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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100167098 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE SAME A fuel cell system prevents leakage of aqueous fuel solution to the cathode while reducing catalyst deterioration in the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including an anode and a cathode. An aqueous solution pump supplies the anode with aqueous metha... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167097 | HEAT RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS A fuel cell heat recovery system and method, the heat recovery method including: closing a proportionate valve to control water flow to a second heat exchanger that recovers heat from an electric heater that uses surplus power of the fuel cell system, if the fuel cell s... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167096 | System for managing heat transfer in an electronic device to enhance operation of a fuel cell device A heat management system for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The system comprises a component that generates heat during operation of the component, a fuel cell device configured to provide electrical power to the component to operate the component, and a hea... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100151284 | METHODS AND CONTROLS FOR HYDROGEN TO CATHODE INLET OF A FUEL CELL SYSTEM A system and method for quickly heating a fuel cell stack at fuel cell system start-up. The fuel cell system includes a three-way valve positioned in the anode exhaust that selectively directs the anode exhaust gases to the cathode input of the fuel cell stack so that h... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151291 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell having an anode and a cathode; an oxidant gas flowpath supplying the oxidant gas to the fuel cell and discharging the oxidant gas from the fuel cell; a first shut-off valve disposed upstream from the fuel cell and having a first ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100129690 | VEHICULAR POWER SOURCE UNIT Provided is a vehicular power source unit having an external electric power supply controlling element (94) configured to control the operation of a heater (16) and a recharger (22) operated by an electric power supplied from a commercial power sour... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124681 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING FUEL CELL STACK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL STACK The fuel cell system of the present invention includes: (A) a fuel cell stack including at least one unit fuel cell including a cathode, an anode, and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween; (B) a detecting device for detecting lack of humidification in ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124678 | FUEL CELL FEED SYSTEMS Fuel feed systems capable of providing substantially consistent flow of fuel to a fuel cell and also capable of tolerating varying pressures from a reservoir (also referred to as fuel supply or fuel cell cartridge) and the fuel cell while maintaining substantially consi... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119901 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MOBILE BODY An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell system and a mobile body capable of restraining freeze in an air cleaner. The fuel cell system includes an air cleaner for cleaning the air to be supplied to a fuel cell and a heater for heating the air cleane... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100112381 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTUATOR A heat switch system includes a first surface thermally coupled to at least a portion of an associated component requiring temperature control. A second surface is spaced by a gap relative to the first surface. A gas generator is coupled to a first chamber configured to... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112389 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND WARMING UP COMPLETION DETERMINING METHOD FOR THE SAME A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a warming up status detector, a warming up completion threshold setter, an informing device, an estimator, and a threshold changer. The warming up status detector is configured to detect a warming up status of the fuel cell... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112384 | REMEDIAL ACTION TO OPERATE A FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH A FAILED BLEED MANIFOLD UNIT A system and method for providing an anode exhaust gas bleed in a fuel cell system. The system provides a normal anode side bleed using first and second bleed valves if the first and second bleed valves are not blocked and the temperature of first and second split sub-s... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104907 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE In an electronic device, state detection elements are arranged at various locations of a fuel cell system supplies an electric power to a phone unit, the state detection elements detect states of the fuel cell system at the locations. A cell state detection unit detects... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104908 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF In order to provide a fuel cell system (which ensures high proton conductivity and high energy conversion efficiency and, in addition, copes with an operating mode of the startup/shutdown type and which has excellent durability capable of effectively preventing a polyme... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098979 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MOVING BODY USING THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system includes a coolant pump for pumping a coolant, the coolant pump being provided in a coolant pipe that conveys the coolant to a fuel cell; a coolant heating device for heating the coolant when the fuel cell has stopped operation, the coolant heating de... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092820 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system capable of accurately controlling aqueous methanol solution and moisture discharged from the fuel cell, and which can be built small in size. The fuel cell system includes a radiator unit including a radiator pipe for a flow of aqueous methanol soluti... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100092813 | Thermal Control of a Flow Cell Battery A flow battery with thermal management is presented. The flow battery is housed in an enclosure where fluid is uniformly circulated about holding tanks of electrolyte to control the temperature inside the enclosure.... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100086812 | Supply System and Warning Device for a Fuel Cell Stack and Method for Controlling the Supply System In a fuel cell stack, fuel, such as often hydrogen, electrochemically reacts with an oxidant, such as ambient air, and electric energy is generated from chemical energy. During the reaction, a proton exchange membrane (PEM) separates the fuel from the oxidant during the... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100081024 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system including a secondary cell, a fuel cell power generation unit to carry out a power generation by an electrochemical reaction between a fuel and a water, a supply unit to supply the fuel and the water to the fuel cell power generation unit, a charging ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100081023 | HYDROGEN-PRODUCING FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS WITH A LIQUID LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM Liquid leak detection systems, and fuel cell systems and hydrogen-producing fuel processing systems containing the same. The liquid leak detection systems are adapted to detect liquid leaks from the fuel cell and/or fuel processing systems and to respond thereto, such a... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100068578 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system having a cooling water pump provided in cooling water piping that sends cooling water to a fuel cell and sending the cooling water under pressure, fuel gas supply piping connected to the fuel cell and supplying fuel gas to the fuel cell, fuel gas circ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100055515 | FUEL SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELLS An embodiment of the invention provides a fuel supply control system to control a fuel cell system to work in a predetermined temperature range by controlling a fuel supply rate. The fuel supply control system includes a fuel supply controller and a fuel supply device. ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100055511 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system calculates amount of fluid discharged from a fuel gas circulation path with water and fuel gas in accordance with an ordinary process map if inside an anode is not scavenged when a fuel cell stops electrochemical reaction; measures amount of water rem... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100047645 | COGENERATION SYSTEM A cogeneration system (100) is provided which has an inverter cooling configuration that enables effective utilization of energy and contributes to an improvement in energy saving performance. To this end, the cogeneration system has a power generator (1);... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100035095 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system of the present invention includes: a fuel cell (1) supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electricity; a fuel gas supply unit supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell (1); an oxidizing gas supply unit supplying the oxidizing... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035090 | OFF-STATE DEGRADATION PREVENTION IN A FUEL CELL WITHOUT ON-STATE LOSSES USING SELF CONTROLLED ELEMENT A fuel cell system that employs a technique for reducing MEA degradation during system shut-down that occurs as a result of the hydrogen and air being present in the fuel cell stack flow channels. The fuel cell system includes a non-linear load element, such as a positi... | 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 |
| 20100028740 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A first rectangular pipe is connected along a path of an oxidation gas supply pipe that supplies an oxidation gas from a pump to an oxidant pole of a fuel cell. A second rectangular pipe is connected to an oxidation off-gas pipe connected to an outlet of the oxidant pol... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100021782 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM To provide a fuel cell system that achieves both prevention of degradation of the performance of a fuel cell due to accumulation of an impurity in an anode gas flow channel and reduction of the amount of discharged fuel gas to the outside of the system. 01/28/2010 | |
| 20100015483 | Reaction gas temperature and humidity regulating module for fuel cell stack A device for regulating temperature and humidity of a reaction gas to be supplied to a fuel cell stack includes a temperature regulation section provided with a first gas guide board through which the reaction gas flows, a coolant guide board through which a coolant fro... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100003563 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system is provided including heating means for heating up heat medium that exchanges heat with a fuel cell, and in which the fuel cell is warmed up by the heat medium heated by the heating means. The system includes: flow rate detecting means for detecting a... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090325013 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system includes a hydrogen path for supplying odorant-added hydrogen to the fuel cell, an estimating unit to estimate the depositing of the odorant in the fuel cell, and control unit to heat the fuel cell up to a temperature at which at least part of the odo... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090325015 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system comprises a fuel gas supply conduit which supplies fuel gas to a fuel cell, a circulation conduit which returns discharged fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell to the fuel gas supply conduit, and a control device. When the control device determines ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090325006 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system is provided with a power generation unit including stacked cells. Cell voltage signals are output from predetermined ones of the cells. A load change is applied to the generation unit, wherein first connection in which the first load is connected to t... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090317676 | THREE-WAY DIVERTER ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM A three-way diverter assembly with a movable member is provided. The three-way diverter assembly includes a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet and the second inlet are adapted to receive a fluid. The movabl... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090317677 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED AIR CIRCULATION A wireless communication device (200) and method (300) adapted to prolong the useful life of an energy storage device is disclosed. In its simplest form, it can include: detecting (310) a first threshold of an energy conversion module comprising at ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090317678 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system is provided with an air compressor for supplying a fuel cell stack with air; a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of air in the gas downstream from an intercooler, at the middle of an oxidation gas supplying channel; and a control sectio... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090297900 | Fuel Cell System A fuel cell system capable of stably supplying hot water to a load is provided. The fuel cell system includes a solid-oxide fuel cell 31, a heat exchanger 40 that exchanges heat between an exhaust gas from the solid-oxide fuel... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090291342 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell (1) having a plurality of unit cells (1a) stacked on each other, first and second end plates (1b, 1c) between which the plurality of unit cells are interposed, and a gas supply pass... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090286111 | SELF-TUNING THERMAL CONTROL OF AN AUTOMOTIVE FUEL CELL PROPULSION SYSTEM A fuel cell system that employs an on-line self-tuning algorithm that provides temperature control of a fuel cell stack in response to disturbances on the system. The system includes a thermal sub-system having a cooling fluid pump that pumps a cooling fluid through the... | 11/19/2009 |
