Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Iwasa
Yukihiro Iwasa 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).
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Publication number: 20230332515Abstract: Provided is a supercharge including: an impeller; a scroll casing formed so as to surround the outer circumferential side of the impeller; a bearing casing arranged adjacent to the scroll casing; and coupling part that couples the scroll casing and the bearing casing to each other, the coupling part has a fastening bolt and a fastening bolt, a plurality of through holes are formed spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction in the bearing casing, the scroll casing and the bearing casing are coupled to each other with a plurality of fastening bolt and a plurality of fastening bolt being inserted in the plurality of through hole, and the fastening bolt has higher tensile strength than the fastening bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Yamashita, Taiji Tezuka, Kenji Yagi, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshikazu Ito, Shingo Kanazawa
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Patent number: 11732607Abstract: Provided is a bearing structure that can support a rotary shaft with a small number of components. The bearing structure includes: a cylindrical sleeve (32) provided so as to surround the outer circumference of a rotary shaft (4) that rotates about a center axis line (CL) and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (4); thrust collars (34a, 34b) provided so as to abut against both ends in the center axis line (CL) direction of the cylindrical sleeve (32), respectively, having a larger diameter than the cylindrical sleeve (32), and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (4); and a compressor-side journal bearing (12) arranged on the outer circumference side of the cylindrical sleeve (32) and between the thrust collars (34a, 34b).Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
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Publication number: 20230167852Abstract: Provided is a journal bearing structure including: a journal bearing that supports a rotary shaft by an inner circumferential surface; and a bearing housing that holds an outer circumferential surface of the journal bearing by the inner circumferential surface, the journal bearing has an oil supply hole through which the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface communicate with each other, the bearing housing has an oil supply hole opened to an inner circumferential surface, and an oil supply groove extending in a circumferential direction about an axis line and configured to guide a lubricant discharged from the oil supply hole to the oil supply hole is formed in the inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yano, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa
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Patent number: 11415021Abstract: A bearing device includes: a bearing housing; a floating metal having a cylindrical shape and disposed in a housing hole of the bearing housing and in which a rotational shaft is inserted; and a positioning pin for positioning the floating metal with respect to the bearing housing, the positioning pin being disposed along a radial direction of the rotational shaft. The positioning pin includes a first oil supply hole formed so as to penetrate the positioning pin and communicating with a first space between an inner peripheral surface of the floating metal and an outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft, and a second oil supply hole formed inside the positioning pin so as to connect a second space to the first oil supply hole, the second space being disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the floating metal and an inner peripheral surface of the housing hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
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Patent number: 11359647Abstract: A compression device includes a centrifugal compressor and a silencer. The centrifugal compressor includes a compressor assembly bolt fastening an inlet side of an inlet guide to a scroll casing. The silencer includes: a first side wall extending in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of an impeller; an annular second side wall provided between the first side wall and the centrifugal compressor and surrounding the rotational axis; at least one silencer element provided in an ambient-air introduction space formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for guiding an ambient air to the inlet guide; and a silencer assembly bolt extending from the first side wall to the scroll casing in a direction along the rotational axis of the impeller and fastening the first side wall, the second side wall, and the scroll casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
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Publication number: 20220127972Abstract: Provided is a bearing structure that can support a rotary shaft with a small number of components. The bearing structure includes: a cylindrical sleeve (32) provided so as to surround the outer circumference of a rotary shaft (4) that rotates about a center axis line (CL) and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (4); thrust collars (34a, 34b) provided so as to abut against both ends in the center axis line (CL) direction of the cylindrical sleeve (32), respectively, having a larger diameter than the cylindrical sleeve (32), and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (4); and a compressor-side journal bearing (12) arranged on the outer circumference side of the cylindrical sleeve (32) and between the thrust collars (34a, 34b).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
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Patent number: 11199201Abstract: An impeller back surface cooling structure for cooling a back surface of a compressor impeller of a supercharger includes: a first member facing a back surface of a compressor impeller via a gap; and a second member extending in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller and forming, between the first member and the second member, a cooling passage through which a cooling medium being a liquid flows.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Koichi Sugimoto, Fumito Hiratani, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshihisa Ono
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Publication number: 20210231029Abstract: A bearing device includes: a bearing housing; a floating metal having a cylindrical shape and disposed in a housing hole of the bearing housing and in which a rotational shaft is inserted; and a positioning pin for positioning the floating metal with respect to the bearing housing, the positioning pin being disposed along a radial direction of the rotational shaft. The positioning pin includes a first oil supply hole formed so as to penetrate the positioning pin and communicating with a first space between an inner peripheral surface of the floating metal and an outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft, and a second oil supply hole formed inside the positioning pin so as to connect a second space to the first oil supply hole, the second space being disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the floating metal and an inner peripheral surface of the housing hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
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Rotary machine state observation device, rotary machine, and rotary machine state observation method
Patent number: 10648477Abstract: A state observation device (30) uses an ADC (37) to digitize a detection signal from a gap sensor (21) at a low-speed sampling period and uses a separation unit (38) to separate the digitized detection signal into vane detection signals considered to be for the detection of a vane of a compressor impeller and non-vane detection signals considered not to be for the detection of a vane. Further, the determination unit (39) extracts a vane peak detection signal considered to be for a vane peak by comparing a vane detection signal with vane detection signals corresponding to other vanes and non-vane detection signals, and a shaft vibration and tip clearance are determined as states of the compressor impeller on the basis of the extracted vane peak detection signal. Thus, the state observation device (30) is capable of observing the state of a rotary machine without carrying out high-speed sampling.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Shinji Ogawa, Koichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Iwasa -
Publication number: 20180223871Abstract: A compression device includes a centrifugal compressor and a silencer. The centrifugal compressor includes a compressor assembly bolt fastening an inlet side of an inlet guide to a scroll casing. The silencer includes: a first side wall extending in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of an impeller; an annular second side wall provided between the first side wall and the centrifugal compressor and surrounding the rotational axis; at least one silencer element provided in an ambient-air introduction space formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for guiding an ambient air to the inlet guide; and a silencer assembly bolt extending from the first side wall to the scroll casing in a direction along the rotational axis of the impeller and fastening the first side wall, the second side wall, and the scroll casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
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Publication number: 20180216633Abstract: An impeller back surface cooling structure for cooling a back surface of a compressor impeller of a supercharger includes: a first member facing a back surface of a compressor impeller via a gap; and a second member extending in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller and forming, between the first member and the second member, a cooling passage through which a cooling medium being a liquid flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Koichi Sugimoto, Fumito Hiratani, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshihisa Ono
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ROTARY MACHINE STATE OBSERVATION DEVICE, ROTARY MACHINE, AND ROTARY MACHINE STATE OBSERVATION METHOD
Publication number: 20170342993Abstract: A state observation device (30) uses an ADC (37) to digitize a detection signal from a gap sensor (21) at a low-speed sampling period and uses a separation unit (38) to separate the digitized detection signal into vane detection signals considered to be for the detection of a vane of a compressor impeller and non-vane detection signals considered not to be for the detection of a vane. Further, the determination unit (39) extracts a vane peak detection signal considered to be for a vane peak by comparing a vane detection signal with vane detection signals corresponding to other vanes and non-vane detection signals, and a shaft vibration and tip clearance are determined as states of the compressor impeller on the basis of the extracted vane peak detection signal. Thus, the state observation device (30) is capable of observing the state of a rotary machine without carrying out high-speed sampling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Shinji Ogawa, Koichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Iwasa