Patents by Inventor Koutaro IKEDA

Koutaro IKEDA 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: 11069905
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator that ensures an improved corrosion resistance under usage environment of a fuel cell and restraining an increase of a contact resistance with a power generation unit by enhancing a sticking force of a conductive carbon film formed on a surface in contact with the power generation unit on a surface of a titanium substrate is provided. It is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a contact portion that is in contact with a power generation unit so as to partition the power generation units including electrodes of the fuel cell, and includes a conductive carbon film formed on the contact portion. First, a titanium substrate that has a plurality of projecting portions formed corresponding to a shape of the contact portion and recessed portions for gas flow channels formed between the projecting portions are prepared as a substrate of the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Seguchi, Koutaro Ikeda, Yukihiro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190190035
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator that ensures an improved corrosion resistance under usage environment of a fuel cell and restraining an increase of a contact resistance with a power generation unit by enhancing a sticking force of a conductive carbon film formed on a surface in contact with the power generation unit on a surface of a titanium substrate is provided. It is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a contact portion that is in contact with a power generation unit so as to partition the power generation units including electrodes of the fuel cell, and includes a conductive carbon film formed on the contact portion. First, a titanium substrate that has a plurality of projecting portions formed corresponding to a shape of the contact portion and recessed portions for gas flow channels formed between the projecting portions are prepared as a substrate of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SEGUCHI, Koutaro IKEDA, Yukihiro SHIBATA