Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11927112
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Omura, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Kentaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11926432
    Abstract: This fuel tank dam closes a gap between a first structural component fixed to the inside surface of the outer plate of a fuel tank and a second structural component provided with a cutout part into which the first structural component is inserted. This fuel tank dam includes: a first portion that can be fixed to the first structural component; a second portion that has a surface extending in a direction intersecting with the first portion and can be fixed to the second structural component; and a third portion that has a bellows and is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. This fuel tank dam is configured such that the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are integrated, the bellows has a thickness of 0.381 to 1.524 mm, and the second portion has a thickness of 0.762 to 7.620 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eizaburo Yamaguchi, Tadasuke Kurita, Hajime Tada, Akihiko Hirota, Akihisa Okuda, Kana Sakon
  • Patent number: 11925992
    Abstract: In a method of setting heat-resistant alloy cutting conditions used to set cutting conditions under which a heat-resistant alloy is cut with a cutting tool, the cutting tool has a long shaft mounted on a spindle and extended in the axial direction and teeth formed on the shaft. The cutting conditions include a radial direction cutting amount of the cutting tool in the radial direction. When the radial direction cutting amount in which one tooth is constantly in contact with the heat-resistant alloy is given as a smallest radial direction cutting amount and the radial direction cutting amount in which three or more teeth are not in contact with the heat-resistant alloy is given as a largest radial direction cutting amount, a radial direction cutting amount of the cutting tool is set in the range from the smallest radial direction cutting amount to the largest radial direction cutting amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Eto
  • Patent number: 11920523
    Abstract: A combustion control device including a bleed valve control unit for controlling a bleed valve disposed on a bleed pipe for performing bleeding so that a part of the compressed air flowing into the casing is not used as combustion air in the combustor, a fuel control unit for controlling a fuel regulating valve for regulating a fuel flow rate of fuel supplied to the combustor, and a temperature acquisition unit. Upon reception of a load rejection signal for cutting off a load from the gas turbine, the bleed valve control unit controls a valve opening degree of the bleed valve from a closed state to an open state with a prescribed opening degree, and the fuel control unit controls the fuel regulating valve such that the acquired flame temperature falls within a predetermined temperature range defined by an upper limit value and a lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Makoto Kishi, Takahiko Sakaki, Kotaro Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 11921201
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes: a data receiver configured to transmit a transmission wave a position of which changes in a first direction and which spreads in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and generate a matrix of acquired observation data in the first and second directions, as a reception signal matrix, with a value of a position in the reception signal depending on a signal strength; a range processor configured to specify a range in the second direction in an imaging matrix, and set a sparse vector including a component in the first direction of the specified range; a reconstruction processor configured to perform reconstruction processing using the reception signal matrix and the sparse vector to calculate a component of the sparse vector; and a synthesis processor configured to synthesize the resulting sparse vector while moving the range, to generate an imaging matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Fujishima
  • Patent number: 11919774
    Abstract: A cooling absorption tower for a CO2 recovery device, comprises: an outer shell; a cooling section for cooling a flue gas, the cooling section being disposed in the outer shell; and an absorbing section configured to cause CO2 in the flue gas cooled by the cooling section to be absorbed in an absorption solvent, the absorbing section being disposed in the outer shell and above the cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sorimachi, Takashi Kamijo, Shinya Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11920621
    Abstract: A fastening method for fastening using a fastener having a fastener pin and a collar. The method includes a mounting step in which, in a state in which a head portion of the fastener pin is positioned on one side of the portion to be fastened through which the fastener pin is passed, and a lock portion of the fastener pin is positioned on the other side of the portion to be fastened, the collar is mounted onto lock grooves. The method includes a fastening step in which, on the basis of an un-swaged portion height derived from the thickness of the portion to be fastened, the collar is swaged onto the lock grooves and the portion to be fastened is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tsukioka, Michinobu Takahagi, Akira Ikada
  • Patent number: 11919204
    Abstract: Provided is a method for making a mold of a gap between components, the method comprising: a step for preparing a curable composition by mixing a resin material with a curing agent that promotes curing of the resin material; a step for cooling the curable composition (M) to a predetermined temperature at which curing of the curable composition is not initiated, so as to manufacture a mold-making kit; a step for placing the mold-making kit in a gap between a first member and a second member so as to fill the gap; a step for curing the mold-making kit between the first member and the second member to mold the mold-making kit into the shape of the gap; and a step for removing the cured mold-making kit from the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Noriya Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240072271
    Abstract: A single fuel cell includes: a power generation part where an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode are stacked; a non-power generation part that does not include the power generation part; and a gas seal film for at least partially covering a surface of the non-power generation part. The gas seal film includes a first layer and a second layer laminated to each other. The first layer has lower electronic conductivity than the second layer, and the second layer has lower oxygen ion conductivity than the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Suemori, Koji Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20240067587
    Abstract: An olefin production device for producing an olefin from a raw material gas containing methane and oxygen includes a reactor containing: a first catalyst; and a second catalyst disposed downstream of the first catalyst in a flow direction of the raw material gas. The first catalyst is a catalyst in which a zirconium salt or carbonate of an alkali metal, an oxide of an alkaline earth metal, an oxide of one kind of lanthanoid element, a composite oxide containing a lanthanoid element, or a combination thereof is supported on a support. The second catalyst is a catalyst containing a tungsten oxide, phosphate, or carbonate of an alkali metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Koichiro Yoshitoku, Yukio Tanaka, Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Noriaki Senba, Kazuhiro Takanabe
  • Patent number: 11913383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal barrier coated component, monitoring or evaluation of the soundness of which is able to be adequately carried out on the basis of the thermal boundary conditions that are detected by a sensor. A thermal barrier coated component according to the present invention comprises: a base material; a first bond coat layer that is a metal bonding layer formed on the base material; a sensor unit that comprises a sensor and a conductive wire, which are formed on the first bond coat layer; a second bond coat layer that is formed on the first bond coat layer so as to cover at least the sensor unit, while having a surface roughness higher than that of the first bond coat layer; and a top coat layer that is formed on the second bond coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Okajima, Masahiko Mega, Taiji Torigoe, Atsushi Moriwaki, Hiroshi Makigano, Koichi Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 11913341
    Abstract: In a clearance control system for a gas turbine, a control device operates an adjustment device such that a first flow rate is greater than a second flow rate when a load stable state is entered in which a fluctuation range of a load shifts within a preset range, and operates the adjustment device such that the second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate when a load fluctuation state is entered in which the load falls outside the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Fukunaga, Susumu Wakazono, Satoshi Hada
  • Patent number: 11913476
    Abstract: A compressor system includes: a compressor having an upstream region into which a working fluid flows, a downstream region in which the pressure of the working fluid is greater than that in the upstream region, inlet guide vanes that are provided further upstream than the upstream region and capable of altering the flow rate of the inflowing working fluid, and an extraction part that is provided to a portion between the upstream region and the downstream region and capable of extracting at least a portion of the working fluid; detection devices, at least one of which is provided in each of the upstream region and the downstream region, for detecting the physical quantity of the working fluid; and a control device for adjusting, on the basis of changes in the physical quantity, the opening degree of the inlet guide vanes and the amount extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Shibata, Akihiko Saito, Keisuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240058780
    Abstract: An ammonia decomposition system includes: a reactor filled with a catalyst for a decomposition reaction where ammonia which is a raw material is decomposed into hydrogen and nitrogen; a diluent gas supply line for supplying a diluent gas having a lower ammonia concentration than the raw material, such that the diluent gas is mixed with the raw material before the raw material flows into the catalyst; and an ammonia combustor for burning part of the ammonia. The reactor includes a catalyst containing part for containing the catalyst. The reactor is internally divided into a first chamber supplied with the raw material, and a second chamber located downstream of the first chamber in a direction in which the raw material flows. The catalyst containing part is disposed so as to communicate with each of the first chamber and the second chamber and to extend in the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Sakaguchi, Shinya Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20240058902
    Abstract: A method of performing overlay welding on a member including a steel material and an overlay welded portion made of a cobalt-based alloy and formed on the steel material, the method including generating an arc between a welding torch and the overlay welded portion, forming a melt pool by melting a surface of the overlay welded portion with the arc, and simultaneously inserting a similar-composition welding material having a composition similar to the steel material and a cobalt-based alloy welding material made of a cobalt-based alloy into the melt pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Masuyama, Kazuhiko Kamo, Mikihisa Ishihara, Toshihide Kumagai, Noriyuki Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20240060424
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a seal ring according to at least one embodiment is a method for manufacturing a circular seal ring, including: a step of forming a seal fin by turning an inner peripheral portion of a first member and a second member each having a semi-circular shape in a state where both end portions of each of the first member and the second member are in contact with each other; and a step of turning an outer peripheral portion of the first member and the second member in a state where the both end portions of each of the first member and the second member are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Danno, Hideaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11905848
    Abstract: To provide a turbine blade, a manufacturing method for a turbine blade, and a gas turbine. In the turbine blade including a cooling passage provided along a blade height direction, the cooling passage includes: a first cooling hole including one end opening toward a front end, and having an inner diameter that is constant along the blade height direction; and a second cooling hole including one end communicating with the other end of the first cooling hole without a level difference, and having an inner diameter that is increased toward a base end. A length from the one end of the first cooling hole to a position where the first cooling hole and the second cooling hole are communicated with is 40% to 60% of a length from the one end of the first cooling hole to a gas path surface on the base end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hatta, Keita Takamura, Susumu Wakazono, Takashi Fujii, Hiroyuki Otomo, Yosuke Mukai, Kazuhisa Tamura, Takaaki Oda, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Kishihara
  • Patent number: 11905838
    Abstract: A seal member is disposed between a rotor and a stator to provide a seal between the rotor and the stator. The seal member comprises: a rotary-side member fixed to a surface of the rotor opposing the stator; a fixed-side member fixed to the stator and facing the rotary-side member; and a first fin and a second fin which are disposed on one of the rotary-side member and the fixed-side member, the first fin protruding on the opposing surface side, the second fin being disposed on a lower pressure side in a rotating axis direction relative to the first fin and protruding on the opposing surface side. The thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the second fin at the root thereof is greater than the thickness, in the rotating axis direction, of the first fin at the root thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Furusho, Shin Nishimoto, Hidekazu Uehara, Kohei Ozaki, Azumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240049684
    Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus that can eliminate the need for a power supply source, and store fluid efficiently. The apparatus may comprise a first balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, a second balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, and has a larger contraction force than a contraction force of the first balloon, a support member that supports both of the first balloon and the second balloon, and a casing that houses the first balloon and the second balloon, and defines inflation ranges of the first balloon and the second balloon, in which the support member has a flow path formed to permit fluid communication between an interior of the first balloon and an interior of the second balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu TSUKADA, Akihiko NAKASA, Jumpei YOSHIDA, Hiroyasu MIZUNO, Dai SHIBA, Teruhiro SENKOJI, Yusuke HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 11898995
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a crack in a metal member comprises a first removal step (S10) and a second removal step (S20). In the first removal step (S10), a step for electrolyzing a metal member having an oxide scale formed on a surface thereof, a step for acquiring an image of the oxide scale as a first image, and a step for determining whether or not a scale crack has occurred are repeated until occurrence of a scale crack is determined. In the second removal step (S20), a step for electrolyzing the metal member having the scale crack, a second image acquisition step for acquiring an image of the oxide scale as a second image, and a second determination step for determining whether or not the scale crack has disappeared are repeated until disappearance of the oxide scale is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fukushima, Yuichi Hirakawa, Hiroaki Yoshida, Masahiko Yamashita, Takeo Tokumoto