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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011921 | System and control method for detecting an abnormal burning situation using air pressure sensing and flame detection Disclosed is a method for detecting a combustion state of a boiler, and more particularly to a boiler and a method capable of exactly detecting an abnormal combustion state of a gas boiler using an air pressure sensor and a flame detection unit, thereby improving ef... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003278 | Fuel cell A power generation cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. The first separator includes an oxygen-containing gas flow field. An inlet buffer area is provided between the oxygen-contain... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976990 | High efficiency fuel cell system A technique includes operating a fuel cell, which produces an effluent flow. The technique includes routing the effluent flow through an electrochemical pump to extract fuel from the effluent flow to produce a first feedback flow. The technique includes using the ef... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966121 | Fuel efficiency display device for fuel cell vehicle, and fuel efficiency displaying method for fuel cell vehicle This fuel efficiency display device for a fuel cell vehicle includes: a first interval vehicle efficiency obtaining device which obtains a first interval vehicle efficiency being a fraction of a generated traveling energy with respect to a consumed fuel amount in a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964673 | Proton-conducting polymer A proton-conducting polymer comprises a main chain and a plurality of branched side chains extending radially therefrom. The branched side chains are each bonded to a proton-conducting salt at the end. In the proton-conducting polymer, the salts can be circumscribed... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955491 | Methods, devices, and infrastructure systems for separating, removing, compressing, and generating hydrogen Hydrogen pumps include a proton conducting medium, and a nonporous hydrogen permeable anode electrode and/or nonporous hydrogen permeable cathode electrode. For example, the electrodes may be a solid thin metallic film such as palladium or a palladium alloy such as ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949261 | Partial DPSK (PDPSK) transmission systems An optical receiver includes a demodulator having a delay interferometer comprising an optical input that receives a phase modulated optical signal from a bandwidth limited transmission system. The delay interferometer has a free spectral range that is larger than a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946365 | Control method for fuel cell vehicle, and fuel cell vehicle This control method for a fuel cell vehicle includes: a target motor output power obtaining step which obtains a target motor output power corresponding to an accelerator opening degree; and a high output power control step which controls operations of a first DC-DC... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920719 | Collision avoidance of a mobile unit A collision avoidance system for a mobile unit includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of an environment surrounding a mobile unit. Motion vector is calculated based on the captured image. Collision probability is calculated based on the motion vecto... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914942 | Fuel cell vehicle The fuel cell vehicle, includes a fuel cell generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; an accessory for the fuel cell; and a fuel cell system box mounted on a vehicle body and housing the fuel cell and the accessory, wherein the fu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910250 | System and method for recharging a metal-air converter used for vehicle propulsion A power supply system for powering an electric motor (16) in an electric vehicle includes a metal-air converter (12) connected to the motor (16) for driving the motor (16) and a generator (10) connected to the metal-air converter (... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901826 | Fuel cell An oxygen-containing gas flow field is formed on a surface of a first metal separator. The oxygen-containing gas flow field is connected between an oxygen-containing gas supply passage and an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage. The oxygen-containing gas flow fi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901823 | Fuel cell employing cooling liquid passages for starting at low temperature A fuel cell is provided for improving the starting performance at low temperatures. The fuel cell includes a cell structure in which an anode and a cathode are provided on either side of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell may include a first cooling... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891456 | Anti-drunk driving apparatus for vehicle An anti-drunk driving apparatus for a vehicle including: an alcohol drinking determination device which determines whether or not a first person seated in a driver's seat is drunk; a driving restriction device which restricts driving of the vehicle in a case where i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887965 | Warm-up apparatus for fuel cell A warm-up apparatus GS for a fuel cell 1, 51 comprising: a compressor 22, 71 for feeding supply gas A to the fuel cell 1, 51; a main passage W1, W3 connecting the compressor 22, 71 and the fuel cell 1, 51 and feeding ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7867662 | Contactor failure detecting apparatus for fuel cell system A contactor electrically connects and disconnects a fuel cell from a load. When a failure-detecting mode for detecting a closing failure of a contactor is initiated, an opening command is transmitted to the contactor, and a DC/DC converter connected to a motor chang... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7837249 | Vehicle for enhancing recognition accuracy of visual information The vehicle is equipped with a front window having a light transmission characteristic and separated into a first area and a second area provided below the first area, wherein a boundary between the first area and the second area is provided so that a looking-down a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824817 | Fuel cell A power generation cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and a first separator and a second separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. First supply holes, first discharge holes, second supply holes and second discharge holes extend ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820949 | Method of starting, stopping and operating gas sensor with built-in heater A control apparatus for a gas sensor with a built-in heater is provided which can prevent damage to, deterioration of, and reduction in accuracy of detection of, a gas sensor. When an ignition switch is turned ON, supply of electricity to a heater 27 starts, ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820315 | Fuel cell stack having coolant passage whose lower area has larger flow resistance A fuel cell stack having stacked unit fuel cells, each having a pair of separators between which a membrane electrode assembly is provided, which includes an anode and a cathode. Each separator has protruding lines arranged vertically in a zigzag manner, which protr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819178 | Vehicle air conditioner with flow diverting means A vehicular air conditioner includes a housing having a rear seat discharge passage for supplying mixed air to rear seats in a vehicle and a plurality of dividing ribs disposed in a face outlet which is open upwardly in the housing. Each of the dividing ribs has a c... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816884 | Fuel cell system and method of starting operation of fuel cell system having an energy storage by reducing an amount of electrical energy in the energy storage prior to starting power generation A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack for power generation by electrochemical reactions of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas, a high voltage energy storage capable of storing and discharging electrical energy generated by power generation of the fuel c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806411 | Radial seal assembly A radial seal assembly for providing a seal between a shaft and a static surface includes a gland forming a housing for mounting the seal assembly to the stationary equipment, a sleeve mounted to an movable with a shaft extending from the stationary equipment and a ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803492 | Fuel cell stack with positioning mechanism A fuel cell stack has fuel cell units. Each of the fuel cell units includes first and second membrane electrode assemblies and first to third separators sandwiching the first and second membrane electrode assemblies. A positioning mechanism is used for positioning t... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7794889 | Method for detecting abnormality in fuel cell The invention detects quickly and with high precision abnormalities in fuel cells. In a method of detecting abnormalities in a fuel cell 1 comprising a plurality of unit cells that generate power by supplying hydrogen gas to an anode and supplying air to a ca... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794679 | Catalyst and method for purification of diesel engine exhaust gas The invention provides a catalyst for catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in diesel engine exhaust gas by use of unburnt carbon contained in the diesel engine exhaust gas as a reducing agent, the catalyst comprising: (a) an acid... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792631 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation device for recirculating a part of exhaust gases to an intake system of the engine is disclosed. An estimated exhaust gas recirculation amount is calculated using a neural network... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792630 | Control system and method for internal combustion engine and engine control unit A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly setting fuel injection timing according to the actual degree of delay of the amount of fresh air to be supplied to cylinders of the engine, thereby making it possible to positively supp... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790326 | Fuel cell and separator for fuel cell A unit cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and an anode side metal separator and a cathode side metal separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. A plurality of first supply holes and a plurality of second supply holes extend throug... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781535 | Proton conductor An acidic group-containing polymer which has an acidic group such as sulfonic acid group, phosphoric acid group, and phosphonic acid group, and a proton acceptor which has a boiling point at 1 atmosphere higher than 100° C. and which functions as a medium for condu... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776490 | Fuel cell having closure seal A seal member is formed integrally on surfaces of a metal separator of a fuel cell. The seal member includes an outer seal and an inner seal provided on a surface of the metal separator. A plurality of closure seals are formed integrally with an inner edge of the in... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7776481 | Fuel cell system and method of controlling electrical energy discharged in the fuel cell system When a control device detects a request for stopping power generation of a fuel cell, electrical energy discharged from the fuel cell is supplied to an energy storage and other electrical devices such as an air compressor. At this time, electrical energy is supplied... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7776480 | Fuel cell system and method for permitting idle stop in fuel cell system A fuel cell system is provided which includes a fuel cell to which fuel gas and oxidizing gas are supplied to generate electricity, a purge valve which purges fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell, a dilutor which mixes the purged fuel gas with the oxidizing gas an... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7776464 | Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and electrode structure for the fuel cell A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell (2) is formed from an electrode structure (7) and first and second separators (8, 9). The electrode structure (7) has a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (10), first and second electrode layer... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7767352 | Fuel cell system and charge amount adjustment method for energy storage When it is detected that the ignition switch is turned off a short period of time after the ignition switch turned on at the temperature below the freezing point, the charge threshold of a capacitor is changed to a larger charge threshold C for increasing the amount... | 08/03/2010 |
| D618877 | Bread roll | 07/06/2010 |
| D618876 | Bread roll | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745062 | Fuel cell having coolant inlet and outlet buffers on a first and second side A separator comprises a first and second metal plates laid over each other. A cooling medium flow passage is integrally provided between the first and second metal plates. The cooling medium flow passage has inlet buffer portions communicating with a cooling medium ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745060 | Fuel cell system and method of operating the fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a raw fuel supply channel. A raw fuel supply apparatus, a desulfurizer, and a flow rate meter are provided in the raw fuel supply channel such that the desulfurizer is provided downstream of the raw fuel supply apparatus, and the flow rat... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7736785 | Fuel cell An oxygen-containing gas supply passage and an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage extend through a set of diagonal positions of a first metal separator, and a fuel gas supply passage and a fuel gas discharge passage extend through the other set of diagonal posi... | 06/15/2010 |
