Patents by Inventor Takanori OTSURA
Takanori OTSURA 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: 11407306Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel tank module that accommodates a fuel gas, and a rail arranged along a vehicle-width direction of the fuel cell vehicle in a floor part of the fuel cell vehicle, in which the fuel tank module includes a casing that accommodates a fuel tank accommodating the fuel gas, a block unit arranged in a bottom surface of the casing and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the rail and movable along the rail, and a fixation unit that can fix the block unit to the rail and release fixation of the block unit to the rail.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Otsura, Hiroya Nakaji, Kazuhiro Higashiyama, Atsushi Fujimatsu, Koki Matsuno, Tsutomu Kumazaki, Itaru Kuwahara
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Publication number: 20210252971Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel tank module that accommodates a fuel gas, and a rail arranged along a vehicle-width direction of the fuel cell vehicle in a floor part of the fuel cell vehicle, in which the fuel tank module includes a casing that accommodates a fuel tank accommodating the fuel gas, a block unit arranged in a bottom surface of the casing and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the rail and movable along the rail, and a fixation unit that can fix the block unit to the rail and release fixation of the block unit to the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Hiroya NAKAJI, Kazuhiro HIGASHIYAMA, Atsushi FUJIMATSU, Koki MATSUNO, Tsutomu KUMAZAKI, Itaru KUWAHARA
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Patent number: 10926628Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel gas tank in an underfloor of the vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle includes: a floor that has a projecting portion projecting upward in a height direction of the vehicle and extending along a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a fuel gas tank arranged under the projecting portion in the height direction of the vehicle and fixed to the floor; and an undercover arranged under the fuel gas tank in the height direction of the vehicle. The undercover has a fixation protruded portion that projects upward in the height direction of the vehicle in a side of the fuel gas tank in a width direction of the vehicle, and being fixed to the floor by the fixation protruded portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Otsura, Shigeaki Murata
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Patent number: 10355293Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell vehicle equipped with a fuel cell. The fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel gas supply piping located in floor of the fuel cell vehicle and configured to supply a fuel gas to the fuel cell; an exhaust drainage piping located under the floor and configured to discharge an exhaust gas and water from the fuel cell; a muffler located below the fuel gas supply piping in a direction of gravity and connected with the exhaust drainage piping; and an undercover located below the muffler and provided to cover the floor, the undercover having a gap along a front-rear direction of the fuel cell vehicle formed between a front wheel of the fuel cell vehicle. The muffler is placed on any straight line that passes through the fuel gas supply pipe and that connects any point of a contact area in which the front wheel is in contact with ground surface with the gap in a view of a left-right direction of the fuel cell vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeaki Murata, Takanori Otsura
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Patent number: 10181616Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a tank, a discharge flow path discharging a fluid discharged from the fuel cell stack, a muffler attached to the discharge flow paths, and a vehicle member defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber accommodating the fuel cell stack and the second chamber being disposed behind the first chamber and accommodating the tank and the muffler. The second chamber is also provided with a front portion and a rear portion continuous with the front portion, the rear portion being shorter than the front portion in average length in a vehicle width direction. The muffler is disposed between the tank and one of a pair of side wall portions defining side walls of the front portion in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeaki Murata, Takanori Otsura, Yasuhiko Ohashi
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Publication number: 20180366746Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell vehicle equipped with a fuel cell. The fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel gas supply piping located in floor of the fuel cell vehicle and configured to supply a fuel gas to the fuel cell; an exhaust drainage piping located under the floor and configured to discharge an exhaust gas and water from the fuel cell; a muffler located below the fuel gas supply piping in a direction of gravity and connected with the exhaust drainage piping; and an undercover located below the muffler and provided to cover the floor, the undercover having a gap along a front-rear direction of the fuel cell vehicle formed between a front wheel of the fuel cell vehicle. The muffler is placed on any straight line that passes through the fuel gas supply pipe and that connects any point of a contact area in which the front wheel is in contact with ground surface with the gap in a view of a left-right direction of the fuel cell vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Shigeaki MURATA, Takanori OTSURA
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Publication number: 20180354558Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell module, a discharge port through which exhaust gas including water produced in the fuel cell module is discharged, the discharge port being disposed on an under floor and between a front wheel axle and a rear wheel axle of the fuel cell vehicle, and a guiding section capable of guiding the exhaust gas to flow toward a rearward side beyond the rear wheel axle while the fuel cell vehicle is in a non-running state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA, Keitaro YAMAMORI
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Publication number: 20180272863Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel gas tank in an underfloor of the vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle includes: a floor that has a projecting portion projecting upward in a height direction of the vehicle and extending along a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a fuel gas tank arranged under the projecting portion in the height direction of the vehicle and fixed to the floor; and an undercover arranged under the fuel gas tank in the height direction of the vehicle. The undercover has a fixation protruded portion that projects upward in the height direction of the vehicle in a side of the fuel gas tank in a width direction of the vehicle, and being fixed to the floor by the fixation protruded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA
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Publication number: 20180205106Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a tank, a discharge flow path discharging a fluid discharged from the fuel cell stack, a muffler attached to the discharge flow paths, and a vehicle member defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber accommodating the fuel cell stack and the second chamber being disposed behind the first chamber and accommodating the tank and the muffler. The second chamber is also provided with a front portion and a rear portion continuous with the front portion, the rear portion being shorter than the front portion in average length in a vehicle width direction. The muffler is disposed between the tank and one of a pair of side wall portions defining side walls of the front portion in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigeaki MURATA, Takanori OTSURA, Yasuhiko OHASHI
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Publication number: 20180119588Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel cell, and an exhaust-drain pipe configured to temporarily accumulate water and exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell. The exhaust-drain pipe includes a drain port provided on a bottom face portion of the exhaust-drain pipe and configured to discharge water accumulated in the exhaust-drain pipe to outside the vehicle, and a division plate provided on the bottom face portion of the exhaust-drain pipe so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction, and the drain port are placed on a vehicle front side relative to the division plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA, Masahiro KATAYAMA