Patents by Inventor Masahiro Mihara

Masahiro Mihara 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: 11962052
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Masahiro Mihara, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Matsuo, Norihisa Matake
  • Publication number: 20220190377
    Abstract: This fuel cell cartridge includes a plurality of cell stacks including a plurality of cells for forming a solid oxide fuel cell. A cell stack group including the plurality of cell stacks includes an inner cell stack group arranged in an inner region of a cell arrangement region and an outer cell stack group arranged in an outer region. The inner cell stack group and the outer cell stack group are connected in series and a current density of the outer cell stack group is configured to be higher than a current density of the inner cell stack group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Ryutaro MORI, Norihisa MATAKE, Masahiro MIHARA, Daigo KOBAYASHI, Nagao HISATOME
  • Publication number: 20220131174
    Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daigo KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki OZAWA, Masahiro MIHARA, Ryutaro MORI, Takeshi MATSUO, Norihisa MATAKE
  • Patent number: 9406965
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell capable of reducing the size thereof by reducing the installation space. The fuel cell includs a plurality of cell tubes, a lower tube plate fixing one end portion of the plurality of cell tubes, a gas flow path portion communicatively connected to an electric power generating chamber through the lower tube plate, a fuel discharge header and an air supply passage provided in the gas flow path portion, in which the fuel discharge header is communicatively connected to an interior of the cell tubes on one surface side and is adjacent to the air supply passage on the other surface and a side surface with a metal member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Miyamoto, Masahiro Mihara, Norihisa Matake, Takeshi Matsuo, Masaki Yasunaga, Tomonori Souda
  • Publication number: 20150171458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell module capable of properly supporting many cell stacks. A plurality of thin plate holes (21-1 to 21-n), through which a plurality of cell stacks (5-1 to 5-n) respectively penetrate, are formed in a tube plate (2) supporting the plurality of cell stacks (5-1 to 5-n). The tube plate (2) is formed of a plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n) forming the plurality of thin plate holes (21-1 to 21-n) and a thick plate portion (23) disposed surrounding the plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n) and having a larger plate thickness than the plurality of thin plate portions (22-1 to 22-n). Such a tube plate (2) is less likely to deform compared with other tube plates having a generally uniform plate thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Miyamoto, Masahiro Mihara, Norihisa Matake, Takeshi Matsuo, Shunsaku Matsumoto, Katsuaki Inoue, Masaki Yasunaga, Tomonori Souda
  • Publication number: 20130216929
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell capable of reducing the size thereof by reducing the installation space. The fuel cell includs a plurality of cell tubes, a lower tube plate fixing one end portion of the plurality of cell tubes, a gas flow path portion communicatively connected to an electric power generating chamber through the lower tube plate, a fuel discharge header and an air supply passage provided in the gas flow path portion, in which the fuel discharge header is communicatively connected to an interior of the cell tubes on one surface side and is adjacent to the air supply passage on the other surface and a side surface with a metal member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MIYAMOTO, Masahiro MIHARA, Norihisa MATAKE, Takeshi MATSUO, Masaki YASUNAGA, Tomonori SOUDA
  • Publication number: 20120108304
    Abstract: A game device is provided that can reduce the size of the device and can execute the simulation of a match game scene based on an operation input by a game player. The game device includes a field panel imitating a field of a sporting event, card holding stages that are arranged in the locations indicating the positions of players in the sporting event on the field panel, and holding card in a raised state, a card information reading means for reading card information recorded on the cards held by the card holding stages, and a game execution control means for controlling the execution of a game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Satoshi Horie, Atsushi Ueno, Toru Mori, Yuichiro Murotsuka, Masahiro Mihara
  • Publication number: 20110263338
    Abstract: To provide a game device that can reduce the size of the device and can execute the simulation of a match game scene based on an operation input by a game player. A field panel 9 imitating a field of a sporting event, card holding stages 10 that are arranged in the locations indicating the positions of players in the sporting event on the field panel 9, and holding card 11 in a raised state, a card information reading means for reading card information recorded on the cards 11 held by the card holding stages 10, and a game execution control means for controlling the execution of a game are provided. Further, the game execution control means includes a means for controlling, based on the card information read by the card information reading means, the execution of the simulation of the match game scene, which is displayed on the touch panel 6 based on the operation by the game player, to be a predetermined number of times that is set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SEGA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Horie, Atsushi Ueno, Toru Mori, Yuichiro Murotsuka, Masahiro Mihara