Patents by Inventor Yoshio Hosono
Yoshio Hosono 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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Publication number: 20220244492Abstract: An imaging lens according to the present disclosure includes, in order from side of an object toward side of an image plane on which an imaging element is disposed: a front-group lens system having positive refractive power; and a rear-group lens system having, on side closest to the image plane, a lens surface that is concave to the image plane side in a vicinity of an optical axis and is convex to the image plane side in a peripheral part, and satisfies the following conditional expressions. 1.0<Gun2R2(sag6-sag10)/(TTL/2Y)<2.8??(1) 5.0(%)<ODMAX<20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: YOSHIO HOSONO, KENTA KAMEBUCHI, MINORU TANIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210382280Abstract: An imaging lens of the present disclosure includes, in order from object side toward image plane side: a first lens having positive refractive power in the vicinity of an optical axis; a second lens having positive refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis; a third lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis; a fourth lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis; a fifth lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis; a sixth lens having negative refractive power in the vicinity of the optical axis; and a seventh lens of which a lens surface on the image plane side has an aspheric shape having an inflection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: YOSHIO HOSONO, YASUHIDE NIHEI, DAIGO KATSURAGI, ISAO YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200319430Abstract: An imaging lens according to the present disclosure includes, in order from an object side toward an image plane side: a first lens having positive refractive power near an optical axis; a second lens having positive refractive power near the optical axis; a third lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis; a fourth lens whose lens surface on the image plane side has a concave shape toward the image plane side near the optical axis; a fifth lens whose lens surface on the image plane side has a concave shape toward the image plane side near the optical axis; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis. The fourth lens has negative refractive power. The fifth lens has positive refractive power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: YOSHIO HOSONO, YASUHIDE NIHEI, DAIGO KATSURAGI
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Publication number: 20190049700Abstract: An imaging lens of the present disclosure includes, in order from object side toward image plane side, a first lens having a meniscus shape, the meniscus shape having a shape that is positioned near an optical axis and includes a convex surface that faces the object side, a second lens including a convex surface that faces, near the optical axis, the object side, and having, near the optical axis, positive refractive power, a third lens having, near the optical axis, negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having, near the optical axis, positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having, near the optical axis, negative refractive power, and including a lens surface, the lens surface being positioned on the image plane side, and having an aspherical shape that has an inflection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Shinya Kunimatsu, Hitoshi Fukuhori, Masaki Tamura, Daigo Katsuragi, Yoshio Hosono, Yasuhide Nihei
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Patent number: 8288044Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Publication number: 20120141897Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori HAYASHI, Kenichiro UEDA, Yoshio HOSONO, Minoru UOSHIMA, Junji UEHARA, Tomoki KOBAYASHI, Yuji MATSUMOTO, Chihiro WAKE
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Patent number: 8142947Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Publication number: 20110143244Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori HAYASHI, Kenichiro UEDA, Yoshio HOSONO, Minoru UOSHIMA, Junji UEHARA, Tomoki KOBAYASHI, Yuji MATSUMOTO, Chihiro WAKE
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Patent number: 7910254Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Publication number: 20080176116Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Patent number: 7282286Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Publication number: 20040229088Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
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Patent number: 6457542Abstract: An air inlet is provided at the bottom of a vehicle to open downwardly. The air inlet is connected by a first tube to an air cooler for a PDU and a down converter. A fan for inputting the flow of air and turning its direction 90 degrees is connected at the downstream of the air cooler. The fan is further connected by a second tube to an exhaust outlet. The air inlet is located above a fuel tank thus to prevent any object jumping up from the road surface from straightforwardly entering the air inlet while the vehicle is running. The exhaust outlet is located above a silencer and can thus be prevented from being frozen in the winter. Using the above arrangement, the present invention embodies an air intaking and exhausting apparatus in an air cooling system for air cooling the PDU and the down converter at higher efficiency without the help of the air cooler mounted in the interior of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Hosono, Osamu Hasegawa, Masaki Amakai, Hideharu Takemoto, Akihito Ohtsu, Taichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 4559018Abstract: Two embodiments of improved compact outboard motors that are designed so that the power head does not encroach into the associated watercraft forwardly of the hull when the motor is tilted up about its tilt axis. In each embodiment, the internal combustion engine of the power head is located in such a way that it can be conveniently serviced and yet will note encroach when the motor is tilted up. In one embodiment, the engine is disposed with its output shaft extending transversely and its cylinders inclined rearwardly. In the other embodiment, the cylinders are aligned and extend vertically so that the engine output shaft extends perpendicularly to the associated hull.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1983Date of Patent: December 17, 1985Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Nakahama, Norimichi Harada, Seiji Wada, Yoshio Hosono, Tetsuya Tomoda, Susumu Yukishima