Patents by Inventor Taneo Higuchi

Taneo Higuchi 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: 8470484
    Abstract: A fuel cell system capable of stably supplying hot water to a load is provided. The fuel cell system includes a solid-oxide fuel cell 31, a heat exchanger 40 that exchanges heat between an exhaust gas from the solid-oxide fuel cell 31 and water, a hot water storage tank 42 that reserves the water, circulation pipes 43a and 43b for circulating the water between the hot water storage tank 42 and the heat exchanger 40, and a circulation pump 41 provided to the circulation pipes 43a and 43b. The fuel cell system is provided with a controller 39 that controls the fuel utilization ratio during power generation by the solid-oxide fuel cell 31 in accordance with the used amount of reserved hot water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Taneo Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20090297900
    Abstract: A fuel cell system capable of stably supplying hot water to a load is provided. The fuel cell system includes a solid-oxide fuel cell 31, a heat exchanger 40 that exchanges heat between an exhaust gas from the solid-oxide fuel cell 31 and water, a hot water storage tank 42 that reserves the water, circulation pipes 43a and 43b for circulating the water between the hot water storage tank 42 and the heat exchanger 40, and a circulation pump 41 provided to the circulation pipes 43a and 43b. The fuel cell system is provided with a controller 39 that controls the fuel utilization ratio during power generation by the solid-oxide fuel cell 31 in accordance with the used amount of reserved hot water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taneo Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7371963
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic power generation system which is capable of achieving system linkage of a plurality of solar cell strings having different output voltages to a commercial electric power system with ease, and which enables efficient use of the maximum output electric power. It is a photovoltaic power generation system characterized by disposing voltage regulating means that regulates a DC voltage outputted from non-standard solar cell string between a standard solar cell string and electric power converting means, and regulating an output voltage of the non-standard solar cell string to the side of an output voltage of the standard solar cell string by the use of the voltage regulating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suenaga, Taneo Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20040211459
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic power generation system which is capable of achieving system linkage of a plurality of solar cell strings having different output voltages to a commercial electric power system with ease, and which enables efficient use of the maximum output electric power. It is a photovoltaic power generation system characterized by disposing voltage regulating means that regulates a DC voltage outputted from non-standard solar cell string between a standard solar cell string and electric power converting means, and regulating an output voltage of the non-standard solar cell string to the side of an output voltage of the standard solar cell string by the use of the voltage regulating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Suenaga, Taneo Higuchi