Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Ikemoto

Yasuhiko Ikemoto 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).

  • Solid electrolyte fuel cell power generating system
    Patent number: 6309770
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte fuel cell power generating system comprising a solid electrolyte fuel cell containing an anode, an anode fuel inlet and an anode exhaust gas outlet, a fuel source in communication with the anode inlet, a cathode, a cathode oxidant inlet and a cathode exhaust oxidant outlet, an oxidant source in communication with the cathode oxidant inlet, and means for recycling at least part of an exhaust gas stream emanating from the anode exhaust gas outlet to the anode fuel inlet. Such means comprise a heat exchanger in communication with the anode exhaust gas outlet, a condenser in communication with the heat exchanger and a combustor in communication with the heat exchanger and the anode fuel inlet. Preferably, the system includes a reformer in communication with the anode exhaust gas outlet and the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Yasuhiko Ikemoto