Patents by Inventor Satoshi Sometani

Satoshi Sometani 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: 20180036837
    Abstract: A welding device including a cylindrical powder nozzle (201) that supplies a powder gas containing a powder welding material toward a laser beam irradiation position of a base material and a cylindrical shield nozzle (202) that is arranged coaxially so as to cover an outer peripheral surface of the powder nozzle (201) and supplies a shielding gas for isolating the laser beam irradiation position, in which an outer peripheral surface (201b) in the vicinity of a distal end portion (201a) of the powder nozzle (201) has a shape whose outer diameter gradually decreases toward a distal end portion (201a) of the powder nozzle (201) and has an arc-shaped section on a section passing through a center axis (A) of the powder nozzle (201) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naonori NAGAI, Takehisa OKUDA, Satoshi SOMETANI, Yasuo MATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 9719419
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes: an external cylinder (31); an inner cylinder (32) provided inside the external cylinder (31) to form an air passage (30) between the external cylinder (31) and the inner cylinder (32); a pilot nozzle (35) provided in a center part of the inner cylinder (32) along a direction of a combustor axis (S); a plurality of main nozzles (36) provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder (32) along a circumferential direction thereof so as to surround the pilot nozzle (35), the plurality of main nozzles (36) premixing fuel with combustion air introduced to the air passage (30) and ejecting the fuel into the inner cylinder (32); and a top hat nozzle (41) provided inside the air passage (30) across a circumferential direction to mix fuel with the combustion air prior to reaching the plurality of main nozzles (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sometani, Satoshi Takiguchi, Shigemi Mandai
  • Publication number: 20130139511
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes: an external cylinder (31); an inner cylinder (32) provided inside the external cylinder (31) to form an air passage (30) between the external cylinder (31) and the inner cylinder (32); a pilot nozzle (35) provided in a center part of the inner cylinder (32) along a direction of a combustor axis (S); a plurality of main nozzles (36) provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder (32) along a circumferential direction thereof so as to surround the pilot nozzle (35), the plurality of main nozzles (36) premixing fuel with combustion air introduced to the air passage (30) and ejecting the fuel into the inner cylinder (32); and a top hat nozzle (41) provided inside the air passage (30) across a circumferential direction to mix fuel with the combustion air prior to reaching the plurality of main nozzles (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sometani, Satoshi Takiguchi, Shigemi Mandai