Patents by Inventor Satoshi Hada
Satoshi Hada 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).
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Patent number: 12215605Abstract: A stator blade including a blade body, a first insert, a second insert, and an end cover. The blade body has a first blade air passage and a second blade air passage extending in the blade height direction within the blade body. Each passage has an open end on a blade-height second side. The first insert and the second insert have tubular outer peripheral plate portions. A plurality of impinge holes are formed in the outer peripheral plate portion. The tube height opening side of the outer peripheral plate portion in the tube height direction is open. The outer peripheral plate portion of the first insert is disposed in the first blade air passage such that cooling air flows into the outer peripheral plate portion from the opening of the first insert. The outer peripheral plate portion of the second insert is disposed in the second wing air passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Saki Matsuo, Satoshi Hada, Yasuo Miyahisa, Satoshi Mizukami
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Publication number: 20250034999Abstract: A rotor blade including: a blade body extending in a blade height direction that is a direction perpendicular to an airfoil cross-section; and a platform provided to an end at a hub side, from between a tip side and the hub side which are of the blade height direction. The blade body includes: an anterior edge and a posterior edge; a ventral surface and a dorsal surface linking the anterior edge and the posterior edge together; and a cooling passage extending in the blade height direction between the ventral surface and the dorsal surface. The ventral/dorsal wall thickness ratio at any position between the hub-side position and the middle position in the cooling passage is smaller than the ventral/dorsal wall thickness ratio at any position between the middle position and the tip-side position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Susumu WAKAZONO, Satoshi HADA
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Patent number: 12098656Abstract: A stator vane assembly of a gas turbine includes: a stationary member formed to have an annular shape; and a plurality of stator vane segments each including a shroud and a vane body, the plurality of stator vane segments disposed along a circumferential direction of the stationary member at a radially inner side of the stationary member such that a cavity is disposed between the shrouds and the stationary member and the shrouds are disposed adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction of the stationary member. The stationary member has a hole which penetrates through the stationary member from a radially outer side toward the radially inner side, and a center axis of the hole is oriented toward a circumferential-direction end portion of the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Fujii, Satoshi Hada, Susumu Wakazono, Keita Takamura
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Patent number: 12091988Abstract: This gas turbine blade comprises a platform part having a cooling passage formed inside, and a wing body part protruding from the upper surface of the platform part. A plurality of first ejection ports that eject a gas supplied from the cooling passage are formed in an inner chordal region of the upper surface, which is positioned further toward the wing-body side than a wing chord connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge of the wing body part. A plurality of second ejection ports that eject the gas supplied from the cooling passage are formed in an outer chordal region of the upper surface, which is positioned on the side opposite the inner chordal region with respect to the wing chord. The outer chordal region has an outer chordal leading edge region positioned on the leading-edge side and an outer chordal trailing edge region positioned on the trailing-edge side, more second ejection ports being formed in the outer chordal leading edge region than in the outer chordal trailing edge region.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keita Takamura, Satoshi Hada
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Publication number: 20240288170Abstract: A fuel injector includes: a flat tube disposed over an aperture of a wall of a combustor that extends toward a turbine in a gas turbine system. The flat tube is configured such that air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine system flows perpendicular to a thickness direction of the flat tube before flowing through the aperture. The flat tube has a fuel hole through which gaseous fuel that flows inside the flat tube exits to a passage of the air. An entire length of a downstream edge of the flat tube with respect to a flow of the air is disposed within the aperture when viewed perpendicular to the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Geoffrey D. Myers, Kota Yoshino, Issei Tamura, Satoshi Takiguchi, Sosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Hada, Kenji Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20240263561Abstract: A turbine stator vane comprising: a vane body; a shroud formed at an end of the vane body in a vane height direction; a fillet portion joining the vane body and the shroud; and a plurality of cooling holes in a bottom plate contacting a combustion gas flow path. The plurality of cooling holes connect to entry openings and downstream exit openings formed in the bottom plate. The entry openings and the exit openings are connected by cooling hole center lines having the same inclination with respect to an axial direction. The plurality of cooling holes constitute a set of cooling hole rows in which a linear first opening center line connecting the centers of the exit openings and a linear second opening center line connecting the centers of the entry openings are formed parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Morikawa, Satoshi Hada
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Publication number: 20240229661Abstract: A stator vane assembly of a gas turbine includes: a stationary member formed to have an annular shape; and a plurality of stator vane segments each including a shroud and a vane body, the plurality of stator vane segments disposed along a circumferential direction of the stationary member at a radially inner side of the stationary member such that a cavity is disposed between the shrouds and the stationary member and the shrouds are disposed adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction of the stationary member. The stationary member has a hole which penetrates through the stationary member from a radially outer side toward the radially inner side, and a center axis of the hole is oriented toward a circumferential-direction end portion of the shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Takashi FUJII, Satoshi HADA, Susumu WAKAZONO, Keita TAKAMURA
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Patent number: 12018588Abstract: This stator vane is at least provided with a blade body disposed in a combustion gas flow channel through which a combustion gas flows, a shroud that defines a part of the combustion gas flow channel, and an impingement plate attached to the shroud. A partition rib extends from a blade body end to an inner wall surface of a peripheral wall, and a shelf is provided at a rib-less part of the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall excluding at least a part in which the partition rib extends to the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Saki Matsuo, Yusuke Izumi, Satoshi Hada, Takuya Okamoto
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Publication number: 20240159152Abstract: A shroud of a vane of a turbine is provided. The shroud comprises a shroud main body; and a shroud edge disposed on a circumference of the shroud main body to surround the shroud main body, the shroud edge comprising a shroud edge passage therein, the shroud edge passage is disposed along the circumference of the shroud main body. The shroud edge comprises a plurality of cooling air inlets configured to introduce a cooling air into the shroud edge passage from outside of the shroud edge, and a plurality of cooling air outlets configured to cause the cooling air to flow out of the shroud edge passage to the outside of the shroud edge. The shroud edge passage is divided into three or more sub-passages by the plurality of cooling air inlets and the plurality of cooling air outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, David Allen Flodman, Satoshi Hada
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Publication number: 20240159158Abstract: A shroud of a vane of a turbine is provided. The shroud includes a shroud main body comprising a first wall having a gas-passage face facing a hot gas passage of the turbine and a cooling face facing opposite to the hot gas passage, a shroud edge disposed on a circumference of the shroud main body to surround the shroud main body, the shroud edge comprising a shroud edge passage therein, and an impingement box disposed to face the cooling face of the first wall so as to be spaced apart from the cooling face of the first wall. The impingement box comprises a cooling air inlet to introduce a cooling air from the shroud edge passage into an inside of the impingement box, and an impingement air hole configured to jet the introduced cooling air to the cooling face of the first wall to cool the cooling face of the first wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, David Allen Flodman, Satoshi Hada, Yasumasa Kunisada, Saki Matsuo, Ryo Tanaka, Takuro Kameda, Yusuke Akada
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Patent number: 11982206Abstract: A method of cooling a vane of a turbine is provided. The turbine includes an airfoil, an outer shroud disposed at an outer radial end of the airfoil and an inner shroud, the airfoil including a plurality of air channels extending along the radial direction of the turbine, the air channels comprising a first air channel and a second air channel. A cooling air is caused to flow inside the first air channel to cool the first air channel, then cool one of the outer shroud and the inner shroud. A cooling air is caused to flow inside the second air channel to cool the second air channel, then cool the other one of the outer shroud and the inner shroud.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, David Allen Flodman, Satoshi Hada
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Publication number: 20240133305Abstract: A stator vane assembly of a gas turbine includes: a stationary member formed to have an annular shape; and a plurality of stator vane segments each including a shroud and a vane body, the plurality of stator vane segments disposed along a circumferential direction of the stationary member at a radially inner side of the stationary member such that a cavity is disposed between the shrouds and the stationary member and the shrouds are disposed adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction of the stationary member. The stationary member has a hole which penetrates through the stationary member from a radially outer side toward the radially inner side, and a center axis of the hole is oriented toward a circumferential-direction end portion of the shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Takashi FUJII, Satoshi HADA, Susumu WAKAZONO, Keita TAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240117746Abstract: A stator blade including a blade body, a first insert, a second insert, and an end cover. The blade body has a first blade air passage and a second blade air passage extending in the blade height direction within the blade body. Each passage has an open end on a blade-height second side. The first insert and the second insert have tubular outer peripheral plate portions. A plurality of impinge holes are formed in the outer peripheral plate portion. The tube height opening side of the outer peripheral plate portion in the tube height direction is open. The outer peripheral plate portion of the first insert is disposed in the first blade air passage such that cooling air flows into the outer peripheral plate portion from the opening of the first insert. The outer peripheral plate portion of the second insert is disposed in the second wing air passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Saki MATSUO, Satoshi HADA, Yasuo MIYAHISA, Satoshi MIZUKAMI
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Patent number: 11913341Abstract: In a clearance control system for a gas turbine, a control device operates an adjustment device such that a first flow rate is greater than a second flow rate when a load stable state is entered in which a fluctuation range of a load shifts within a preset range, and operates the adjustment device such that the second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate when a load fluctuation state is entered in which the load falls outside the range.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuya Fukunaga, Susumu Wakazono, Satoshi Hada
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Patent number: 11891920Abstract: A turbine stator vane includes: a vane body which includes: an airfoil portion which has a serpentine flow passage inside thereof, the serpentine flow passage including a plurality of cooling flow passages and a plurality of turn-back flow passages; a shroud disposed on at least one of a tip end side or a root end side, in the vane height direction, of the airfoil portion; and a lid portion fixed to the airfoil portion. The lid portion forming the turn-back flow passage and being provided as a separate member from the airfoil portion. The lid portion has an inner wall surface width formed to be greater than the flow-passage width of the cooling passage formed in the airfoil portion, and a minimum value of a thickness of the lid portion is smaller than a thickness of a part of the shroud to which the lid portion is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidemichi Koyabu, Satoshi Hada
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Patent number: 11867085Abstract: A turbine blade is provided with an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface which extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage. The cooling passage includes: a first cooling passage located closer to the pressure surface than the suction surface; and a second cooling passage located closer to the suction surface than the pressure surface. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are separated by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. At least one communication space connecting the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage is formed in the partition member.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Satoshi Hada, Saki Matsuo, Yoshitaka Uemura, Ryozo Tamura, Yasumasa Kunisada
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Publication number: 20230407752Abstract: A turbine stationary blade includes: a blade body; and a shroud formed in an end portion of the blade body in a blade height direction. The shroud includes: a bottom plate in contact with a combustion gas flow passage; a peripheral wall formed in the blade height direction and along a peripheral edge of the bottom plate; a recess forming a space surrounded by the peripheral wall and the bottom plate; partition ribs connecting the blade body and the peripheral wall, dividing the recess into a plurality of spaces, and forming a plurality of cavities; and an impingement plate dividing the space into an outer cavity formed on an outer side in the blade height direction and an inner cavity formed on an inner side of the outer cavity, and having a plurality of through holes via which the outer cavity and the inner cavity communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Takuya OKAMOTO, Tomoko MORIKAWA, Satoshi HADA
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Patent number: 11834962Abstract: A turbine stator vane includes; an airfoil portion; a shroud disposed on at least one of the side of a tip end portion or the side of a root end portion of the airfoil portion; and a protruding portion protruding toward the opposite side to the airfoil portion across a gas path surface in a radial direction. The shroud includes: a circumferential-direction passage disposed at the side of a trailing edge and extending in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of trailing edge end portion passages arranged in the circumferential direction at the side of the trailing edge, each trailing edge end portion passage having a first end portion connected to the circumferential-direction passage and a second end portion having an opening on a trailing edge end surface of the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Hada, Yoshifumi Okajima, Kunihiko Waki
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Patent number: 11834994Abstract: A turbine vane includes a blade body and a shroud. The shroud includes a gas path surface, a front end surface, a front end corner portion which is a corner portion between the gas path surface and the front end surface, a cavity defining surface which defines a cavity allowing cooling air to flow thereinto, a first air passage in which the cooling air flows, and a second air passage in which the cooling air flows. The first air passage includes a first inlet opened at the cavity defining surface and a first outlet opened at the front end corner portion. The second air passage includes a second inlet opened at the cavity defining surface and a second outlet opened at the front end surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Saki Matsuo, Satoshi Hada, Tomoko Morikawa, Hiroyuki Otomo
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Publication number: 20230340882Abstract: This stator vane is at least provided with a blade body disposed in a combustion gas flow channel through which a combustion gas flows, a shroud that defines a part of the combustion gas flow channel, and an impingement plate attached to the shroud. A partition rib extends from a blade body end to an inner wall surface of a peripheral wall, and a shelf is provided at a rib-less part of the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall excluding at least a part in which the partition rib extends to the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Saki MATSUO, Yusuke IZUMI, Satoshi HADA, Takuya OKAMOTO