Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Teshima

Nobutaka Teshima 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: 11898579
    Abstract: An ejector having a nozzle for jetting a hydrogen gas (working fluid), wherein the nozzle includes an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle, both the nozzles are disposed to encompass an axis of a diffuser, an axis of the inner nozzle or an axis of the outer nozzle is arranged to align with the axis, an inner jet hole through which the hydrogen gas flows is formed in the inner nozzle, an outer jet hole having a ring-shaped cross section through which the hydrogen gas flows is provided between the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle, the outer jet hole when a main body casing is horizontally disposed includes an upper hole portion above the axis and a lower hole portion under the axis, and the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle are mutually eccentrically disposed so that the lower hole portion is narrower than the upper hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka Teshima, Masaaki Matsusue
  • Patent number: 11821394
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus to be mounted in a vehicle includes an injector, a rear delivery pipe and a front delivery pipe connected to the injector, and a fixed flange that is provided in the rear delivery pipe to fix the rear delivery pipe to a PCU. The fixed flange includes a cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka Teshima, Tetsuji Aishima
  • Publication number: 20220136470
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus to be mounted in a vehicle includes an injector, a rear delivery pipe and a front delivery pipe connected to the injector, and a fixed flange that is provided in the rear delivery pipe to fix the rear delivery pipe to a PCU. The fixed flange includes a cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Tetsuji AISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220042523
    Abstract: This fuel supply apparatus includes a fuel injection unit for injecting a gaseous fuel to be supplied to a fuel cell, and an injection control unit for controlling the fuel injection unit, wherein the fuel injection unit is provided with a first fuel injection valve capable of injecting the gaseous fuel by maintaining an opening degree of an injection port for the gaseous fuel at a prescribed opening degree between a fully closed opening degree and fully open opening degree, and a second fuel injection valve for intermittently injecting the gaseous fuel, and wherein the injection control unit controls actuation of the first fuel injection valve and actuation of the second fuel injection valve in coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Masaaki MATSUSUE
  • Publication number: 20220025908
    Abstract: An ejector having a nozzle for jetting a hydrogen gas (working fluid), wherein the nozzle includes an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle, both the nozzles are disposed to encompass an axis of a diffuser, an axis of the inner nozzle or an axis of the outer nozzle is arranged to align with the axis, an inner jet hole through which the hydrogen gas flows is formed in the inner nozzle, an outer jet hole having a ring-shaped cross section through which the hydrogen gas flows is provided between the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle, the outer jet hole when a main body casing is horizontally disposed includes an upper hole portion above the axis and a lower hole portion under the axis, and the inner nozzle and the outer nozzle are mutually eccentrically disposed so that the lower hole portion is narrower than the upper hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Masaaki MATSUSUE
  • Patent number: 10406934
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for a vehicle for preventing intrusion of water in a relief valve without providing a casing or a waterproof sheet for the relief valve is provided. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack placed in a front room of a vehicle, a power control unit to perform output control of the fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply path for supplying hydrogen gas to the fuel cell stack, and the relief valve provided in half way of the hydrogen supply path. The relief valve is placed above the fuel cell stack in the front room and includes an exhaust port. The exhaust port is placed facing an upper surface of a casing of the power control unit with a clearance such that the hydrogen gas is ejected downward through the exhaust port in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka Teshima, Kei Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20180272888
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for a vehicle for preventing intrusion of water in a relief valve without providing a casing or a waterproof sheet for the relief valve is provided. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack placed in a front room of a vehicle, a power control unit to perform output control of the fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply path for supplying hydrogen gas to the fuel cell stack, and the relief valve provided in half way of the hydrogen supply path. The relief valve is placed above the fuel cell stack in the front room and includes an exhaust port. The exhaust port is placed facing an upper surface of a casing of the power control unit with a clearance such that the hydrogen gas is ejected downward through the exhaust port in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobutaka TESHIMA, Kei ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180166733
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including a hydrogen supply port into which hydrogen flows and a hydrogen discharge port from which hydrogen off-gas is discharged; a hydrogen circulation flow path connected to the hydrogen supply port and the hydrogen discharge port; and a circulation system auxiliary mechanism that is provided in the hydrogen circulation flow path and includes a hydrogen inlet into which the hydrogen off-gas flows and a hydrogen outlet from which the hydrogen off-gas flows. At least one of a positional relationship in which the hydrogen outlet is at a position below the hydrogen supply port in the direction of gravity and a positional relationship in which the hydrogen inlet is at a position below the hydrogen discharge port in the direction of gravity is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi KAMINO, Nobutaka TESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180166714
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell stack having a hydrogen supply port into which hydrogen flows; a hydrogen supply flow passage connected to the hydrogen supply port; and an injector connected to the hydrogen supply flow passage so as to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell stack through the hydrogen supply flow passage, and a hydrogen outlet of the injector connected to the hydrogen supply flow passage is disposed more upward in a gravity direction than the hydrogen supply port of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi KAMINO, Nobutaka TESHIMA
  • Patent number: 9029035
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a cell stack body formed by stacking fuel cells on top of each other, end plates arranged at ends in the cell stacking direction of the cell stack body, and a fluid regulation device mounted in a flow path connected to the cell stack body and regulating conditions of fluid flowing in the flow path. The fluid regulation device is fixed to an end plate only at either of a fluid entrance portion and a fluid exit portion of the fluid regulation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Toshiyuki Inagaki, Nobutaka Teshima
  • Patent number: 8741497
    Abstract: A fuel cell system having a hydrogen supply path for supplying a hydrogen gas to a fuel cell, an injector which is provided in the hydrogen supply path and which regulates the pressure of the gas on the upstream side of the hydrogen supply path to inject the pressure-regulated hydrogen gas to the downstream side of the hydrogen supply path, and a surge tank 81 which is provided in the hydrogen supply path on the upstream side from the injector and which suppresses the fluctuation of the pressure of the gas in the hydrogen supply path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Nobutaka Teshima
  • Patent number: 8601872
    Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope according to this invention includes a ring-shaped vibrating body 11 having a uniform plane, a leg portion 15 flexibly supporting the ring-shaped vibrating body and having a fixed end, a fixed potential electrode 16, and a plurality of electrodes 13a, 13b, . . . , 13h formed on the plane with a piezoelectric film sandwiched between an upper-layer metallic film and a lower-layer metallic film in a thickness direction thereof. In this case, in a representative example shown in FIG. 1, when one of driving electrodes 13a for exciting a primary vibration of the ring-shaped vibrating body 11 in a vibration mode of cos N? is set as a reference driving electrode, the plurality of remaining electrodes 13b, . . . , 13h are disposed at specific positions. Such disposition allows this vibrating gyroscope to detect a uniaxial to triaxial angular velocity by adopting a secondary vibration detector inclusive of an out-of-plane vibration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hiroshi Nishida, Osamu Torayashiki, Mitsuhiko Takemura, Tsuyoshi Fujimura, Ryuta Araki, Takafumi Moriguchi, Nobutaka Teshima, Yasuyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 8572828
    Abstract: The present invention includes a mounting structure for mounting a component between a first member and a second member. According to the mounting structure, the component is first placed on a surface of the first member. Then, the second member is fitted with the component by a fitting device, so that the component is positioned relative to the second member. Thereafter, the component is fixed in position relative to the first member by a joint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sakai, Akihisa Hotta, Koji Katano, Toshiyuki Inagaki, Nobutaka Teshima
  • Patent number: 8545610
    Abstract: An adsorbent canister has a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent filled in the adsorption chamber, and a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the adsorbent, defines therein a plurality of cells passing through the honeycomb core and is disposed in the adsorption chamber. The adsorbent canister can further have a heater for heating the honeycomb core or the honeycomb core can be made from a material, which produce heat when current is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Makino, Nobutaka Teshima, Junya Kimoto, Masakazu Hasegawa, Shota Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8518164
    Abstract: An adsorbent canister has a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent filled in the adsorption chamber, and a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the adsorbent, defines therein a plurality of cells passing through the honeycomb core and is disposed in the adsorption chamber. The adsorbent canister can further have a heater for heating the honeycomb core or the honeycomb core can be made from a material, which produce heat when current is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Makino, Nobutaka Teshima, Junya Kimoto, Masakazu Hasegawa, Shota Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8381590
    Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope comprises a ring-shaped vibrating body (11) a leg portion (15) flexibly supporting the body (11) and having a fixed end, a fixed potential electrode (16), and a plurality of electrodes (13a-13d) with a piezoelectric film sandwiched between an upper and a lower-layer metallic film in a thickness direction thereof. When N is a natural number of 2 or more, the plurality of electrodes (13a-13d) include driving electrodes (13a) for a primary vibration in a vibration mode of cosN?, which are each disposed (360/N)° apart from each other in a circumferential direction, first detection electrodes (13b) and second detection electrodes (13d) for detecting a secondary vibration generated when an angular velocity is applied to the body (11), which are each disposed in a certain region related to the driving electrode (13a) Each of the electrodes is also disposed in a certain region of the body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hiroshi Nishida, Osamu Torayashiki, Mitsuhiko Takemura, Tsuyoshi Fujimura, Ryuta Araki, Takafumi Moriguchi, Nobutaka Teshima, Yasuyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 8375792
    Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope according to this invention includes a ring-shaped vibrating body 11 having a uniform plane, a leg portion 15 flexibly supporting the ring-shaped vibrating body and having a fixed end, a fixed potential electrode 16, and a plurality of electrodes 13a, 13b, . . . , 13f formed on the plane with a piezoelectric film sandwiched between an upper-layer metallic film and a lower-layer metallic film in a thickness direction thereof. In this case, in a representative example shown in FIG. 1, when one of driving electrodes 13a for exciting a primary vibration of the ring-shaped vibrating body 11 in a vibration mode of cos N? is set as a reference driving electrode, the plurality of remaining electrodes 13b, . . . , 13f are disposed at specific positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hiroshi Nishida, Osamu Torayashiki, Mitsuhiko Takemura, Tsuyoshi Fujimura, Ryuta Araki, Takafumi Moriguchi, Nobutaka Teshima, Yasuyuki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20120024158
    Abstract: An adsorbent canister has a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent filled in the adsorption chamber, and a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the adsorbent, defines therein a plurality of cells passing through the honeycomb core and is disposed in the adsorption chamber. The adsorbent canister can further have a heater for heating the honeycomb core or the honeycomb core can be made from a material, which produce heat when current is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiko MAKINO, Nobutaka TESHIMA, Junya KIMOTO, Masakazu HASEGAWA, Shota YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 8088531
    Abstract: The present application provides a technique prevents a regulator arranged on a gas supplying path that supplies gas to a fuel cell installed in a fuel cell system from functioning erroneously, by controlling the pressure increase within the upper stream side of the regulator. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an oxide gas supplying path to supply oxide gas to the fuel cell, a fuel gas supplying path to supply fuel gas to the fuel cell, a secondary regulator arranged on the fuel supplying path, a bypass path communicating the upper stream side path of the secondary regulator with the lower stream side path of the secondary regulator, and a pressure controlling valve that is closed in a case where the pressure difference between the upper stream side path and the lower stream side path is less than a predetermined amount, and opened in a case where the pressure difference between the upper stream side path and the lower stream side path exceeds the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Norio Yamagishi, Nobutaka Teshima, Akihisa Hotta
  • Publication number: 20110041606
    Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope according to this invention includes a ring-shaped vibrating body 11 having a uniform plane, a leg portion 15 flexibly supporting the ring-shaped vibrating body and having a fixed end, a fixed potential electrode 16, and a plurality of electrodes 13a, 13b, . . . , 13h formed on the plane with a piezoelectric film sandwiched between an upper-layer metallic film and a lower-layer metallic film in a thickness direction thereof. In this case, in a representative example shown in FIG. 1, when one of driving electrodes 13a for exciting a primary vibration of the ring-shaped vibrating body 11 in a vibration mode of cos N? is set as a reference driving electrode, the plurality of remaining electrodes 13b, . . . , 13h are disposed at specific positions. Such disposition allows this vibrating gyroscope to detect a uniaxial to triaxial angular velocity by adopting a secondary vibration detector inclusive of an out-of-plane vibration mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hiroshi Nishida, Osamu Torayashiki, Mitsuhiko Takemura, Tsuyoshi Fujimura, Ryuta Araki, Takafumi Moriguchi, Nobutaka Teshima, Yasuyuki Hirata