Patents by Inventor Motoyuki Kimata

Motoyuki Kimata 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: 11837762
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell system configured to accurately control the gas flow rate and pressure ratio of a turbo-type air compressor. The fuel cell system is a fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell, an air compressor, an oxidant gas supply flow path, an oxidant gas discharge flow path, an oxidant gas outlet valve, a bypass flow path, a bypass valve, an atmospheric pressure sensor, an outside temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a rotational frequency sensor, an angle sensor, a controller, and a calculator configured to estimate the flow resistance Zd, total pressure, partial pressure and energy of each of members that are the air compressor, the oxidant gas outlet valve and the bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Hasegawa, Motoyuki Kimata, Nobukazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20210376357
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell system configured to accurately control the gas flow rate and pressure ratio of a turbo-type air compressor. The fuel cell system is a fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell, an air compressor, an oxidant gas supply flow path, an oxidant gas discharge flow path, an oxidant gas outlet valve, a bypass flow path, a bypass valve, an atmospheric pressure sensor, an outside temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a rotational frequency sensor, an angle sensor, a controller, and a calculator configured to estimate the flow resistance Zd, total pressure, partial pressure and energy of each of members that are the air compressor, the oxidant gas outlet valve and the bypass valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki HASEGAWA, Motoyuki KIMATA, Nobukazu MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10916788
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices of a control system for gas flow. The control system controls gas flow through a fuel cell stack of a vehicle. The control system includes two or more components including one or more actuators and a fuel cell. The control system includes an electronic control unit connected to the two or more components. The control system is configured to determine initial values and previous timestep values. The control system is configured to determine or estimate a total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components based on the initial values and the previous timestep values. The control system is configured to control the one or more actuators based on the total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Hasegawa, Daniel Folick, Jared Farnsworth, Motoyuki Kimata
  • Publication number: 20200251760
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices of a control system for gas flow. The control system controls gas flow through a fuel cell stack of a vehicle. The control system includes two or more components including one or more actuators and a fuel cell. The control system includes an electronic control unit connected to the two or more components. The control system is configured to determine initial values and previous timestep values. The control system is configured to determine or estimate a total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components based on the initial values and the previous timestep values. The control system is configured to control the one or more actuators based on the total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Shigeki Hasegawa, Daniel Folick, Jared Farnsworth, Motoyuki Kimata