Patents by Inventor Ryo Jimba

Ryo Jimba 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: 11831052
    Abstract: An electric power supply system of an embodiment includes a plurality of fuel cell systems having fuel cell stacks, a controller configured to control to perform stable output electric generation in one fuel cell system having one fuel cell stack, in which a degraded state of an electrode is relatively large, among the plurality of fuel cell stacks, and to perform transient response electric generation in other fuel cell system having other fuel cell stack, in which a degraded state of an electrode is relatively small, and a cell voltage sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Jimba, Seiji Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220320538
    Abstract: A fuel cell power system includes a plurality of fuel cell systems that include a fuel cell stack and a fuel tank for storing fuel gas and supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell power system includes an auxiliary machine that is connected to be electrically switchable to any of the plurality of fuel cell system, and consume electric power output from the plurality of fuel cell systems. The fuel cell power system includes a control device that switches the fuel cell system to which the auxiliary machine is connected, on the basis of the states of the plurality of the fuel cell systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji TARUYA, Satoru KAWASE, Ryo JIMBA, Ryota KITAMOTO, Yoshinaka HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20220302483
    Abstract: An electric power supply system of an embodiment includes a plurality of fuel cell systems having fuel cell stacks, a controller configured to control to perform stable output electric generation in one fuel cell system having one fuel cell stack, in which a degraded state of an electrode is relatively large, among the plurality of fuel cell stacks, and to perform transient response electric generation in other fuel cell system having other fuel cell stack, in which a degraded state of an electrode is relatively small, and a cell voltage sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Jimba, Seiji Sugiura
  • Patent number: 7588844
    Abstract: When it is detected that the temperature of the fuel cell stack is at the freezing temperature of water or less (step S1), an operation mode using a freezing temperature starting up operation control map is selected (step S2). Freezing temperature starting up operation of the fuel cell stack is performed according to the freezing temperature starting up operation control map (step S3). Then, when it is detected that the temperature of the fuel cell stack exceeds the freezing temperature (step S4), the operation mode using the freezing temperature starting up operation control map is switched to an operation mode using a normal starting up operation control map (step S5). Thus, normal starting up operation is performed according to the normal starting up control map (step S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Hayashi, Shigeru Inai, Hideo Kato, Ryo Jimba, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroshi Morikawa, Hiromichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20050053809
    Abstract: When it is detected that the temperature of the fuel cell stack is at the freezing temperature of water or less (step S1), an operation mode using a freezing temperature starting up operation control map is selected (step S2). Freezing temperature starting up operation of the fuel cell stack is performed according to the freezing temperature starting up operation control map (step S3). Then, when it is detected that the temperature of the fuel cell stack exceeds the freezing temperature (step S4), the operation mode using the freezing temperature starting up operation control map is switched to an operation mode using a normal starting up operation control map (step S5). Thus, normal starting up operation is performed according to the normal starting up control map (step S6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Hayashi, Shigeru Inai, Hideo Kato, Ryo Jimba, Masahiro Mohri, Hiroshi Morikawa, Hiromichi Yoshida