Patents by Inventor Yasutada Tanabe

Yasutada Tanabe 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: 11591077
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration control system for a compound helicopter with a rotor and a fixed wing. The fixed wing includes a movable flap that is mounted on a rear edge of the fixed wing. The vibration control system periodically moves the movable flap so as to periodically change lift of the fixed wing such that vibration aerodynamically generated by the fixed wing is in anti-phase with vibration caused by rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Wataru Kobayashi, Hirotaka Hayashi, Mizuki Nakamura, Masafumi Sasaki, Yasutada Tanabe, Noboru Kobiki, Hideaki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11214364
    Abstract: A main rotor blade 1, which is the main rotor blade 1 for a high-velocity helicopter, includes: a blade root part 10 having a length of 30% or more of a rotor radius R; and a blade main body 20 continuous with the blade root part 10. Preferably, a cross-sectional shape of the blade root part 10 satisfies (x/a)m+(y/b)m=1 and a>b, where m: arbitrary number, x: chord length direction, and y: blade thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugiura, Yasutada Tanabe, Noboru Kobiki, Takashi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20210371092
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration control system for a compound helicopter with a rotor and a fixed wing. The fixed wing includes a movable flap that is mounted on a rear edge of the fixed wing. The vibration control system periodically moves the movable flap so as to periodically change lift of the fixed wing such that vibration aerodynamically generated by the fixed wing is in anti-phase with vibration caused by rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru KOBAYASHI, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Mizuki NAKAMURA, Masafumi SASAKI, Yasutada TANABE, Noboru KOBIKI, Hideaki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20210371091
    Abstract: Provided is a flight efficiency improving system for a compound helicopter with a rotor and fixed wings. In forward flight of the compound helicopter, the flight efficiency improving system does not perform a cyclic pitch control of the rotor so as to allow a difference in lift generated by the rotor between an advancing side and a retreating side of the rotor, or the flight efficiency improving system performs the cyclic pitch control to an extent that does not completely eliminate the difference. The fixed wings are provided respectively on left and right sides of a body and are asymmetric to each other so that influence of an aerodynamic interference between the rotor and the fixed wings is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru KOBAYASHI, Hirotaka Hayashi, Mizuki Nakamura, Masafumi Sasaki, Yasutada Tanabe, Noboru Kobiki
  • Publication number: 20210094681
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a main rotor blade for a helicopter such as a main blade type helicopter, which may reduce a drag coefficient during high-velocity forward flight and which provides easy control. It is an object of the present invention to provide a helicopter including such a main rotor blade. [Solving Means] A main rotor blade 1, which is the main rotor blade 1 for a high-velocity helicopter, includes: a blade root part 10 having a length of 30% or more of a rotor radius R; and a blade main body 20 continuous with the blade root part 10. Preferably, a cross-sectional shape of the blade root part 10 satisfies (x/a)m+(y/b)m=1 and a>b, where m: arbitrary number, x: chord length direction, and y: blade thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiko SUGIURA, Yasutada TANABE, Noboru KOBIKI, Takashi AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 7980510
    Abstract: A small unmanned airplane includes; a main wing having a camber airfoil whose under surface is approximately flat, narrowing in the shape of taper to a blade tip, leading edge of which holds sweepback angle, of flying wing type which has an aerodynamic surface of tailless wing type and is low aspect ratio; movable flaps extending approximately extreme breadth in trailing edge part of both left and right sides of the main wing, having a dihedral angle at least in level flight; vertical stabilizers placed at blade tips of left and right of the main wing; and two propellers installed on the top surface of the main wing. This can materialize miniaturization and weight saving of a small unmanned airplane for individual carrying capability and for suitability for such as lift-off by hand throw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kawada Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasutada Tanabe, Chiharu Totsuka, Takeshi Akasaka, Masato Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7757991
    Abstract: In a blade vortex interaction (BVI) noise reduction system for a helicopter a rotor blade, a tab is movable via an actuator from a first position, wherein the tab is within the blade, to a second position, wherein the tab extends outwardly from a trailing edge of the rotor blade. The actuator is operated so that the tab advances and retreats in response to rotating timing of the rotor blade, to reduce the BVI noise of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Kawada Industries, Inc., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Yasutada Tanabe, Takeshi Akasaka, Shigeru Saito, Noboru Kobiki
  • Publication number: 20100044505
    Abstract: The present method is characterized by providing the rotor blade with a tab 3, which can advance and retreat with respect to rear of rotating direction of the rotor blade between a position where the tab protrudes from a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a position where the tab does not, and providing an actuator 4, which advances and retreats the tab 3, and operating the actuator 4 so that the tab advances and retreats in response to rotating timing of the rotor blade 2, when reducing the BVI noise of the rotor blade of a helicopter. Thus, the BVI noise of a helicopter can be reduced effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yasutada Tanabe, Takeshi Akasaka, Shigeru Saito, Noboru Kobiki
  • Publication number: 20080237395
    Abstract: The present method is characterized by providing the rotor blade with a tab 3, which can advance and retreat with respect to rear of rotating direction of the rotor blade between a position where the tab protrudes from a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a position where the tab does not, and providing an actuator 4, which advances and retreats the tab 3, and operating the actuator 4 so that the tab advances and retreats in response to rotating timing of the rotor blade 2, when reducing the BVI noise of the rotor blade of a helicopter. Thus, the BVI noise of a helicopter can be reduced effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Yasutada Tanabe, Takeshi Akasaka, Shigeru Saito, Noboru Kobiki
  • Publication number: 20070063096
    Abstract: A small unmanned airplane includes; a main wing having a camber airfoil whose under surface is approximately flat, narrowing in the shape of taper to a blade tip, leading edge of which holds sweepback angle, of flying wing type which has an aerodynamic surface of tailless wing type and is low aspect ratio; movable flaps extending approximately extreme breadth in trailing edge part of both left and right sides of the main wing, having a dihedral angle at least in level flight; vertical stabilizers placed at blade tips of left and right of the main wing; and two propellers installed on the top surface of the main wing. This can materialize miniaturization and weight saving of a small unmanned airplane for individual carrying capability and for suitability for such as lift-off by hand throw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yasutada Tanabe, Chiharu Totsuka, Takeshi Akasaka, Masato Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6384594
    Abstract: Through differentiation of input signal Vw from a sensor the angular frequency &ohgr; becomes included in the amplitude component. Through a plurality of differential operations the amplitude including the angular frequency &ohgr; varies, but the time-dependent term becomes equal. Since the amplitude of the signal Vw outputted from the revolution speed sensor 10 is approximately constant, the angular frequency &ohgr; proportional to the revolution speed can be extracted by determining a ratio thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawada Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Uehara, Yasutada Tanabe, Toshiaki Suzuki