Patents by Inventor Mikio YASUNAGA

Mikio YASUNAGA 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: 20240332567
    Abstract: A supply path of hydrogen gas in a fuel cell system connects a plurality of fuel cell stacks in series with each other. The supply path includes a downstream supply path configured to supply the fuel cell stack on a downstream side with exhaust gas of hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell stack on an upstream side, without circulating the exhaust gas to the fuel cell stack on the upstream side, and a circulating path configured to circulate exhaust gas from the fuel cell stack on the downstream side to the fuel cell stack on the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SATO, Makito OKUMURA, Mikio YASUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20240332576
    Abstract: It is a power source in which a plurality of fuel cell systems and one boost converter are connected in series and output power according to the required power. Among the plurality of fuel cell systems, the first fuel cell system generates electricity using a power command obtained by dividing the required power by the number of the plurality of fuel cell systems, and the other fuel cell systems except the first fuel cell system Electricity is generated using a current command having the same current value as the output current of the first fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makito OKUMURA, Mikio Yasunaga, Kenji SATO
  • Publication number: 20240242977
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a unit block including multiple liquid film forming devices each configured to form a liquid film on a top surface of a substrate, and a drying device configured to replace the liquid film with a supercritical fluid to dry the substrate; and a transfer block provided between the multiple liquid film forming devices and the drying device. The transfer block includes a transfer device configured to transfer the substrate between the multiple liquid film forming devices and the drying device, and a length of a transfer path of the substrate is equal between each of the multiple liquid film forming devices and the drying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shota Umezaki, Takahiro Hayashida, Mikio Nakashima, Takafumi Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20240240859
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a drying unit configured to replace a liquid film formed on an upper surface of a substrate in a horizontal state with a supercritical fluid to dry the substrate, wherein the drying unit includes a pressure container provided with a drying chamber formed therein to dry the substrate, and a lid configured to close an opening of the pressure container, and the substrate processing apparatus further comprises a support member configured to support the lid so as to be movable in both a first direction parallel to the opening and a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shota UMEZAKI, Takahiro HAYASHIDA, Mikio NAKASHIMA, Takafumi YASUNAGA