Patents by Inventor Hiroshige Ota

Hiroshige Ota 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).

  • Hydrogen generating apparatus
    Patent number: 5833723
    Abstract: In a hydrogen generating apparatus comprising a housing (10) in which a catalyst (11) is filled up into an inner space (10a), a supplying tube (12) opening to the inner space, a blowing tube (14) by which a reformed gas generated in the inner space with reacting is removed from the inner space, the methanol supplying means (20, 21) connected to the supplying tube and the oxygen supplying means (30, 31, 32) connected to the supplying tube, the heating means (13) placed in near an opening part of the supplying tube are provided and when starting, a time period for obtaining the sufficient amounts of hydrogen generated can be shorten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Kuwabara, Hiroshige Ota, Akira Matsuoka, Takumi Hayashi, Nobuhisa Watanabe