Patents by Inventor Kentaro AKIMOTO

Kentaro AKIMOTO 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: 20240167384
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes: a rotor blade body which includes a blade root fixed to a rotation shaft extending along an axis, a base portion integrally formed on the outer radial side of the blade root, a blade body integrally formed on the outer radial side of the base portion, and a fin protruding from an axial end surface of the base portion; and a damper piece which is provided across an inner peripheral region of the axial end surface on the inner radial side of the fin and an inner peripheral surface of the fin facing the inner radial side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Toshio WATANABE, Kentaro AKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11566526
    Abstract: A vibration damping device according to an embodiment is a vibration damping device for a blade of a rotating machine, which includes at least one housing configured to be containable in a cavity formed under a platform of the blade, and to be detachable from the blade, and an attenuation material disposed in a vibration damping space formed inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Kentaro Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11466570
    Abstract: A rotor assembly includes: a rotor disc; a plurality of rotor blades fixed to the rotor disc and extending radially outward in a radial direction of the rotor disc; and at least one rolling element configured to roll on a curved surface facing inward in the radial direction of the rotor disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tomii, Kentaro Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20220112810
    Abstract: A rotor assembly includes: a rotor disc; a plurality of rotor blades fixed to the rotor disc and extending radially outward in a radial direction of the rotor disc; and at least one rolling element configured to roll on a curved surface facing inward in the radial direction of the rotor disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki TOMII, Kentaro AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210317744
    Abstract: A vibration damping device according to an embodiment is a vibration damping device for a blade of a rotating machine, which includes at least one housing configured to be containable in a cavity formed under a platform of the blade, and to be detachable from the blade, and an attenuation material disposed in a vibration damping space formed inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio WATANABE, Kentaro AKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10760438
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine has: a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion defined by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on a downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. A final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of an inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is defined such that a diameter thereof at a trailing edge position of a final blade is smaller than the diameter at a leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, a diameter of all or a portion of a diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of the downstream side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Eisaku Ito, Koichiro Iida, Kentaro Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10753217
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine has: a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion defined by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on a downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. A final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of an inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is defined such that a diameter thereof at a trailing edge position of a final blade is smaller than the diameter at a leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, a diameter of all or a portion of a diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of the downstream side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura, Eisaku Ito, Koichiro Iida, Kentaro Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20190234223
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine has: a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion defined by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on a downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. A final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of an inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is defined such that a diameter thereof at a trailing edge position of a final blade is smaller than the diameter at a leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, a diameter of all or a portion of a diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of the downstream side in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Eisaku ITO, Koichiro IIDA, Kentaro AKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160017734
    Abstract: An axial flow rotating machine having: a rotor that is provided with a plurality of rotor blades; a stator provided with a plurality of stator blades; an axial flow rotating portion formed by the rotor and the stator; and a diffuser connected to the axial flow rotating portion on the downstream side of the axial flow rotating portion. The final blade portion inner-circumferential inner wall, which is a portion of the inner-circumferential inner wall of the axial flow rotating portion, is formed so that the diameter thereof at the trailing edge position of the final blade is smaller than the diameter at the leading edge position of the final blade. In addition, the diameter of all or a portion of the diffuser inner-circumferential inner wall decreases in a direction of a first side in the axial direction, the first side being the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya NISHIMURA, Eisaku ITO, Koichiro IIDA, Kentaro AKIMOTO