Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Wada

Yasuhiro Wada 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: 10495313
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for gas turbine combustor of the present invention includes a diffusion combustion burner including a diffusion fuel nozzle, a premixing combustion burner including a premixing fuel nozzle, an end flange to which the diffusion combustion burner and the premixing combustion burner are mechanically joined, and a diffusion combustion burner support which fixes the diffusion combustion burner to the end flange and is mounted around the premixing fuel nozzle in a manner to cover a root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle, the root portion being a junction between the premixing fuel nozzle and the end flange. An outside diameter of the premixing fuel nozzle longitudinally varies in a manner to progressively increase toward the junction. A maximum diameter of the root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle is greater than an inside diameter of a hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Wadayama, Satoshi Kumagai, Yasuhiro Wada, Hirokazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190321873
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20190264571
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is equipped with a transition piece assembly of the combustor, the transition piece assembly includes a transition piece, a frame which is installed on the downstream side (an outlet part) of the transition piece and a seal member which is installed on a coupled part of the aforementioned frame and a turbine-side stator vane part and blocks flowing of compressed air from a compressor into the aforementioned turbine side through a gap of the coupled part, and a projection member is provided on an outer circumference of the aforementioned frame, a movement suppression mechanism for matching the aforementioned projection member and suppressing possible movement of the aforementioned seal member is provided on the aforementioned seal member, the movement suppression mechanism and the aforementioned projection members fit together and thereby the aforementioned seal member is fixed to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya HAGITA, Noboru OKUYAMA, Yasuhiro WADA, Yasuyuki WATANABE, Shohei YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10376941
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wada, Shuji Yamamoto, Mitsuharu Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20190242581
    Abstract: A flame produced within a premixer is promptly extinguished and a reduction in output power of a gas turbine associated with extinguishment is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki ABE, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro WADA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Shohei YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10247203
    Abstract: A noise reduction structure includes a compressor discharge-side pipe portion, a first porous plate having a plurality of through holes and extending circumferentially along an inner circumferential surface of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion so that an air layer is formed between the first porous plate and the inner circumferential surface, a partition dividing an interior of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion in a radial direction in a circumferential direction of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion so as to form a plurality of flow paths in the compressor discharge-side pipe portion, and a second porous plate having a plurality of through holes. The second porous plate is provided in each of the plurality of flow paths and extends along the partition so that an air layer is formed between the second porous plate and the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yushi Ono, Hiroyuki Hosoya, Kentaro Hayashi, Seokcheol Kim, Yoshihisa Ono, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20190024670
    Abstract: A compressor-impeller fixing nut has a tubular shape, and includes: a curved-surface shaped portion disposed in a first range from a first end side in an axial direction, the curved-surface shaped portion having an outer diameter which increases toward a second end side in the axial direction and including an outer peripheral surface having a curved shape which protrudes outward in a radial direction in a cross section along the axial direction; and a nut portion disposed in a second range closer to the second end side from the first range in the axial direction, the nut portion having an outer peripheral surface with a nut shape. An expression (D1max?D1min)/2<L is satisfied, where L is a length of the first range in the axial direction, and D1max is a maximum value and D1min is a minimum value of the outer diameter of the curved-surface shaped portion in the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanabe, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 10125992
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles, a premixing plate, and a plurality of annular flow sleeves. The plurality of annular flow sleeves includes an inner annular flow sleeve and an outer annular flow sleeve. The plurality of annular flow sleeves is formed to divide an airflow passage into a plurality of flow passages including an inner and an outer circumferential flow passages. The airflow passage is formed around the plurality of fuel nozzles. The airflow passage extends from an upstream side of the plurality of fuel nozzles to fuel injecting ports of the fuel nozzles. The plurality of annular flow sleeves rectifies a flow of air in each of the flow passages and guiding the flow of air to the fuel injecting ports of the fuel nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wada, Toshifumi Sasao, Takeo Saito
  • Publication number: 20180223871
    Abstract: A compression device includes a centrifugal compressor and a silencer. The centrifugal compressor includes a compressor assembly bolt fastening an inlet side of an inlet guide to a scroll casing. The silencer includes: a first side wall extending in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of an impeller; an annular second side wall provided between the first side wall and the centrifugal compressor and surrounding the rotational axis; at least one silencer element provided in an ambient-air introduction space formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for guiding an ambient air to the inlet guide; and a silencer assembly bolt extending from the first side wall to the scroll casing in a direction along the rotational axis of the impeller and fastening the first side wall, the second side wall, and the scroll casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20180223873
    Abstract: A noise reduction structure includes a compressor discharge-side pipe portion, a first porous plate having a plurality of through holes and extending circumferentially along an inner circumferential surface of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion so that an air layer is formed between the first porous plate and the inner circumferential surface, a partition dividing an interior of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion in a radial direction in a circumferential direction of the compressor discharge-side pipe portion so as to form a plurality of flow paths in the compressor discharge-side pipe portion, and a second porous plate having a plurality of through holes. The second porous plate is provided in each of the plurality of flow paths and extends along the partition so that an air layer is formed between the second porous plate and the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yushi ONO, Hiroyuki HOSOYA, Kentaro HAYASHI, Seokcheol KIM, Yoshihisa ONO, Yasuhiro WADA
  • Publication number: 20170348763
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro WADA
  • Patent number: 9707617
    Abstract: While a compression part (B1) in a bottom wall part of a cup-shaped workpiece (B) is compressed by an inner punch (11) and an inner die (14) and moved in a direction to get away from an intermediate die (15), the inner die (14) is pushed toward the inner punch (11); and a compression part (B2) being an outer end portion in a radial direction of the workpiece (B) is compressed by an outer punch (13) and an outer die (16) and moved in an direction to approach the intermediate die (15), to thereby suppress the workpiece (B) in the compression part (B2) from material-flowing in a direction to get away from a central axis (10), whereby thickness reduction processing of the compression part (B1) and thickness increase processing of a vertical wall part (B3) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by an intermediate punch (12) and the inner die (15) and a vertical wall part (B4) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by the intermediate punch (12) and an outer die (16) are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20170100761
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20160377294
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for gas turbine combustor of the present invention includes a diffusion combustion burner including a diffusion fuel nozzle, a premixing combustion burner including a premixing fuel nozzle, an end flange to which the diffusion combustion burner and the premixing combustion burner are mechanically joined, and a diffusion combustion burner support which fixes the diffusion combustion burner to the end flange and is mounted around the premixing fuel nozzle in a manner to cover a root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle, the root portion being a junction between the premixing fuel nozzle and the end flange. An outside diameter of the premixing fuel nozzle longitudinally varies in a manner to progressively increase toward the junction. A maximum diameter of the root portion of the premixing fuel nozzle is greater than an inside diameter of a hole formed in the diffusion combustion burner support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihide WADAYAMA, Satoshi KUMAGAI, Yasuhiro WADA, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9505047
    Abstract: A press-forming method includes: a step of forming a first cup-shaped workpiece (B); a step of moving an axial pressing punch (13) relatively to a die (15) to abut on a cup opening end (B21) of a cup sidewall portion (B2), and while constraining the cup opening end (B21), moving a second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) to insert the second-stage forming punch (11) into a second die hole portion (155), and pushing a part of the first cup-shaped workpiece into the second die hole portion (155) through a second die shoulder portion (154), to thereby reduce the cup sidewall portion (B2) in diameter and thicken the cup sidewall portion (B2); and a step of, in a state of the constraint of the cup opening end (B21) by the axial pressing punch (13) being released, moving the second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) and further pushing the first cup-shaped workpiece deeper in the second die hole portion (155), to thereby form a second cup-shaped workpiece smaller in diameter than
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9468971
    Abstract: An inner punch (11), an outer punch (12), and a die (13) are disposed on the same center axis (10). The outer punch (12) is disposed so as to be apart from the inner punch (11) in a radial direction perpendicular to the center axis (10) by a first space S1 which is larger than a plate thickness T of a cup longitudinal wall portion (A2). Further, an inner peripheral surface of the outer punch (12) has, on its die (13) side, a punch shoulder R portion (12A) widening as it goes toward the die (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9452461
    Abstract: A press forming apparatus (1a) consecutively carries out: a first step of pushing a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a die (14) by a forming punch (11), to form the workpiece into a cup-shaped workpiece (B); a second step of making the cup-shaped workpiece (B) move relatively to a position where a space (S2) is formed between a cup bottom part (B2) and the forming punch (11) by a holding down member (12) abutting on an end part of a cup vertical wall part (B1); and a third step of making a counter punch (13) approach the forming punch (11), to push a cup bottom part (B2) to a forming punch (11) side so that the cup bottom part (B2) is compressed by the forming punch (11) and the counter punch (13), making a material of the cup vertical wall part (B1) flow to a cup shoulder part (B3), thereby to thicken the cup shoulder part (B3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9421597
    Abstract: A press mold includes an inner punch (23), an intermediate punch (24) disposed along an outer periphery of the inner punch (23) and having an intermediate punch inclined portion (24a) at a leading end, an outer punch (25) disposed along an outer periphery of the intermediate punch (24), and a die (27) having a die inclined portion (27a) facing the intermediate punch inclined portion (24a), central axes (20) of all of which are coaxially disposed. While a bottom portion of a bottomed container (22) is constrained by the inner punch (23) and the die (27), an end portion of the bottomed container (22) is pressed by the outer punch (25), and the intermediate punch (24) is moved in a direction opposite a direction in which the outer punch (25) is pressed, whereby a bottomed container inclined portion (22a) of the bottomed container (22) sandwiched by the intermediate punch inclined portion (24a) and the die inclined portion (27a) is thickened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada, Mitsuharu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 9284918
    Abstract: A hybrid exhaust gas turbocharger is provided, which is capable of preventing the supercharger from being damaged due to a rotary shaft being moved to a large extent in an axial direction by vibration generated from the internal combustion engine and a rotary portion in contact with a stationary portion in the supercharger when the supercharger is mounted on an internal combustion engine. A restraint mechanism (35) including a thrust collar (41) attached to a shaft end of a rotary shaft (19a) of a generator positioned on a side opposite to a flexible coupling and two thrust bearings (42) disposed to oppose both end surfaces forming a flange portion (44) of the thrust collar (41) is accommodated in a recess (51) formed on a front surface side of a shell housing positioned on a side opposite to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ono, Keiichi Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Wada, Masayoshi Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20150367398
    Abstract: A press forming apparatus (1a) consecutively carries out: a first step of pushing a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a die (14) by a forming punch (11), to form the workpiece into a cup-shaped workpiece (B); a second step of making the cup-shaped workpiece (B) move relatively to a position where a space (S2) is formed between a cup bottom part (B2) and the forming punch (11) by a holding down member (12) abutting on an end part of a cup vertical wall part (B1); and a third step of making a counter punch (13) approach the forming punch (11), to push a cup bottom part (B2) to a forming punch (11) side so that the cup bottom part (B2) is compressed by the forming punch (11) and the counter punch (13), making a material of the cup vertical wall part (B1) flow to a cup shoulder part (B3), thereby to thicken the cup shoulder part (B3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro WADA