Patents by Inventor Shujiro Nozaki

Shujiro Nozaki 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: 7896115
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided on the bottom of the vehicle body; a floor tunnel that is formed bulging upward in the center of the floor panel in the vehicle body width; a pair of front seats that are disposed on the floor panel, outside of the floor tunnel in the vehicle body width direction; center frames that support the floor tunnel, disposed at the center in the vehicle body width and extending along the vehicle body longitudinal direction; a sub-frame provided on the bottom of the floor panel and joined to the center frames; and a fuel cell stack mounted on the sub-frame and provided under the floor tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
  • Patent number: 7824811
    Abstract: A fuel cell discharge-gas processing device that dilutes anode off-gas discharged from a fuel cell anode by mixing the anode off-gas with a diluent gas so as to produce a diluted gas and then discharges mixture of the anode off-gas and the diluent gas, includes: a dilution container; an anode off-gas introduction path; a diluent gas path through; a diluent gas emission hole; a mixed gas discharge hole; at least one partition panel; and a communication gas path, wherein the anode off-gas emission hole is provided so as to emit anode off-gas toward the partition panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Shujiro Nozaki, Masahiro Matsutani, Kazunori Fukuma
  • Patent number: 7678487
    Abstract: A discharged fuel diluter for a fuel cell includes: a dilution case which defines a dilution space; an offgas introduction pipe which penetrates the dilution case, supplying offgas discharged from the fuel cell in the case; a partitioning member having a rib provided in the dilution case; and a dilution gas pipe which penetrates the dilution case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7641017
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Patent number: 7604890
    Abstract: A fuel cell discharge-gas processing device includes: an anode off-gas introduction path which introduces an anode off-gas discharged from an anode of a fuel cell; a dilution container which is connected to the anode off-gas introduction path, and into which the anode off-gas is introduced; and a bypass path which branches off from a cathode gas supply path for supplying a cathode gas to a cathode of the fuel cell, and is connected to the dilution container so as to bypass the fuel cell. While the fuel cell is in operation, the cathode gas supplied from the bypass path into the dilution container is discharged to an exterior of the dilution container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Matsutani, Shujiro Nozaki, Shinri Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20070015031
    Abstract: A discharged fuel diluter for a fuel cell includes: a dilution case which defines a dilution space; an offgas introduction pipe which penetrates the dilution case, supplying offgas discharged from the fuel cell in the case; a partitioning member having a rib provided in the dilution case; and a dilution gas pipe which penetrates the dilution case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070007060
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided on the bottom of the vehicle body; a floor tunnel that is formed bulging upward in the center of the floor panel in the vehicle body width; a pair of front seats that are disposed on the floor panel, outside of the floor tunnel in the vehicle body width direction; center frames that support the floor tunnel, disposed at the center in the vehicle body width and extending along the vehicle body longitudinal direction; a sub-frame provided on the bottom of the floor panel and joined to the center frames; and a fuel cell stack mounted on the sub-frame and provided under the floor tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
  • Publication number: 20060272877
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a vehicle body having a floor frame; a fuel cell that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; and a subframe on which the fuel cell is mounted, being attached to the lower side of the floor frame and has a pair of side frames that extend in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body, wherein the bottom end of the fuel cell disposed at a position between the upper end and the lower end of the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
  • Publication number: 20060254906
    Abstract: A fuel cell discharge-gas processing device includes: an anode off-gas introduction path which introduces an anode off-gas discharged from an anode of a fuel cell; a dilution container which is connected to the anode off-gas introduction path, and into which the anode off-gas is introduced; and a bypass path which branches off from a cathode gas supply path for supplying a cathode gas to a cathode of the fuel cell, and is connected to the dilution container so as to bypass the fuel cell. While the fuel cell is in operation, the cathode gas supplied from the bypass path into the dilution container is discharged to an exterior of the dilution container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Matsutani, Shujiro Nozaki, Shinri Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20060040158
    Abstract: A fuel cell discharge-gas processing device that dilutes anode off-gas discharged from a fuel cell anode by mixing the anode off-gas with a diluent gas so as to produce a diluted gas and then discharges mixture of the anode off-gas and the diluent gas, includes: a dilution container; an anode off-gas introduction path; a diluent gas path through; a diluent gas emission hole; a mixed gas discharge hole; at least one partition panel; and a communication gas path, wherein the anode off-gas emission hole is provided so as to emit anode off-gas toward the partition panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Shujiro Nozaki, Masahiro Matsutani, Kazunori Fukuma