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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129078 | FUEL CELL MODULE WITH COMBINED CURRENT COLLECTOR A fuel cell module having a composite collector includes a hollow, cylindrical unit cell including a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a second electrode layer arranged in a radial direction of the hollow, cylindrical unit cell; a current collector includ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128868 | COMPOSITE IONOMERIC MEMBRANE A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having:
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| 20120107719 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR MEMBRANE ELECTRODE OF FUEL CELL AND ITS METHOD OF PREPARATION AND FUEL CELL MEMBRANE ELECTRODE This invention discloses an electrocatalyst for membrane electrode assembly, and its preparation method, as well as a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly. An electrocatalyst for fuel cell application, it is featured that the electrocatalyst is prepared by supporting p... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107724 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell consists principally of a carbon support, and a platinum catalyst or a platinum-alloy catalyst supported on the carbon support. In the electrode catalyst, at least 0.7 mmol of an acid per gram of the electrode catalyst is present on... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082917 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODES WITH GRADED PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF MAKING A graded electrode is described. The graded electrode includes a substrate; and at least two electrode layers on the substrate forming a combined electrode layer, a composition of the at least two electrode layers being different, the combined electrode layer having an ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120048456 | POROUS MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELL ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA), AND FUEL CELL According to the present invention, a porous material for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane, wherein at least one strength auxiliary layer is provided inside and/or on the surface of a high porosity layer, the high porosity layer and the strength auxiliary layer constitu... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043010 | Method for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabrication A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes forming a first sublayer of a first electrode on a first side of a planar solid oxide electrolyte and drying the first sublayer of the first electrode. The method also includes forming a second sublayer of the f... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040273 | PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE PROTON CONDUCTIVE INORGANIC THIN FILM A proton-conductive inorganic thin film including an inorganic proton conductor, a method of forming the proton-conductive inorganic thin film, and a fuel cell including the proton-conductive inorganic thin film as an electrolyte membrane.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034372 | SOLID POLYMER TYPE FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME The present invention provides a method of production of a separator for a solid polymer type fuel cell characterized by shaping a substrate comprised of stainless steel, titanium, or a titanium alloy and then spraying the substrate surface with superhard core particles... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034498 | FUEL CELL, PLATE HAVING THROUGH-PLANE CONDUCTIVITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A fuel cell, a plate having through-plane conductivity and a manufacturing method of the plate are disclosed. The plate having through-plane conductivity includes a substrate and a plurality of linear conductors. The linear conductors are respectively coated with a meta... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028162 | Electrolyte Supported Cell Designed for Longer Life and Higher Power A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and a solid oxide electrolyte located between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The cathode electrode is a porous ceramic layer infiltrated with a cathode catalyst material, an... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021335 | Laminate and Method For Producing Same The present invention provides a laminate in which a layer containing an ion-exchange resin is combined with a release film which exhibits satisfactory releasability of the layer containing an ion-exchange resin. The laminate according to the present invention is produc... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021338 | METHOD FOR PREPARING METAL CATALYST AND ELECTRODE A method for preparing a metal catalyst includes a proton conductive material coating layer formed on the surface of a conductive material. Also, an electrode may be prepared using the metal catalyst. The method for preparing the metal catalyst comprises mixing the cond... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021337 | FUEL CELL CATALYST WITH METAL OXIDE/PHOSPHATE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME A fuel cell supported catalyst includes an underlying support structure having at least one of a metal oxide and a metal phosphate. Catalyst particles are arranged onto and in engagement with the support structure. An intermediate conductive, corrosion-resistant layer, ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120009504 | ELECTRODES FOR FUEL CELLS A method comprises creating an electrode by depositing alternating first and second layers on a substrate, and using the electrode to make a solid oxide fuel cell. The first layer comprises a metal, and the second layer comprises a non-metal, for example a ceramic mater... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009500 | SELECTIVELY SEALING FUEL CELL POROUS PLATE A method of manufacturing a porous structure for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method includes providing the porous structure, and processing the porous structure to selectively produce a non-porous region on the porous structure. In one example, the non-porous region i... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009503 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODES WITH CONDUCTION NETWORKS A fuel cell electrode layer may include a catalyst, an electronic conductor, and an ionic conductor. Within the electrode layer are a plurality of electronic conductor rich networks and a plurality of ionic conductor rich networks that are interspersed with the electron... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009496 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR MATERIAL, FUEL CELL SEPARATOR USING SAME, FUEL CELL STACK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL SEPARATOR MATERIAL A fuel cell separator material, comprising an alloy layer 6 containing Au and a first component containing Al, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, Sn or Bi, or an Au single layer 8 formed on a stainless steel base 2, and an intermediate layer 2a containing 2... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003565 | ANODE-SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL COMPRISING A NANOPOROUS LAYER HAVING A PORE GRADIENT STRUCTURE, AND A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell having a gradient structure in which pore size becomes gradually smaller from a porous electrode to an electrolyte thin film in order to form a dense electrolyte thin film of less than about 2 microns and preferab... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003564 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMERIC ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE Disclosed is a method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane, which comprises the steps of: removing a part of a salt component produced during polycondensation from a polymerization solution of a polymer electrolyte having a density of an ionic group of 2 mmol/g ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003572 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY In order to further suppress the occurrence of wrinkles and pinholes in a polymer electrolyte membrane, a manufacturing method for a catalyst-coated membrane assembly according to the present invention includes a preliminary drying process in which a catalyst ink coated... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003382 | METHOD OF TREATING A MATERIAL TO ACHIEVE SUFFICIENT HYROPHILICITY FOR MAKING HYROPHILIC ARTICLES An exemplary method of treating a material such as carbon or graphite to render at least some surfaces of the material hydrophilic includes coating at least a portion of the at least some surfaces with an oxygenated element and controlling a rate of a breakdown of the o... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318482 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER FOR FUEL CELL The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode catalyst layer for a fuel cell which includes a polymer electrolyte, a catalyst material and carbon particles, wherein the electrode catalyst layer employs a non-precious metal catalyst and has a hig... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311720 | Electrically Conductive Metal Fluid Distribution Plate for Fuel Cells In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate and a method of making, and system for using, the electrically conductive fluid distribution plate. In at least one embodiment, the plate comprises an electric... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300454 | OXIDATION RESISTANT COMPONENTS AND RELATED METHODS An oxidation resistant fuel cell component and a method for creating an aluminum diffusion surface layer within a fuel cell component to reduce chromium contamination occurring during operation of a fuel cell are disclosed. Generally, an aluminum-containing slurry may b... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110294672 | Metal Complexes for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Platinum The invention relates to platinum complexes, to a method for preparing the same and to the use thereof for the chemical vapour deposition of metal platinum. The chemical vapour deposition of platinum onto a substrate is made from a platinum organometallic compound that ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287174 | Novel catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells A method for making a carbon-metal-nitrogen oxygen reducing cathode catalyst, the method comprising mixing a carbon source with a transition metal precursor to form a metal precursor loaded carbon substrate; adding a nitrogen precursor compound to the metal precursor lo... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287339 | FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A fuel cell includes a unit cell, a cell fixing member and a welding portion. The unit cell includes a first electrode layer, an electrolyte layer surrounding the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer surrounding the electrolyte layer while exposing an end por... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110281199 | ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME An electrode for a fuel cell with an operating temperature of about 100° C. or more. The electrode has an electrode catalyst layer that includes an electrode catalyst with a conductive carrier and catalyst particles supported on the conductive carrier. The electrode ca... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275005 | Membrane Electrode Assemblies With Interfacial Layer The present invention relates to interfacial layers for use m membrane electrode assemblies that comprise nanowire-supported catalysts, and fuel cells comprising such membrane electrode assemblies. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing membrane elec... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275007 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Disclosed herein are a solid oxide fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solid oxide fuel cell includes an anode layer; a cathode layer; an electrolyte layer interposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer; wherein the anode layer includes an S... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269059 | METHOD OF MAKING A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack that includes the steps of applying a seal enhancing coating and a conductive coating onto respective surfaces of a separator plate and simultaneously co-firing the coatings in a reducing atmosphere. The method may... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269051 | Coated Product For Use In Electrochemical Device And A Method For Producing Such A Product A coated product for use in an electrochemical device including a metal sheet substrate provided with a coating system. The coating system including a first metal layer as an outer layer and a second metal coating layer as a layer between the first metal layer and the s... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269057 | REVERSAL TOLERANT MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL Ruthenium or a Ruthenium compound is applied to an anode structure according to a predetermined pattern, with only part of the anode active area containing Ru. The parts of the MEA that do not contain Ru are not expected to suffer degradation from Ru cross-over, so that... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110262828 | ELECTRODE CATALYST DISPERSION AND INK COMPOSITION There is provided an electrode catalyst layer that has excellent durability compared to conventional electrode catalyst layers employing carbon supports, and that can minimize as much as possible the amount of catalyst material used while exhibiting desired output, by a... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262829 | ELECTROFORMED BIPOLAR PLATES FOR FUEL CELLS A bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell is provided. The bipolar plate assembly includes a first electroformed unipolar plate disposed adjacent a second electroformed unipolar plate. The first and second unipolar plates are bonded by a plurality of localized electrical... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262629 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A NICKEL-CERMET ELECTRODE The method for fabricating a nickel-cermet electrode comprises the steps of formation of a mixture comprising an organic nickel salt in solid state and at least one ceramic material in solid state at ambient temperature, followed by shaping of the mixture and heat treat... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110256468 | ELECTRODE CATALYST MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The invention provides an electrode catalyst material in which a resistance loss is reduced by enhancing an electric conductivity as a whole of an electrode catalyst as well as suppressing a corrosion and a disappearance by a catalyst metal in a conductive catalyst supp... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110236798 | MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR AIR ELECTRODE A method of forming an air electrode of a metal-air battery includes forming at least a portion of the air electrode using a process selected from the group consisting of screen printing, spray printing, spin coating, and dip coating.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236772 | MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR AIR ELECTRODE A method of forming an air electrode of a metal-air battery includes forming a plurality of layers of the air electrode. The plurality of layers include an active layer and a gas diffusion layer. Forming the active layer includes forming a plurality of blank portions in... | 09/29/2011 |
