Patents by Inventor Taku Ichiryu

Taku Ichiryu 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: 8702311
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a technique for providing a stepped structure separately to a rotating shaft in a later step of assembly for preventing oil leakage from a bearing box. To this end, the rotating machine of the present invention includes a rotating shaft having a rotating member, a bearing device including a rotating shaft insertion hole larger in diameter than the rotating shaft, an oil thrower provided between an outer circumferential portion of the rotating shaft insertion hole and the rotating shaft, and an additional ring attached to the rotating shaft between the oil thrower and the rotating shaft such as to protrude in a radial direction of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Matsuo, Hideyuki Toda, Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8360677
    Abstract: A hydraulic detachable coupling, which can transmit rated torque in a manner stable to vibrations, and can fully withstand abnormal torque. For this purpose, in a hydraulic detachable coupling (4) mounted detachably on a rotor (1) of a steam or gas turbine or other machine, a coupling sleeve (4b), which is fitted on a shaft end portion of a casing penetrating shaft (2) in the rotor (1), includes a taper hole portion (4b-a) which is interference-fitted on a taper shaft portion (2a) of the shaft end portion by a hydraulic pressure, and a straight hole portion (4b-b) having teeth (13) engaging a plurality of teeth (12) formed in a straight shaft portion (2b) of the shaft end portion, the taper hole portion (4b-a) and the straight hole portion (4b-b) being located adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoki Yamashita, Tadao Yashiki, Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8206094
    Abstract: An inner shroud portion and an outer shroud portion dividedly formed per stationary blade are formed integrally with each stationary blade. A plurality of the stationary blades adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are coupled together by a band member at the outer shroud portions. The inner shroud portions are held between seal holders which are formed as two divided members in the flowing direction of a working fluid, which are fastened by a bolt, and which have a length corresponding to the plurality of the stationary blades. The plurality of stationary blades, the inner and outer shroud portions, the band member, and the seal holders assembled in this manner constitute a unit. A plurality of the units are connected in the circumferential direction to constitute a stationary blade ring of an axial compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Seki, Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8182203
    Abstract: A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided in which the velocity of cooling fluid at the inlet of a pin fin region is improved so that the cooling performance at the trailing edge of the turbine blade can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hada, Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8118551
    Abstract: A casing includes an upper casing and a lower casing jointed in a dividable manner, and a sealing structure that suppresses outward leakage of gas from a joint area between the upper casing and the lower casing. The casing 1 also includes: an upper protruding element that protrudes from an outer circumference of the upper casing; a lower protruding element that protrudes from an outer circumference of the lower casing; and an intermediary member that is arranged on outer circumferences of the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element. The joint area between the upper casing and the lower casing is extended by the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element, and the intermediary member is welded to the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element, at a position offset from the joint area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Ichiryu, Tadao Yashiki
  • Publication number: 20120001426
    Abstract: A hydraulic detachable coupling, which can transmit rated torque in a manner stable to vibrations, and can fully withstand abnormal torque. For this purpose, in a hydraulic detachable coupling (4) mounted detachably on a rotor (1) of a steam or gas turbine or other machine, a coupling sleeve (4b), which is fitted on a shaft end portion of a casing penetrating shaft (2) in the rotor (1), includes a taper hole portion (4b-a) which is interference-fitted on a taper shaft portion (2a) of the shaft end portion by a hydraulic pressure, and a straight hole portion (4b-b) having teeth (13) engaging a plurality of teeth (12) formed in a straight shaft portion (2b) of the shaft end portion, the taper hole portion (4b-a) and the straight hole portion (4b-b) being located adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Yamashita, Tadao Yashiki, Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8043062
    Abstract: A turbine rotor is provided with a torque transfer mechanism equipped between a pair of adjacent rotor discs among a plurality of rotor discs so as to transfer a torque from one rotor disc to another rotor disc. The torque transfer mechanism is provided with a first groove having a semi-circle in cross section formed on a first contact face of one rotor disc, and a second groove having a semi-circle cross section formed on a second contact face of another rotor disc, and a torque pin inserted into cylindrical holes formed by combining the first grooves and the second grooves. The flange of the torque pin has long sides and short sides, and the length of the short sides is shorter than the width of an binary flange receiving plane formed by a pair of outer circumference planes of adjacent two rotor disc along the circumferential direction, and the long side of the flange has a longer length than the width of the binary flange receiving plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8037768
    Abstract: Adjustment of the distance between the tip of a pickup section and the outer surface of a shaft of a rotor can be carried out easily and with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8038377
    Abstract: There is provided a fastening device in which the tightening load at the engaged portion between the thread of a nut and the thread of a bolt can be made uniform along the length of the threads, the circumferential load distribution at the end of the engagement of the bolt can also be made uniform, and concentration of a stress in the vicinity of the beginning of the engagement can be reduced. The fastening device includes an object to be fastened, having a nut hole; a nut having, at one end, a female screw portion to be fitted in the nut hole and configured such that the center of gravity is located in the nut hole; and a bolt having, at one end, a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8011110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centering mechanism capable of improving the efficiency of centering work and reducing the work time and the cost. The centering mechanism centers an inner member located inside in a radial direction, with respect to an outer member arranged to surround the inner member in a circumferential direction, and includes a vertical-direction positioning unit which positions the inner member in a vertical direction in a non-stepwise manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Patent number: 8001790
    Abstract: There is provided a gas turbine capable of improving the durability of a main shaft by absorbing the deformation of a casing due to heat and pressure and suppressing stresses acting on the main shaft. A link plate 31 of a movable supporting leg 30 that supports a casing 26 of a gas turbine 20 on the turbine 24 side is installed beforehand in an inclined manner at an angle ?1, whereby the displacement X of a lower casing 26L in the height direction; which occurs between a pin 31a in a top end portion of the link plate 31 and a top surface of a lower casing 26L when the operation status of the gas turbine 20 shifts from a stop condition to an operating condition is compensated for. This prevents a main shaft 25 from changing in the height direction in the part of the movable supporting leg 30 and suppresses bending stresses acting on the main shaft 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Publication number: 20110014030
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a technique for providing a stepped structure separately to a rotating shaft in a later step of assembly for preventing oil leakage from a bearing box. To this end, the rotating machine of the present invention includes a rotating shaft having a rotating member, a bearing device including a rotating shaft insertion hole larger in diameter than the rotating shaft, an oil thrower provided between an outer circumferential portion of the rotating shaft insertion hole and the rotating shaft, and an additional ring attached to the rotating shaft between the oil thrower and the rotating shaft such as to protrude in a radial direction of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Matsuo, Hideyuki Toda, Taku Ichiryu
  • Publication number: 20100247290
    Abstract: A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided in which the velocity of cooling fluid at the inlet of a pin fin region is improved so that the cooling performance at the trailing edge of the turbine blade can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi HADA, Taku ICHIRYU
  • Publication number: 20100050404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centering mechanism capable of improving the efficiency of centering work and reducing the work time and the cost. The centering mechanism centers an inner member located inside in a radial direction, with respect to an outer member arranged to surround the inner member in a circumferential direction, and includes a vertical-direction positioning unit which positions the inner member in a vertical direction in a non-stepwise manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Publication number: 20100054943
    Abstract: A turbine rotor is provided with a torque transfer mechanism equipped between a pair of adjacent rotor discs among a plurality of rotor discs so as to transfer a torque from one rotor disc to another rotor disc. The torque transfer mechanism is provided with a first groove having a semi-circle in cross section formed on a first contact face of one rotor disc, and a second groove having a semi-circle cross section formed on a second contact face of another rotor disc, and a torque pin inserted into cylindrical holes formed by combining the first grooves and the second grooves. The flange of the torque pin has long sides and short sides, and the length of the short sides is shorter than the width of an binary flange receiving plane formed by a pair of outer circumference planes of adjacent two rotor disc along the circumferential direction, and the long side of the flange has a longer length than the width of the binary flange receiving plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Taku ICHIRYU
  • Publication number: 20100031672
    Abstract: There is provided a gas turbine capable of improving the durability of a main shaft by absorbing the deformation of a casing due to heat and pressure and suppressing stresses acting on the main shaft. A link plate 31 of a movable supporting leg 30 that supports a casing 26 of a gas turbine 20 on the turbine 24 side is installed beforehand in an inclined manner at an angle ?1, whereby the displacement X of a lower casing 26L in the height direction; which occurs between a pin 31a in a top end portion of the link plate 31 and a top surface of a lower casing 26L when the operation status of the gas turbine 20 shifts from a stop condition to an operating condition is compensated for. This prevents a main shaft 25 from changing in the height direction in the part of the movable supporting leg 30 and suppresses bending stresses acting on the main shaft 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Taku ICHIRYU
  • Publication number: 20090324323
    Abstract: A hydraulic detachable coupling, which can transmit rated torque in a manner stable to vibrations, and can fully withstand abnormal torque, is provided. For this purpose, in a hydraulic detachable coupling (4) mounted detachably on a rotor (1) of a steam or gas turbine or other machine, a coupling sleeve (4b), which is fitted on a shaft end portion of a casing penetrating shaft (2) in the rotor (1), includes a taper hole portion (4b-a) which is interference-fitted on a taper shaft portion (2a) of the shaft end portion by a hydraulic pressure, and a straight hole portion (4b-b) having teeth (13) engaging a plurality of teeth (12) formed in a straight shaft portion (2b) of the shaft end portion, the taper hole portion (4b-a) and the straight hole portion (4b-b) being located adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Yamashita, Tadao Yashiki, Taku Ichiryu
  • Publication number: 20090202345
    Abstract: A casing includes an upper casing and a lower casing jointed in a dividable manner, and a sealing structure that suppresses outward leakage of gas from a joint area between the upper casing and the lower casing. The casing 1 also includes: an upper protruding element that protrudes from an outer circumference of the upper casing; a lower protruding element that protrudes from an outer circumference of the lower casing; and an intermediary member that is arranged on outer circumferences of the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element. The joint area between the upper casing and the lower casing is extended by the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element, and the intermediary member is welded to the upper protruding element and the lower protruding element, at a position offset from the joint area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taku Ichiryu, Tadao Yashiki
  • Publication number: 20090071256
    Abstract: Adjustment of the distance between the tip of a pickup section and the outer surface of a shaft of a rotor can be carried out easily and with high precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu
  • Publication number: 20090067947
    Abstract: There is provided a fastening device in which the tightening load at the engaged portion between the thread of a nut and the thread of a bolt can be made uniform along the length of the threads, the circumferential load distribution at the end of the engagement of the bolt can also be made uniform, and concentration of a stress in the vicinity of the beginning of the engagement can be reduced. The fastening device includes an object to be fastened, having a nut hole; a nut having, at one end, a female screw portion to be fitted in the nut hole and configured such that the center of gravity is located in the nut hole; and a bolt having, at one end, a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Ichiryu