Patents by Inventor Yoji AKIYAMA

Yoji AKIYAMA 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: 11946377
    Abstract: A variable nozzle device 20 for a variable geometry turbocharger includes: a nozzle mount 21; a nozzle plate 22 disposed so as to face the nozzle mount, the nozzle plate forming a nozzle flow passage 4 having an annular shape between the nozzle plate 22 and the nozzle mount 21; and a plurality of variable nozzle vanes 6 disposed at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of the nozzle flow passage 4 so as to be individually rotatable about a pivot axis O2. The nozzle plate 22 includes a first surface 33 facing the nozzle mount 21, a second surface 34 opposite to the first surface 33, and at least one through hole 36 formed through the first surface 33 and the second surface 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin Gupta, Toyotaka Yoshida, Yuya Nakahara, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240087916
    Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus includes a decompressable process container; a supply port configured to supply, to the process container, an ionic liquid that absorbs an oxidizing gas; and a discharge port configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the process container. A recess is provided at a joint portion between members constituting the process container. The supply port is configured to supply the ionic liquid to the recess, and the discharge port is configured to discharge the ionic liquid supplied to the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hirokazu UEDA, Yoji IIZUKA, Mitsuaki IWASHITA, Antonio ROTONDARO, Dipak ARYAL, Takeo NAKANO, Ryuichi ASAKO, Kenji SEKIGUCHI, Koji AKIYAMA, Naoki UMESHITA, Takashi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230313696
    Abstract: A nozzle component according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is a nozzle component included in a variable nozzle mechanism of a variable geometry turbocharger. The nozzle component is composed of an iron-based alloy and satisfying the following relational expression: 6.6×A+B?8.0, where A is a total value (mass %) of carbon content and nitrogen content, and B is a total value (mass %) of 0.5 times tungsten content and molybdenum content. The total value B is 1.5 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya NAKAHARA, Yosuke DANMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11753960
    Abstract: A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a fin disposed on at least one of a pressure surface or a suction surface of the nozzle vane body and disposed within a range of 0.6L from a trailing edge of the nozzle vane body, where L refers to a chord length of the nozzle vane body. The fin satisfies a relationship of 0.3L?X, where X refers to a length of the fin along a chord direction of the nozzle vane body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin Gupta, Toyotaka Yoshida, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Jain Sambhav
  • Patent number: 11713709
    Abstract: A nozzle device according to some embodiments includes an annular nozzle plate, an annular nozzle mount defining a nozzle flow passage between the nozzle mount and one surface of the nozzle plate, at least one nozzle support coupling the nozzle plate and the nozzle mount, and fixed to at least the nozzle plate by caulking, and at least one nozzle vane supported between the nozzle plate and the nozzle mount. The nozzle plate has a through hole into which an end portion of the at least one nozzle support is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Sakamoto, Eigo Katou, Tsuyoshi Sakurai, Shigeyoshi Sakuma, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20230050463
    Abstract: A variable nozzle device 20 for a variable geometry turbocharger includes: a nozzle mount 21; a nozzle plate 22 disposed so as to face the nozzle mount, the nozzle plate forming a nozzle flow passage 4 having an annular shape between the nozzle plate 22 and the nozzle mount 21; and a plurality of variable nozzle vanes 6 disposed at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of the nozzle flow passage 4 so as to be individually rotatable about a pivot axis 02. The nozzle plate 22 includes a first surface 33 facing the nozzle mount 21, a second surface 34 opposite to the first surface 33, and at least one through hole 36 formed through the first surface 33 and the second surface 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin GUPTA, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Yuya NAKAHARA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11572894
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kanzaka, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Takao Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11506114
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbocharger (100) includes a bearing housing (10) including a bearing-housing side support portion (40) configured to support a radially outer portion (38) of a nozzle mount (16) from a side opposite to a scroll flow passage (4) in an axial direction of a turbine rotor (2), and wherein at least one of the following condition (a) or (b) is satisfied: (a) the bearing-housing side support portion (40) includes at least one bearing-housing side recess portion (46) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the radially outer portion (38); (b) the radially outer portion (38) of the nozzle mount (16) includes at least one nozzle-mount side recess portion (62) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the bearing-housing side support portion (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Sakamoto, Yosuke Dammoto, Eigo Katou, Yoji Akiyama, Nariaki Seike, Toyotaka Yoshida, Takeru Chiba
  • Patent number: 11428154
    Abstract: A nozzle vane for a variable geometry turbocharger satisfies 0.45<(Xp/L)?0.60, where L is a chord length of the nozzle vane, and Xp is a distance between a leading edge of the nozzle vane and a rotation center of the nozzle vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin Gupta, Toyotaka Yoshida, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Sambhav Jain
  • Patent number: 11421546
    Abstract: A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a flange portion provided on at least one of a shroud-side end surface or a hub-side end surface of the nozzle vane body, and formed around a center of rotation of the nozzle vane body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Bipin Gupta, Yuki Yamada, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20220178271
    Abstract: A variable displacement exhaust turbocharger according to at least one embodiment comprises: a plurality of nozzle vanes; an annular drive ring; and a lever plate fitted at one end in a groove portion disposed in the drive ring via a connecting pin portion and connected at another end to each nozzle vane. The value of dimensionless slippage S between the groove portion and the connecting pin portion is equal to or less than 0.0016. The dimensionless slippage S is represented by a certain equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya NAKAHARA, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220170414
    Abstract: A nozzle device according to some embodiments includes an annular nozzle plate, an annular nozzle mount defining a nozzle flow passage between the nozzle mount and one surface of the nozzle plate, at least one nozzle support coupling the nozzle plate and the nozzle mount, and fixed to at least the nozzle plate by caulking, and at least one nozzle vane supported between the nozzle plate and the nozzle mount. The nozzle plate has a through hole into which an end portion of the at least one nozzle support is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo SAKAMOTO, Eigo KATOU, Tsuyoshi SAKURAI, Shigeyoshi SAKUMA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11339680
    Abstract: A radial inflow turbine includes a scroll flow passage, a turbine wheel disposed radially inward of the scroll flow passage, a plurality of variable nozzle vanes disposed on a flow passage extending from the scroll flow passage toward the turbine wheel, at a radial position between the scroll flow passage and the turbine wheel, a nozzle mount rotatably supporting each of the plurality of variable nozzle vanes, a nozzle plate arranged to face the nozzle mount and forming the flow passage with the nozzle mount, and a swirl generating member disposed, radially outward of the plurality of variable nozzle vanes, on the nozzle plate in a height range which is smaller than that of a vane height of each of the plurality of variable nozzle vanes. A position of an end part of the swirl generating member on a side of the nozzle mount is farther away from the nozzle mount than a position of an end part of each of the plurality of variable nozzle vanes on the side of the nozzle mount in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Bipin Gupta, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11333034
    Abstract: A nozzle vane for a variable geometry turbocharger has an airfoil including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure surface, and a suction surface at least in a center position in a blade height direction. The airfoil satisfies 0?Wmax/L<0.03, where Wmax is a maximum value of a distance from a line segment connecting the trailing edge and a fixed point on the pressure surface at a 40% chord position from the trailing edge toward the leading edge to a given point on the pressure surface between the trailing edge and the fixed point, and L is a length of the line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin Gupta, Toyotaka Yoshida, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Sambhav Jain
  • Publication number: 20220145772
    Abstract: A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a flange portion provided on at least one of a shroud-side end surface or a hub-side end surface of the nozzle vane body, and formed around a center of rotation of the nozzle vane body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Bipin GUPTA, Yuki YAMADA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11313229
    Abstract: A turbine wheel (12) is provided with: a disc (22) provided so as to be capable of rotating about a center axis (C); and a plurality of blades (23) provided to a disc surface (22f) at intervals in a circumferential direction, the blades (23) causing a gas guided in from radially outward leading edges (23f) to be expelled from trailing edges (23r) disposed on one side of each of the blades along the direction of the center axis (C). In each of the blades (23), in an area on one side along the direction of the center axis (C) including the trailing edge (23r), there is provided a concave surface (27) in which a positive-pressure surface (23p) on the rear side in a rotational direction (R) is recessed forward in the rotational direction (R), causing the gas to be dispersed entirely in the radial direction of the blade (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Toru Hoshi, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20220120190
    Abstract: A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a fin disposed on at least one of a pressure surface or a suction surface of the nozzle vane body and disposed within a range of 0.6L from a trailing edge of the nozzle vane body, where L refers to a chord length of the nozzle vane body. The fin satisfies a relationship of 0.3L?X, where X refers to a length of the fin along a chord direction of the nozzle vane body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Bipin GUPTA, Toyotaka YOSHIDA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Yoji AKIYAMA, Jain SAMBHAV
  • Patent number: 11215057
    Abstract: There is provided a turbine wheel includes a plurality of long blades and a plurality of short blades. A trailing edge of each short blade is positioned upstream of a trailing edge of each long blade in an axial direction of the turbine wheel, and at least one of a leading edge of each long blade or a leading edge of each short blade includes an inclined part which is inclined so that a distance to a rotational axis of the turbine wheel decreases toward a hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Yosuke Danmoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11162412
    Abstract: Provided is a casing 21 for an exhaust turbocharger turbine 2, configured so as to house a turbine rotor 23 to be driven by exhaust gas and form a spiral scroll 22 serving as a path for supplying the exhaust gas to the turbine rotor 23, wherein the scroll 22 includes a first region 222a extending from a spiral origin position 222s to a predetermined angle ? and a second region 222b extending from the predetermined angle ? to a spiral end position 222e, with the surface area of an interior wall thereof decreasing from the spiral origin position 222s toward the spiral end position 222e, and the interior wall at the first region 222a has a lower surface roughness than that at the second region 222b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyotaka Yoshida, Bipin Gupta, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11125384
    Abstract: The present invention improves the drainability of lubricating oil at a thrust bearing. The present invention comprises: a rotating shaft; a thrust bearing that is provided to the rotating shaft and restricts the axial-direction movement of the rotating shaft; and an oil reservoir part (20) that has formed therein an oil reservoir space (20a) that is provided to be adjacent to the thrust bearing in the axial direction and to open downward, the oil reservoir space (20a) having formed therein an inclined surface (20aa) that, in a region that is in and below a horizontal plane H that passes through the center of the rotating shaft, protrudes to the thrust bearing side and is inclined along the rotational direction of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD
    Inventors: Yuya Kojima, Takashi Nambu, Yosuke Dammoto, Takaya Futae, Shuichi Isayama, Yoji Akiyama