Patents by Inventor Hisato Tagawa

Hisato Tagawa 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: 10655488
    Abstract: In a gas turbine in which a seal member seals a gap between a transition piece and a nozzle end wall in a turbine first stage, the transition piece and the nozzle end wall has a seal groove. The seal member includes a hook portion that slides in the turbine radial direction with respect to the flange and a seal plate portion inserted in the groove. The groove and the portion are configured to include a surface contact region in which a surface of the groove and the portion are in surface contact with each other, a non-contact region disposed on a side closer to the transition piece than the region, and a hole provided at the portion so as to face the surface in the groove across a gap in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Shinichi Higuchi, Hisato Tagawa, Kenji Shingai, Takemitsu Miura
  • Patent number: 10006368
    Abstract: The invention provides a gas turbine blade that is capable of reducing the temperature difference between the pressure side and the suction side even if the trailing-edge cooling channel is narrow, thereby lessening thermal stress as well. A gas turbine blade 1 comprises: an internal trailing-edge cooling channel formed by a suction-side cooling target surface 6a and a pressure-side cooling target surface 6b that face each other; and multiple vortex-generator-shaped fins 10 disposed between the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b such that the fins 10 connect the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b. Each of the vortex-generator-shaped fins 10 includes an oblique surface 33 located on the downstream side of the flow direction of a cooling medium. A normal line 34 to the oblique surface 33 intersects with one of the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Hisato Tagawa, Tetsuro Morisaki
  • Publication number: 20180058234
    Abstract: In a gas turbine in which a seal member seals a gap between a transition piece and a nozzle end wall in a turbine first stage, the transition piece and the nozzle end wall has a seal groove. The seal member includes a hook portion that slides in the turbine radial direction with respect to the flange and a seal plate portion inserted in the groove. The groove and the portion are configured to include a surface contact region in which a surface of the groove and the portion are in surface contact with each other, a non-contact region disposed on a side closer to the transition piece than the region, and a hole provided at the portion so as to face the surface in the groove across a gap in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HORIUCHI, Shinichi HIGUCHI, Hisato TAGAWA, Kenji SHINGAI, Takemitsu MIURA
  • Patent number: 9790799
    Abstract: A gas turbine airfoil is provided that is superior in the cooling performance of an end wall and in the thermal efficiency of a gas turbine. A gas turbine airfoil includes an airfoil portion having a cooling passage therein; and an end wall portion located at an inner band end portion of the airfoil portion in the turbine-radial direction. Cooling holes are disposed in the leading edge side hook portion of the end wall portion. The plurality of cooling holes are arranged at different distance of intervals in the circumferential direction of the gas turbine. Cooling air that has flowed in the cooling passage is configured to flow from the cooling holes toward the leading edge of the end wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Tagawa, Yasuhiro Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9587494
    Abstract: A gas turbine blade includes a hollow-blade-form portion formed by a leading edge on an upstream side of an working fluid of a gas turbine in a flow direction, a trailing edge on a downstream side of the working fluid in the flow direction, and a suction surface and a pressure surface reaching the trailing edge from the leading edge, and a shank portion for supporting the blade form portion. The blade also includes a partition for connecting the suction surface and the pressure surface in a hollow region of the blade-form portion, coolant paths formed by the partition, the suction surface, and the pressure surface, an impingement cooling hole formed in the partition for dividing the first path that is a flow path nearest to the leading edge side among the coolant paths and the second path adjacent to the first path, and first and second converter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Morisaki, Hisato Tagawa, Manabu Yagi, Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Shinichi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20150139814
    Abstract: The invention provides a gas turbine blade that is capable of reducing the temperature difference between the pressure side and the suction side even if the trailing-edge cooling channel is narrow, thereby lessening thermal stress as well. A gas turbine blade 1 comprises: an internal trailing-edge cooling channel formed by a suction-side cooling target surface 6a and a pressure-side cooling target surface 6b that face each other; and multiple vortex-generator-shaped fins 10 disposed between the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b such that the fins 10 connect the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b. Each of the vortex-generator-shaped fins 10 includes an oblique surface 33 located on the downstream side of the flow direction of a cooling medium. A normal line 34 to the oblique surface 33 intersects with one of the two cooling target surfaces 6a and 6b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HORIUCHI, Hisato TAGAWA, Tetsuro MORISAKI
  • Publication number: 20150125310
    Abstract: A gas turbine airfoil is provided that is superior in the cooling performance of an end wall and in the thermal efficiency of a gas turbine. A gas turbine airfoil includes an airfoil portion having a cooling passage therein; and an end wall portion located at an inner band end portion of the airfoil portion in the turbine-radial direction. Cooling holes are disposed in the leading edge side hook portion of the end wall portion. The plurality of cooling holes are arranged at different distance of intervals in the circumferential direction of the gas turbine. Cooling air that has flowed in the cooling passage is configured to flow from the cooling holes toward the leading edge of the end wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hisato TAGAWA, Yasuhiro HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140056719
    Abstract: A gas turbine blade includes a hollow-blade-form portion formed by a leading edge on an upstream side of an working fluid of a gas turbine in a flow direction, a trailing edge on a downstream side of the working fluid in the flow direction, and a suction surface and a pressure surface reaching the trailing edge from the leading edge, and a shank portion for supporting the blade form portion. The blade also includes a partition for connecting the suction surface and the pressure surface in a hollow region of the blade-form portion, coolant paths formed by the partition, the suction surface, and the pressure surface, an impingement cooling hole formed in the partition for dividing the first path that is a flow path nearest to the leading edge side among the coolant paths and the second path adjacent to the first path, and first and second converter portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro MORISAKI, Hisato TAGAWA, Manabu YAGI, Yasuhiro HORIUCHI, Shinichi HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7619332
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type electric rotating machine comprises a stator having a distributed winding and a permanent magnet rotor, wherein the permanent magnet rotor is provided with a wind passage in an axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoruo Kimura, Kazumasa Ide, Motonobu Iizuka, Shuji Mizutani, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Kengo Iwashige, Hisato Tagawa, Yusaku Maruno
  • Publication number: 20060071568
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type electric rotating machine comprises a stator having a distributed winding and a permanent magnet rotor, wherein the permanent magnet rotor is provided with a wind passage in an axial direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Mamoruo Kimura, Kazumasa Ide, Motonobu Iizuka, Shuji Mizutani, Tetsuo Fujigaki, Kengo Iwashige, Hisato Tagawa, Yusaku Maruno