Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ogata

Masahiro Ogata 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: 11960056
    Abstract: Provided is an optical lens formed by integrally molding a lens part that is an optically effective portion and has a light incidence/emission surface, and a lens edge part that is an optically ineffective portion and has a surface thereof except the light incidence/emission surface. The lens edge part includes a non-transparent region in part or all thereof, the lens part and the lens edge part include a thermoplastic resin, and the non-transparent region in the lens edge part contains a total of 0.1-5 mass % of one or more of a black dye and a black pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Motegi, Kentaro Ishihara, Katsushi Nishimori, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kensuke Oshima, Masahiro Kanda, Shoko Suzuki, Tatsunobu Ogata, Mitsutake Suematsu
  • Patent number: 10837641
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burner, a combustor equipped with the burner, and a gas turbine, with which it is possible to premix a first hydrocarbon-based fuel (for example, natural gas), a second fuel (for example, hydrogen gas), and combustion air, and to spray into the combustion chamber of the combustor a thin and uniform concentration distribution of the premixed air, and with which it is possible to suppress the amount of NOx discharged. On the upstream side of the premix flow path, hydrogen gas is sprayed from second fuel spray nozzles, which project into the premix flow path, into the flow of the combustion air flowing toward the center from the outer edge of an outer cylinder, whereby a primary air-fuel mixture having a uniform concentration distribution is generated without affecting a low-speed region of the combustion air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogata, Takeo Oda, Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Kohshi Hirano, Takahiro Uto
  • Patent number: 10836251
    Abstract: A lid device includes an opening former, a lid, and a connector. The opening former is provided with an opening. The lid opens and closes the opening in the opening former. The connector intervenes between the opening former and the lid, and connects the opening former with the lid. The opening former includes a first gear. The lid includes a second gear. The connector includes a third gear meshing with both of the first gear and the second gear. The opening former and connector are made turnable relatively to one another about the axial center of the first gear. The lid and connector are made turnable relatively to one another about the axial center of the second gear. The connector interlocks the opening former turning relatively to the connector and the lid turning relatively to the connector with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maki Takeuchi, Masahiro Ogata, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10590850
    Abstract: A burner injects a mixture of fuel and air from a base end side far from a combustion chamber toward a distal end side close to the combustion chamber. The burner has a fuel passage having a turn-back part turning back and channeling the fuel between the base end side and the distal end side. The burner has a premixed gas passage formed to surround the fuel passage. The burner has a fuel introduction part introducing the fuel channeled through the fuel passage into the premixed gas passage from the base end side to the distal end side. The burner has an air supply part supplying the premixed gas passage with air on the base end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogata, Takeo Oda, Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Kohshi Hirano, Takahiro Uto
  • Publication number: 20190232782
    Abstract: A lid device includes an opening former, a lid, and a connector. The opening former is provided with an opening. The lid opens and closes the opening in the opening former. The connector intervenes between the opening former and the lid, and connects the opening former with the lid. The opening former includes a first gear. The lid includes a second gear. The connector includes a third gear meshing with both of the first gear and the second gear. The opening former and connector are made turnable relatively to one another about the axial center of the first gear. The lid and connector are made turnable relatively to one another about the axial center of the second gear. The connector interlocks the opening former turning relatively to the connector and the lid turning relatively to the connector with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Maki TAKEUCHI, Masahiro OGATA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20190162414
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a casing coupled to a main housing; a liner having formed inside a combustion chamber that extends in an axial direction, an upstream portion including a head portion of the liner accommodated in the casing, and a downstream portion accommodated in the main housing; a main burner provided at the head portion of the liner; a supplemental burner including an injection port located in an air passage formed between the liner and the casing, the supplemental burner configured to inject an air-fuel mixture in which supplemental burning fuel containing hydrogen and the compressed air taken into the supplemental burner through the space formed between the liner and the casing are mixed; and a duct including an entrance connected to the injection port of the supplemental burner and an exit which opens in the combustion chamber, the duct extends in parallel with the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA
  • Patent number: 10245943
    Abstract: A link connecting a lid and a base member of a filler lid structure includes first and second link members. At an opening position, a distance between a distal end of the lid and the base member is larger than a distance between a proximal end of the lid and the base member. The first link member swings about a first support portion in a direction in which a second support portion is moved away from the base member, when the lid shifts from a closing position to the opening position. A distance between a base support point at which the base member or the first link member supports a third support portion at the closing position and an end support point at which the lid supports a fourth support portion at the closing position changes when the lid shifts from the closing position to the opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Mori, Masahiro Ogata, Kouji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20170368928
    Abstract: A link connecting a lid and a base member of a filler lid structure includes first and second link members. At an opening position, a distance between a distal end of the lid and the base member is larger than a distance between a proximal end of the lid and the base member. The first link member swings about a first support portion in a direction in which a second support portion is moved away from the base member, when the lid shifts from a closing position to the opening position. A distance between a base support point at which the base member or the first link member supports a third support portion at the closing position and an end support point at which the lid supports a fourth support portion at the closing position changes when the lid shifts from the closing position to the opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki MORI, Masahiro OGATA, Kouji KAWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170356656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burner, a combustor equipped with the burner, and a gas turbine, with which it is possible to premix a first hydrocarbon-based fuel (for example, natural gas), a second fuel (for example, hydrogen gas), and combustion air, and to spray into the combustion chamber of the combustor a thin and uniform concentration distribution of the premixed air, and with which it is possible to suppress the amount of NOx discharged. On the upstream side of the premix flow path, hydrogen gas is sprayed from second fuel spray nozzles, which project into the premix flow path, into the flow of the combustion air flowing toward the center from the outer edge of an outer cylinder, whereby a primary air-fuel mixture having a uniform concentration distribution is generated without affecting a low-speed region of the combustion air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA, Kohshi HIRANO, Takahiro UTO
  • Publication number: 20170321609
    Abstract: A burner injects a mixture of fuel and air from a base end side far from a combustion chamber toward a distal end side close to the combustion chamber. The burner has a fuel passage having a turn-back part turning back and channeling the fuel between the base end side and the distal end side. The burner has a premixed gas passage formed to surround the fuel passage. The burner has a fuel introduction part introducing the fuel channeled through the fuel passage into the premixed gas passage from the base end side to the distal end side. The burner has an air supply part supplying the premixed gas passage with air on the base end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA, Kohshi HIRANO, Takahiro UTO
  • Patent number: 9638423
    Abstract: To provide a multifuel gas turbine combustor capable of combusting gases containing hydrogen in a high concentration with a low NOx while maintaining a low emission performance brought about by the pre-mixture combustion in the main burner, the gas turbine combustor includes a main burner (12) for supplying to and combusting a premixed gas (M), containing a first fuel (F1), within a first combustion region (S1) of a combustion chamber (10), and a supplemental burner (20) for supplying to and combusting a second fuel (F2) of a composition different from that of the first fuel (F1) within a second combustion region (S2) defined downstream of the first combustion region (S1) within the combustion chamber (10). The first fuel (F1) is of a hydrocarbon system and the second fuel (F2) is a gas containing hydrogen in a concentration exceeding the stable combustion limiting concentration of the hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogata, Takeo Oda, Yasuhiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 9400113
    Abstract: To provide a multifuel gas turbine combustor capable of combusting gases containing hydrogen in a high concentration with a low NOx while maintaining a low emission performance brought about by the pre-mixture combustion in the main burner, the gas turbine combustor includes a main burner (12) for supplying to and combusting a premixed gas (M), containing a first fuel (F1), within a first combustion region (S1) of a combustion chamber (10), and a supplemental burner (20) for supplying to and combusting a second fuel (F2) of a composition different from that of the first fuel (F1) within a second combustion region (S2) defined downstream of the first combustion region (S1) within the combustion chamber (10). The first fuel (F1) is of a hydrocarbon system and the second fuel (F2) is a gas containing hydrogen in a concentration exceeding the stable combustion limiting concentration of the hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogata, Takeo Oda, Yasuhiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20160033131
    Abstract: To provide a multifuel gas turbine combustor capable of combusting gases containing hydrogen in a high concentration with a low NOx while maintaining a low emission performance brought about by the pre-mixture combustion in the main burner, the gas turbine combustor includes a main burner (12) for supplying to and combusting a premixed gas (M), containing a first fuel (F1), within a first combustion region (S1) of a combustion chamber (10), and a supplemental burner (20) for supplying to and combusting a second fuel (F2) of a composition different from that of the first fuel (F1) within a second combustion region (S2) defined downstream of the first combustion region (S1) within the combustion chamber (10). The first fuel (F1) is of a hydrocarbon system and the second fuel (F2) is a gas containing hydrogen in a concentration exceeding the stable combustion limiting concentration of the hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20150362194
    Abstract: To provide a multifuel gas turbine combustor capable of combusting gases containing hydrogen in a high concentration with a low NOx while maintaining a low emission performance brought about by the pre-mixture combustion in the main burner, the gas turbine combustor includes a main burner (12) for supplying to and combusting a premixed gas (M), containing a first fuel (F1), within a first combustion region (S1) of a combustion chamber (10), and a supplemental burner (20) for supplying to and combusting a second fuel (F2) of a composition different from that of the first fuel (F1) within a second combustion region (S2) defined downstream of the first combustion region (S1) within the combustion chamber (10). The first fuel (F1) is of a hydrocarbon system and the second fuel (F2) is a gas containing hydrogen in a concentration exceeding the stable combustion limiting concentration of the hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20150275755
    Abstract: A multi-fuel-capable gas turbine combustor is provided which is able to sufficiently utilize various fuels having a characteristic deviating from a premixing characteristic range suitable for generating a premixed gas, even while maintaining favorable low-emission performance by premixed combustion. The gas turbine combustor includes: a main burner configured to supply a premixed gas containing a first fuel for premixing, to a first combustion region within a combustion chamber to cause premixed combustion; and a supplemental burner configured to supply a second fuel for reheating having a different composition from that of the first fuel, to a second combustion region at a location downstream of the first combustion region within the combustion chamber, to cause diffusion combustion. The first fuel has a premixing characteristic range suitable for generating a premixed gas. The second fuel has a characteristic deviating from the premixing characteristic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro OGATA, Takeo ODA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 8985668
    Abstract: Provided is a sealing structure of a fuel inlet box exhibiting good sealing characteristics without deforming a mounting surface of a vehicle body side panel. The fuel inlet box comprises a main body member and a sealing member. The main body member has a box portion, and a storage wall bulging from a side wall of the box portion and having space for storing an arm portion of a lid body. The mounting surface is interposed between a base portion of the storage wall and a flange portion, and faces the flange portion through a gap extending in a planar direction. A seal lip of the sealing member is fixed on the flange portion, extending toward the mounting surface and inclined toward an outer peripheral side of an opening. An outer basing point of a root portion of the seal lip is located in the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ogata, Hitoshi Kino
  • Publication number: 20140308175
    Abstract: A catalytic combustor (2) in a gas turbine engine (GT) includes a casing (54) for accommodating a catalyst carrier (10) therein, a catalyst retaining body (62) interposed between the casing (54) and the catalyst carrier (10) for retaining an outer peripheral surface of the catalyst carrier (10) to an inner peripheral surface of the casing (54) and also for preventing a gas (G2) from leaking in a downstream direction through an outer periphery of the catalyst carrier (10), a support material (64) disposed on a downstream side of the direction of flow of the gas to be treated in the catalyst carrier (10) for holding the catalyst carrier (10), and a downstream side regulating member (72) disposed on the downstream side of the catalyst retaining body (62) for avoiding a movement of the catalyst retaining body (62) in a direction of flow of the gas (G2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi DOURA, Masahiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20140308174
    Abstract: A catalytic combustor (2) for use in a gas turbine engine (GT) includes catalyst units (U1, U2, U3) in a multistage. The catalyst unit (U1, U2, U3) in each stage includes a support material (64) for supporting the respective catalyst unit (U1, U2, U3) against the pressure of a gas. The catalyst unit (U1, U2, U3) in each stage is unitized together with the support material (64) and the catalyst units (U1, U2, U3) are removably fitted to a combustor housing (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi DOURA, Masahiro OGATA
  • Publication number: 20140305126
    Abstract: An apparatus for equalizing flow velocity distribution of a fuel gas supplied into a catalytic combustor includes a rectification vane and a rectification plate in an inlet chamber of the catalyst combustor. The inlet chamber has a round transverse sectional shape and includes an inflow port that allows the fuel gas to inflow radially, and an outflow port for discarding the fuel gas axially. The rectification vane has a front edge oriented towards the inflow port, and a rectifying surface ramified from the front edge so as to extend towards a cylindrical inner wall surface of the inlet chamber such that swirling flow of the fuel gas flown into the inlet chamber, that flows towards the inflow port along the cylindrical inner wall surface, is generated. The rectification plate is located at the outflow port and has openings for allowing the fuel gas to flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi DOURA, Masahiro OGATA, Kousuke TANAKI
  • Publication number: 20140218908
    Abstract: To improve an angular color difference and emit uniform illumination light. According to an embodiment, a light-emitting device in an embodiment includes a light-emitting module (15). The light-emitting module (15) includes a substrate (21), a plurality of light-emitting elements (45) made of semiconductor, and a plurality of sealing members (54). The light-emitting elements (45) are disposed on the substrate (21). The sealing members (54) contain, as a main component, translucent resin mixed with a phosphor. The sealing members (54) are heaped up from the bottom surfaces thereof bonded on the substrate (21) and are each formed to bury a singularity or a plurality of the light-emitting elements (45). A ratio (H/D) of a diameter D of the bottom surfaces to height H of the heaps of the sealing members (54) is set to 0.22 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiko Kawashima, Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Hiroki Tamai, Yumiko Hayashida, Shuhei Matsuda, Soichi Shibusawa, Masahiro Ogata, Kozo Uemura, Kiyoshi Nishimura