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Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,967 · App. 17/830,075 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Fuel cell ship

Inventors: Takuya Hiraiwa (Osaka, JP); Takehiro Maruyama (Osaka, JP); Yasuyoshi Yamaguchi (Osaka, JP); Manabu Shinagawa (Osaka, JP); Yukihiko Kimura (Kunisaki, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,502,967
App. No.
17/830,075
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary fuel cell ship is a fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied from a fuel cell that generates electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, and includes a compartment including an emission source of the fuel and a first detector arranged in the compartment to detect the fuel. If the first detector detects that a concentration of the fuel in the compartment is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a power supply to a non-explosion-proof device in the compartment is stopped.

Claims (15)

1 . A fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied by a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, the fuel cell ship comprising:

a compartment including an emission source of the fuel;

a first detector arranged in the compartment, the first detector configured to detect the fuel;

a ventilation device configured to employ forced ventilation inside the compartment; and

a second detector arranged around the ventilation device, the second detector configured to detect the fuel,

wherein, based on detection by the first detector that a concentration of the fuel in the compartment is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a power supply to a non-explosion-proof device in the compartment is configured to be stopped, and

wherein the ventilation device is activated when the second detector is switched on.

2 . The fuel cell ship according to claim 1 , comprising:

a plurality of compartments including the compartment, and

based on the concentration of the fuel being equal to or greater than the first threshold value in any of the plurality of compartments, a power supply to a second non-explosion-proof device in a second compartment of the plurality of compartments having a ventilation path connected to the compartment is configured to be stopped.

3 . The fuel cell ship according to claim 1 , comprising:

a plurality of compartments including the compartment, and

based on the concentration of the fuel being equal to or greater than the first threshold value in one of the plurality of compartments, a power supply to any non-explosion-proof devices in all of the plurality of compartments except for the compartment is configured to be stopped.

4 . The fuel cell ship according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilation device is configured to be stopped based on detection, by the second detector, of a concentration of the fuel being equal to or greater than a second threshold value.

5 . The fuel cell ship according to claim 1 , wherein the compartment includes a fuel cell compartment installed therein with the fuel cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: HIRAIWA, TAKUYA; MARUYAMA, TAKEHIRO; YAMAGUCHI, YASUYOSHI; SHINAGAWA, MANABU; KIMURA, YUKIHIKO
To: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-092705 · Jun 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220393202A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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