Patents by Inventor Reki TAKAKU

Reki TAKAKU 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: 9856735
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steam turbine rotor which includes an ultra-high temperature side portion in which ultra-high temperature steam flows and a high temperature side portion in which high temperature steam flows, the manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a first electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of a heat resistant alloy making up the ultra-high temperature side portion and a second electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of the high temperature side portion; tentatively joining together joints of the electrodes, with the joints of the electrodes made smaller in cross sectional area than other electrode portions; subjecting the tentatively joined first and second electrodes to an ESR process to obtain an ESR ingot and forging the ingot into a shape of a rotor to obtain a rotor forging; and heat-treating the rotor forging to obtain a rotor blank and manufacturing the steam turbine rotor from the rotor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takao Inukai, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Reki Takaku
  • Patent number: 9702030
    Abstract: A precipitation hardening type martensitic stainless steel of an embodiment contains: Cr: 8.5 to 12.5%; Mo: 1 to 2%; Ni: 8.5 to 11.5%; Ti: 0.6 to 1.4%; C: 0.0005 to 0.05%; Al: 0.0005 to 0.25%; Cu: 0.005 to 0.75%; Nb: 0.0005 to 0.3%; Si: 0.005 to 0.75%; Mn: 0.005 to 1%; and N: 0.0001 to 0.03% by mass, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Masayuki Yamada, Yoriharu Murata, Kenichi Imai
  • Patent number: 9284633
    Abstract: A heat resistant cast steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05-0.15, Si: 0.03-0.2, Mn: 0.1-1.5, Ni: 0.1-1, Cr: 8-10.5, Mo: 0.2-1.5, V: 0.1-0.3, Co: 0.1-5, W: 0.1-5, N: 0.005-0.03, Nb: 0.01-0.2, B: 0.002-0.015, Ti: 0.01-0.1, Fe and unavoidable impurities. A method for manufacturing a heat resistant cast steel, the method including melting raw materials to obtain a molten metal, refining and degassing the molten metal, pouring the molten metal into a predetermined mold to form a shape, performing an annealing treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1150° C., performing a normalizing treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1200° C., performing a first stage tempering treatment at a temperature of 500 to 700° C., and performing a second stage tempering treatment at a temperature of 700 to 780° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Kenichi Okuno, Kenichi Imai, Shinji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Miki
  • Patent number: 9034121
    Abstract: A low alloy steel ingot contains from 0.15 to 0.30% of C, from 0.03 to 0.2% of Si, from 0.5 to 2.0% of Mn, from 0.1 to 1.3% of Ni, from 1.5 to 3.5% of Cr, from 0.1 to 1.0% of Mo, and more than 0.15 to 0.35% of V, and optionally Ni, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Performing quality heat treatment including a quenching step and a tempering step to the low alloy steel ingot to obtain a material, which has a grain size number of from 3 to 7 and is free from pro-eutectoid ferrite in a metallographic structure thereof, and which has a tensile strength of from 760 to 860 MPa and a fracture appearance transition temperature of not higher than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS,LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoru Ohsaki, Kazuhiro Miki, Tsukasa Azuma, Koji Kajikawa, Shigeru Suzuki, Masayuki Yamada, Itaru Murakami, Kenichi Okuno, Liang Yan, Reki Takaku, Akihiro Taniguchi, Tetsuya Yamanaka, Makoto Takahashi, Kenichi Imai, Osamu Watanabe, Joji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8999078
    Abstract: A forging heat resistant steel of an embodiment contains in percent by mass C: 0.05-0.2, Si: 0.01-0.1, Mn: 0.01-0.15, Ni: 0.05-1, Cr: 8 or more and less than 10, Mo: 0.05-1, V: 0.05-0.3, Co: 1-5, W: 1-2.2, N: 0.01 or more and less than 0.015, Nb: 0.01-0.15, B: 0.003-0.03, and a remainder comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Kenichi Okuno, Kenichi Imai, Kazuhiro Miki, Tsukasa Azuma, Satoru Ohsaki
  • Patent number: 8828313
    Abstract: An Ni-base alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine contains in percent by weight C: 0.01 to 0.15, Cr: 15 to 28, Co: 10 to 15, Mo: 8 to 12, Al: 1.5 to 2, Ti: 0.1 to 0.6, B: 0.001 to 0.006, Re: 0.5 to 3, and the balance of Ni and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Kiyoshi Imai, Yomei Yoshioka, Masayuki Yamada, Reki Takaku, Shigekazu Miyashita, Takeo Suga, Takeo Takahashi, Kenichi Okuno, Akihiro Takakuwa
  • Publication number: 20140096872
    Abstract: In a brazing repair material 3 which is charged into a repairing portion of base material 1 in which a failure such as a crack 2 and corrosion is generated, diffusion heat treatment is carried out, the brazing repair material 3 is integrally bonded to the repairing portion to repair the repairing portion, the brazing repair material 3 comprises a mixture of non-molten alloy powder having a composition similar to that of the base material 1 and molten alloy powder which is melted at a temperature of the diffusion heat treatment, and the molten alloy powder is brazing repairing alloy consisting of 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of C, 2 to 5 mass % of Si, 10 to 25 mass % of Cr, 15 to 25 mass % of Co, 1 to 5 mass % of B, and balance of Ni, and excluding Al. With this configuration, a part having a failure such as a crack can restore original characteristics like the inherent base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yomei YOSHIOKA, Toshiaki FUSE, Daizo SAITO, Reki TAKAKU, Kazuhiro KITAYAMA, Kazutoshi ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20140007981
    Abstract: A precipitation hardening type martensitic stainless steel of an embodiment contains: Cr: 8.5 to 12.5%; Mo: 1 to 2%; Ni: 8.5 to 11.5%; Ti: 0.6 to 1.4%; C: 0.0005 to 0.05%; Al: 0.0005 to 0.25%; Cu: 0.005 to 0.75%; Nb: 0.0005 to 0.3%; Si: 0.005 to 0.75%; Mn: 0.005 to 1%; and N: 0.0001 to 0.03% by mass, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Reki TAKAKU, Haruki OHNISHI, Masayuki YAMADA, Yoriharu MURATA, Kenichi IMAI
  • Publication number: 20120261038
    Abstract: A low alloy steel ingot contains from 0.15 to 0.30% of C, from 0.03 to 0.2% of Si, from 0.5 to 2.0% of Mn, from 0.1 to 1.3% of Ni, from 1.5 to 3.5% of Cr, from 0.1 to 1.0% of Mo, and more than 0.15 to 0.35% of V, and optionally Ni, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Performing quality heat treatment including a quenching step and a tempering step to the low alloy steel ingot to obtain a material, which has a grain size number of from 3 to 7 and is free from pro-eutectoid ferrite in a metallographic structure thereof, and which has a tensile strength of from 760 to 860 MPa and a fracture appearance transition temperature of not higher than 40 ° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru OHSAKI, Kazuhiro MIKI, Tsukasa AZUMA, Koji KAJIKAWA, Shigeru SUZUKI, Masayuki YAMADA, Itaru MURAKAMI, Kenichi OKUNO, Liang YAN, Reki TAKAKU, Akihiro TANIGUCHI, Tetsuya YAMANAKA, Makoto TAKAHASHI, Kenichi IMAI, Osamu WATANABE, Joji KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20120160376
    Abstract: A heat resistant cast steel of an embodiment contains in percent by mass C: 0.05-0.15, Si: 0.03-0.2, Mn: 0.1-1.5, Ni: 0.1-1, Cr: 8-10.5, Mo: 0.2-1.5, V: 0.1-0.3, Co: 0.1-5, W: 0.1-5, N: 0.005-0.03, Nb: 0.01-0.2, B: 0.002-0.015, Ti: 0.01-0.1, and a remainder comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki YAMADA, Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Kenichi Okuno, Kenichi Imai, Shinji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Miki
  • Publication number: 20120160373
    Abstract: A forging heat resistant steel of an embodiment contains in percent by mass C: 0.05-0.2, Si: 0.01-0.1, Mn: 0.01-0.15, Ni: 0.05-1, Cr: 8 or more and less than 10, Mo: 0.05-1, V: 0.05-0.3, Co: 1-5, W: 1-2.2, N: 0.01 or more and less than 0.015, Nb: 0.01-0.15, B: 0.003-0.03, and a remainder comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki YAMADA, Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Kenichi Okuno, Kenichi Imai, Kazuhiro Miki, Tsukasa Azuma, Satoru Ohsaki
  • Publication number: 20110229339
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steam turbine rotor which includes an ultra-high temperature side portion in which ultra-high temperature steam flows and a high temperature side portion in which high temperature steam flows, the manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a first electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of a heat resistant alloy making up the ultra-high temperature side portion and a second electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of the high temperature side portion; tentatively joining together joints of the electrodes, with the joints of the electrodes made smaller in cross sectional area than other electrode portions; subjecting the tentatively joined first and second electrodes to an ESR process to obtain an ESR ingot and forging the ingot into a shape of a rotor to obtain a rotor forging; and heat-treating the rotor forging to obtain a rotor blank and manufacturing the steam turbine rotor from the rotor
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takao Inukai, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Reki Takaku
  • Publication number: 20110088260
    Abstract: In a brazing repair material 3 which is charged into a repairing portion of base material 1 in which a failure such as a crack 2 and corrosion is generated, diffusion heat treatment is carried out, the brazing repair material 3 is integrally bonded to the repairing portion to repair the repairing portion, the brazing repair material 3 comprises a mixture of non-molten alloy powder having a composition similar to that of the base material 1 and molten alloy powder which is melted at a temperature of the diffusion heat treatment, and the molten alloy powder is brazing repairing alloy consisting of 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of C, 2 to 5 mass % of Si, 10 to 25 mass % of Cr, 15 to 25 mass % of Co, 1 to 5 mass % of B, and balance of Ni, and excluding Al. With this configuration, a part having a failure such as a crack can restore original characteristics like the inherent base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yomei Yoshioka, Toshiaki Fuse, Daizo Saito, Reki Takaku, Kazuhiro Kitayama, Kazutoshi Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20090285692
    Abstract: An Ni-base alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine contains in percent by weight C: 0.01 to 0.15, Cr: 15 to 28, Co: 10 to 15, Mo: 8 to 12, Al: 1.5 to 2, Ti: 0.1 to 0.6, B: 0.001 to 0.006, Re: 0.5 to 3, and the balance of Ni and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi NEMOTO, Kiyoshi IMAI, Yomei YOSHIOKA, Masayuki YAMADA, Reki TAKAKU, Shigekazu MIYASHITA, Takeo SUGA, Takeo TAKAHASHI, Kenichi OKUNO, Akihiro TAKAKUWA
  • Publication number: 20090074584
    Abstract: A Nickel-based alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine contains C: 0.01 to 0.15, Cr: 18 to 28, Co: 10 to 15, Mo: 8 to 12, Al: 1.5 to 2, Ti: 0.1 to 0.6, B: 0.001 to 0.006, Ta: 0.1 to 0.7 in % by weight, and the remaining portion is composed of Ni and unavoidable impurities. The Nickel-based alloy is composed of the above-stated chemical composition range, and thereby, a mechanical strength improves while maintaining forgeability as same as a conventional steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Kiyoshi Imai, Yomei Yoshioka, Masayuki Yamada, Reki Takaku, Takeo Suga, Masafumi Fukuda, Kenichi Okuno, Akihiro Takakuwa