Patents by Inventor Yasuhito ODE

Yasuhito ODE 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: 10038210
    Abstract: An example fuel cell cabinet, comprises: a fuel cell case provided with an opening and accommodating a fuel cell; a lid part covering the opening; a first fixing part fixing a first end of the lid part to the fuel cell case by a predetermined force; and a second fixing part fixing a second end different from the first end of the lid part to the fuel cell case by a force weaker than the predetermined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhito Ode
  • Publication number: 20160260992
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separator capable of decreasing the height dimension thereof and a fuel cell system suitable for the gas-liquid separator are provided. In a gas-liquid separator, an introduction pipe connected to a main pipe includes an enlarged portion. A passage cross-sectional area of the enlarged portion is larger than that of an inlet pipe. An exhaust gas of hydrogen including impurities such as water discharged from a fuel cell stack flows from the inlet pipe and the speed of the exhaust gas in the enlarged portion decreases. As the speed at which the exhaust gas flows into the main pipe decreases, a ratio in which water falls downward increases. For this reason, even when the dimension of the gas-liquid separator in the height direction is shortened, a water separating rate can be maintained. The exhaust gas of hydrogen from which water is separated is reused in the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Yasuhito Ode
  • Publication number: 20160218377
    Abstract: An example fuel cell cabinet, comprises: a fuel cell case provided with an opening and accommodating a fuel cell; a lid part covering the opening; a first fixing part fixing a first end of the lid part to the fuel cell case by a predetermined force; and a second fixing part fixing a second end different from the first end of the lid part to the fuel cell case by a force weaker than the predetermined force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Yasuhito Ode
  • Patent number: 8801173
    Abstract: A sheet-discharge device, including: a sheet-discharge mechanism having a discharge opening from which a sheet is discharged in a discharge direction; a stopper having a hitting portion against which a leading edge, in the discharge direction, of the discharged sheet hits, so that the sheet is bounced back; a discharge tray having a support surface on which the sheet bounced back by the stopper is supported; and a sheet-discharge controller configured to control the sheet-discharge mechanism such that the discharged sheet flies above the support surface, wherein the hitting portion is provided at a position where a one-side portion of the leading edge first hits the hitting portion, the one-side portion of the leading edge being nearer to a one-side end of the sheet than a center of the leading edge in an orthogonal direction parallel to a horizontal plane and orthogonal to the discharge direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhito Ode
  • Publication number: 20140092161
    Abstract: A sheet-discharge device, including: a sheet-discharge mechanism having a discharge opening from which a sheet is discharged in a discharge direction; a stopper having a hitting portion against which a leading edge, in the discharge direction, of the discharged sheet hits, so that the sheet is bounced back; a discharge tray having a support surface on which the sheet bounced back by the stopper is supported; and a sheet-discharge controller configured to control the sheet-discharge mechanism such that the discharged sheet flies above the support surface, wherein the hitting portion is provided at a position where a one-side portion of the leading edge first hits the hitting portion, the one-side portion of the leading edge being nearer to a one-side end of the sheet than a center of the leading edge in an orthogonal direction parallel to a horizontal plane and orthogonal to the discharge direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhito ODE