IP Library Granted Patent US 9,677,406
Granted Patent B2
US 9,677,406 · App. 14/241,819 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Rotor blade support structure

Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirata (Tokyo, JP); Eigo Katou (Tokyo, JP); Hidekatsu Atsumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
F01D5/3007F05D2260/941
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Patent No.
US 9,677,406
App. No.
14/241,819
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the invention is to provide a rotor blade support structure, wherein the concentration of stress near the rotor blade groove in which the rotor blade is embedded is limited even as increase in production cost is limited. A rotor blade support structure, in which rotor blades ( 30 ) are embedded in rotor blade grooves ( 10 ) provided on a rotor disc ( 1 ), wherein the rotor blade groove ( 10 ) is provided with circular direction grooves ( 13 ) that extend more in the circular direction of the rotor disc than upward from the bottom ( 14 ), and shaft center direction grooves ( 15 ) that are provided on the end faces ( 1 a, 1 b ) of the rotor disc ( 1 ) in the center of the bottom ( 14 ) in the circular direction of the rotor disc and that extend towards the rotor disc shaft center.

Claims (12)

1. A rotor blade support structure in which a rotor blade is embedded in a rotor blade groove provided in a rotor disc, the rotor blade groove comprising:

a circumferential groove portion in a bottom portion of the rotor blade groove, the circumferential groove portion extending in a rotor disc circumferential direction beyond a portion above the bottom portion; and

a radial groove portion which has an arc-shaped end, is provided in a center portion in the rotor disc circumferential direction, extends in a rotor disc radial direction, and has a shape which includes a corner portion formed by the bottom portion of the rotor blade groove and an end surface portion of the rotor disc and in which only part of the bottom portion and the end surface portion is cut away, in such a way as to distribute stress generated by transient thermal stress together with the circumferential groove portion.

2. The rotor blade support structure according to claim 1 , wherein w′/W is within a range of 0.49 to 1.0, where 2 W represents a size of the bottom portion of the rotor blade groove in the rotor disc circumferential direction and 2 w ′ represents the size of the radial groove portion in the rotor disc circumferential direction.

3. The rotor blade support structure according to claim 2 , wherein an angle of the radial groove portion with respect to an end surface direction of the rotor disc in the bottom portion of the rotor blade groove is within a range of 20° to 50°.

4. The rotor blade support structure according to claim 3 , wherein d/w′ is within a range of 1.0 to 1.4, where d represents a size of the radial groove portion in the rotor disc radial direction.

5. The rotor blade support structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality rotor blade grooves;

wherein a plurality of the radial groove portions are formed in each of the plurality of rotor blade grooves.

6. The rotor blade support structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotor disc includes end surface portions, and

the radial groove portion is formed in each of the end surface portions.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2014
From: HIRATA, TOMOYUKI; KATOU, EIGO; ATSUMI, HIDEKATSU
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033224/0516 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-230293 · Oct 20, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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