Patents by Inventor Shohei Danno

Shohei Danno 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: 20240060424
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a seal ring according to at least one embodiment is a method for manufacturing a circular seal ring, including: a step of forming a seal fin by turning an inner peripheral portion of a first member and a second member each having a semi-circular shape in a state where both end portions of each of the first member and the second member are in contact with each other; and a step of turning an outer peripheral portion of the first member and the second member in a state where the both end portions of each of the first member and the second member are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Danno, Hideaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11486255
    Abstract: A steam turbine blade includes a blade body (7) including blade surfaces (70) extending in a blade height direction. The blade body (7) includes a first suction port (74) extending in the blade height direction and opening in the blade surface (70), a first drain flow path (75) internally extending in the blade height direction, and first communication passages (76) internally provided away from one another in the blade height direction and independently of one another and making the first drain port (74) and the first drain flow path (75) in communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata, Shohei Danno, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideyuki Toda, Yu Shibata
  • Patent number: 10934847
    Abstract: A steam turbine rotor blade includes a protrusion portion (7) which is provided on a tip end portion of a blade body (61), on which a leading edge portion (61a) is formed, in a blade height direction and protrudes from a suction-side surface (612) toward the leading edge portion (61a) side, and a transition-region seal member which is provided so as to cover at least a portion of a base end-side surface of the protrusion portion (7) and a leading edge-side transition region, which faces the leading edge portion (61a) side, of a connection portion between the protrusion portion (7) and the suction-side surface (612), the transition-region seal member being formed of a material having a hardness higher than that of the blade body (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Danno, Takashi Maruyama, Keiichiro Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200165920
    Abstract: A steam turbine blade includes a blade body (7) including blade surfaces (70) extending in a blade height direction. The blade body (7) includes a first suction port (74) extending in the blade height direction and opening in the blade surface (70), a first drain flow path (75) internally extending in the blade height direction, and first communication passages (76) internally provided away from one another in the blade height direction and independently of one another and making the first drain port (74) and the first drain flow path (75) in communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata, Shohei Danno, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideyuki Toda, Yu Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190101000
    Abstract: A steam turbine rotor blade includes a protrusion portion (7) which is provided on a tip end portion of a blade body (61), on which a leading edge portion (61a) is formed, in a blade height direction and protrudes from a suction-side surface (612) toward the leading edge portion (61a) side, and a transition-region seal member which is provided so as to cover at least a portion of a base end-side surface of the protrusion portion (7) and a leading edge-side transition region, which faces the leading edge portion (61a) side, of a connection portion between the protrusion portion (7) and the suction-side surface (612), the transition-region seal member being formed of a material having a hardness higher than that of the blade body (61).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Danno, Takashi Maruyama, Keiichiro Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9488066
    Abstract: Vane members have a space formed therein and a plate spring member is disposed inside the space of the vane members and elastically contacts inner surfaces of the vane members. The plate spring member includes a positioning portion, an elastic contact portion, and a connection portion. The elastic contact portion is divided into a plurality of segments in a length direction of the vane members. The elastic contact portion elastically contacts the inner surfaces of the vane members without any partial contact throughout an entire surface thereof. The elastic contact area between the elastic contact portion and the inner surfaces of the vane members is widened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hiroharu Oyama, Takashi Maruyama, Yuki Yamamoto, Shohei Danno
  • Publication number: 20130243587
    Abstract: The invention includes vane members that have a space formed therein and a plate spring member that is disposed inside the space of the vane members and elastically contacts inner surfaces of the vane members. The plate spring member includes a positioning portion, an elastic contact portion, and a connection portion. The elastic contact portion is divided into plural numbers in the length direction of the vane members. As a result, in the invention, the elastic contact portion elastically contacts the inner surfaces of the vane members without any partial contact throughout the entire surface thereof. Accordingly, the elastic contact area between the elastic contact portion and the inner surfaces of the vane members is widened, so that self-excited vibration generated in a turbine vane may be reliably suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hiroharu Oyama, Takashi Maruyama, Yuki Yamamoto, Shohei Danno
  • Publication number: 20110217175
    Abstract: It is possible to easily and rapidly slot a blade root of a final (last) turbine rotor blade into a blade groove on a turbine disc even when the plan-view shape of a shroud of the turbine rotor blade is complex. A turbine rotor blade that is provided with a blade root that is slotted into a blade groove formed on a circumferential portion of the turbine disc to hold the whole blade, a blade portion that is exposed to high-temperature gas, a platform that supports this blade portion, a shank that connects the blade root and the platform, and a shroud that extends along the circumferential direction from the end of the blade portion has a cut-out portion cut out to a predetermined depth, either at the leading-edge or the trailing-edge of the blade root, along the lengthwise direction thereof from the end of the blade root to an intermediate part of the shank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Tochitani, Shohei Danno, Shoki Yamashita