Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Nogami

Tomoaki Nogami 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: 11162363
    Abstract: A steam turbine system 1 includes a steam turbine 10 including a plurality of rotor blades 16; a first mixed steam supply pipe 21 that supplies the steam, which is supplied from a steam supply source 40 capable of supplying the steam with fluctuating pressure, to an upstream stage Sa within the casing 11; a second mixed steam supply pipe 22 that supplies the steam to the second stepped part Sb; an adjusting unit 25 that adjusts a flow rate of the steam supplied to the first stepped part Sa and the second stepped part Sb; and a control unit 30 that controls the adjusting unit 25 on the basis of a differential pressure between a pressure P0 of the steam supplied from the steam supply source 40 and a pressure in the first stepped part Sa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Koda, Kazuaki Sugimoto, Akito Kunimoto, Tomoaki Nogami
  • Patent number: 10746040
    Abstract: A steam turbine system includes: a steam turbine having a casing into which steam is fed from an outside of the casing and a rotating shaft that is provided within the casing so as to be rotatable around a central axis; a deaerator that is connected to the steam turbine and that deaerates leaked steam that has leaked from a gap between the casing and the rotating shaft to the outside of the casing; a vacuum pump that is connected to the deaerator and that lowers a pressure within the deaerator; and a shaft sealing device that is connected to the deaerator and that seals the gap between the casing and the rotating shaft. The shaft sealing device has a seal member having a seal body, a housing, a biasing member, and a negative-pressure introduction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda
  • Publication number: 20200240271
    Abstract: A steam turbine system 1 includes a steam turbine 10including a plurality of rotor blades 16; a first mixed steam supply pipe 21 that supplies the steam, which is supplied from a steam supply source 40 capable of supplying the steam with fluctuating pressure, to an upstream stage Sa within the casing 11; a second mixed steam supply pipe 22 that supplies the steam to the second stepped part Sb; an adjusting unit 25 that adjusts a flow rate of the steam supplied to the first stepped part Sa and the second stepped part Sb; and a control unit 30 that controls the adjusting unit 25 on the basis of a differential pressure between a pressure P0 of the steam supplied from the steam supply source 40 and a pressure in the first stepped part Sa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Koda, Kazuaki Sugimoto, Akito Kunimoto, Tomoaki Nogami
  • Patent number: 10605114
    Abstract: A valve device includes a main steam valve that is provided on a steam flow channel, a regulating valve that is provided on the steam flow channel to be connected to the main steam valve in series and that includes a first valve seat and a first valve body, an overload valve that is provided on a branch flow channel which connects a portion of the steam flow channel between the main steam valve and the regulating valve and a steam turbine to each other and that includes a second valve seat and a second valve body, and a driving unit that drives the first valve body and the second valve body as a common driving source of the first valve body and the second valve body such that the first valve body and the second valve body are interlocked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20190292928
    Abstract: A steam turbine system includes: a steam turbine having a casing into which steam is fed from an outside of the casing and a rotating shaft that is provided within the casing so as to be rotatable around a central axis; a deaerator that is connected to the steam turbine and that deaerates leaked steam that has leaked from a gap between the casing and the rotating shaft to the outside of the casing; a vacuum pump that is connected to the deaerator and that lowers a pressure within the deaerator; and a shaft sealing device that is connected to the deaerator and that seals the gap between the casing and the rotating shaft. The shaft sealing device has a seal member having a seal body, a housing, a biasing member, and a negative-pressure introduction part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda
  • Publication number: 20180306050
    Abstract: A valve device includes a main steam valve that is provided on a steam flow channel, a regulating valve that is provided on the steam flow channel to be connected to the main steam valve in series and that includes a first valve seat and a first valve body, an overload valve that is provided on a branch flow channel which connects a portion of the steam flow channel between the main steam valve and the regulating valve and a steam turbine to each other and that includes a second valve seat and a second valve body, and a driving unit that drives the first valve body and the second valve body as a common driving source of the first valve body and the second valve body such that the first valve body and the second valve body are interlocked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nogami, Takuro Koda, Kenichi Nishiyama