Patents by Inventor Kenji Nagumo

Kenji Nagumo 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: 20080152977
    Abstract: A humidifier for humidifying a fuel cell composed of an anode side humidifier and a cathode side humidifier each possessing a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules for migrating moisture between a supply gas, which is supplied to a fuel cell, and an exhaust gas, which is exhausted from the fuel cell to thereby humidify the supply gas, the humidifier comprising: a pair of heads which hold both ends of the hollow fiber membrane modules, a connecting member which connects each of heads, and a device for warming the supply gas composed of conduits through which a cooling medium exhausted from the fuel cell is passed. The device for warming the supply gas is configured so that first warms a humidifier at an outlet side of the supply gas, and then warms a humidifier at an inlet side of the supply gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kusano, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Motohiro Suzuki, Kenji Nagumo
  • Patent number: 7344790
    Abstract: A humidifier for humidifying a fuel cell composed of an anode side humidifier and a cathode side humidifier each possessing a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules for migrating moisture between a supply gas, which is supplied to a fuel cell, and an exhaust gas, which is exhausted from the fuel cell to thereby humidify the supply gas, the humidifier comprising: a pair of heads which hold both ends of the hollow fiber membrane modules, a connecting member which connects each of heads, and a device for warming the supply gas composed of conduits through which a cooling medium exhausted from the fuel cell is passed. The device for warming the supply gas is configured so that first warms a humidifier at an outlet side of the supply gas, and then warms a humidifier at an inlet side of the supply gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kusano, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Motohiro Suzuki, Kenji Nagumo
  • Patent number: 7264233
    Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier for humidifying dry gas by transferring moisture from moist gas. A humidifier comprising: a housing having a first area for passing a first gas and a second area for passing a second gas having higher water content than that of said first gas; a moisture permeable means for transferring moisture from said second gas to said first gas to humidify the first gas; and a communicating path formed on the housing through which the first area and the second area communicate with each other, to transfer condensed water formed in the first area to the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Kenji Nagumo, Motohiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070122669
    Abstract: A fuel cell system that is compact and has stabilized performance is provided. The fuel cell system includes two fuel cell stacks or a first fuel cell stack (31) and a second fuel cell stack (32), a high-pressure hydrogen tank (11) as a hydrogen supplying device for supplying hydrogen to the first and second fuel cell stacks (31, 32), a compressor (12) as an air supplying device for supplying air to the fuel cell stack, and a humidifier (20) for humidifying air to be supplied to the first and second fuel cell stacks (31, 32). The humidifier (20) is disposed between the first and second fuel cell stacks (31, 32); a supply air exhaust port of the humidifier (20) and air supply ports (Q1) of the first and second fuel cell stacks (31, 32) are connected by air supply pipes (51) having the same length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kusano, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Kenji Nagumo, Motohiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070065696
    Abstract: A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a coolant supply mechanism, and a fuel gas supply mechanism. The coolant supply mechanism includes a coolant supply pipe and a coolant discharge pipe, provided on a front side in a traveling direction of the vehicle, relative to the fuel cell stack. The fuel gas supply mechanism includes a fuel gas supply pipe, provided on a rear side in the traveling direction, relative to the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Fukuma, Kenji Nagumo, Takaharu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070007060
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided on the bottom of the vehicle body; a floor tunnel that is formed bulging upward in the center of the floor panel in the vehicle body width; a pair of front seats that are disposed on the floor panel, outside of the floor tunnel in the vehicle body width direction; center frames that support the floor tunnel, disposed at the center in the vehicle body width and extending along the vehicle body longitudinal direction; a sub-frame provided on the bottom of the floor panel and joined to the center frames; and a fuel cell stack mounted on the sub-frame and provided under the floor tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
  • Publication number: 20060147774
    Abstract: A humidifier of the present invention includes a humidifier main body for humidifying a second fluid, using a humidified first fluid discharged from a fuel cell; a head portion of which one end is connected to an end of the humidifier main body and the other end is connected to the fuel cell or a supply passage extending from the fuel cell, and which supplies the second fluid after humidification to the fuel cell; and a chamber for communicating a bottom portion of a humidified gas flow passage formed within the head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Motohiro Suzuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, Kenji Nagumo
  • Publication number: 20050280166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier for humidifying dry gas by transferring moisture from moist gas. A humidifier comprising: a housing having a first area for passing a first gas and a second area for passing a second gas having higher water content than that of said first gas; a moisture permeable means for transferring moisture from said second gas to said first gas to humidify the first gas; and a communicating path formed on the housing through which the first area and the second area communicate with each other, to transfer condensed water formed in the first area to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Kenji Nagumo, Motohiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20040142218
    Abstract: A humidifier for humidifying a fuel cell composed of an anode side humidifier and a cathode side humidifier each possessing a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules for migrating moisture between a supply gas, which is supplied to a fuel cell, and an exhaust gas, which is exhausted from the fuel cell to thereby humidify the supply gas, the humidifier comprising: a pair of heads which hold both ends of the hollow fiber membrane modules, a connecting member which connects each of heads, and a device for warming the supply gas composed of conduits through which a cooling medium exhausted from the fuel cell is passed. The device for warming the supply gas is configured so that first warms a humidifier at an outlet side of the supply gas, and then warms a humidifier at an inlet side of the supply gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kusano, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Motohiro Suzuki, Kenji Nagumo