Patents by Inventor Toru Nakaoka

Toru Nakaoka 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: 6329094
    Abstract: A solid polymer fuel cell which can stably generate electric power for long, because the cell is enabled to uniformly supply a fuel gas to all anodes by means of extended flow passages which are extended from anode-side flow passages and formed on a anode-side plate on the downstream side of the ends of the anodes in the direction of fuel gas flow, a water absorbing means for nearly uniformly performing water absorption, water retention, and drainage on all channels provided at the ends of the extended flow passages, and a selective gas discharging means for discharging a gas more selectively than water on the upstream side of the water absorbing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yasuo, Toru Nakaoka, Akira Hamada, Yasuo Miyake, Yasunori Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Karakane
  • Patent number: 5958613
    Abstract: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell system with a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is made up of a cell main body, a mixture generator for generating a gas-liquid mixture by mixing fuel gas which has been supplied from a fuel gas supply with water, and a means for supplying the gas-liquid mixture to the anode-side channels. The gas-liquid mixture allows the solid-polymer film to be moistened without humidifying fuel gas and oxidant gas with a humidifier, and the cell main body to be cooled down without providing a cooling channel therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hamada, Takaaki Matsubayashi, Toru Nakaoka, Yasuo Miyake, Toshikazu Nakajima