Patents by Inventor Masataka SONOBE

Masataka SONOBE 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: 8727713
    Abstract: A rotor oscillation preventing structure for a steam turbine includes: a stator vane 3; a moving blade 1; a shroud cover 2 installed on an outer circumferential side distal end of the moving blade 1; and a plurality of seal fins 6 installed, at any interval in the axial direction of a rotor, on an wall surface of a stationary body located on an outer circumferential side of the shroud cover 2, a whirl preventing structure comprised of whirl preventing plates 9 or whirl preventing grooves 11 is provided at a shroud cover inlet return portion 10 of the shroud cover 2 so as to block the whirl flow of leakage flow 8 on an upstream side in an operating steam flow direction of the seal fins to reduce an absolute velocity component of the leakage flow 8 in a rotational direction of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ono, Takeshi Kudo, Kenichi Murata, Masataka Sonobe, Tsutomu Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20110236189
    Abstract: Whirl flow of leakage flow is reduced to reduce the occurrence potential of steam whirl. A rotor oscillation preventing structure for a steam turbine includes: a stator vane 3; a moving blade 1; a shroud cover 2 installed on an outer circumferential side distal end of the moving blade 1; and a plurality of seal fins 6 installed, at any interval in the axial direction of a rotor, on an wall surface of a stationary body located on an outer circumferential side of the shroud cover 2, a whirl preventing structure comprised of whirl preventing plates 9 or whirl preventing grooves 11 is provided at a shroud cover inlet return portion 10 of the shroud cover 2 so as to block the whirl flow of leakage flow 8 on an upstream side in an operating steam flow direction of the seal fins to reduce an absolute velocity component of the leakage flow 8 in a rotational direction of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki ONO, Takeshi KUDO, Kenichi MURATA, Masataka SONOBE, Tsutomu SUGIYAMA