Patents by Inventor Akihiro Onoda

Akihiro Onoda 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: 10018046
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 of an embodiment includes a turbine rotor 30, rotor blade cascades 41 having rotor blades 40, stationary blade cascades 53 having stationary blades 52, and a steam passage 60 formed on a turbine stage, among turbine stages, including the rotor blades each having a blade height equal to or more than a blade height at which a loss generated when a leakage steam flown between a diaphragm inner ring 51 and the turbine rotor 30 jets into a main steam and a benefit brought by increasing the blade height of each of the rotor blades 40 in accordance with an increase in a flow rate of the main steam by an amount of the leakage steam are cancelled, and leading the leakage steam from an upstream side to a downstream side of a rotor disk 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke Nomura, Akihiro Onoda, Junichi Tominaga, Shinichiro Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9777587
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki Mimura, Akihiro Onoda, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Naoki Shibukawa, Toshio Hirano, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 9631514
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine according to an embodiment includes a plurality of nozzle structures and a plurality of blade structures. At least one nozzle structure includes an outer ring diaphragm and an inner ring diaphragm. The outer ring diaphragm and the inner ring diaphragm form an annular opening portion which extends in a circumferential direction therebetween. A nozzle is provided in a portion of a region of the annular opening portion in the circumferential direction, and a closing part is provided in another portion of the region of the annular opening portion in the circumferential direction. The closing part closes this other portion of the region to prevent a working fluid from flowing into this other portion of the region. A closing part medium passage is provided in the closing part and is configured to flow a cooling medium which cools the closing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro Onoda, Yuki Mimura, Shoko Ito
  • Patent number: 9399949
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Akihiro Onoda
  • Publication number: 20140271125
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 of an embodiment includes a turbine rotor 30, rotor blade cascades 41 having rotor blades 40, stationary blade cascades 53 having stationary blades 52, and a steam passage 60 formed on a turbine stage, among turbine stages, including the rotor blades each having a blade height equal to or more than a blade height at which a loss generated when a leakage steam flown between a diaphragm inner ring 51 and the turbine rotor 30 jets into a main steam and a benefit brought by increasing the blade height of each of the rotor blades 40 in accordance with an increase in a flow rate of the main steam by an amount of the leakage steam are cancelled, and leading the leakage steam from an upstream side to a downstream side of a rotor disk 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke Nomura, Akihiro Onoda, Junichi Tominaga, Shinichiro Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20140250859
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine according to an embodiment includes a plurality of nozzle structures and a plurality of blade structures. At least one nozzle structure includes an outer ring diaphragm and an inner ring diaphragm. The outer ring diaphragm and the inner ring diaphragm form an annular opening portion which extends in a circumferential direction therebetween. A nozzle is provided in a portion of a region of the annular opening portion in the circumferential direction, and a closing part is provided in another portion of the region of the annular opening portion in the circumferential direction. The closing part closes this other portion of the region to prevent a working fluid from flowing into this other portion of the region. A closing part medium passage is provided in the closing part and is configured to flow a cooling medium which cools the closing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihiro ONODA, Yuki Mimura, Shoko Ito
  • Patent number: 8806874
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine has turbine nozzles, a heat shield plate, a first communication hole formed in the turbine rotor and connected to the space, to flow a cooling medium, a first opening formed in at least any one of the two adjacent rotor disks, to be connected to the space, a second communication hole connected to the space through the first opening, to communicate with an implant unit of the turbine rotor blade in the rotor disk, a third communication hole connected to the second communication hole, to communicate along an effective length of the turbine rotor blade, a second opening formed in a side face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole, and a third opening formed in an outer circumferential end face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Onoda, Yuki Mimura, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 8753087
    Abstract: A turbine rotor assembly 10 comprises a turbine rotor and a plurality of moving blades 20 implanted in a circumferential direction of the rotor. A flow passage is formed between each of the moving blades 20 and a circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20. Each of the moving blades 20 comprises a suction side connecting member 22 protruded on a blade suction surface 21 and a pressure side connecting member 24 protruded on a blade pressure surface 23, wherein the suction side connecting member 22 of each of the moving blades 20 is configured to be connected with the pressure side connecting member 24 of the circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20 to form an intermediate connecting member 30 between the moving blade 20 and the circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20 during a rotation of the turbine rotor. A downstream side end edge 32 of the intermediate connecting member 30 is positioned at an upstream side of a throat S of the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoki Shibukawa, Yoriharu Murata, Akihiro Onoda, Daisuke Nomura, Tomohiro Tejima, Osamu Furuya, Kenichi Imai
  • Patent number: 8695345
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a calculation method of moisture loss in a steam turbine calculates first a wetness fraction at the inlet and outlet of each of stationary blade cascades and rotor blade cascades. Subsequently, the moisture loss is classified into (1) supersaturation loss, (2) condensation loss, (3) acceleration loss, (4) braking loss, (5) capture loss and (6) pumping loss, and a loss for calculation of the moisture loss is selected from the above losses (1) to (6) according to the wetness fraction of steam at the inlet and outlet of each blade cascade. An amount of each selected loss is calculated, and an amount of moisture loss at each blade cascade is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawagishi, Akihiro Onoda, Tomohiro Tejima, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Asako Inomata, Naoki Shibukawa
  • Publication number: 20140020402
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoyuki OKAMURA, Nobuhiro OKIZONO, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA, Akihiro ONODA
  • Publication number: 20140020359
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki MIMURA, Akihiro ONODA, Tomohiko TSUKUDA, Naoki SHIBUKAWA, Toshio HIRANO, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20140020403
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a sealing device includes seal fins provided on an inner circumferential surface of a stationary body or an outer circumferential surface of a rotating body so as to be adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the rotating body in a gap between the outer circumferential surface of the rotating body and the inner circumferential surface of the stationary body. The device further includes at least one opening member provided on the inner circumferential surface of the stationary body, the opening member being provided at a position between seal fins adjacent to each other in the axial direction, and having holes opened on a side of the inner circumferential surface of the stationary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohiko TSUKUDA, Yuki MIMURA, Akihiro ONODA, Naoki SHIBUKAWA, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20140020391
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine has turbine nozzles, a heat shield plate, a first communication hole formed in the turbine rotor and connected to the space, to flow a cooling medium, a first opening formed in at least any one of the two adjacent rotor disks, to be connected to the space, a second communication hole connected to the space through the first opening, to communicate with an implant unit of the turbine rotor blade in the rotor disk, a third communication hole connected to the second communication hole, to communicate along an effective length of the turbine rotor blade, a second opening formed in a side face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole, and a third opening formed in an outer circumferential end face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro ONODA, Yuki Mimura, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 8147180
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine stage structure has: an annular diaphragm inner ring; an annular diaphragm outer ring arranged radially outside and coaxially with the diaphragm inner ring and separated from the diaphragm inner ring by an annular flow path interposed between them; stationary blades arranged peripherally at intervals in the annular flow path and rigidly secured to the diaphragm inner ring and the diaphragm outer ring; and moving blades rigidly secured to the outer periphery of a rotatable rotor and arranged peripherally at intervals respectively at axially downstream sides of the stationary blades. Through holes are formed in the diaphragm outer ring so as to allow axial upstream side and axially downstream side of the stationary blades to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tani, Sakae Kawasaki, Akihiro Onoda, Daisuke Nomura, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20120067045
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a calculation method of moisture loss in a steam turbine calculates first a wetness fraction at the inlet and outlet of each of stationary blade cascades and rotor blade cascades. Subsequently, the moisture loss is classified into (1) supersaturation loss, (2) condensation loss, (3) acceleration loss, (4) braking loss, (5) capture loss and (6) pumping loss, and a loss for calculation of the moisture loss is selected from the above losses (1) to (6) according to the wetness fraction of steam at the inlet and outlet of each blade cascade. An amount of each selected loss is calculated, and an amount of moisture loss at each blade cascade is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWAGISHI, Akihiro Onoda, Tomohiro Tejima, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Asako Inomata, Naoki Shibukawa
  • Publication number: 20110158810
    Abstract: A turbine rotor assembly 10 comprises a turbine rotor and a plurality of moving blades 20 implanted in a circumferential direction of the rotor. A flow passage is formed between each of the moving blades 20 and a circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20. Each of the moving blades 20 comprises a suction side connecting member 22 protruded on a blade suction surface 21 and a pressure side connecting member 24 protruded on a blade pressure surface 23, wherein the suction side connecting member 22 of each of the moving blades 20 is configured to be connected with the pressure side connecting member 24 of the circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20 to form an intermediate connecting member 30 between the moving blade 20 and the circumferentially adjacent moving blade 20 during a rotation of the turbine rotor. A downstream side end edge 32 of the intermediate connecting member 30 is positioned at an upstream side of a throat S of the flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Naoki Shibukawa, Yoriharu Murata, Akihiro Onoda, Daisuke Nomura, Tomohiro Tejima, Osamu Furuya, Kenichi Imai
  • Patent number: 7645119
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine provided with a stage composed of a turbine nozzle and a turbine rotor blade arranged in an axial flow direction. Both end portions of a nozzle blade of the turbine nozzle are supported by a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, and a flow passage is formed to have its diameter expanded from an upstream stage to a downstream stage. In such axial flow turbine, trailing edges at ends of the nozzle blade supported by the diaphragm inner ring and the diaphragm outer ring are curved as a curvature to an outlet side, and an intermediate portion between the trailing edges is formed to be straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Nomura, Sakae Kawasaki, Akihiro Onoda, Kentaro Tani, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20090110550
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine stage structure has: an annular diaphragm inner ring; an annular diaphragm outer ring arranged radially outside and coaxially with the diaphragm inner ring and separated from the diaphragm inner ring by an annular flow path interposed between them; stationary blades arranged peripherally at intervals in the annular flow path and rigidly secured to the diaphragm inner ring and the diaphragm outer ring; and moving blades rigidly secured to the outer periphery of a rotatable rotor and arranged peripherally at intervals respectively at axially downstream sides of the stationary blades. Through holes are formed in the diaphragm outer ring so as to allow axial upstream side and axially downstream side of the stationary blades to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Kentaro TANI, Sakae Kawasaki, Akihiro Onoda, Daisuke Nomura, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20080199310
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine provided with a stage composed of a turbine nozzle and a turbine rotor blade arranged in an axial flow direction. Both end portions of a nozzle blade of the turbine nozzle are supported by a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, and a flow passage is formed to have its diameter expanded from an upstream stage to a downstream stage. In such axial flow turbine, trailing edges at ends of the nozzle blade supported by the diaphragm inner ring and the diaphragm outer ring are curved as a curvature to an outlet side, and an intermediate portion between the trailing edges is formed to be straight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Daisuke Nomura, Sakae Kawasaki, Akihiro Onoda, Kentaro Tani, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7300247
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine provided with a stage composed of a turbine nozzle and a turbine rotor blade arranged in an axial flow direction. Both end portions of a nozzle blade of the turbine nozzle are supported by a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, and a flow passage is formed to have its diameter expanded from an upstream stage to a downstream stage. In such axial flow turbine, trailing edges at ends of the nozzle blade supported by the diaphragm inner ring and the diaphragm outer ring are curved as a curvature to an outlet side, and an intermediate portion between the trailing edges is formed to be straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Nomura, Sakae Kawasaki, Akihiro Onoda, Kentaro Tani, Hiroshi Kawakami