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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6519951 | Hydrogen-based ecosystem A complete infrastructure system for the generation, storage, transportation, and delivery of hydrogen which makes a hydrogen ecosystem possible. The infrastructure system utilizes high capacity, low cost, light weight thermal hydrogen storage alloy mater... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6500583 | Electrochemical hydrogen storage alloys for nickel metal hydride batteries, fuel cells and methods of manufacturing same Practice of this invention provides, at least, a method of making a hydrogen storage material comprising the steps of: 1. forming a molten mixture comprising nickel and at least one other transition metal element, the combination of which will form a TiNi allo... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6492056 | Catalytic hydrogen storage composite material and fuel cell employing same A composite hydrogen storage material including 1) an active material having hydrogen storage capacity; and 2) a catalytic material having greater catalytic activity toward the dissociation of molecular hydrogen and/or oxidation of hydrogen than that of s... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491866 | High storage capacity, fast kinetics, long cycle-life, hydrogen storage alloys Hydrogen propelled vehicles and fundamentally new magnesium-based hydrogen storage alloy materials which for the first time make it feasible and practical to use solid state storage and delivery of hydrogen to power internal combustion engine or fuel cell... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6447942 | Alkaline fuel cell A fuel cell which has the ability to start up instantly and can accept recaptured energy such as that of regenerative braking by operating in reverse as an electrolyzer. The instant startup fuel cells have increased efficiency and power availability (high... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6425251 | Hydrogen cooled hydride storage unit A hydrogen gas cooled hydrogen storage element which includes a hydrogen storage alloy material in which hydrogen flow channels are provided. The flow channels provide pathways through the hydrogen storage material to allow for high speed hydrogen gas flo... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6413670 | High power nickel-metal hydride batteries and high power alloys/electrodes for use therein A negative electrode alloy material including an effective amount of a catalyst to substantially increase the discharge capacity of the alloy at high discharge rates. Preferably the catalyst is palladium.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6378601 | Hydrogen cooled hydrogen storage unit having a high packing density of storage alloy and encapsulation A hydrogen cooled hydrogen storage unit. The unit employs excess hydrogen flow between hydrogen storage alloy rods in the hydrogen storage unit in order to provide convective cooling thereof. The unit provides for high packing density of the storage mater... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6372377 | Mechanical and thermal improvements in metal hydride batteries, battery modules and battery packs Mechanically and thermally improved rechargeable batteries and modules. The battery is prismatic in shape with an optimized thickness to width to height aspect ratio which provides the battery with balanced optimal properties when compared with prismatic ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6328821 | Modified magnesium based hydrogen storage alloys A magnesium based hydrogen storage alloy powder which is useful as a hydrogen supply material for powering internal combustion engine or fuel cell vehicles. The alloy contains greater than about 85 atomic percent magnesium, about 2-8 atomic percent nickel... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6318453 | Hydrogen cooled hydrogen storage unit having maximized cooling efficiency A hydrogen cooled hydrogen storage unit which employs excess hydrogen flow through flow channels between hydrogen storage alloy plates in order to provide convective cooling of the plates. The unit provides for high packing density of the storage material... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6305442 | Hydrogen-based ecosystem A complete infrastructure system for the generation, storage, transportation, and delivery of hydrogen which makes a hydrogen ecosystem possible. The infrastructure system utilizes high capacity, low cost, light weight thermal hydrogen storage alloy mater... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293110 | Hydrogen cooled hydride storage unit A hydrogen gas cooled hydrogen storage element which includes a hydrogen storage alloy material in which hydrogen flow channels are provided. The flow channels provide pathways through the hydrogen storage material to allow for high speed hydrogen gas flo... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6210498 | Hydrogen storage alloys and methods and improved nickel metal hydride electrodes and batteries using same Reversible hydrogen storage alloys and methods and electrodes formed therefrom for nickel metal hydride batteries, in which the alloys are quenched from a melt at cooling rates selected to provide a high degree of disorder with an optimum local environmen... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6019955 | Active nickel hydroxide material having controlled water content An nickel hydroxide positive electrode active material which can be made by an ultrasonic precipitation method. The nickel hydroxide active material is characterized by the composition: ##EQU1## where x, the number of water ligands surrounding each N... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5879831 | Mechanical and thermal improvements in metal hydride batteries, battery modules and battery packs Mechanically and thermally improved rechargeable batteries, modules and fluid-cooled battery pack systems. The battery is prismatic in shape with an optimized thickness to width to height aspect ratio which provides the battery with balanced optimal prope... | 03/09/1999 |
