Patents by Inventor Yuji Mukai
Yuji Mukai 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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Patent number: 11942623Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode that is for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes a porous metal body as a current collector, contains a skeleton-forming agent highly infiltrated in the current collector so that it is less likely to suffer from structural degradation and provides improved cycle durability; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including such a negative electrode. The negative electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector including a porous metal body; a first negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a conductive aid, a binder, and a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based material; and a second negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Yuji Isogai, Makiko Takahashi, Shintaro Aoyagi, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
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Publication number: 20230319216Abstract: An information processing device includes: a first communicator that receives a printing job including user information; a storage that stores the printing job received by the first communicator; a second communicator that receives a printing request including the user information and identification information of a printing device; a controller that acquires, from the storage, the printing job including the user information included in the printing request and sets a destination of the acquired printing job to the printing device corresponding to the identification information of the printing device included in the printing request; and a management unit that manages printing usage information for each of one or more pieces of user information, in which the second communicator transmits the printing job.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Yuji MUKAI, Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yasuhiro FURUTA
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Patent number: 9319294Abstract: Provided is a network apparatus that has a function of receiving a wake-up instruction from a terminal apparatus over a network and thereby waking up, including a wake-up instruction receiving unit that receives the wake-up instruction, a wake-up control unit that performs wake-up processing in a case of receiving the wake-up instruction, and a state transmitting unit that transmits a state notification of the wake-up processing to the terminal apparatus in the case of receiving the wake-up instruction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Mukai, Hikaru Kumagai, Kyoichi Kamijima
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Patent number: 9278329Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes: a desulfurizer including a desulfurization catalyst that removes a sulfur compound in a raw material by a desulfurization reaction, the desulfurization catalyst being arranged so as to be heated by a first heat source; a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas using the raw material having flowed through the desulfurizer; a first temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of a predetermined portion of the desulfurization catalyst; a second temperature detector configured to detect the temperature of a portion of the desulfurization catalyst, the portion being located such that a distance between the portion and the first heat source is longer than a distance between the predetermined portion and the first heat source; and a controller configured to control an operation of heating the desulfurization catalyst by the first heat source, based on detection results of the first temperature detector and the second temperature detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Yuji Mukai
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Patent number: 9240604Abstract: A hydrogen generation apparatus 200 includes: an evaporating part 7; a reforming reaction part 9A connected to the downstream side of the evaporating part; a carbon monoxide reducing part 20 provided downstream from the reforming reaction part; and a gas guiding part 21 disposed between the reforming reaction part and the carbon monoxide reducing part and configured to guide a gas that has passed through the reforming reaction part to the carbon monoxide reducing part. The evaporating part and the carbon monoxide reducing part are arranged to be adjacent to each other such that, at least, a part of the evaporating part and a part of the carbon monoxide reducing part are heat exchangeable with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Maenishi, Yuji Mukai, Youji Kawaguchi, Masataka Ozeki
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Patent number: 9159007Abstract: A network apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start to a start indicating apparatus in a case of completing a start processing to be executed according to a start indication. In a case of monitoring and receiving the receipt of the completion notice of the start transmitted from the network apparatus, the start indicating apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start with respect to a terminal apparatus through a repeating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hikaru Kumagai, Yuji Mukai, Kyoichi Kamijima
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Publication number: 20150165409Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes: a desulfurizer including a desulfurization catalyst that removes a sulfur compound in a raw material by a desulfurization reaction, the desulfurization catalyst being arranged so as to be heated by a first heat source; a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas using the raw material having flowed through the desulfurizer; a first temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of a predetermined portion of the desulfurization catalyst; a second temperature detector configured to detect the temperature of a portion of the desulfurization catalyst, the portion being located such that a distance between the portion and the first heat source is longer than a distance between the predetermined portion and the first heat source; and a controller configured to control an operation of heating the desulfurization catalyst by the first heat source, based on detection results of the first temperature detector and the second temperature detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Tomoya Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Yuji Mukai
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Publication number: 20150044102Abstract: A hydrogen generation apparatus is configured to be supplied with a raw material containing a hydrocarbon component and generate a hydrogen-containing fuel gas. The hydrogen generation apparatus includes: a reformer configured to cause a reforming reaction of a mixed gas of the raw material and steam; a combustor configured to combust a combustible gas to heat the reformer; a hydrodesulfurizer configured to be supplied with heat from the reformer, and cause a reaction between sulfur in the raw material that is to be supplied to the reformer and hydrogen to remove the sulfur from the raw material; a first heat insulating material disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the reformer; and a heat equalizing plate disposed between the hydrodesulfurizer and the first heat insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Kimura, Masaru Fukuda, Hiroki Fujioka, Yuji Mukai, Yutaka Yoshida, Kiyoshi Taguchi
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Patent number: 8951683Abstract: A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a raw material supplying device (4) configured to supply a raw material; a water supplying device (3) configured to supply water; an evaporator (23) configured to evaporate the water supplied from the water supplying device (3) to generate steam; a reformer (20) having a reforming catalyst which generates a hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction using the raw material and the steam; a valve (12) disposed on a gas passage to cause the reformer (20) to be communicated with an atmosphere and block the reformer (20) from the atmosphere, the gas passage being located downstream of the reformer (20); and a controller (11) configured to stop supplying the water from the water supplying device (3), then continue to supply the raw material from the raw material supplying device (4) with the valve (12) open, and stop supplying the raw material from the raw material supplying device (4) and close the valve (12) before an inside of the reformer (20) is purgType: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukimune Kani, Kunihiro Ukai, Yuji Mukai
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Publication number: 20130229688Abstract: A network apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start to a start indicating apparatus in a case of completing a start processing to be executed according to a start indication. In a case of monitoring and receiving the receipt of the completion notice of the start transmitted from the network apparatus, the start indicating apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start with respect to a terminal apparatus through a repeating apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hikaru Kumagai, Yuji Mukai, Kyoichi Kamijima
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Publication number: 20130232257Abstract: Provided is a network apparatus that has a function of receiving a wake-up instruction from a terminal apparatus over a network and thereby waking up, including a wake-up instruction receiving unit that receives the wake-up instruction, a wake-up control unit that performs wake-up processing in a case of receiving the wake-up instruction, and a state transmitting unit that transmits a state notification of the wake-up processing to the terminal apparatus in the case of receiving the wake-up instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Mukai, Hikaru Kumagai, Kyoichi Kamijima
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Patent number: 8501102Abstract: A hydrogen generator is described, which comprises: a material supply device (4); a water supply device (5); an evaporator (10); a reforming catalyst layer (1) for generating reformed gas; a CO removing catalyst layer (2) configured to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas generated by the reforming catalyst layer (1); a combustor (3) for heating the reforming catalyst layer (1) and the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a reforming temperature detector (9) for detecting the temperature of the reforming catalyst layer (1); a heater (7) for heating the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a CO removing temperature detector (8) for detecting the temperature of the CO removing catalyst layer (2); and a controller (16) configured to perform control such that the heater (7) heats the CO removing catalyst layer at the time of start-up and such that if the temperature detected by the CO removing temperature detector (8) becomes greater than or equal to a first specified value, the combustor (3)Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira Maenishi, Yukimune Kani, Yuji Mukai
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Publication number: 20120321971Abstract: A hydrogen generation apparatus 200 includes: an evaporating part 7; a reforming reaction part 9A connected to the downstream side of the evaporating part; a carbon monoxide reducing part 20 provided downstream from the reforming reaction part; and a gas guiding part 21 disposed between the reforming reaction part and the carbon monoxide reducing part and configured to guide a gas that has passed through the reforming reaction part to the carbon monoxide reducing part. The evaporating part and the carbon monoxide reducing part are arranged to be adjacent to each other such that, at least, a part of the evaporating part and a part of the carbon monoxide reducing part are heat exchangeable with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Akira Maenishi, Yuji Mukai, Youji Kawaguchi, Masataka Ozeki
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Patent number: 8273489Abstract: A hydrogen generator (100a) includes: a heater (1) which combusts a mixture gas of combustion fuel and combustion air to generate a combustion gas; a preheat evaporator (6) which heats a raw material and water by the combustion gas generated by the heater to generate a mixture gas of the raw material and the water; a reformer (2) which generates a hydrogen-containing gas by causing the mixture gas generated by the preheat evaporator to pass through a reforming catalyst (2a) heated by the combustion gas; and a shift converter (3) which incorporates a shift catalyst (3a) which reduces, by a shift reaction, carbon monoxide contained in the hydrogen-containing gas generated by the reformer, and further includes a water trapping portion (7) which traps liquid water discharged from the preheat evaporator, and the hydrogen generator (100a) is configured to carry out heat exchange between the hydrogen-containing gas supplied from the reformer to the shift converter and the water in the water trapping portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kunihiro Ukai, Akira Maenishi, Yuji Mukai, Toru Nakamura, Masaya Tsujimoto, Shingo Nagatomo
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Patent number: 8257668Abstract: A hydrogen generator according to the invention comprises: a combustion gas passage (5) configured to flow combustion gas coming from a combustor; a preheat-evaporator (6) which is supplied with a material gas and water and configured to evaporate the water and heat the material gas by heat transmitted from the combustion gas passage and a carbon monoxide reducer (10) through partition a wall; a reformer (7) configured to generate reformed gas from the material gas and steam fed from the preheat-evaporator by using a reforming catalyst (8) and heat transmitted from the combustion gas passage through the partition wall; the carbon monoxide reducer (10) configured to remove carbon monoxide from the reformed gas fed from the reformer by a carbon monoxide removing catalyst (9); a cylindrical body (3) closed at both ends thereof having an internal space is divided by the partition walls (1), (2), (30), (47) to form the combustion gas passage, preheat-evaporator, reformer and carbon monoxide reducer within the cyliType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yuji Mukai, Akira Maenishi, Kunihiro Ukai, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 8221512Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen generator capable of suppressing degradation in capability of a hydrogen generator which is caused by crush of particulate reforming catalyst and of suppressing decrease in reforming efficiency due to decrease in heat transfer efficiency of a catalyzing portion which is caused by the crush of the particulate reforming catalyst. A hydrogen generator comprises a catalyzing portion 50 having particulate reforming catalyst P, and a combusting portion 5 for heating the catalyzing portion 50, the hydrogen generator being configured to generate a reformed gas containing hydrogen while flowing a material gas containing steam in a direction in which the catalyzing portion 50 extends. The catalyzing portion 50 includes a separating member 40. The separating member 40 is disposed on a separating cross-section which is a cross-section of the catalyzing portion 50 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the catalyzing portion 50 extends.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fujioka, Akira Maenishi, Yoshio Tamura, Yuji Mukai, Kiyoshi Taguchi
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Publication number: 20110206562Abstract: A hydrogen generator is described, which comprises: a material supply device (4); a water supply device (5); an evaporator (10); a reforming catalyst layer (1) for generating reformed gas; a CO removing catalyst layer (2) configured to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas generated by the reforming catalyst layer (1); a combustor (3) for heating the reforming catalyst layer (1) and the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a reforming temperature detector (9) for detecting the temperature of the reforming catalyst layer (1); a heater (7) for heating the CO removing catalyst layer (2); a CO removing temperature detector (8) for detecting the temperature of the CO removing catalyst layer (2); and a controller (16) configured to perform control such that the heater (7) heats the CO removing catalyst layer at the time of start-up and such that if the temperature detected by the CO removing temperature detector (8) becomes greater than or equal to a first specified value, the combustor (3)Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira Maenishi, Yukimune Kani, Yuji Mukai
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Publication number: 20110123880Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes: a first tube (21), a first end of which is closed by a first lid plate (13); a combustor (6); a combustion gas passage (11); a second tube (22), a first end of which is closed by a second lid plate (14) having a hydrogen-containing gas flowing port (5) at a center thereof; a reformer (26) including a reforming catalyst layer (4); and a third tube (28), a first end of which is closed by a third lid plate (15), wherein: a plurality of hydrogen-containing gas rotational passages are formed in at least one of a second space (41) formed between the first lid plate (13) and a second lid plate (14) and a third space (42) formed between the second lid plate (14) and the third lid plate (15), so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction of the first tube (21); each of the rotational passages includes an entrance communicated with a first space (61) and an exit communicated with a fourth space (20) formed between the second tube (22) and the third tube (28); and a center of the entType: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, LtdInventors: Yuji Mukai, Akira Maenishi
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Publication number: 20110039172Abstract: A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a raw material supplying device (4) configured to supply a raw material; a water supplying device (3) configured to supply water; an evaporator (23) configured to evaporate the water supplied from the water supplying device (3) to generate steam; a reformer (20) having a reforming catalyst which generates a hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction using the raw material and the steam; a valve (12) disposed on a gas passage to cause the reformer (20) to be communicated with an atmosphere and block the reformer (20) from the atmosphere, the gas passage being located downstream of the reformer (20); and a controller (11) configured to stop supplying the water from the water supplying device (3), then continue to supply the raw material from the raw material supplying device (4) with the valve (12) open, and stop supplying the raw material from the raw material supplying device (4) and close the valve (12) before an inside of the reformer (20) is purgType: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Yukimune Kani, Kunihiro Ukai, Yuji Mukai
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Patent number: 7666236Abstract: A hydrogen generator of the invention includes: a reformer for generating a hydrogen-rich gas from a feed gas and water by a reaction using a reforming catalyst body and sending it out from an outlet port; a material feed system for feeding the feed gas to the reformer; a burner for supplying, to the reforming catalyst body, heat generated by mixing a fuel gas with air and burning it; and an air supply system for supplying air to the burner; wherein, when purging an interior of the reformer using the feed gas in shutting down the hydrogen generator, an amount of the air supplied is increased to put out a flame of the burner, and a purge gas sent out from the outlet port by the purging is mixed and diluted with the air in the burner and is discharged outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshio Tamura, Akira Maenishi, Yuji Mukai, Tomonori Asou, Kunihiro Ukai