Patents by Inventor Takuro Kameda

Takuro Kameda 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).

  • Publication number: 20230287804
    Abstract: A casing of the present disclosure includes a casing main body and a connecting flange. The casing main body covers an outer circumferential side of a rotor that rotates about an axis. The connecting flange extends from an outer circumferential portion of the casing main body toward die outer circumferential side, is provided along a circumferential direction around the axis and is connected to a member other than the connecting flange in an axial direction that is an extension direction of the axis. The connecting flange is cut out in an upper end portion or a horizontal end portion of the connecting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takuro KAMEDA, Yasunori NISHIOKA
  • 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: 10962344
    Abstract: A measuring jig includes: a base portion; a sensor holding portion disposed so as to protrude from the base portion and configured to hold a sensor; and a first protruding portion protruding from the base portion toward the same side as the sensor holding portion, at a first position different from a sensor position which is a position of a sensor installation surface on which the sensor extends, with respect to a direction orthogonal to the sensor installation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Nishioka, Takuro Kameda, Masahito Kataoka, Hitoshi Morimoto, Tetsu Konishi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200200044
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunori NISHIOKA, Shinya HASHIMOTO, Takuro KAMEDA
  • Publication number: 20190137251
    Abstract: A measuring jig includes: a base portion; a sensor holding portion disposed so as to protrude from the base portion and configured to hold a sensor; and a first protruding portion protruding from the base portion toward the same side as the sensor holding portion, at a first position different from a sensor position which is a position of a sensor installation surface on which the sensor extends, with respect to a direction orthogonal to the sensor installation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori NISHIOKA, Takuro KAMEDA, Masahito KATAOKA, Hitoshi MORIMOTO, Tetsu KONISHI
  • Patent number: 10174676
    Abstract: In a rotary machine, a method of assembling a rotary machine, and a method of performing maintenance of a rotary machine, a combustor casing as an outer casing configured from upper and lower casings defining a half split shape, an intermediate shaft cover as an inner casing configured from upper and lower casings defining a half split shape and supporting a combustor in the combustor casing, and a pressing support mechanism configured to press and support a portion to be fit of the combustor casing and a fitting portion of the intermediate shaft cover in an axial direction of a rotor are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda
  • Publication number: 20170184031
    Abstract: In a rotary machine, a method of assembling a rotary machine, and a method of performing maintenance of a rotary machine, a combustor casing as an outer casing configured from upper and lower casings forming a half split shape, an intermediate shaft cover as an inner casing configured from upper and lower casings forming a half split shape and supporting a combustor in the combustor casing, and a pressing support mechanism that presses and supports a portion to be fit of the combustor casing and a fitting portion of the intermediate shaft cover in an axial direction of a rotor are provided, and thus, detachment of the casing is made easy and maintainability of an inside thereof is improved in the method of performing maintenance of a rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya HASHIMOTO, Takuro KAMEDA
  • Patent number: 9309897
    Abstract: A variable vane drive device includes a movable ring disposed at an outer circumferential side of a casing of an axial-flow compressor and having an annular shape, four ring support mechanisms disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the movable ring and rotatably supporting the movable ring around a rotor, and a link mechanism for connecting the movable ring to a variable vane such that a direction of the variable vane is varied by rotation of the movable ring. The ring support mechanisms have inner rollers, outer rollers, and roller support bases for rotatably supporting the inner rollers and the outer rollers in a state in which the movable ring is sandwiched between the inner roller and the outer rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda, Kenichi Arase
  • Patent number: 9121415
    Abstract: A link mechanism includes a rotary shaft having a pin pushing thread hole, a link member having a shaft insertion hole, a detent pin configured to restrict the link member to be relatively non-rotatable with respect to the proximal end of the rotary shaft around an axis thereof, a pin support member to which the detent pin is fixed, and a pushing bolt having a male thread section that can be thread-engaged with the pin pushing thread hole, wherein a pin hole into which the detent pin can be fitted is formed in the proximal end of the rotary shaft and the link member, a pin removing thread hole is formed in the pin support member, and a thread major diameter of the pin removing thread hole is larger than a thread major diameter of the male thread section of the pushing bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8710693
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a power generating apparatus of renewable energy type in which a braking mechanism is attached to a rotor arranged upstream of a hydraulic transmission while saving space, and a method of attaching and detaching a blade for the apparatus. The power generating apparatus of renewable energy type is provided with: a rotor having a hub and a main shaft, the hub having at least one blade mounted thereon, the main shaft being coupled to the hub; a generator which generates power by torque inputted from the rotor; and a hydraulic transmission which transmits the torque from the rotor to the generator. A brake disc is fixed to the rotor by tightening together with the hub and the main shaft. A brake caliper is provided to force a brake pad against the brake disc to apply a braking force to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Amano, Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Taku Ichiryuu, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8684682
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus of renewable energy type includes a tower, a nacelle which is supported rotatably by a tip portion of the tower; a main shaft rotatable with a blade; a hydraulic pump which is housed in the nacelle and is driven by rotation of the main shaft; a hydraulic motor which is driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; a generator which is coupled to the hydraulic motor; an operating-oil line which is provided between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor and through which the operating oil circulates; a cooling-medium line through which cooling medium for cooling the operating oil circulates via an intermediate heat exchanger; and a main heat exchanger which cools the cooling medium by heat exchange with cool water source around a base portion of the tower, and one of the operating-oil line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda, Yoshiyuki Morii, Fumio Hamano
  • Patent number: 8632303
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes a tower, at least one blade, a hub supporting the blade, a nacelle supported by the tower and having a duct part with an intake port and an exhaust port, and a heat exchanger provided in the duct part and cooling a cooling medium for a heat-producing component inside the tower or nacelle. The wall of the nacelle has a double wall structure constituted of an inner wall and an outer wall in an area where the duct part is provided. The inner wall forms a bottom surface of the duct part and has a curved portion which curves inward toward a center line of the nacelle with increasing distance from the hub. The duct part increases in cross-section from a side of the intake port to a side of the exhaust port at least in an area where the curved portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8601804
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a hydraulic pump driven by the rotating shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; and a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor. The apparatus further includes an oil line connected to the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor for circulating the operating oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, an oil cooler connected to the oil line for cooling the operating oil by heat exchange with a cooling medium, a cooling-medium line supplying the cooling medium to the oil cooler; a bypass line diverging from at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line and merging into at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line to bypass the oil cooler; and a flow regulating valve in at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8601805
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus of renewable energy includes a tower, a nacelle provided at the tower, a main shaft housed in the nacelle and rotating with a blade, a hydraulic pump housed in the nacelle and connected to the main shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a generator connected to the hydraulic motor, and a piping between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor is housed in at least one of the nacelle and the end part of the tower, the generator is housed in at least one of the nacelle and the end part of the tower, and at least one of the hydraulic motor and the generator is arranged in a space excluding an area between the main shaft and the hydraulic pump; and a rear end wall surface of a wall of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Kameda, Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Yoshiyuki Morii
  • Publication number: 20130115056
    Abstract: A link mechanism includes a rotary shaft having a pin pushing thread hole, a link member having a shaft insertion hole, a detent pin configured to restrict the link member to be relatively non-rotatable with respect to the proximal end of the rotary shaft around an axis thereof, a pin support member to which the detent pin is fixed, and a pushing bolt having a male thread section that can be thread-engaged with the pin pushing thread hole, wherein a pin hole into which the detent pin can be fitted is formed in the proximal end of the rotary shaft and the link member, a pin removing thread hole is formed in the pin support member, and a thread major diameter of the pin removing thread hole is larger than a thread major diameter of the male thread section of the pushing bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda
  • Publication number: 20130108415
    Abstract: A variable vane drive device includes a movable ring disposed at an outer circumferential side of a casing of an axial-flow compressor and having an annular shape, four ring support mechanisms disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the movable ring and rotatably supporting the movable ring around a rotor, and a link mechanism for connecting the movable ring to a variable vane such that a direction of the variable vane is varied by rotation of the movable ring. The ring support mechanisms have inner rollers, outer rollers, and roller support bases for rotatably supporting the inner rollers and the outer rollers in a state in which the movable ring is sandwiched between the inner roller and the outer rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Takuro Kameda, Kenichi Arase
  • Publication number: 20130076042
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a power generating apparatus of renewable energy type in which a braking mechanism is attached to a rotor arranged upstream of a hydraulic transmission while saving space, and a method of attaching and detaching a blade for the apparatus. The power generating apparatus of renewable energy type is provided with: a rotor having a hub and a main shaft, the hub having at least one blade mounted thereon, the main shaft being coupled to the hub; a generator which generates power by torque inputted from the rotor; and a hydraulic transmission which transmits the torque from the rotor to the generator. A brake disc is fixed to the rotor by tightening together with the hub and the main shaft. A brake caliper is provided to force a brake pad against the brake disc to apply a braking force to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AMANO, Kazuhisa TSUTSUMI, Taku ICHIRYUU, Takuro KAMEDA
  • Patent number: 8403644
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus of renewable energy type in which a hydraulic pipe between a hydraulic pump installed inside a nacelle and a hydraulic motor installed near a bottom part of a tower can handle the turning motion of the nacelle. In the power generating apparatus of renewable energy type, a hydraulic pump inside the nacelle and a hydraulic motor near a base end part of a tower are connected by a first double pipe and a second double pipe. The first double pipe is rotatably connected to the second double pipe. The first double pipe includes a first inner pipe and a first outer pipe. The second double pipe includes a second inner pipe and a second outer pipe. The first and second inner pipes communicate with each other to form an inner passage. The first and second outer pipes communicate with each other to form an outer passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Takuro Kameda, Taku Ichiryuu