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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100159294 | COMBINED SUBGASKET AND MEMBRANE SUPPORT A combined subgasket and membrane support for a fuel cell is provided. The combined subgasket and membrane support includes a substantially fluid impermeable feed region circumscribing a porous membrane support region. The membrane support region is integrally formed wi... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159295 | ON-LINE REPLACEMENT OF DCFC TUBULAR ELEMENTS In one embodiment, the present invention relates generally to a method for replacing at least one direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) tube of a plurality of DCFC tubes in a fuel cell on-line. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a degradation in performance of th... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100151283 | RECHARGEABLE FUEL CELL A device and method of forming a power generator includes a container, a fuel cell stack within the container, a metal hydride hydrogen producing fuel within the container, wherein the fuel cell stack is sandwiched between the container and an anode support surrounding ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143754 | SHUTDOWN STRATEGY TO AVOID CARBON CORROSION DUE TO SLOW HYDROGEN/AIR INTRUSION RATES A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, each of the fuel cells including an electrolyte membrane disposed between an anode and a cathode, an anode supply manifold in fluid communication with the anodes of the fuel cells, the anod... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136381 | Electrode plate multi-end sides to single end side current collector of an electricity storage/discharge device The present invention discloses that the auxiliary electric conductor is additionally installed between the positive or negative electrode plates being installed at the edge inside the individual electrode cell having electrode plates and the electrode cell casing, and ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100122461 | COMPACT SPRING LOADED FUEL CELL MONOPOLAR STACK A spring assembly for use with a direct oxidation fuel cell system is provided. The spring assembly includes a pair of spring elements, placed over each of the major dimensions of the fuel cell, such that the top and bottom spring elements provide at least a portion of ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124675 | FUEL CELL PLATES PRODUCED FROM LAYERED MATERIALS One exemplary embodiment discloses a bipolar plate assembly including a cathode plate and an anode plate. Each of the cathode plate and the anode plate includes a core material, a first surface material coupled to a first side of the core material, and a second surface ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124676 | MANAGING GAS BUBBLES IN A LIQUID FLOW SYSTEM A system and method for managing gas bubbles in a liquid flow system are described. In particular, according to the system and method, novel techniques reduce a volume of cavities in the liquid flow system and limit a cross-sectional area of the liquid flow system to a ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119882 | TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL A titanium material for an electrode comprising
| 05/13/2010 |
| 20100112385 | METHOD FOR REMEDIAL ACTION IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE OF THE COMPRESSOR BYPASS VALVE IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM A system and method for controlling the speed of a compressor that provides air to the cathode side of a fuel cell stack in the event that a cathode by-pass valve fails. If a by-pass valve failure is detected, a failure algorithm first disengages the normal flow and pre... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112406 | ULTRASONICALLY ENHANCED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE A fuel cell system comprises at least one fuel source (e.g., methanol or methanol solution) In a storage tank, tubes and/or flow channels that provide the fuel to the fuel cells via tubes and/or flow channels, which are used to connect the different fuel cells and/or su... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112386 | METHOD FOR REMEDIAL ACTION IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE OF THE PRIMARY AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM A system and method for controlling the speed of a compressor in the event that an airflow meter that measures the airflow from the compressor to the cathode input of the stack fails. When a failure of the airflow meter is detected, an algorithm first deactivates the pr... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112390 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ACTIVATING COMPLETION DEGREE DISPLAYING METHOD OF THE SAME The progress of activation of a fuel cell is appropriately transmitted in accordance with the rise of the temperature of the fuel cell, and an estimated time till the completion of the activation is displayed with higher accuracy. To realize this, the current percentage... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108240 | Method of Forming an Electrode Including an Electrochemical Catalyst Layer A method of forming an electrode having an electrochemical catalyst layer is disclosed. The method includes etching a surface of a substrate, followed by immersing the substrate in a solution containing surfactants to form a conditioner layer on the surface of the subst... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104895 | STRUCTURE OF A FUEL CELL STACK A structure of a fuel cell stack is disclosed, comprising: a first cathode plate, a first fuel cell module, a first anode channel plate, a second fuel cell module, a cathode channel plate, a third fuel cell module, a second anode channel plate, a fourth fuel cell module... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098975 | LOW COST THERMAL INSULATION FOR A FUEL CELL STACK INTEGRATED END UNIT An end unit for a fuel cell stack is provided. The end unit includes a main body having a cavity and a substantially impermeable barrier disposed thereon to militate against heat transfer within the end unit and minimize a cost of insulating the end unit. A fuel cell sy... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098985 | FUEL CELL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME A small fuel cell capable of improving stability of power generation is provided. A heat insulating layer 40 is provided outside an oxidant-electrode-side package member 22. In a face 40A on an oxidant electrode 12 side of the heat insulating... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092808 | Potato-Shaped Graphite Particles with Low impurity Rate at the Surface, Method for Preparing the Same Modified graphite particles obtained from graphite or based on graphite, the said particles having impurities in their internal structure and having on the surface a low, even nil, rate of an impurity or several impurities. In addition, these particles have at least one... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100092809 | Electrically conductive, optically transparent films of exfoliated graphite nanoparticles and methods of making the same Fabrication techniques are disclosed for the formation of electrically conductive, optically transparent films of exfoliated graphite nanoparticles (EGN). The techniques allow the controlled deposition of EGN nanoplatelets (graphene sheets) and other nanoparticles (e.g.... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100081017 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL FUEL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Embodiments of the invention relate to a multifunctional fuel system, including a multifunctional fuel cartridge including a hydrogen carrier capable of releasing hydrogen and one or more fuel cells, removably coupled to the fuel cartridge. The one or more fuel cells ar... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100075189 | CURRENT COLLECTOR AND FUEL CELL STACK A current collector and a fuel cell stack are disclosed. The current collector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a double-side adhesive layer, which is formed on one surface of the substrate; a collecting pattern, which is ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100065359 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE In a fuel cell vehicle of the present invention, a floor panel is constructed to have a center tunnel formed to extend in a front-back direction of the vehicle. A fuel cell system is at least partly located below the center tunnel and includes at least one fuel cell sta... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100068561 | PERMEATION PROTECTION FOR PRESSURIZED HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK One embodiment of the invention includes a product including a pressurized gas storage vessel shell including an interior surface and an exterior surface, a liner layer over the interior surface of the pressurized gas storage vessel, and a permeation protection layer ov... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100068562 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE An electrochemical device capable of improving arrangement efficiency of bonded bodies and securing favorable sealing characteristics is provided. An electrolyte membrane 11 has a reaction region 11A sandwiched between a fuel electrode 12 and an oxy... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064958 | WET Buoyancy Engine Technologies such as stealth buoys and underwater gliders need to modify their own buoyancy in order to operate. Strategies such as pumping fluid are typically used to change the device's net volume. This in turn requires a mechanically sophisticated apparatus, increasi... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100055507 | HIGH-DENSITY 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE A 3-D structure formed in a recess of a substrate delimited by walls, including a large number of rectangle parallelepipedic blades extending from the bottom of the recess to the substrate surface while being oriented perpendicularly to one another and formed in a patte... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100040911 | FUEL CELL FLOW FIELD HAVING STRONG, CHEMICALLY STABLE METAL BIPOLAR PLATES A bipolar plate (30) for use in a fuel cell stack (10) includes one or more first metal layers (40a) having a tendency to grow an electrically passive layer in the presence of a fuel cell reactant gas and one or more second metal layers (4... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100035114 | Silicon-based Nanostructured Diode Fuel Cell This design introduces a new paradigm for fuel cells, mimicking the action of a diode more than a battery, fundamentally changing fuel cell dynamics. This design addresses the major obstacles encountered in producing platinum-free fuel cells in a scalable format includi... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035091 | METHOD OF MAKING A STABLE HYDROPHILIC COATING/SURFACE ON CARBON-BASED MATERIALS FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS One exemplary embodiment includes a fuel cell component having comprising a carbon chain, and a material grafted to the coating/surface, wherein the material includes ionic or polar groups. One embodiment includes composite plates which include carbon that can be activa... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035107 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system of the invention includes, a fuel cell, a water reservoir configured to accumulate water discharged from the fuel cells, and a status estimator configured to estimate a status of the water reservoir based on a stated of the fuel cell.... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035110 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE The present invention relates to a fuel cell device for use in planar configuration air breathing polymer electrolyte electrochemical devices and to a support plate, gas connection means and clamping means for use in the fuel cell device. The electrochemical device may ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035093 | ULTRACAPACITORS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING An electrochemical device comprising a chemically modified graphene material is disclosed. An ultracapacitor comprising a chemically modified graphene material is disclosed, along either with a method of making an ultracapacitor, the method comprising forming two electr... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035092 | Structure and method for SOFC operation with failed cell diode bypass A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which includes a plurality of fuel cells contacted in series by a plurality of interconnect plates. At least two interconnect plates are contacted by a high-temperature bypass diode that is physically integrated in the fuel ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035094 | Hydrophilic Inorganic Aggregate, A Method for Preparing the Same, Hydrophilic Composite Material and Bipolar Plate for Fuel Cell Comprising the Same Disclosed herein are a hydrophilic inorganic aggregate, a method for preparing the same, and a hydrophilic composite and a fuel cell bipolar plate, each comprising the same. The hydrophilic inorganic aggregate comprises hybrid particles in which carbon black particles a... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100028726 | Method for Supplying Fuel Gas To a Gas Chamber of a Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Mechanical stresses of the membrane of a fuel cell can be reduced by virtue of the fact that the supply of feed gas to a gas chamber of the fuel cell takes places, initially, by means of a first pressure increasing speed and then by means of a second pressure increasing... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100028727 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING A FUEL CELL ENGINE IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN ULTRACAPACITOR A hybrid fuel cell system that employs a fuel cell stack and an ultracapacitor. A diode is provided on a high voltage electrical bus between the fuel cell stack and the ultracapacitor so that high voltage from the ultracapacitor does not affect the operation of the fuel... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100028725 | FUEL CELL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM An instrumentation system utilizes a single light source collimated through windows through a gas line in communication with a fuel cell. As each beam passes through each window, the gas stream will attenuate each beam. A diffraction grating disperses each attenuated be... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100015473 | MULTI-LAYER COATING A multi-layer coating for protection of metals and alloys against oxidation at high temperatures in general is provided. The invention utilizes a multi-layer ceramic coating on metals or alloys for increased oxidation-resistance, comprising at least two layers, wherein ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100015474 | Adaptive Technique and Apparatus to Detect an Unhealthy Condition of a Fuel Cell System A technique that is usable with a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack includes storing in a memory a healthy behavior pattern and an unhealthy behavior pattern for the fuel cell stack, comparing observed behavior of the fuel cell stack to the healthy and unhealthy... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100003545 | Redox Flow Battery System for Distributed Energy Storage A large stack redox flow battery system provides a solution to the energy storage challenge of many types of renewable energy systems. Independent reaction cells arranged in a cascade configuration are configured according to state of charge conditions expected in each ... | 01/07/2010 |
