Patents by Inventor Takeshi Matsuno

Takeshi Matsuno 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: 10770741
    Abstract: A fuel cell module according to the present embodiment includes a hydrodesulfurizer, a cell stack, an exhaust gas channel portion, and an air-preheating channel portion. The hydrodesulfurizer is configured to desulfurize fuel gas using a hydrodesulfurization catalyst. A reformer is configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas. The cell stack is constituted by stacking a plurality of fuel cells and is configured to generate electric power. The exhaust gas channel portion is configured to discharge the hydrogen-containing gas, and discharge exhaust gas that is generated by the combustion of the oxygen-containing gas. The air-preheating channel portion is an air-preheating channel portion that is disposed so as to be adjacent to the exhaust gas channel portion and that is configured to preheat the oxygen-containing gas through heat exchange with the exhaust gas channel portion. The air-preheating channel portion is disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20200035058
    Abstract: Provided is a fare box where the entire structure of the fare box can be simplified even when an operation system for setting an operation of receiving and collecting money is provided to the fare box. A touch-panel-type operating part which is operated at the time of changing an operation of receiving and collecting money is mounted on a back surface of a lid portion of a fare box. The touch-panel-type operating part is operated by a driver, for example, and is preferably a resistance-film-type. Setting which can be made by operating the touch-panel-type operating part includes: a fare change of fares; counting of a student certificate; inputting of a defect, a wireless communication between communication equipment in a vehicle (a Wi-Fi rooter, for example) and the fare box, intercommunication with an information reading part and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji KIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIZAWA, Takeshi MATSUNO, Jun ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10454127
    Abstract: A fuel cell module according to the present embodiment includes a cell stack, a package, bus bars, and electrically insulating members. The cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells that are stacked, the fuel cells being configured to generate electric power using an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas. The package houses the cell stack in a space surrounded by a package wall. Each of the bus bars is a bus bar including one end electrically connected to an electrode terminal of the cell stack, and including another end positioned outside the package. The bus bars each include a spring mechanism between the one end and the other end and in the package. The electrically insulating members each enclose a gap between the bus bar and the package with the bus bar and the package electrically insulated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 10224560
    Abstract: A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes a cell stack, a combustion part, a reformed water carburetor, a gas mixer, and a reformer. The cell stack is a cell stack that is configured by stacking fuel cells and generates electric power by using hydrogen-containing gas and oxygen-containing gas. The combustion part burns the hydrogen-containing gas and the oxygen-containing gas that have not been consumed in the cell stack. A reformed water carburetor is communicated with the combustion part via an exhaust gas passage and generates steam. The gas mixer, placed on the top of the combustion part. The reformer, placed on the top of the combustion part in contact with the gas mixer, is a reformer, generates the hydrogen-containing gas by reforming the mixed gas, and supplies the hydrogen-containing gas to the cell stack via the hydrogen gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20180090779
    Abstract: A fuel cell module according to the present embodiment includes a cell stack, a package, bus bars, and electrically insulating members. The cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells that are stacked, the fuel cells being configured to generate electric power using an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas. The package houses the cell stack in a space surrounded by a package wall. Each of the bus bars is a bus bar including one end electrically connected to an electrode terminal of the cell stack, and including another end positioned outside the package. The bus bars each include a spring mechanism between the one end and the other end and in the package. The electrically insulating members each enclose a gap between the bus bar and the package with the bus bar and the package electrically insulated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20180062191
    Abstract: A fuel cell module according to the present embodiment includes a hydrodesulfurizer, a cell stack, an exhaust gas channel portion, and an air-preheating channel portion. The hydrodesulfurizer is configured to desulfurize fuel gas using a hydrodesulfurization catalyst. A reformer is configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas. The cell stack is constituted by stacking a plurality of fuel cells and is configured to generate electric power. The exhaust gas channel portion is configured to discharge the hydrogen-containing gas, and discharge exhaust gas that is generated by the combustion of the oxygen-containing gas. The air-preheating channel portion is an air-preheating channel portion that is disposed so as to be adjacent to the exhaust gas channel portion and that is configured to preheat the oxygen-containing gas through heat exchange with the exhaust gas channel portion. The air-preheating channel portion is disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi MATSUNO
  • Patent number: 9786099
    Abstract: Provided is a coinage identification device (6), comprising: a coinage sorting device (6A), which is configured to further comprise a first coinage guidance unit (9), and a second coinage guidance unit (10) which moves between a narrowing location which is close to the first coinage guidance unit (9) and a widening location which is separated from the first coinage guidance unit (9), and to cause a plurality of coins to fall in batches of a defined number from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10); and a coinage intake (28a) which is disposed below the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10), and which accepts the coins which fall from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuno, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170256807
    Abstract: A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes a cell stack, a combustion part, a reformed water carburetor, a gas mixer, and a reformer. The cell stack is a cell stack that is configured by stacking fuel cells and generates electric power by using hydrogen-containing gas and oxygen-containing gas. The combustion part burns the hydrogen-containing gas and the oxygen-containing gas that have not been consumed in the cell stack. A reformed water carburetor is communicated with the combustion part via an exhaust gas passage and generates steam. The gas mixer, placed on the top of the combustion part. The reformer, placed on the top of the combustion part in contact with the gas mixer, is a reformer, generates the hydrogen-containing gas by reforming the mixed gas, and supplies the hydrogen-containing gas to the cell stack via the hydrogen gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20160300399
    Abstract: Provided is a coinage identification device (6), comprising: a coinage sorting device (6A), which is configured to further comprise a first coinage guidance unit (9), and a second coinage guidance unit (10) which moves between a narrowing location which is close to the first coinage guidance unit (9) and a widening location which is separated from the first coinage guidance unit (9), and to cause a plurality of coins to fall in batches of a defined number from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10); and a coinage intake (28a) which is disposed below the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10), and which accepts the coins which fall from between the first coinage guidance unit (9) and the second coinage guidance unit (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUNO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9335992
    Abstract: A safe unlocking machine is provided with: an operation direction switching mechanism for selectively switching between a first direction allowance state in which only the operation of an operation unit in the first direction is allowed, and a second direction allowance state in which only the operation of the operation unit in the second direction is allowed; detectors for detecting the action of the safe unlocking machine and generating a detection signal; and a switching controller for controlling an operation direction switching mechanism on the basis of the detection signal from the detectors and thereby selectively setting the direction of movement of the operation unit to the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Lecip Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kimoto, Takeshi Matsuno, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9305414
    Abstract: A safe unlocking machine includes a currency container that may be moved into and out of a container unit. The currency container includes a coin inlet, a bill inlet, and a lock-incorporated shutter that opens and closes a tag. When the shutter is operated to open, RFID wireless verification is performed between an antenna located in the container unit and the tag of the currency container. When predetermined conditions including accomplishment of the RFID verification are satisfied, rotation of a receiver handle is permitted. When the receiver handle is rotated once, a safe main body of a safe, which is located in the safe unlocking machine, is solely moved rearward. The currency in the safe main body falls down due to its own weight and is stored in the currency container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kimoto, Takeshi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 9246368
    Abstract: A claw pole type motor is provided and includes: a rotor which includes a magnet and a rotation shaft around which the magnet is attached; and a stator which includes a bobbin, a winding wound around the bobbin, and a yoke which includes a plurality of pole teeth disposed to oppose the magnet and which is located outside the winding, wherein a vibration suppressing means is provided which makes contact with a distal end portion of the pole tooth and by which the pole tooth is pressure-supported on an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin, whereby the pole tooth is suppressed from vibrating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa Nara, Takeshi Matsuno, Masashi Ohba
  • Publication number: 20150302681
    Abstract: A safe unlocking machine is provided with: an operation direction switching mechanism for selectively switching between a first direction allowance state in which only the operation of an operation unit in the first direction is allowed, and a second direction allowance state in which only the operation of the operation unit in the second direction is allowed; detectors for detecting the action of the safe unlocking machine and generating a detection signal; and a switching controller for controlling an operation direction switching mechanism on the basis of the detection signal from the detectors and thereby selectively setting the direction of movement of the operation unit to the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KIMOTO, Takeshi MATSUNO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150170450
    Abstract: A safe unlocking machine includes a currency container that may be moved into and out of a container unit. The currency container includes a coin inlet, a bill inlet, and a lock-incorporated shutter that opens and closes a tag. When the shutter is operated to open, RFID wireless verification is performed between an antenna located in the container unit and the tag of the currency container. When predetermined conditions including accomplishment of the RFID verification are satisfied, rotation of a receiver handle is permitted. When the receiver handle is rotated once, a safe main body of a safe, which is located in the safe unlocking machine, is solely moved rearward. The currency in the safe main body falls down due to its own weight and is stored in the currency container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kimoto, Takeshi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20140125160
    Abstract: A claw pole type motor is provided and includes: a rotor which includes a magnet and a rotation shaft around which the magnet is attached; and a stator which includes a bobbin, a winding wound around the bobbin, and a yoke which includes a plurality of pole teeth disposed to oppose the magnet and which is located outside the winding, wherein a vibration suppressing means is provided which makes contact with a distal end portion of the pole tooth and by which the pole tooth is pressure-supported on an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin, whereby the pole tooth is suppressed from vibrating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohisa NARA, Takeshi MATSUNO, Masashi OHBA
  • Patent number: 8288900
    Abstract: A stepping motor includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly including two stator units axially coupled to each other. The two stator units each include a pair of yokes which each include a base portion and a plurality of pole teeth extending from the base portion and which are disposed such that each of the pole teeth of one yoke and each of the pole teeth of the other yoke are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction. The pole teeth are shaped symmetric and each include a pair of slant sides inclined so as to become closer to each other with an increase of distance from the base portion, and the slant sides of adjacent pole teeth are located close to each other wherein a magnetic pole gap between the adjacent pole teeth pole teeth is about 0.2 times as large as the thickness of the pole teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsuno, Yoshiya Yamamura, Hiroaki Itahashi, Shigeki Miyaji, Yukihiro Terada
  • Publication number: 20110043074
    Abstract: A stepping motor includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly including two stator units axially coupled to each other. The two stator units each include a pair of yokes which each include a base portion and a plurality of pole teeth extending from the base portion and which are disposed such that each of the pole teeth of one yoke and each of the pole teeth of the other yoke are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction. The pole teeth are shaped symmetric and each include a pair of slant sides inclined so as to become closer to each other with an increase of distance from the base portion, and the slant sides of adjacent pole teeth are located close to each other wherein a magnetic pole gap between the adjacent pole teeth pole teeth is about 0.2 times as large as the thickness of the pole teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUNO, Yoshiya YAMAMURA, Hiroaki ITAHASHI, Shigeki MIYAJI, Yukihiro TERADA
  • Patent number: D701365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lecip Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kimoto, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Matsuno
  • Patent number: D702415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Lecip Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kimoto, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Nobuaki Watanabe, Takeshi Matsuno
  • Patent number: D872414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LECIP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Naganawa, Takeshi Matsuno, Kenji Kimoto, Yoshihiro Nishizawa, Jun Ishida