Patents by Inventor Ayaka Nango
Ayaka Nango 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).
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Patent number: 10128515Abstract: A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell unit and a casing. The casing has hollow surface members including a front surface member, a rear surface member, a right surface member, a left surface member, and a lower surface member. A single continuous air channel is formed by connecting spaces inside of these surface members. The air channel has a fluid inlet on the front surface member for allowing the air to flow initially in the front surface member. A first flange and a second flange are provided on the front surface member.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihito Yuzuriha, Ayaka Nango, Hiroshi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9698440Abstract: A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack, a reformer, and a hydrodesulfurizer. A fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell stack through a fuel gas supply channel, and the reformer and the hydrodesulfurizer are provided for the fuel gas supply channel. A fuel exhaust gas is discharged from the fuel cell stack into a fuel exhaust gas channel, and a recycling channel is connected to the fuel exhaust gas channel, for circulating some of the fuel exhaust gas to return to a position of the fuel gas supply channel, the position provided upstream of the reformer and the hydrodesulfurizer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji Tsukamoto, Ayaka Nango, Jun Mizuno
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Publication number: 20160218379Abstract: A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell unit and a casing. The casing has hollow surface members including a front surface member, a rear surface member, a right surface member, a left surface member, and a lower surface member. A single continuous air channel is formed by connecting spaces inside of these surface members. The air channel has a fluid inlet on the front surface member for allowing the air to flow initially in the front surface member. A first flange and a second flange are provided on the front surface member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Akihito Yuzuriha, Ayaka Nango, Hiroshi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9379407Abstract: In a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell module, electrolyte/electrode assemblies and separators are alternately laminated. An electrolyte/electrode assembly is arranged on one end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction, while a separator is arranged on the other end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction. A terminal separator is arranged adjacent to the electrolyte/electrode assembly, while a load relaxation member is arranged adjacent to the separator. The terminal separator controls the supply of a fuel gas to a fuel gas channel, and the load relaxation member is configured of a laminate of a plurality of flat metal plates.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ayaka Nango, Tetsuya Ogawa, Yukihiko Kiyohiro
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Publication number: 20160064761Abstract: A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack, a reformer, and a hydrodesulfurizer. A fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell stack through a fuel gas supply channel, and the reformer and the hydrodesulfurizer are provided for the fuel gas supply channel. A fuel exhaust gas is discharged from the fuel cell stack into a fuel exhaust gas channel, and a recycling channel is connected to the fuel exhaust gas channel, for circulating some of the fuel exhaust gas to return to a position of the fuel gas supply channel, the position provided upstream of the reformer and the hydrodesulfurizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Keiji Tsukamoto, Ayaka Nango, Jun Mizuno
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Patent number: 8709672Abstract: In a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell module, electrolyte/electrode assemblies and separators are alternately laminated. An electrolyte/electrode assembly and a terminal separator are arranged on one end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction in this order outwardly, and a dummy electrolyte/electrode assembly and a terminal separator are arranged on the other end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction in this order outwardly. The dummy electrolyte/electrode assembly is so formed as to have the same shape as the electrolyte/electrode assemblies, while having conductivity but not having a power generation function.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ayaka Nango, Tetsuya Ogawa, Tomoyoshi Kuroishi
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Publication number: 20120045703Abstract: In a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell module, electrolyte/electrode assemblies and separators are alternately laminated. An electrolyte/electrode assembly is arranged on one end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction, while a separator is arranged on the other end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction. A terminal separator is arranged adjacent to the electrolyte/electrode assembly, while a load relaxation member is arranged adjacent to the separator. The terminal separator controls the supply of a fuel gas to a fuel gas channel, and the load relaxation member is configured of a laminate of a plurality of flat metal plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Nango, Tetsuya Ogawa, Yukihiko Kiyohiro
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Publication number: 20120045708Abstract: In a fuel cell stack constituting a fuel cell module, electrolyte/electrode assemblies and separators are alternately laminated. An electrolyte/electrode assembly and a terminal separator are arranged on one end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction in this order outwardly, and a dummy electrolyte/electrode assembly and a terminal separator are arranged on the other end of the fuel cell stack in the lamination direction in this order outwardly. The dummy electrolyte/electrode assembly is so formed as to have the same shape as the electrolyte/electrode assemblies, while having conductivity but not having a power generation function.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Nango, Tetsuya Ogawa, Tomoyoshi Kuroishi