Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230135302
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a rotation shaft which is allowed to rotate around an axis; an impeller which is configured to pressure-feed a fluid from one side in an axial direction toward an outside in a radial direction by rotating together with the rotation shaft; a casing surrounding the rotation shaft and the impeller and in which an exit flow path guiding the fluid pressure-fed from the impeller is formed; and an acoustic liner which is installed to face an inside of the exit flow path in the casing. The acoustic liner includes: an acoustic space which is formed inside the acoustic liner; an introduction hole communicating the acoustic space with the exit flow path; and a vortex suppressor which is placed in a connection area between the introduction hole and the acoustic space and is configured to suppress vortexes which occur in the connection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Maeta
  • Patent number: 11635002
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor, a casing, a partition plate, and a center guide pin. The center guide pin has a positioning portion. In a state of being attached to a pin attachment portion formed in one of the casing and the partition plate, the positioning portion is disposed in a groove portion formed in the other of the casing and the partition plate. The positioning portion includes a plurality of abutment portions capable of abutting on an inner side surface of the groove portion, around a pin axis. The plurality of abutment portions is formed to have different horizontal distances from the pin axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Terada, Hiroaki Irikawa, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230110900
    Abstract: A laminate shaping method includes: a unit step repeatedly performed, the unit step including a step of forming a laminate shaped portion by laminating metal layers formed of weld beads, and a step of forming a processed side surface by cutting a shaped portion side surface facing a second direction intersecting a first direction, in which, in the step of forming the processed side surface, the shaped portion side surface is cut so that a receiving portion projecting in the second direction with respect to the processed side surface is formed at an uppermost layer of the laminate shaped portion in the first direction, and when the unit step is repeated, in the step of forming the laminate shaped portion, a new metal layer is laminated so as to overlap an upper surface of the receiving portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Sakai, Daisuke Yamauchi, Naoya Hayashida
  • Patent number: 11619143
    Abstract: A gas expander includes a scroll casing, an impeller accommodated in the scroll casing and rotationally driven to a first side in a circumferential direction around a central axis by the gas flowing while expanding from an outside to an inside in a radial direction, a diffuser disposed on a first side in an axial direction with respect to the scroll casing and forming a flow path of the gas discharged from the impeller to the first side in the axial direction and swirling to the first side in the circumferential direction, and a vortex preventer provided in the diffuser, in which the vortex preventer includes a profile rectifying blade portion, which is curved or inclined to a second side in the circumferential direction from the first side toward a second side in the axial direction, at least in a portion of the second side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumihiko Iwata
  • Publication number: 20230099357
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a first shaft that is fixed to the sun gear and is rotatable integrally with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears that mesh with the sun gear and are rotatable about a center line thereof parallel to the axis, an internal gear that includes internal teeth facing inside in a radial direction to mesh with the planetary gears and is rotatable about the axis, a second shaft that extends in the axial direction to be connected to the internal gear and rotates about the axis together with the internal gear, and a reinforcing member that is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the internal gear and is formed in an annular shape of a material having a higher specific strength than that of a material forming the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11613997
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a guide member that is disposed between a first rotor blade row and a second stator vane row to guide a fluid from the first rotor blade row toward the second stator vane row. When seen in a circumferential direction, an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring of the second stator vane row is disposed farther to an inner side in a radial direction than an outer peripheral surface of a platform of the first rotor blade row. The guide member has a guide surface that extends from an outer peripheral surface of a shroud of the first rotor blade row toward an inner peripheral surface of an outer ring of the second stator vane row so as to be inclined toward the inner side in the radial direction as the guide surface approaches a second side from a first side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Koda
  • Patent number: 11614201
    Abstract: A lubricating oil tank includes: a tank casing having an introduction part into which lubricating oil is introduced and a discharge part through which the lubricating oil is discharged; a plurality of receiving parts which are disposed between the introduction part and the discharge part in the tank casing and which is configured to receive the lubricating oil introduced from the introduction part: and a lubricating oil delivery part which is configured to deliver the lubricating oil from one of the plurality of receiving parts to another one of the plurality of receiving parts between the plurality of receiving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Watanabe, Jun Nagashima, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11603858
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compressor includes a step of installing a bundle having an O-ring on an outer peripheral surface inside a lower half casing so that a position of the O-ring in an axial direction coincides with a position of a lower half relief groove, a step of installing an upper half casing having an upper half relief groove on the lower half casing so that a position of the upper half relief groove in the axial direction coincides with the position of the O-ring, and a step of pressing the bundle in the axial direction to move the O-ring to a position away from the lower half relief groove and the upper half relief groove, and bringing the O-ring into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the lower half casing and the inner peripheral surface of the upper half casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Oda, Daisuke Hirata
  • Patent number: 11598406
    Abstract: A phase adjustment system 100 for a geared compressor 1 includes a phase adjustment jig 50 that is to be detachably provided in the geared compressor 1. The geared compressor 1 includes a drive gear 4 fixed to a drive shaft and having a largest outer diameter among a plurality of gears; a driven gear having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the drive gear 4 and meshing with the drive gear 4; and a gear casing accommodating the drive gear 4 and the driven gear. The phase adjustment jig 50 includes a fifth jig gear 66 that meshes with the drive gear 4 in a state where a frame 51 is fixed to the gear casing; and a manually rotatable handle 70 that is configured to rotate the fifth jig gear 66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiji Oohama
  • Patent number: 11598218
    Abstract: The valve device includes: a valve casing that includes a valve casing main body, in which an inlet flow path, an intermediate flow path, and an outlet flow path are formed, and a lid portion that closes an external opening portion formed in the valve casing main body; an intermediate valve seat portion that is detachable from the valve casing main body; a strainer that extends in a direction connecting the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion and is disposed between the lid portion and the intermediate valve seat portion; and an energizing member that is disposed between the strainer and the intermediate valve seat portion and is energized the intermediate valve seat portion toward the valve casing main body. The strainer is disposed with the energizing member pressed toward the valve casing main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishiyama, Yuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11598219
    Abstract: A valve drive device includes a hydraulic cylinder that is configured to drive a regulating valve, an actuator that is configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection pipe through which the hydraulic cylinder with the actuator communicate with each other and the hydraulic oil flows. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder body to which the hydraulic oil is supplied, a piston movable in a central axis direction of the cylinder body by the hydraulic oil supplied to the cylinder body, and a cylinder base on which the cylinder body is placed in a state where the central axis direction is coincident with a vertical direction. The cylinder base has hydraulic oil flow path portion connected to the connection pipe and through which the hydraulic oil flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20230056338
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: an apparatus main body including a base portion that is movable and a liquid supply unit that supplies a liquid to the base portion; a chuck portion connected to the base portion and including an attachment hole that is open outward; and a processing tool detachably mounted on the chuck portion. The processing tool includes a cylinder fitted into and held by the attachment hole, a drive unit disposed inside the cylinder and including a rotating body to be rotated around a central axis by the liquid introduced from the liquid supply unit via the base portion, a rotary shaft protruding outward from an inside of the cylinder along the central axis to rotate integrally with the rotating body, and a tool portion connected to a tip of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tazawa, Masaki Shiwaki
  • Patent number: 11572881
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a compressor including a rotary shaft, an impeller, and a casing, a motor including a motor rotor disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft, and a coupling shaft coupling the motor rotor to the rotary shaft. The compressor includes a compressor bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, and a compressor connecting hub that is fixed to the rotary shaft at a position where the compressor connecting hub overlaps the compressor bearing in the axial direction and at a position on an inner side in the radial direction. The coupling shaft is allowed to alleviate misalignment with the compressor connecting hub. The compressor bearing rotatably supports an outer peripheral surface of the compressor connecting hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11572887
    Abstract: A compressor has a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of impellers that include a disk having a solid structure having a buried center, and are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of bolts for fixing the plurality of impellers together. The disk has a disk surface facing the axial direction and a bolt hole penetrating the disk at a position deviated outward from an axis in a radial direction. The disk surface includes a contact surface of which at least a part is located outside the bolt hole in the radial direction, and a non-contact surface which is a region inside the contact surface in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11572888
    Abstract: The impeller of a rotating machine according to at least one embodiment of the present discloser is provided with: a disc; a cover disposed on an opposite side of a radial passage from the disc in an axial direction; and a blade disposed between the disc and the cover. In a dimensionless position along a camber line of the blade when the position of a leading edge of the blade is defined as 0 and the position of a trailing edge of the blade is defined as 1, a position where an angle difference between a first blade angle at a disc-side end portion of the blade and a second blade angle at a cover-side end portion of the blade is maximum is in a range of 0.5 or more and 1 or less. The first blade angle is ?10 degrees or more and 0 degrees or less at the position where the angle difference is maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Noriyuki Okada, Chihiro Myoren, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shuichi Yamashita, Jo Masutani, Hirofumi Higuchi, Takashi Oda
  • Patent number: 11566636
    Abstract: A suspending tool includes a suspending tool main body that extends to be parallel with an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of bearing supporting portions that are disposed at an interval in the axial direction and are detachable from the bearing portions, a pair of seal supporting portions that are disposed inside the pair of bearing supporting portions in the axial direction at an interval in the axial direction and are detachable from the seal portions, and a plurality of diaphragm supporting portions that are disposed inside the pair of seal supporting portions in the axial direction such that the diaphragm supporting portions are disposed at intervals in the axial direction and are detachable from the diaphragms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11560903
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a compression section that is disposed between the pair of radial bearings in a casing and compresses a fluid, an expansion section that is disposed side by side with the compression section and expands the fluid, and a thrust bearing that is disposed at a position close to a first end portion or a second end portion of a rotary shaft in an axial direction with respect to the compression section and the expansion section. Among a compression section suction port, a compression section discharge port, an expansion section suction port, and an expansion section discharge port, the compression section suction port is disposed at a position closest to the first end portion in the axial direction, and the expansion section discharge port is disposed at a position closest to the second end portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideki Nagao, Hiroyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11555757
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes a process data acquisition unit configured to acquire process data indicating an operation condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, a shaft vibration value acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value of a shaft vibration value of the rotating shaft under the operation condition indicated by the process data, a determination model configured to determine a normal value of the shaft vibration value according to the operation condition created on the basis of the shaft vibration value measured during an operation of the machine and the shaft vibration value calculated on the basis of a predetermined shaft vibration calculation model, and a monitoring unit configured to evaluate the measurement value of the shaft vibration value on the basis of the process data, the measurement value of the shaft vibration value, and the determination model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Saburi, Ryoji Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20220412366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor system including a plurality of compressor trains each including a gas turbine and a compression part including a compressor driven by the gas turbine, and a fluid feeding part for distributing a fluid fed from one fluid source to each of the compressors in the plurality of compressor trains. The gas turbine includes a gas turbine compressor for compressing air, a combustor for generating a combustion gas, a high-pressure turbine including a high-pressure turbine rotor mechanically coupled to a compressor rotor, and a low-pressure turbine including a low-pressure turbine rotor disposed away from the high-pressure turbine rotor. The plurality of compressor trains can be operated in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keizo Yoneda, Takeshi Hataya, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Patent number: 11536291
    Abstract: A rotor hanging tool includes a beam extending in parallel to an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of ring support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, and attachable to and detachable from a support ring, a pair of rotor support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, attachable to and detachable from the rotor main body at positions different from the ring support portions in the axial direction, and respectively supporting the rotor main body from below, and a vertical position adjustment unit for adjusting a position of each of the rotor support portions in a vertical direction with respect to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Kono, Akinori Tasaki