Patents by Inventor Yoshitake SUGANUMA

Yoshitake SUGANUMA 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: 11367881
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing a fuel cell that ensures developing a high adhesive strength to a separator. One aspect of an embodiment is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell where a pair of separators are mutually bonded with a sealing member. The sealing member includes a thermoplastic resin containing a crystalline polymer as an adhesive layer. The method for manufacturing the fuel cell includes: preparing a stack structure in which the sealing member is disposed between the pair of separators; heating the stack structure at a melting point or higher of the thermoplastic resin; after the heating, holding the stack structure in a temperature range of ±10° C. of a crystallization temperature of the thermoplastic resin to promote a crystallization of the thermoplastic resin; and after the holding, further cooling the stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Sugimoto, Makoto Yoshida, Shunsuke Suzuki, Tomokazu Hayashi, Shinya Takeshita, Takuya Mitsuoka, Yoshitake Suganuma, Yuichi Kato, Kyoko Nakai
  • Publication number: 20210138763
    Abstract: A bonded structure has a first bonded member with a first bonding surface, a second bonded member with a second bonding surface, and a bonding resin layer containing a polymer, disposed between the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface. The polymer in the bonding resin layer has polymer main chains oriented in an intersecting direction that intersects with the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface. The intersecting direction preferably extends along the thickness direction of the bonding resin layer. A heat exchanger has the bonded structure, and the first bonded member serves as a tubular member, and the second bonded member serves as a heat dissipation fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Masami SAITO, Koji KONDO, Masashi TOTOKAWA, Hirotaka MIYANO, Yoshitake SUGANUMA, Kenichi YAGI, Yuichi KATO, Kunio MORI, Katsuhito MORI, Taiga HANDA
  • Publication number: 20200028187
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing a fuel cell that ensures developing a high adhesive strength to a separator. One aspect of an embodiment is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell where a pair of separators are mutually bonded with a sealing member. The sealing member includes a thermoplastic resin containing a crystalline polymer as an adhesive layer. The method for manufacturing the fuel cell includes: preparing a stack structure in which the sealing member is disposed between the pair of separators; heating the stack structure at a melting point or higher of the thermoplastic resin; after the heating, holding the stack structure in a temperature range of ±10° C. of a crystallization temperature of the thermoplastic resin to promote a crystallization of the thermoplastic resin; and after the holding, further cooling the stack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki SUGIMOTO, Makoto YOSHIDA, Shunsuke SUZUKI, Tomokazu HAYASHI, Shinya TAKESHITA, Takuya MITSUOKA, Yoshitake SUGANUMA, Yuichi KATO, Kyoko NAKAI