Patents by Inventor Ikuhiro NAKAMURA

Ikuhiro NAKAMURA 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: 20150061804
    Abstract: A reactor unit comprises a reactor and a base to which the reactor is attached. The base has base-side bonding surfaces to be bonded to a bonding surface of the reactor. A base connector, which does not include the base-side bonding surfaces, is configured to have a thickness smaller than those of first and second bases, which include the base-side bonding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Hiroyuki Sekine, Ikuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8673467
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes under a floor of the vehicle: a fuel cell generating electric power through an electrochemical reaction between reaction gases; a fluid supply/discharge unit for the fuel cell; and a converter converting electric power from the fuel cell, the converter being contained in a center tunnel provided, at a center in a vehicle width direction, so as to be curved toward a cabin along a vehicle axis in a front-back direction, the fuel cell and the unit being arranged on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the converter and arranged in the vehicle width direction, wherein the converter is provided to be offset toward the fuel cell with respect to a centerline of the center tunnel along the vehicle axis and to be offset toward the unit with respect to a centerline of the fuel cell along the vehicle axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Hiroshi Arisawa, Hiroyuki Sekine, Ikuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130306387
    Abstract: This fuel cell vehicle comprises a DC-DC converter constituted of a power input portion, reactors, and switching circuit sections. Connecting portions of the power input portion to the reactors and connecting portions of the reactors to the switching circuit sections in the DC-DC converter are all arranged side by side along a forward-backward direction of the vehicle, and arranged in this state on the side of one side surface of the DC-DC converter on one of the right side and left side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Hiroyuki Sekine, Ikuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130045398
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes under a floor of the vehicle: a fuel cell generating electric power through an electrochemical reaction between reaction gases; a fluid supply/discharge unit for the fuel cell; and a converter converting electric power from the fuel cell, the converter being contained in a center tunnel provided, at a center in a vehicle width direction, so as to be curved toward a cabin along a vehicle axis in a front-back direction, the fuel cell and the unit being arranged on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the converter and arranged in the vehicle width direction, wherein the converter is provided to be offset toward the fuel cell with respect to a centerline of the center tunnel along the vehicle axis and to be offset toward the unit with respect to a centerline of the fuel cell along the vehicle axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji KATANO, Hiroshi ARISAWA, Hiroyuki SEKINE, Ikuhiro NAKAMURA