Patents by Inventor Kunio Okada

Kunio Okada 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: 11421599
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a fuel injector having a plurality of annular fuel injection portions in each of which multiple fuel injection holes are formed, is provided with: an auxiliary fuel introduction passage for introducing an auxiliary fuel that is to be supplied to an auxiliary fuel injection portion that is a part of the plurality of annular fuel injection portions, into the fuel injector; a first main fuel introduction passage provided with a flow regulating valve for introducing a main fuel that is to be supplied to a main fuel injection portion that is an annular fuel injection portion other than the auxiliary fuel injection portion, into the fuel injector; and a second main fuel introduction passage provided with a flow regulating valve for introducing the main fuel that is to be supplied to the auxiliary fuel injection portion, into the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Kunio Okada, Kazuki Koga
  • Patent number: 11397006
    Abstract: Provided is a combustor used in a gas turbine and configured to mix and burn fuel gas, water vapor, and air. The combustor includes: a fuel injection device including a fuel injection portion which directly injects the fuel gas into a combustion chamber, and a water vapor injection portion provided in at least one of a position radially outward of the fuel injection portion and a position radially inward of the fuel injection portion; and an air supply chamber which is provided in at least one of a position radially outward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially outward of the fuel injection portion and a position radially inward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially inward of the fuel injection portion, and which supplies air to be mixed with water vapor injected from the water vapor injection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKT KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio Okada, Atsushi Horikawa
  • Patent number: 10775047
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; and a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide grooves that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, B&B AGEMA GmbH
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Kunio Okada, Junichi Kitajima, Harald Funke, Karsten Kusterer, Anis Haj Ayed
  • Patent number: 10634356
    Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle (31) of the present invention comprises a pre-mixing passage (34) which mixes fuel (103) and air (102) to generate an air-fuel mixture; and an injection port (33) which is located downstream of the pre-mixing passage (34) and injects the air-fuel mixture into a combustion chamber (26). The fuel injection port (33) has a slit shape and a width that is less than a dimension that is twice as large as a quenching distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Kunio Okada, Seiji Yamashita, Masahide Kazari, Takeo Oda
  • Publication number: 20200080480
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a fuel injector having a plurality of annular fuel injection portions in each of which multiple fuel injection holes are formed, is provided with: an auxiliary fuel introduction passage for introducing an auxiliary fuel that is to be supplied to an auxiliary fuel injection portion that is a part of the plurality of annular fuel injection portions, into the fuel injector; a first main fuel introduction passage provided with a flow regulating valve for introducing a main fuel that is to be supplied to a main fuel injection portion that is an annular fuel injection portion other than the auxiliary fuel injection portion, into the fuel injector; and a second main fuel introduction passage provided with a flow regulating valve for introducing the main fuel that is to be supplied to the auxiliary fuel injection portion, into the fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Kunio Okada, Kazuki Koga
  • Patent number: 10443853
    Abstract: A fuel injection device, for a gas turbine, which enhances uniform distribution in concentration of fuel gas and water vapor in a combustion chamber with a simple structure and at low cost to effectively reduce NOx, is provided. The fuel injection device mixes fuel gas and water vapor and injects fuel gas and water vapor into a combustion chamber. The fuel injection device includes a nozzle housing having a mixing chamber, and the nozzle housing includes a first introduction passage to introduce fuel gas from an outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and a second introduction passage to introduce water vapor from the outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. Fuel gas and water vapor are swirled about an axis C of the mixing chamber and mixed in the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio Okada, Atsushi Horikawa
  • Patent number: 10330050
    Abstract: A fuel injection device, for a gas turbine, which enhances uniform distribution in concentration of fuel gas and water vapor in a combustion chamber with simple structure and at low cost to effectively reduce NOx, is provided. The fuel injection device with a fuel nozzle to mix fuel gas and water vapor and inject the fuel gas and water vapor into a combustion chamber, includes: a nozzle housing having a mixing chamber thereinside; a first introduction passage to introduce the fuel gas into the mixing chamber from outside of the nozzle housing; and a second introduction passage to introduce the water vapor into the mixing chamber from an outside of the nozzle housing; and a plurality of reverse passages communicating with a downstream end of the mixing chamber and configured to allow for a plurality of reverses of flow of mixed gas from the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio Okada, Atsushi Horikawa
  • Patent number: 10302304
    Abstract: A fuel injector (23) comprises a cylindrical passage (32) which opens in a combustion chamber (26), a fuel introduction passage (34) which guides fuel to a region of the cylindrical passage (32) which is closer to the combustion chamber (26), and an air introduction passage (35) which guides compressed air to the cylindrical passage (32) at a location that is upstream of a location at which the fuel is introduced to the cylindrical passage (32), wherein the fuel introduction passage (34) guides the fuel in a tangential direction of the cylindrical passage (32) in a transverse sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Kunio Okada, Seiji Yamashita, Masahide Kazari, Takeo Oda
  • Publication number: 20190032919
    Abstract: Provided is a combustor used in a gas turbine and configured to mix and burn fuel gas, water vapor, and air. The combustor includes: a fuel injection device including a fuel injection portion which directly injects the fuel gas into a combustion chamber, and a water vapor injection portion provided in at least one of a position radially outward of the fuel injection portion and a position radially inward of the fuel injection portion; and an air supply chamber which is provided in at least one of a position radially outward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially outward of the fuel injection portion and a position radially inward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially inward of the fuel injection portion, and which supplies air to be mixed with water vapor injected from the water vapor injection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170299188
    Abstract: A fuel injector (23) comprises a cylindrical passage (32) which opens in a combustion chamber (26), a fuel introduction passage (34) which guides fuel to a region of the cylindrical passage (32) which is closer to the combustion chamber (26), and an air introduction passage (35) which guides compressed air to the cylindrical passage (32) at a location that is upstream of a location at which the fuel is introduced to the cylindrical passage (32), wherein the fuel introduction passage (34) guides the fuel in a tangential direction of the cylindrical passage (32) in a transverse sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Kunio OKADA, Seiji YAMASHITA, Masahide KAZARI, Takeo ODA
  • Publication number: 20170284677
    Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle (31) of the present invention comprises a pre-mixing passage (34) which mixes fuel (103) and air (102) to generate an air-fuel mixture; and an injection port (33) which is located downstream of the pre-mixing passage (34) and injects the air-fuel mixture into a combustion chamber (26). The fuel injection port (33) has a slit shape and a width that is less than a dimension that is twice as large as a quenching distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Kunio OKADA, Seiji YAMASHITA, Masahide KAZARI, Takeo ODA
  • Publication number: 20170254270
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system 1 comprises a gas turbine engine 2; a purge gas supply line 4 connected to a first connection section P1 on the fuel supply line 3 connected to the gas turbine engine 2; a fuel discharge line 7 connected to a second connection section P2 of the fuel supply line 3 which is located downstream of the first connection section P1; a blowoff valve 72 disposed on the fuel discharge line 7, and a passage switching device 50 which performs switching of the fuel supply line 3 between a fuel supply mode and a purge mode. A check valve 73 and a flame arrester 74 are disposed on the fuel discharge line 7 at locations that are downstream of the blowoff valve 72.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA, Seiji YAMASHITA, Masahide KAZARI, Hikaru SANO
  • Publication number: 20170082291
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; and a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide grooves that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, B&B AGEMA GmbH
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Masahide KAZARI, Kunio OKADA, Junichi KITAJIMA, Harald FUNKE, Karsten KUSTERER, Anis Haj AYED
  • Publication number: 20170074521
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion; and a supplemental burner. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide groove that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Masahide KAZARI, Kunio OKADA, Junichi KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160175786
    Abstract: A gas mixer includes: an inner pipe through which a first gas passes; an outer pipe covering an outer periphery of the inner pipe to form a storage space between the inner pipe and the outer pipe; a supply pipe to supply a second gas to the storage space; and a guide pipe disposed in an interior of the inner pipe and through which at least the first gas passes, and the inner pipe is formed with first introduction holes to introduce the second gas stored in the storage space into a guide space defined between the guide pipe and the inner pipe. With the gas mixer, distributions of concentration, temperature, and flow speed can be made uniform, pressure loss can be low, and high mixing performance can be maintained even with variation of the flow rate or flow speed of gases to be mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160169160
    Abstract: A fuel injection device, for a gas turbine, which enhances uniform distribution in concentration of fuel gas and water vapor in a combustion chamber with simple structure and at low cost to effectively reduce NOx, is provided. The fuel injection device with a fuel nozzle to mix fuel gas and water vapor and inject the fuel gas and water vapor into a combustion chamber, includes: a nozzle housing having a mixing chamber thereinside; a first introduction passage to introduce the fuel gas into the mixing chamber from outside of the nozzle housing; and a second introduction passage to introduce the water vapor into the mixing chamber from an outside of the nozzle housing; and a plurality of reverse passages communicating with a downstream end of the mixing chamber and configured to allow for a plurality of reverses of flow of mixed gas from the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160169523
    Abstract: A fuel injection device, for a gas turbine, which enhances uniform distribution in concentration of fuel gas and water vapor in a combustion chamber with a simple structure and at low cost to effectively reduce NOx, is provided. The fuel injection device mixes fuel gas and water vapor and injects fuel gas and water vapor into a combustion chamber. The fuel injection device includes a nozzle housing having a mixing chamber, and the nozzle housing includes a first introduction passage to introduce fuel gas from an outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and a second introduction passage to introduce water vapor from the outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. Fuel gas and water vapor are swirled about an axis C of the mixing chamber and mixed in the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7778775
    Abstract: CPU instructs RF controlling section to switch RF section from an inoperative mode to an operation mode and from the operation mode to the inoperative mode. When all of five pieces of sub-frame data have not been acquired, RF section is switched intermittently from the inoperative mode to the operation mode in synchronization with transmission of lacking sub-frame data, thereby acquiring such lacking sub-frame data. When all the five pieces of sub-frame data have been acquired, the current position is calculated using positional information contained in the sub-frame data. A part of five pieces of sub-frame data including the first to fifth sub-frame data transmitted from a satellite in a time series manner is acquired from GPS signal received in the operation mode, and the remaining part of the five pieces of sub-frame data is acquired in operation mode set at other timing, and then the positional information is judged based on the five pieces of sub-frame data acquired in the above manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Okada, Shimpei Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7675981
    Abstract: When an OFDM demodulator circuit performs the waveform equivalence of carrier signals outputted from an FFT processing circuit, the OFDM demodulator circuit extracts correction coefficients corresponding to the gain of a reception signal outputted from a tuner unit from a correction coefficient table, and phase corrections are performed in a phase correction circuit based on the extracted correction coefficients. After that, the OFDM demodulator circuit performs the waveform equivalence processing with a transmission path equivalent circuit. Thereby, even if a C/N value is deteriorated owing to the amplification of an OFDM signal, the influence on the receiving performance of a receiving apparatus can be curbed, and a receiving performance can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Okada
  • Patent number: 7672654
    Abstract: A receiver has an amplifier for amplifying a TV broadcast signal. A mixer mixes the amplified signal with an oscillation signal corresponding to a channel selection signal and generates a low frequency signal. A bandpass filter generates a signal having an amplitude corresponding to the low frequency signal. Electric field intensity filtering circuits filter the low frequency signal. A subtractor calculates a difference between the output from the filtering circuits and the output from the bandpass filter to generate a difference signal which is negatively fed back signal to the amplifier when an amplitude of the difference signal is larger than a predetermined value. The signal from the filtering circuit is the negative feed back signal when the amplitude of the difference signal is not larger than the predetermined value. An AGC signal corresponding to an electric field intensity of the output from the mixer is inputted to the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Okada