Patents by Inventor Shigenari Horie
Shigenari Horie 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: 11778698Abstract: An infrared heating device that appropriately sets positions of infrared lamps and a radiation thermometer relative to an object to be heated and is easily positioned includes: an infrared irradiator that irradiates infrared rays to an object to be heated to heat the object to be heated; a holding member that holds the infrared irradiator; a radiation thermometer that measures a temperature of a surface of the object; and a pair of laser pointers that irradiate laser beams to the surface of the object from different positions. The pair of laser pointers are disposed to cause the respective laser beams to be coincident in position with each other at one point on the surface of the object when a distance between the surface of the object and the infrared irradiator is a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshikatsu Nohara, Takashi Shibutani, Shigenari Horie, Makoto Tamura
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Patent number: 11021999Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor, the combustor, and the turbine are arranged along an extending direction of a rotating shaft. The gas turbine also includes a combustor casing housing the combustor and a turbine casing housing the turbine. The combustor casing and the turbine casing are joined to each other via respective flanges thereof projecting toward the outside. The gas turbine further includes a projection part on an inner face of the combustor casing. The projection part projects toward the inside in a radial direction in at least part of a range in the extending direction of the rotating shaft between the flanges and an end of a combustion chamber on the compressor side in the combustor.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okabe, Shigenari Horie, Tadayuki Hanada
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Publication number: 20210123124Abstract: The task is to provide a thermal barrier coating film (13) which exhibits high durability even in a gas turbine that is used under a molten salt environment, such as a heavy oil fired gas turbine, and which can be efficiently formed at low cost without requiring complicated processes, and a thermal barrier coating film (13) configures a turbine member includes a ceramic material thermally sprayed and formed on a base material (10) made of a heat resistant alloy, in which ytterbia partially stabilized zirconia is used as the ceramic material of the film (13), and the porosity of the film (13) is 5% or more and less than 8%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Taiji TORIGOE, Masahiko MEGA, Shigenari HORIE, Shuji TANIGAWA, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200271017Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor, the combustor, and the turbine are arranged along an extending direction of a rotating shaft. The gas turbine also includes a combustor casing housing the combustor and a turbine casing housing the turbine. The combustor casing and the turbine casing are joined to each other via respective flanges thereof projecting toward the outside. The gas turbine further includes a projection part on an inner face of the combustor casing. The projection part projects toward the inside in a radial direction in at least part of a range in the extending direction of the rotating shaft between the flanges and an end of a combustion chamber on the compressor side in the combustor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Yoshiyuki OKABE, Shigenari HORIE, Tadayuki HANADA
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Publication number: 20200221546Abstract: Provided is an infrared heating device that appropriately sets positions of infrared lamps and a radiation thermometer relative to an object to be heated and is easily positioned. The infrared heating device includes: an infrared irradiation means that irradiates infrared rays to an object to be heated to heat the object to be heated; a holding member that holds the infrared irradiation means; a radiation thermometer that measures temperature of a surface of the object; and a pair of laser pointers that irradiate laser beams to the surface of the object from different positions. The pair of laser pointers are disposed to cause the respective laser beams to be coincident in position with each other at one point on the surface of the object when a distance between the surface of the object and the infrared irradiation means is a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Toshikatsu NOHARA, Takashi SHIBUTANI, Shigenari HORIE, Makoto TAMURA
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Patent number: 9989450Abstract: An erosion test apparatus includes a combustor configured to obtain a combustion gas by mixing and combusting compressed air and a fuel, and an erodent supply unit configured to supply an erodent to the combustion gas. The erosion test apparatus further includes an accommodation support unit configured to accommodate and support a test piece having a front surface coated through thermal barrier coating, and an accelerator configured to accelerate the combustion gas including the erodent to collide with the test piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kudo, Taiji Torigoe, Junichiro Masada, Koji Takahashi, Yoshitaka Uemura, Yoshifumi Okajima, Naotoshi Okaya, Eisaku Ito, Masahiko Mega, Shigenari Horie, Shuji Tanigawa, Yasuhiko Tsuru, Keizo Tsukagoshi, Masamitsu Kuwabara
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Patent number: 9939209Abstract: A gas cooler (10) which is provided with a heat exchanger (6), cools a gas to be cooled, which is introduced from the outside, by performing heat exchange between the gas to be cooled and the heat exchanger, and discharges the cooled gas to the outside. The heat exchanger includes: a plurality of heat transfer fins (8) which are placed side by side via a prescribed gap therebetween, the gas to be cooled flowing through the gaps; and heat transfer tubes (7) which pierce through the plurality of heat transfer fins and are provided in a plurality of rows along the direction in which the gas to be cooled flows. The outside diameter do of the heat transfer tubes is 20 to 30 mm.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi Yokoo, Shigenari Horie, Masashi Yoshikawa, Tomoaki Takeda, Koichi Mizushita, Kazunari Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170226620Abstract: A heat shielding coating (11) includes a bond coat layer (12) as a metal coupling layer laminated on a base material (10), and a top coat layer (13) which is laminated on the bond coat layer (12) and includes zirconia-based ceramic, in which the top coat layer (13) has a porosity of 9% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Taiji TORIGOE, Junichiro MASADA, Koji TAKAHASHI, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA, Naotoshi OKAYA, Eisaku ITO, Masahiko MEGA, Shigenari HORIE, Shuji TANIGAWA, Yasuhiko TSURU, Keizo TSUKAGOSHI, Masamitsu KUWABARA
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Publication number: 20160131570Abstract: An erosion test apparatus includes a combustor configured to obtain a combustion gas by mixing and combusting compressed air and a fuel, and an erodent supply unit configured to supply an erodent to the combustion gas. The erosion test apparatus further includes an accommodation support unit configured to accommodate and support a test piece having a front surface coated through thermal barrier coating, and an accelerator configured to accelerate the combustion gas including the erodent to collide with the test piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Taiji TORIGOE, Junichiro MASADA, Koji TAKAHASHI, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA, Naotoshi OKAYA, Eisaku ITO, Masahiko MEGA, Shigenari HORIE, Shuji TANIGAWA, Yasuhiko TSURU, Keizo TSUKAGOSHI, Masamitsu KUWABARA
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Publication number: 20120291772Abstract: Heat-receiving pipes of a heat receiver have portions having high heat flux on at the side near an opening in a length direction and extending to positions outside of a casing in a radial direction. Expanded sections having an expanded pitch circle diameter constituted by the plurality of heat-receiving pipes are formed, and a heat input quantity per unit area of the heat-receiving pipe is decreased in the portions near the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTDInventors: Kenji Atarashiya, Shigenari Horie, Keiji Mizuta, Manabu Maeda, Kazuta Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20110277960Abstract: The heat transfer performance of a gas cooler provided with a fin tube type heat exchanger is improved. This is a gas cooler 10 which is provided with a heat exchanger 6, cools a gas to be cooled, which is introduced from the outside, by performing heat exchange between the gas to be cooled and the heat exchanger 6, and discharge the cooled gas to the outside. The heat exchanger 6 includes: a plurality of heat transfer fins 8 which are placed side by side via a prescribed gap therebetween, the gas to be cooled flowing through the gap; and heat transfer tubes 7 which pierce through the plurality of heat transfer fins 8 and are provided in a plurality of rows along the direction in which the gas to be cooled flows. The outside diameter do of the heat transfer tubes 7 is 20 to 30 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi Yokoo, Shigenari Horie, Masashi Yoshikawa, Tomoaki Takeda, Koichi Mizushita, Kazunari Tanaka
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Publication number: 20110252797Abstract: A gas turbine plant associated with a solar thermal electric generation system has a heat receiver which receives heat from the sun, a gas turbine having a compressor and a turbine which operates with an operating fluid compressed by the compressor and heated by the heat receiver, a temperature sensor which detects heat from the sun, an auxiliary driving device which is driven based on the temperature of the heat detected by the temperature sensor, and which starts the gas turbine, and a generator which converts kinetic energy generated as a result of the rotation of the turbine into electric energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuta Kobayashi, Masashi Tagawa, Kuniaki Aoyama, Toshiyuki Osada, Junichiro Masada, Manabu Maeda, Masahiro Masuda, Shiro Sugimoto, Hiroshi Kawashima, Takayoshi Iijima, Kenji Atarashiya, Keiji Mizuta, Shigenari Horie
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Patent number: 7995324Abstract: An object is providing an electrostatic attraction apparatus and an attracting/releasing method capable of reliably attracting and quickly releasing a glass substrate. An attraction force for attracting a glass substrate is obtained according to the physical properties of the glass substrate. In addition to obtaining an attraction voltage (Vc(t)) required for obtaining the attraction force, a holding voltage (Vh(t)) for holding an attraction state and a release voltage (Vr(t)) for releasing the glass substrate are also obtained (S1 to S7). Attraction time period (tc) is actually measured and if this measured time is different from a preset attraction time (t1), the holding voltage (Vh(t)) and the release voltage (Vr(t)) are recalculated according to the actually measured attraction time period (tc) (S8 to S11).Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Kato, Shigenari Horie, Tatsufumi Aoi, Masaki Kawano, Yoshitaka Tsumoto, Hiroaki Ogasawara, Toshiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090273879Abstract: An object is providing an electrostatic attraction apparatus and an attracting/releasing method capable of reliably attracting and quickly releasing a glass substrate. An attraction force for attracting a glass substrate is obtained according to the physical properties of the glass substrate. In addition to obtaining an attraction voltage (Vc(t)) required for obtaining the attraction force, a holding voltage (Vh(t)) for holding an attraction state and a release voltage (Vr(t)) for releasing the glass substrate are also obtained (S1 to S7) Attraction time period (tc) is actually measured and if this measured time is different from a preset attraction time (t1), the holding voltage (Vh(t)) and the release voltage (Vr(t)) are recalculated according to the actually measured attraction time period (tc) (S8 to S11).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Mitsuo Kato, Shigenari Horie, Tatsufumi Aoi, Masaki Kawano, Yoshitaka Tsumoto, Hiroaki Ogasawara, Toshiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7323056Abstract: A coating apparatus is provided in which entrained air flow of an applicator roll and a web is removed and occurrences of misting and coating irregularity are suppressed to thereby realize a uniform coating liquid film and a uniform coating state. A coating apparatus includes an applicator roll arranged to abut on another roll so as to form a nip portion therebetween and to transfer a coating liquid to be coated on a surface of a web passing through the nip portion. The coating apparatus further includes a coater head provided on an upstream side of the nip portion in a rotational direction of the applicator roll so as to supply the coating liquid onto a surface of the applicator roll and a boundary air remover provided between the nip portion and the coater head on the upstream side of the nip portion so as to prevent air from entering the nip portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenari Horie, Masahiro Sugihara, Hiroshi Miura, Toshiaki Miyakura
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Publication number: 20070209769Abstract: The present invention relates to a papermaking machine and papermaking method that make paper web by removing moisture while making a paper stock layer travel, and the object of the invention is to dehydrate the paper stock layer more efficiently. A papermaking machine for making continuous paper web by holding a paper stock suspension 1a jetted from a head box 2 into the shape of a layer, and removing moisture while making this paper stock layer 1 travel. The papermaking machine is provided with steam type heating means 6 and adjustment means 11. The steam type heating means 6 is provided in a moisture removing part as heating means for heating the paper stock layer 1 to accelerate the moisture removal, and supplies steam to the paper stock layer 1 and heats the paper stock layer 1 by condensation of the steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2004Publication date: September 13, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideo Nogami, Shigenari Horie, Masahiro Sugihara, Hiroshi Iwata
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Publication number: 20050223974Abstract: A coating apparatus is provided in which entrained air flow of an applicator roll and a web is removed and occurrences of misting and coating irregularity are suppressed to thereby realize a uniform coating liquid film and a uniform coating state. In a coating apparatus comprising an applicator roll arranged to abut on another roll so as to form a nip portion therebetween and to transfer a coating liquid to be coated on a surface of a web passing through the nip portion, the coating apparatus further comprises a coater head provided on an upstream side of the nip portion in a rotational direction of the applicator roll so as to supply the coating liquid onto a surface of the applicator roll and a boundary air remover provided between the nip portion and the coater head on the upstream side of the nip portion so as to prevent air from entering the nip portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2005Publication date: October 13, 2005Inventors: Shigenari Horie, Masahiro Sugihara, Hiroshi Miura, Toshiaki Miyakura
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Publication number: 20050126589Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a cleaning device of a slit nozzle for use in a coating device which makes it possible to carry out a cleaning operation efficiently without human labor and suppress lowering of productivity due to the cleaning work. The present invention also intends to provide a coating device having effects and advantages similar to those of the cleaning device. According to the present invention, in order to attain the above purpose, there is provided a cleaning device for the tip end 2c of the slit nozzle 2, and the cleaning device including a wiping member 3 for wiping the tip end 2c and a first moving mechanism 5 for moving the wiping member 3 in the width direction of the coating web 1 in a reciprocal manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2004Publication date: June 16, 2005Inventors: Shigenari Horie, Masahiro Sugihara, Kenji Yamada, Chizuka Yamada, Hiroshi Miura, Toshiaki Miyakura