Patents by Inventor Yoji Ohkita

Yoji Ohkita 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: 20100040459
    Abstract: A film cooling structure 10 includes a structural wall 11 that has an outer surface 12 exposed to combustion gas and an inner surface 13 positioned opposite to the outer surface 12, and film cooling holes 14 are formed at the structural wall 11 and introduce cooling air from the inner surface 13 toward the outer surface 12 in order to perform film cooling. The film cooling hole 14 includes an introducing portion 14a that extends to a middle position in the structural wall 11 from the inner surface 13 toward the outer surface 12, an enlarged portion 14b of which the cross-sectional area is gradually increased toward the outer surface 12 from an end of an outer surface side of the introducing portion 14a and which is opened at the outer surface 12, and a partition portion 16 that partitions the inside of the enlarged portion 14b into a plurality of spaces in a width direction of the hole perpendicular to a flow direction of the combustion gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoji Ohkita