Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Matsumoto

Kazuyuki Matsumoto 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: 20240128786
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery pack, a charging circuit that charges the battery pack, a load device that operates with a power of the battery pack, a voltage sensor that detects a charge voltage and a discharge voltage of the battery pack, a current sensor that detects a charge current and a discharge current of the battery pack, and a control circuit. The control circuit calculates an internal resistance of the battery pack based on the charge voltage and the charge current, calculates an allowable power indicating a maximum power that is able to be acquired from the battery pack by the load device based on the discharge voltage, the discharge current, and the internal resistance, and sends a control signal to the load device to cause the load device to operate with a power less than or equal to the allowable power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu MASUDA, Yuri NISHIZUMI, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240113120
    Abstract: A complementary transistor is constituted of a first transistor TR1 and a second transistor TR2, active regions 32, 42 of the respective transistors are formed by layering first A layers 33, 43 and the first B layers 35, 45 respectively, surface regions 201, 202 provided in a base correspond to first A layers 33, 43 respectively, first B layers 35, 45 each have a conductivity type different from that of the first A layers 33, 43, and extension layers 36, 46 of the first B layer are provided on insulation regions 211,212 respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Oishi, Koichi Matsumoto, Kazuyuki TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 11927112
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Omura, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Kentaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11898461
    Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISH HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11852032
    Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
  • Patent number: 11702947
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11655723
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11629610
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230111300
    Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
  • Patent number: 11591934
    Abstract: An exhaust hood (Ec) of the present invention is provided with an inner casing (21), an outer casing (30), and a diffuser (26). The inner casing (21) surrounds a rotor from the outside in a radial direction, and forms a first space (21s) in which a fluid flows in an axial direction (Da) between the rotor and the inner casing (21). The diffuser (26) is provided with a bearing cone (29) that has a diameter that gradually widens moving towards an axial downstream side (Dad) and forms a cylindrical shape extending to the axial downstream side (Dad) to be continuous with the outer circumferential surface of a rotor shaft that forms the first space (21s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Kei Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20230017440
    Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Naoto OMURA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Eiji KONISHI, Kentaro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11519287
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
  • Publication number: 20220268161
    Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11365649
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber is equipped with: a diffuser that forms a diffuser space; an exhaust casing that forms an exhaust space communicating with the diffuser space; and an auxiliary exhaust frame that forms an auxiliary exhaust space having an annular shape centered around an axis, on the inside of the diffuser in the radial direction. The auxiliary exhaust frame has an opening that opens toward the outside in the radial direction from the interior of the auxiliary exhaust space, and that enables the exhaust space and the auxiliary exhaust space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shigeo Ookura
  • Publication number: 20220186628
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220127968
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
  • Publication number: 20220120188
    Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220074319
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber is equipped with: a diffuser that forms a diffuser space; an exhaust casing that forms an exhaust space communicating with the diffuser space; and an auxiliary exhaust frame that forms an auxiliary exhaust space having an annular shape centered around an axis, on the inside of the diffuser in the radial direction. The auxiliary exhaust frame has an opening that opens toward the outside in the radial direction from the interior of the auxiliary exhaust space, and that enables the exhaust space and the auxiliary exhaust space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shigeo Ookura
  • Patent number: 11131201
    Abstract: In a rotating machine, a tip shroud of a rotor blade includes a plurality of shroud outer peripheral surfaces which are provided such that radial positions of the shroud outer peripheral surfaces are located stepwise radially outward from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and a step portion which connects adjacent shroud outer peripheral surfaces to each other. The step portion includes an acute angle-forming surface which extends toward the upstream side while extending toward a radially outer side and is connected to an upstream-side end portion of the shroud outer peripheral surface located on the downstream side with an acute angle ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura
  • Patent number: 11131217
    Abstract: A steam turbine exhaust chamber includes a casing and a bearing cone disposed in the casing. The casing has a recess provided along at least a part of a circumference of the casing on a radially outer side of a downstream end of the bearing cone and recessed downstream in an axial direction with respect to the downstream end of the bearing cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Murakami, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Soichiro Tabata