The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Maeda, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuguhisa Tashima, Yokohama, JP;
Shogo Iwai, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiro Okizono, Yokohama, JP;
Iwataro Sato, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kazutaka Tsuruta, Yokohama, JP;
Naoyuki Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A single-flow turbine using COas a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.