Patents by Inventor Harushisa Niimi

Harushisa Niimi 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).

  • Publication number: 20040247951
    Abstract: A fuel cell (10) includes a lamination (11) of a plurality of unit cells (30), current collector plates (12, 12) arranged at both ends of the lamination (11), end plates 16, 16 respectively provided outside the current collector plates (12, 12) with 5 insulating plates (14, 14) interposed therebetween, and fastening members (18) for fastening the end plates (16, 16) in the laminating direction to apply desired pressing force to the lamination (11). A barcode (41) corresponding to particular information relating to a unit cell (30) is provided on the exposed side surface of a separator (38) of the unit cell (30). According to this fuel cell (10), the barcode 41 can be easily read requiring no disassembly of the fuel cell (10). Moreover, as the information relating to the fuel cell can be obtained from the barcode (41), the information that cannot be determined from outer appearance can be obtained, resulting in improved service operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Harushisa Niimi, Mikio Wada, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Yixin Zeng, Kouetsu Hibino, Tsutomu Ochi, Yasuyuki Asai, Katsuhiro Kajio, Yuichi Yagami