Patents by Inventor Akitomi Semba

Akitomi Semba 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: 20150081528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for providing an energy creation service of a turbine generator. The users can receive a desired energy creation service without any initial investment and the providers of the service can expect sufficient profits. The method includes the steps of installing a new turbine generator for a user owning a power-generating facility having a turbine generator; obtaining power generation efficiency of the new turbine generator by a monitoring device; comparing the power generation efficiency of the new turbine generator and power generation efficiency of a turbine generator predetermined as a standard, by a computing device; performing a charging process for an excess of the power generation efficiency of the new turbine generator over the power generation efficiency of the standard turbine generator, by a processing device; and charging the user for a price reflecting the excess of the power generation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi HATTORI, Hiroshi MORIMOTO, Gustavo MONTOYA, Atsushi ISHIHARA, Tomoaki HAYAMIZU, Akitomi SEMBA, Takashi YABUTANI
  • Patent number: 8882356
    Abstract: A horizontal shaft type rotary machine capable of simply feeding oil into thrust bearing devices. Leak oil introduction is provided in the circumferential end parts of thrust bearing devices, for introducing leak oil of lubrication oil from horizontal type slide bearing devices onto slide surfaces of the thrust bearing devices. With this configuration, the thrust baring devices can be lubricated with the use of leak oil of lubrication oil from the horizontal type slide bearing devices, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of an oil feed system exclusively used for the thrust bearing devices, thereby it is possible to simplify the pipe line arrangement of the oil feed system and the control of oil feed quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Keiji Fugane, Makoto Hemmi
  • Publication number: 20120155790
    Abstract: The invention provides a horizontal shaft type rotary machine capable of simply feeding oil into thrust bearing devices. Leak oil introduction means are provided in the circumferential end parts of thrust bearing devices, for introducing leak oil of lubrication oil from horizontal type slide bearing devices onto slide surfaces of the thrust bearing devices. With this configuration, the thrust baring devices can be lubricated with the use of leak oil of lubrication oil from the horizontal type slide bearing devices, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of an oil feed system exclusively used for the thrust bearing devices, thereby it is possible to simplify the pipe line arrangement of the oil feed system and the control of oil feed quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi HATTORI, Tadaaki KAKIMOTO, Akitomi SEMBA, Keiji FUGANE, Makoto HEMMI
  • Patent number: 8049378
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a forced cooling rotary electric machine capable of bringing temperature distribution close to a designed temperature distribution and avoiding becoming a larger size, and employs a wedge formed with ventilation grooves and a wedge not formed with the ventilation grooves to regulate the flow rates of cooling gas passing through air ducts, so that the cooling gas supplied to a part of a stator core, in which temperature is low, can be caused to flow positively to a part in which the temperature is high and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be uniformized. As a result, the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be brought close to a designed temperature distribution, and a forced cooling rotary electric machine that need not be made larger in size with a margin can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Mitsunori Sezaki, Takashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7939977
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electrical device to be arranged to face to a stator, comprises a rotor iron core extending axially and including a plurality of slots arranged with a predetermined circumferential interval, a rotor coil contained by the slots, a coil support member of electrically insulating property arranged between parts of the rotor coil at an axial end of the rotor coil, and a retaining ring covering the coil support member and the axial end of the rotor coil, the coil support member has two fitted portions and a connecting portion connecting the fitted portions to each other to form H-shape of cross section and to form a space between the rotor coil and each of opposite sides of the connecting portion, and the coil support member further has a communicating path communicating to the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Takashi Shibata, Manabu Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20110101801
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a forced cooling rotary electric machine capable of bringing temperature distribution close to a designed temperature distribution and avoiding becoming a larger size, and employs a wedge formed with ventilation grooves and a wedge not formed with the ventilation grooves to regulate the flow rates of cooling gas passing through air ducts, so that the cooling gas supplied to a part of a stator core, in which temperature is low, can be caused to flow positively to a part in which the temperature is high and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be uniformized. As a result, the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be brought close to a designed temperature distribution, and a forced cooling rotary electric machine that need not be made larger in size with a margin can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Mitsunori Sezaki, Takashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7898128
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a forced cooling rotary electric machine capable of bringing temperature distribution close to a designed temperature distribution and avoiding becoming a larger size, and employs a wedge formed with ventilation grooves and a wedge not formed with the ventilation grooves to regulate the flow rates of cooling gas passing through air ducts, so that the cooling gas supplied to a part of a stator core, in which temperature is low, can be caused to flow positively to a part in which the temperature is high and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be uniformized. As a result, the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be brought close to a designed temperature distribution, and a forced cooling rotary electric machine that need not be made larger in size with a margin can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Mitsunori Sezaki, Takashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7893574
    Abstract: In a rotor of a rotary-electric machine, in order to improve a cooling performance of a rotor winding on an end portion of the rotor in an axial direction, the rotor winding being held by a retaining ring of the rotor winding formed by laminating conductors in slots of a rotor iron core extending in an axial direction and having slots formed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction, ventilation channels through which cooling air flows are formed in the surfaces of the conductors along a longitudinal direction. The ventilation channels have air inlet holes which guide the cooling air and exhaust holes which exhaust the cooling air, the conductors are laminated to constitute the rotor winding, and the conductors include openings of the air inlet holes in bottoms of the conductors on a side opposite to a side on which the ventilation channels are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Mitsuru Saeki, Akitomi Semba, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Takashi Watanabe, Manabu Suzuki, Takashi Shibata, Seijiro Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 7832934
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device comprising a runner portion attached to a rotational axis and having a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotational axis, and a fixed portion having a sliding surface facing the plane of the runner portion, wherein the fixed portion has a plurality of oil grooves extending in radial directions formed on the sliding surface, a plurality of tapered lands formed among some of the plurality of oil grooves on the sliding surface and having a tapered plane and a plane, a plurality of flat parts formed among the remainder of the plurality of oil grooves on the sliding surface and having only a plane, and a plurality of oil supply openings formed in each of the plurality flat parts and pressurized oil is externally supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Hemmi, Akitomi Semba
  • Patent number: 7825559
    Abstract: A rotation machine is configured such that permanent magnets and pole shoes holding the permanent magnets at the outer diameter side of the permanent magnets are provided for a rotor, and an outer diameter size (Ra) in the axial end portion of the pole shoe is made smaller than an outer diameter size (Rb) in the axial center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Nakahara, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Mamoru Kimura, Akitomi Semba
  • Patent number: 7728473
    Abstract: A electric rotating machine includes a rotor winding constituting a part of a rotor, a conductor provided in a center portion in a radial direction of a rotor body for supplying electricity to the rotor winding from the outside, a leader drawn from the conductor to an outside diameter side, and a connecting line constructed by stacking a plurality of conductor plates to electrically connect the rotor winding and the leader. The connecting line consists of a radial direction linear portion which is straight in the radial direction on the leader side, and a bending portion which branches into two routes toward opposite directions to each other in a rotor shaft direction from the radial direction linear portion and has a linear portion formed at a part of the bending portion. The linear portion of the bending portion is joined to a bottom surface of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitomi Semba, Fumihiko Goto, Juichi Enyama
  • Publication number: 20100045126
    Abstract: In a rotor of a rotary-electric machine, in order to improve a cooling performance of a rotor winding on an end portion of the rotor in an axial direction, the rotor winding being held by a retaining ring of the rotor winding formed by laminating conductors in slots of a rotor iron core extending in an axial direction and having slots formed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction, ventilation channels through which cooling air flows are formed in the surfaces of the conductors along a longitudinal direction. The ventilation channels have air inlet holes which guide the cooling air and exhaust holes which exhaust the cooling air, the conductors are laminated to constitute the rotor winding, and the conductors include openings of the air inlet holes in bottoms of the conductors on a side opposite to a side on which the ventilation channels are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: KENICHI HATTORI, MITSURU SAEKI, AKITOMI SEMBA, TADAAKI KAKIMOTO, TAKASHI WATANABE, MANABU SUZUKI, TAKASHI SHIBATA, SEIJIRO MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 7638909
    Abstract: In a rotor of a rotary-electric machine, in order to improve a cooling performance of a rotor winding, in a rotor winding on an end portion of the rotor in an axial direction, the rotor winding being held by a retaining ring of the rotor winding formed by laminating a plurality of conductors in slots of a rotor iron core extending in an axial direction and having a plurality of slots formed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction, ventilation channels through which cooling air flows are formed in the surfaces of the conductors along a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Mitsuru Saeki, Akitomi Semba, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Takashi Watanabe, Manabu Suzuki, Takashi Shibata, Seijiro Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090304316
    Abstract: The invention provides a horizontal shaft type rotary machine capable of simply feeding oil into thrust bearing devices. Leak oil introduction means are provided in the circumferential end parts of thrust bearing devices, for introducing leak oil of lubrication oil from horizontal type slide bearing devices onto slide surfaces of the thrust bearing devices. With this configuration, the thrust baring devices can be lubricated with the use of leak oil of lubrication oil from the horizontal type slide bearing devices, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of an oil feed system exclusively used for the thrust bearing devices, thereby it is possible to simplify the pipe line arrangement of the oil feed system and the control of oil feed quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Keiji Fugane, Makoto Hemmi
  • Publication number: 20090205194
    Abstract: A electric rotating machine includes a rotor winding constituting a part of a rotor, a conductor provided in a center portion in a radial direction of a rotor body for supplying electricity to the rotor winding from the outside, a leader drawn from the conductor to an outside diameter side, and a connecting line constructed by stacking a plurality of conductor plates to electrically connect the rotor winding and the leader. The connecting line consists of a radial direction linear portion which is straight in the radial direction on the leader side, and a bending portion which branches into two routes toward opposite directions to each other in a rotor shaft direction from the radial direction linear portion and has a linear portion formed at a part of the bending portion. The linear portion of the bending portion is joined to a bottom surface of the rotor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Akitomi Semba, Fumihiko Goto, Juichi Enyama
  • Patent number: 7521829
    Abstract: A electric rotating machine includes a rotor winding constituting a part of a rotor, a conductor provided in a center portion in a radial direction of a rotor body for supplying electricity to the rotor winding from the outside, a leader drawn from the conductor to an outside diameter side, and a connecting line constructed by stacking a plurality of conductor plates to electrically connect the rotor winding and the leader. The connecting line consists of a radial direction linear portion which is straight in the radial direction on the leader side, and a bending portion which branches into two routes toward opposite directions to each other in a rotor shaft direction from the radial direction linear portion and has a linear portion formed at a part of the bending portion. The linear portion of the bending portion is joined to a bottom surface of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitomi Semba, Fumihiko Goto, Juichi Enyama
  • Publication number: 20080169710
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a forced cooling rotary electric machine capable of bringing temperature distribution close to a designed temperature distribution and avoiding becoming a larger size, and employs a wedge formed with ventilation grooves and a wedge not formed with the ventilation grooves to regulate the flow rates of cooling gas passing through air ducts, so that the cooling gas supplied to a part of a stator core, in which temperature is low, can be caused to flow positively to a part in which the temperature is high and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be uniformized. As a result, the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be brought close to a designed temperature distribution, and a forced cooling rotary electric machine that need not be made larger in size with a margin can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Kenichi HATTORI, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Mitsunori Sezaki, Takashi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20080085068
    Abstract: A thrust bearing device comprising a runner portion attached to a rotational axis and having a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotational axis, and a fixed portion having a sliding surface facing the plane of the runner portion, wherein the fixed portion has a plurality of oil grooves extending in radial directions formed on the sliding surface, a plurality of tapered lands formed among some of the plurality of oil grooves on the sliding surface and having a tapered plane and a plane, a plurality of flat parts formed among the remainder of the plurality of oil grooves on the sliding surface and having only a plane, and a plurality of oil supply openings formed in each of the plurality flat parts and pressurized oil is externally supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Hemmi, Akitomi Semba
  • Publication number: 20070222333
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electrical device to be arranged to face to a stator, comprises a rotor iron core extending axially and including a plurality of slots arranged with a predetermined circumferential interval, a rotor coil contained by the slots, a coil support member of electrically insulating property arranged between parts of the rotor coil at an axial end of the rotor coil, and a retaining ring covering the coil support member and the axial end of the rotor coil, the coil support member has two fitted portions and a connecting portion connecting the fitted portions to each other to form H-shape of cross section and to form a space between the rotor coil and each of opposite sides of the connecting portion, and the coil support member further has a communicating path communicating to the spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Takashi Shibata, Manabu Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070145848
    Abstract: A rotation machine is configured such that permanent magnets and pole shoes holding the permanent magnets at the outer diameter side of the permanent magnets are provided for a rotor, and an outer diameter size (Ra) in the axial end portion of the pole shoe is made smaller than an outer diameter size (Rb) in the axial center portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Akihito Nakahara, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Mamoru Kimura, Akitomi Semba