Patents by Inventor Makoto Kawauchi

Makoto Kawauchi 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: 20250067225
    Abstract: An engine system includes: a reformer including a catalyst for decomposing fuel into hydrogen and configured to reform the fuel to generate a reformed gas containing the hydrogen; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the reformed gas; a rotation fluctuation detection unit configured to detect an amount of rotation fluctuation of an engine; and a deterioration detection unit configured to detect whether reforming performance of the catalyst of the reformer is deteriorated based on detection values of the temperature detection unit and the rotation fluctuation detection unit, wherein when, in an idling period of the engine, the amount of rotation fluctuation of the engine is equal to or greater than a second threshold in a state where the temperature of the reformed gas is equal to or higher than a first threshold, the deterioration detection unit determines that the reforming performance of the catalyst is deteriorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKIKAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Norinosuke NAKATANI, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Takayuki HOMMA, Shohei MATSUMOTO, Hideaki SUZUKI, Hidehito KUBO, Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Makoto KOIKE
  • Patent number: 12038018
    Abstract: To provide a simple blower which can suppress the infiltration of a target gas into a shaft hole and having a small size and cost reduction, a blower comprising a first casing (11) formed with a gas passage (11c) for introducing a high temperature gas and a shaft hole (11e) for communicating therewith, a rotating shaft (14) inserted to be freely rotatable within the shaft hole (11e), an impeller (13) housed within the first casing (11) which integrally rotates with the rotating shaft (14), a motor (15) for driving the rotating shaft (14) from the rear end side, a second casing (12) having an interior space (21) which communicates with the shaft hole (11e) and supporting the rotating shaft (14) via bearing (22A, 22B), and a purge gas introduction means (16) which introduces to the interior space (21), a purge gas having a higher pressure than a pressure of the shaft hole (11e), wherein the inflow of an exhaust gas into the shaft hole (11e) from the gas passage (11c) side of the first casing (11) is suppressed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kimihiko Sato, Makoto Kawauchi, Hiroki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20220213899
    Abstract: To provide a simple blower which can suppress the infiltration of a target gas into a shaft hole and having a small size and cost reduction, a blower comprising a first casing (11) formed with a gas passage (11c) for introducing a high temperature gas and a shaft hole (11e) for communicating therewith, a rotating shaft (14) inserted to be freely rotatable within the shaft hole (11e), an impeller (13) housed within the first casing (11) which integrally rotates with the rotating shaft (14), a motor (15) for driving the rotating shaft (14) from the rear end side, a second casing (12) having an interior space (21) which communicates with the shaft hole (11e) and supporting the rotating shaft (14) via bearing (22A, 22B), and a purge gas introduction means (16) which introduces to the interior space (21), a purge gas having a higher pressure than a pressure of the shaft hole (11e), wherein the inflow of an exhaust gas into the shaft hole (11e) from the gas passage (11c) side of the first casing (11) is suppressed
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kimihiko Sato, Makoto Kawauchi, Hiroki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20050095149
    Abstract: A magnetic drive pump includes a pump chamber, an impeller rotatably supported in the pump chamber, and a drive mechanism for rotating the impeller, wherein the drive mechanism includes a magnetic member integrally attached to a drive member rotatably disposed at an outside of a partition wall for separating the pump chamber from the outside and an inductor member including a conductor material, integrally attached to the impeller, and rotated by a driving force corresponding to an induction current generated by rotation of the magnetic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Seiya Tanaka, Mikihisa Suzuki, Makoto Kawauchi