Patents by Inventor Ken KAWANISHI

Ken KAWANISHI 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: 20150292340
    Abstract: A turbine component includes an airfoil section elongated in a longitudinal direction; a dovetail section continuous with an end of the airfoil section and bulging in a width direction across the longitudinal direction; a plurality of first reinforcement fibers running continuously from the airfoil section to the dovetail section; a plurality of second reinforcement fibers running at least partly in the width direction in the airfoil section; and a matrix joining an entirety of the first reinforcement fibers and the second reinforcement fibers. In the airfoil section, the second reinforcement fibers are woven into the first reinforcement fibers to form a three-dimensional fabric. In the dovetail section, the first reinforcement fibers are not gathered in the width direction by other fibers but deploy in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Ken KAWANISHI, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Fumiaki WATANABE