Patents by Inventor Hiroharu yama

Hiroharu yama 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: 20120321449
    Abstract: Provided is a turbine in which seal fins (15) are provided to a hub shroud (41) to protrude toward a bottom surface (33a) of an annular groove (33), small gaps (H) are formed between the tip ends of the seal fins and the bottom surface of the annular groove, and assuming that the axial distance between a first seal fin (15a) disposed on the front edge side of the hub shroud among the seal fins and a front edge (41a) of the hub shroud is (L) and the axial distance between the front edge of the hub shroud and an inside surface (33b) of the annular groove is (Bu), the first seal fin is disposed to satisfy L/Bu<0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu yama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Asaharu Matsuo