Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Kuwamura

Yoshihiro Kuwamura 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: 11927112
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Omura, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Kentaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11898461
    Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISH HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11852032
    Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
  • Patent number: 11702947
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11655723
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11629610
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230111300
    Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
  • Patent number: 11608753
    Abstract: A turbine includes a shaft configured to rotate about a rotor axis; a pair of rotating blade rows, the pair of rotating blade rows including a pair of disks that extend radially outward from the shaft and are disposed at an interval in a direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of rotating blade rows including a plurality of rotating blades arranged in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral end of the disk; and a pair of stator vane rows disposed in a one-to-one manner on a first side of the pair of rotating blade rows in the direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of stator vane rows including a plurality of stator vanes arranged in the circumferential direction, wherein a number of the rotating blades on each one of the pair of rotating blade rows is the same, and a number of the stator vanes on each one of the pair of stator vane rows is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Senoo, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Toshio Watanabe, Sotaro Takei
  • Patent number: 11591934
    Abstract: An exhaust hood (Ec) of the present invention is provided with an inner casing (21), an outer casing (30), and a diffuser (26). The inner casing (21) surrounds a rotor from the outside in a radial direction, and forms a first space (21s) in which a fluid flows in an axial direction (Da) between the rotor and the inner casing (21). The diffuser (26) is provided with a bearing cone (29) that has a diameter that gradually widens moving towards an axial downstream side (Dad) and forms a cylindrical shape extending to the axial downstream side (Dad) to be continuous with the outer circumferential surface of a rotor shaft that forms the first space (21s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Kei Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20230017440
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Naoto OMURA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Eiji KONISHI, Kentaro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11519287
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
  • Publication number: 20220372992
    Abstract: There is provided a rotating machinery including: a rotating body R which is rotatable around an axis O and has a first facing surface P1 that widens in a plane intersecting the axis O; a stationary body S which faces the first facing surface P1 from the axial direction O, and has a second facing surface P2 forming a flow path F1 through which a fluid flows from a radially inner side toward the radially outer side between the first facing surface P1 and the second facing surface P2; and a rotation side projection portion 80 which projects from the first facing surface P1 toward the second facing surface P2, has an annular shape around the axis O, and faces the second facing surface P2 via a clearance C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Masamichi IINO, Martino RECLARI, Takeshi SANO, Shuichi YAMASHITA, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220268161
    Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11365649
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber is equipped with: a diffuser that forms a diffuser space; an exhaust casing that forms an exhaust space communicating with the diffuser space; and an auxiliary exhaust frame that forms an auxiliary exhaust space having an annular shape centered around an axis, on the inside of the diffuser in the radial direction. The auxiliary exhaust frame has an opening that opens toward the outside in the radial direction from the interior of the auxiliary exhaust space, and that enables the exhaust space and the auxiliary exhaust space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shigeo Ookura
  • Publication number: 20220186628
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220127968
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
  • Publication number: 20220120188
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220074319
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber is equipped with: a diffuser that forms a diffuser space; an exhaust casing that forms an exhaust space communicating with the diffuser space; and an auxiliary exhaust frame that forms an auxiliary exhaust space having an annular shape centered around an axis, on the inside of the diffuser in the radial direction. The auxiliary exhaust frame has an opening that opens toward the outside in the radial direction from the interior of the auxiliary exhaust space, and that enables the exhaust space and the auxiliary exhaust space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shigeo Ookura
  • Publication number: 20220003129
    Abstract: A turbine includes a shaft configured to rotate about a rotor axis; a pair of rotating blade rows, the pair of rotating blade rows including a pair of disks that extend radially outward from the shaft and are disposed at an interval in a direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of rotating blade rows including a plurality of rotating blades arranged in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral end of the disk; and a pair of stator vane rows disposed in a one-to-one manner on a first side of the pair of rotating blade rows in the direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of stator vane rows including a plurality of stator vanes arranged in the circumferential direction, wherein a number of the rotating blades on each one of the pair of rotating blade rows is the same, and a number of the stator vanes on each one of the pair of stator vane rows is the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki SENOO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Toshio WATANABE, Sotaro TAKEI
  • Patent number: 11187097
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a stationary body having a stationary-side peripheral surface; a rotating body having a rotating-side peripheral surface facing the stationary side-peripheral surface. One surface which is one of the stationary-side peripheral surface and the rotating-side peripheral surface has an upstream-side peripheral surface, a downstream-side peripheral surface, and a rearward step surface. The other surface has an upstream-side seal fin forming a minute gap between the upstream-side seal fin and the upstream-side peripheral surface; a downstream-side seal fin forming a minute gap between the downstream-side seal fin and the downstream-side peripheral surface. The rearward step surface has a guide surface extending downstream Da2 while directed toward the other surface and connected to the upstream-side peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shin Nishimoto, Hidekazu Uehara