Patents by Inventor Sei HIRANO

Sei HIRANO 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: 11946554
    Abstract: To provide a fluid contact member whose corrosion resistance is particularly further improved than that in the related art. In order to solve this problem, a fluid contact member 10 includes a fluid contact portion 1 configured to be in contact with a fluid, the fluid contact portion 1 has a cobalt-based alloy phase 2 having a dendrite, and a compound phase 3 formed in an arm space of the dendrite and containing chromium carbide, and among a plurality of secondary arms 5 extending from one primary arm 4 constituting the dendrite, an average interval between adjacent secondary arms 5 is 5 ?m or less. At this time, the average interval is preferably 3 ?m or less. Further, the compound phase 3 is preferably formed discontinuously in the dendrite arm space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Yoshihisa Kiyotoki, Sei Hirano, Daisuke Hirasawa, Junya Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11684976
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a transition piece that has a high degree of freedom in adjustment of a length, a shape, or the like, can carry out a dissimilar metal welding easily, and is easy to perform, and a transition piece. The transition piece includes one end having the same composition as one material to be welded, another end having the same composition as another material to be welded, and an intermediate layer formed between the one end and the other end. The composition of the one end and the composition of the other end become the same as approaching a center. In the method of manufacturing the transition piece according to the invention, at least the intermediate layer among the one end, the other end, and the intermediate layer is formed by a additive manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Nakayama, Sei Hirano, Yoshihisa Kiyotoki
  • Publication number: 20220025984
    Abstract: To provide a fluid contact member whose corrosion resistance is particularly further improved than that in the related art. In order to solve this problem, a fluid contact member 10 includes a fluid contact portion 1 configured to be in contact with a fluid, the fluid contact portion 1 has a cobalt-based alloy phase 2 having a dendrite, and a compound phase 3 formed in an arm space of the dendrite and containing chromium carbide, and among a plurality of secondary arms 5 extending from one primary arm 4 constituting the dendrite, an average interval between adjacent secondary arms 5 is 5 ?m or less. At this time, the average interval is preferably 3 ?m or less. Further, the compound phase 3 is preferably formed discontinuously in the dendrite arm space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hirotsugu KAWANAKA, Yoshihisa KIYOTOKI, Sei HIRANO, Daisuke HIRASAWA, Junya KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210323085
    Abstract: Intended is to improve the corrosion resistance of an overlay used in a nuclear power plant, and to reduce dissolution of cobalt from an overlay. The corrosion and wear resistant overlay 7 is formed along a surface of a base 2 by laser lamination modeling, and is configured from a plurality of metal layers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d of a Co-base alloy. The thickness of carbide eutectics that precipitate in the metal layers 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d is the largest in the metal layer 1a closest to the base 2, and is gradually smaller in the metal layers 1b, 1c, and 1d farther away from the base 2. The intensity of the laser beam applied to form layers by laser lamination modeling is adjusted so that the carbide eutectics that precipitate in at least the outermost metal layer 1d have a controlled size of 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sei HIRANO, Yoshihisa KIYOTOKI, Hajime MIYATA, Hirotsugu KAWANAKA, Shinji MATSUSHITA, Hiroshi SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20210031264
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a transition piece that has a high degree of freedom in adjustment of a length, a shape, or the like, can carry out a dissimilar metal welding easily, and is easy to perform, and a transition piece. The transition piece includes one end having the same composition as one material to be welded, another end having the same composition as another material to be welded, and an intermediate layer formed between the one end and the other end. The composition of the one end and the composition of the other end become the same as approaching a center. In the method of manufacturing the transition piece according to the invention, at least the intermediate layer among the one end, the other end, and the intermediate layer is formed by a additive manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yukari NAKAYAMA, Sei HIRANO, Yoshihisa KIYOTOKI
  • Publication number: 20190193195
    Abstract: The present invention is intended is to improve the corrosion resistance of an overlay used in a nuclear power plant, and to reduce dissolution of cobalt from an overlay. The corrosion and wear resistant overlay is formed along a surface of a base by laser lamination modeling, and is configured from a plurality of metal layers of a Co-base alloy. The thickness of carbide eutectics that precipitate in the metal layers is the largest in the metal layer closest to the base, and is gradually smaller in the metal layers farther away from the base. The intensity of the laser beam applied to form layers by laser lamination modeling is adjusted so that the carbide eutectics that precipitate in at least the outermost metal layer have a controlled size of 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sei HIRANO, Yoshihisa KIYOTOKI, Hajime MIYATA, Hirotsugu KAWANAKA, Shinji MATSUSHITA, Hiroshi SHIRATORI