Patents by Inventor Ayatoshi Yokokawa

Ayatoshi Yokokawa 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: 8153330
    Abstract: A fuel cell separator has a sandwiching section. The sandwiching section is connected to a fuel gas manifold through a bridge, and connected to an oxygen-containing gas manifold through a bridge. The circumferential length R of the sandwiching section, the width H of the bridges the length L of the bridges, and the outer diameter D of the manifolds satisfies relationships of 0.03?H/R?0.20, 0.01?L/R?0.55, and 0.06?D/R?0.32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Tsunoda, Ayatoshi Yokokawa, Tomoyoshi Kuroishi
  • Publication number: 20120003561
    Abstract: A fuel cell comprises an electrolyte electrode assembly which includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte; a separator which includes a sandwiching portion; a fuel gas channel which is formed at a first surface of the sandwiching portion, and is covered by the anode electrode; fuel gas outlets which are formed around the fuel gas channel; an oxygen-containing gas channel which is formed at a second surface of the sandwiching portion, and is covered by the cathode electrode; and oxygen-containing gas outlets which are formed around the oxygen-containing gas channel, in which the oxygen-containing gas outlets are formed at phases different from phases of the fuel gas outlets in a thickness direction of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ogawa, Ayatoshi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20110143238
    Abstract: A casing of a fuel cell system is divided into a fluid supply section, a module section, and an electrical equipment section. A detector, a fuel gas supply apparatus, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, and a water supply apparatus are provided in the fluid supply section. A fuel cell module and a combustor are provided in the module section. A power converter and a control device are provided in the electrical equipment section. The module section is interposed between the fluid supply section and the electrical equipment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ogawa, Kimiko Fujisawa, Ayatoshi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20100297521
    Abstract: A fuel cell and a fuel cell stack thereof includes separators, each of which includes a sandwiching section for sandwiching an electrolyte electrode assembly, a bridge and a reactant gas supply section, wherein the sandwiching section has a fuel gas channel and an oxygen-containing gas channel, the bridge has a fuel gas supply channel for supplying the fuel gas to the fuel gas channel and an oxygen-containing gas supply channel for supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the oxygen-containing gas channel, and a fuel gas supply passage for supplying the fuel gas to the fuel gas supply channel and an oxygen-containing gas supply passage for supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the oxygen-containing gas supply channel extend through the reactant gas supply section in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ogawa, Ayatoshi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20090181282
    Abstract: A fuel cell separator has a sandwiching section. The sandwiching section is connected to a fuel gas manifold through a bridge, and connected to an oxygen-containing gas manifold through a bridge. The circumferential length R of the sandwiching section, the width H of the bridges, the length L of the bridges, and the outer diameter D of the manifolds satisfies relationships of 0.03?H/R?0.20, 0.01?L/R?0.55, and 0.06?D/R?0.32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Tsunoda, Ayatoshi Yokokawa, Tomoyoshi Kuroishi