Patents by Inventor Tomoko TSURU

Tomoko TSURU 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: 11873992
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11708763
    Abstract: Provided is a turbine airfoil including: a cooling passage that allows a cooling medium to move from a base part side to a tip end part side in an airfoil height direction; a lattice structure including rib sets stacked in a lattice pattern in the cooling passage; inverting portions at opposite side edge portions of the lattice structure, each being open at a side edge portion and allowing the cooling medium to be inverted from a lattice flow passage defined between ribs of one rib set to a lattice flow passage defined between ribs of another rib set; and a communication flow passage defined between one side edge portion of the lattice structure and a side wall surface of the cooling passage, the communication flow passage extending in the airfoil height direction to communicate a plurality of lattice flow passages at the one side edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Hiroshi Taki, Daiki Nabeshima
  • Publication number: 20230093427
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11578659
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a turbine airfoil includes: a lattice structure body formed such that a first rib set and a second rib set arranged in a cooling passage are stacked on each other in a lattice pattern; and lattice communication portions that allow passages formed between ribs of the first rib set to communicate with passages formed between ribs of the second rib set. Each of the first and second rib sets has rib walls each including a pair of ribs that are inclined in directions opposite to each other relative to an imaginary boundary line extending in a movement direction of a cooling medium and that are in contact with each other on the imaginary boundary line. A plurality of lattice communication portions are formed between two lattice communication portions at opposite end portions of each rib that forms the rib wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Katsuhiko Ishida
  • Patent number: 11543132
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11384644
    Abstract: A structure for cooling a turbine airfoil includes: a cooling passage formed between a first airfoil wall curved as to be concave relative to a high-temperature gas passage and a second airfoil wall curved so as to be convex relative to the high-temperature gas passage; lattice structure bodies each formed by stacking a plurality of ribs in a lattice pattern; a partition body provided between the adjacent lattice structure bodies; a cooling medium discharge port for discharging a cooling medium within the cooling passage to the outside; and an exposed wall portion formed as a portion of the second airfoil wall extending beyond the cooling medium discharge port to the outside. At outlet portions of the lattice structure bodies adjacent to each other across the partition body, adjacent first rib sets and second rib sets are inclined in opposite directions relative to the partition body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Katsuhiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20220213792
    Abstract: Provided is a turbine airfoil including: a cooling passage that allows a cooling medium to move from a base part side to a tip end part side in an airfoil height direction; a lattice structure including rib sets stacked in a lattice pattern in the cooling passage; inverting portions at opposite side edge portions of the lattice structure, each being open at a side edge portion and allowing the cooling medium to be inverted from a lattice flow passage defined between ribs of one rib set to a lattice flow passage defined between ribs of another rib set; and a communication flow passage defined between one side edge portion of the lattice structure and a side wall surface of the cooling passage, the communication flow passage extending in the airfoil height direction to communicate a plurality of lattice flow passages at the one side edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Hiroshi TAKI, Daiki NABESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11215361
    Abstract: In a structure for cooling a component member of a gas turbine using a working gas, a plurality of heat transfer enhancement ribs having W shapes are provided so as to project from the wall surface of a passage wall facing a cooling medium passage through which a cooling medium flows. In each heat transfer enhancement rib, outside corner portions facing toward the upstream side are formed in an angled shape, and at least any one of inside corner portions and outside corner portions other than the outside corner portion facing toward the upstream side are formed in a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Katsuhiko Ishida, Yuwa Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11168884
    Abstract: In a structure for cooling a component member of a gas turbine using a working gas, a plurality of heat transfer enhancement ribs having W shapes are provided so as to project from the wall surface of a passage wall facing a cooling medium passage through which a cooling medium flows. In each heat transfer enhancement rib, outside corner portions facing toward the upstream side are formed in an angled shape, and at least any one of inside corner portions and outside corner portions other than the outside corner portion facing toward the upstream side are formed in a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Katsuhiko Ishida, Yuwa Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11028701
    Abstract: A structure for cooling a turbine airfoil includes: a cooling passage formed between first and second airfoil walls; a lattice structure body formed by stacking a plurality of ribs so as to form a lattice pattern; a cooling medium discharge port provided at a downstream end portion of the cooling passage for discharging cooling medium to the outside; an exposed wall portion formed as a portion of the second airfoil wall extending beyond the cooling medium discharge port to the outside; and a flat surface portion formed in the cooling passage from an outlet of the lattice structure body to the cooling medium discharge port and at which the wall surfaces of the first and second airfoil walls are formed as flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuru, Katsuhiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20200018173
    Abstract: A structure for cooling a turbine airfoil includes: a cooling passage formed between a first airfoil wall curved as to be concave relative to a high-temperature gas passage and a second airfoil wall curved so as to be convex relative to the high-temperature gas passage; lattice structure bodies each formed by stacking a plurality of ribs in a lattice pattern; a partition body provided between the adjacent lattice structure bodies; a cooling medium discharge port for discharging a cooling medium within the cooling passage to the outside; and an exposed wall portion formed as a portion of the second airfoil wall extending beyond the cooling medium discharge port to the outside. At outlet portions of the lattice structure bodies adjacent to each other across the partition body, adjacent first rib sets and second rib sets are inclined in opposite directions relative to the partition body, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Katsuhiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200018235
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a turbine airfoil includes: a lattice structure body formed such that a first rib set and a second rib set arranged in a cooling passage are stacked on each other in a lattice pattern; and lattice communication portions that allow passages formed between ribs of the first rib set to communicate with passages formed between ribs of the second rib set. Each of the first and second rib sets has rib walls each including a pair of ribs that are inclined in directions opposite to each other relative to an imaginary boundary line extending in a movement direction of a cooling medium and that are in contact with each other on the imaginary boundary line. A plurality of lattice communication portions are formed between two lattice communication portions at opposite end portions of each rib that forms the rib wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Katsuhiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200018236
    Abstract: A structure for cooling a turbine airfoil includes: a cooling passage formed between a first airfoil wall curved so as to be concave, and a second airfoil wall curved so as to be convex, relative to a high-temperature gas passage; and a lattice structure body formed by stacking, in a lattice pattern, a plurality of main ribs provided on both wall surfaces facing the cooling passage. The lattice structure body includes a supplemental rib integrally provided to the main ribs so as to protrude in a lattice passage formed between the adjacent main ribs, and the supplemental rib provided on an inner wall surface of the first airfoil wall and the supplemental rib provided on an inner wall surface of the second airfoil wall are provided at positions that do not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Katsuhiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190360343
    Abstract: A structure for cooling a turbine airfoil includes: a cooling passage formed between first and second airfoil walls; a lattice structure body formed by stacking a plurality of ribs so as to form a lattice pattern; a cooling medium discharge port provided at a downstream end portion of the cooling passage for discharging cooling medium to the outside; an exposed wall portion formed as a portion of the second airfoil wall extending beyond the cooling medium discharge port to the outside; and a flat surface portion formed in the cooling passage from an outlet of the lattice structure body to the cooling medium discharge port and at which the wall surfaces of the first and second airfoil walls are formed as flat surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Katsuhiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190264923
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, Osamu HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190145623
    Abstract: In a structure for cooling a constituent member of a gas turbine engine using a working gas of the gas turbine engine as a cooling medium, on a wall surface of a passage wall formed from a part of the constituent member and facing a cooling medium passage through which the cooling medium flows, a recess formed on the wall surface of the passage wall and a projection formed on at least a part of a peripheral edge of the recess are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUMOTO, Yoshihiro Yamasaki, Masayoshi Kinugawa, Kazuhiko Tanimura, Katsuhiko Ishida, Tomoko Tsuru, Takayuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20190101287
    Abstract: In a structure for cooling a component member of a gas turbine using a working gas, a plurality of heat transfer enhancement ribs having W shapes are provided so as to project from the wall surface of a passage wall facing a cooling medium passage through which a cooling medium flows. In each heat transfer enhancement rib, outside corner portions facing toward the upstream side are formed in an angled shape, and at least any one of inside corner portions and outside corner portions other than the outside corner portion facing toward the upstream side are formed in a curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoko TSURU, Katsuhiko ISHIDA, Yuwa KAWAHARA