Patents by Inventor Takao Inukai

Takao Inukai 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: 9856735
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steam turbine rotor which includes an ultra-high temperature side portion in which ultra-high temperature steam flows and a high temperature side portion in which high temperature steam flows, the manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a first electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of a heat resistant alloy making up the ultra-high temperature side portion and a second electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of the high temperature side portion; tentatively joining together joints of the electrodes, with the joints of the electrodes made smaller in cross sectional area than other electrode portions; subjecting the tentatively joined first and second electrodes to an ESR process to obtain an ESR ingot and forging the ingot into a shape of a rotor to obtain a rotor forging; and heat-treating the rotor forging to obtain a rotor blank and manufacturing the steam turbine rotor from the rotor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takao Inukai, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Reki Takaku
  • Patent number: 9045993
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 of an embodiment has seal rings 60 between an inlet sleeve 40 for introducing steam and an inner casing 20 and an outer casing 21 into which the inlet sleeve 40 is inserted. The seal rings 60 have high-temperature side seal rings 70 which are disposed their inner circumferences contacted to the outer circumference of the inlet sleeve 40, and low-temperature side seal rings 80 which are formed to have inner and outer diameters larger than those of the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and disposed with their outer circumferences contacted to the inner casing 20 or the outer casing 21. A thermal barrier layer 90 is disposed between the inner circumferences of the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and the outer circumference of the inlet sleeve 40 and between the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and the low-temperature side seal rings 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Katsuya Yamashita, Kunihiko Wada, Kazuhiro Saito, Yusuke Suzuki, Takao Inukai, Shogo Iwai, Takeo Suga
  • Patent number: 8979480
    Abstract: A plurality of blades are studded in a rotor disc integrated with the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of vanes are attached to a casing covering the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, and an internal diaphragm disposed on rotor-side surfaces of the vanes in such a way that the internal diaphragm faces the rotor disc. The vanes and the blades adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the rotor form a turbine stage. A rotor-side cooling path is formed through the rotor disc in the axial direction of the rotor, and a diaphragm-side cooling path is formed through the internal diaphragm in the axial direction of the rotor, and a cooling medium flowing through the rotor-side cooling path diverts into the diaphragm-side cooling path and a labyrinth flow path provided between the internal diaphragm and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Katsuya Yamashita, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Kazutaka Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8858158
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 is comprised of a double-structured casing configured of an outer casing 21 and an inner casing 20, a turbine rotor 23 disposed through the inner casing and having a plurality of stages of moving blades 22 implanted, and a plurality of stages of stationary blades 25 disposed alternately with the moving blades 22 in the axial direction of the turbine rotor 23 in the inner casing 20. The steam turbine 10 is further provided with a discharge passage 30 which externally guides steam, which has flown in the inner casing and passed the final stage moving blades while performing expansion work, directly from the inner casing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikeda, Katsuya Yamashita, Takao Inukai, Kazuhiro Saito, Kouichi Kitaguchi, Shogo Iwai, Shigekazu Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8727705
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 is provided with a double-structure comprising an inner casing 20 and an outer casing 21. A turbine rotor 22, in which plural stages of moving blades 24 are circumferentially implanted, is operatively disposed in inner casing 20. A diaphragm outer ring 25 and a diaphragm inner ring are disposed along the circumferential direction in inner casing 20. Stationary blades 27 are circumferentially provided between diaphragm outer ring 25 and the diaphragm inner ring, so that diaphragm outer ring 25, the diaphragm inner ring and stationary blades 27 form a stage of stationary blades. The stages of the stationary blades are arranged alternately with the stages of moving blades 24 in the axial direction of turbine rotor 22. A cooling medium passage 40 for passing a cooling medium CM which is supplied through a supply pipe 45 is formed between inner casing 20 and diaphragm outer ring 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Katsuya Yamashita, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Kunihiko Wada, Kazutaka Ikeda, Takeo Suga
  • Patent number: 8439627
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a casing, a rotor arranged inside the casing so as to extend in an axial direction of the casing, a rotor disk integrally formed with the rotor, a rotor-side implanting portion formed in the rotor disk, a plurality of moving blades arranged on the rotor disk in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and a moving blade-side implanting portion formed in the moving blade, in which the moving blade-side implanting portions of the moving blades are engaged with the rotor-side implanting portions, respectively. A cooling medium flows through a gap formed at least on a blade portion side of the moving blade among gaps formed between the moving blade-side implanting portions and the rotor-side implanting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Katsuya Yamashita, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Kazutaka Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8393861
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a steam device includes a high-temperature member and a low-temperature member. One surface of the high-temperature member is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the other surface is cooled by cooling steam having a temperature lower than the high-temperature steam. The low-temperature member is disposed to face the high-temperature member with a passage for the cooling steam therebetween and is formed of a material having a heat resistance lower than that of the high-temperature member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kunihiko Wada, Katsuya Yamashita, Yutaka Ishiwata, Yuujiro Nakatani, Takeo Suga, Asako Inomata, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Yusuke Suzuki, Shogo Iwai
  • Patent number: 8277173
    Abstract: A turbine rotor 300 includes: a high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 where high-temperature steam passes; low-temperature turbine rotor constituent parts 302 sandwiching and weld-connected to the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and made of a material different from a material of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301; and a cooling part cooling the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 by ejecting cooling steam 240 to a position, of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301, near a welded portion 120 between the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and the low-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 302. A value equal to a distance divided by a diameter is equal to or more than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuya Yamashita, Takao Inukai
  • Publication number: 20120243978
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 of an embodiment has seal rings 60 between an inlet sleeve 40 for introducing steam and an inner casing 20 and an outer casing 21 into which the inlet sleeve 40 is inserted. The seal rings 60 have high-temperature side seal rings 70 which are disposed their inner circumferences contacted to the outer circumference of the inlet sleeve 40, and low-temperature side seal rings 80 which are formed to have inner and outer diameters larger than those of the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and disposed with their outer circumferences contacted to the inner casing 20 or the outer casing 21. A thermal barrier layer 90 is disposed between the inner circumferences of the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and the outer circumference of the inlet sleeve 40 and between the high-temperature side seal rings 70 and the low-temperature side seal rings 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Asako INOMATA, Katsuya YAMASHITA, Kunihiko WADA, Kazuhiro SAITO, Yusuke SUZUKI, Takao INUKAI, Shogo IWAI, Takeo SUGA
  • Publication number: 20110280717
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a steam device includes a high-temperature member and a low-temperature member. One surface of the high-temperature member is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the other surface is cooled by cooling steam having a temperature lower than the high-temperature steam. The low-temperature member is disposed to face the high-temperature member with a passage for the cooling steam therebetween and is formed of a material having a heat resistance lower than that of the high-temperature member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Kunihiko WADA, Katsuya Yamashita, Yutaka Ishiwata, Yuujiro Nakatani, Takeo Suga, Asako Inomata, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Yusuke Suzuki, Shogo Iwai
  • Publication number: 20110274536
    Abstract: A plurality of blades are studded in a rotor disc integrated with the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of vanes are attached to a casing covering the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, and an internal diaphragm disposed on rotor-side surfaces of the vanes in such a way that the internal diaphragm faces the rotor disc. The vanes and the blades adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the rotor form a turbine stage. A rotor-side cooling path is formed through the rotor disc in the axial direction of the rotor, and a diaphragm-side cooling path is formed through the internal diaphragm in the axial direction of the rotor, and a cooling medium flowing through the rotor-side cooling path diverts into the diaphragm-side cooling path and a labyrinth flow path provided between the internal diaphragm and the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Katsuya Yamashita, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Kazutaka Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20110229339
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steam turbine rotor which includes an ultra-high temperature side portion in which ultra-high temperature steam flows and a high temperature side portion in which high temperature steam flows, the manufacturing method including the steps of: preparing a first electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of a heat resistant alloy making up the ultra-high temperature side portion and a second electrode having a chemical composition corresponding to a chemical composition of the high temperature side portion; tentatively joining together joints of the electrodes, with the joints of the electrodes made smaller in cross sectional area than other electrode portions; subjecting the tentatively joined first and second electrodes to an ESR process to obtain an ESR ingot and forging the ingot into a shape of a rotor to obtain a rotor forging; and heat-treating the rotor forging to obtain a rotor blank and manufacturing the steam turbine rotor from the rotor
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takao Inukai, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto, Reki Takaku
  • Publication number: 20110033281
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 is provided with a double-structure comprising an inner casing 20 and an outer casing 21. A turbine rotor 22, in which plural stages of moving blades 24 are circumferentially implanted, is operatively disposed in inner casing 20. A diaphragm outer ring 25 and a diaphragm inner ring are disposed along the circumferential direction in inner casing 20. Stationary blades 27 are circumferentially provided between diaphragm outer ring 25 and the diaphragm inner ring, so that diaphragm outer ring 25, the diaphragm inner ring and stationary blades 27 form a stage of stationary blades. The stages of the stationary blades are arranged alternately with the stages of moving blades 24 in the axial direction of turbine rotor 22. A cooling medium passage 40 for passing a cooling medium CM which is supplied through a supply pipe 45 is formed between inner casing 20 and diaphragm outer ring 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Asako INOMATA, Katsuya YAMASHITA, Kazuhiro SAITO, Takao INUKAI, Kunihiko WADA, Kazutaka IKEDA, Takeo SUGA
  • Publication number: 20100178155
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a casing, a rotor arranged inside the casing so as to extend in an axial direction of the casing, a rotor disk integrally formed with the rotor, a rotor-side implanting portion formed in the rotor disk, a plurality of moving blades arranged on the rotor disk in a circumferential direction of the rotor, and a moving blade-side implanting portion formed in the moving blade, in which the moving blade-side implanting portions of the moving blades are engaged with the rotor-side implanting portions, respectively. A cooling medium flows through a gap formed at least on a blade portion side of the moving blade among gaps formed between the moving blade-side implanting portions and the rotor-side implanting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Asako INOMATA, Katsuya Yamashita, Kazuhiro Saito, Takao Inukai, Kazutaka Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100034641
    Abstract: A steam turbine 10 is comprised of a double-structured casing configured of an outer casing 21 and an inner casing 20, a turbine rotor 23 disposed through the inner casing and having a plurality of stages of moving blades 22 implanted, and a plurality of stages of stationary blades 25 disposed alternately with the moving blades 22 in the axial direction of the turbine rotor 23 in the inner casing 20. The steam turbine 10 is further provided with a discharge passage 30 which externally guides steam, which has flown in the inner casing and passed the final stage moving blades while performing expansion work, directly from the inner casing interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikeda, Katsuya Yamashita, Takao Inukai, Kazuhiro Saito, Kouichi Kitaguchi, Shogo Iwai, Shigekazu Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20080166222
    Abstract: A turbine rotor 300 includes: a high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 where high-temperature steam passes; low-temperature turbine rotor constituent parts 302 sandwiching and weld-connected to the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and made of a material different from a material of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301; and a cooling part cooling the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 by ejecting cooling steam 240 to a position, of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301, near a welded portion 120 between the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and the low-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 302. A value equal to a distance divided by a diameter is equal to or more than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuya YAMASHITA, Takao Inukai
  • Patent number: 6499946
    Abstract: A steam turbine rotor having a combination of at least one of a high pressure rotor, an intermediate pressure rotor and a low pressure rotor, which are each formed from a metal material of different chemical composition and welded together by means of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takao Inukai, Masataka Kikuchi, Joji Kaneko, Satoru Asai, Yoichi Tsuda, Ryuichi Ishii, Yomei Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5189273
    Abstract: A microwave absorbing heater comprising a porous body containing silicon oxide and having a porosity of 40 to 95%.A microwave absorbing heater may be formed of a porous body having a porosity of 40 to 95% and composed of an inorganic electrical insulating material, and a silicon carbide film formed on the surface thereof.Since the microwave absorptivity is high, the dissipation of water from a heated object is easy and the heat dissipation is small, the heating efficiency is great. The thermal shock resistance is also high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Inukai, Kanichi Tachibana, Kazuo Tsukada, Toshitaka Fujikawa, Keiichi Iida, Noboru Kogure
  • Patent number: 4371484
    Abstract: A process for making a porous sintered body of calcium phosphate having continuous and fine pores distributed uniformly throughout the porous body is provided which comprises the steps of: preparing a slurry of amorphous calcium phosphate having a molar ratio of calcium to phosphor ranging within 1.59 to 1.80; adding a foaming agent to said slurry; dipping a porous body of an organic material having continuous and fine void channels into said slurry prior to or after foaming said slurry to allow said slurry to adhere on the internal walls of said void channels; heating said porous body of said organic material at a temperature high enough for decomposing said organic material to varnish into smoke and concurrently for thermally converting said amorphous calcium phosphate into hydroxyapatite to form a network of hydroxyapatite; and sintering said network of hydroxyapatite to form said porous sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Mining & Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Inukai, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Mikiya Ono