Patents by Inventor Takuya OZASA

Takuya OZASA 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: 11268505
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a casing which accommodates an inverter and includes a bottom plate on which a power board of the inverter is mounted and a cooling water passage which is provided in a housing and opens to a bottom plate of the casing. The bottom plate of the casing includes a first surface on which a power board is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A metal plate is buried at a position corresponding to the power board in the bottom plate and a rear surface of the metal plate is exposed to the second surface side and faces the cooling water passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Sasaki, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Kuniaki Iizuka, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto
  • Patent number: 11015618
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor impeller attached to a rotary shaft and a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller. The housing includes a suction portion formed upstream of the compressor impeller and a high pressure part formed on a rear face side of the compressor impeller and having a pressure higher than a pressure in the suction portion during rotation of the compressor impeller. The housing has a discharge passage formed for connecting the high pressure part to a low pressure part including the suction portion and a gas flow path upstream of the suction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto, Takashi Mori
  • Patent number: 10982680
    Abstract: A turbocharger impeller includes: a cylindrical boss portion disposed around a rotary axis; a hub portion connected to the boss portion and extends in a radial direction of the rotary axis; and a blade portion protruding from the boss portion and the hub portion toward a tip end side in the direction of the rotary axis and the radial direction. At least a part of an outer peripheral part of the hub portion in the radial direction or a part of the blade portion is provided with a resin second section and the second section is bonded to an aluminum first section. The turbocharger impeller includes the aluminum first section and the resin second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Tomohisa Okada, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10975878
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary machine including a rotating resinous impeller, a rotary shaft penetrating the impeller, and a fastening portion screwed to the rotary shaft, in which the rotary shaft includes a penetrating shaft portion facing an inner peripheral surface of the impeller, a tip shaft portion screwed to the fastening portion, and a fastening reception portion sandwiching the impeller between the fastening reception portion and the fastening portion, the penetrating shaft portion has a non-circular portion and an outline of a cross section of the non-circular portion orthogonal to a rotational axis deviates from a perfect circle about the rotational axis, and the impeller includes a connecting portion engaging with the non-circular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto
  • Patent number: 10941788
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a rotation shaft, a compressor impeller, a rotor portion, a stator portion, and a motor housing. The motor housing includes an inner housing which includes a first cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the stator portion and an outer housing which includes a second cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the first cylindrical portion of the inner housing. An outer peripheral surface of the stator portion is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion of the inner housing. An outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion is provided with a first groove portion disposed to turn around an axis of the rotation shaft by one turn or more and the first groove portion includes a spiral groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto, Takashi Mori
  • Publication number: 20210054851
    Abstract: A turbocharger impeller includes: a cylindrical boss portion disposed around a rotary axis; a hub portion connected to the boss portion and extends in a radial direction of the rotary axis; and a blade portion protruding from the boss portion and the hub portion toward a tip end side in the direction of the rotary axis and the radial direction. At least a part of an outer peripheral part of the hub portion in the radial direction or a part of the blade portion is provided with a resin second section and the second section is bonded to an aluminum first section. The turbocharger impeller includes the aluminum first section and the resin second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Tomohisa OKADA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Kouta KIMACHI
  • Patent number: 10865687
    Abstract: An exhaust gas energy recovery device includes a power generation device driven by a turbine configured to rotate by an exhaust gas, a switching element connected to the power generation device, a first terminal connected to the power generation device via the switching element and for being connected to a first power storage device, and a second terminal connected to the power generation device and for being connected to a second power storage device, in which a terminal voltage of the first power storage device is lower than a terminal voltage of the second power storage device, and the switching element switches a destination to be charged by the power generation device to either the first power storage device or the second power storage device on the basis of magnitude of a direct current voltage output from the power generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Sasaki, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Kuniaki Iizuka, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto
  • Patent number: 10781823
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a main body portion which is increased in diameter from one side to another side in a rotation axis direction; a thinned portion, which is formed in a back surface of the main body portion so as to be oriented toward the another side in the rotation axis direction, and is recessed toward the one side in the rotation axis direction; a plurality of full blades which are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the main body portion so as to be oriented toward the one side in the rotation axis direction; and a plurality of splitter blades, which are formed on the outer circumferential surface, and have end portions being located on the one side in the rotation axis direction and being positioned on the another side in the rotation axis direction with respect to the full blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki Yoshizaki, Koutarou Itou, Takashi Yoshida, Takuya Ozasa, Kuniaki Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10724426
    Abstract: An electric turbocharger includes an electric motor which rotationally drives a rotating blade, a motor housing which accommodates the electric motor therein, a controller which is disposed outside the motor housing and controls the driving of the electric motor, and a power supply mechanism which supplies a current from the controller to the electric motor through a through-hole communicating the inside and the outside of the motor housing, in which the power supply mechanism includes a rod which is hermetically sealed while being inserted through the through-hole, a connector which is connected to at least one end of the rod, and a busbar which is connected to the connector, and in which the connector absorbs a relative positional displacement of the rod with respect to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Tomohisa Okada, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10727711
    Abstract: A motor rotor is configured to include a tubular inner sleeve, an annular magnet mounted on the outside of the inner sleeve in a radial direction of the inner sleeve, and a ring member disposed on the outside of the magnet in an axial direction of the inner sleeve and mounted on the outside of the inner sleeve in the radial direction of the inner sleeve. A linear expansion coefficient of the inner sleeve is higher than the linear expansion coefficient of the magnet. The ring member is mounted on the inner sleeve by shrinkage-fitting, and a gap is provided between the ring member and the magnet in the axial direction of the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Ozasa
  • Patent number: 10662963
    Abstract: A rotary machine is provided with: a bearing that supports a rotary shaft of an impeller; a bearing support part that supports an outer circumference of the bearing; a key groove that is formed in the bearing and the bearing support part and extends along a rotary shaft line direction of the rotary shaft; and a key member that is inserted into the key groove. The bearing support part is provided with an outer regulating part that can contact one end part of the key member inside the key groove. An outer ring of the bearing is provided with an inner regulating part that can contact another end part of the key member inside the key groove. A distance between the outer regulating part and the inner regulating part is longer than a length of the key member in the rotary shaft line direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto, Takashi Mori
  • Publication number: 20200040903
    Abstract: A bearing structure of the present disclosure includes a rotation shaft, a bearing that is attached in a housing to support the rotation shaft with respect to the housing and includes an inner race through which the rotation shaft is inserted and an outer race which includes an annular groove portion formed on an outer peripheral surface facing an inner wall surface of the housing, and an O-ring which is disposed on the groove portion of the outer race of the bearing, protrudes outward in a radial direction in relation to the outer peripheral surface, and comes into contact with the inner wall surface of the housing. A clearance is formed between the inner wall surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the bearing. The clearance is larger than a radial displacement amount of the O-ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Kai llJIMA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Takashi MORI, Yuji SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190345956
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a rotation shaft, a compressor impeller, a rotor portion, a stator portion, and a motor housing. The motor housing includes an inner housing which includes a first cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the stator portion and an outer housing which includes a second cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the first cylindrical portion of the inner housing. An outer peripheral surface of the stator portion is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion of the inner housing. An outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion is provided with a first groove portion disposed to turn around an axis of the rotation shaft by one turn or more and the first groove portion includes a spiral groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Takashi MORI
  • Patent number: 10473110
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor including: a impeller; a wall portion having an opposed surface that is spaced apart from and opposed to a back surface of the impeller; an insertion hole, which is formed in the wall portion, and is configured to receive a shaft inserted into the insertion hole; a bearing, which is provided in the insertion hole or apart from the impeller with respect to the insertion hole, and is configured to axially support the shaft through interposition of grease being a lubricant inside; an electric motor which is provided on a side opposite to the impeller over the wall portion; and an opposed hole, which is formed in the wall portion, is disclosed. The opposed hole has one end opened in the opposed surface and another end opened at a position opposed to a stator of the electric motor on a side opposite to the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Kouta Kimachi
  • Patent number: 10415644
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes rotating shaft supported with respect to an end wall of a housing. The rotary machine includes a bearing that is attached to the rotating shaft and rotatably supports the rotating shaft to the housing, a cylindrical holding portion that is provided in the end wall of the housing and extends in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a cylindrical bearing sleeve that is fixed to the holding portion and surrounds the bearing. The bearing sleeve includes a surrounding portion that surrounds the bearing and a protruding portion that protrudes from the surrounding portion toward the end wall. The protruding portion and the holding portion overlap each other in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the bearing sleeve is fixed to the end wall by fitting the protruding portion into the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Takuya Ozasa, Kouta Kimachi
  • Publication number: 20190257234
    Abstract: An exhaust gas energy recovery device includes a power generation device driven by a turbine configured to rotate by an exhaust gas, a switching element connected to the power generation device, a first terminal connected to the power generation device via the switching element and for being connected to a first power storage device, and a second terminal connected to the power generation device and for being connected to a second power storage device, in which a terminal voltage of the first power storage device is lower than a terminal voltage of the second power storage device, and the switching element switches a destination to be charged by the power generation device to either the first power storage device or the second power storage device on the basis of magnitude of a direct current voltage output from the power generation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji SASAKI, Takashi YOSHIDA, Tatsumi INOMATA, Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takuya OZASA, Ryosuke YUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190226486
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes: a rotary shaft to which a compressor impeller is attached; a stator portion which is disposed around the rotary shaft; and a motor housing which accommodates the stator portion. The motor housing includes an inner housing which includes a first cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the stator portion and an outer housing which includes a second cylindrical portion surrounding and holding the first cylindrical portion of the inner housing. Between an outer surface of the inner housing and an inner surface of the outer housing, a cooling jacket portion is formed in a part of a circumferential direction about the rotary shaft. The inner housing includes a first end wall portion which is formed to be continuous to the first cylindrical portion and extends inward in relation to an outer peripheral portion of the stator portion in a radial direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Takashi MORI
  • Publication number: 20190211845
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor impeller attached to a rotary shaft and a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller. The housing includes a suction portion formed upstream of the compressor impeller and a high pressure part formed on a rear face side of the compressor impeller and having a pressure higher than a pressure in the suction portion during rotation of the compressor impeller. The housing has a discharge passage formed for connecting the high pressure part to a low pressure part including the suction portion and a gas flow path upstream of the suction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Takashi MORI
  • Publication number: 20190207448
    Abstract: A motor rotor of the present disclosure includes an annular magnet, a tubular outer cover member that covers an outer circumferential surface of the magnet, and a different member that is located at a position outside the magnet in an axial direction of the magnet. The magnet includes one or a plurality of first recesses indicating an intermediate position between magnetic poles adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the magnet. The different member includes one or a plurality of second recesses provided in the circumferential direction of the magnet to correspond to positions of the first recesses. In a state in which the outer cover member covers the magnet, the second recesses are disposed at positions visually recognizable from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya OZASA
  • Publication number: 20190195240
    Abstract: Provided is an electric compressor which includes a motor which rotates a rotary shaft of a impeller; a housing which accommodates the motor; a plate attached to the housing mounted with a control circuit configured to drive and control the motor; and a refrigerant flow passage provided between the housing and the plate. At least a part of the refrigerant flow passage is formed by a heat radiation fin provided on at least one of the housing and the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniaki IIZUKA, Takashi YOSHIDA, Yuji SASAKI, Tatsumi INOMATA, Takuya OZASA, Ryosuke YUMOTO, Takashi MORI