Patents by Inventor Hirotaka KURASHIMA

Hirotaka KURASHIMA 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: 11946390
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor blade configured to be implanted in a disc of a rotating body, the rotor blade including a blade root, wherein in a cross-sectional shape of the blade root, the blade root includes at least one stage of protruding parts protruding toward opposite sides with respect to a direction containing a circumferential component, the protruding parts being configured to lock the blade root to the disc, each of the protruding parts has a contact surface configured to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward a center part of the blade root from radially inside to radially outside, and each of the protruding parts has a non-contact surface configured not to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward the center part of the blade root from the radially inside to the radially outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kurashima, Hirokazu Matsuda, Ryoji Tamai, Ryozo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11873992
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20230093427
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11543132
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20210324750
    Abstract: Provided is a rotor blade configured to be implanted in a disc of a rotating body, the rotor blade including a blade root, wherein in a cross-sectional shape of the blade root, the blade root includes at least one stage of protruding parts protruding toward opposite sides with respect to a direction containing a circumferential component, the protruding parts being configured to lock the blade root to the disc, each of the protruding parts has a contact surface configured to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward a center part of the blade root from radially inside to radially outside, and each of the protruding parts has a non-contact surface configured not to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward the center part of the blade root from the radially inside to the radially outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka KURASHIMA, Hirokazu MATSUDA, Ryoji TAMAI, Ryozo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190264923
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, Osamu HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA