Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Yanamoto

Toshiyuki Yanamoto 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: 10536067
    Abstract: A rotary machine cools a cooling target inside a rotor rotatable around a rotational axis, includes a condenser section disposed outside the rotor and condenses a gas phase cooling medium into a liquid phase cooling medium; an evaporator section disposed inside the rotor, and evaporates the liquid phase cooling medium generated by condensation in the condenser section into the gas phase cooling medium, by heat exchange between the cooling target and the liquid phase cooling medium; and a coupling pipe flows the liquid phase cooling medium and the gas phase cooling medium between the evaporator section and the condenser section, wherein the coupling pipe has a pipe structure in which a liquid phase cooling medium passage flows the liquid phase cooling medium generated by the condensation in the condenser section and a gas phase cooling medium passage flows the gas phase cooling medium generated by evaporation in the evaporator section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yohei Murase, Etsuya Yanase, Toshiyuki Yanamoto, Mitsuru Izumi, Motohiro Miki, Kota Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10476365
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary machine capable of increasing cooling efficiency while preventing an increase in the weight and cost of a rotor even in a case where the diameter of the rotor is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yohei Murase, Etsuya Yanase, Toshiyuki Yanamoto, Mitsuru Izumi, Motohiro Miki, Kota Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190036438
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary machine capable of increasing cooling efficiency while preventing an increase in the weight and cost of a rotor even in a case where the diameter of the rotor is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yohei MURASE, Etsuya YANASE, Toshiyuki YANAMOTO, Mitsuru IZUMI, Motohiro MIKI, Kota YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180248464
    Abstract: A rotary machine cools a cooling target inside a rotor rotatable around a rotational axis, includes a condenser section disposed outside the rotor and condenses a gas phase cooling medium into a liquid phase cooling medium; an evaporator section disposed inside the rotor, and evaporates the liquid phase cooling medium generated by condensation in the condenser section into the gas phase cooling medium, by heat exchange between the cooling target and the liquid phase cooling medium; and a coupling pipe flows the liquid phase cooling medium and the gas phase cooling medium between the evaporator section and the condenser section, wherein the coupling pipe has a pipe structure in which a liquid phase cooling medium passage flows the liquid phase cooling medium generated by the condensation in the condenser section and a gas phase cooling medium passage flows the gas phase cooling medium generated by evaporation in the evaporator section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yohei MURASE, Etsuya YANASE, Toshiyuki YANAMOTO, Mitsuru IZUMI, Motohiro MIKI, Kota YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150299920
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric web (3) is mounted on a three-dimensional molding surface (10) of a molding mold (1), and water is sprayed onto this nonwoven fabric web (3) by a water jet (2). Thus, the nonwoven fabric web (3) is pressed against the molding surface (10), and fibers (32) of the nonwoven fabric web (3) are entangled with each other while the nonwoven fabric web (3) is molded so as to conform to the three-dimensional shape of the molding surface (10), whereby a nonwoven fabric molded product (5) of a three-dimensional shape is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: TAIYO MACHINERY MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki YANAMOTO, Yoshihiro YANAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8156908
    Abstract: An engine of the present invention comprises a valve body configured to open and close ports and formed in a cylinder head, a drive cam mechanism operable in association with a crankshaft by a driving power transmission mechanism, a pivot cam mechanism which is configured to be pivoted according to movement of the drive cam mechanism to cause the valve body to open and close and is configured to change a pivot state to change a lift characteristic of the valve; and a servo motor configured to change the pivot state of the pivot cam mechanism, wherein the servo motor is positioned at one end portion of the pivot cam mechanism such that the servo motor is distant from the driving power transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto
  • Patent number: 8118003
    Abstract: A pivot cam mechanism included in a valve operating system is configured such that a coupling pin is supported at a pivot member in a position closer to a camshaft than a control shaft, and the pivot member and the driven member are integrally pivotable according to the rotation of the drive cam while changing relative attitudes of the driven member and the pivot member. Positions and shapes of the drive cam, the driven member, and the pivot member are designed so that a valve maximum acceleration point at which an acceleration of a valve body is at a maximum is located in a front part of a valve acceleration period in which the acceleration of the valve body has a positive value while the drive cam is rotating once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto
  • Patent number: 7891328
    Abstract: A lubricating system for a valve operating system includes a valve operating system configured to reciprocate a valve for substantially opening and closing a port connected to a combustion chamber of an engine, and an ejecting device provided with an outlet from which a lubricating liquid is ejected. The valve operating system includes a drive cam, a driven member configured to contact the drive cam, a pivot member which is attached to the driven member and is configured to transmit movement of the driven member to the valve, and a relative position changing device configured to change relative positions of the driven member and the pivot member. The outlet of the ejecting device is oriented to face sliding surfaces of the driven member and the drive cam at least in a period which is a part of one rotation of the drive cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto
  • Publication number: 20090241881
    Abstract: A pivot cam mechanism included in a valve operating system is configured such that a coupling pin is supported at a pivot member in a position closer to a camshaft than a control shaft, and the pivot member and the driven member are integrally pivotable according to the rotation of the drive cam while changing relative attitudes of the driven member and the pivot member. Positions and shapes of the drive cam, the driven member, and the pivot member are designed so that a valve maximum acceleration point at which an acceleration of a valve body is at a maximum is located in a front part of a valve acceleration period in which the acceleration of the valve body has a positive value while the drive cam is rotating once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto
  • Publication number: 20090229552
    Abstract: An engine E of the present invention comprises a valve body 53 configured to open and close ports 0A and 20B formed in a cylinder head 20, a drive cam mechanism 50A operable in association with a crankshaft by a driving power transmission mechanism 28, a pivot cam mechanism 48 which is configured to be pivoted according to movement of the drive cam mechanism 50A to cause the valve body 53 to open and close and is configured to change a pivot state to change a lift characteristic of the valve; and a servo motor 73 configured to change the pivot state of the pivot cam mechanism 48, wherein the servo motor 73 is positioned at one end portion of the pivot cam mechanism 48 such that the servo motor 73 is distant from the driving power transmission mechanism 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto
  • Publication number: 20090107435
    Abstract: A lubricating system for a valve operating system includes a valve operating system configured to reciprocate a valve for substantially opening and closing a port connected to a combustion chamber of an engine, and an ejecting device provided with an outlet from which a lubricating liquid is ejected. The valve operating system includes a drive cam, a driven member configured to contact the drive cam, a pivot member which is attached to the driven member and is configured to transmit movement of the driven member to the valve, and a relative position changing device configured to change relative positions of the driven member and the pivot member. The outlet of the ejecting device is oriented to face sliding surfaces of the driven member and the drive cam at least in a period which is a part of one rotation of the drive cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Nishida, Kazuki Nagasawa, Yoshio Watanabe, Yoji Fukami, Toshiyuki Yanamoto