Patents by Inventor Yasuoki Tomita

Yasuoki Tomita 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: 20040096328
    Abstract: Holes 38 and 39 have upstream opening portions 38b and 39b and downstream opening portions 38a and 39a which have a larger cross-sectional area than upstream opening portions 38b and 39b, and are formed at top portion TP of each moving blade. Holes 38 and 39 have tapered shapes T1 and T2 or step portions, and preferably, downstream opening portions 38a and 39a are eccentrically formed toward the moving direction. When tip squealer 37 is formed, hole 38 is formed so that its opening portion is provided at the side surface of tip squealer 37. Without covering the holes for cooling which are formed at the top portion of the turbine blade due to rubbing or the like, the turbine blade is accurately cooled and stably driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Friedrich Soechting, Yasuoki Tomita, Shunsuke Torii
  • Publication number: 20040076511
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a gas turbine where cooling failure attributable to the occurrence of a horseshoe vortex produced in the vicinity of the stationary blades of the turbine, can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Shigehiro Shiozaki, Friedrich Soechting
  • Publication number: 20040073400
    Abstract: It provides a method for managing the remaining life of a high temperature component used in a gas turbine that enables a state of fatigue of a high temperature component to be evaluated and controlled with a high level of accuracy, and a program medium for performing the method for managing the remaining life of a high temperature gas turbine component on a computer. In the method for managing the lifespan of a high temperature component used in a gas turbine, the lifespan of a high temperature component being evaluated is set within an operating area bounded by a component life limit line that is determined on the basis of field data giving the correlation between the operating time and operating cycles for the state of fatigue from past high temperature components. As the program medium, a medium is employed that is provided with a program in which this method is used for managing a lifespan of a high temperature component used in a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Junichiro Masada, Friedrich Soechting, Vinod Kallianpur, Jun-Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20040047725
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ring segment of a gas turbine in which the temperature is maintained low, damage due to high temperature oxidization is prevented, and high temperature deformation is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Osamu Isumi, Shinichi Inoue, Friedrich Soechting, Vincent Laurello, Hiroshige Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6692227
    Abstract: A base plate and honeycomb member disposed at the inner circumference side of an inside shroud are fixed to the inside shroud, at a phase deviation in the peripheral direction, with respect to the inside shroud, so as to plug the missing range of seal member, out of gaps between adjacent inside shrouds, and therefore leakage of purge air from the missing range of seal member is prevented without adding new constituent members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Shunsuke Torii
  • Publication number: 20040018082
    Abstract: A collision plate having plural small holes is provided at an interval from a bottom surface of an inner shroud to form a chamber and guides cooling air from the small holes into the chamber. A leading edge flow path is provided at a leading edge side along a width direction and introduces the cooling air. A side flow path is provided along both sides of the inner shroud and guides the cooling air to a trailing edge side. A header is formed along the width direction near the trailing edge and guides the cooling air from the side flow path. Plural trailing edge flow paths are formed at the trailing edge side at intervals along a width direction, in which one end of each flow path is connected to the header and the other end is open at the trailing edge, and the cooling air in the header is ejected from the trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Friedrich Soechting, Satoshi Hada, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Junichiro Masada, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Publication number: 20040009059
    Abstract: A stationary blade of a gas turbine, which can reduce thermal stress produced at a portion in the vicinity of a rear edge of an inner shroud of the stationary blade. The stationary blade is positioned adjacent to at least one of moving-blade disks in an axial direction of the gas turbine. A concave portion is provided in the inner shroud in a manner such that the concave portion is formed in the vicinity of a rear edge of the inner shroud and on an inner-peripheral face of the inner shroud, where cooling air passes along the inner-peripheral face which faces a rotation shaft of the moving-blade disks; and a protruding portion which protrudes towards the rotation shaft is formed at the rear edge of the inner shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Friedrich Soechting, Satoshi Hada, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Junichiro Masada, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Publication number: 20040009066
    Abstract: A turbine blade applicable to a gas turbine has a turbine blade body having film cooling holes, the interior space of which is partitioned into two cavities by a rib. Hollow inserts each having impingement holes are respectively arranged in the cavities to form cooling spaces therebetween. Communication is ensured between the cavities by a communication means, so that the impingement cooling is interrupted with respect to the prescribed side having a good heat transmission in the turbine blade body. A partition wall is further arranged between the rib and the insert arranged in the trailing-edge side, thus providing a separation between the cooling spaces respectively arranged in the rear side and front side. Thus, it is possible to noticeably reduce the amount of cooling air in the turbine blade body; and it is possible to reduce temperature differences entirely over the turbine blade body as small as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Friedrich Soechting, Satoshi Hada, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Junichiro Masada, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Patent number: 6616405
    Abstract: In a cooling structure for a gas turbine, cooling air diffusion holes are formed from inner surface to outer surface of a platform so as to open from high pressure side blade surface of a moving blade offset in a direction toward low pressure side blade surface of adjacent moving blade confronting the high pressure side blade surface, in a direction of primary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Torii, Jun Kubota, Yasuoki Tomita, Hiroyuki Aoki, Masamitsu Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6602048
    Abstract: In the gas turbine split ring, on an outer peripheral surface 1b between two cabin attachment flanges, a circumferential rib which extends in the circumferential direction and an axial rib which extends in the axial direction and has a height taller than that of the circumferential rib are, respectively, formed in plural lines, so that it is possible to suppress heat deformation in the axial direction which largely contributes to reduction of the tip clearance compared to head deformation in the circumferential direction more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Fujikawa, Yasuoki Tomita, Shunsuke Torii, Ryotaro Magoshi, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Shinichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 6572335
    Abstract: A gas turbine cooled stationary blade has a blade structure and outer and inner shrouds enhancing cooling efficiency and preventing the occurrence of cracks due to thermal stresses. A blade (1) wall thickness, between 75% and 100% of the blade height of a blade leading edge portion, is made thicker, and the blade (1) wall thickness of other portions is made thinner, as compared with a conventional case. Protruding ribs (4) are provided on a blade (1) convex side inner wall between 0% and 100% of the blade height. A blade (1) trailing edge opening portion is made thinner than the conventional case. Outer shroud (2) is provided with cooling passages (5a, 5b) for air flow in both side end portions. Inner shroud (3) is provided with cooling passages (9a, 9b) for air flow and cooling holes (13a, 13b) for air blow in the side end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Kuwabara, Yasuoki Tomita, Akihiko Shirota, Eisaku Ito
  • Patent number: 6533542
    Abstract: A split ring is disposed on an inner wall of a gas turbine casing. The split ring is composed of a plurality of split segments that are arranged on the inner wall of the casing in circumferential direction. A predetermined clearance is formed between the inner face of a split segment and the rotor blade tips. The split segments are arranged so that a predetermined circumferential clearance is formed between the split segments in order to allow the thermal expansion of the segments. A circumferential end face located upstream side of the segments with respect to the direction of the rotor blade rotation is connected to the inner face by a transition face having a surface formed as an inclined plane. The inclined plane prevents the swirl flow caused by the rotating rotor blade from impinging the upstream end face and, thereby, suppresses a temperature rise of the split segment at the upstream end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sugishita, Hisato Arimura, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Patent number: 6508623
    Abstract: A gas turbine segmental ring has an increased rigidity to suppress a thermal deformation and enables less cooling air leakage by less number of connecting portions of segment structures. Cooling air (70) from a compressor flows through cooling holes (61) of an impingement plate (60) to enter a cavity (62) and to impinge on a segmental ring (1) for cooling thereof. The cooling air (70) further flows into cooling passages (64) from openings (63) of the cavity (62) for cooling an interior of the segmental ring (1) and is discharged into a gas path from openings of a rear end of the segmental ring (1). Waffle pattern (10) of ribs arranged in a lattice shape is formed on an upper surface of the segmental ring (1) to thereby increase the rigidity. A plurality of slits (6) are formed in flanges (4, 5) extending in the turbine circumferential direction to thereby absorb the deformation and thermal deformation of the segmental ring (1) is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Shiozaki, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Publication number: 20030012647
    Abstract: The gas turbine stationary blade comprises a stationary blade section provided therein with a passage for cooling air, an inner shroud for supporting the stationary blade section on the side of a discharge port of the cooling air, and a plurality of segments each of which includes at least one stationary blade section and at least one inner shroud. A flow passage is pulled out from the discharge port of the cooling air, and the flow passage is introduced to a front edge corner section of the inner shroud and is extended rearward along a side edge of the inner shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Shiozaki, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Patent number: 6481967
    Abstract: A gas turbine moving blade is provided which prevents occurrence of cracks caused by thermal stresses due to temperature differences between a blade and a platform while the gas turbine is being stopped. During steady operation time of the moving blade, cooling air enters cooling passages to flow through other cooling passages for cooling the blade, and then to flow out of the blade. A recessed portion having a smooth curved surface is provided in the platform near a blade fitting portion on the blade trailing edge side. A fillet of the blade fitting portion on the blade trailing edge side has a curved surface with curvature larger than that of a conventional blade fitting portion. A hub slot below the fillet, for blowing air, has a cross sectional area larger than other slots of the blade trailing edge. A thermal barrier coating is applied to the blade surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Yukihiro Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Hisato Arimura, Shunsuke Torii, Jun Kubota, Akihiko Shirota, Sunao Aoki, Tatsuo Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20020127111
    Abstract: The present invention provides a turbine moving blade, a turbine stationary blade, and a turbine split ring which are capable of restraining the deterioration and peeling-off of a thermal barrier coating easily and surely, and a gas turbine capable of enhancing the energy efficiency by increasing the temperature of combustion gas. The turbine moving blade provided in a turbine constituting the gas turbine includes a platform having a gas path surface extending in the combustion gas flow direction, and a blade portion erecting on the platform. The thermal barrier coating covering the gas path surface is formed so as to go around from the gas path surface to an upstream-side end face and a downstream-side end face of the outer peripheral faces of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Shigehiro Shiozaki, Kengo Yamaguchi, Hideaki Kaneko, Kotaro Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20020106276
    Abstract: A base plate and honeycomb member disposed at the inner circumference side of an inside shroud are fixed to the inside shroud, at a phase deviation in the peripheral direction, with respect to the inside shroud, so as to plug the missing range of seal member, out of gaps between adjacent inside shrouds, and therefore leak of purge air from the missing range of seal member is prevented without adding new constituent members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Shunsuke Torii
  • Publication number: 20020098079
    Abstract: In the gas turbine split ring, on an outer peripheral surface 1b between two cabin attachment flanges, a circumferential rib which extends in the circumferential direction and an axial rib which extends in the axial direction and has a height taller than that of the circumferential rib are, respectively, formed in plural lines, so that it is possible to suppress heat deformation in the axial direction which largely contributes to reduction of the tip clearance compared to head deformation in the circumferential direction more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Fujikawa, Yasuoki Tomita, Shunsuke Torii, Ryotaro Magoshi, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Shinichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20020094268
    Abstract: A split ring is disposed on an inner wall of a gas turbine casing. The split ring is composed of a plurality of split segments that are arranged on the inner wall of the casing in circumferential direction. A predetermined clearance is formed between the inner face of a split segment and the rotor blade tips. The split segments are arranged so that a predetermined circumferential clearance is formed between the split segments in order to allow the thermal expansion of the segments. A circumferential end face located upstream side of the segments with respect to the direction of the rotor blade rotation is connected to the inner face by a transition face having a surface formed as an inclined plane. The inclined plane prevents the swirl flow caused by the rotating rotor blade from impinging the upstream end face and, thereby, suppresses a temperature rise of the split segment at the upstream end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sugishita, Hisato Arimura, Yasuoki Tomita
  • Publication number: 20020090296
    Abstract: The division wall is made up of a plurality of division wall sections forming a passage wall of high temperature gas which are connected in the direction of arrangement of blades to form a wall surface having a roughly circular cross section as a whole, a gas flow restricting structure for preventing high temperature gas from passing through a gap formed at a connecting portion between the division wall sections in the flow direction of the high temperature gas from the opening on the upstream side of the high temperature gas in the gap, or a gas flow restricting structure for preventing the high temperature gas from being embraced in the gap, for example, a sealing member formed into a prism having a T-shape cross section as a whole composed of a plane portion as a sealing portion and a projected portion for filling the gap is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Kuwabara, Yoshiyuki Morii, Yasuoki Tomita, Shunsuke Torii, Shigehiro Shiozaki, Kotaro Ohshima, Tatsuaki Fujikawa, Ryotaro Magoshi, Shinichi Inoue