Patents by Inventor Toshifumi KANNO

Toshifumi KANNO 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: 11959392
    Abstract: A rotor blade is a rotor blade to be attached to a rotor shaft rotatable about an axis, and includes a blade body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis and having a blade-shaped cross-section orthogonal to the radial direction; a fillet portion provided on a radial outer side of the blade body and having a hollow portion formed therein; a shroud provided on a radial outer side of the fillet portion and extending in a circumferential direction; and a seal fin projecting from the shroud to an outer circumferential side and extending in a direction intersecting the blade body when viewed from the radial direction. A wall thickness on a suction side of the fillet portion is greater than a wall thickness on a pressure side of the fillet portion on a leading edge side of the blade body as demarcated by an intersection portion between the blade body and the seal fin serving as a boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishida, Toshifumi Kanno, Hikaru Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 11867088
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes: a platform; an airfoil portion extending from the platform in a blade height direction and having a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; a blade root portion disposed on opposite side of the airfoil portion across the platform in the blade height direction and having a bearing surface; and a shank disposed between the platform and the blade root portion. The shank has: a first lateral surface having a first recess portion and disposed on a pressure surface side and along an extension direction of the blade root portion; and a second lateral surface having a second recess portion and disposed on a suction surface side and along the extension direction of the blade root portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yokoyama, Toshihiro Takeda, Toshifumi Kanno, Hikaru Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20230266750
    Abstract: An arithmetic device includes a deformation amount acquisition unit that acquires an actual measurement deformation amount of a fabrication object that is manufactured based on a target shape, the actual measurement deformation amount corresponding to a deviation amount of a shape of the fabrication object from the target shape, an analysis unit that performs an analysis, based on the target shape of the fabrication object and a reference inherent strain value corresponding to a reference value of an inherent strain of the fabrication object, and acquires an analytical deformation amount corresponding to a deviation amount of the shape of the fabrication object in the analysis from the target shape, and a strain calculation unit that calculates an estimated inherent strain value corresponding to an estimated value of the inherent strain of the fabrication object with the target shape, based on the actual measurement deformation amount and the analytical deformation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryogo HISHIKAWA, Toshifumi KANNO, Ryutaro FUJISAWA, Shuji TANIGAWA, Masayuki OTA, Shintaro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230239619
    Abstract: A sound signal processing device supplies an output sound signal to an amplification device configured to supply a first sound signal to a high-frequency speaker and a low-frequency speaker. The sound signal processing device includes a high-pass filter, an amplitude limitation circuit, a low-pass filter, and a synthesis circuit. The high-pass filter removes a low-frequency component from an input sound signal to generate a high-frequency sound signal. The amplitude limitation circuit limits an amplitude of the input sound signal at or below a reference value to generate a second sound signal. The reference value corresponds to a clipping voltage of the amplification device. The low-pass filter removes a high-frequency component from the second sound signal to generate a low-frequency sound signal. The synthesis circuit synthesizes the high-frequency sound signal and the low-frequency sound signal to generate the output sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Toshifumi KANNO, Nobuaki TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20230102240
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes: a platform; an airfoil portion extending from the platform in a blade height direction and having a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; a blade root portion disposed on opposite side of the airfoil portion across the platform in the blade height direction and having a bearing surface; and a shank disposed between the platform and the blade root portion. The shank has: a first lateral surface having a first recess portion and disposed on a pressure surface side and along an extension direction of the blade root portion; and a second lateral surface having a second recess portion and disposed on a suction surface side and along the extension direction of the blade root portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yokoyama, Toshihiro Takeda, Toshifumi Kanno, Hikaru Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 11313249
    Abstract: A rotor blade attached to a rotor shaft rotatable around an axis includes: a blade body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis and having a blade-shaped cross section orthogonal to the radial direction; a shroud provided at an end of the blade body on a radial outer side, and a seal fin protruding from the shroud toward an outer circumferential side, and the seal fin includes: a seal fin body extending in a plate shape in a circumferential direction; and a reinforcing portion provided on at least one plate surface of the seal fin body to increase a thickness of the seal fin, the reinforcing portion gradually increasing in dimension in the radial direction toward the center in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishida, Toshifumi Kanno, Hikaru Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20220106882
    Abstract: A rotor blade is a rotor blade to be attached to a rotor shaft rotatable about an axis, and includes a blade body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis and having a blade-shaped cross-section orthogonal to the radial direction; a fillet portion provided on a radial outer side of the blade body and having a hollow portion formed therein; a shroud provided on a radial outer side of the fillet portion and extending in a circumferential direction; and a seal fin projecting from the shroud to an outer circumferential side and extending in a direction intersecting the blade body when viewed from the radial direction. A wall thickness on a suction side of the fillet portion is greater than a wall thickness on a pressure side of the fillet portion on a leading edge side of the blade body as demarcated by an intersection portion between the blade body and the seal fin serving as a boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro ISHIDA, Toshifumi KANNO, Hikaru KUROSAKI
  • Patent number: 11280349
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk having a first disk member that has a tubular shape centered on an axis, and a second disk member that has a tubular shape centered on the axis and is arranged on a first side of the first disk member in a direction of the axis; a blade that is formed integrally with the second disk member; and a cover that forms a flow passage between the cover and the second disk member by covering the blade from an outer peripheral side. A recessed portion, which is recessed from the first side toward a second side in the direction of the axis, is formed in an annular-shape around the axis in the first disk member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kanno, Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiko Morikawa
  • Patent number: 11235816
    Abstract: There is provided a double-skin structure in which it is possible to obtain an aesthetic improvement in addition to restricting an increase in the number of manufacturing steps. The structure includes a connection portion connecting together an end portion of a first projection portion of a first mold member and an end portion of a second projection portion of a second mold member; a cover plate that is provided between the first mold member and the second mold member, and that blocks an upper end side of a recessed portion bounded by a first rib, a second rib, the first projection portion, and the second projection portion; and a bonding portion that bonds the cover plate to the first mold member, and the cover plate to the second mold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshifumi Kanno
  • Patent number: 11125086
    Abstract: A rotor blade includes a blade body which has an airfoil shape and a shroud 57 which is formed in an end portion of the blade body. The shroud includes a shroud cover and a seal fin which protrudes from the shroud cover toward a radial outside and extends in a direction having a direction component in a circumferential direction. A front end of the seal fin extends in the circumferential direction and a base end of the seal fin extends in a direction having a direction component in the circumferential direction. A part of the seal fin in the circumferential direction forms a shift portion. An axial center position of a base end of the shift portion is different from an axial center position of a front end of the shift portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishida, Toshifumi Kanno, Hikaru Kurosaki, Eisaku Ito
  • Publication number: 20210215067
    Abstract: A rotor blade attached to a rotor shaft rotatable around an axis includes: a blade body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis and having a blade-shaped cross section orthogonal to the radial direction; a shroud provided at an end of the blade body on a radial outer side, and a seal fin protruding from the shroud toward an outer circumferential side, and the seal fin includes: a seal fin body extending in a plate shape in a circumferential direction; and a reinforcing portion provided on at least one plate surface of the seal fin body to increase a thickness of the seal fin, the reinforcing portion gradually increasing in dimension in the radial direction toward the center in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ISHIDA, Toshifumi KANNO, Hikaru KUROSAKI
  • Publication number: 20210190087
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk having a first disk member that has a tubular shape centered on an axis, and a second disk member that has a tubular shape centered on the axis and is arranged on a first side of the first disk member in a direction of the axis; a blade that is formed integrally with the second disk member; and a cover that forms a flow passage between the cover and the second disk member by covering the blade from an outer peripheral side. A recessed portion, which is recessed from the first side toward a second side in the direction of the axis, is formed in an annular-shape around the axis in the first disk member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kanno, Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiko Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10994753
    Abstract: The rail vehicle has a guide device configured to guide traveling of a bogie on a traveling track by rolling guide wheels in a state of bringing the guide wheels into contact with guide rails installed on both sides of the traveling track in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, wherein: the guide device has an arm and the guide wheels, the arm having a central portion fixed to a stationary member, extending to both sides in the vehicle width direction, and having both end portions elastically deformable in a direction in which the guide rails extend, the guide wheels being mounted on the arm at the both end portions of the arm in the vehicle width direction; and a center of each of the guide wheels is displaced from a center line of the arm, the center line extending in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kanno, Kouji Esaki, Koshi Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20210102467
    Abstract: A rotor blade includes a blade body which has an airfoil shape and a shroud 57 which is formed in an end portion of the blade body. The shroud includes a shroud cover and a seal fin which protrudes from the shroud cover toward a radial outside and extends in a direction having a direction component in a circumferential direction. A front end of the seal fin extends in the circumferential direction and a base end of the seal fin extends in a direction having a direction component in the circumferential direction. A part of the seal fin in the circumferential direction forms a shift portion. An axial center position of a base end of the shift portion is different from an axial center position of a front end of the shift portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ISHIDA, Toshifumi KANNO, Hikaru KUROSAKI, Eisaku ITO
  • Publication number: 20210010485
    Abstract: A rotor blade includes a shroud cover which is formed at a first end portion of a blade body. The shroud cover extends in a first direction separating away from a camber line of the blade body. The shroud cover includes a gas path surface exposed toward a second side in the blade height direction and a back surface exposed toward a first side in a blade height direction. The gas path surface includes a fillet surface which gradually extends toward the first side as it goes from each of a pressure surface and a suction surface of the blade body toward the first direction in a cross-section orthogonal to the camber line. The back surface is opposite to the gas path surface, and includes a recessed surface which extends so as to be recessed toward the second side along the fillet surface in the cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ISHIDA, Toshifumi KANNO, Hikaru KUROSAKI, Eisaku ITO
  • Publication number: 20190276092
    Abstract: There is provided a double-skin structure in which it is possible to obtain an aesthetic improvement in addition to restricting an increase in the number of manufacturing steps. The structure includes a connection portion connecting together an end portion of a first projection portion of a first mold member and an end portion of a second projection portion of a second mold member; a cover plate that is provided between the first mold member and the second mold member, and that blocks an upper end side of a recessed portion bounded by a first rib, a second rib, the first projection portion, and the second projection portion; and a bonding portion that bonds the cover plate to the first mold member, and the cover plate to the second mold member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Toshifumi KANNO
  • Publication number: 20190047596
    Abstract: The rail vehicle has a guide device configured to guide traveling of a bogie on a traveling track by rolling guide wheels in a state of bringing the guide wheels into contact with guide rails installed on both sides of the traveling track in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, wherein: the guide device has an arm and the guide wheels, the arm having a central portion fixed to a stationary member, extending to both sides in the vehicle width direction, and having both end portions elastically deformable in a direction in which the guide rails extend, the guide wheels being mounted on the arm at the both end portions of the arm in the vehicle width direction; and a center of each of the guide wheels is displaced from a center line of the arm, the center line extending in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi KANNO, Kouji ESAKI, Koshi TANIMOTO