Patents by Inventor Juichi KODERA

Juichi KODERA 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).

  • Patent number: 11828185
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotary shaft, a blade provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, a casing covering the rotary shaft and the blade from an outer peripheral side, a vane provided on an inner peripheral surface of the casing, and a seal device including a seal ring provided between the outer peripheral surface and the vane and a position adjusting portion configured to adjust a position of the seal ring in a radial direction. A seal clearance adjusting method includes a measurement step of measuring a length of the seal ring in the radial direction from a predetermined reference position as a reference length, a preparation step of preparing an unused seal ring, and an adjustment step of adjusting a length of the unused seal ring from the reference position to be the reference length by the position adjusting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mizumi, Ketsu Ko, Juichi Kodera, Masayuki Kayahara
  • Publication number: 20230097598
    Abstract: In an assembly method for a turbine, measured shape data is acquired by measuring a shape for each of a plurality of casing components in a state in which the plurality of casing components are not fastened to each other. self-weighted state shape data, which is shape data when self-weight is applied, is created for each of the plurality of casing components. A reference shape model is corrected based on a difference between the measured shape data of a target measurement part and the self-weighted state shape data of the target measurement part. By using the corrected shape model, fastened state shape data, which is shape data in a state in which the plurality of casing components are fastened to each other, is estimated for each of the plurality of casing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumagai, Shunsuke Mizumi, Koji Ishibashi, Juichi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20230020601
    Abstract: This fin tip position measurement method comprises: a jig installation step for installing a jig having a flat measurement surface expanded in a circumferential direction and an axial direction to a tip of at least one among a plurality of seal fins that protrude in a radial direction with respect to an axial line, extend in the circumferential direction, and are arranged in a direction in which the axial line extends; a first measurement step for measuring a distance from the axial line to the measurement surface by scanning the measurement surface with a laser beam; and a first calculation step for calculating a distance from the axial line to the tip of the seal fin by adding a radial dimension of the jig to the distance to the measurement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Jose Carlos KUROKI RAMIREZ, Koji ISHIBASHI, Juichi KODERA, Satoshi KUMAGAI, Masaru SEKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230003627
    Abstract: Provided is a measuring device for measuring the hardness of a rotor blade groove. This measuring device comprises: a hardness meter for measuring hardness; an actuator that presses the hardness meter to an object to be measured; a camera for capturing an image of a measurement range in the object to be measured by the hardness meter; a movement mechanism for moving the hardness meter and the camera to a desired position within the measurement range; and a fixing member for fixing the movement mechanism to the object to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fuke, Hirone Komatsu, Yuichi Sekine, Hideo Yoda, Juichi Kodera, Eiji Saito, Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220235667
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotary shaft, a blade provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, a casing covering the rotary shaft and the blade from an outer peripheral side, a vane provided on an inner peripheral surface of the casing, and a seal device including a seal ring provided between the outer peripheral surface and the vane and a position adjusting portion configured to adjust a position of the seal ring in a radial direction. A seal clearance adjusting method includes a measurement step of measuring a length of the seal ring in the radial direction from a predetermined reference position as a reference length, a preparation step of preparing an unused seal ring, and an adjustment step of adjusting a length of the unused seal ring from the reference position to be the reference length by the position adjusting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Ketsu KO, Juichi KODERA, Masayuki KAYAHARA
  • Patent number: 11149589
    Abstract: In assembling a turbine including: a casing consisting of an upper half part and a lower half part fastened together by bolts; a stationary body accommodated in the casing and supported by the lower half part; and a rotary body supported by a plurality of bearings so as to be situated on the inner side of the stationary body, there are executed: a procedure of reading a finite element model of the three-dimensional configuration of the turbine; a reading procedure of reading actual measurement information on the three-dimensional configuration of the upper half part and the lower half part of the casing in the open state; a model correction procedure of reflecting actual measurement information of an evaluated portion that is a specific part of the casing in the finite element model and generating a correction model obtained through correction of the finite element model; a deformation amount estimation procedure of estimating the movement amount of the evaluated portion generated when the upper half part and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yashirodai, Shunsuke Mizumi, Koji Ishibashi, Jie Huang, Juichi Kodera
  • Patent number: 10635086
    Abstract: The invention is directed to maintaining the accuracy in the positional adjustment of a stationary part while shortening a turbine assembly period through the omission of the temporary assembly of a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yashirodai, Juichi Kodera, Shunsuke Mizumi, Koji Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10502098
    Abstract: A turbine assembly method includes a positional information measurement process in which positional information on a plurality of specific portions set on an outer surface of a casing is measured in a state before releasing of bolt fastening of the casing at a time of disassembly of the turbine and in a predetermined disassembly state after the releasing of the bolt fastening, and an alignment process in which positional adjustment of a stationary component with respect to the casing is made based on the measurement results of the positional information on the specific portions in the positional information measurement process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mizumi, Juichi Kodera, Koji Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20190107007
    Abstract: In assembling a turbine including: a casing consisting of an upper half part and a lower half part fastened together by bolts; a stationary body accommodated in the casing and supported by the lower half part; and a rotary body supported by a plurality of bearings so as to be situated on the inner side of the stationary body, there are executed: a procedure of reading a finite element model of the three-dimensional configuration of the turbine; a reading procedure of reading actual measurement information on the three-dimensional configuration of the upper half part and the lower half part of the casing in the open state; a model correction procedure of reflecting actual measurement information of an evaluated portion that is a specific part of the casing in the finite element model and generating a correction model obtained through correction of the finite element model; a deformation amount estimation procedure of estimating the movement amount of the evaluated portion generated when the upper half part and
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji YASHIRODAI, Shunsuke MIZUMI, Koji ISHIBASHI, Jie HUANG, Juichi KODERA
  • Publication number: 20180307205
    Abstract: The invention is directed to maintaining the accuracy in the positional adjustment of a stationary part while shortening a turbine assembly period through the omission of the temporary assembly of a casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji YASHIRODAI, Juichi KODERA, Shunsuke MIZUMI, Koji ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20180142571
    Abstract: A turbine assembly method includes a positional information measurement process in which positional information on a plurality of specific portions set on an outer surface of a casing is measured in a state before releasing of bolt fastening of the casing at a time of disassembly of the turbine and in a predetermined disassembly state after the releasing of the bolt fastening, and an alignment process in which positional adjustment of a stationary component with respect to the casing is made based on the measurement results of the positional information on the specific portions in the positional information measurement process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Juichi KODERA, Koji ISHIBASHI