Patents by Inventor Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto 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: 11299994
    Abstract: A first-stage stator vane for a gas turbine includes: a first portion partially defining an airfoil which includes a pressure surface, a suction surface, and a trailing edge; and a second portion positioned at a leading-edge side of the airfoil with respect to the first portion, the second portion having a recess portion or a protruding portion. The recess portion or the protruding portion has a pair of side wall surfaces, and an angle formed between the pair of side wall surfaces is less than 90 angular degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Tokuyama, Kenji Sato, Keisuke Matsuyama, Takaya Koda, Shunsuke Torii, Tetsuya Shimmyo, Shinya Hashimoto, Akihiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 11287922
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11268445
    Abstract: In a gas turbine, a plurality of blade ring parts each include a plurality of first cooling flow passages, a plurality of second cooling flow passages, and a return flow passage. The first cooling flow passages are disposed on the outer side in a radial direction centering on a rotation axis, extend in an axial direction, and are disposed aligned in an axial rotation direction. The second cooling flow passages are disposed on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the first cooling flow passages, extend in the axial direction, and are disposed aligned in the axial rotation direction. The return flow passage connects end parts of each of the first cooling flow passages and the second cooling flow passages on the same side in the axial direction with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Naoya Tatsumi, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Yuki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11248466
    Abstract: An axial-direction passage, a forced vortex passage, a first blade array passage, and a second blade array passage are formed in a rotor shaft of a turbine. Cooling air from an air extraction port of a compressor flows through the axial-direction passage which extends in an axial direction. The forced vortex passage is connected to the axial-direction passage and extends outwards in the radial direction relative to an axial line from a connecting portion between the forced vortex passage and the axial-direction passage. The first blade array passage is connected to an end portion on the outer side in the radial direction of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a first blade row among a plurality of blade rows. The second blade array passage is connected to an end portion of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a second blade row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Takamura, Masanori Yuri, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210344665
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a memory in which identification information associated with a user is stored, a controller that carries out authentication of the user, and a communication interface that transmits a signal including the identification information. When user authentication is successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a first state in which the signal is transmitted to an external apparatus, and when user authentication is not successful, the controller sets the communication terminal to a second state in which the signal is not transmitted to the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akemi MORITA, Yutaka YASUNAGA, Shinya HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11149562
    Abstract: A method for disassembling/assembling a gas turbine including a seal plate disposed on a first side of a rotor disc in an axial direction of the rotor disc, and a seal plate restraint part for restricting movement of the seal plate relative to the rotor disc in a radial direction of the rotor disc includes a seal-plate-restraint-state switching step of moving the seal plate restraint part along the axial direction to switch between a seal plate non-restraint state where the seal plate restraint part does not restrict movement of the seal plate in the radial direction and a seal plate restraint state where at least a part of the seal plate restraint part protrudes in the axial direction from the seal plate and thereby restricts movement of the seal plate in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Murata, Eiichi Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Takaoka, Shinya Hashimoto, Naoki Ikushima, Tetsuya Shimmyo
  • Patent number: 11136224
    Abstract: A lifting beam for suspending an object to be lifted in a vertical direction has a lower end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the lifting beam on a vertical lower side in a state where the object is suspended. The lower end surface includes a first lower end portion, a second lower end portion positioned away from the first lower end portion to a first side in the longitudinal direction, and a third lower end portion positioned away from the first lower end portion to a second side in the longitudinal direction, on the opposite side of the first lower end portion from the second lower end portion. The second lower end portion is positioned higher than the first lower end portion, and the third lower end portion is positioned lower than the second lower end portion when the object is suspended from the lifting beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Nishioka, Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 11125113
    Abstract: A gas turbine exhaust casing includes a tubular casing wall, a bearing box housed in the casing wall, a diffuser portion forming an annular exhaust gas flow passage between the casing wall and the bearing box, a plurality of struts disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the casing wall, and coupling the casing wall and the bearing box, and a plurality of fastening bolts disposed on the casing wall. The casing wall includes an upper half casing forming an upper half of the casing wall and a lower half casing forming a lower half of the casing wall. The plurality of fastening bolts fasten the upper half casing and the lower half casing. The plurality of struts include a penetrated strut which has an end penetrated by at least one fastening bolt of the plurality of fastening bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Nishioka, Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 11111799
    Abstract: A method for disassembling/assembling a gas turbine including a seal plate disposed on a first side of a rotor disc in an axial direction of the rotor disc, and a seal plate restraint part for restricting movement of the seal plate relative to the rotor disc in a radial direction of the rotor disc includes a seal-plate-restraint-state switching step of operating the seal plate restraint part from a second side in the axial direction to switch between a seal plate non-restraint state where the seal plate restraint part does not restrict movement of the seal plate in the radial direction and a seal plate restraint state where at least a part of the seal plate restraint part protrudes toward the second side in the axial direction from the seal plate and thereby restricts movement of the seal plate in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Murata, Eiichi Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Takaoka, Shinya Hashimoto, Naoki Ikushima, Tetsuya Shimmyo
  • Patent number: 11085324
    Abstract: A gas turbine is provided with an exhaust diffuser in which an exhaust flow path for circulating exhaust gas from a turbine is formed, and a cooling device for cooling a structure facing the exhaust flow path in the exhaust diffuser. The cooling device has a guide part in which a guide flow path for circulating a cooling medium is formed and which is configured to guide the cooling medium to the structure, and a switching part able to switch between a first state where a flow rate of the cooling medium flowing through the guide flow path is a first flow rate corresponding to a flow rate during a rated operation and a second state where the flow rate of the cooling medium is a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Iijima, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210140329
    Abstract: A first-stage stator vane for a gas turbine includes: a first portion partially forming an airfoil which includes a pressure surface, a suction surface, and a trailing edge; and a second portion positioned at a leading-edge side of the airfoil with respect to the first portion, the second portion having a recess portion or a protruding portion. The recess portion or the protruding portion of the second portion has a pair of side wall surfaces, and an angle formed between the pair of side wall surfaces is less than 90 angular degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Kentaro TOKUYAMA, Kenji SATO, Keisuke MATSUYAMA, Takaya KODA, Shunsuke TORII, Tetsuya SHIMMYO, Shinya HASHIMOTO, Akihiro MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210096722
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Shinya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210079846
    Abstract: In a gas turbine, a plurality of blade ring parts each include a plurality of first cooling flow passages, a plurality of second cooling flow passages, and a return flow passage. The first cooling flow passages are disposed on the outer side in a radial direction centering on a rotation axis, extend in an axial direction, and are disposed aligned in an axial rotation direction. The second cooling flow passages are disposed on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the first cooling flow passages, extend in the axial direction, and are disposed aligned in the axial rotation direction. The return flow passage connects end parts of each of the first cooling flow passages and the second cooling flow passages on the same side in the axial direction with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shinya HASHIMOTO, Naoya TATSUMI, Hiroyuki YAMAZAKI, Yuki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10895929
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10883381
    Abstract: A ventilation flow path for guiding a compressed gas flowing between two blade rows adjacent in an axial direction to an interior of a compressor rotor shaft is formed in the compressor rotor shaft. The ventilation flow path has an introduction part, a plurality of branch parts, and a collection part. The introduction part guides the compressed gas flowing between the two blade rows into the compressor rotor shaft. The plurality of branch parts branch out from the introduction part, and are formed in mutually different positions in the axial direction. The collection part is connected to each of the plurality of branch parts. The compressed gas flows into the collection part after passing through the plurality of branch parts, and then, the compressed gas that has flowed in flows outside through the collection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Keita Takamura
  • Patent number: 10865658
    Abstract: In a gas turbine exhaust member and an exhaust chamber maintenance method, the gas turbine exhaust member is provided with: an inside diffuser that forms a tubular shape and is divided into multiple parts in the circumferential direction; a first seal housing that forms a tubular shape and is integrally formed in the circumferential direction, the front end of which being coupled to the rear end of the inside diffuser; a second seal housing that forms a tubular shape and is integrally formed in the circumferential direction, the front end of which being coupled to the rear end of the first seal housing; and a supporting coupling part that supports the rear end of the first seal housing and the front end of the second seal housing so as to allow the rear end and the front end to move in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200285744
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: confirms whether a program is registered in a whitelist; estimates whether the program is risky of causing infection with a computer virus; determines whether the program that has been confirmed as registered but estimated as risky is present in a function requested by a user; and upon determining that the program that has been confirmed as registered but estimated as risky is present in the function, determines whether to execute the function based on one or more processes defined by the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10738618
    Abstract: A ventilation flow path, a cooling air flow path, a mixing space, and a mixed air flow path are formed in a gas turbine rotor. The ventilation flow path guides compressed air farther on an axially upstream side than an air discharge port of a compressor to an interior of a compressor rotor as compressor extracted air. The cooling air flow path guides cooling air to a part farther on an axially downstream side than the air discharge port. The compressor extracted air and the cooling air are mixed in the mixing space. The mixed air flow path guides mixed air containing the compressor extracted air and the cooling air into a turbine rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Keita Takamura
  • Patent number: 10738892
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a seal device capable of restricting a flow of a fluid in a clearance between a stationary member and a rotational member. The seal device includes a pressure loss element mounted to the stationary member, a first non-contact type seal protruding from the rotational member toward the pressure loss element and facing the pressure loss element via a first gap, and a second non-contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member, facing the rotational member via a second gap, and being positioned on one side of the pressure loss element in a flow direction of the fluid. The seal device also includes a contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member and being disposed downstream of the pressure loss element and the second non-contact type seal in the flow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Araki, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Ryosuke Mito, Keita Takamura, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200231413
    Abstract: A lifting beam for suspending an object to be lifted in a vertical direction has a lower end surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the lifting beam on a vertical lower side in a state where the object is suspended. The lower end surface includes a first lower end portion, a second lower end portion positioned away from the first lower end portion to a first side in the longitudinal direction, and a third lower end portion positioned away from the first lower end portion to a second side in the longitudinal direction, on the opposite side of the first lower end portion from the second lower end portion. The second lower end portion is positioned higher than the first lower end portion, and the third lower end portion is positioned lower than the second lower end portion when the object is suspended from the lifting beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunori NISHIOKA, Shinya HASHIMOTO, Takuro KAMEDA