Patents by Inventor Nagayoshi Hiromitsu

Nagayoshi Hiromitsu 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: 11939923
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid fuel injection body capable of further reducing a film thickness of an injected liquid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nagayoshi Hiromitsu
  • Patent number: 11873761
    Abstract: A liquid fuel injector includes a cylindrical primary fuel injecting body having a central axis; an annular shroud concentrically placed radially outside; and an annular secondary fuel injecting body placed concentrically with the primary fuel injecting body and the shroud between the primary fuel injecting body and the shroud. A plurality of inner swirlers placed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction are provided in an annular inner air passage formed between the primary fuel injecting body and the secondary fuel injecting body, and a plurality of outer swirlers placed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction are provided in an annular outer air passage formed between the secondary fuel injecting body and the shroud. The primary fuel injecting body is formed as a pressure spray-type injector, and the secondary fuel injecting body and the inner and outer air passages cooperatively constitute an airblast-type injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Watase, Kouta Kanai, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu, Junya Kowa, Shinichiro Ishizaki, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Tomohiro Ide, Shonosuke Kita, Mitsunori Itoh, Yuki Iwaki, Narumi Ando, Hitoshi Hattori, Kazuo Yonekura
  • Patent number: 11649963
    Abstract: A liquid fuel injector includes a cylindrical center body including a center axis, an annular shroud concentrically disposed outside the center body, an annular fuel injection body disposed between and concentrically with the center body and the shroud, and including a fuel passage formed therein, a plurality of inner swirl vanes that are arranged in an equal cycle in an inner air passage between the center body and the fuel injection body, and are provided with an inner swirl vane action surface on an upstream side, a plurality of outer swirl vanes that are arranged in an equal cycle in an outer air passage between the fuel injection body and the shroud, and an outer swirl vane action surface on the upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nagayoshi Hiromitsu, Kouta Kanai
  • Publication number: 20220120222
    Abstract: A liquid fuel injector includes a cylindrical primary fuel injecting body having a central axis; an annular shroud concentrically placed radially outside; and an annular secondary fuel injecting body placed concentrically with the primary fuel injecting body and the shroud between the primary fuel injecting body and the shroud. A plurality of inner swirlers placed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction are provided in an annular inner air passage formed between the primary fuel injecting body and the secondary fuel injecting body, and a plurality of outer swirlers placed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction are provided in an annular outer air passage formed between the secondary fuel injecting body and the shroud. The primary fuel injecting body is formed as a pressure spray-type injector, and the secondary fuel injecting body and the inner and outer air passages cooperatively constitute an airblast-type injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko WATASE, Kouta KANAI, Nagayoshi HIROMITSU, Junya KOWA, Shinichiro ISHIZAKI, Katsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro IDE, Shonosuke KITA, Mitsunori ITOH, Yuki IWAKI, Narumi ANDO, Hitoshi HATTORI, Kazuo YONEKURA
  • Publication number: 20210115856
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid fuel injection body capable of further reducing a film thickness of an injected liquid fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nagayoshi HIROMITSU
  • Publication number: 20210025594
    Abstract: A liquid fuel injector includes a cylindrical center body including a center axis, an annular shroud concentrically disposed outside the center body, an annular fuel injection body disposed between and concentrically with the center body and the shroud, and including a fuel passage formed therein, a plurality of inner swirl vanes that are arranged in an equal cycle in an inner air passage between the center body and the fuel injection body, and are provided with an inner swirl vane action surface on an upstream side, a plurality of outer swirl vanes that are arranged in an equal cycle in an outer air passage between the fuel injection body and the shroud, and an outer swirl vane action surface on the upstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nagayoshi HIROMITSU, Kouta KANAI
  • Patent number: 10655860
    Abstract: A thrust increasing device includes: a fuel injector that ejects fuel toward a jet flow; an ignition device that is disposed downstream from the fuel injector; a cylindrical duct that surrounds a combustion region; a flame holder that is disposed in the duct; and a swirling flow generating part that maintains an axial flow of the jet flow in an axial direction of the duct in an outer region of the duct in a radial direction inside the duct and that converts the jet flow to a swirling flow centered on an axis of the duct in an inner region of the duct in the radial direction inside the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Jun Hosoi, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu
  • Patent number: 10551067
    Abstract: The invention is a combustor liner (12) of a dual wall cooling structure including an inner wall section (30) configured to surround a combustion region (13) and in which a plurality of effusion cooling holes (31) are formed, and an outer wall section (20) formed to be spaced apart from the inner wall section (30) and in which a plurality of impingement cooling holes (21) are formed, wherein the inner wall section (30) is constituted by a plurality of plate-shaped members (40), and a support guide member (50) is provided which is configured to guide the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) to enable free insertion and extraction and support the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) at intervals such that deformation by thermal expansion is able to be absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Okita, Chiyuki Nakamata, Yuuta Matsumoto, Jun Hosoi, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu
  • Publication number: 20170370586
    Abstract: The invention is a combustor liner (12) of a dual wall cooling structure including an inner wall section (30) configured to surround a combustion region (13) and in which a plurality of effusion cooling holes (31) are formed, and an outer wall section (20) formed to be spaced apart from the inner wall section (30) and in which a plurality of impingement cooling holes (21) are formed, wherein the inner wall section (30) is constituted by a plurality of plate-shaped members (40), and a support guide member (50) is provided which is configured to guide the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) to enable free insertion and extraction and support the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) at intervals such that deformation by thermal expansion is able to be absorbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yoji OKITA, Chiyuki NAKAMATA, Yuuta MATSUMOTO, Jun HOSOI, Nagayoshi HIROMITSU
  • Publication number: 20170023252
    Abstract: A thrust increasing device includes: a fuel injector that ejects fuel toward a jet flow; an ignition device that is disposed downstream from the fuel injector; a cylindrical duct that surrounds a combustion region; a flame holder that is disposed in the duct; and a swirling flow generating part that maintains an axial flow of the jet flow in an axial direction of the duct in an outer region of the duct in a radial direction inside the duct and that converts the jet flow to a swirling flow centered on an axis of the duct in an inner region of the duct in the radial direction inside the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Tanaka, Jun Hosoi, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu
  • Publication number: 20140238031
    Abstract: The invention is a combustor liner (12) of a dual wall cooling structure including an inner wall section (30) configured to surround a combustion region (13) and in which a plurality of effusion cooling holes (31) are formed, and an outer wall section (20) formed to be spaced apart from the inner wall section (30) and in which a plurality of impingement cooling holes (21) are formed, wherein the inner wall section (30) is constituted by a plurality of plate-shaped members (40), and a support guide member (50) is provided which is configured to guide the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) to enable free insertion and extraction and support the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) at intervals such that deformation by thermal expansion is able to be absorbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji OKITA, Chiyuki NAKAMATA, Yuuta MATSUMOTO, Jun HOSOI, Nagayoshi HIROMITSU
  • Publication number: 20140020393
    Abstract: A combustor for gas turbine engine, wherein: a plurality of impingement-cooling holes are opened passing through an external wall of a liner for cooling air to blow out towards the outer surface of an internal wall of the liner; a plurality of pin-fins are formed on the outer surface of the internal wall of the liner; a plurality of effusion cooling holes are opened passing through the internal wall of the liner for cooling air to blow out along the inner surface of the internal wall of the liner. The top surface of each pin-fin is not in contact with the inner surface of the external wall of the liner and the ratio of the height of the pin-fin to the equivalent diameter of the impingement-cooling hole is set to be 1.0-3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Chiyuki NAKAMATA, Yoji Okita, Jun Hosoi, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu, Atsushi Hirata, Takeomi Ideta
  • Patent number: 7913494
    Abstract: A burner 1 for combustion chamber is provided with a cylindrical mixing portion 3 that mixes air for combustion (oxidizing agent) and fuel in the interior thereof and has one end 3a that opens to a combustion portion 2; a spray nozzle (fuel spraying portion) 5 that sprays fuel in the mixing portion 3, being disposed on another end 3b of the mixing portion 3; first blowing ports 6 that introduce the air for combustion to the mixing portion 3 to form a swirling flow with the fuel, being disposed to open to the inner wall of the mixing portion 3; and second blowing ports 7 that additionally introduce the air for combustion to the mixing portion 3, opening in a direction different from the first blowing ports 6 and being disposed further to the other end 3b side of the mixing portion 3 than the swirling flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nagayoshi Hiromitsu, Jun Hosoi, Atsushi Fujii, Tsukasa Saitou, Dirk Riechelmann, Junichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20090031729
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided with a cylindrical injection valve main body in which one end is closed, and a fuel nozzle arranged on a center line of the main body and injecting a fuel. The main body has a plurality of air injection ports for injecting an air to an inner side in a tangential direction and forming a whirl flow in an inner portion in a circumferential direction of a cylinder portion of the main body, and the fuel nozzle has a fuel injection port injecting the fuel toward an inner peripheral surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Hosoi, Nagayoshi Hiromitsu, Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20070224562
    Abstract: A burner 1 for combustion chamber is provided with a cylindrical mixing portion 3 that mixes air for combustion (oxidizing agent) and fuel in the interior thereof and has one end 3a that opens to a combustion portion 2; a spray nozzle (fuel spraying portion) 5 that sprays fuel in the mixing portion 3, being disposed on another end 3b of the mixing portion 3; first blowing ports 6 that introduce the air for combustion to the mixing portion 3 to form a swirling flow with the fuel, being disposed to open to the inner wall of the mixing portion 3; and second blowing ports 7 that additionally introduce the air for combustion to the mixing portion 3, opening in a direction different from the first blowing ports 6 and being disposed further to the other end 3b side of the mixing portion 3 than the swirling flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Nagayoshi HIROMITSU, Jun HOSOI, Atsushi FUJII, Tsukasa SAITOU, Dirk RIECHELMANN, Junichi SATO