Patents by Inventor Yasumasa KUNISADA

Yasumasa KUNISADA 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: 20240159158
    Abstract: A shroud of a vane of a turbine is provided. The shroud includes a shroud main body comprising a first wall having a gas-passage face facing a hot gas passage of the turbine and a cooling face facing opposite to the hot gas passage, a shroud edge disposed on a circumference of the shroud main body to surround the shroud main body, the shroud edge comprising a shroud edge passage therein, and an impingement box disposed to face the cooling face of the first wall so as to be spaced apart from the cooling face of the first wall. The impingement box comprises a cooling air inlet to introduce a cooling air from the shroud edge passage into an inside of the impingement box, and an impingement air hole configured to jet the introduced cooling air to the cooling face of the first wall to cool the cooling face of the first wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, David Allen Flodman, Satoshi Hada, Yasumasa Kunisada, Saki Matsuo, Ryo Tanaka, Takuro Kameda, Yusuke Akada
  • Patent number: 11867085
    Abstract: A turbine blade is provided with an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface which extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage. The cooling passage includes: a first cooling passage located closer to the pressure surface than the suction surface; and a second cooling passage located closer to the suction surface than the pressure surface. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are separated by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. At least one communication space connecting the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage is formed in the partition member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Satoshi Hada, Saki Matsuo, Yoshitaka Uemura, Ryozo Tamura, Yasumasa Kunisada
  • Patent number: 11713683
    Abstract: A turbine blade including an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage, which includes first and second cooling passages, and a plurality of outflow passages each having one end which opens to a merging portion formed by connecting an end portion of the first cooling passage on a side of the trailing edge and an end portion of the second cooling passage on the side of the trailing edge, and another end which opens to the trailing edge. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are divided by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. The cooling passage includes pressure side pin fins in the first cooling passage, and suction side pin fins in the second cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Masamitsu Kuwabara, Satoshi Hada, Saki Matsuo, Yoshitaka Uemura, Ryozo Tamura, Yasumasa Kunisada
  • Publication number: 20220412220
    Abstract: A turbine blade is provided with an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface which extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage. The cooling passage includes: a first cooling passage located closer to the pressure surface than the suction surface; and a second cooling passage located closer to the suction surface than the pressure surface. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are separated by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. At least one communication space connecting the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage is formed in the partition member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi MIZUKAMI, Masamitsu KUWABARA, Satoshi HADA, Saki MATSUO, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Ryozo TAMURA, Yasumasa KUNISADA
  • Publication number: 20220403744
    Abstract: A turbine blade including an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage, which includes first and second cooling passages, and a plurality of outflow passages each having one end which opens to a merging portion formed by connecting an end portion of the first cooling passage on a side of the trailing edge and an end portion of the second cooling passage on the side of the trailing edge, and another end which opens to the trailing edge. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are divided by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. The cooling passage includes pressure side pin fins in the first cooling passage, and suction side pin fins in the second cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi MIZUKAMI, Masamitsu KUWABARA, Satoshi HADA, Saki MATSUO, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Ryozo TAMURA, Yasumasa KUNISADA
  • Patent number: 11499430
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes: a root portion fixed to a rotor shaft; and an airfoil portion including a pressure surface, a suction surface, and a top surface connecting the pressure surface and the suction surface, with a cooling passage formed inside the airfoil portion. The top surface of the turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge region located on the leading edge side and formed parallel to the rotor shaft, and a trailing edge region adjacent to the leading edge region. The trailing edge region has an inclined surface inclined radially inward toward a trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitada, Satoshi Hada, Hiroyuki Otomo, Yasumasa Kunisada
  • Publication number: 20210340877
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes: a root portion fixed to a rotor shaft; and an airfoil portion including a pressure surface, a suction surface, and a top surface connecting the pressure surface and the suction surface, with a cooling passage formed inside the airfoil portion. The top surface of the turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge region located on the leading edge side and formed parallel to the rotor shaft, and a trailing edge region adjacent to the leading edge region. The trailing edge region has an inclined surface inclined radially inward toward a trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KITADA, Satoshi HADA, Hiroyuki OTOMO, Yasumasa KUNISADA