Patents by Inventor Shin Yanagisawa
Shin Yanagisawa 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: 11136903Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes, and a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11022126Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a casing; a rotor that includes a rotatable rotary shaft located inside the casing, and a plurality of stages of impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a diaphragm group including diaphragms that are respectively provided in the plurality of stages of the impellers; gas flow paths provided respectively corresponding to the impellers and through which process gas to be compressed flows; and a discharge volute connected to the gas flow paths. The discharge volute is provided to expand inward in an axis line direction of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Kazutoshi Yoko, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
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Patent number: 10975728Abstract: Flanges of half bodies provided in a compressor casing are fastened by multiple bolts and a multi-hole washer shared by two or more adjacent bolts. When F is fastening force, T is a thickness of the washer, ? is a distribution angle of the fastening force, Rb is a radius of the bolt, R is a radius of a distribution range of the fastening force on a bearing surface, A is an area of the distribution range on the surface, a is an area of a distribution range of the fastening force on a mating surface of the flange, and R=Rb+T·tan ? and A=?R2 are established, F/A is lower than yield strength of each of a flange material and a multi-hole washer material, and F/a is equal to or higher than predetermined surface pressure determined based on pressure of fluid inside the casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio Mizunoue, Kazutoshi Yoko, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Shin Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20210095691Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a passage forming member being arranged in a rear side of an impeller fixed to a tip side of a rotor shaft, and forming a passage, together with a scroll member, and a casing member disposed adjacent to an opposite side of the passage forming member from the impeller along an axial direction. The passage forming member has a first protrusion, and the casing member has a second protrusion. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are fixed to each other by a bolt member inserted from an outside in a radial direction toward an inside in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Shin YANAGISAWA, Nobuyori YAGI, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 10947988Abstract: An impeller includes a disk formed in a disk shape about an axis, and a plurality of blades provided at intervals in a circumferential direction on one side in the axial direction of the disk. The blades define a flow path extending from one side in the axial direction toward a radial outer side and include a low-rigidity region and a high-rigidity region. The low-rigidity region has an inlet, an outlet of the extending region of the flow path, a relatively small plate thickness, and has a relatively small inclination angle with respect to the disk. The high-rigidity region adjacent to the low-rigidity region has a relatively large plate thickness, and a relatively large inclination angle with respect to the disk.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Nobuyori Yagi, Jo Masutani, Kazuki Chiba
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Patent number: 10865648Abstract: A turbine rotor blade assembly in which values A, CF, T, and L are set to satisfy the following expression in two-dimensional coordinates, 1.2×105?(A×CF)/(T×L)?17×105, where (A×CF)/(T×L) is an expression (1), A is an arm length [mm] of each of turbine rotor blades, CF is centrifugal force [kgf] occurring on each of the turbine rotor blades, T is a thickness [mm] of each of shrouds, and L is a lap amount [mm] of the shrouds adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Shin Yanagisawa, Yuki Nakamura, Kyoichi Ikeno
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Patent number: 10801505Abstract: A centrifugal compressor according to the present invention includes, as gas flow paths, diffuser flow paths into which process gas flowing from impellers to outside in a radial direction flows, curved flow paths that respectively communicate with the diffuser flow paths and change a flowing direction of the process gas from a direction toward the outside in the radial direction to a direction toward inside in the radial direction, and return flow paths that respectively communicate with the curved flow paths and cause the process gas flowing through the curved flow paths to flow into the impellers. In the present invention, the curved flow path configuring at least one of the gas flow paths is provided between a diaphragm and a flow path forming body that is provided between the diaphragm and the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi Yoko, Shin Yanagisawa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
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Publication number: 20200300253Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a casing; a rotor that includes a rotatable rotary shaft located inside the casing, and a plurality of stages of impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a diaphragm group including diaphragms that are respectively provided in the plurality of stages of the impellers; gas flow paths provided respectively corresponding to the impellers and through which process gas to be compressed flows; and a discharge volute connected to the gas flow paths. The discharge volute is provided to expand inward in an axis line direction of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Kazutoshi Yoko, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
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Patent number: 10781700Abstract: In a turbine rotor blade assembly 1 of the present invention, each turbine rotor blade 10 includes a platform 11 having a blade root 12 fixed to a turbine disk 30, a profile 13 rising from the platform 11, and a shroud 14 provided at a top end of the profile 13. The shroud 14 of the present invention includes a first contact end part 15 that comes into contact with an adjacent shroud adjacent to one end side in a circumferential direction, a second contact end part 16 that comes into contact with an another adjacent shroud adjacent to the other end side in the circumferential direction, and a main body part disposed between the first and second contact end parts 15 and 16. One or both of the first and second contact end parts 15 and 16 are lower in rigidity than the main body part.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Naoyuki Nagai, Shin Yanagisawa, Yuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190376417Abstract: Flanges of half bodies provided in a compressor casing are fastened by multiple bolts and a multi-hole washer shared by two or more adjacent bolts. When F is fastening force, T is a thickness of the washer, ? is a distribution angle of the fastening force, Rb is a radius of the bolt, R is a radius of a distribution range of the fastening force on a bearing surface, A is an area of the distribution range on the surface, a is an area of a distribution range of the fastening force on a mating surface of the flange, and R=Rb+T·tan ? and A=?R2 are established, F/A is lower than yield strength of each of a flange material and a multi-hole washer material, and F/a is equal to or higher than predetermined surface pressure determined based on pressure of fluid inside the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio Mizunoue, Kazutoshi Yoko, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Shin Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20190345843Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes, and a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Makoto Kondo, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Publication number: 20190249555Abstract: There is provided a turbine rotor blade assembly in which values A, CF, T, and L are set to satisfy the following expression in two-dimensional coordinates illustrated in FIG. 5, 1.2×105?(A×CF)/(T×L)?17×105, where (A×CF)/(T×L) is an expression (1), A is an arm length [mm] of each of turbine rotor blades, CF is centrifugal force [kgf] occurring on each of the turbine rotor blades, T is a thickness [mm] of each of shrouds, and L is a lap amount [mm] of the shrouds adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Shin Yanagisawa, Yuki Nakamura, Kyoichi Ikeno
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Publication number: 20190078447Abstract: In a turbine rotor blade assembly 1 of the present invention, each turbine rotor blade 10 includes a platform 11 having a blade root 12 fixed to a turbine disk 30, a profile 13 rising from the platform 11, and a shroud 14 provided at a top end of the profile 13. The shroud 14 of the present invention includes a first contact end part 15 that comes into contact with an adjacent shroud adjacent to one end side in a circumferential direction, a second contact end part 16 that comes into contact with an another adjacent shroud adjacent to the other end side in the circumferential direction, and a main body part disposed between the first and second contact end parts 15 and 16. One or both of the first and second contact end parts 15 and 16 are lower in rigidity than the main body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Naoyuki Nagai, Shin Yanagisawa, Yuki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190048877Abstract: A centrifugal compressor according to the present invention includes, as gas flow paths, diffuser flow paths into which process gas flowing from impellers to outside in a radial direction flows, curved flow paths that respectively communicate with the diffuser flow paths and change a flowing direction of the process gas from a direction toward the outside in the radial direction to a direction toward inside in the radial direction, and return flow paths that respectively communicate with the curved flow paths and cause the process gas flowing through the curved flow paths to flow into the impellers. In the present invention, the curved flow path configuring at least one of the gas flow paths is provided between a diaphragm and a flow path forming body that is provided between the diaphragm and the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi Yoko, Shin Yanagisawa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
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Publication number: 20180058468Abstract: An impeller includes a disk formed in a disk shape about an axis, and a plurality of blades provided at intervals in a circumferential direction on one side in the axial direction of the disk. The blades define a flow path extending from one side in the axial direction toward a radial outer side and include a low-rigidity region and a high-rigidity region. The low-rigidity region has an inlet, an outlet of the extending region of the flow path, a relatively small plate thickness, and has a relatively small inclination angle with respect to the disk. The high-rigidity region adjacent to the low-rigidity region has a relatively large plate thickness, and a relatively large inclination angle with respect to the disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Nobuyori Yagi, Jo Masutani, Kazuki Chiba
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Publication number: 20150285648Abstract: A route guidance device configured so as to be freely attachable and detachable with respect to an in-vehicle device includes a route acquiring part that acquires a vehicle route calculated based on vehicle map data and acquires a pedestrian route calculated based on the pedestrian map data; and a display that outputs the vehicle route and the pedestrian route acquired by the route acquiring part. The route acquiring part, when the route guidance device has been detached from the in-vehicle device, acquires a pedestrian route calculated based on a destination having been set to acquire the vehicle route before detachment, or when the route guidance device has been attached to the in-vehicle device, acquires a vehicle route calculated based on a destination having been set to acquire the pedestrian route before attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Masuda, Koichi Ushida, Shin Yanagisawa, Kazuki Inoue