Patents by Inventor Kenji Taruya

Kenji Taruya 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: 20240039022
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power supply control system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a first controller configured to control the plurality of fuel cell systems in an integrated way, and a second controller configured to control the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs among the plurality of fuel cell systems. The second controller acquires a state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs and notifies the first controller of the state of the fuel cell system. The first controller controls power generation of each of the plurality of fuel cell systems on the basis of the state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs acquired by the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori Mori, Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi, Shuhei Sato, Satoshi Ueno, Kenichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11777121
    Abstract: A power system comprises a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack and a fuel cell water pump, a heat source having a heat source water pump and configured to be actuated to generate heat, a heat radiator for exchanging heat with the atmosphere, a cooling passage thermally connecting the fuel cell system, the heat source, and the heat radiator, and a controller for controlling the fuel cell system, the heat source, and the heat radiator, and the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Miyazaki, Nobutaka Nakajima, Kento Takeuchi, Kenji Taruya
  • Patent number: 11670787
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power supply control system includes a state acquirer configured to acquire states of a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a power acquirer configured to acquire a required amount of electric power from the electric device, and a power generation controller configured to control power generation of one or more fuel cell systems among the plurality of fuel cell systems so that the required amount of electric power acquired by the power acquirer is satisfied on the basis of the state of each of the plurality of fuel cell systems acquired by the state acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11637305
    Abstract: A power generation control system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a battery mounted in the electric device, and a control device configured to control each of the plurality of fuel cell systems on the basis of states of the plurality of fuel cell systems, a state of the battery, and required power of the plurality of fuel cell systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Akiji Ando, Nobutaka Nakajima, Kenji Taruya, Joji Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11588163
    Abstract: A fuel cell mount apparatus includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, a pipe arrangement, a fluid adjustment part, a pressure detection part, and a control device. The pipe arrangement is individually connected to each of the fuel cell stacks. The fluid adjustment part adjusts a pressure or a flow rate of a fluid which flows through the pipe arrangement. The pressure detection part is disposed on a portion which requires a desired pressure or flow rate of the fluid in the pipe arrangement and detects the pressure of the fluid. The control device controls the fluid adjustment part on the basis of a detection result of the pressure detection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Mori, Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11565588
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a travel prohibition control unit. In the case where a lid sensor detects an open state of a lid, the travel prohibition control unit performs travel prohibition control to prohibit travel of the fuel cell vehicle. In the case where the number of shift control operations has reached a release number within release time, the travel prohibition control unit releases the travel prohibition control, and in the case where the number of shift control operations has not reached the release number within the release time, the travel prohibition control unit continues the travel prohibition control. The release number is two or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Taruya, Yasushi Shionoya
  • Publication number: 20220320548
    Abstract: A power system comprises a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack and a fuel cell water pump, a heat source having a heat source water pump and configured to be actuated to generate heat, a heat radiator for exchanging heat with the atmosphere, a cooling passage thermally connecting the fuel cell system, the heat source, and the heat radiator, and a controller for controlling the fuel cell system, the heat source, and the heat radiator, and the cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Junya MIYAZAKI, Nobutaka NAKAJIMA, Kento TAKEUCHI, Kenji TARUYA
  • Publication number: 20220320538
    Abstract: A fuel cell power system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems that include a fuel cell stack and a fuel tank for storing fuel gas and supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell power system includes an auxiliary machine that is connected to be electrically switchable to any of the plurality of fuel cell system, and consume electric power output from the plurality of fuel cell systems. The fuel cell power system includes a control device that switches the fuel cell system to which the auxiliary machine is connected, on the basis of the states of the plurality of the fuel cell systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji TARUYA, Satoru KAWASE, Ryo JIMBA, Ryota KITAMOTO, Yoshinaka HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20220314817
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a fuel cell system, a battery, a drive device that operates with power, a load different from the drive device, a positional information acquisition unit, a traveling route setting unit, and a control device configured to control power to be supplied to the load from the fuel cell system and the battery based on positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition unit and a traveling route set by the traveling route setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Kenji Taruya
  • Publication number: 20220080841
    Abstract: The power system includes a fuel cell stack, a system accessory, a battery, and a control device. The control device executes, based on a state of a vehicle and the battery, one of the following processes: a normal power generation process during which the control device makes a net output greater than 0; a first idling stop process during which the control device makes the net output equal to or less than 0 while continuing operation of the system accessory and power generation by the stack; a second idling stop process during which the control device makes the net output less than 0 by stopping the power generation while continuing the operation of the system accessory; and a third idling atop process during which the control device makes the net output equal to 0, by stopping both the operation of the system accessory and the power generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji TARUYA, Daishi IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20220077481
    Abstract: A power generation control system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a battery mounted in the electric device, and a control device configured to control each of the plurality of fuel cell systems on the basis of states of the plurality of fuel cell systems, a state of the battery, and required power of the plurality of fuel cell systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Akiji Ando, Nobutaka Nakajima, Kenji Taruya, Joji Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20220059855
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power supply control system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a first controller configured to control the plurality of fuel cell systems in an integrated way, and a second controller configured to control the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs among the plurality of fuel cell systems. The second controller acquires a state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs and notifies the first controller of the state of the fuel cell system. The first controller controls power generation of each of the plurality of fuel cell systems on the basis of the state of the fuel cell system to which the second controller belongs acquired by the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori Mori, Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi, Shuhei Sato, Satoshi Ueno, Kenichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220037688
    Abstract: A fuel cell mount apparatus includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, a pipe arrangement, a fluid adjustment part, a pressure detection part, and a control device. The pipe arrangement is individually connected to each of the fuel cell stacks. The fluid adjustment part adjusts a pressure or a flow rate of a fluid which flows through the pipe arrangement. The pressure detection part is disposed on a portion which requires a desired pressure or flow rate of the fluid in the pipe arrangement and detects the pressure of the fluid. The control device controls the fluid adjustment part on the basis of a detection result of the pressure detection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori Mori, Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20210384531
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power supply control system includes a state acquirer configured to acquire states of a plurality of fuel cell systems mounted in an electric device that operates using electric power, a power acquirer configured to acquire a required amount of electric power from the electric device, and a power generation controller configured to control power generation of one or more fuel cell systems among the plurality of fuel cell systems so that the required amount of electric power acquired by the power acquirer is satisfied on the basis of the state of each of the plurality of fuel cell systems acquired by the state acquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Taruya, Daishi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10892501
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel gas leakage sensor provided in a housing chamber to detect leakage of a fuel gas from a fuel cell to an inside of a housing chamber. Circuitry is configured to close at least one of a first valve and a second valve when the fuel gas leakage sensor detects the leakage of the fuel gas. The circuitry is configured to control the fuel cell to generate electric power using the fuel gas in the fuel cell while the at least one of the first valve device and the second valve device is closed when the fuel gas leakage sensor detects the leakage of the fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuto Nakagawa, Kenji Taruya, Tomohisa Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20200298702
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a travel prohibition control unit. In the case where a lid sensor detects an open state of a lid, the travel prohibition control unit performs travel prohibition control to prohibit travel of the fuel cell vehicle. In the case where the number of shift control operations has reached a release number within release time, the travel prohibition control unit releases the travel prohibition control, and in the case where the number of shift control operations has not reached the release number within the release time, the travel prohibition control unit continues the travel prohibition control. The release number is two or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji Taruya, Yasushi Shionoya
  • Patent number: 10461349
    Abstract: A method for controlling a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, includes generating electric current via an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas by the fuel cell including a solid polymer electrolyte membrane. An impedance of the fuel cell is detected. It is determined whether the impedance reaches a threshold impedance. The electric current generated by the fuel cell is increased when the impedance is determined to reach the threshold impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuki Koiwa, Osamu Ogami, Yuji Matsumoto, Kenji Taruya
  • Patent number: 10434880
    Abstract: An electric power supply apparatus includes an electric energy storage, an external power supply circuit, an internal power supply circuit, and circuitry. While the transport apparatus stops, the circuitry is configured to monitor the electric energy storage, the external power supply circuit, and the internal power supply circuit. While the transport apparatus stops, the circuitry is configured to calculate a remaining time during which the electric energy storage is to supply electric power to an external electrical load based on a total power amount, an external electric power, and an internal electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Taruya, Yasushi Shionoya
  • Patent number: 10411280
    Abstract: A method of shutting down a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell includes generating power via an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas. A shutdown command is output to the fuel cell to stop generating power. The fuel cell is controlled to continue generating power during an oxygen consumption process to consume oxygen in the oxidant gas remaining in a cathode system of the fuel cell even when the shutdown command is output to the fuel cell. At least one of voltage, current, and power output from the fuel cell is detected during the oxygen consumption process. Whether an abnormality occurs during the oxygen consumption process is determined based on at least one of the voltage, the current, and the power. The fuel cell is controlled to stop generating power during the oxygen consumption process when it is determined that abnormality occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ojima, Kenji Taruya
  • Patent number: 10249889
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises: a turbo type oxidizing agent pump, the rotary shaft of which is pivotally supported by an air bearing to take in and supply an oxidizing agent gas to a fuel cell by the rotary motion; an actual flow rate detection means for the oxidizing agent gas; a pressure adjustment means for the oxidizing agent gas; a rotary speed monitoring means for the oxidizing agent pump; and a control means which, when the rotary speed of the oxidizing agent pump is within the range of the minimum rotary speed that allows the rotary shaft to be pivotally supported by the air bearing, if the actual flow rate of the oxidizing agent gas is larger than a target flow rate, increases the pressure of the oxidizing agent gas via the pressure adjustment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ueda, Kenji Taruya, Masakazu Hamachi, Nobuki Koiwa