Patents by Inventor Kenji MIYABATA

Kenji MIYABATA 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: 10224553
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to one mode includes a plurality of stacked cell units, each cell unit including at least an electrically conductive interconnector having a front surface and a back surface; a pair of connection members which are electrically connected to the interconnector; a single cell which includes an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte therebetween and which is electrically connected to the connection members; and a separator having an opening which is connected to an outer peripheral portion of the single cell, the cell units being clamped together in a stacking direction, wherein the connection member on an anode side or a cathode side of the single cell of at least one cell unit of the cell units has a thickness different from that of the connection member on the anode side or the cathode side of the single cell of another cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyabata, Hideki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150372318
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to one mode includes a plurality of stacked cell units, each cell unit including at least an electrically conductive interconnector having a front surface and a back surface; a connection member which is electrically connected to the interconnector; a single cell which includes an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, and which is electrically connected to the connection member; and a separator having an opening which is connected to an outer peripheral portion of the single cell, the cell units being clamped together in a stacking direction, wherein the connection member of at least one cell unit of the cell units has a thickness different from that of the connection member of another cell unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYABATA, Hideki ISHIKAWA