IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,035
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,035 · App. 16/967,577 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Seal segment and rotating machine

Inventors: Azumi Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Hidekazu Uehara (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Ozaki (Tokyo, JP); Shin Nishimoto (Yokohama, JP); Tatsuro Furusho (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F02C7/28F16J15/3292
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Patent No.
US 11,614,035
App. No.
16/967,577
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seal segment comprises: a seal body having a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces that extend while being inclined forward in a rotational direction of a rotating shaft as the pieces draw farther inward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and that are layered in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft; a pair of side plates extending in the circumferential direction so as to cover the seal body from both sides with respect to an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and a housing having a housing main body that accommodates the seal body while allowing the seal body to protrude inward in the radial direction, and an extending part that is provided to an end portion of the housing main body in the circumferential direction, and that extends inward in the radial direction along an end surface of the seal body in the circumferential direction.

Claims (26)

1. A seal segment comprising:

a seal body having a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces that extend while being inclined forward in a rotational direction of a rotating shaft as the pieces draw farther inward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and that are layered in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft;

a pair of side plates extending in the circumferential direction so as to cover the seal body from both sides with respect to an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and

a housing having a housing main body that accommodates the seal body while allowing the seal body to protrude inward in the radial direction, and an extending part that is provided to an end portion of the housing main body in the circumferential direction, and that extends inward in the radial direction along an end surface of the seal body, the end surface facing the circumferential direction,

wherein the end surface and the extending part face each other.

2. The seal segment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the extending part extends while being inclined forward in the rotational direction of the rotating shaft as the extending part draws farther inward in the radial direction.

3. The seal segment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the extending part extends by being inclined relative to the radial direction more than the end surface of the seal body at a time of applying a pre-load.

4. The seal segment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the extending part extends by being inclined relative to the radial direction more than an end surface of the side plate in the circumferential direction.

5. The seal segment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing has the extending part on each of both sides of the housing main body in the circumferential direction.

6. The seal segment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing has the extending part only on one side of both sides of the housing main body in the circumferential direction.

7. A rotating machine comprising:

a plurality of the seal segments according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of seal segments are arranged along the circumferential direction.

8. A seal segment comprising:

a seal body having a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces that extend while being inclined forward in a rotational direction of a rotating shaft as the pieces draw farther inward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and that are layered in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft;

a pair of side plates extending in the circumferential direction so as to cover the seal body from both sides with respect to an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and

a housing having a housing main body that accommodates the seal body while allowing the seal body to protrude inward in the radial direction, and an extending part that is provided to an end portion of the housing main body in the circumferential direction, and that extends inward in the radial direction along an end surface of the seal body in the circumferential direction,

wherein the extending part extends by being inclined relative to the radial direction more than the end surface of the seal body in the circumferential direction at a time of applying a pre-load.

9. A rotating machine comprising:

a plurality of the seal segments according to claim 8 ,

wherein the plurality of seal segments are arranged along the circumferential direction.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059699/0992 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054196/0453 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2020
From: YOSHIDA, AZUMI; UEHARA, HIDEKAZU; OZAKI, KOHEI; NISHIMOTO, SHIN; FURUSHO, TATSURO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053409/0469 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-026749 · Feb 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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