Patents by Inventor Sogo Goto

Sogo Goto 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: 6087028
    Abstract: In a fuel-cells system 20, cooling water circulating through a cooling water flow path 28 is heated by heat exchange carried out in fuel cells 22, subsequently cooled down by a radiator 26, and fed again to the fuel cells 22. A cooling water pump 30 gives a driving force used for circulating the cooling water through the cooling water flow path 28. A control unit 50 of the fuel-cells system 20 measures an inlet cooling water temperature T1 and an outlet cooling water temperature T2 of the fuel cells 22 and calculates a difference .DELTA.T between the observed temperatures T1 and T2. When the difference .DELTA.T is not less than a reference value set equal to 5.degree. C., the control unit 50 determines that a distribution of internal temperature of the fuel cells 22 is in a predetermined non-uniform state. The control unit 50 then increases the driving voltage of the cooling water pump 30 to equalize the internal temperature of the fuel cells 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sogo Goto