part attached to the body part. The body part has a first opening portion of the first passage and a second opening portion of the second passage, and the covering part is attached to the body part so as to cover exposure of the first opening portion and the second opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya HATANAKA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Nobuhide HARA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Takuo ODA, Koichi TANIMOTO, Masashi KITAMURA, Tanehiro SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20230080711
    Abstract: A heat exchanger passage switching device according to an embodiment includes: a communication tube having an internal passage communicating with a heat exchange passage for performing heat exchange inside a heat exchanger, and one or more communication holes communicating with the internal passage; and at least one chamber having an insertion hole into which the communication tube is inserted to slidably support the communication tube inserted in the insertion hole. The communication tube is capable of switching a communication state between the one or more communication holes and the at least one chamber by a relative position of the communication tube to the at least one chamber in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki KANEKO, Nobuhide HARA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Yoichi UEFUJI, Masaya HATANAKA, Koichi TANIMOTO, Toshiyuki ISHIDA, Takuo ODA, Shunsaku EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230074924
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes: a first passage; and a second passage extending along the first passage. At least one of the first passage or the second passage includes a plurality of narrowed portions in which an area of a passage cross section orthogonal to a passage extension direction is minimum, and a plurality of enlarged portions in which the area is maximum. The plurality of narrowed portions and the plurality of enlarged portions are alternately disposed in the passage extension direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi TANIMOTO, Nobuhide HARA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Yoichi UEFUJI, Takuo ODA, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Masaya HATANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230076052
    Abstract: A cleaning method for a heat exchanger is a cleaning method for a heat exchanger which includes a header passage and a plurality of internal passages connected to the header passage, that includes: a step of supplying a cleaning fluid, via the header passage, to some of the plurality of internal passages connected to the header passage, selectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi TANIMOTO, Nobuhide HARA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Yoichi UEFUJI, Takuo ODA, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Masaya HATANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230072688
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes: a first passage row which is formed by a plurality of first passages; a plurality of first dividing walls separating the plurality of first passages from each other; a second passage row which is disposed adjacent to the first passage row and is formed by a plurality of second passages; a plurality of second dividing walls separating the plurality of second passages from each other; and a partition wall located between the first passage row and the second passage row, and separating the plurality of first passages and the plurality of second passages. (a) The partition wall has a greater section modulus in an orthogonal direction than either the first dividing wall or the second partition, or (b) a constituent material of the partition wall has a greater breaking strength than a constituent material of either the first dividing wall or the second dividing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi TANIMOTO, Nobuhide HARA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Yoichi UEFUJI, Takuo ODA, Shunsaku EGUCHI, Masaya HATANAKA, Tatsuya KAMEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230059838
    Abstract: An outer surface of a part of an airframe includes a mixed region in which a first color similar to a color applied to an adjacent region and a second color having a lower absorption rate of sunlight than the first color are mixed in a predetermined color distribution pattern. A reflective material that contributes to an increase in a reflection rate of sunlight is added to a part to which at least the first color is applied in the mixed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiko Suzuta, Toshiyuki Umemoto, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Nobuhide Hara
  • Publication number: 20220412674
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core according to an embodiment includes: a first header space; a plurality of first layered header passages; a plurality of first communication port rows; and a plurality of first passages. The plurality of first layered header passages are stacked in a perpendicular direction to a reference plane so as to each extend along the reference plane. Each first layered header passage has an open end at a first edge adjacent to the first header space and communicates with the first header space through the open end. The plurality of first communication port rows are arranged in the perpendicular direction so as to correspond to the plurality of first layered header passages, respectively. Each first communication port row is formed by a plurality of first communication ports arranged along the reference plane. The plurality of first passages communicate with any of the first layered header passages through the plurality of first communication ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku EGUCHI, Minemasa OMURA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Masaya HATANAKA, Nobuhide HARA, Takuo ODA
  • Publication number: 20220290924
    Abstract: Provided is a technique to achieve equalization of stress in a heat exchange core. The heat exchange core which performs heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid includes a circular first cross-section in which a first flow path group for the first fluid and a second flow path group for the second fluid are positioned. First flow paths included in the first flow path group and second flow paths included in the second flow path group are annularly arranged in the first cross-section. The first flow path group and the second flow path group are concentrically arranged as a whole in the first cross-section. Each of the first flow paths and the second flow paths is divided into a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction of the heat exchange core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsaku EGUCHI, Minemasa OMURA, Takuo ODA
  • Publication number: 20220281001
    Abstract: An additive manufactured object according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first base portion made of a metal, and a plurality of wall portions each having a thickness thinner than the first base portion and provided upright on the first base portion so as to be aligned in a wall thickness direction. A first end portion of each of the wall portions is connected to the first base portion via a first connection portion having a width greater than the thickness of each of the wall portions in the wall thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masaya HATANAKA, Masashi KITAMURA, Hiroyuki NAKAHARAI, Koichi TANIMOTO, Nobuhide HARA, Takuo ODA, Yoichi UEFUJI, Shunsaku EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11286030
    Abstract: To prevent overheating of a structural member such as a pivot bulkhead facing a rear side of a fire wall to maintain the temperature of the structural member at allowable temperature or lower. An aircraft of the present invention includes: a fire wall resistant to flame; a structural member facing a rear side of the fire wall; and a skin surrounding the fire wall and the structural member. The structural member includes a guide member and a heat shielding member. The structural member guides, upward, air existing on the rear side of the fire wall, and the heat shielding member shields the guide member from heat radiated by the fire wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda, Osamu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220034606
    Abstract: A plurality of resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) are disposed adjacent to each other. A first contraction flow portion forming one of the resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) adjacent to each other is in communication with an enlarged diameter portion forming another resistance-imparting portion. First contraction flow portions (32AH to 32DH) forming the resistance-imparting portions (34A to 34E) adjacent to each other are disposed at different positions in a direction in which an outer frame member (31) extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takuo ODA, Tatsuo ISHIGURO, Nobuhide HARA, Yoshiyuki KONDO, Satoshi HIRAOKA, Taichi NAKAMURA, Kenji KIRIHARA, Jiro KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 11047605
    Abstract: An evaporator includes: a vessel having a refrigerant inlet for receiving a refrigerant at a lower part of the vessel, and a refrigerant outlet for discharging the refrigerant in an evaporated state at an upper part of the vessel; and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes disposed so as to extend inside the vessel along a longitudinal direction of the vessel, and configured to transfer heat received from a fluid flowing inside the heat-transfer tubes to the refrigerant flowing outside the heat-transfer tubes. The plurality of heat-transfer tubes are disposed so that at least one downward flow passage is defined through the plurality of heat-transfer tubes or around the plurality of heat-transfer tubes, the at least one downward flow passage having a width larger than a representative interval between the plurality of heat-transfer tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Takuo Oda, Yasushi Hasegawa, Naoya Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10926862
    Abstract: Temperature of a structural member is maintained at allowable temperature or less by suppressing heat transfer from a high-temperature duct to the structural member. An insertion sheet according to the present invention is inserted between a flange and a partition panel. The flange is provided on a bleed duct and is fastened to the partition panel. The bleed duct penetrates through a partition wall of an aircraft. The insertion sheet includes first parts and a second part. The first parts are disposed near respective shafts of rivets provided at a plurality of positions of the insertion sheet. The second part extends among the first parts. The first parts bear a load of fastening, and the second part has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hideyuki Kudo, Takuo Oda, Toshiyuki Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20190160526
    Abstract: An industrial equipment includes a cavity configured to store a coolant, and a cooling acceleration device which is accommodated in the cavity and is put in the coolant stored in the cavity. The cooling acceleration device includes a passage formation portion in which a tubular passage extending in a horizontal direction is formed, and an introduction portion configured to introduce molten material dropped into the cavity to the passage formation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Hironori Noguchi, Ling Cheng, Koichi Tanimoto, Takuo Oda, Yoshiteru Komuro