Patents by Inventor Shunsuke SHINTANI

Shunsuke SHINTANI 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).

  • Reformer, cell stack apparatus, fuel cell module, and fuel cell apparatus
    Patent number: 11456473
    Abstract: A reformer of the present disclosure includes a reformer body having a cylindrical shape that carries out a reforming reaction by a raw fuel gas and water supplied thereto, the reformer body including therein a vaporization portion which generates steam and a reforming portion which reacts the steam generated in the vaporization portion with the raw fuel gas to generate a reformed gas, at least one of a convex portion and a rough portion having a higher degree of surface roughness than that of other portions, being disposed on at least one of an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the reformer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: KYOCERA CORPORATION, DAINICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Shintani, Naruto Takahashi, Norihisa Shibasaki, Naoki Yokoo
  • REFORMER, CELL STACK APPARATUS, FUEL CELL MODULE, AND FUEL CELL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190245229
    Abstract: A reformer of the present disclosure includes a reformer body having a cylindrical shape that carries out a reforming reaction by a raw fuel gas and water supplied thereto, the reformer body including therein a vaporization portion which generates steam and a reforming portion which reacts the steam generated in the vaporization portion with the raw fuel gas to generate a reformed gas, at least one of a convex portion and a rough portion having a higher degree of surface roughness than that of other portions, being disposed on at least one of an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the reformer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: KYOCERA CORPORATION, DAINICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke SHINTANI, Naruto TAKAHASHI, Norihisa SHIBASAKI, Naoki YOKOO