Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8084150 | Fuel cartridges and apparatus including the same A fuel cartridge includes a fuel containing substance and a heater in thermal communication with the fuel containing substance. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7799451 | Post-reformer treatment of reformate gas A method of modifying reformate gas composition downstream of the reformer so that it remains in a carbon-free region, i.e. above the critical oxygen/carbon ratio even at the desired minimum operating temperature. This is accomplished by using staged partial oxidati... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7745027 | Catalytic dehydrogenation of amine borane complexes A method of generating hydrogen includes the steps of providing an amine borane (AB) complex, at least one hydrogen generation catalyst, and a solvent, and mixing these components. Hydrogen is generated. The hydrogen produced is high purity hydrogen suitable for PEM... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7722971 | Electric generator for motor vehicle An electric generator for a motor vehicle, including: a reformer for producing a reformate from a primary fuel, water and air; circuits supplying the reformer with primary fuel, air, and water; a fuel cell for production electric power from the reformate and air; a ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7645532 | Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an upstream reformate combustor A solid-oxide fuel cell system wherein a reformate combustor is disposed in the reformate flow path between a hydrocarbon reformer and a fuel cell stack. At system start-up, reformate is partially burned within the combustor by admitting combustion air, and the part... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7531254 | Energy storage system A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their storage in their respective tanks. The heat exchanger also uses excess fu... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531255 | Thermal treatment apparatus and power generation module A thermal treatment apparatus provided on a substrate includes a heat generating section the section includes a heat generating layer, a diffusion preventing layer which contacts one surface of the heat generating layer to prevent heat diffusion due to heat generati... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531256 | Energy storage system A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their storage in their respective tanks. The heat exchanger also uses excess fu... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527884 | Fuel processing system and its shutdown procedure A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell including an anode and cathode, a fuel reformer, and a water gas shift reactor. The fuel cell system is shutdown by shutting down electrical generation and then supplying air to the water gas shift reactor to oxidize CO and H... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7514167 | Catalyst for a water gas shift for a fuel cell system, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell system including the same The water gas shift catalyst for a reformer of a fuel cell system where a supporter includes a clay and ZnO filled between layers of the clay; and an active material including CuO supported on the supporter. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7485381 | System and method for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system Systems and methods for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system comprising a fuel processor and a fuel cell stack in communication with a household that is adapted to apply at least electrical loads, and optionally electrical and thermal loads, to th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7476455 | Portable fuel cell system A self-contained portable fuel cell system is described capable of economically generating a nominal 12 V of DC electrical power. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7470480 | Solid electrolyte fuel-cell device The present invention is directed to the provision of a solid electrolyte fuel-cell device that achieves increased durability, increased power generation efficiency, and easy utilization of heat, by making provisions to apply flames over the entire surface of an ano... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7442457 | Fuel cell system with compressor and also a method for operating such a fuel cell system A fuel cell system comprising a plurality of fuel cells combined together to form a fuel cell stack, with the fuel cell stack having an anode side with an inlet for a fuel and an outlet for non-consumed fuel and exhaust gases arising at the anode side as well as a c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429429 | Fuel cell with thermal conductance of cathode greater than anode In a fuel cell for a fuel cell power plant having a PEM (9), a cathode comprising at least a catalyst (10) and a support substrate (17), possibly with a diffusion layer (16), on one side of the PEM, and an anode comprising at least an ano... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7422728 | Partial oxidation reactor A reactor intended to carry out partial oxidation reactions starting from liquid feedstocks that can go from GPL to gas oil for the purpose of producing synthesis gas is characterized by finely controlled hydrodynamics and a high degree of thermal integration, and c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422810 | High temperature fuel cell system and method of operating same A high temperature fuel cell stack system, such as a solid oxide fuel cell system, with an improved balance of plant efficiency includes a thermally integrated reformer, combustor and the fuel cell stack. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419618 | Coolant comprising azole derivatives for cooling systems in fuel-cell drives An antifreeze concentrate for cooling systems in fuel-cell drives which gives ready-to-use aqueous coolant compositions having a conductivity of at most 50 μS/cm, based on alkylene glycols or derivatives thereof and containing one or more five-membered heterocyclic... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419735 | Fuel cell system, method of controlling the same, and vehicle mounted with the same A fuel cell can be heated, upon starting thereof, by supplying hydrogen gas from a hydrogen tank to a hydrogen adsorbing alloy tank so as to be adsorbed therein. The hydrogen adsorbing alloy tank adsorbs the hydrogen gas with generation of heat. The heat thus genera... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419617 | Coolant comprising azole derivatives for cooling systems in fuel-cell drives Methods for cooling a fuel cell include providing in a fuel cell coolant system an aqueous fuel cell coolant composition having an initial electrical conductivity of at most 50 μS/cm. The fuel cell coolant compositions include an alkylene glycol and water solution,... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419518 | Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system In a hydrogen generator according to the invention, a reformer temperature sensor detects the temperature of a reformer at a start of a stop operation of a hydrogen generator. In a controller, a processing and controlling portion compares the detected temperature wi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419733 | Fuel cell system having a burner with a flame detection rod therein The object is to provide a simplified but highly efficient fuel cell system, permitting to perform the flame off detection and so on without supplying the burner with additional raw fuel, even if a flame rod system flame detection means is adopted as burner for refo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416800 | Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system Fuel cell systems and associated methods of operation are provided whereby application of a fuel cell is coordinated with a fuel processor and a hydrogen separator. One such method includes the following steps: (1) operating a fuel processor to convert a hydrocarbon... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416570 | Hydrogen generator and fuel cell power generation system A body of a hydrogen generator includes a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas mainly containing hydrogen, a material passage configured to supply a reforming material, which is a material for a reforming reaction, to the reformer, a shifter configured to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410598 | Chemical base for fuel cell engine heat exchange coolant/antifreeze A nontoxic fuel cell engine coolant which has an electrical resistivity of greater than 250 kOhm-cm, a boiling point of greater than 90° C., a freezing point of less than −40° C., a thermal conductivity of greater than 0.4 W/m-k, a viscosity of less than 1 cPs a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404842 | Microfabricated hydrogen storage device and metal hydride fuel cell/battery A hydrogen storage system is described that can fabricated under ambient atmospheric conditions and humidity. The hydrogen storage system includes hydrogen-absorbing alloy particles, such as ABx-type alloys, for example LaNi4.7Al0.3,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396605 | Method and system for improving the performance of a fuel cell An electrochemical fuel cell system adapted for maintaining the efficient production of electrical power. The system comprises a fuel supply containing a hydrogen rich gaseous fuel for delivery to a fuel cell. A fuel supply conduit connects the fuel supply and the f... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393464 | Cooling agents for cooling systems in fuel cell drives The invention relates to antifreeze concentrates for cooling systems in fuel cell drives, from which are produced ready-to-use aqueous cooling agent compositions having a maximum conductivity of 50 μs/cm, based on alkylene glycols or the derivatives thereof, and co... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390587 | Fuel cell system with load management A fuel cell system having partial and/or total redundancy of at least one operational component, such as a redundancy of fuel cell stacks and/or fuel processors. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks adapted to deliver th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384702 | Apparatus for mixing fuel and an oxidant Apparatus for mixing fuel and an oxidant for use in an autothermal reformer that provides hydrogen to a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a mixing vessel (10), a first inlet (4) to the mixing vessel for movement of gaseous fuel or oxidant therethrough,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380749 | Combined fuel cell aircraft auxiliary power unit and environmental control system Combined aircraft hybrid fuel cell auxiliary power unit and environmental control system and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an auxiliary power unit includes a fuel cell component which chemically converts combustible fuel into electrical energy. Unutilize... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381486 | Fuel cell system Disclosed is a fuel cell system provided with a fuel cell (1), a water tank (2) which stores water to be supplied to the fuel cell, and a heating device (10) which defrosts the water inside the tank during activation of the fuel cell. The fuel c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377235 | Heat exchanger for hydrogen-operated fuel supply systems A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine operable using hydrogen and/or for a fuel cell includes a hydrogen tank, which is provided for storing deep-cooled, liquid hydrogen, and a heat exchanger, which is provided for preheating the deep-cooled hydroge... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374591 | Method for starting a gas generating system A method for starting a gas generating system serving to generate a hydrogenous gas used for operating a fuel cell. The gas generating system includes: devices for converting starting materials into the hydrogenous gas; devices for conditioning at least a portion of... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368196 | Cold start pre-heater for a fuel cell system A fuel cell system with fuel cells displaying cooling channels assembled to form a fuel cell stack, with a coolant cycle in which coolant is circulated by a pump in a main cycle which includes the cooling channels and a cooler and with a heat storage unit and a heat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363949 | Hydrogen station, method of charging hydrogen, and vehicle A hydrogen station includes gas storage equipment for storing hydrogen, a dispenser for charging hydrogen gas supplied from the gas storage equipment into a hydrogen tank of a vehicle, and a blower. When charging hydrogen, the blower blows air towards a radiator of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364811 | Fuel Cell In a housing of a fuel cell are arranged an electromotive unit, a fuel tank, an anode passage through which the fuel is circulated between the electromotive unit and the fuel tank, an air supply section which supplies air to the electromotive unit, and a cathode pas... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361199 | Combined water gas shift reactor/carbon dioxide adsorber for use in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes CO from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies. Both a catalyst adapted to perform a water gas shift reaction, and a carbon dioxide adsorbent are dispos... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359808 | Fuel cell evaluation method and fuel cell evaluation apparatus A fuel cell evaluation apparatus of the present invention is provided with a fuel cell for generating electricity using fuel gas and oxidizer gas; a fuel gas supplying section for supplying the fuel gas; an oxidizer gas supplying section for supplying the oxidizer g... | 04/15/2008 |
