Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Okabe

Yoshiyuki Okabe 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: 11131246
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a rotor that has a rotor disk at each of a plurality of stages and a plurality of blades fixed to the respective stages, a casing, a plurality of vanes fixed to the casing, and an annular member fixed to a radially inner side of each of the vanes. The rotor disk has a seal arm. The annular member has an outer opposing portion that is radially opposed to the seal arm. The gas turbine further includes a seal fin that protrudes from the outer opposing portion toward the seal arm, a first cavity that is defined in the annular member and extends in a circumferential direction to straddle at least two of the vanes, a second cavity that is on a radially inner side of the first cavity, and a plurality of compressed air discharge paths that connect the first cavity to the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Iida, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Yoshiko Oya
  • Patent number: 11066998
    Abstract: A compressor rotor includes a first outer cavity formed in a rotor main body and into which air on a high-pressure side of blades is to be introduced, a first inner cavity formed in the rotor main body on an inner side in a radial direction of the first outer cavity; and a first communication passage which connects the first outer cavity and the first inner cavity to each other in the radial direction of the first outer cavity. Along an entire length of the first communication passage from the first outer cavity to the first inner cavity, the first communication passage is inclined toward a forward side of a rotation direction of the rotor main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiko Oya, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Masato Araki
  • Patent number: 11021999
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor, the combustor, and the turbine are arranged along an extending direction of a rotating shaft. The gas turbine also includes a combustor casing housing the combustor and a turbine casing housing the turbine. The combustor casing and the turbine casing are joined to each other via respective flanges thereof projecting toward the outside. The gas turbine further includes a projection part on an inner face of the combustor casing. The projection part projects toward the inside in a radial direction in at least part of a range in the extending direction of the rotating shaft between the flanges and an end of a combustion chamber on the compressor side in the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okabe, Shigenari Horie, Tadayuki Hanada
  • Publication number: 20200271017
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor, the combustor, and the turbine are arranged along an extending direction of a rotating shaft. The gas turbine also includes a combustor casing housing the combustor and a turbine casing housing the turbine. The combustor casing and the turbine casing are joined to each other via respective flanges thereof projecting toward the outside. The gas turbine further includes a projection part on an inner face of the combustor casing. The projection part projects toward the inside in a radial direction in at least part of a range in the extending direction of the rotating shaft between the flanges and an end of a combustion chamber on the compressor side in the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OKABE, Shigenari HORIE, Tadayuki HANADA
  • Patent number: 10738892
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a seal device capable of restricting a flow of a fluid in a clearance between a stationary member and a rotational member. The seal device includes a pressure loss element mounted to the stationary member, a first non-contact type seal protruding from the rotational member toward the pressure loss element and facing the pressure loss element via a first gap, and a second non-contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member, facing the rotational member via a second gap, and being positioned on one side of the pressure loss element in a flow direction of the fluid. The seal device also includes a contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member and being disposed downstream of the pressure loss element and the second non-contact type seal in the flow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Araki, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Ryosuke Mito, Keita Takamura, Shinya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10641118
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes a sealing portion configured to be positioned between a platform of a turbine blade and an inner shroud of a turbine vane of a turbine, and an acoustic damper having a closed space portion which is configured to communicate, via an opening, with a disc cavity configured to be positioned between the turbine blade and the turbine vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Ikeda, Hitoshi Kitagawa, Masato Araki, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20190331026
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes the rotor that has a rotor disk at each of a plurality of stages and a plurality of blades fixed to the respective stages, a casing, the plurality of vanes fixed to the casing, and an annular member fixed to a radially inner side of each of the vanes. The rotor disk has a seal arm. The annular member has an outer opposing portion that radially opposed to a seal arm. The gas turbine further includes a seal fin that protrudes from the outer opposing portion toward the seal arm, a first cavity that is formed in the annular member and extends in a circumferential direction to straddle at least two vanes, a second cavity that is provided on the radially inner side of the first cavity, and a plurality of compressed air discharge paths that connect the first cavity to the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Koichiro IIDA, Yoshiyuki OKABE, Yoshiko OYA
  • Publication number: 20190072037
    Abstract: A compressor rotor includes a first outer cavity formed in a rotor main body and into which air on a high-pressure side of a rotating blades is introduced, a first inner cavity formed on an inner side in a radial direction of the first outer cavity in the rotor main body; and a first communication passage communicating the first outer cavity with the first inner cavity in the radial direction. Along the entirely length of the first communication passage from the first outer cavity to the first inner cavity, the first communication passage is inclined toward a forward side of a rotation direction of the rotor main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiko OYA, Yoshiyuki OKABE, Masato ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20180073378
    Abstract: In a sealing apparatus for a gas turbine, a gas turbine, and an aircraft engine: a first sealing portion provided between a platform of a turbine blade and an inner shroud of a turbine vane of a turbine, and an acoustic damper having a closed space portion communicating, via an opening, with a disc cavity between the turbine blade and the turbine vane are provided. Accordingly, improvement in gas turbine efficiency is aimed for, by reduction of entrance of combustion gas into a turbine body being enabled with a small amount of purge air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kazufumi IKEDA, Hitoshi KITAGAWA, Masato ARAKI, Yoshiyuki OKABE
  • Patent number: 9879786
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes turbine moving blades (50); a casing (10) covering the turbine moving blades (50) so as to define a gap at an outer circumferential side of the turbine moving blades; a leaf seal (70) having a seal body (71) that is disposed in the gap so as to protrude radially inward from the casing (10) and is capable of coming into contact with the turbine moving blades (50), and a high-pressure-side plate member (73) that is disposed along a face facing a high pressure side of the seal body (71); and a swirling flow inhibitor (80) that is provided on the high pressure side of the leaf seal (70) in the gap and inhibits a swirl flow flowing through the gap in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Koichi Ishizaka, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hiroharu Oyama, Hidekazu Uehara, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shin Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20170370476
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a seal device capable of restricting a flow of a fluid in a clearance between a stationary member and a rotational member. The seal device includes a pressure loss element mounted to the stationary member, a first non-contact type seal protruding from the rotational member toward the pressure loss element and facing the pressure loss element via a first gap, and a second non-contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member, facing the rotational member via a second gap, and being positioned on one side of the pressure loss element in a flow direction of the fluid. The seal device also includes a contact type seal protruding from the stationary member toward the rotational member and being disposed downstream of the pressure loss element and the second non-contact type seal in the flow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masato ARAKI, Yoshiyuki OKABE, Ryosuke MITO, Keita TAKAMURA, Shinya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150184750
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes turbine moving blades (50); a casing (10) covering the turbine moving blades (50) so as to define a gap at an outer circumference side of the turbine moving blades; a leaf seal (70) having a seal body (71) that is disposed in the gap so as to protrude radially inward from the casing (10) and is capable of coming into contact with the turbine moving blades (50), and a high-pressure-side plate member (73) that is disposed along a face facing a high pressure side of the seal body (71); and a swirling flow inhibitor (80) that is provided on the high pressure side of the leaf seal (70) in the gap and inhibits a swirl flow flowing through the gap in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Koichi Ishizaka, Yoshiyuki Okabe, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hiroharu Oyama, Hidekazu Uehara, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shin Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8183616
    Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of a capacitor while reducing the space occupied by the capacitor. A stacked structure is obtained by forming, over a capacitor composed of a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film and an intermediate electrode, another capacitor composed of the intermediate electrode, another capacitor insulating film and an upper electrode. Since the intermediate electrode has a step difference, each of the distance between the intermediate electrode and lower electrode and the distance between the intermediate electrode and upper electrode in a region other than the capacitor formation region becomes greater than that in the capacitor formation region. For example, the lower electrode is brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the capacitor formation region, while the lower electrode is not brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the region other than the capacitor formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Toshinori Imai, Takeshi Saikawa, Yoshinori Kawasaki, Mitsuhiro Toya, Shunji Mori, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100320568
    Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of a capacitor while reducing the space occupied by the capacitor. A stacked structure is obtained by forming, over a capacitor composed of a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film and an intermediate electrode, another capacitor composed of the intermediate electrode, another capacitor insulating film and an upper electrode. Since the intermediate electrode has a step difference, each of the distance between the intermediate electrode and lower electrode and the distance between the intermediate electrode and upper electrode in a region other than the capacitor formation region becomes greater than that in the capacitor formation region. For example, the lower electrode is brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the capacitor formation region, while the lower electrode is not brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the region other than the capacitor formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi FUJIWARA, Toshinori IMAI, Takeshi SAIKAWA, Yoshihiro KAWASAKI, Mitsuhiro TOYA, Shunji MORI, Yoshiyuki OKABE
  • Publication number: 20100013568
    Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of a capacitor while reducing the space occupied by the capacitor. A stacked structure is obtained by forming, over a capacitor composed of a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film and an intermediate electrode, another capacitor composed of the intermediate electrode, another capacitor insulating film and an upper electrode. Since the intermediate electrode has a step difference, each of the distance between the intermediate electrode and lower electrode and the distance between the intermediate electrode and upper electrode in a region other than the capacitor formation region becomes greater than that in the capacitor formation region. For example, the lower electrode is brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the capacitor formation region, while the lower electrode is not brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the region other than the capacitor formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi FUJIWARA, Toshinori IMAI, Takeshi SAIKAWA, Yoshihiro KAWASAKI, Mitsuhiro TOYA, Shunji MORI, Yoshiyuki OKABE
  • Publication number: 20080139307
    Abstract: A manipulation object 400 displayed on a television monitor 5 performs the same various motions as various motions which a player performs on a mat 2 (a motionless state, a walking motion, a running motion, a side stepping motion, a jumping motion and a squatting motion). Accordingly, the player can have an experience as if he were actually moving in a virtual space through the manipulation object 400 by performing these motions on the mat 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Hiromu Ueshima, Akimasa Konishi, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 7369817
    Abstract: A pin layout which prevents degradation of a frequency characteristic of a low noise amplifier and a receiving mixer included in a semiconductor integrated circuit for dual-band transmission/reception wherein the circuit of the low noise amplifier is provided at a position where the distance from the end of a pin outside the package of the low noise amplifier to the pad is the shortest; ground pins of two low noise amplifiers and the high frequency signal pins are arranged respectively so as not to be adjacent to each other; the power source and ground pin of the low noise amplifier, and the power source and ground pin of the bias circuit are respectively separated; and high frequency signal wires do not intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kumiko Takikawa, Satoshi Tanaka, Takashi Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20060289917
    Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of a capacitor while reducing the space occupied by the capacitor. A stacked structure is obtained by forming, over a capacitor composed of a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film and an intermediate electrode, another capacitor composed of the intermediate electrode, another capacitor insulating film and an upper electrode. Since the intermediate electrode has a step difference, each of the distance between the intermediate electrode and lower electrode and the distance between the intermediate electrode and upper electrode in a region other than the capacitor formation region becomes greater than that in the capacitor formation region. For example, the lower electrode is brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the capacitor formation region, while the lower electrode is not brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the region other than the capacitor formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Toshinori Imai, Takeshi Saikawa, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Mitsuhiro Toya, Shunji Mori, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050101282
    Abstract: A pin layout which prevents degradation of a frequency characteristic of a low noise amplifier and a receiving mixer included in a semiconductor integrated circuit for dual-band transmission/reception wherein the circuit of the low noise amplifier is provided at a position where the distance from the end of a pin outside the package of the low noise amplifier to the pad is the shortest; ground pins of two low noise amplifiers and the high frequency signal pins are arranged respectively so as not to be adjacent to each other; the power source and ground pin of the low noise amplifier, and the power source and ground pin of the bias circuit are respectively separated; and high frequency signal wires do not intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Kumiko Takikawa, Satoshi Tanaka, Takashi Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 6847108
    Abstract: A pin layout which prevents degradation of a frequency characteristic of a low noise amplifier and a receiving mixer included in a semiconductor integrated circuit for dual-band transmission/reception wherein the circuit of the low noise amplifier is provided at a position where the distance from the end of a pin outside the package of the low noise amplifier to the pad is the shortest; ground pins of two low noise amplifiers and the high frequency signal pins are arranged respectively so as not to be adjacent to each other; the power source and ground pin of the low noise amplifier, and the power source and ground pin of the bias circuit are respectively separated; and high frequency signal wires do not intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kumiko Takikawa, Satoshi Tanaka, Takashi Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Okabe