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).
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Patent number: 7896115Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
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Patent number: 7824811Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Shujiro Nozaki, Masahiro Matsutani, Kazunori Fukuma
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Patent number: 7678487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7641017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
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Patent number: 7604890Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Matsutani, Shujiro Nozaki, Shinri Hayashi
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Publication number: 20070015031Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Numata, Shujiro Nozaki, Makoto Anazawa, Masahiro Matsutani, Akio Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070007060Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
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Publication number: 20060272877Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Makoto Anazawa, Masato Nakaarai
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Publication number: 20060254906Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Matsutani, Shujiro Nozaki, Shinri Hayashi
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Publication number: 20060040158Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventors: Hideo Numata, Akio Yamamoto, Shujiro Nozaki, Masahiro Matsutani, Kazunori Fukuma