Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka Shimada

Mitsutaka Shimada 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: 11843139
    Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell module including a housing and a fuel cell housed in the housing, the fuel cell generating electric power with use of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; and a heat exchanger which carries out heat exchange between a medium and exhaust gas from the fuel cell module, the heat exchanger being arranged laterally to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation, DAINICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Mitsutaka Shimada, Kyosuke Yamauchi, Takayuki Maruyama, Tatsuya Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 11742505
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a controller that controls an amount of air flow to be supplied from an air blower included in an oxygen-containing gas supply to a cell stack to cause a power level (in amperes) of a fuel cell controllable by a power level regulator (power conditioner) and an air utilization to have an increase-control section in which the air utilization increases in accordance with an increase in the power level of the fuel cell and a decrease-control section in which the air utilization decreases in accordance with an increase in the power level. The air utilization is a ratio of an air amount used by the fuel cell for power generation to an oxygen-containing gas (air) amount supplied to the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation, DAINICHI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyosuke Yamauchi, Mitsutaka Shimada
  • 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: 20220140366
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a controller that controls an amount of air flow to be supplied from an air blower included in an oxygen-containing gas supply to a cell stack to cause a power level (in amperes) of a fuel cell controllable by a power level regulator (power conditioner) and an air utilization to have an increase-control section in which the air utilization increases in accordance with an increase in the power level of the fuel cell and a decrease-control section in which the air utilization decreases in accordance with an increase in the power level. The air utilization is a ratio of an air amount used by the fuel cell for power generation to an oxygen-containing gas (air) amount supplied to the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kyosuke YAMAUCHI, Mitsutaka SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11271239
    Abstract: A fuel cell module includes: a cell stack apparatus including a cell stack including an array of a plurality of fuel cells, a manifold which feeds a fuel gas to each of the fuel cells, and a reformer which reforms a raw fuel; an oxygen-containing gas introduction plate which feeds an oxygen-containing gas to each of the fuel cells; and a housing which houses the cell stack apparatus and the oxygen-containing gas introduction plate. The housing includes a box having an open side and a lid which closes the open side of the box, and the box has a length of the open side which is greater than a maximum length of a projected plane of the cell stack apparatus as viewed from a lateral side of the cell stack apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Mitsutaka Shimada, Kyosuke Yamauchi, Naoki Yokoo, Takayuki Maruyama, Tatsuya Kanbayashi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190237795
    Abstract: A fuel cell module includes: a cell stack apparatus including a cell stack including an array of a plurality of fuel cells, a manifold which feeds a fuel gas to each of the fuel cells, and a reformer which reforms a raw fuel; an oxygen-containing gas introduction plate which feeds an oxygen-containing gas to each of the fuel cells; and a housing which houses the cell stack apparatus and the oxygen-containing gas introduction plate. The housing includes a box having an open side and a lid which closes the open side of the box, and the box has a length of the open side which is greater than a maximum length of a projected plane of the cell stack apparatus as viewed from a lateral side of the cell stack apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Mitsutaka SHIMADA, Kyosuke YAMAUCHI, Naoki YOKOO, Takayuki MARUYAMA, Tatsuya KANBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190221869
    Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell module including a housing and a fuel cell housed in the housing, the fuel cell generating electric power with use of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; and a heat exchanger which carries out heat exchange between a medium and exhaust gas from the fuel cell module, the heat exchanger being arranged laterally to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Mitsutaka SHIMADA, Kyosuke YAMAUCHI, Takayuki MARUYAMA, Tatsuya KANBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7513022
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed, which comprises a surface acoustic wave element including a lithium tantalate piezoelectric substrate 10 with one principal surface thereof formed with an IDT electrode 11, a connector electrode 12 and a periphery sealing electrode 13, and a base substrate 2 formed with an electrode 21 for connection to the element connected to the connector electrode 12 through a solder bump component 3 and a periphery sealing conductor film 22 joined to the periphery sealing electrode 13 thorough a solder sealing component 4. For the solder bump component 3 and the solder sealing component 4, a Sn—Sb based or Sn—Ag based lead-free solder containing 90% or more Sn is used, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate 2 is set in the range of 9-20 pm/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Shimada, Yoshifumi Yamagata, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Masafumi Hisataka, Akira Oikawa, Michihiko Kuwahata, Masaru Yamano
  • Patent number: 7248133
    Abstract: A plurality of surface acoustic wave elements, with an IDT electrode 2 and a pad electrode 3 formed on the principal surface of a piezoelectric substrate 1, are formed to be flip-chip mounted on a circuit board 5 and sealed using sealing resin 7. The circuit board 5 is diced integrally with the sealing resin 7 applying a rotating dicing blade 8 from the bottom surface side thereof to produce a plurality of surface acoustic wave devices. The side surfaces of the surface acoustic wave devices can be formed perpendicularly with dimensional accuracy without rounding or chipping an edge portion of the sealing resin 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Koga, Kiyohiro Iioka, Mitsutaka Shimada, Shinichiro Kitanishi
  • Patent number: 7154206
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed, which comprises a surface acoustic wave element including a lithium tantalate piezoelectric substrate 10 with one principal surface thereof formed with an IDT electrode 11, a connector electrode 12 and a periphery sealing electrode 13, and a base substrate 2 formed with an electrode 21 for connection to the element connected to the connector electrode 12 through a solder bump component 3 and a periphery sealing conductor film 22 joined to the periphery sealing electrode 13 thorough a solder sealing component 4. For the solder bump component 3 and the solder sealing component 4, a Sn—Sb based or Sn—Ag based lead-free solder containing 90% or more Sn is used, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate 2 is set in the range of 9–20 pm/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Shimada, Yoshifumi Yamagata, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Masafumi Hisataka, Akira Oikawa, Michihiko Kuwahata, Masaru Yamano
  • Publication number: 20060220500
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed, which comprises a surface acoustic wave element including a lithium tantalate piezoelectric substrate 10 with one principal surface thereof formed with an IDT electrode 11, a connector electrode 12 and a periphery sealing electrode 13, and a base substrate 2 formed with an electrode 21 for connection to the element connected to the connector electrode 12 through a solder bump component 3 and a periphery sealing conductor film 22 joined to the periphery sealing electrode 13 thorough a solder sealing component 4. For the solder bump component 3 and the solder sealing component 4, a Sn—Sb based or Sn—Ag based lead-free solder containing 90% or more Sn is used, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate 2 is set in the range of 9-20 pm/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Shimada, Yoshifumi Yamagata, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Masafumi Hisataka, Akira Oikawa, Michihiko Kuwahata, Masaru Yamano
  • Publication number: 20060012450
    Abstract: A plurality of surface acoustic wave elements, with an IDT electrode 2 and a pad electrode 3 formed on the principal surface of a piezoelectric substrate 1, are formed to be flip-chip mounted on a circuit board 5 and sealed using sealing resin 7. The circuit board 5 is diced integrally with the sealing resin 7 applying a rotating dicing blade 8 from the bottom surface side thereof to produce a plurality of surface acoustic wave devices. The side surfaces of the surface acoustic wave devices can be formed perpendicularly with dimensional accuracy without rounding or chipping an edge portion of the sealing resin 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Wataru Koga, Kiyohiro Iioka, Mitsutaka Shimada, Shinichiro Kitanishi
  • Publication number: 20040113215
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed, which comprises a surface acoustic wave element including a lithium tantalate piezoelectric substrate 10 with one principal surface thereof formed with an IDT electrode 11, a connector electrode 12 and a periphery sealing electrode 13, and a base substrate 2 formed with an electrode 21 for connection to the element connected to the connector electrode 12 through a solder bump component 3 and a periphery sealing conductor film 22 joined to the periphery sealing electrode 13 thorough a solder sealing component 4. For the solder bump component 3 and the solder sealing component 4, a Sn—Sb based or Sn—Ag based lead-free solder containing 90% or more Sn is used, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate 2 is set in the range of 9-20 pm/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Shimada, Yoshifumi Yamagata, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Masafumi Hisataka, Akira Oikawa, Michihiko Kuwahata, Masaru Yamano