Patents by Inventor Kotaro Tezuka

Kotaro Tezuka 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: 11359596
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, in a range from a plane P1 including a runner rotation center axis C and an end point 15E2 of an outlet end 15 of the vane 13, up to a plane P2 corresponding to a position where the plane P1 is moved by an angle, which is determined by dividing 360° by a value that is four times the number of vanes 13, in a runner rotation direction, when respective sections of the vane 13 are taken at a plane including the axis C and radially extending, in at least one section, a tangent T1 on a centerline Cv of the vane 13 passing through an intersection X at which the centerline Cv and a flowing water surface 12f intersect, and a tangent T2 on the flowing water surface 12f passing through the intersection X, define an acute angle on a negative pressure surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATTON
    Inventors: Takero Mukai, Masahiko Nakazono, Toshifumi Kurokawa, Ryosuke Shima, Kotaro Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20210277862
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, in a range from a plane P1 including a runner rotation center axis C and an end point 15E2 of an outlet end 15 of the vane 13, up to a plane P2 corresponding to a position where the plane P1 is moved by an angle, which is determined by dividing 360° by a value that is four times the number of vanes 13, in a runner rotation direction, when respective sections of the vane 13 are taken at a plane including the axis C and radially extending, in at least one section, a tangent T1 on a centerline Cv of the vane 13 passing through an intersection X at which the centerline Cv and a flowing water surface 12f intersect, and a tangent T2 on the flowing water surface 12f passing through the intersection X, define an acute angle on a negative pressure surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takero MUKAI, Masahiko NAKAZONO, Toshifumi KUROKAWA, Ryosuke SHIMA, Kotaro TEZUKA
  • Patent number: 9181957
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine having a hydro turbine runner which has a crown at a center and a band along an outer periphery, and is formed around the axis of rotation, long blades which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the axis of rotation, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, and periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and short blades which are arranged between the long blades, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and rear edges are curved in a rotation direction of the hydro turbine runner in turbine operation, on a plane of projection perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Enomoto, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Takanori Nakamura, Akira Shinohara, Kotaro Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20100086394
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine having a hydro turbine runner which has a crown at a center and a band along an outer periphery, and is formed around the axis of rotation, long blades which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the axis of rotation, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, and periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and short blades which are arranged between the long blades, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and rear edges are curved in a rotation direction of the hydro turbine runner in turbine operation, on a plane of projection perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Enomoto, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Takanori Nakamura, Akira Shinohara, Kotaro Tezuka
  • Patent number: 7682134
    Abstract: A Francis pump-turbine includes a runner provided with runner blades arranged around in a circumferential direction of a main shaft of the runner, each of the runner blades being supported by a band at a bottom side thereof in a blade height direction and supported by a crown at a head side in the blade height direction, in which the runner blade is formed, at a trailing edge thereof, with a curved portion expanding to the main shaft when the turbine is in operation, the curved portion has a maximum point with respect to a straight line connecting a crown-side trailing edge connecting end at which the trailing edge and the crown are connected and a band-side trailing edge connecting end at which the trailing edge and the band are connected, and an angle ? formed by a straight line connecting the maximum point and the crown-side trailing edge connecting end and a straight line connecting the maximum point and the band-side trailing edge connecting end is set to be within a range of ??150°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kotaro Tezuka, Toshifumi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20070140852
    Abstract: A Francis pump-turbine includes a runner provided with runner blades arranged around in a circumferential direction of a main shaft of the runner, each of the runner blades being supported by a band at a bottom side thereof in a blade height direction and supported by a crown at a head side in the blade height direction, in which the runner blade is formed, at a trailing edge thereof, with a curved portion expanding to the main shaft when the turbine is in operation, the curved portion has a maximum point with respect to a straight line connecting a crown-side trailing edge connecting end at which the trailing edge and the crown are connected and a band-side trailing edge connecting end at which the trailing edge and the band are connected, and an angle a formed by a straight line connecting the maximum point and the crown-side trailing edge connecting end and a straight line connecting the maximum point and the band-side trailing edge connecting end is set to be within a range of ??150°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kotaro Tezuka, Toshifumi Kurokawa