IP Library Granted Patent US 9,234,440
Granted Patent B2
US 9,234,440 · App. 13/383,637 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Structure for gas turbine casing

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Patent No.
US 9,234,440
App. No.
13/383,637
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure for a gas turbine casing, capable of preventing gas from leaking when the structure is subjected to pressure. A structure for a gas turbine casing, divided by a horizontal plane at flange sections into two halves comprising an upper-half casing ( 10 ) and a lower-half casing ( 11 ). The structure is provided with bolts ( 12 ) which are disposed in the inner surfaces of the upper-half casing ( 10 ) and the lower-half casing ( 11 ) so as to bridge therebetween, upper nuts ( 13 ) which are disposed in the inner surface of the upper-half casing ( 10 ) and attached to the bolts ( 12 ), and lower nuts ( 14 ) which are disposed in the inner surface of the lower-half casing ( 11 ) and attached to the bolts ( 12 ).

Claims (7)

1. A gas turbine casing structure comprising:

an upper-half casing;

a lower-half casing;

bolts disposed in bolt installation grooves formed in an inner surface of the upper-half casing and in an inner surface of the lower-half casing, the bolts bridging between the upper-half casing and the lower-half casing;

upper nuts disposed and attached to the bolts in concave portions formed above the respective bolt installation grooves in the inner surface of the upper-half casing; and

lower nuts disposed and attached to the bolts in concave portions formed below the respective bolt installation grooves in the inner surface of the lower-half casing,

wherein a total dimension of the bolt installation groove and the concave portion of the upper-half casing and of the bolt installation groove and the concave portion of the lower-half casing, in a thickness direction of a flange section of the upper-half casing and a flange section of the lower-half casing, is smaller than a total dimension of the flange sections, in the thickness direction of the flange sections.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034962/0503 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2012
From: HASHIMOTO, YUKIHIRO; HASHIMOTO, SHINYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027859/0912 →