Patents by Inventor Shigemichi Yamawaki

Shigemichi Yamawaki 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: 7367194
    Abstract: A pulse detonation engine system (1) for driving a turbine is comprises a detonation generator section (5) including a detonation tube (7) having a tubular hollow section for permitting detonation to be generated therein during combustion stage of a mixture gas combined with a gas and a fuel, a gas supply section (17) for feeding the gas into the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7) at given time intervals, a fuel valve (19) for feeding the fuel into the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7) at the given time intervals, and an ignition plug (15) for igniting the mixture gas in the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7), and a pulse detonation driven turbine (9) driven directly or indirectly by energy of detonations that are intermittently generated in the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Murayama, Shigemichi Yamawaki, Hidemi Toh, Hideo Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Kaoru Chiba, Shigeharu Ohyagi
  • Patent number: 7037067
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a front cooling plate provided on a front stationary section in the vicinity of a front side of a turbine disc, a front cooling passage formed between an opposing surface of the front cooling plate and a front surface of a rim of the turbine disc, a rear cooling plate provided on a rear stationary section in the vicinity of a rear side of the turbine disc, and a rear cooling passage formed between an opposing surface of the rear cooling plate and a rear surface of the rim of the turbine disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Inhikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Okita, Shigemichi Yamawaki
  • Publication number: 20050210879
    Abstract: A pulse detonation engine system (1) for driving a turbine is comprises a detonation generator section (5) including a detonation tube (7) having a tubular hollow section for permitting detonation to be generated therein during combustion stage of a mixture gas combined with a gas and a fuel, a gas supply section (17) for feeding the gas into the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7) at given time intervals, a fuel valve (19) for feeding the fuel into the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7) at the given time intervals, and an ignition plug (15) for igniting the mixture gas in the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7), and a pulse detonation driven turbine (9) driven directly or indirectly by energy of detonations that are intermittently generated in the tubular hollow section of the detonation tube (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Murayama, Shigemichi Yamawaki, Hidemi Toh, Hideo Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi Takahashi, Kaoru Chiba, Shigeharu Ohyagi
  • Patent number: 6926499
    Abstract: A blade 10 is composed of a front blade portion 10a, a rear blade portion 10b and a middle blade portion 10c. The belly side of the middle blade portion 10c forms a recess towards the back side. High-temperature gas flowing along the belly side of the blade 10 branches once at the front edge portion to the rear edge portion and alongside the belly side, into separate flows. These separated high-temperature gas flows are merged again at the rear edge portion, thereby a separation region S is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigemichi Yamawaki
  • Publication number: 20050163608
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a front cooling plate (85) provided on a front stationary section (69) in the vicinity of a front side of a turbine disc (55), a front cooling passage (87) formed between an opposing surface of the front cooling plate (85) and a front surface of a rim of the turbine disc (55), a rear cooling plate (93) provided on a rear stationary section (81) in the vicinity of a rear side of the turbine disc (55), and a rear cooling passage (95) formed between an opposing surface of the rear cooling plate (93) and a rear surface of the rim of the turbine disc (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Okita, Shigemichi Yamawaki
  • Publication number: 20040091360
    Abstract: A blade 10 is composed of a front blade portion 10a, a rear blade portion 10b and a middle blade portion 10c. The belly side of the middle blade portion 10c forms a recess towards the back side. High-temperature gas flowing along the belly side of the blade 10 branches once at the front edge portion to the rear edge portion and alongside the belly side, into separate flows. These separated high-temperature gas flows are merged again at the rear edge portion, thereby a separation region S is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigemichi Yamawaki