Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7566510 | Sealing element for anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell and sealing method using the same A sealing element and a sealing method for sealing both ends of an anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell. The sealing element utilizes a coupling tube having one end opened to an exterior and a second end with a perforation hole, in which the coupling tube i... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7432221 | Electrocatalyst for fuel cells using support body resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning Disclosed is an electrocatalyst for fuel cells, in which a porous carbon material including pores having a diameter smaller than a kinetic diameter of carbon monoxide is used as a support body and contact probability between an activated metal and carbon monoxide is... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7285347 | Anode-supported flat-tubular solid oxide fuel cell stack and fabrication method of the same An anode-supported flat-tubular solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells and a plurality of connector plates. Each of the fuel cells includes a supported tube having semi-cylinder parts and plate parts, a connector coated on an upper plate of t... | 10/23/2007 |
