Patents by Inventor Toshiki Kitano

Toshiki Kitano 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: 9239061
    Abstract: A sealing system is equipped with a dry gas seal having a rotating ring positioned between a casing and a rotor shaft and around the circumference of the rotor shaft, and stationary rings provided on the casing with elastic members interposed therebetween and so as to be capable of contacting the orthogonal edge surfaces of the rotating ring that are substantially orthogonal to the rotor shaft; a sealing gas channel having one end connected to a discharge channel, the other end connected so as to connect to a space between the casing and the outer perimeter surface of the rotating ring in the dry gas seal, and having a sealing gas regulating valve provided therein; and a drain gas channel having one end connected so as to connect to the space via a through hole formed in the casing below the rotating ring, and the other end connected to an intake channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kitano, Yasushi Amano
  • Patent number: 9121404
    Abstract: In a capacity-adjustable screw compressor unit, a thrust force caused by a reaction force of gas can be appropriately cancelled by a balance piston. A screw compressor unit of the present invention includes a compressor, having a pair of male and female screw rotors meshing with each other contained in a casing, for compressing sucked gas and discharging it, a balance piston for pressing a rotor shaft acting as a rotating shaft of at least one of the screw rotors in an axial direction by a fluid pressure, a slide valve for adjusting capacity of the compressor, and a balance piston control device for adjusting pressure of a fluid applied on the balance piston according to the capacity of the compressor calculated from a position of the slide valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20130195649
    Abstract: A sealing system is equipped with: a dry gas seal 15 having a rotating ring 16 positioned between a casing 1a and a rotor shaft 11 and around the circumference of the rotor shaft 11, and stationary rings 19, 20 provided on the casing 1a with elastic members 17, 18 interposed therebetween and so as to be capable of contacting the orthogonal edge surfaces of the rotating ring 16 that are substantially orthogonal to the rotor shaft 11; a sealing gas channel 6 having one end connected to a discharge channel 5, the other end connected so as to connect to a space 37 between the casing 1a and the outer perimeter surface 16a of the rotating ring 16 in the dry gas seal 15, and having a sealing gas regulating valve 8 provided therein; and a drain gas channel 26 having one end connected so as to connect to the space 37 via a through hole 35 formed in the casing 1a below the rotating ring 16, and the other end connected to an intake channel 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toshiki Kitano, Yasushi Amano
  • Patent number: 8147231
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a pair of male and female screw rotors which meshes with each other, where a casing storing the pair of screw rotors is divided into a discharge opening neighborhood portion including at least a discharge opening and an other portion other than the discharge opening neighborhood portion, the discharge opening neighborhood portion is configured so as to be removable from the other portion, further, the casing is divided, by two dividing surfaces orthogonal to rotor shafts, into three portions including a rotor casing around the pair of screw rotors, a discharge casing on a side of the discharge opening, and a suction casing on a side of a suction opening, and the discharge opening neighborhood portion is formed by dividing the rotor casing, and is configured so as to be removable from the dividing surface on the side of the discharge opening of a divided rotor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kitano, Yasushi Amano
  • Publication number: 20100008811
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a pair of male and female screw rotors which meshes with each other, where a casing storing the pair of screw rotors is divided into a discharge opening neighborhood portion including at least a discharge opening and an other portion other than the discharge opening neighborhood portion, the discharge opening neighborhood portion is configured so as to be removable from the other portion, further, the casing is divided, by two dividing surfaces orthogonal to rotor shafts, into three portions including a rotor casing around the pair of screw rotors, a discharge casing on a side of the discharge opening, and a suction casing on a side of a suction opening, and the discharge opening neighborhood portion is formed by dividing the rotor casing, and is configured so as to be removable from the dividing surface on the side of the discharge opening of a divided rotor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Toshiki Kitano, Yasushi Amano