Patents by Inventor Norihiko Motoyama

Norihiko Motoyama 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: 8607451
    Abstract: A combustor-transition-piece guide jig is constituted by two rails, a fixing member, and a holding member. The fixing member is provided at one ends of the rails and attached to a combustor attachment port. The rails are inserted from the combustor attachment port toward inside of the combustor casing and fixed to the combustor attachment port by the fixing member. The rails come into contact with a combustor-transition-piece guiding part provided on a combustor transition piece to guide a movement of the combustor transition piece in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arase, Sosuke Nakamura, Norihiko Motoyama
  • Patent number: 8448451
    Abstract: Provided is a combustor connection structure in which a cross-sectional area (Dout) of a transition piece outlet is set within a range of 0.79?Dout/Din?0.9, relative to a cross-sectional area (Din) of a transition piece inlet of a combustor, and in a first stage turbine nozzle of a turbine connected to the transition piece outlet, a size (Hin) in a radial direction between upstream ends of the inner shroud and the outer shroud has a same dimension as a size (a) in a radial direction of the transition piece outlet. In a combustor transition piece that is included in the combustor having a center line (S) arranged with an angle to an axial center (R) of a rotor of a gas turbine and that guides combustion gas to the turbine, a cross-sectional area is monotonously reduced from the transition piece inlet in which the combustion gas flows to the transition piece outlet from which the combustion gas flows out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Takiguchi, Norihiko Motoyama, Taiki Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8297037
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a combustor, a combustor casing formed in a cylindrical shape to house the combustor therein, and a combustor insertion hole, which is a hole formed on a side periphery of the combustor casing, where a size thereof in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the combustor casing is formed larger than that in the circumferential direction of the combustor casing, and when the combustor inserted into the hole, a member moved together with the combustor, and the hole are viewed from a moving direction of the combustor, the hole includes an entire external form of the combustor and the member moved together with the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Kenichi Arase, Norihiko Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20110265491
    Abstract: Provided is a combustor connection structure in which a cross-sectional area (Dout) of a transition piece outlet (222) is set within a range of 0.79?Dout/Din?0.9, relative to a cross-sectional area (Din) of a transition piece inlet (221) of a combustor (2), and in a first stage turbine nozzle (321) of a turbine (3) connected to the transition piece outlet (222), a size (Hin) in a radial direction of an upstream opening is matched with a size (a) in a radial direction of the transition piece outlet (222). In a combustor transition piece (22) that is included in the combustor (2) having a center line (S) arranged with an angle to an axial center (R) of a rotor (4) of a gas turbine and that guides combustion gas to the turbine (3), a cross-sectional area is monotonously reduced from the transition piece inlet (221) in which the combustion gas flows to the transition piece outlet (222) from which the combustion gas flows out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Takiguchi, Norihiko Motoyama, Taiki Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20110016865
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a combustor, a combustor casing formed in a cylindrical shape to house the combustor therein, and a combustor insertion hole, which is a hole formed on a side periphery of the combustor casing, where a size thereof in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the combustor casing is formed larger than that in the circumferential direction of the combustor casing, and when the combustor inserted into the hole, a member moved together with the combustor, and the hole are viewed from a moving direction of the combustor, the hole includes an entire external form of the combustor and the member moved together with the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Kenichi Arase, Norihiko Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20110000080
    Abstract: A combustor-transition-piece guide jig is constituted by two rails, a fixing member, and a holding member. The fixing member is provided at one ends of the rails and attached to a combustor attachment port. The rails are inserted from the combustor attachment port toward inside of the combustor casing and fixed to the combustor attachment port by the fixing member. The rails come into contact with a combustor-transition-piece guiding part provided on a combustor transition piece to guide a movement of the combustor transition piece in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arase, Sosuke Nakamura, Norihiko Motoyama