Patents by Inventor Tetsurou Kikuchi

Tetsurou Kikuchi 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).

  • Vehicle power supply system
    Patent number: 7788925
    Abstract: The vehicle power generation system, which is mounted on a vehicle having an internal combustion engine as a travel drive power source, and a cooling device for cooling the internal combustion engine by use of coolant containing one of alcohol and ether, includes a fuel cell generating electric energy by electrochemical reaction between one of alcohol and ether as fuel and oxidant in the fuel cell, and a fuel supply device operating to supply one of alcohol and ether contained in the coolant to the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsurou Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Usami, Akira Kato, Hisayoshi Oshima
  • Vehicle power supply system
    Publication number: 20070220890
    Abstract: The vehicle power generation system, which is mounted on a vehicle having an internal combustion engine as a travel drive power source, and a cooling device for cooling the internal combustion engine by use of coolant containing one of alcohol and ether, includes a fuel cell generating electric energy by electrochemical reaction between one of alcohol and ether as fuel and oxidant in the fuel cell, and a fuel supply device operating to supply one of alcohol and ether contained in the coolant to the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsurou Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Usami, Akira Kato, Hisayoshi Oshima