Patents by Inventor Atsushi Horikawa

Atsushi Horikawa 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: 20080302105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including: a fuel spray portion configured to spray a fuel so as to create a diffusion combustion region in a combustion chamber, the fuel spray portion including a fuel atomizing portion configured to atomize the fuel, and a diffusion passage portion disposed downstream of the fuel atomizing portion, the diffusion passage portion having a spreading trumpet-like shape and being configured to diffuse the fuel and the air; a pre-mixture supply portion configured to supply a pre-mixture gas including the fuel and an air so as to create a pre-mixture combustion region in the combustion chamber, the pre-mixture supply portion being positioned concentrically with the fuel spray portion so as to surround the fuel spray portion; and fuel diffusion restraining member disposed on an inner circumferential face of the diffusion passage portion for restraining a diffusion of an injected fuel by separating a stream of the injected fuel away from the inner
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Oda, Atsushi Horikawa, Hideki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20080289340
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including: a fuel spray portion configured to spray a fuel so as to create a diffusion combustion region in a combustion chamber; a pre-mixture supply portion configured to supply a pre-mixture gas including the fuel and an air so as to create a pre-mixture combustion region in the combustion chamber, the pre-mixture supply portion being positioned concentrically with the fuel spray portion so as to surround the fuel spray portion; and an annular separation portion disposed between a downstream end of the fuel spray portion and a downstream end of the pre-mixture supply portion so as to separate the diffusion combustion region and the pre-mixture combustion region from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Oda, Atsushi Horikawa, Hideki Ogata