Patents by Inventor Soichiro Tomimoto

Soichiro Tomimoto 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).

  • Combustor, a gas turbine, and a jet engine
    Patent number: 6594999
    Abstract: A combustor can simultaneously reduce the amount of NOx exhaust and combustion oscillation. The combustor has an internal cylinder which accommodates a premixing nozzle and an external cylinder which accommodates the internal cylinder, and includes an air flow passage which supplies air from a compressor to the premixing nozzle. The air flow passage is provided with a punched metal plate near the maximum velocity fluctuation position whereat the velocity fluctuation of the air flow increases to a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Mandai, Yutaka Kawata, Atsushi Maekawa, Katsunori Tanaka, Masaharu Nishimura, Soichiro Tomimoto
  • Combustor, a gas turbine, and a jet engine
    Publication number: 20020011070
    Abstract: This invention relates to a combustor which can simultaneously reduce an amount of NOx exhaust and combustion oscillation. The combustor comprises an internal cylinder which accommodates a premixing nozzle, and an external cylinder which accommodates the internal cylinder and includes an air flow passage which supplies air from a compressor to the premixing nozzle. The air flow passage is provided with a punched metal plate near the maximum velocity fluctuation position wherein the velocity fluctuation of the air flow is increased to the maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Shigemi Mandai, Yutaka Kawata, Atsushi Maekawa, Katsunori Tanaka, Masaharu Nishimura, Soichiro Tomimoto