Patents by Inventor Ryozo Udagawa

Ryozo Udagawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20150241055
    Abstract: A nuclear power plant includes a moisture separator reheater, a condenser, and a working steam system for a steam jet air ejector for continuously extracting a non-condensable gas from the condenser. The steam jet air ejector includes a pressure-regulating unit configured to regulate a working steam supplied to the steam jet air ejector from the condenser to a specified pressure, a working steam supply system configured to supply the working steam to the pressure-regulating unit, and a working steam delivery system configured to deliver the working steam regulated by the pressure-regulating unit to the steam jet air ejector. The working steam supply system includes a working steam source of a reactor main steam or moisture separator reheater scavenging steam, and a steam switching control system steam for switching a jet air ejector working steam from the reactor main steam to the moisture separator reheater scavenging steam by moisture separator reheater scavenging steam pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoki SUGITANI, Masaaki Higasa, Ryozo Udagawa
  • Patent number: 8419354
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Norio Sakai, Naoki Shibukawa, Hiroshi Ikeda, Ryozo Udagawa
  • Publication number: 20120099967
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Norio SAKAI, Naoki Shibukawa, Hiroshi Ikeda, Ryozo Udagawa