Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Waki

Yuichiro Waki 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).

  • Publication number: 20100215299
    Abstract: Provided is an oiling nozzle for a thrust bearing, capable of improving the following capability of pads, and achieving a higher bearing pressure of the thrust bearing. An oiling nozzle which is for use in a thrust bearing and is respectively arranged between pads disposed in positions facing the thrust surface of a thrust collar that protrudes radially outward from a rotor shaft, along the circumferential direction, wherein the oiling nozzle comprises: a cylindrical stem; and a rectangular-shaped mainframe whose heightwise middle portions of opposite lateral sides are provided with convex parts each presenting a semicircular disk shape in a plane view, to be fitted into concave parts that are formed in lateral sides of the pads, and whose top portion located on the side opposite to the stem is formed with a plurality of nozzle holes for ejecting lubricating oil that has been supplied from the bottom of the stem toward a space between the thrust collar and the pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Yuichiro Waki, Takashi Nakano, Takaaki Kaikogi
  • Publication number: 20100177999
    Abstract: A rotation shaft supporting structure with which the radial clearance between the bearing surface of an upper tilting pad on which self weight of the rotation shaft does not exert and rotating surface of the journal of the rotation shaft can be adjusted so that a high pressure oil film is formed in the clearance and carryover of lubrication oil from an upstream pad to its adjacent downstream pad is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Yuichiro WAKI, Takashi Nakano, Takaaki Kaikogi
  • Publication number: 20100142870
    Abstract: A journal bearing which can be constructed without leading to decrease in rigidity and increase in size, in which lubrication oil can be supplied to the bearing surfaces of the pads with certainty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Yuichiro WAKI, Takashi Nakano, Takaaki Kaikogi, Motohisa Uesato, Shigetoshi Nakamura