Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo Noda

Yoshitomo Noda 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: 11932506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet stacking device, a counter-ejector, and a carton former and is provided with: a hopper unit that stacks cardboard boxes; feed rollers that feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; a first blower device that blows air from above the hopper unit toward the cardboard box fed by the feed rollers; and a second blower device that blows air between the cardboard box stacked in the hopper unit and the cardboard box fed by the feed roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Yoshitomo Noda, Tomohiro Akaki, Koshi Tanimoto, Hideaki Nagai, Makoto Shimohatsubo
  • Publication number: 20230407916
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a plurality of bearing pads tiltably supporting a rotation shaft which rotates about an axial line, from the outer circumferential side of the rotation shaft, the bearing pads being spaced apart along the circumferential direction; and an oil supply part that supplies oil between the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft and pad surfaces of the bearing pads which face the rotation shaft. The plurality of bearing pads include a first bearing pad that supports the rotation shaft directly below the axial line, and a pair of second bearing pads which sandwich the first bearing pad from the rotation direction. Among the first bearing pad and the second bearing pads, a groove is formed only on the pad surfaces of the second bearing pads so as to extend in the rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yuki KAMEYAMA, Yoshitomo NODA
  • Patent number: 11795997
    Abstract: A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Takuzo Shigihara, Shimpei Yokoyama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Masaya Kawano
  • Patent number: 11698078
    Abstract: On an inner circumferential surface (25a) of a housing (25) opposed to an outer circumferential surface (37a, 37b) of an outer ring, toward a front side in a rotation direction (B) of a rotation shaft (21), a first groove (41H, 41I) is formed as a groove portion for guiding an oil (39) in a direction toward a first oil supply hole (41D, 41E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Kengo Imaoka, Yukiho Ishida
  • Publication number: 20230213060
    Abstract: Provided are a journal bearing and a rotary machine, including: a housing that has an annular shape and is disposed around a rotating shaft; a plurality of bearing pads that are disposed between the housing and the rotating shaft to be spaced from each other at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the housing; and a support that supports at least one end of each bearing pad in the axial direction of the rotating shaft to allow the each bearing pad to swing in the housing about an axis serving as a fulcrum in parallel to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Yoshitomo NODA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Takuzo SHIGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230053136
    Abstract: A turbocharger is provided with: a rotational shaft; a rolling bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft; an oil film damper disposed radially outward of an outer ring of the rolling bearing; and a housing having a first axial retaining portion and a second axial retaining portion, disposed adjacent to both ends of the oil film damper in the axial direction, respectively, for restricting movement of the outer ring in the axial direction. An axial end surface of the outer ring, or a facing surface of the first axial retaining portion or the second axial retaining portion facing the axial end surface of the outer ring has: a coefficient of static friction smaller than that of a portion of the housing excluding the first axial retaining portion and the second axial retaining portion; or has a recess where oil of the oil film damper can enter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo NODA, Takuya ARAKAWA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Shuichi ISAYAMA, Hiroaki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220316523
    Abstract: A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshitomo NODA, Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Shimpei YOKOYAMA, Chihiro YOSHIMINE, Masaya KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20220315183
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion; a shroud having an inside surface with a diameter decreasing from an upstream side toward a downstream side, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller and including a rotor having a ring-like shape fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and fixed in the shroud, in which a plurality of the propellers are provided to be spaced apart in the axis direction, the motors are provided in an identical number to the propellers to correspond to each of the propellers, and of a plurality of motors, the rotor of the motor positioned more on the downstr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220315184
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a first propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a second propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud on the downstream side of the first propeller; an outer periphery driving motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the first propeller; and an inner periphery driving motor provided in the shaft portion and configured to rotationally drive the second propeller in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the first propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220315181
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion, and forming a flow path between the shroud and the shaft portion, the flow path having one side in the axis direction serving as an upstream side and another side in the axis direction serving as a downstream side; a propeller provided rotatably around the axis between the shaft portion and the shroud; a motor provided in the shroud and configured to rotationally drive the propeller; and a bearing apparatus provided only to the shaft portion, out of the shroud and the shaft portion, and rotationally supporting the propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Takuzo SHIGIHARA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220315185
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion and having a diameter decreasing from an upstream side on one side in the axis direction toward a downstream side on another side in the axis direction, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller, the motor including a rotor having a ring-like shape and being fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and being fixed in the shroud, in which the motor is a conical motor in which diameters of the rotor and the stator decrease from the upstream side toward the downstrea
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Shinichi ISOBE, Wataru YAMADA, Takehiko NISHIDA, Takuyoshi YAMADA, Kazuki HOSONO, Yoshitomo NODA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Yuichi SEKINE
  • Patent number: 11415050
    Abstract: A contamination removing device for removing a contamination from oil for lubricating a rolling bearing supporting a rotary shaft of a turbocharger includes a body portion including an oil channel for the oil to flow, and a contamination removing element for removing the contamination from the oil flowing through the oil channel, the contamination removing element being provided in the oil channel. The body portion is configured to be detachable from the housing so that the oil channel and an oil supply channel for the oil to flow communicate with each other, the oil supply channel being formed in a housing of the turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shigeno, Yoshitomo Noda
  • Publication number: 20220106146
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet stacking device, a counter-ejector, and a carton former and is provided with: a hopper unit that stacks cardboard boxes; feed rollers that feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; a first blower device that blows air from above the hopper unit toward the cardboard box fed by the feed rollers; and a second blower device that blows air between the cardboard box stacked in the hopper unit and the cardboard box fed by the feed roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KANAZAWA, Yoshitomo NODA, Tomohiro AKAKI, Koshi TANIMOTO, Hideaki NAGAI, Makoto SHIMOHATSUBO
  • Patent number: 10954818
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a rotating shaft which extends along an axis; a turbine wheel which is provided on one end side of the rotating shaft; a compressor wheel which is provided on the other end side of the rotating shaft; a rolling bearing which includes an inner race fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, an outer race surrounding the inner race from an outside in a radial direction, and rolling bodies arranged between the inner race and the outer race and rotatably supports the rotating shaft around the axis; a housing which covers the rolling bearing from an outer circumferential side with a gap between the housing and an outer circumferential surface of the rolling bearing; and a plurality of lubricating oil supply lines through which lubricating oil is supplied to different locations in the housing at different state quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Motoki Ebisu, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210025403
    Abstract: On an inner circumferential surface (25a) of a housing (25) opposed to an outer circumferential surface (37a, 37b) of an outer ring, toward a front side in a rotation direction (B) of a rotation shaft (21), a first groove (41H, 41I) is formed as a groove portion for guiding an oil (39) in a direction toward a first oil supply hole (41D, 41E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo NODA, Kengo IMAOKA, Yukiho ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200362755
    Abstract: A contamination removing device for removing a contamination from oil for lubricating a rolling bearing supporting a rotary shaft of a turbocharger includes a body portion including an oil channel for the oil to flow, and a contamination removing element for removing the contamination from the oil flowing through the oil channel, the contamination removing element being provided in the oil channel. The body portion is configured to be detachable from the housing so that the oil channel and an oil supply channel for the oil to flow communicate with each other, the oil supply channel being formed in a housing of the turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori SHIGENO, Yoshitomo NODA
  • Patent number: 10724551
    Abstract: This hydraulic oil tank, which is disposed inside a pod of a power generation system, stores hydraulic oil, wherein the hydraulic oil tank is provided with: a rubber bag for use during oil temperature increases, the rubber bag being attached to a tank wall surface from the inner side, having a first internal space communicated with the exterior through an opening passing through the wall surface, and partitioning the first internal space and the wall surface interior in an elastic manner; and a rubber bag for use during oil temperature decreases, the rubber bag being attached to the wall surface from the outer side, having a second internal space communicated with the wall surface interior through an opening passing through the wall surface, and partitioning the second internal space and the wall surface interior in an elastic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Shin Asano, Yoshitomo Noda, Sho Onodera
  • Patent number: 10683798
    Abstract: The present invention provides a turbocharger including: a rotating shaft; a turbine wheel; a compressor wheel; a rolling bearing including an inner race fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, an outer race surrounding the inner race from the outside in a radial direction, and rolling bodies arranged between the inner and outer races and that supports the rotating shaft to be rotatable about an axis; a housing that covers the rolling bearing from an outer circumferential side via a gap between the housing and an outer circumferential surface of the rolling bearing; and a lubricant supply line configured to supply a lubricant into the housing. The turbocharger includes an operating state detection unit that detects an operating state of the turbocharger and a lubricant regulating unit configured to regulate the flow rate of the lubricant flowing through the lubricant supply line depending on the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Motoki Ebisu, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10626844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic drive train including a check valve provided in a return oil passage disposed between a branching position of a first branching oil passage and a branching position of a second branching oil passage, wherein at the time of starting of startup of the hydraulic drive train, the switching valve is closed, the opening degree of the flow rate adjusting valve is set to the initial opening degree, the on-off valve is opened, the boost pump is driven by the drive motor, and the hydraulic oil is supplied to the hydraulic pump, thereby assisting the rotational speed of the vanes by the hydraulic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Asano, Kensuke Futahashi, Yoshitomo Noda, Kyota Tokuyama, Sho Onodera, Yukihito Okuda
  • Patent number: 10539074
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a rotating shaft which extends along an axial line thereof, a turbine rotor which is provided on one end side of the rotating shaft, a compressor rotor which is provided on the other end side of the rotating shaft, a roller bearing which rotatably supports the rotating shaft around the axis line between the turbine rotor and the compressor rotor, a housing which covers the roller bearing from an outer peripheral side of the roller bearing, and a tubular sleeve which is provided inside the housing, which is disposed on an outer peripheral side of an outer ring of the roller bearing with a gap for holding a lubricant between the sleeve and the outer ring, and at least part of which is formed of a damping material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Noda, Motoki Ebisu