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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100124690 | FUEL CELL FLUID FLOW PLATE WITH SHELL PASSAGEWAY PIECE A fluid cell fluid flow plate comprises: a fluid flow plate, having one face being a fluid flow face for receiving a reactive fluid and the other face being a non-active surface, provided with a first manifold, a second manifold, and a flow channel disposed on the fluid... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100112413 | SEPARATOR FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL Provided is a high-temperature fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a fuel gas flow path containing hydrogen, an oxidant gas flow path containing mainly an oxygen component being supplied from an oxygen/nitrogen separator of a system and participating i... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100099009 | VALVES FOR FUEL CARTRIDGES Valves for connecting fuel supplies are disclosed. The fuel supplies can be a pressurized or non-pressurized cartridge that can be used with any fuel cells. The valves may include valves that vent gas from the cartridge and allow byproducts produced by the fuel cell to ... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100068603 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM In a humidifying membrane module, a humidifying membrane having plural hollow fiber membranes bundled together is housed in a humidifying membrane chassis having a cylindrical outer periphery, and the humidifying membrane chassis is housed in an assembly chassis having ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100028743 | AMORPHOUS CARBON COATINGS FOR FUEL CELL BIPOLAR PLATES A flow field plate for fuel cell applications includes a metal with a non-crystalline carbon layer disposed over at least a portion of the metal plate. The non-crystalline carbon layer includes an activated surface which is hydrophilic. Moreover, the flow field plate is... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090239129 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL A metal separator for a fuel cell includes a plurality of flow passage grooves for flowing a fluid for operating the fuel cell; manifold holes provided on each side of an upper stream and a lower stream of the plurality of flow passage grooves and formed so as to penetr... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090214931 | FLOW-FIELD PLATE AND FUEL CELL STACK USING THE SAME Disclosed is a flow-field plate and fuel cell stack using the same. The flow-field plate of the present invention comprises a center hole (5) formed at the center of the flow-field plate, a inlet (6) and a outlet (7) formed on two positions near the... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090191447 | Fuel cell unit, composite block of fuel cells and method for manufacturing a composite block of fuel cells In order to create a fuel cell unit, comprising a cathode-anode-electrolyte unit and a contact plate which is in electrically conductive contact with the cathode-anode-electrolyte unit, which requires only small production resources and is thus suitable for large-scale ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090042076 | Modified planar cell (MCP) and stack based on MPC A single cell for a solid oxide fuel cell having wave-like architecture and a stack composed of such single cells is described. The cell design provides high durability. The stack design provides uniform distribution of reagents along the surface of the electrodes and b... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090023019 | BIDIRECTIONAL WATER SEPARATOR A flow shifting fuel cell with water separator. The water separator is used to control the amount of moisture that passes through the anode flowpath of one or more fuel cells in one or more fuel cell stacks. The water separator is made up of a housing to direct the flow... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090011310 | BIPOLAR PLATE WITH MICROGROOVES FOR IMPROVED WATER TRANSPORT One embodiment of the invention comprises a fuel cell bipolar plate comprising a substrate comprising a first face, a reactant gas flow field defined in the first face, the reactant gas flow field comprising a plurality of lands and channels, and a plurality of microgro... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090004524 | FUEL CELL A fuel cell including at least a fuel cell module is provided. The fuel cell module has a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), two base plates, an anode current collector and a cathode current collector. The two base plates are disposed on two opposite sides of the MEA to... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090004547 | Fuel cell stacks and methods The invention provides a fuel cell stack including a layer of encapsulating material disposed about the separator plate, MEA, and reactant manifold, wherein the reactant manifold is bounded at least in part by the encapsulating material. The fuel cell stack also include... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090004546 | Fuel cell assembly and a separator therefor In a fuel cell assembly (1) comprising a pair of separators (11, 12) each for defining a recess (10) serving as a conduit for a fuel fluid or an oxidizer fluid, a feedthrough conductive path for connecting top and under surfaces of each separator is... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090004542 | LOW ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE BIPOLAR PLATE-DIFFUSION MEDIA ASSEMBLY A fuel cell assembly and method of forming the same is disclosed, the fuel cell assembly including a membrane electrode assembly, a plurality of diffusion media, and a plurality of bipolar plates, wherein the diffusion media are adhered to the bipolar plates with an adh... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090004519 | Fuel cell stacks and methods The invention provides a fuel cell stack including a layer of encapsulating material disposed about the separator plate, MEA, and reactant manifold, wherein the reactant manifold is bounded at least in part by the encapsulating material. The fuel cell stack also include... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080318115 | FLOW CHANNEL PLATE A flow channel plate suitable for use in a fuel cell including a plate body and at least a group of flow guiding blocks is provided. The plate body has a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. The first side wall has at least an inlet an... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080311461 | ELECTROCHEMICAL FUEL CELL STACK HAVING STAGGERED FUEL AND OXIDANT PLENUMS An electrochemical fuel cell stack having staggered fuel and oxidant plenums is disclosed. This construction allows for reduced cell pitch without reducing plenum thickness and hence fluid flow.... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080268325 | Sealed Fuel Cell Stack The invention relates to a fuel cell consisting of a stack of elementary cells and interconnectors (7) and comprising a single vertical seal (2) which is placed around the stack thus formed. The aforementioned assembly is preferably equipped with a contain... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080241638 | SOFC system producing reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide using a molten carbonated carbon dioxide pump A solid oxide fuel cell power generation system's entire output is made up of three streams: water, sequestered carbon dioxide provided into a storage tank, and carbon dioxide depleted air. Thus, the system generates electricity from a hydrocarbon fuel, while outputting... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080226967 | BIFURCATION OF FLOW CHANNELS IN BIPOLAR PLATE FLOWFIELDS A bipolar plate for a fuel cell is provided that includes a flowfield having an active surface with an inlet region and an outlet region. The active surface of the flowfield is in communication with the inlet region and the outlet region and has at least one flow channe... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080176128 | FUEL CELL A fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an anode current collector, a cathode current collector and a water transport layer is provided. The MEA includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode layer and th... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080160366 | POROUS PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL In one example, a fuel cell utilizes a non-carbonized, non-graphitized porous polymer water transport plate having a water permeability of less than 30×10−17 m2. The water transport plate is part of a fuel cell that employs an evaporative coolin... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080118814 | FUEL CELL STACK STRUCTURE A fuel cell stack induces smooth current collection and liquid or gas flow without using a heavy bipolar plate. The fuel cell stack includes: a membrane and electrode assembly (MEA) in which an electrolyte membrane is disposed between a cathode electrode and an anode el... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080113255 | Fuel cell A coolant flow field is formed on a surface of a second metal separator. Further, a rubber bridge dividing the coolant flow field and a coolant supply passage is formed on the surface. The rubber bridge includes a plurality of channels connecting the coolant flow field ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080113235 | FASTENER, CELL STACK, FUEL CELL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A fastening member includes a pair of fastening members to sandwich an electricity generating cell therebetween. At least one of the pair of fastening members has electrical conductivity and is connected to the electricity generating cell. Current is collected using the... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080102348 | Saparator for fuel cell having channels for self-humidifaction A separator for a fuel cell includes a main separator and a sub separator. A plurality of intake manifolds and exhaust manifolds are perforated on both end portions of the main separator and the sub separator. A plurality of channels are formed on an upper surface of th... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080090130 | Manifold for Fuel Cell Stack The interior of a manifold (1) comprises, for each of a plurality of fluid types supplied to a fuel cell stack (2), an interior side passage (11b-13b) connected to a fluid supply/discharge port (2f) of the stack, a... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080085440 | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and production method of the same A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising: a hydrogen ion-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane; an anode and a cathode with the electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween; an anode-side conductive separator having a gas flow channel for supply of a fuel gas to the... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080085438 | Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack A fuel gas inlet, a fuel gas outlet, an oxygen-containing gas inlet, an oxygen-containing gas outlet, and other components, which are disposed at upper and lower portions at both ends in the lateral direction, are provided in a first fuel cell stack. A plurality of cool... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080070079 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack and a layer assembly forming the fluid circuitry for the fuel cell stack. The layer assembly comprises a plurality of layers assembled in face-to-face contact and joined together in a fluid-tight manner. At least some of t... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080057377 | UNIFORM FLOW CHANNEL BOARD FOR FUEL CELL The present invention discloses an uniform flow channel board for fuel cell, which at least comprises a fuel inlet for introducing fuel, and a plurality of channels connected to the fuel inlet. For the uniform flow channel board according to the present invention, the f... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080032180 | Structure of fuel cell assembly A structure of fuel cell assembly is disclosed. A flow channel plate with a plurality of flow fields is respectively disposed on two sides of a fuel cell unit. A plurality of graphic electrodes is arranged on two sides of the fuel cell unit and the flow field matches th... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080026265 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS COMPRISING LAMINAR FLOW INDUCED DYNAMIC CONDUCTING INTERFACES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING SUCH CELLS, AND METHODS EMPLOYING SAME An electrochemical cell is described that includes (a) a first electrode; (b) a second electrode; and (c) a channel contiguous with at least a portion of the first and the second electrodes. When a first liquid is contacted with the first electrode, a second liquid is c... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080020260 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANIFOLDED INTEGRATION OF A HUMIDIFICATION CHAMBER FOR INPUT GAS FOR A PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for the manifolded integration of a humidification chamber for input gas for a fuel cell stack. An input gas chamber and water vapor chamber are integrated with a fuel cell stack. The input gas chamber has one wall, an inpu... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080020251 | Fuel Cell System A flow passage member and a reformed gas supply pipe for supplying a reformed gas to a fuel cell stack are provided. Hot air to be supplied to the fuel cell stack flows through the flow passage member. A gold gasket is provided at a joint portion between the flow passag... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080014493 | FUEL CELL HAVING WATER RECIRCULATION PLATE A planar type fuel cell is provided. The planar type fuel cell has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and an anode, and a cathode, and a plate attached to the cathode of the membrane electrode assembly to supply water to the cathode by conde... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080003468 | Fuel cell system and method of activating the fuel cell Fuel cell system including a fuel cell assembly having an anode and a cathode. A fuel/electrolyte module includes a liquid fuel and/or a liquid electrolyte and/or components of the liquid fuel and/or the liquid electrolyte. A housing arrangement houses the fuel cell ass... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070298310 | Fuel cell In a fuel cell in which an electrode and a separator are stacked together, a rib which is provided on the separator and forms a reaction gas flow path is fixed to an electrode by a liquid sealant, and the porosity of a portion of the electrode which has been impregnated... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070298311 | Fuel cell separator In a fuel cell separator, reaction gas fluid grooves form a serpentine fuel gas flow path wherein a plurality of parallel flow paths reverse directions at multiple stages, and the ratio of a fluid groove width to a ridge width downstream along the fluid path is larger t... | 12/27/2007 |
