Patents by Inventor Shuzo HONDA

Shuzo HONDA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170023181
    Abstract: Provided are a hydrogen compressor and a hydrogen filling system capable of increasing purity of a hydrogen gas via surely discharging oil trapped from a discharged gas and accumulated in a vessel even during operation of the compressor, and also preventing leakage of the hydrogen gas from an oil discharge pipe. The hydrogen compressor includes vessels of a snubber and a filter each arranged at a downstream side of the final compressing stage of the compressor. The hydrogen compressor further includes oil discharge pipes each connected with a bottom of each vessel, and level sensors each detecting a level of oil accumulated in each vessel. The oil discharge pipes include automatic valves configured to open/close based on detection values of the level sensors. The oil discharge pipes join to be an oil discharge pipe including a manual valve controlling an oil flow rate in the oil discharge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro INOUE, Shigeru ARAI, Shuzo HONDA