Patents by Inventor Ryutaro Mori

Ryutaro Mori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11962052
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Masahiro Mihara, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Matsuo, Norihisa Matake
  • Publication number: 20230246212
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including a fuel electrode and an air electrode; a fuel electrode fuel line configured to supply fuel gas to the fuel electrode; a polluted exhaust line configured to supply polluted exhaust containing contaminants discharged from a facility to the air electrode; and an air electrode fuel line configured to supply fuel gas to the air electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi IWAI, Katsuhiko YOKOHAMA, Norihisa MATAKE, Ryutaro MORI
  • Publication number: 20230006221
    Abstract: A pressurized air supply system supplies, to a pressurization object device, flowing air that includes at least one of compressed air, which is generated by compressing air supplied from an air supply source, or discharged air from a turbocharger compressor forming a turbocharger. The compressor is controlled such that a saturated steam temperature of the flowing air supplied from the air supply source to the pressurization object device is lower than a temperature in the pressurization object device, at startup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwai, Ryutaro Mori, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Yoshiki Kato
  • Publication number: 20220190377
    Abstract: This fuel cell cartridge includes a plurality of cell stacks including a plurality of cells for forming a solid oxide fuel cell. A cell stack group including the plurality of cell stacks includes an inner cell stack group arranged in an inner region of a cell arrangement region and an outer cell stack group arranged in an outer region. The inner cell stack group and the outer cell stack group are connected in series and a current density of the outer cell stack group is configured to be higher than a current density of the inner cell stack group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Ryutaro MORI, Norihisa MATAKE, Masahiro MIHARA, Daigo KOBAYASHI, Nagao HISATOME
  • Publication number: 20220190367
    Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system includes a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell generating power using a second fuel gas exhausted from the first fuel cell. A regulating valve is used for regulating a supply amount of an oxidant gas to be supplied to the second fuel cell in such a manner that a temperature at the second fuel cell becomes a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Norihisa MATAKE, Yasushi IWAI, Ryutaro MORI, Takahiro JOJIMA, Daigo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220131174
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daigo KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki OZAWA, Masahiro MIHARA, Ryutaro MORI, Takeshi MATSUO, Norihisa MATAKE
  • Publication number: 20220123333
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: a plurality of single fuel cells each of which includes an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode; a fuel gas supply pipe for supplying a fuel gas to the anode; an oxidant supply pipe for supplying an oxidized gas to the cathode of the plurality of single fuel cells, the oxidant supply pipe including a first line and a plurality of second lines each of which branches from a branch point at a downstream end of the first line and is connected to one or more single fuel cells; and at least one heating fuel gas supply pipe connected to the second line downstream of the branch point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kimi KODO, Hiroki IRIE, Kazuo TOMIDA, Yasutaka URASHITA, Norihisa MATAKE, Ryutaro MORI
  • Patent number: 9638102
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor and a combustor; a SOFC having a cathode and an anode; a first compression air supply line supplying compression air to the combustor; a second compression air supply line supplying compression air to the cathode; an exhaust air supply line supplying exhaust air discharged from the cathode to the combustor; a first fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the combustor; a second fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the anode; a fuel gas supply ratio change unit capable of changing a supply ratio of the fuel gas supplied to the combustor and the fuel gas supplied to the anode; an exhaust fuel gas supply line supplying an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the anode to the combustor; and a controller performing open-close control of the control valves and according to an operation state of the SOFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kazuo Tomida, Masayuki Fukagawa, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9586340
    Abstract: This rotor for kneading includes a rotor shaft (27) having a tubular shape; a blade part (22) that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft (27); and a filling body (36) that is provided in a recessed part (28) formed inside the blade part (22) and made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material from which the rotor shaft (27) and the blade part (22) are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryutaro Mori, Kazunari Tanaka, Takashi Moribe
  • Publication number: 20140318146
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor and a combustor; a SOFC having a cathode and an anode; a first compression air supply line supplying compression air to the combustor; a second compression air supply line supplying compression air to the cathode; an exhaust air supply line supplying exhaust air discharged from the cathode to the combustor; a first fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the combustor; a second fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the anode; a fuel gas supply ratio change unit capable of changing a supply ratio of the fuel gas supplied to the combustor and the fuel gas supplied to the anode; an exhaust fuel gas supply line supplying an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the anode to the combustor; and a controller performing open-close control of the control valves and according to an operation state of the SOFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kazuo Tomida, Masayuki Fukagawa, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20140233342
    Abstract: This rotor for kneading includes a rotor shaft (27) having a tubular shape; a blade part (22) that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft (27); and a filling body (36) that is provided in a recessed part (28) formed inside the blade part (22) and made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material from which the rotor shaft (27) and the blade part (22) are made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Ryutaro Mori, Kazunari Tanaka, Takashi Moribe
  • Publication number: 20140202167
    Abstract: The power generation system includes a fuel cell that generates electric power using a fuel gas, a gas turbine including an air compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, an exhaust fuel line that introduces an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell into the combustor, a branch exhaust fuel line branching off midway from the exhaust fuel line, a switching unit that sends the exhaust fuel gas to one of the branch exhaust fuel line and the combustor, and a heating portion that heats the exhaust fuel line at a downstream side of the switching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Mori, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Haruki Mukumoto, Norihisa Matake
  • Publication number: 20130342303
    Abstract: Provided are a wire wound device that can minimize the flow of magnetic fluxes into gaps between the adjacent encircling conductor parts and achieve high efficiency, even if no magnetic core formed from a magnetic substance is inserted, and also a method for manufacturing the device, the wire wound device comprising: a winding having a plurality of encircling conductor parts made of a conductive substance upon a predetermined winding pattern; and an insulation layer interposed between a pair of encircling conductor parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of encircling conductor parts constituting the winding, the insulation layer comprising an insulating substance formed by performing a non-conductive process of a diamagnetic conductive substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Patent number: 8130068
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a planar inductor that can be easily designed in any size without restricting coil characteristics, that supplies the necessary power corresponding to the area when a pair of inductors are placed facing each other to carry out non-contact power transmission, and that has greater design flexibility that allows for setting separation cut-off lines with relative freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Publication number: 20110221561
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a planar inductor that can be easily designed in any size without restricting coil characteristics, that supplies the necessary power corresponding to the area when a pair of inductors are placed facing each other to carry out non-contact power transmission, and that has greater design flexibility that allows for setting separation cut-off lines with relative freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Patent number: 7999650
    Abstract: A problem is to provide a sheet-like or thin plate-like coil device that can guarantee a high power transmission efficiency, that has quite little magnetic spurious radiation, that does not cause overheat even in the case of long charge, and that can be manufactured at low cost. The present coil device is characterized in that two spiral patterns composing a basic pattern are each formed into regular triangle, and are arranged in back to back manner sharing each of base side lines of those two triangles so that the basic pattern is formed into a rhombic S-shape as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Patent number: 7982573
    Abstract: A coil device is provided which has a small loss in a high-frequency band even if it has an air core or a core material used is not of so high quality when it has a core, generates little magnetic extraneous radiation, has a stable frequency characteristic of an inductance, and can be manufactured at low cost. What is formed by winding a linear conductor around two axes which are parallel with each other to be in a substantially S-shape as a whole by one turn with winding directions made different is set as one layer of unit winding, the unit windings are stacked in a plurality of layers while aligning the axes, and the unit windings of all layers are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Patent number: 7907043
    Abstract: To provide a planar inductor that can be easily designed in any size without restricting coil characteristics, that supplies the necessary power corresponding to the area when a pair of inductors are placed facing each other to carry out non-contact power transmission, and that has greater design flexibility that allows for setting separation cut-off lines with relative freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Publication number: 20100295652
    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED A problem is to provide a sheet-like or thin plate-like coil device that can guarantee a high power transmission efficiency, that has quite little magnetic spurious radiation, that does not cause overheat even in the case of long charge, and that can be manufactured at low cost. MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS The present coil device is characterized in that two spiral patterns composing a basic pattern are each formed into regular triangle, and are arranged in back to back manner sharing each of base side lines of those two triangles so that the basic pattern is formed into a rhombic S-shape as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori
  • Publication number: 20100176908
    Abstract: A coil device is provided which has a small loss in a high-frequency band even if it has an air core or a core material used is not of so high quality when it has a core, generates little magnetic extraneous radiation, has a stable frequency characteristic of an inductance, and can be manufactured at low cost. What is formed by winding a linear conductor around two axes which are parallel with each other to be in a substantially S-shape as a whole by one turn with winding directions made different is set as one layer of unit winding, the unit windings are stacked in a plurality of layers while aligning the axes, and the unit windings of all layers are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Ryutaro Mori