Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Shiraishi

Yasuaki Shiraishi 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: 20230417217
    Abstract: A vortex generator for wind turbine blade is a vortex generator for wind turbine blade, the vortex generator being made of a resin, including: a platform; and at least one fin disposed projecting from an upper surface of the platform. The vortex generator includes a cavity that opens to a bottom surface of the platform and extends to an inside of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuaki SHIRAISHI, Wakako ARIKI, Yoshiyuki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230407837
    Abstract: A vortex generator for wind turbine blade includes: a platform; and at least one fin disposed projecting from an upper surface of the platform, and including a leading edge and a trailing edge. A rear end surface of the at least one fin, including the trailing edge, has a shape inclined backward as a distance from a bottom surface of the platform increases in a height direction of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Motoshi HARADA, Kai KARIKOMI, Wakako ARIKI, Yasuaki SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 8769815
    Abstract: A method of lifting a nacelle installed on a tower is provided. The method includes attaching a tapered bushing mechanism to a through-hole provided for a member of the tower; attaching a push-up bolt to the tapered bushing mechanism; and raising the push-up bolt while pushing the push-up bolt against a first member provided for the nacelle. The tapered bushing mechanism includes a tapered bushing inner cylinder and a tapered bushing outer cylinder. The tapered bushing inner cylinder includes a first taper section whose outer diameter becomes larger toward an end of the tapered bushing inner cylinder and a first screw thread formed on an inner surface of the tapered bushing inner cylinder. The tapered bushing outer cylinder includes a second taper section whose inner diameter becomes smaller toward an end of the tapered bushing outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Shiraishi, Kunikazu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140013569
    Abstract: A method of lifting a nacelle installed on a tower is provided. The method includes attaching a tapered bushing mechanism to a through-hole provided for a member of the tower; attaching a push-up bolt to the tapered bushing mechanism; and raising the push-up bolt while pushing the push-up bolt against a first member provided for the nacelle. The tapered bushing mechanism includes a tapered bushing inner cylinder and a tapered bushing outer cylinder. The tapered bushing inner cylinder includes a first taper section whose outer diameter becomes larger toward an end of the tapered bushing inner cylinder and a first screw thread formed on an inner surface of the tapered bushing inner cylinder. The tapered bushing outer cylinder includes a second taper section whose inner diameter becomes smaller toward an end of the tapered bushing outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki SHIRAISHI, Kunikazu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8371030
    Abstract: A maintenance method is provided for a wind turbine generator including a tower and a nacelle. The maintenance method includes: attaching a pedestal to the tower; attaching a jack to the pedestal; and lifting the nacelle by using the jack to detach the nacelle from the tower, from a state where the nacelle is rotatably connected to the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Shiraishi, Kunikazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8240044
    Abstract: The unevenness of the upper surface of a top flange of a wind turbine generator tower is adjusted by arranging shim plates on the upper surface of the top flange and by adjusting the thicknesses and/or number of the shim plates to be disposed at individual positions. First, the roughness levels of the upper surface of the top flange are measured at a plurality of measuring points in a state in which a nacelle of the wind turbine generator is not mounted on the tower, which is vertically erected. Next, the thicknesses and/or number of the shim plates to be disposed on the individual plurality of measuring points to adjust the unevenness of the upper surface of the top flange are determined in accordance with the measured roughness levels of the upper surface of the top flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Shiraishi, Masashi Sasaki, Kuniichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8196358
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator tower is configured by arranging and connecting a plurality of approximately cylindrical tower sections in their axial direction. Each of the tower sections includes an approximately cylindrical tower section main body, and a plurality of approximately flat-plate protruding parts that are formed so as to protrude along the axial direction at at least an axis-wise end portion of the tower section main body on an outer circumferential surface and/or an inner circumferential surface of the tower section main body. The plurality of tower sections are connected when the protruding parts of one of the tower sections and the protruding parts of another one of the tower sections are friction-jointed with fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110138595
    Abstract: A maintenance method is provided for a wind turbine generator including a tower and a nacelle. The maintenance method includes: attaching a pedestal to the tower; attaching a jack to the pedestal; and lifting the nacelle by using the jack to detach the nacelle from the tower, from a state where the nacelle is rotatably connected to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki SHIRAISHI, Kunikazu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20110138729
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator tower is configured by arranging and connecting a plurality of approximately cylindrical tower sections in their axial direction. Each of the tower sections includes an approximately cylindrical tower section main body, and a plurality of approximately flat-plate protruding parts that are formed so as to protrude along the axial direction at at least an axis-wise end portion of the tower section main body on an outer circumferential surface and/or an inner circumferential surface of the tower section main body. The plurality of tower sections are connected when the protruding parts of one of the tower sections and the protruding parts of another one of the tower sections are friction-jointed with fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuaki SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20110138893
    Abstract: The unevenness of the upper surface of a top flange of a wind turbine generator tower is adjusted by arranging shim plates on the upper surface of the top flange and by adjusting the thicknesses and/or number of the shim plates to be disposed at individual positions. First, the roughness levels of the upper surface of the top flange are measured at a plurality of measuring points in a state in which a nacelle of the wind turbine generator is not mounted on the tower, which is vertically erected. Next, the thicknesses and/or number of the shim plates to be disposed on the individual plurality of measuring points to adjust the unevenness of the upper surface of the top flange are determined in accordance with the measured roughness levels of the upper surface of the top flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki SHIRAISHI, Masashi SASAKI, Kuniichi WATANABE