Patents by Inventor Satoru Akimaru

Satoru Akimaru 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).

  • Fuel supply control unit for gas turbine
    Patent number: 6082095
    Abstract: A fuel supply control unit for a gas turbine includes a fuel supply system for sending fuel in a fuel reservoir to a plurality of gas turbine combustors, a heater provided for the fuel supply system for heating the fuel, a pressure reducing valve and an inlet fuel cutoff valve disposed on a downstream side of the heater, and a pressure reducing valve controller which detects an inlet fuel pressure of the inlet fuel cutoff valve and which supplies a pressure reduction control signal to the pressure reducing valve if a detected fuel pressure is higher than a required fuel pressure of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoru Akimaru
  • Fuel supply apparatus for gas turbine and control unit for the same
    Patent number: 5899073
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for a gas turbine comprises a fuel supply system for sending fuel in a fuel reservoir to a plurality of gas turbine combustors, a heater provided for the fuel supply system for heating the fuel, a pressure reducing valve for reducing a pressure of the fuel, which has been heated, according to a required fuel pressure of a gas turbine, and a surge tank absorbing a change of the fuel pressure after the pressure reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoru Akimaru