Patents by Inventor Makoto Anazawa

Makoto Anazawa 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: 7914942
    Abstract: The fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; an accessory for the fuel cell; and a fuel cell system box mounted on a vehicle body and housing the fuel cell and the accessory, wherein the fuel cell system box is formed in a vessel shape which has a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the first side wall supporting at least one pipe through which a fluid supplied to the fuel cell flows, and the first side wall is constituted of a material having a specific gravity that is greater than that of the bottom wall and the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Takatsugu Koyama, Mitsunori Matsumoto, Masato Nakaarai
  • Patent number: 7678487
    Abstract: A discharged fuel diluter for a fuel cell includes: a dilution case which defines a dilution space; an offgas introduction pipe which penetrates the dilution case, supplying offgas discharged from the fuel cell in the case; a partitioning member having a rib provided in the dilution case; and a dilution gas pipe which penetrates the dilution case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7641017
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Patent number: 7533748
    Abstract: A vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell includes a fuel cell box which accommodates a fuel cell stack inside. The fuel cell box includes a bottom frame on which the fuel cell stack is mounted, a top frame, the bottom frame and the top frame sandwiching the fuel cell stack, a side frame which forms a framework of the fuel cell box and which is connected to the bottom frame and to the top frame, a bottom holddown member which fixes a bottom portion of the fuel cell stack to the bottom frame, and a top holddown member which fixes a top portion of the fuel cell stack to the top frame. Structural members which are required to carry a fuel cell stack are reduced in weight and miniaturized in size while ensuring the desired installation rigidity when the fuel cell stack is carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Miyajima, Ayumu Ishizuka, Ken Takahashi, Makoto Anazawa, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 7270899
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell for generating electricity by hydrogen and air, a temperature regulating unit for regulating the temperature of the fuel cell, a fuel supply regulating unit for regulating a supply condition of hydrogen to the fuel cell, a humidification unit for supplying the fuel cell with water, a fuel cell output setting unit for setting whether electric power can be taken out of the fuel cell and an exhaust unit. The temperature regulating unit and the fuel cell output setting unit align in a transverse direction of the vehicle to constitute a first group, whereas the fuel supply regulating unit and the humidification unit align in the transverse direction of the vehicle to constitute a second group, whereby the first group, the fuel cell, the second group and the exhaust unit are disposed in that order from the front to rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Harumi Hatano, Takayuki Ogawa, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Sachito Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20070015031
    Abstract: A discharged fuel diluter for a fuel cell includes: a dilution case which defines a dilution space; an offgas introduction pipe which penetrates the dilution case, supplying offgas discharged from the fuel cell in the case; a partitioning member having a rib provided in the dilution case; and a dilution gas pipe which penetrates the dilution case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060272877
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20060113131
    Abstract: The fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; an accessory for the fuel cell; and a fuel cell system box mounted on a vehicle body and housing the fuel cell and the accessory, wherein the fuel cell system box is formed in a vessel shape which has a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the first side wall supporting at least one pipe through which a fluid supplied to the fuel cell flows, and the first side wall is constituted of a material having a specific gravity that is greater than that of the bottom wall and the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Takatsugu Koyama, Mitsunori Matsumoto, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20050173170
    Abstract: A vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell includes a fuel cell box which accommodates a fuel cell stack inside. The fuel cell box includes a bottom frame on which the fuel cell stack is mounted, a top frame, the bottom frame and the top frame sandwiching the fuel cell stack, a side frame which forms a framework of the fuel cell box and which is connected to the bottom frame and to the top frame, a bottom holddown member which fixes a bottom portion of the fuel cell stack to the bottom frame, and a top holddown member which fixes a top portion of the fuel cell stack to the top frame. Structural members which are required to carry a fuel cell stack are reduced in weight and miniaturized in size while ensuring the desired installation rigidity when the fuel cell stack is carried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Miyajima, Ayumu Ishizuka, Ken Takahashi, Makoto Anazawa, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 6874588
    Abstract: The vehicle M which is a fuel cell loading type electric vehicle includes a fuel cell 30, thermoregulator 20 to adjust the temperature of the fuel cell 30; humidifier 40 to supply moisture to the fuel cell; and the high-pressure hydrogen containers 14 and 14, which is filled up with hydrogen. The thermoregulator 20, a fuel cell 30, the humidifier 40, and the high-pressure hydrogen containers 14 and 14 are disposed covering from the front position to the back position of the vehicle, and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in this order. Even when there is a collision of vehicles etc., equipment of the fuel cell system, especially a fuel cell is protected from being damaged and also the space of a vehicle compartment or a load room is fully secured, and further, behavior stability etc. is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Harumi Hatano, Takayuki Ogawa, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Sachito Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20040101725
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell for generating electricity by hydrogen and air, a temperature regulating unit for regulating the temperature of the fuel cell, a fuel supply regulating unit for regulating a supply condition of hydrogen to the fuel cell, a humidification unit for supplying the fuel cell with water, a fuel cell output setting unit for setting whether electric power can be taken out of the fuel cell and an exhaust unit. The temperature regulating unit and the fuel cell output setting unit align in a transverse direction of the vehicle to constitute a first group, whereas the fuel supply regulating unit and the humidification unit align in the transverse direction of the vehicle to constitute a second group, whereby the first group, the fuel cell, the second group and the exhaust unit are disposed in that order from the front to rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Harumi Hatano, Takayuki Ogawa, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Sachito Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20030062204
    Abstract: The vehicle M which is a fuel cell loading type electric vehicle includes a fuel cell 30, thermoregulator 20 to adjust the temperature of the fuel cell 30; humidifier 40 to supply moisture to the fuel cell; and the high-pressure hydrogen containers 14 and 14, which is filled up with hydrogen. The thermoregulator 20, a fuel cell 30, the humidifier 40, and the high-pressure hydrogen containers 14 and 14 are disposed covering from the front position to the back position of the vehicle, and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in this order. Even when there is a collision of vehicles etc., equipment of the fuel cell system, especially a fuel cell is protected from being damaged and also the space of a vehicle compartment or a load room is fully secured, and further, behavior stability etc. is good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Harumi Hatano, Takayuki Ogawa, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Sachito Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6340877
    Abstract: A charging element device comprising columnar charging element modules arranged by serially connecting cylindrical cells via an insulating ring, the module having a terminal at opposite ends thereof; charging element module groups arranged by laterally aligning the modules in parallel; a built-up construction of the modules arranged by building-up the modules groups in several stages; bus bar plates disposed at the opposite ends of the built-up construction and fitted to the terminals; bus bars disposed outside the bus bar plate and serially connecting the terminals; a housing in which cooling air flows and the built-up construction is contained; and mounting plates having a securing ring for holding and securing the insulating ring, the mounting plate being provided below the lowermost modules group, above the uppermost modules group, and between the intermediate modules groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mita, Makoto Anazawa
  • Patent number: 6220380
    Abstract: A battery box is detachably supported below a floor panel at a central portion of an electric vehicle. Batteries are mounted in a rear portion of the battery box, and a control unit and a PDU are mounted in a front portion of the battery box. As a result, the positions of the control unit and the PDU are lowered, which can contribute to the lowering of the center of gravity of a vehicle, and power lines extending from the batteries via the control unit and the PDU to a road wheel driving motor can be disposed at shortest distances, whereby the lengths of the power lines can be suppressed to the minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mita, Makoto Anazawa, Akishiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6188574
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an electric vehicle includes a battery box provided with at least one battery, a blower fan supplying air to cool the batteries, a wind box disposed on the battery box and provided with at least one electric component to be cooled. The wind box is formed with an air passage having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the top, on which the electric component is disposed. The wind box includes an air inlet connected to the blower fan and an air outlet communicating with one end of the battery box, so that the air from the blower fan is supplied to the battery box via the wind box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Anazawa
  • Patent number: 6094927
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes plurality of batteries accommodated in a rear portion of a battery box, and an electric part is accommodated in an electric part accommodating chamber provided in a front portion of the battery box. Cooling air supplied from a cooling fan to the rear portion of the battery box cools the batteries having a large thermal resistance, while being passed through a first cooling air passage around outer peripheries of the batteries at a low flow rate. A second cooling air passage having a smaller sectional area than that of the first cooling air passage is provided below the electric part accommodating chamber, and cooling fins protruding downwards from the electric part are exposed within the second cooling air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Anazawa, Kazuhiko Aitaka, Kazunori Watanabe