Patents by Inventor Michitada OKADA

Michitada OKADA 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: 20230395831
    Abstract: A fuel cell device includes: a fuel cell; and a controller configured to provide a notification to a user and to control a first electronic device configured to make hot water that is heated with exhaust heat of the fuel cell be discharged in response to an operation of the user, in which the controller is configured to, when the fuel cell is in an inactive state, make the first electronic device display a notification that the fuel cell is inactive, and is configured to, when the fuel cell is not reactivated after display of the notification and the user operates the first electronic device, make the first electronic device provide a notification with at least one of a warning sound and warning display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Masato SUZUKI, Michitada OKADA
  • Patent number: 11355766
    Abstract: A fuel cell module may include: a cell stack device including a cell stack including an array of a plurality of fuel cells, a manifold which supplies a fuel gas to each of the fuel cells, and a reformer which reforms a raw fuel; an oxygen-containing gas flow channel through which the oxygen-containing gas flows; an oxygen-containing gas introduction plate which supplies the oxygen-containing gas to each of the plurality of fuel cells; a housing including a box body of which one side is opened to provide an opening and a lid (closed plate) which closes the opening; a gas pipe joint, an ignition heater, a thermocouple, etc. which are a plurality of insertion members inserted from an outside of the housing into an accommodation chamber, the respective insertion members being inserted through one surface (lid surface) of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation, DAINICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Mitsutaka Shimada, Kyosuke Yamauchi, Michitada Okada
  • Publication number: 20190260051
    Abstract: A fuel cell module may include: a cell stack device including a cell stack including an array of a plurality of fuel cells, a manifold which supplies a fuel gas to each of the fuel cells, and a reformer which reforms a raw fuel; an oxygen-containing gas flow channel through which the oxygen-containing gas flows; an oxygen-containing gas introduction plate which supplies the oxygen-containing gas to each of the plurality of fuel cells; a housing including a box body of which one side is opened to provide an opening and a lid (closed plate) which closes the opening; a gas pipe joint, an ignition heater, a thermocouple, etc. which are a plurality of insertion members inserted from an outside of the housing into an accommodation chamber, the respective insertion members being inserted through one surface (lid surface) of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Mitsutaka SHIMADA, Kyosuke YAMAUCHI, Michitada OKADA