Patents by Inventor Kazutaka TSURUTA
Kazutaka TSURUTA 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).
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Patent number: 11686201Abstract: A turbine rotor in an embodiment is configured by joining a rotor component member and a rotor component member together by bolt fastening with an abutting end surface of the rotor component member and an abutting end surface of the rotor component member abutting on each other. The turbine rotor includes: a cylindrical recessed portion that is formed at the abutting end surface and is recessed in an axial direction; an axial passage bored from a bottom surface of the cylindrical recessed portion in the axial direction; an introduction passage introducing the cooling medium into the axial passage; a discharge passage discharging the cooling medium from the axial passage; and a sealing member that is arranged in the cylindrical recessed portion and seals one end of the axial passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Takashi Suzuki, Hideyuki Maeda, Yuta Ishikawa, Masao Itoh
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Patent number: 11174745Abstract: A stator blade of an embodiment includes: a blade effective part having hollow portions; an outer shroud having an outer plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction outer side of the blade effective part, and a pair of outer mounting portions provided in a circumferential direction on a front edge side and a rear edge side; an inner shroud having an inner plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction inner side of the blade effective part; cooling medium introduction passages which introduce a cooling medium via opening portions formed in the outer plate flange portion and passing through the outer plate flange portion in a radial direction, to the hollow portions; and a cooling medium introduction passage formed in a direction along a surface of the outer plate flange portion in a wall thickness of the outer plate flange portion, which introduces a cooling medium to the hollow portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Asako Inomata, Shinji Tanigawa, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine, Kazutaka Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20210348512Abstract: A turbine rotor in an embodiment is configured by joining a rotor component member and a rotor component member together by bolt fastening with an abutting end surface of the rotor component member and an abutting end surface of the rotor component member abutting on each other. The turbine rotor includes: a cylindrical recessed portion that is formed at the abutting end surface and is recessed in an axial direction; an axial passage bored from a bottom surface of the cylindrical recessed portion in the axial direction; an introduction passage introducing the cooling medium into the axial passage; a discharge passage discharging the cooling medium from the axial passage; and a sealing member that is arranged in the cylindrical recessed portion and seals one end of the axial passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Takashi SUZUKI, Hideyuki MAEDA, Yuta ISHIKAWA, Masao ITOH
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Publication number: 20210239011Abstract: An axial flow turbine of an embodiment includes: a turbine rotor provided to penetrate in an inner casing; rotor wheels formed on an outer peripheral surface of the turbine rotor in an axial direction; a gland seal part which is provided on a downstream side of the rotor wheel at a final stage and seals between the turbine rotor and the inner casing; a seal part which is provided between the rotor wheel at the final stage and the gland seal part and prevents inflow to the turbine rotor side of a working fluid; and a cooling medium supply mechanism which supplies a cooling medium directly to a wheel space surrounded by the rotor wheel at the final stage, the turbine rotor, the gland seal part and the seal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi MORISAWA, Shogo IWAI, Hideyuki MAEDA, Asako INOMATA, Kazutaka TSURUTA
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Patent number: 10787907Abstract: A turbine which has: a balance piston disposed in a turbine rotor; a plurality of balance piston seals disposed on a casing side in a manner to face the balance piston; a balance piston extraction hole allowing extraction from between the plurality of balance piston seals to a middle stage of the turbine stages; an exhaust connection piping connecting a low pressure side of the balance piston to a turbine exhaust system; a exhaust connection piping valve mechanism which is provided in the exhaust connection piping; a plurality of seal mechanisms provided between the low pressure side of the balance piston and the atmosphere; and an exhaust piping allowing exhaust from between the plurality of seal mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Hideyuki Maeda
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Publication number: 20200131923Abstract: A stator blade of an embodiment includes: a blade effective part having hollow portions; an outer shroud having an outer plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction outer side of the blade effective part, and a pair of outer mounting portions provided in a circumferential direction on a front edge side and a rear edge side; an inner shroud having an inner plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction inner side of the blade effective part; cooling medium introduction passages which introduce a cooling medium via opening portions formed in the outer plate flange portion and passing through the outer plate flange portion in a radial direction, to the hollow portions; and a cooling medium introduction passage formed in a direction along a surface of the outer plate flange portion in a wall thickness of the outer plate flange portion, which introduces a cooling medium to the hollow portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Asako INOMATA, Shinji TANIGAWA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE, Kazutaka TSURUTA
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Patent number: 10605097Abstract: A turbine rotor blade comprises: a blade effective part; a snubber disposed on radially outer side of the blade effective part; a platform disposed on radially inner side of the blade effective part; and an implanted part disposed on radially inner side of the platform. A first flow path is formed inside the implanted part for a cooling medium to pass through. A second flow path is formed inside the platform for the cooling medium having passed through the first flow to pass through. A blade effective part flow path is formed inside the blade effective part for the cooling medium having passed through the second flow path to pass through. A snubber flow path is formed inside the snubber for the cooling medium having passed through the blade effective part flow paths to pass through.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Shoko Ito, Iwataro Sato
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Patent number: 10563529Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine comprises: a cylindrical casing; and turbine stator blades arranged in the casing along a circumferential direction. The turbine stator blades each includes: a blade effective part; a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows in the blade effective part to cool the blade effective part; an outer ring sidewall provided on an outer periphery of the blade effective part; an inner ring sidewall provided on an inner periphery of the blade effective part; and a contact part provided at an end part of the inner ring sidewall with at least part thereof being along a flow direction of a working fluid, coming into contact with the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade during operation, and separating from the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade when the operation is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine
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Patent number: 10550698Abstract: A turbine 10 includes: a turbine rotor having a rotor main body including a hollow part into which a cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of rotor wheels arranged in an axial direction of the rotor main body and protruding from the rotor main body. A cooling-fluid introducing passage extending from the hollow part in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the rotor main body is formed in the rotor main body so as to allow the cooling fluid in the hollow part to flow through the cooling-fluid introducing passage and then to flow around the rotor wheel to be conducted to the working-fluid flow passage. A flow-rate control plug regulating a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling-fluid introducing passage is disposed in the cooling-fluid introducing passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Asako Inomata, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Takeo Suga
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Publication number: 20190323351Abstract: A turbine which has: a balance piston disposed in a turbine rotor; a plurality of balance piston seals disposed on a casing side in a manner to face the balance piston; a balance piston extraction hole allowing extraction from between the plurality of balance piston seals to a middle stage of the turbine stages; an exhaust connection piping connecting a low pressure side of the balance piston to a turbine exhaust system; a exhaust connection piping valve mechanism which is provided in the exhaust connection piping; a plurality of seal mechanisms provided between the low pressure side of the balance piston and the atmosphere; and an exhaust piping allowing exhaust from between the plurality of seal mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Hideyuki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20190120070Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine comprises: a cylindrical casing; and turbine stator blades arranged in the casing along a circumferential direction. The turbine stator blades each includes: a blade effective part; a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows in the blade effective part to cool the blade effective part; an outer ring sidewall provided on an outer periphery of the blade effective part; an inner ring sidewall provided on an inner periphery of the blade effective part; and a contact part provided at an end part of the inner ring sidewall with at least part thereof being along a flow direction of a working fluid, coming into contact with the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade during operation, and separating from the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade when the operation is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE
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Publication number: 20170306767Abstract: A turbine rotor blade comprises: a blade effective part; a snubber disposed on radially outer side of the blade effective part; a platform disposed on radially inner side of the blade effective part; and an implanted part disposed on radially inner side of the platform. A first flow path is formed inside the implanted part for a cooling medium to pass through. A second flow path is formed inside the platform for the cooling medium having passed through the first flow to pass through. A blade effective part flow path is formed inside the blade effective part for the cooling medium having passed through the second flow path to pass through. A snubber flow path is formed inside the snubber for the cooling medium having passed through the blade effective part flow paths to pass through.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Shoko ITO, Iwataro SATO
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Patent number: 9777587Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuki Mimura, Akihiro Onoda, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Naoki Shibukawa, Toshio Hirano, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
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Patent number: 9598969Abstract: A turbine according to an embodiment includes: a formation object member; a facing member; and a seal part. A formation object member is one of a static part and a rotation part. A facing member is the other of the static part and the rotation part. A seal part at the formation object member is configured to reduce combustion gas leaking between the formation object member and the facing member. The seal part including a ceramics layer. The ceramics layer has a heat conductivity lower than that of the formation object member, and has a concave and convex shape at a surface thereof. The ceramics layer is not in contact with the facing member, or has hardness higher than that of the facing member so that the facing member is preferentially abraded when the facing member and the ceramics layer are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kunihiko Wada, Satoru Kuboya, Daizo Saito, Hideyuki Maeda, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Publication number: 20160376890Abstract: A turbine 10 includes: a turbine rotor having a rotor main body including a hollow part into which a cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of rotor wheels arranged in an axial direction of the rotor main body and protruding from the rotor main body. A cooling-fluid introducing passage extending from the hollow part in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the rotor main body is formed in the rotor main body so as to allow the cooling fluid in the hollow part to flow through the cooling-fluid introducing passage and then to flow around the rotor wheel to be conducted to the working-fluid flow passage. A flow-rate control plug regulating a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling-fluid introducing passage is disposed in the cooling-fluid introducing passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Asako INOMATA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE, Kazutaka TSURUTA, Takeo SUGA
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Patent number: 9488051Abstract: A single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideyuki Maeda, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Patent number: 9399949Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Akihiro Onoda
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Patent number: 8806874Abstract: An axial-flow turbine has turbine nozzles, a heat shield plate, a first communication hole formed in the turbine rotor and connected to the space, to flow a cooling medium, a first opening formed in at least any one of the two adjacent rotor disks, to be connected to the space, a second communication hole connected to the space through the first opening, to communicate with an implant unit of the turbine rotor blade in the rotor disk, a third communication hole connected to the second communication hole, to communicate along an effective length of the turbine rotor blade, a second opening formed in a side face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole, and a third opening formed in an outer circumferential end face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihiro Onoda, Yuki Mimura, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20140020359Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuki MIMURA, Akihiro ONODA, Tomohiko TSUKUDA, Naoki SHIBUKAWA, Toshio HIRANO, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA
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Publication number: 20140023478Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideyuki MAEDA, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura