Patents by Inventor Shuichiro Kojima

Shuichiro Kojima 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: 11872526
    Abstract: An electrochemical hydrogen compression system includes a hydrogen gas compression part that compresses hydrogen by applying a current between an anode and a cathode provided on two surfaces of a proton exchange film, and a supply pipeline that guides hydrogen discharged from a hydrogen supply source to the hydrogen gas compression part. The hydrogen gas compression part has an outlet for discharging unreacted hydrogen. The electrochemical hydrogen compression system further includes a film resistance meter and a voltmeter that acquire information related to a wet state of the proton exchange film, a fourth opening/closing part and a fifth opening/closing part that regulate discharge of hydrogen from the outlet, and a control device that controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part. The control device controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part based on at least the wet state of the proton exchange film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Daimon, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Naoki Mitsuta, Shuichiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20230064835
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes a water supply unit, a KOH tank, a water electrolysis apparatus, and a control device. The water supply unit and the KOH tank supply an aqueous solution containing hydroxide ions of a predetermined concentration to a cathode of the water electrolysis apparatus. The water electrolysis apparatus includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and a water electrolysis cell having an anode and a cathode provided on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The control device changes the voltage to increase while restricting a supply amount of a KOH aqueous solution to the cathode when a concentration of the KOH aqueous solution is higher than a predetermined reference concentration on the basis of information on correspondence between a voltage and current between the anode and the cathode and the concentration of the KOH aqueous solution on the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shuichiro Kojima, Shoji Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20220356586
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes a water electrolysis cell, a power supply, an oxygen tank, and a control device. The water electrolysis cell has a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and a cathode provided on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane in a thickness direction. The water electrolysis cell electrolyzes water by applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode using the power supply. The control device makes the pressure of oxygen generated at the anode relatively higher than the pressure of hydrogen generated at the cathode according to the electrolysis of the water in the water electrolysis cell. The control device makes the pressure of the anode side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane relatively higher than the pressure of the cathode side by supplying the oxygen from the oxygen tank to the anode before the electrolysis starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki Mitsuta, Shuichiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20220185665
    Abstract: An electrochemical hydrogen compression system includes a hydrogen gas compression part that compresses hydrogen by applying a current between an anode and a cathode provided on two surfaces of a proton exchange film, and a supply pipeline that guides hydrogen discharged from a hydrogen supply source to the hydrogen gas compression part. The hydrogen gas compression part has an outlet for discharging unreacted hydrogen. The electrochemical hydrogen compression system further includes a film resistance meter and a voltmeter that acquire information related to a wet state of the proton exchange film, a fourth opening/closing part and a fifth opening/closing part that regulate discharge of hydrogen from the outlet, and a control device that controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part. The control device controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part based on at least the wet state of the proton exchange film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato DAIMON, Hiroshi YOSHIMURA, Naoki MITSUTA, Shuichiro KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 7675140
    Abstract: An N-type diffusion layer fixed at a potential equal to or above 0V is provided in a segregating region between terminals, and a P-type diffusion layer having a potential equal to that of the N-type diffusion layer on an N-type well constitute a drain of a transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Kojima, Mamoru Seike, Takashi Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20070063289
    Abstract: An N-type diffusion layer fixed at a potential equal to or above 0V is provided in a segregating region between terminals, and a P-type diffusion layer having a potential equal to that of the N-type diffusion layer on an N-type well constitute a drain of a transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Shuichiro Kojima, Mamoru Seike, Takashi Ichihara