Patents by Inventor Masaru Nishikatsu

Masaru Nishikatsu 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: 9677411
    Abstract: A stack ring is formed by an outer ring and an inner ring and is inserted in an annular gap formed between an inlet sleeve and an inner casing. The outer periphery of the outer ring and the inner periphery of the inner ring each have a land part having a flat face and taper faces formed on upper and lower sides of the land part. A ratio of L1 to L0 is 0.3 to 0.7 where L1 is a length of the land part and L0 is a total length in the up-down direction. A ratio of S to S0 is not less than 0.95 where S is an area of the cross sectional shape of the outer ring or the inner ring and S0 is an area of a virtual rectangle BCDE and the taper faces have an inclined angle of 1° to 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tamiaki Nakazawa, Masaru Nishikatsu
  • Patent number: 8834103
    Abstract: A structure that mounts to a rotation shaft a lever that causes this rotation shaft to rotate, including a plurality of engaging members that are provided in the lever so as to be offset from the center axis of the rotation shaft, and that are capable of advancing toward and retracting from the outer periphery of the rotation shaft, and a plurality of abutted faces that are provided on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft so that the distal end faces of the plurality of engaging members respectively make contact, in which, when at least one of the engaging members and the abutted face that corresponds to that engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in one direction with respect to the lever is restricted, and when another engaging member and another abutted face corresponding to the engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in the other direction with respect to the lever is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Hirokawa, Eiichi Tsutsumi, Masaru Nishikatsu
  • Publication number: 20140123647
    Abstract: A stack ring is formed by an outer ring and an inner ring and is inserted in an annular gap formed between an inlet sleeve and an inner casing. The outer periphery of the outer ring and the inner periphery of the inner ring each have a land part having a flat face and taper faces formed on upper and lower sides of the land part. A ratio of L1 to L0 is 0.3 to 0.7 where L1 is a length of the land part and L0 is a total length in the up-down direction. A ratio of S to S0 is not less than 0.95 where S is an area of the cross sectional shape of the outer ring or the inner ring and S0 is an area of a virtual rectangle BCDE and the taper faces have an inclined angle of 1° to 10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Tamiaki NAKAZAWA, Masaru NISHIKATSU
  • Publication number: 20110211941
    Abstract: A structure that mounts to a rotation shaft a lever that causes this rotation shaft to rotate, including a plurality of engaging members that are provided in the lever so as to be offset from the center axis of the rotation shaft, and that are capable of advancing toward and retracting from the outer periphery of the rotation shaft, and a plurality of abutted faces that are provided on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft so that the distal end faces of the plurality of engaging members respectively make contact, in which, when at least one of the engaging members and the abutted face that corresponds to that engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in one direction with respect to the lever is restricted, and when another engaging member and another abutted face corresponding to the engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in the other direction with respect to the lever is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Hirokawa, Eiichi Tsutsumi, Masaru Nishikatsu
  • Patent number: 7340880
    Abstract: It is the objective of the present invention to enable smooth rotation of the grid plate and normal operation of the bypass valve, regardless of the operational state of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryotaro Magoshi, Masaru Nishikatsu
  • Publication number: 20040255570
    Abstract: It is the objective of the present invention to enable smooth rotation of the grid plate and normal operation of the bypass valve, regardless of the operational state of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ryotaro Magoshi, Masaru Nishikatsu