Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Oshita

Tomohiro Oshita 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).

  • Expansion joint and steam turbine system including the same
    Patent number: 9631752
    Abstract: An expansion joint that is provided between a steam turbine outlet and a condenser inlet, including: an upstream baffle tube that has one end secured to an upstream fixing end and the other end as a free end, and forms a steam channel; a downstream baffle tube that has one end secured to a downstream fixed end and the other end as a free end, the free end being relatively movable outside the free end of the upstream baffle tube; and a flexible cylinder that is formed of a non-metal material using a resin sheet, and deformable while airtightly surrounding the baffle tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shimakawa, Jun Nagashima, Yuji Bando, Tomohiro Oshita, Hiromu Nishijima
  • EXPANSION JOINT AND STEAM TURBINE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130323027
    Abstract: An expansion joint that is provided between a steam turbine outlet and a condenser inlet, including: an upstream baffle tube that has one end secured to an upstream fixing end and the other end as a free end, and forms a steam channel; a downstream baffle tube that has one end secured to a downstream fixed end and the other end as a free end, the free end being relatively movable outside the free end of the upstream baffle tube; and a flexible cylinder that is formed of a non-metal material using a resin sheet, and deformable while airtightly surrounding the baffle tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shimakawa, Jun Nagashima, Yuji Bando, Tomohiro Oshita, Hiromu Nishijima