Patents by Inventor Hironori Tsukidate

Hironori Tsukidate 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: 20130084162
    Abstract: A gas turbine is provided that can suppress an increase in the supplied amount of cooling air in clearance adjustment through casing cooling. The gas turbine 101 includes a turbine casing 19 enclosing a turbine shaft 105, the turbine casing 19 including a cooling air header 21 and a cooling passage 24; and an exhaust diffuser 113 connected to the exhaust side of the casing 19, the exhaust diffuser 113 including an exhaust diffuser cooling passage 26. A plate 22 formed with a plurality of impingement cooling holes 28 is installed inside the cooling air header, and a route is formed which allows cooling air introduced from the impingement cooling holes to flow from the casing cooling passage to the diffuser cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SANO, Hidetoshi Kuroki, Hironori Tsukidate, Hidetaro Murata, Hayato Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20120230813
    Abstract: An axial-flow compressor with variable stator vanes located at a single stage can be modified by adding variable stator vanes to the axial-flow compressor so that the variable stator vanes are located at a plurality of stages. The axial-flow compressor includes stator vane rows located at the plurality of stages and include the variable stator vanes extending in a radial direction of the axial-flow compressor and rotating around rotary shafts of the variable stator vanes so as to adjust angles of the variable stator vanes; a plurality of rings are connected to the stator vane rows and drive and rotate the variable stator vanes of the stator vane rows that correspond to respective rings; a plurality of levers that correspond to the plurality of rings; a rotary shaft that holds the plurality of levers so as to enable the levers to pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Tsukidate, Hidetoshi Kuroki, Atsushi Sano
  • Publication number: 20110236195
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compressor that has a simple structure, produces a damping effect and improves aerodynamic performance. In a compressor including stator blades 4 circumferentially mounted to an inner circumferential surface side of a casing 6 forming a annular path; and an inner barrel 7 supported by the casing and arranged on the radially inside of the stator blade as a partition wall on the radial side of the annular path; the stator blade includes an outer shroud 10 mounted to an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a position facing the inner barrel, and an inner shroud 11 supporting a blade portion at an inner diameter side, the inner shroud being disposed in an annular groove formed in an outer circumferential surface of the inner barrel facing the inner shroud. The stator blade including the outer shroud 10, the inner shroud 11 and the blade portions 9 are formed in a monolithic structure by milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SANO, Hidetoshi Kuroki, Hironori Tsukidate, Hidetaro Murata, Nobuaki Kizuka