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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829211 | Thermal-fluids management system for direct methanol fuel cells The present invention provides a system and method for passive thermal-fluids management in a liquid feed fuel cell. In particular, the present invention provides a system and method for passive thermal-fluids management in a direct methanol fuel cell having a metha... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7758991 | 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 fi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7740973 | Modular electrochemical power system Electrochemical power systems of modular design are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an electrochemical power system is provided comprising a container, at least one container reactant port, at least one container electrical powe... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727661 | Fuel cell system with gold gasket 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 pa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7727660 | Modified fuel cells with internal humidification and/or temperature control systems Modified fuel cells with improved distribution of humidity and/or temperature are provided. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718302 | Electrochemical deoxygenation of fuel by electrolysis A fuel stabilization device reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen within a fuel stream utilizing the combination of an electrochemical device to produce hydrogen gas and water and a catalyst that promotes the formation of water utilizing dissolved oxygen within the... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713649 | Fuel cell stack with internal fuel manifold configuration A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells, and a plurality of fuel delivery ports. Each of the plurality of fuel delivery ports is positioned on or in the fuel cell stack to provide fuel to a portion of the plurality fuel cells in each stack. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7691520 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system including a flat type stack in which a plurality of unit cells, in which an electricity generating reaction is performed, are arranged on a plane, and the fuel cell system pre-heats the fuel provided from the outside for reducing the temperature d... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687183 | Electrochemical fuel cell elements having improved compression over channels An electrically conductive element and a related assembly are provided for use in an electrochemical cell. The electrically conductive separator plate has an upper boundary and a lower boundary. The upper boundary has at least one land formed therein, where the land... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7670710 | Fuel cell and fuel cell stack with pressure chambers A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators. The separator includes first through third plates which are stacked together. A fuel gas channel connected to a fuel gas supply passage is formed between the first and third plates. The fuel gas ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7659028 | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell This invention provides an electrode for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which fuel cell contains: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; electrode layers formed respectively on both faces of the electrolyte membrane; two reinforcing members which cover respective ou... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655341 | Bipolar plate for fuel cells, which is formed from a shaped foil, and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a bipolar plate for fuel cells, comprising at least a shaped, at least partially electrically conductive foil (1), the bipolar plate having a channel structure (5) formed by the shaping of the foil (1), to convey... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7638224 | Fuel cell stack In order to provide a fuel cell stack which can sufficiently use a current range that can originally be output by a fuel cell unit, and from which high output can be obtained even with a small size, a thickness of an oxygen flow field plate is made large for a fuel ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7632599 | Separator for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same The present invention provides, as a separator for fuel cell which is lightweight, can be easily made thin, and which has superior corrosion resistance and shape stability, a fuel cell 100 containing a separator for fuel cell 10, wherein a conductor pa... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7629070 | Bipolar plate for PEM fuel cells The bipolar plate for PEM fuel cells made of a polymer blend which is filled with conductivity-enhancing carbon fillers and which includes at least two mutually nonmiscible blend polymers, is distinguished by the fact that the at least two blend polymers form a co-c... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7601453 | Fuel cell and fuel cell stack A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators. The separator includes first through third plates which are stacked together. The first plate has a first protrusion section on its surface contacting an anode of a first circular disk. The first... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7585583 | Metal stack for fuel cells or electrolysers A stack, to be used in a fuel cell or electrolyzer, includes a collector layer, at least one diffusion layer and at least one anchoring layer. The collector layer being a metal foil or metal plate or foamed metal sheet, the diffusion layer can be a metal mesh or exp... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7569300 | 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 separato... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7569301 | Fuel cell A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. Each of the separators includes first and second metal plates. When the fist and second metal plates are stacked together, an inlet buffer and an outlet bu... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7566512 | Molten carbonate fuel cell and method for production thereof A fuel cell, in particular a molten carbonate fuel cell and a method for production thereof are disclosed. The anode (1) and the cathode (2) are each provided on current collectors (4a, 4b), which electrically contact with t... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7541109 | Passive water management techniques in direct methanol fuel cells Passive water management techniques are provided in an air-breathing direct oxidation fuel cell system. A highly hydrophobic component with sub-micrometer wide pores is laminated to the catalyzed membrane electrolyte on the cathode side. This component blocks liquid... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7531266 | Fuel cell In a fuel cell, a porous portion is formed in a separator. At a surface of the porous portion opposite to a surface where a reactant gas passage is formed, a cooling gas passage is formed. The cooling gas passage may be fluidly connected to a reactant gas supply pas... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524575 | Flow field plate for use in fuel cells A method of flowing reactants over an ion exchange membrane in a fuel cell flow field plate is provided. The flow field plate is provided, comprising a network of flow channels in the plate bounded by an electrochemically active electrode, the network comprising a s... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7521146 | Switching modes of operation of a fuel cell A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes routing an anode exhaust of the fuel cell stack to an anode exhaust line. Based on a mode operation of the fuel cell stack, communication is selectively established between a cathode chamber of the fuel cell... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7485389 | Electrochemical fuel cell stack An electrochemical fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly and a distributor plate. The distributor plate includes a channel region having gas channels for distributing reaction gas to the membrane electrode assembly, a first port area for supplying r... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7465515 | Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell assembly, fuel cell stack, and method of operating cell assembly A cell assembly is formed by stacking a first unit cell and a second unit cell to each other. The first unit cell includes a first unified body, and the second unit cell includes a second unified body. In the cell assembly, the first and second unit cells have struc... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462415 | Flow field plate arrangement for a fuel cell A fuel cell comprising anode and cathode flow field plates having a multitude of flow channels separated by land features wherein the land features of the anode side are wider than the land features of the cathode side is disclosed. In fuel cells, the flow field pla... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7445866 | Fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack includes a stack body, an end separator, a terminal plate, an insulating plate, and an end plate provided at one end of the stack body in a stacking direction. The insulating plate has a recess for accommodating the terminal plate. Further, the ins... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442463 | Fuel cell A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrolyte electrode assembly. Each of the separators is a single plate, and includes a plurality of circular disks. First protrusions and second protrusions are provide... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442460 | Direct-alcohol fuel-cell stack and corresponding method of fabrication Described herein is a fuel-cell stack, which comprises a plurality of direct-alcohol fuel cells electrically connected together. Each cell has a miniaturized structure comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte set between the first electrode a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438985 | Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrochemical cell having an integral, electrically-conductive, resiliently compressible, porous pad Electrolysis cell comprises, in one embodiment, a proton exchange membrane (PEM), an anode positioned along one face of the PEM, and a cathode positioned along the other face of the PEM. A multi-layer metal screen for defining a first fluid cavity is placed in conta... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438789 | Decomposition cell A decomposition cell having a first metal plate with a first layer of dielectric and a second metal plate with a second layer of dielectric wherein each layer of dielectric is sprayed onto the metal plates in molten form using a thermal plasma spray process. The pla... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435502 | Internal PEM fuel cell water management Water transfer means (86) transfers fuel cell product water from a cathode water transport plate (34) to an anode water transport plate (23) of the same or a different fuel cell, wholly within a fuel cell stack (50), (disposed within each... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435503 | Planar membraneless microchannel fuel cell A planar microfluidic membraneless flow cell. The design eliminates the need for a mechanical membrane, such as a polyelectrolyte membrane (PEM) in a fuel cell, by providing a flow channel in which laminar flow regimes exist in two fluids flowing in mutual contact t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432007 | Molded fuel cell plates with seals A fuel cell unit incorporates a pair of plates; one plate an anode, the other a cathode. Respective anode and cathode plates are physically bonded together to form such pairs; wherein pluralities of the pairs are secured together to form commercially available fuel ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432003 | Mixing tank for fuel cell A mixing tank for a fuel cell is provided with a container housing fuel for the fuel cell, an absorbent member housed in the container, which has a cavity therein, an inlet flow path interconnecting the fuel cell and the container so as to conduct an exhaust from th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427451 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system has a fuel cell (1) performing power generation as a result of reactions in supplied gases, a humidifying device (34) for humidifying at least one supplied gas by using water from water tank (31), and a coolant temperature reg... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425382 | Fuel cell assembly A fuel cell assembly in accordance with a present invention includes at least one reactant path that extends at least once around the perimeter of the inner region of the assembly and has an upstream end associated with the outer region of the assembly and a downstr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425383 | Electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, separator therefore, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and generating system using them The object of this invention is to provide an electrode for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, a separator therefor, a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and a generating system, which electrode is simplified in structure, have high handling property, can be transferred pr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422814 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell unit includes a plurality of fuel cells. Each of the fuel cells includes a plurality of power generation units. The power generation units are electrically connected in series for outputting a desired level of voltage. The fuel cells are stacked in a dir... | 09/09/2008 |
