Patents by Inventor Kunihiro Ichikawa

Kunihiro Ichikawa 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: 9920639
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustion chamber is provided, including a flow sleeve structure with an improved anti-vibration performance. A gas turbine combustion chamber of the present invention includes a liner, a transition piece, and a flow sleeve including a plurality of segments and integrated by welding a tie piece along joint portions of the segments. The tie piece includes a first member and a second member, the first member continuously extending along a longitudinal direction of the joint portions of the segments and being arranged to cover the joint portions, and the second member being formed at an end portion of the first member, having a width wider than the first member, and including a recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sekihara, Kunihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9822659
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The turbine includes a honeycomb seal disposed so as to be secured to a casing side in a clearance between the casing and turbine blades rotating around a rotating shaft and a seal fin that is provided on an end face of each of the turbine blades facing the honeycomb seal. The seal fin extends in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft. The honeycomb seal is formed by a plurality of corrugated sheet metals overlapped with each other at walls of nodes thereof and the walls of the nodes are blazed with each other. Each of the corrugated sheet metals has trapezoids formed in alternating fashion. A longer direction of each wall of the nodes of the honeycomb seal is angled with respect to the rotational direction of the turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Tadashi Kasuya, Yoshitaka Kojima, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tadashi Murakata, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Takumi Konrai
  • Publication number: 20140356142
    Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine that can solve a problem in which a seal fin of a turbine blade is abraded by a brazed place of a honeycomb seal. A gas turbine 100 includes a compressor 10, a combustor 20, and a turbine 30. The turbine 30 includes: a honeycomb seal 7 disposed so as to be secured to a casing side in a clearance between the casing 1 and turbine blades 5A-5C rotating around a rotating shaft 4 extending in a longitudinal direction of the casing 1 and a seal fin 6 provided on an end face of each of the turbine blades 5A-5C facing the honeycomb seal 7, the seal fin 6 extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft 4. The honeycomb seal 7 is formed by a plurality of corrugated thin sheet metals 71 overlapped with each other at walls of node 71a thereof and the walls of node 71 blazed with each other, each of the corrugated thin sheet metals 71 having trapezoids alternately continued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki ARIKAWA, Tadashi KASUYA, Yoshitaka KOJIMA, Yasuyuki WATANABE, Tadashi MURAKATA, Kunihiro ICHIKAWA, Takumi KONRAI
  • Patent number: 8813361
    Abstract: In a gas turbine blade where a part of the ?? phase precipitation strengthened type Ni-based alloy base material is composed of a weld metal, the weld metal is a Ni-based alloy containing Ta from 4.8 to 5.3 wt. %, Cr from 18 to 23 wt. %, Co from 12 to 17 wt. %, W from 14 to 18 wt. %, C from 0.03 to 0.1 wt. %, Mo from 1 to 2 wt. %, and Al of 1 wt. % or less, in which the oxygen content is 0 to 30 ppm, the Ti content from 0 to 0.1 wt. %, and the Re content from 0 to 0.5 wt. %. A blade base metal is manufactured by the step of stripping, the step of solution heat treatment where the ?? phase is dissolved again, the step of welding in an inert gas chamber by a TIG method using a welding wire where the weld metal can be obtained, the step of HIP treatment at 1100° C. to 1150° C., and the step of an aging treatment at 835° C. to 855° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Doi, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140150453
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustion chamber is provided, including a flow sleeve structure with an improved anti-vibration performance. A gas turbine combustion chamber of the present invention includes a liner, a transition piece, and a flow sleeve including a plurality of segments and integrated by welding a tie piece along joint portions of the segments. The tie piece includes a first member and a second member, the first member continuously extending along a longitudinal direction of the joint portions of the segments and being arranged to cover the joint portions, and the second member being formed at an end portion of the first member, having a width wider than the first member, and including a recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru SEKIHARA, Kunihiro ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140112758
    Abstract: The most principal feature of the present invention is as follows: Namely, in the gas-turbine-use high-temperature component including the thermal barrier coating and a cooling structure, micro passages are provided inside an alloy bond-coat layer and a thermal-barrier ceramic top-coat layer of the thermal barrier coating, the micro passages being in communication from the substrate side to the surface side. Moreover, a partial amount of coolant of a coolant for cooling the high-temperature component is caused to flow out to the outside of the high-temperature component via these micro passages. The employment of the structure like this makes it possible to expect the implementation of a high-temperature component's heat-resistant-temperature enhancement effect based on the transpiration cooling effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki ARIKAWA, Yoshitaka KOJIMA, Tadashi KASUYA, Akira MEBATA, Kunihiro ICHIKAWA, Hiroyuki ENDO, Takao ENDO
  • Patent number: 8460799
    Abstract: A high-temperature resistant component for, e.g., a gas turbine hot part, includes an alloy substrate containing Ni, Co, or Fe as the principal component, and a thermal barrier coating formed over the surface of the substrate via a bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes a porous thermal-barrier layer made of ceramic and an environmental barrier layer with corrosion resistance. An impregnated layer is provided between the environmental barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer. In the impregnated layer, the thermal barrier layer is impregnated with a part of the environmental barrier layer. The thermal barrier layer is made of a porous zirconia layer, and the environmental barrier layer includes silica as the principal component. The porous zirconia layer has pores impregnated with the part of the environmental barrier layer. As a result, the high-temperature resistant component has excellent corrosion resistance and excellent heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroshi Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20120159952
    Abstract: The present invention provides gas turbine components having durability and reliability for use in a corrosive environment such as a turbine employing a low grade fuel, and also provides a gas turbine equipped with the components. One of the components is a gas turbine bucket/nozzle comprising a substrate made from an alloy containing Ni, Co, or Fe, a bonding layer made from an alloy and disposed over the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating disposed over the bonding layer. The thermal barrier coating includes a thermal barrier layer of porous ceramics, an environmental barrier layer containing silica, and an impregnation layer having a silica-containing material in the pores of the porous ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Hideyuki ARIKAWA, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroshi Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20120107103
    Abstract: A gas turbine shroud includes a ceramic abradable coating superior in abradable property and durability. The gas turbine ceramic abradable coating of the present invention is configured by an abradable metal layer and a porous ceramic abradable layer (hardness RC15Y: 80±3), the porous ceramic abradable layer is provided with slit grooves by machining work, and a slit groove width is 0.5 to 5 mm. Thereby, the abradable property, and durability against a thermal cycle and high-temperature oxidation are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kojima, Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Tadashi Kasuya, Hiroyuki Doi, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Takao Endo, Kazuto Mikazuki, Hidetoshi Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20120084981
    Abstract: In a method of working a film cooling hole which communicates with an internal cooling passage of a turbine blade from an outer surface, in the turbine blade which has a heat shield coating and the internal cooling passage, there is employed a method of working a cooling hole of a turbine including a step of executing a bond coat on a blade base material a step of piercing a cooling hole in accordance with an electric discharge machining, a step of executing a top coat, and a step of removing the top coat in accordance with a mechanical method with respect to a band-like region including a row of cooling holes, by using an abrasive blasting, a water jet method or the like. Accordingly, an occlusion of the cooling hole, and a damage of the TBC due to the piercing are hardly generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Takeshi Izumi
  • Publication number: 20110296685
    Abstract: In a gas turbine blade where a part of the ?? phase precipitation strengthened type Ni-based alloy base material is composed of a weld metal, the weld metal is a Ni-based alloy containing Ta from 4.8 to 5.3 wt. %, Cr from 18 to 23 wt. %, Co from 12 to 17 wt. %, W from 14 to 18 wt. %, C from 0.03 to 0.1 wt. %, Mo from 1 to 2 wt. %, and Al of 1 wt. % or less, in which the oxygen content is 0 to 30 ppm, the Ti content from 0 to 0.1 wt. %, and the Re content from 0 to 0.5 wt. %. A blade base metal is manufactured by the step of stripping, the step of solution heat treatment where the ?? phase is dissolved again, the step of welding in an inert gas chamber by a TIG method using a welding wire where the weld metal can be obtained, the step of HIP treatment at 1100° C. to 1150° C., and the step of an aging treatment at 835° C. to 855° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Doi, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110182720
    Abstract: There is provided a gas turbine shroud including a ceramic abradable coating used as a gap adjusting component that can reduce a fluid leakage from a gap and increase turbine efficiency. A gas turbine ceramic abradable coating includes a bond layer, a thermal barrier ceramic layer, and a porous ceramic abradable layer (hardness may be RC15Y: 80±3). A slit groove is provided in the porous ceramic abradable layer by machining. A width of a rectangular section of the ceramic abradable layer divided by the slit groove may be set to a range of 2 to 7 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KOJIMA, Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Tadashi Kasuya, Hiroyuki Doi, Kunihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 7901790
    Abstract: There is provided a high temperature component with a thermal barrier coating, which can be used as a high temperature component for a gas turbine, an aircraft gas turbine engine, or the like. A top coat is formed of a ceramic on a bond coat, the bond coat being formed on a heat resistant alloy substrate composed mainly of at least one element of nickel and cobalt, wherein the bond coat contains at least one of nickel and cobalt, chromium and aluminum, and further contains at least one selected from a group consisting of tantalum, cesium, tungsten, silicon, platinum, manganese and boron in a range of 0 to 20 wt %. The high temperature component according to the present invention has very high durability of a thermal-insulating ceramic layer, and is less susceptible to spalling damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Takayuki Yoshioka, Mitsutoshi Okada, Tohru Hisamatsu
  • Publication number: 20100330391
    Abstract: A high-temperature resistant component for a gas turbine hot part and so on is provided, which has durability and reliability enough to withstand a corrosive environment with use of the low-grade oil. The high-temperature resistant component includes an alloy substrate containing Ni, Co, or Fe as the principal component, and a thermal barrier coating formed over the surface of the substrate via a bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes a porous thermal-barrier layer made of ceramic and an environmental barrier layer with corrosion resistance. An impregnated layer is provided between the environmental barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer. In the impregnated layer, the thermal barrier layer is impregnated with a part of the environmental barrier layer. The thermal barrier layer is made of a porous zirconia layer, and the environmental barrier layer includes silica as the principal component. The porous zirconia layer has pores impregnated with the part of the environmental barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroshi Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20100266418
    Abstract: In a gas turbine blade where a part of the ?? phase precipitation strengthened type Ni-based alloy base material is composed of a weld metal, the weld metal is a Ni-based alloy containing Ta from 4.8 to 5.3 wt. %, Cr from 18 to 23 wt. %, Co from 12 to 17 wt. %, W from 14 to 18 wt. %, C from 0.03 to 0.1 wt. %, Mo from 1 to 2 wt. %, and Al of 1 wt. % or less, in which the oxygen content is 0 to 30 ppm, the Ti content from 0 to 0.1 wt. %, and the Re content from 0 to 0.5 wt. %. A blade base metal is manufactured by the step of stripping, the step of solution heat treatment where the ?? phase is dissolved again, the step of welding in an inert gas chamber by a TIG method using a welding wire where the weld metal can be obtained, the step of HIP treatment at 1100° C. to 1150° C., and the step of an aging treatment at 835° C. to 855° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Shinya IMANO, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Doi, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7547188
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy member has resistance against grain boundary fracture, fatigue strength, and oxidation resistance at temperatures near 1000° C. or higher. The Ni-based alloy member includes a non-repaired region made of a Ni-based alloy base and a region repaired by welding, which is formed on the non-repaired region and which is made of a buildup-welded layer, the buildup-welded layer being made of a Ni-based alloy containing, by weight, 15% or less of Co, 18-22% of Cr, 0.8-2.0% of Al, 5.0% or less of Ta, 0.5% or less of Mo, 0.5% or less of Ti, 13-18% of W, 0.05-0.13% of C, 0.06% or less of Zr, 0.015% or less of B, 0.4-1.2% of Mn, and 0.1-0.3% of Si, the balance of the alloy being preferably essentially made of Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Hiroyuki Doi, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090123290
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy member has resistance against grain boundary fracture, fatigue strength, and oxidation resistance at temperatures near 1000° C. or higher. The Ni-based alloy member includes a non-repaired region made of a Ni-based alloy base and a region repaired by welding, which is formed on the non-repaired region and which is made of a buildup-welded layer, the buildup-welded layer being made of a Ni-based alloy containing, by weight, 15% or less of Co, 18-22% of Cr, 0.8-2.0% of Al, 5.0% or less of Ta, 0.5% or less of Mo, 0.5% or less of Ti, 13-18% of W, 0.05-0.13% of C, 0.06% or less of Zr, 0.015% or less of B, 0.4-1.2% of Mn, and 0.1-0.3% of Si, the balance of the alloy being preferably essentially made of Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Shinya Imano, Hiroyuki Doi, Kunihiro Ichikawa, Katsumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7449251
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating comprises a bond coating 12 made of high temperature corrosion resistance superior to a substrate 11 and a thermal barrier coating 13 made of ZrO2 series ceramics formed on the bond coating. The thermal barrier coating has cracks extending in the direction of the thickness of the barrier coat. Substantially all of the tips of the cracks have a distance between the tips and the boundary at the substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Arikawa, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20080261069
    Abstract: A ceramic top coat is formed over a heat resistant alloy including Ni as a main component through a bond coat which contains Ni essentially as a main component, Cr, and Al. The alloy for the bond coat can include Si in the range from 0 to 10 wt. %. As a result, in a long time operation, the spalling damage of a ceramic top coat is not easily created and the deterioration of the mechanical properties is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Hideyuki ARIKAWA, Akira Mebata, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kunihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 7334993
    Abstract: A gas turbine rotor blade capable of effectively reducing creep damage by forming a cooling through hole to cool a target area in which significant creep damage of a shroud cover is predicted based on analysis of stress and temperature acting on the gas turbine rotor blade. A gas turbine using the rotor blade, and a power plant using the gas turbine are also provided. The gas turbine rotor blade includes a blade section provided with a shroud cover at an outer peripheral end thereof, and a platform, a shank and a dovetail which are formed in integral structure to successively continue from the blade section. An inner cooling hole is formed to penetrate through the gas turbine rotor blade from the dovetail to the shroud cover. The shroud cover has a cooling through hole formed to open in an outer surface of the shroud cover and extend in communication with the inner cooling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sekihara, Yasushi Hayasaka, Kunihiro Ichikawa