Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Aburatani

Yoshihiro Aburatani 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: 7632363
    Abstract: A method for refurbishing service-degraded gas turbine component can recover the microstructure of the alloy of the gas turbine component, whose material is deteriorated or damaged after its operation, to the extent that is equivalent or more than the characteristic at the time of its manufacture. The method comprises performing a recovery heat treatment, performing a solution heat treatment, and performing an aging heat treatment. The recovery heat treatment heat-treats the component under a predetermined pressure, which is higher than normal pressure, wherein the temperature of the component is increased to a predetermined temperature under the predetermined pressure. The solution heat treatment is processed under reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere after the recovery heat treatment. The aging heat treatment is processed under reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere after the recovery heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yomei Yoshioka, Daizo Saito, Junji Ishii, Yoshihiro Aburatani
  • Publication number: 20060016527
    Abstract: A method for refurbishing service-degraded gas turbine component can recover the microstructure of the alloy of the gas turbine component, whose material is deteriorated or damaged after its operation, to the extent that is equivalent or more than the characteristic at the time of its manufacture. The method comprises performing a recovery heat treatment, performing a solution heat treatment, and performing an aging heat treatment. The recovery heat treatment heat-treats the component under a predetermined pressure, which is higher than normal pressure, wherein the temperature of the component is increased to a predetermined temperature under the predetermined pressure. The solution heat treatment is processed under reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere after the recovery heat treatment. The aging heat treatment is processed under reduced pressure or inert gas atmosphere after the recovery heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Yomei Yoshioka, Daizo Saito, Junji Ishii, Yoshihiro Aburatani
  • Patent number: 6824575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an IGCC which achieves improved plant thermal efficiency by using a cooling steam supply system that cools the high-temperature sections of the gas turbine 34. Embodiments of the invention further provide and IGCC in which the cooling steam recovery system recovers steam after cooling the gas-turbine high-temperature section and makes practical re-use of the energy and substances within the system. Therefore, embodiments of the invention can reduce or eliminate the degradation of certain equipment by cooling the high-temperature sections. Methods are provided for increasing the thermal efficiency o an IGCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Otomo, Yoshitake Fukuyama, Tatsuro Uchida, Masaharu Utsunomiya, Hiromitsu Iijima, Yoshihiro Aburatani
  • Patent number: 6032361
    Abstract: Provided are a gas turbine multi-hole film-cooled combustor liner, which can be manufactured with improved accuracy in shape and position of cooling holes in a very short time, ensuring desirable buckling strength and satisfactory cooling performance. A planar flat member is curved to form a liner shell of a cylindrical shape, the cylindrical member is welded in the longitudinal direction thereof to form a cylindrical shell. Then a wavy configuration and a corrugated configuration are formed on the cylindrical shell by a hydro-bulging method, cooling holes are formed through the liner shell by laser drilling at or near wave crest portions of the wavy configuration of the liner shell, and inner rings are attached to the liner shell by resistance spot welding or vacuum brazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Makino, Kiyoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Matsui, Yoshihiro Aburatani, Yamato Kaminaka, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroaki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5826431
    Abstract: Provided are a gas turbine multi-hole film-cooled combustor liner, which can be manufactured with improved accuracy in shape and position of cooling holes in a very short time, ensuring desirable buckling strength and satisfactory cooling performance. A planar flat member is curved to form a liner shell of a cylindrical shape, the cylindrical member is welded in the longitudinal direction thereof to form a cylindrical shell. Then a wavy configuration and a corrugated configuration are formed on the cylindrical shell by a hydro-bulging method, cooling holes are formed through the liner shell by laser drilling at or near wave crest portions of the wavy configuration of the liner shell, and inner rings are attached to the liner shell by resistance spot welding or vacuum brazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Makino, Kiyoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Matsui, Yoshihiro Aburatani, Yamato Kaminaka, Hiroshi Kubo, Hiroaki Okamoto