IP Library Granted Patent US 12,338,932
Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,932 · App. 18/289,184 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Pipe branching device and compressor

Inventors: Hironori Honda (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhito Oka (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
F16L41/02F04D17/10F04D29/4206
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Patent No.
US 12,338,932
App. No.
18/289,184
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This pipe branching device is provided with a main pipe and a branch pipe branching off from the main pipe. The main pipe includes a first pipe and a second pipe fitted into the first pipe in an axial direction of the first pipe. A chamber communicating with the branch pipe is provided between the first pipe and the second pipe. A flow path communicating with the chamber from the inside of the second pipe is provided.

Claims (34)

1. A pipe branching device comprising:

a main pipe; and

a branch pipe that branches off from the main pipe,

wherein the main pipe includes a first pipe and a second pipe that is fitted to the first pipe in an axial direction of the first pipe,

a chamber that communicates with the branch pipe is provided between the first pipe and the second pipe, and

a flow channel that communicates with the chamber is provided from an inside of the second pipe,

wherein the flow channel is defined by

an expansion portion that is provided at any one of the first pipe and the second pipe and that expands toward the other, and

an inclined portion that is provided at an end portion of the other of the first pipe and the second pipe and that has a thickness decreasing toward the expansion portion,

wherein an abutment part that abuts against the expansion portion is provided at a position of the end portion which is different from the inclined portion in a circumferential direction.

2. The pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inclined portion is provided on an entire periphery of the end portion in a circumferential direction.

3. The pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a branching position of the branch pipe is provided on an upstream side of the flow channel in a flowing direction of a main flow flowing in the main pipe.

4. The pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a flow channel sectional area of the flow channel is the same as a flow channel sectional area of the branch pipe.

5. The pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flow channel is a hole or a slit provided in the second pipe.

6. A compressor comprising:

the pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second pipe is an outlet pipe.

7. A compressor comprising:

the pipe branching device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second pipe is an inlet pipe.

8. A pipe branching device comprising:

a main pipe; and

a branch pipe that branches off from the main pipe,

wherein the main pipe includes a first pipe and a second pipe that is fitted to the first pipe in an axial direction of the first pipe,

a chamber that communicates with the branch pipe is provided between the first pipe and the second pipe, and

a flow channel that communicates with the chamber is provided from an inside of the second pipe,

wherein the first pipe has

an outer periphery-side end portion that is provided on an outer side of the second pipe and to which the second pipe is fitted, and

an inner periphery-side end portion that is provided on an inner side of the second pipe and that configures a double pipe together with the outer periphery-side end portion, and

the flow channel is a hole or a slit provided in the inner periphery-side end portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2023
From: HONDA, HIRONORI; OKA, NOBUHITO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-100383 · Jun 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240369168A1 · Nov 7, 2024
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