Patents by Inventor Yuichi Akai

Yuichi Akai 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: 6005183
    Abstract: A device is provided which comprises a solar cell section formed in a plate and a storage battery section. The solar cell section includes one or more solar cells which generate electrical power when they receive light. The storage battery section is lying under the solar cell section and comprises one or more storage battery cells separated by bulkheads. Each of the storage battery cells comprises two chambers containing electrolytic solutions and a membrane dividing the chambers, whereby ions solved in the solutions undergo a change in valences, while maintaining their status as solved ions. Holes are extending through the bulkheads to exchange the electrolytic solutions in the storage battery cells, thereby the concentration of the cells can be maintained to be substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Akai, Naoaki Ogure, Yutaka Wada
  • Patent number: 4797566
    Abstract: An electric energy storing apparatus comprising lead-acid storage battery means and flowing type battery means. The lead-acid storage battery means is connectable to power lines interconnecting electric power generating means and a load, and the flowing type battery is connectable to the lead-acid storage battery means in order to charge the storage battery means, execute an equalization charge, or act as an end cell for the storage battery means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Nozaki, Yuichi Akai