Patents by Inventor Mitsuaki INAGAKI

Mitsuaki INAGAKI 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).

  • Hydrogen storage unit and fuel cell system
    Patent number: 11626601
    Abstract: To provide a hydrogen storage unit that can heat a storage container including hydrogen absorbing alloy with favorable thermal efficiency, and a fuel cell system provided with the hydrogen storage unit. The cell body of the fuel cell is provided with a fuel cell stack configured to react hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity, and a stack cooling passage configured to cool the fuel cell stack by circulation of a heat medium. The hydrogen storage unit of the hydrogen supply unit of the fuel cell is provided with: a housing; a plurality of cylinders that are housed in the housing and include hydrogen absorbing alloy; and a temperature control member having a heat medium flowing through the temperature control member so as to heat or cool the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Inagaki
  • HYDROGEN STORAGE UNIT AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190273271
    Abstract: To provide a hydrogen storage unit that can heat a storage container including hydrogen absorbing alloy with favorable thermal efficiency, and a fuel cell system provided with the hydrogen storage unit. The cell body of the fuel cell is provided with a fuel cell stack configured to react hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity, and a stack cooling passage configured to cool the fuel cell stack by circulation of a heat medium. The hydrogen storage unit of the hydrogen supply unit of the fuel cell is provided with: a housing; a plurality of cylinders that are housed in the housing and include hydrogen absorbing alloy; and a temperature control member having a heat medium flowing through the temperature control member so as to heat or cool the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Mitsuaki INAGAKI