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).

  • Publication number: 20230332515
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Yamashita, Taiji Tezuka, Kenji Yagi, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshikazu Ito, Shingo Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 11732607
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20230167852
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yano, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11415021
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11359647
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20220127972
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11199201
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Koichi Sugimoto, Fumito Hiratani, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshihisa Ono
  • Publication number: 20210231029
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiyo Shirakawa, Yasuhiro Wada, Yukihiro Iwasa, Tetsuya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10648477
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Shinji Ogawa, Koichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20180223871
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20180216633
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Koichi Sugimoto, Fumito Hiratani, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yoshihisa Ono
  • Publication number: 20170342993
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi Yoshida, Shinji Ogawa, Koichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Iwasa