IP Library Granted Patent US 10,436,045
Granted Patent B2
US 10,436,045 · App. 15/121,984 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Support device, turbine, and support method

Inventor: Shinya Honda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,436,045
App. No.
15/121,984
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support device supports an inner member of a fixed body including the inner member and an outer member, the inner member being arranged around a rotating body and divided into upper and lower sections and the outer member being arranged in at least a part around the inner member and divided into upper and lower sections. The support device includes a first member including a main body portion arranged in a recessed portion provided in the outer member, and adapted to support the inner member, and a second member including a handle portion arranged in a space between a side surface of the main body portion and an inner wall surface of the recessed portion, the inner wall surface being positioned in at least a part around the side surface, and a first adjustment unit arranged in a gap between a lower surface of the main body portion and a bottom surface of the recessed portion, the bottom surface being positioned below the lower surface, through the space, the second member being adapted to adjust a position of the first member.

Claims (27)

1. A support device for supporting an inner member of a fixed body, the fixed body including the inner member and an outer member, the inner member arranged in a vicinity of an outside of a rotating body and divided into an upper half portion and a lower half portion in a vertical direction, and the outer member arranged, at least partially, in a vicinity of an outside of the inner member and divided into an upper half portion and a lower half portion in the vertical direction, the support device comprising:

a first member having a main body portion arranged in a recessed portion provided in the outer member, and adapted to support the inner member;

a second member including a handle portion arranged in a space between a side surface of the main body portion and an inner wall surface of the recessed portion, the inner wall surface positioned, at least partially, in a vicinity of the side surface, and a first adjustment unit movable through the space and arranged in a gap between a vertically lower surface of the main body portion and a bottom surface of the recessed portion, the bottom surface positioned below the vertically lower surface in the vertical direction, the second member adapted to adjust a position of the first member; and

a third member including a fixed portion detachably fixed to the outer member, a spacer portion arranged in the space in a state where the fixed portion is fixed to the outer member, and a second adjustment unit arranged above the main body portion in the vertical direction.

2. The support device according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment unit includes a detachable lower liner positioned below the vertically lower surface of the main body portion in the vertical direction.

3. The support device according to claim 1 , wherein the space is formed in an axial direction along a rotational axis of the rotating body.

4. The support device according to claim 1 , wherein the space includes a first partial space where the handle portion is arranged, and a second partial space where the first adjustment unit passes through.

5. The support device according to claim 4 , wherein one of the first partial space and the second partial space is provided in an axial direction along a rotational axis of the rotating body with respect to the main body portion, and the other of the first partial space and the second partial space is provided in a radial direction with respect to the rotational axis with respect to the main body portion.

6. The support device according to claim 1 , wherein the second adjustment unit includes a detachable upper liner positioned above the upper surface of the main body portion in the vertical direction.

7. The support device according to claim 1 , wherein the handle portion and at least a part of the first adjustment unit are integrally formed.

8. A turbine comprising:

the support device according to claim 1 ;

a blade ring supported by the support device; and

a casing arranged in a vicinity of an outside of the blade ring.

9. A support method for supporting an inner member of a fixed body, the fixed body including the inner member and an outer member, the inner member arranged in a vicinity of an outside of a rotating body and divided into an upper half portion and a lower half portion in a vertical direction, and the outer member arranged, at least partially, in a vicinity of an outside of the inner member and divided into an upper half portion and a lower half portion in the vertical direction,

the support method using a support device including

a first member including a main body portion arranged in a recessed portion provided in the outer member and adapted to support the inner member,

a second member including a handle portion arranged in a space between a side surface of the main body portion and an inner wall surface of the recessed portion, the inner wall surface being positioned, at least partially, in a vicinity of the side surface, and a first adjustment unit arranged in a gap between a vertically lower surface of the main body portion, the vertically lower surface being positioned below in the vertical direction, and a bottom surface of the recessed portion, the bottom surface being positioned below the vertically lower surface in the vertical direction, and able to pass through the space, the second member being adapted to adjust a position of the first member, and

a third member including a fixed portion detachably fixed to the outer member, a spacer portion arranged in the space in a state where the fixed portion is fixed to the outer member, and a second adjustment unit arranged above the main body portion in the vertical direction, the support method comprising:

operating the handle portion arranged in the space to move the second member such that the first adjustment unit arranged in the gap is moved outside the gap;

moving the second member such that the first adjustment unit moved outside the gap passes through the space, and detaching the second member from the recessed portion;

adjusting a thickness of the first adjustment unit;

moving the second member so as to be arranged in the gap after the first adjustment unit with an adjusted thickness passes through the space, and attaching the second member to the recessed portion;

supporting the inner member with the first adjustment unit arranged in the gap and the first member;

cancelling fixation of the third member, and detaching the third member from the outer member; and

moving the second member such that the first adjustment unit passes through the space where the spacer portion has been arranged.

10. The support method according to claim 9 , wherein the handle portion is arranged outside the main body portion in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the rotating body in a state where the first adjustment unit is arranged in the gap.

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 Aug 26, 2016
From: HONDA, SHINYA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039556/0791 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-044396 · Mar 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170074109A1 · Mar 16, 2017