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).
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Publication number: 20240085023Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keisuke MIURA, Shinichi FUKUBA
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Publication number: 20240027069Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Fukuba, Satoshi Takiguchi, Taiki Kinoshita, Kenta Taniguchi, Sosuke Nakamura, Yoshikazu Matsumura
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Publication number: 20240011635Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Keisuke MIURA, Shinichi FUKUBA, Keijiro SAITO, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 11859822Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Fukuba, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keisuke Miura, Tomohiro Asai, Kenji Miyamoto, Tomo Kawakami
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Publication number: 20230228421Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Shinichi FUKUBA, Mitsuhiro NAKAO, Yoshikazu MATSUMURA, Kota YOSHINO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Sosuke NAKAMURA, Shinji AKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20230022725Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenta TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230014495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220381184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keisuke MIURA, Tomohiro ASAI, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Katsuyoshi TADA
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Patent number: 10851998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Shinji Akamatsu, Shinichi Fukuba
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Publication number: 20190107283Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Kenji MIYAMOTO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keijiro SAITO, Shinji AKAMATSU, Shinichi FUKUBA
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Publication number: 20190086093Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi FUKUBA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI