Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Otani

Yukihiro Otani 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: 10690008
    Abstract: A steam turbine casing includes a lower half part having a plurality of lower support portions projecting horizontally around a lower half part body; an upper half part connected onto the lower half part; a support member fixed to an upper surface part of a respective one of the lower support portions; and a plurality of support columns each having a lower end part on a frame and an upper end part to which a lower surface part of the support member fixed to a corresponding one of the lower support portions. Thus, thermal deformation of the casing is suppressed, and a suitable clearance can be maintained between the casing and a turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Otani, Takahiro Miyamoto, Tomoyuki Onishi, Katsuhisa Hamada
  • Patent number: 10202230
    Abstract: Provided is a package body packaging an animal litter box with a large opening in an upper part so as to be visually recognizable from the outside, which can secure strength required for distribution. An animal litter box package body includes an animal litter box with an open upper part that can store animal excrement, an accessory, and a case packaging the animal litter box and the accessory. The case includes a top face portion that covers at least the opening, a case bottom face portion that is in contact with a bottom face portion, and a pair of side face portions facing one another; at least the top face portion is configured of a transparent sheet-like member; and the package body further includes an accessory storage container that stores the accessory and has a height from a top face of the bottom face portion to the top face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiyo Takagi, Shinya Kaneko, Masanori Shibasaki, Yukihiro Otani, Nobuyuki Oka
  • Publication number: 20170328238
    Abstract: This steam turbine casing is provided with: a lower half part having a plurality of curved leg parts projecting horizontally around a lower half part body; an upper half part bonded onto the lower half part; a cover member fixed to an upper surface part of the curved leg parts; and curved leg bases each having a lower end part which is placed on a frame and having an upper end part to which a lower surface part of the cover member is fixed, whereby thermal deformation of the casing is suppressed, and a suitable clearance is maintained between the casing and a turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro OTANI, Takahiro MIYAMOTO, Tomoyuki ONISHI, Katsuhisa HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160251134
    Abstract: Provided is a package body packaging an animal litter box with a large opening in an upper part so as to be visually recognizable from the outside, which can secure strength required for distribution. An animal litter box package body includes an animal litter box with an open upper part that can store animal excrement, an accessory, and a case packaging the animal litter box and the accessory. The case includes a top face portion that covers at least the opening, a case bottom face portion that is in contact with a bottom face portion, and a pair of side face portions facing one another; at least the top face portion is configured of a transparent sheet-like member; and the package body further includes an accessory storage container that stores the accessory and has a height from a top face of the bottom face portion to the top face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Chiyo TAKAGI, Shinya KANEKO, Masanori SHIBASAKI, Yukihiro OTANI, Nobuyuki OKA
  • Publication number: 20110176918
    Abstract: To provide a turbine that is capable of deforming (tilting) of a support portion (more specifically, a circular-truncated cone portion). A turbine that is provided with a vertically divided casing that is divided into two portions in a longitudinal direction and a support portion that supports a stator-blade ring disposed in the casing, wherein the support portion is provided with a flange portion that is secured between a joining surface of one portion of the casing and a joining surface of the other portion of the casing, being sandwiched therebetween, and a circular-truncated cone portion that connects the flange portion and a stator-blade holding ring, and wherein a thick plate portion having a greater plate thickness than the plate thickness of the flange portion and the stator-blade holding ring is provided between the flange portion located at a lower-half portion and the stator-blade holding ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Yukihiro Otani, Naoto Tochitani