Patents by Inventor Shinichi FUKUBA

Shinichi FUKUBA 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: 20240085023
    Abstract: A premixed combustion burner including: an outer tube having an inlet opening on a first side in an axial direction and an outlet opening on a second side in the axial direction; an inner tube formed in a cylindrical shape extending in the axial direction and spaced inside the outer tube, and forming a film air flow path between the inner and outer tubes; and a strut extending inward from the inner wall surface of the outer tube and supporting the inner tube. An end of the inner tube on the first side is located further towards the second side than the outer tube inlet opening. An end of the inner tube on the second side is located further towards the first side than the outlet opening of the outer tube. The outer tube, the strut, and the inner tube are formed with a fuel injection flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keisuke MIURA, Shinichi FUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240027069
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine, includes: a first fuel nozzle group and a second fuel nozzle group each of which includes a fuel nozzle capable of supplying a fuel and has an independently controllable fuel supply system; a cylinder inside which a combustion region allowing a combustion gas produced by combustion of the fuel to flow is formed; and a first contraction portion extending partially along a circumferential direction so as to correspond to one of the first fuel nozzle group or the second fuel nozzle group and protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuba, Satoshi Takiguchi, Taiki Kinoshita, Kenta Taniguchi, Sosuke Nakamura, Yoshikazu Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20240011635
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a tube plate having an upstream side end face and a downstream side end face that are orthogonal to a combustor axis, in which an air hole passing through the upstream side end face and the downstream side end face is formed in the tube plate; and a fuel injector that injects fuel into air passing through the air hole. The air hole has: a bent channel that curves toward a direction orthogonal to the combustor axis toward the downstream side; and an inclined channel that is connected to the downstream side of the bent channel so as to be continuous therewith, and that extends inclining with respect to the combustor axis and opens to the downstream side end face. A fuel injection position at which the fuel injector injects fuel is located on the downstream side of the upstream end of the bent channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke MIURA, Shinichi FUKUBA, Keijiro SAITO, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11859822
    Abstract: A burner assembly includes a plurality of burners for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: a fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; a mixing passage supplied with the fuel and the air; and a support portion connecting a passage wall of the mixing passage and the fuel nozzle to support the fuel nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuba, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keisuke Miura, Tomohiro Asai, Kenji Miyamoto, Tomo Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20230228421
    Abstract: A fuel injector has a body extending in an axial direction. The body includes: an axial passage formed so as to extend in the axial direction; a radial passage formed so as to communicate at one end with the axial passage and to open at another end to an outer surface of the body; and an internal passage including a first opening and a second opening open to the outer surface, and formed so as to extend inside the body from the first opening to the second opening. The first opening and the second opening are located opposite to each other across a third opening, through which the radial passage opens to the outer surface, in a circumferential direction centered on an axis of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Shinichi FUKUBA, Mitsuhiro NAKAO, Yoshikazu MATSUMURA, Kota YOSHINO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Sosuke NAKAMURA, Shinji AKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230022725
    Abstract: A burner assembly includes a plurality of bumers for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: at least one fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; and a mixing passage into which the fuel injected from the at least one fuel nozzle and the air are introduced. Each fuel nozzle includes a protruding portion protruding upstream of an inlet of the mixing passage in a flow direction of the air. Each fuel nozzle includes a fuel injection hole formed on a side surface of the protruding portion. At least a portion of a first air passage for flowing the air is formed inside the protruding portion. The first air passage includes: an inlet formed on a surface of the protruding portion on an upstream side of the fuel injection hole in the flow direction of the air; and an outlet formed on a side surface of the protruding portion or a passage wall of the mixing passage. At least a portion of the outlet is formed downstream of the fuel injection hole in the flow direction of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenta TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230014495
    Abstract: A burner assembly includes a plurality of burners for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: a fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; a mixing passage supplied with the fuel and the air; and a support portion connecting a passage wall of the mixing passage and the fuel nozzle to support the fuel nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220381184
    Abstract: A burner assembly includes a plurality of burners for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: at least one fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; and a mixing passage into which the fuel injected from the at least one fuel nozzle and the air are introduced. Each of the at least one fuel nozzle includes a protruding portion protruding upstream of an inlet of the mixing passage in a flow direction of the air. Each of the at least one fuel nozzle includes at least one fuel injection hole formed on a side surface of the protruding portion. A top surface of the protruding portion includes a convex curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Katsuyoshi TADA
  • Patent number: 10851998
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a first nozzle which extends along an axis and injects fuel toward a downstream side; a flame stabilizer which covers a downstream-side end portion of the first nozzle from an outer periphery side; and a plurality of second nozzles arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis on the outer periphery side of the flame stabilizer. The flame stabilizer has a cone portion expanding in diameter toward the downstream side from the upstream side, and a flange portion extending radially outward from a downstream-side end edge of the cone portion, and a penetrating portion which penetrates at least the flange portion in a direction of the axis is formed in the flame stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Shinji Akamatsu, Shinichi Fukuba
  • Publication number: 20190107283
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a first nozzle which extends along an axis and injects fuel toward a downstream side; a flame stabilizer which covers a downstream-side end portion of the first nozzle from an outer periphery side; and a plurality of second nozzles arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis on the outer periphery side of the flame stabilizer. The flame stabilizer has a cone portion expanding in diameter toward the downstream side from the upstream side, and a flange portion extending radially outward from a downstream-side end edge of the cone portion, and a penetrating portion which penetrates at least the flange portion in a direction of the axis is formed in the flame stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji MIYAMOTO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keijiro SAITO, Shinji AKAMATSU, Shinichi FUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20190086093
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes an external cylinder, an inner cylinder disposed in the external cylinder, a first fuel injecting unit disposed in the inner cylinder, an air passage provided between the external cylinder and the inner cylinder to cause compressed air to flow into the inner cylinder, and a second fuel injecting unit disposed in the air passage. The second fuel injecting unit is disposed at a curve communicating with the inner cylinder downstream in the air passage. The second fuel injecting unit is supported by a curved inner surface of the external cylinder in the inner cylinder. The second fuel injecting unit is disposed with a center line in a longitudinal direction inclined in a flow direction of the compressed air flowing through the air passage at a predetermined angle with respect to a perpendicular orthogonal to a tangent to the curved inner surface of the external cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI