Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited

Yasunari Kabasawa

Toshimi Kamitani

Yoshihisa Suda

Takahiro Osada

Kunitaka Yamada

Kiyoshi Fujisawa

Kouji Nishimura

Takayuki Sunako

Kozi Nishimura

Yugo Matsuda

Naotomo Miyamoto

Kaoru Saito

Ichiro Yanagisawa

Daisuke Imanaka

Akihito Kanda

A fuel container includes a container body having a fuel discharge port and an interior spacing. A body of liquid fuel is filled in the interior spacing of the container body. Follower units are provided in the container body, in contact with at least a part of an end of the body of the liquid fuel. Solid follower auxiliary members are interposed between the follower units and the body of liquid fuel to be optically detectable.

Fuel container, fuel residual amount measurement device, and fuel residual amount measurement method

A fuel container according to the present invention includes a container body (), a fuel () provided in the container body (), a draining port () provided to the container body () for supplying the fuel () to the outside of the container body (), a fluid introduction unit () which introduces into the container body () a fluid corresponding to flow-out of the fuel () from the draining port (), and a swelling member () which connects to the fluid introduction unit () and swells in the container body () by absorbing the fluid.

Fuel container for fuel cell

A fuel containercomprises: a container main bodyin which a liquid fuelis housed and fuel exhausting portsandto exhaust the liquid fuelto the outside is formed; a following auxiliary memberwhich is solid, and situated on an end side of the liquid fuelin the container main body, the following auxiliary membermoving to the sides of the fuel exhausting portsandas the liquid fuelis exhausted; and a following bodysituated on the end side of the liquid fuel, and packed in a space formed by an inner peripheral surface of the container main bodyand an outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member, the following bodymoving to the fuel exhausting portsandas the liquid fuelis exhausted. Then, at least one of the inner peripheral surface of the container main bodyand the outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member, which are faced to each other, is made to be uneven.

Fuel container

Disclosed a support structure of an electroosmotic member including: a support structure; an opening formed in the support member in which an electroosmotic member is disposed; and at least one of an elastic piece to separate the opening and the space from each other and to support the electroosmotic member, a cushioning filled in a gap between a wall of the opening and an edge of the electroosmotic member to support the electroosmotic member, and a projection provided on a wall of the opening to support the electroosmotic member, wherein the elastic piece, the cushioning and the projection supports the electroosmotic member which absorbs an impact or a vibration, and when the impact is applied to the support member (housing), an impact load applied to the electroosmotic member can be suppressed and thus, even when the impact is applied, it is possible to prevent the electroosmotic member from being damaged.

Support structure of electroosmotic member, electroosmosis pump, electric power generation apparatus and electronic equipment

The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve for sealing communication between the inside and the outside of the above fuel-storing vessel; and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed is disposed in the rear end part of the liquid fuel stored. The valve assumes a structure in which a slit is formed in an elastic material and a structure in which a valve member is pressed by a resilient body.

Fuel reservoir for fuel cell

Disclosed is a fuel cell device comprising: a fuel cartridge to accumulate a fuel therein; and a fuel cell device main body to generate electric power by using the fuel accumulated in the fuel cartridge, wherein the fuel cell device main body is provided with a cartridge conveying body, the fuel cartridge being attached to and detached from the cartridge conveying body, and the cartridge conveying body is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the fuel cell device main body.

Fuel cell device and an electronic equipment using fuel cell device

Disclosed is a connecting structure of a liquid sending apparatus, including: an electroosmotic flow pump having first and second electrodes upstream and downstream of an electroosmosis material; a flow-path structure which defines with flow-paths for liquid upstream and downstream of the electroosmotic flow pump, which is provided upstream of the electroosmotic flow pump with a ventilation hole communicating with inside and outside of the flow-path, and which is provided with a hydrophobic film which covers the hole and is permeable to bubbles; and a liquid-absorbing body absorbs liquid, which is provided in the flow-path upstream of the electroosmotic flow pump, which comes into abutment against a surface of the electroosmosis material on which the first electrode is provided, and which is formed with a bubble removing passage which passes through the liquid-absorbing body from a hydrophobic film side thereof to the abutment surface against the electrode.

Connecting structure of a liquid sending apparatus, fuel-cell type electricity generating apparatus, and electronic device

Disclosed is a vaporizer including a first liquid suction section to suck a first liquid; a second liquid suction section to suck a second liquid; and a heating element to heat the first liquid suction section and the second liquid suction section to vaporize the first liquid and the second liquid.

Vaporizer, fuel cell having vaporizer, and vaporizing method

Provided is a fuel cartridge in which a follower is prevented from being deformed and from separating even when heavy vibration is exerted onto the fuel cartridge. The fuel cartridge is detachably connected with a fuel cell main body and assumes a construction in which the fuel cartridge is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part, and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at a rear end part of the liquid fuel. The follower is provided with a follower auxiliary member and a cap member both of which have no fluidity and are insoluble in the liquid fuel.

Fuel cartridge

A fuel cell system having a fuel cell which performs a power generation operation with fuel for power generation of a fuel container; a water supply control section which extracts water from the fuel container and supplies the water to the fuel cell before the fuel cell performs the power generation operation. A wet state of an electrolyte membrane in the fuel cell body is adequately maintained during system start-up (upon commencement of a power generation operation) and an electrochemical reaction related to the power generation operation is accelerated. In this manner, the fuel cell system which can adequately extract predetermined electrical energy and a fuel container for power generation applicable to that fuel cell system are provided.

Fuel cell system, fuel cell system drive method and fuel container for power generation

A fuel package includes a vessel wherein the interior space is separated, and has a flow-out opening and a flow-in opening that lead to the interior space, a liquid fuel filled in the region at the side of the flow-out opening in the vessel, and a follower that separates the liquid fuel and the region at the side of the flow-in opening.

Power generation device, fuel package, and remaining fuel amount measuring device

A liquid cartridge includes a vessel body for containing liquid. The vessel body includes a plurality of surfaces. An oxygen outlet is provided on one surface among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body. And an oxygen input is provided on a surface other than a furthest surface from the surface on which the oxygen outlet is provided among the plurality of surfaces of the vessel body.

Liquid cartridge

Disclosed herein is a connecting structure for connecting to an electro-osmotic flow pump with electrodes formed on both surfaces of electro-osmotic material, including: a first liquid absorber for absorbing liquid; and a second liquid absorber for absorbing the liquid, the second liquid absorber being superposed on the first liquid absorber and being flexible; wherein a surface of the second liquid absorber, which is opposite to a surface which is in contact with the first liquid absorber, is in contact with the electro-osmotic flow pump.

Connecting structure, flow path control section, fuel cell-type power generation device, and electronic apparatus

A fuel cell is equipped with a fuel cell main body, a liquid fuel-storing tank for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel-supplying member which has a penetrating structure and is connected with the liquid fuel-storing tank and which supplies the liquid fuel to the liquid fuel main body, wherein the liquid fuel-storing tank is provided with a liquid fuel reservoir comprising a cylindrical fuel-storing vessel for storing the liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part provided at a lower part of the fuel-storing vessel and having a fuel discharge valve and a follower which is disposed at a rear end of the liquid fuel stored in the fuel-storing vessel and which moves as the liquid fuel is consumed, a housing box member which encompasses at least a part of the liquid fuel reservoir via a space part in the periphery of the liquid fuel reservoir and whose rear end part is closed and pressurized gas which is filled in the space part.

Fuel-storing tank for fuel cell

Provided is a fuel cartridge detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, wherein the fuel cartridge is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel for storing a liquid fuel, a fuel discharge part and a follower which seals the liquid fuel and moves as the liquid fuel is consumed at the rear end of the liquid fuel; a follower auxiliary member which has no fluidity and is insoluble in the liquid fuel is inserted into the follower; and at least one protruding part is formed at an upper end part of the follower auxiliary member.

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Hanno, Japan

Yasunari Kabasawa