Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Kawajiri

Hideyuki Kawajiri 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: 11306602
    Abstract: In a guide vane according to an embodiment of the invention, where in a section perpendicular to a guide vane rotation axis, a curvature of a contour line forming a runner side vane surface of the guide vane is referred to as a positive curvature when the contour line is formed to be convex, while the curvature of the contour line is referred to as a negative curvature when the contour line is formed to be concave, a negative curvature portion where the curvature of the contour line becomes negative is provided on the runner side vane surface. The negative curvature portion is formed from an upper end portion to a lower end portion of the runner side vane surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kawajiri, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Hajime Koyama, Yukito Yada
  • Publication number: 20210140332
    Abstract: In a guide vane according to an embodiment of the invention, where in a section perpendicular to a guide vane rotation axis, a curvature of a contour line forming a runner side vane surface of the guide vane is referred to as a positive curvature when the contour line is formed to be convex, while the curvature of the contour line is referred to as a negative curvature when the contour line is formed to be concave, a negative curvature portion where the curvature of the contour line becomes negative is provided on the runner side vane surface. The negative curvature portion is formed from an upper end portion to a lower end portion of the runner side vane surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki KAWAJIRI, Yoshihiro ISHIKAWA, Hajime KOYAMA, Yukito YADA
  • Patent number: 10590904
    Abstract: A vane body of a guide vane includes a leading edge, and a trailing edge which is located closer to a runner than the leading edge, when located radially outside the runner. A projection extending in a direction from the trailing edge toward the leading edge is provided on an internal-diameter side blade face of the vane body, at least in any one of one side area of the internal-diameter side blade face and the other side area thereof in an axial direction of a guide vane rotation shaft, the internal-diameter side blade face being disposed on a side of the runner. The projection has a projection rear end of an arcuate shape, which projection rear end is formed to extend along a rotation trajectory which is drawn by the trailing edge when the vane body is rotated about the guide vane rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Madoka Narikawa, Hideyuki Kawajiri, Norio Ohtake, Koichi Kubo, Toshifumi Kurokawa, Nobuaki Noda
  • Publication number: 20190136703
    Abstract: In a guide vane according to an embodiment of the invention, where in a section perpendicular to a guide vane rotation axis, a curvature of a contour line forming a runner side vane surface of the guide vane is referred to as a positive curvature when the contour line is formed to be convex, while the curvature of the contour line is referred to as a negative curvature when the contour line is formed to be concave, a negative curvature portion where the curvature of the contour line becomes negative is provided on the runner side vane surface. The negative curvature portion is formed from an upper end portion to a lower end portion of the runner side vane surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki KAWAJIRI, Yoshihiro ISHIKAWA, Hajime KOYAMA, Yukito YADA
  • Publication number: 20170260958
    Abstract: A vane body of a guide vane includes a leading edge, and a trailing edge which is located closer to a runner than the leading edge, when located radially outside the runner. A projection extending in a direction from the trailing edge toward the leading edge is provided on an internal-diameter side blade face of the vane body, at least in any one of one side area of the internal-diameter side blade face and the other side area thereof in an axial direction of a guide vane rotation shaft, the internal-diameter side blade face being disposed on a side of the runner. The projection has a projection rear end of an arcuate shape, which projection rear end is formed to extend along a rotation trajectory which is drawn by the trailing edge when the vane body is rotated about the guide vane rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Madoka NARIKAWA, Hideyuki KAWAJIRI, Norio OHTAKE, Koichi KUBO, Toshifumi KUROKAWA, Nobuaki NODA
  • Patent number: 8944757
    Abstract: A fluid machine of an embodiment includes a sealing portion formed of an annular minute gap between a runner band of a runner configuring a rotating portion and a sealing liner which is a stationary portion and arranged in opposition to the runner band. A groove having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape is formed circumferentially on a surface of the sealing liner configuring the sealing portion. In a cross section perpendicular to a groove forming direction of the groove, an angle ?, formed between a side WU of the groove on the most upstream side with respect to the flowing direction of the leakage flow and a side W0 of the groove which is on an extended line of the surface of the sealing liner, is determined to be 15° or more and 40° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kawajiri, Naritoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140308119
    Abstract: A hydraulic machinery 1 comprises: vanes 10 that are circumferentially arranged side by side; and rotatable guide vanes 20 that are arranged inside the respective stay vanes. An outlet end-point 11 of each stay vane is in contact with a common reference circle. Each guide vane includes a pressure side blade surface 21 and a negative-pressure side blade surface 22, and has a camber line connecting centers of inscribed circles 24 that are in contact with both the blade surfaces 21, 22. When each guide vane takes a maximum opening degree, a central point O of a maximum inscribed circle 24m is located on an outlet side of the guide vane, relative to an intersection point 32 at which a line as the shortest distance, which is drawn between the outlet end-point and the negative-pressure side blade surface 22, and the camber line 25 intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sho HARADA, Sadao Kurosawa, Hideyuki Kawajiri, Atsuhito Nishimoto