Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 12/06

20060292405 - Fuel cell system and method of driving the same: A fuel cell system for supplying electricity to a load system, the fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell unit generating electricity from air and fuel, a power supply unit supplying the load system with electricity, the power supply unit being charged with the electricity generated from the fuel cell... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292406 - Thermal control of fuel cell for improved cold start: Improvements in startup time for an electrochemical fuel cell system from freezing and sub-freezing temperatures are obtained by utilizing an insulated fuel cell stack in combination with an thermal control subsystem. Temperature of the insulated electrochemical fuel cell stack, as well as temperature of the ambient environment, are monitored and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20060292408 - Fuel cell system and method of operation thereof: Disclosed are a fuel reforming system and a fuel cell system having the same, which comprises a reformer to generate a reformed gas mainly containing hydrogen from a hydrogen containing fuel; and a CO remover to remove carbon monoxide from the reformed gas, wherein a ratio of an opening area... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060292407 - Microfluidic fuel cell system and method for portable energy applications: A system and method for generating and separating gaseous fuel components, as well as the partitioning of liquid and gaseous byproducts, in the operation of a portable fuel cell device comprises: a microfluidic containment volume (140, 230); a substrate for supporting a catalytic composition (150, 215, 315) that is suitably... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20060292410 - Fuel cell system for a vehicle: A fuel cell system for a vehicle including at least one reformer, at least one fuel cell and at least one reformer-reformate burner arrangement. The at least one reformer is configured for the production of a reformate as a fuel gas. The at least one fuel cell receives the reformate... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20060292409 - Fuel reforming system and fuel cell system including the same: A fuel reforming system includes a plate type preferential CO oxidation unit, which removes CO from a hydrogen rich gas generated by a heat cracking unit. The plate type preferential CO oxidation unit mixes the hydrogen rich gas with oxygen and cools the hydrogen rich gas to an activating temperature... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20060292411 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack (6) including an anode (2), a cathode (4), and an electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween; a fuel supplying unit connected with the anode of the fuel cell stack (6) by a fuel supplying line (14) for supplying hydrogen-including fuel to the anode... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060292412 - 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 methanol storage medium and a methanol and water mixing medium.... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060292413 - Fuel cell and method for producing same: The fuel cell comprises a porous electrically-conductive material (13) as a substrate, a protonically-conductive membrane (16) formed on the porous electrically-conductive material (13) made of a mesoporous thin film comprising as a main component a crosslinked structure having a metal-oxygen skeleton having an acid group connected to at least a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20060292414 - Polymer electrolyte for a fuel cell, a method of producing the same, and a fuel cell system comprising the same: A polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell includes an ion exchange resin membrane, and an electric conductive polymer. The electric conductive polymer is present along a thickness direction of the ion exchange resin membrane from one side of the ion exchange resin membrane to the interior of the ion... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292415 - Polymer membrane and membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising same: The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention includes a proton conductive cation exchange resin, a non-proton-conductive polymer, and an inorganic additive. The inorganic additive is adapted to inhibit a phase separation between the proton conductive cation exchange resin and the non-proton-conductive polymer.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292416 - Low temperature proton conducting oxide devices: A device for conducting protons at a temperature below 550° C. includes a LAMOX ceramic body characterized by an alpha crystalline structure.... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20060292417 - Solid polymer electrolyte, a membrane using thereof, a solution for coating electrode catalyst, a membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell: d

20060292425 - Air supply system for fuel cell and fuel cell system using the same: An air supply system for a fuel cell and a fuel supply system with the same include a housing having an inlet hole and an outlet hole for respectively allowing inward and outward flow of a fluid; an air pump inserted and installed into the housing and having an inlet... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292426 - Filter assemblies and systems for intake air for fuel cells: A filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants and chemical contaminants from an incoming dirty air stream for a fuel cell. The filter assembly also includes a noise suppression element that reduces sound waves or noise emanating from any equipment, such as a compressor. The filter assembly can include a particulate... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20060292420 - Fuel cell device: A fuel cell device includes: a device body; a fuel cell that is housed in the device body; a user accessible compartment that is disposed in the device body and covered by a detachable cover; an auxiliary unit that is disposed in the user accessible compartment; an air intake port... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060292421 - Fuel cell device: A fuel cell device includes: a mixing tank in which a fuel is mixed with a fluid to produce a diluted fuel; a fuel cell that generates electricity by use of the diluted fuel; a flow path through which the diluted fuel is circulated between the fuel cell and the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060292418 - Fuel cell system: A filter 900 is disposed at an opening part of a fuel container 811. The filter 900 is constituted by disposing a carbon dioxide permselective membrane on a vapor separation membrane. The filter 900 selectively transmits carbon dioxide in a fuel 124 to emit the carbon dioxide out of a... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20060292423 - Fuel cell unit having suction port and exhaust port: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell unit has a fuel cell, a fuel supply path, a suction port, and an exhaust port. The fuel cell has a fuel pole and an air pole. The fuel supply path supplies fuel to the fuel pole of the fuel cell. The suction... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060292422 - Fuel tank and fuel cell system including the same: A fuel cell fuel tank includes a flexible pipe arranged within the fuel tank housing and coupled with a feeding pipe and a weight coupled with a free end of the flexible guiding pipe, so that a hydrogen containing fuel may be continuously supplied regardless of the orientation of the... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20060292424 - Mixing tank and fuel cell system having the same: Disclosed is a mixing tank for a fuel cell system having a housing, wherein the housing comprises: an inlet portion through which a low concentration fuel and a high concentration fuel are introduced; a mixing portion in which the introduced fuels are mixed; and an outlet portion through which the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292419 - Secondary cell device having connection interface: A secondary cell device having a connection interface, including: a PCB, plural secondary cell units, and an electrical connection interface. The secondary cell units are made by PCB fabrication processes and provided on the PCB. The secondary cell units are directly made of a part of the PCB material. The... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20060292427 - Air cell with modified sealing tab: An air depolarized battery with an improved sealing member for sealing the air inlet port(s) of the battery before use is disclosed. The sealing member has areas of relatively high and low permeability, with an area of low permeability over at least a portion of an air inlet port. The... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20060292428 - Fuel cell system with sealed fuel cell stack and method of making the same: Disclosed is a fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of unit cells stacked together. The unit cell includes an electrolyte membrane, a separator and a gasket, which is located between the separator and the electrolyte membrane and provide sealing therebetween. Further,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060292431 - Direct liquid feed fuel cell stack: A direct liquid feed fuel cell stack has a structure in which membrane electrode arrays (MEAs), each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode on either side of an electrode membrane, are stacked and a conductive anode plate and a conductive cathode plate are respectively formed to face the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060292430 - Fuel cell and fuel cell module therefor: A fuel cell module includes a multitude of permeable anode plates and cathode plates which are stacked one above the other in an alternating manner. An electrolyte material is positioned between adjacent anode plates and cathode plates. Connections to the anode plates and cathode plates are provided for carrying away... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20060292432 - Fuel cell and fuel cell stack: A fuel gas supply channel connecting a fuel gas supply passage and a fuel gas inlet are provided in a separator, a channel lid member, and a circular disk member. A filter mechanism for filtering a fuel gas supplied from the fuel gas supply passage to a channel unit is... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20060292433 - Fuel cell and fuel cell stack: A fuel cell includes electrolyte electrode assemblies and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrolyte electrode assemblies. A fuel gas channel is provided along one surface of the separator, and an oxygen-containing gas channel is provided along the other surface of the separator. A groove connected to a fuel gas... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20060292429 - Fuel utilisation in electrochemical fuel cells: A fuel cell assembly provides for the delivery of fluid into a channel of a fluid flow field plate in alternating flow directions through the channel for delivery of the fluid to a membrane-electrode assembly. The fuel cell includes a fluid flow field plate having a channel for delivery of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060292434 - Method of producing membrane electrode assemblies for use in proton exchange membrane and direct methanol fuel cells: Compositions and methods for the manufacture of electrodes for fuel cells. The compositions and methods are particularly useful for the manufacture of anodes and cathodes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, particularly direct methanol fuel cells. The methods can utilize direct-write tools to deposit ink compositions and form functional layers... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20060292435 - Method for manufacturing a flat panel direct methanol fuel cell: A novel flat panel DMFC (direct methanol fuel cell) includes an integrated cathode electrode plate, a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) unit, an intermediate bonding layer, an integrated anode electrode plate, and a fuel container. The integrated cathode and anode electrode plates are manufactured by using PCB compatible processes. The integrated... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060292436 - Apparatus, system, and method for battery venting containment: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for battery venting containment that include a battery enclosure configured to contain emissions from one or more battery cells within the enclosure upon a rupture of a case of the one or more battery cells. The battery enclosure includes a first side of... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20060292437 - Sealed prismatic battery: A sealed prismatic battery includes a laterally elongated cap that closes the upper surface of the opening of a battery can 1 and a safety vent that is provided at the cap and opens when the battery internal pressure abnormally rises. The safety vent has a looped groove that is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060292438 - Heteroconfigurational polynucleotides and methods of use: Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed that utilize heteroconfigurational polynucleotide comprising a D-form polynucleotide sequence portion and an L-form polynucleotide sequence portion that is covalently linked to the D-form polynucleotide sequence portion.... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20060292439 - Battery cover latching assembly for portable electronic device: A battery cover latching assembly (50) is for a portable electronic device (100) including a housing (20), a first cover (10) configured for attaching to a first side of the housing, and a second cover (30) configured for attaching to a second side of the housing. The battery cover latching... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060292440 - Portable power supply unit: A portable power supply unit having in combination, a supporting box having a cavity arranged for receiving two batteries, two electric batteries removably disposed in said cavity, a cover to securely contain such batteries in said box, solid embedded circuits electrically contacting said batteries in either parallel or series voltage... Agent: Bernd W. Sandt

20060292441 - Cylindrical alkaline battery: A cylindrical alkaline battery of the present invention includes a positive outer can in the form of a cylinder having a bottom and an opening at its top, a sealing member located along the inner edge of the opening, and a negative terminal for sealing the opening along with the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060292442 - Electrochemical systems, terminal seals for use therewith and terminals for use therewith: An insulated terminal for use in an electrochemical cell includes a terminal post and a polymeric insulating material forming a compression seal around the terminal post that maintains an hermetic seal over a temperature range of about −40° C. to +75°. A terminal for use in an electrochemical cell including... Agent: James G. Uber, Esq. Mine Safety Appliances Company

20060292443 - Bi-polar rechargeable electrochemical battery: A bi-polar battery has a positive electrode unit, a negative electrode unit, at least one bi-polar electrode unit stacked therebetween, an electrolyte layer separating each adjacent electrode unit, and a gasket positioned about each electrolyte layer for creating a seal about the electrolyte layer in conjunction with the electrode units... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20060292444 - High energy and power density electrochemical cells: The energy density of the entire cell may be improved while retaining high power density by use of an alkali metal transition metal polyanion compound as the cathode and a thin film metal or metalloid anode. The thin film anode may be initially unalloyed or partially unalloyed. During use, the... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20060292445 - Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing the negative electrode: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including a current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector, wherein the active material layer includes an active material and no binder, the active material contains silicon and nitrogen, and the active material layer has a larger... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060292446 - Positive active material composition for rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing positive electrode using same: where 1.0≦x≦1.1, 0.01≦y≦0.1, 0.01≦z≦0.5, M′ is at least one transition metal or lanthanide metal selected from Al, Cr, Co, Mg, La, Ce, Sr, or V, M″ is at least one transition metal or lanthanide metal selected from Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Mg, La, Ce, Sr or V, A is selected... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060292447 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and process for producing positive electrode for use in non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a positive electrode formed of a graphite powder and an negative electrode formed of a material capable of absorption/desorption of a lithium metal or lithium are placed to face each other in an electrolyte containing lithium salt. The positive electrode of this battery... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060292448 - Current collector structure and methods to improve the performance of a lead-acid battery: A current collector of a battery includes a reticulated substrate having a circuitous network of pores and a metal applied to at least a portion of the reticulated substrate. The reticulated substrate may be a non-metal foam substrate, such as, for example, a carbon foam substrate, a reticulated vitreous carbon... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20060292449 - Lithium secondary battery anode member and method for manufacturing the same: A lithium secondary battery anode member of the present invention includes a solid electrolyte film formed on a lithium metal film and is capable of suppressing reduction of the solid electrolyte film over a long period of time. In the lithium secondary battery anode member, the lithium metal film and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060292450 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: The present invention provides a highly-reliable non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery excellent in safety. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a case accommodating the electrode group and the non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a specific bromine compound having an aromatic ring.... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060292451 - Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same: An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent including a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an additive of a hetero ring compound including a cyano group and an alkenyl group as substituents. The organic electrolytic solution and the lithium battery employing... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060292452 - Electrolyte solution for secondary battery and secondary battery using same: There is provided a lithium secondary battery which has excellent characteristics such as energy density and electromotive force and is excellent in cycle life and storage stability. An electrolyte solution for secondary battery comprising at least an aprotic solvent having an electrolyte dissolved therein and a compound represented by the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060286415 - Regulation of the water balance in fuel cell systems: The invention relates to a method for controlling the fluid balance in an anode circuit of a fuel cell system. In this method, at least the gases discharged on the cathode side are cooled in a condensing device in order to obtain a condensed liquid, and the condensed liquid is... Agent: Ip Strategies

20060286416 - Power system with hydrogen on demand: The present invention is a power system using a reformer/fuel cell arrangement as the primary source of DC power. The reformer is operated on either natural gas or propane. A backup source of power consumes hydrogen which is diffused from a solid medium. On an as-needed basis, the medium is... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20060286417 - Fuel battery system: Fuel cells 100 of the invention are operable at a temperature of about 500° C. The unit cell has a solid oxide electrolyte layer formed on a hydrogen separable metal layer. An anode has a catalyst supported thereon to accelerate a reforming reaction of methane. A fuel gas is produced... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060286418 - Fuel cell system for setting predetermined operation state when substitutional value control is impossible: A fuel cell system installed in a fuel-cell movable body. The system includes a fuel cell for generating electric power using reaction gases; a plurality of sensors for measuring states of the fuel cell; an abnormal state detecting device for detecting an abnormal state of at least one of said... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield

20060286419 - Fuel cell system with consumption-optimizing unit: A fuel cell system which including a fuel cell, a fuel tank and a consumer unit, to improve the operation of a fuel cell, is equipped with a consumption-optimizing unit that limits or interrupts the energy supply to one or more consumers of the consumer unit depending on the fill... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20060286420 - Fuel cell system configured to detect failure and process for dealing with failure of the system: Disclosed is a fuel cell system which includes a fuel cell having an anode and a cathode and for producing electricity through reaction between the fuel gas and the oxidant gas, a fuel gas supply path through which the fuel gas passes, an oxidant gas supply path through which the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060286421 - Fuel supply control method and system for fuel cells: The invention provides a fuel supply control system for fuel cells, controlling fuel concentration in a fuel unit. The fuel supply control system comprises a first thermal meter detecting a system temperature of the fuel cell, a fuel supply device comprising a fuel tank storing highly concentrated fuel and a... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20060286423 - Gas composition monitoring arrangement: A gas composition monitoring arrangement for a module 2 used in a solid oxide fuel cell comprises provision of an optically transparent window 4 in the end of a gas flow channel 3 formed in that module 2. Thus, the window 4 allows passive and active optical gas analysis of... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20060286422 - Membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell stack, fuel cell system and method of manufacturing membrane electrode assemblies: A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is structured such that an anode is joined, via a carbon layer, to one surface of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane containing PBI and phosphoric acid and a cathode is joined to the other surface. The carbon layer is constituted by carbon powder and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286425 - Electrolyte for fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell stack, fuel cell system and method of manufacturing electrolytes for full cell: A solid polymer fuel cell stack has a layered product comprised of a plurality of cells stacked, and is so structured that the layered product is fastened by end plates on both sides thereof via a current collector and an insulating plate on each side. Each cell is structured such... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286424 - Monomer compound, graft copolymer compound, production method thereof, polymer electrolyte membrane, and fuel cell: s

20060286426 - Fuel cell, fuel cell stack, and fuel cell system: A fuel cell stack has plural fuel cells stacked in series along a direction vertical to a main surface of each fuel cell. Each fuel cell has a lamination body made of an anode, a cathode, and a polymer proton exchange membrane. The lamination body is sandwiched between a pair... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060286427 - Liquid fuel, fuel cartridge and fuel cell: A fuel cartridge includes a container having an outlet port section, and a liquid fuel provided in the container. The liquid fuel contains a cationic impurity excluding H+. The concentration of the cationic impurity falls within a range of 1×10−7 to 6×10−6 equivalent/L at the outlet port section.... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060286428 - Composite sealing structure for sofc modules and stacks and related method: A fuel cell composite sealing structure for a fuel cell stack/module that includes a cell that comprises having a cathode and an anode sandwiching a solid electrolyte, a cathode-side interconnect adjacent the cathode (or electrolyte) and an anode-side interconnect adjacent the anode (or electrolyte), the composite sealing structure comprising a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20060286430 - Electrode structure for stacked alkaline fuel cells: A flat electrode structure for use in alkaline fuel cell stacks has electrolyte and gas inlet and outlet manifolds, with the gas manifolds being at the sides of the electrode. There is at least one gas inlet manifold and one gas outlet manifold in each side frame, and electrolyte and... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20060286431 - Flow channel on interconnect of planar solid oxide fuel cell: The present invention is a flow channel on an interconnect of a planar solid oxide fuel cell, comprising a first flow area and a second flow area where operation flows of a fuel cell flow evenly and smoothly to the interconnect to uniform the current density distribution of an electricity... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060286432 - Interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells and ferritic stainless steels adapted for use with solid oxide fuel cells: Various embodiments relate to interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (“SOFCs”) comprising ferritic stainless steel and having at least one via that when subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature develops a scale comprising a manganese-chromate spinel on at least a portion of a surface thereof, and at... Agent: Allegheny Technologies

20060286433 - Interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells and ferritic stainless steels adapted for use with solid oxide fuel cells: Various embodiments relate to interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (“SOFCs”) comprising ferritic stainless steel and having at least one via that when subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature develops a scale comprising a manganese-chromate spinel on at least a portion of a surface thereof, and at... Agent: Allegheny Technologies

20060286429 - Method and apparatus for improved fluid flow within an electrochemical cell: Treated porous flow field members are used to support membranes in electrochemical cells and to enhance fluid flow to and from the membrane. The treated porous includes a support material having at least a portion thereof treated with a quantity of hydrophobic polymer, a quantity of hydrophilic polymer, or a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20060286434 - Electrically conductive cellulose composite: An electrically conductive cellulose composite includes a cellulose matrix and an electrically conductive carbonaceous material incorporated into the cellulose matrix. The electrical conductivity of the cellulose composite is at least 10 μS/cm at 25° C. The composite can be made by incorporating the electrically conductive carbonaceous material into a culture... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060286435 - Fuel cells and their components using catalysts having a high metal to support ratio: The present invention relates to coated substrates comprising electrocatalysts containing at least about 70 weight percent of a metal. The present invention also relates to fuel cell stacks and single cells, including direct methanol fuels cells, hydrogen fuel cells, and reformed hydrogen fuel cells comprising the coated substrate comprising electrocatalysts... Agent: Gorman, Thomas W. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20060286436 - Planar fuel cell stack and method of fabrication of the same: The present invention provides a system and method for forming an air breathing fuel cell that includes an air permeable cathode layer positioned to be in contact with atmospheric air and an electrically conductive, fuel permeable anode backing layer positioned to be in contact with a mixture of fuel and... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060286437 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and manufacturing method: An intermediate layer is disposed between respective gas diffusing layers and catalyst layers of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. This intermediate layer is mainly an electron-conductive filler and a binder, and has voids that are continuous in a thickness direction inside the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer has a solid... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060286438 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery including: an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a battery case housing the electrode group and the non-aqueous electrolyte, the electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an end-of-charge voltage... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286439 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery including: an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a battery case housing the electrode group and the non-aqueous electrolyte, the electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an end-of-charge voltage... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286441 - Battery pack having elastic body inserted between members for holding cell modules and frame of battery pack: A battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical cell modules, each formed by serially connecting a plurality of unit cells; a cell box in which the cell modules are contained in a manner such that the cell modules are arranged parallel to each other; a plurality of holding members fit... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060286440 - Holding member and battery pack: A holding member attached to outer peripheries of a plurality of adjacent cylindrical cell modules which are arranged parallel along axes thereof. Each cell module is formed by a plurality of unit cells serially connected, and the holding member is positioned in the middle of the cell modules along the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060286442 - Low profile insulated battery enclosure incorporating a step/work surface: A battery enclosure that includes a bottom portion configured to house a battery array and a top portion that is configured to rest on the bottom portion and enclose the battery array. The top portion of the battery enclosure is configured to be at least partially supported by the battery... Agent: Malvern U. Griffin Iii, Esq. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20060286443 - Battery seat with a battery holder: A battery seat has a base and a battery holder. The base has a cavity, a sidewall, two terminal seats, multiple mounting holes and two terminals. The cavity is defined in the battery seat and holds a disk battery. The sidewall extends up from the base around the cavity. The... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20060286444 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode having a positive electrode material mixture containing a composite lithium oxide; a negative electrode; a polyolefin separator; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a heat-resistant insulating layer interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The positive electrode material mixture has an estimated heat... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286445 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode having a positive electrode material mixture containing a composite lithium oxide; a negative electrode; a polyolefin separator; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a heat-resistant insulating layer interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The positive electrode material mixture has an estimated heat... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286446 - Complex membrane for electrochemical device, manufacturing method and electrochemical device having the same: A complex membrane for an electrochemical device such as a lithium secondary battery, its manufacturing method, and an electrochemical device having the complex membrane are disclosed. The complex membrane includes a micro-porous polyolefin membrane, and a web-phase porous membrane united to at least one side of the micro-porous polyolefin membrane... Agent: Jones Day

20060286447 - Cylindrical rechargeable battery and method of forming the same: A rechargeable battery and a method of forming the rechargeable battery. An electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to prevent a short circuit between the first electrode and the second electrode. A first electrode... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060286448 - Electrochemical apparatus with barrier layer protected substrate: The present invention relates to apparatus, compositions and methods of fabricating high performance thin-film batteries on metallic substrates, polymeric substrates, or doped or undoped silicon substrates by fabricating an appropriate barrier layer composed, for example, of barrier sublayers between the substrate and the battery part of the present invention thereby... Agent: S2iplaw, PLLC

20060286449 - Battery provided with terminals: An electrical apparatus for attaching a battery to a printed circuit board which includes a battery body containing terminals, a portion of each of said terminals defining a fixing portion, a circuit board containing conductive portions and at least one through hole formed therein, wherein the fixing portion of each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060286450 - Secondary battery of novel structure and battery pack having the same: Disclosed herein are a secondary battery including an electrode assembly for charging and discharging mounted in a sheathing member including a metal layer and a resin layer, wherein the secondary battery further includes a secondary battery having a molding part of a predetermined thickness at least partially formed at the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060286452 - Flat battery and battery pack: The invention is directed towards flat battery for use in a battery pack. The. flat battery includes an electrode terminal that conducts to the exterior of the exterior member and connects to the battery elements within the interior region. Electrode terminals of the flat battery are formed using a connection... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20060286451 - Sealed battery: A sealed battery in which an opening of a battery case is sealed with any one of a sealing member via an insulating gasket, and a sealing unit in which a sealing member is crimped inside a filter via an inner gasket. The sealed battery includes a sheet-like gasket placed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060286453 - Battery and method of producing the same: A battery having an electrode unit in which edges of electrode plates are mechanically and electrically connected to a fixing and conducting plate is obtained. A projection is formed at an edge of each electrode plate, and projections are inserted into a grove formed on the fixing and conducting plate.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060286454 - Method for treating electrode tabs of crude cell for lithium secondary battery, and crude cell and lithium secondary battery according to the method: A method for treating electrode tabs of a crude cell for a lithium secondary battery, a crude cell for a lithium secondary battery manufactured according to the method, and a lithium secondary battery employing the crude cell are disclosed. The method for treating electrode tabs of a crude cell provided... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20060286455 - Lithium secondary battery containing silicon-based or tin-based anode active material: Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising an anode mix including a silicon- or tin-based material as an anode active material, and as a binder, a photo-polymerizable material composed of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of an epoxy derivative, polyester acrylate and epoxy acrylate, or oligomers... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060286456 - Nano-lithium-ion batteries and methos for manufacturing nano-lithium-ion batteries: The disclosure describes nano-lithium-ion batteries having a cathode, an anode including lithium titanium oxide nanoparticles, a separator including silicon dioxide nanoparticles and an electrolyte. In a preferred embodiment, the cathode is composed of 70-95 wt % lithium cobalt oxide, 1-6 wt % of a conductive carbon, and a synthetic resin... Agent: Jones Day

20060286457 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode including particles of lithium-containing layered nickel oxide represented by a general formula LiaNixCoyAlzMbO2, wherein 0.3≦a≦1.05, 0.7≦x≦0.87, 0.1≦y≦0.27, 0.03≦z≦0.1, 0≦b≦0.1; M is at least one selected from metallic elements except Ni, Co and Al. In the binding energy of the oxygen... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060286458 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material that includes at least Si. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes lithium hexafluorophosphate as a main supporting electrolyte and has an acid content of not less than... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060286459 - Non-aqueous secondary battery: A non-aqueous secondary battery contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a layered structure lithium-containing compound oxide, or a spinel lithium-containing compound oxide containing manganese as an active material. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one additive selected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060280976 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell stack (1) comprises a reactive gas passage (115, 1c, 116, 1a) and a water passage (117, 1b) substantially parallel thereto, and a reactive gas is humidified by water permeating from the water passage (117, 1b) through a porous member (112a, 112c). The pressure reduction amounts in the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060280977 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system equipped with a fuel cell that generates electrical power in electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. The system has the improved cold starting capability that increases heat energy generated in the fuel cell in order to rise the temperature of the fuel cell rapidly in a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060280978 - Fuel cell system running on high pressure gas and process for controlling the system: Disclosed is a fuel cell system which includes a fuel cell, a high-pressure tank for containing a fuel, a supply device for delivering the fuel of the high-pressure tank to the fuel cell, a fuel consumption control mechanism for controlling an amount of the fuel consumed in the fuel cell,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield

20060280979 - Power generating system: A power generating system is integrally provided with a gas turbine engine and a solid electrolyte type fuel cell. A compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, a heat exchanger and a burner of the gas turbine engine and the solid electrolyte type fuel cell are of axially symmetric shapes having a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060280980 - Membrane electrode assembly (mea), methode for its manufacturing and a method for preparing a membrane to be aassembled in a mea: A method for preparing a membrane to be assembled in a membrane, electrode assembly includes the step of swelling an ion-conducting membrane in a liquid containing at least one solvent or to an atmosphere containing the vapor phase of at least one solvent by controlling the content of the solvent... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060280981 - Polymer electrolyte membrane having an improved dimensional stability: The invention provides anisotropic polymer electrolyte membranes that can be used to fabricate catalyst coated membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) that are useful in fuel cells.... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060280988 - Cross-linked ion-conductive copolymer: The invention provides cross-linked ion-conductive copolymers. Such can take the form of proton exchange membranes (PEM's), catalyst coated proton exchange membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) that are useful in fuel cells and their application in electronic devices, power sources and vehicles.... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060280986 - End capped ion-conductive polymers: The invention provides end-capped ion-conductive copolymers that can be used to fabricate proton exchange membranes (PEM's), catalyst coated proton exchange membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) that are useful in fuel cells and their application in electronic devices, power sources and vehicles.... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060280989 - Ion-conducting polymers containing pendant ion conducting groups: The invention provides ion-conductive copolymers containing pendant ion conducting groups that can be used to fabricate proton exchange membranes (PEM's), catalyst coated proton exchange membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) that are useful in fuel cells and their application in electronic devices, power sources and vehicles.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Richard F. Trecartin

20060280982 - Membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells is provided that exhibits higher proton conductivity and superior thermal resistance. A polyarylene having a sulfonic acid group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic compound are included in a solid polymer electrolyte membrane that constitutes the membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060280991 - Membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: in which A represents independently either —CO— or —SO2—; B represents independently an oxygen atom or sulfur atom; R1 to R8, which may be identical or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, alkyl group, phenyl group or nitrile group; R9 to R24, which may be identical... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060280987 - Membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method of producing the same: Membrane-electrode assemblies are provided having a solid polymer electrolyte membrane that exhibits higher proton conductivity over a wide temperature range, and exhibits superior hot water resistance, chemical stability, toughness and mechanical strength. The membrane-electrode assemblies utilized for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells include an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060280990 - Polymer blend comprising ion-conducting copolymer and non-ionic polymer: The invention provides a polymer blend containing a non-ionic polymer and an ion-conductive copolymer. The polymer blend can be used to fabricate proton exchange membranes (PEM's), catalyst coated proton exchange membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) that are useful in fuel cells and their application in electronic devices, power... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060280984 - Polymer electrolyte membrane and method of producing the same: A polymer electrolyte membrane for use in a fuel cell and a method of producing a polymer electrolyte membrane. The method includes preparing a phosphate monomer solution by dissolving an initiator and a phosphate monomer containing at least one phosphoric acid group and at least one unsaturated bond in a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060280983 - Solid electrolyte, membrane and electrode assembly, and fuel cell: A solid electrolyte having an aromatic ring in a main chain, wherein a sulfonic acid group bonds to the aromatic ring via a linking group containing a sulfur atom. The solid electrolyte exhibits a high ion conductivity.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060280985 - Solid polymer electrolyte, solid polymer fuel cell and method for manufacturing the fuel cell: Disclosed herein is a solid polymer electrolyte wherein protons of cation exchange groups contained in a perfluorinated electrolyte are partially replaced by metal ions. The metal ion is at least one metal ion selected from vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), iron... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280992 - Fuel cell separator: A fuel cell separator comprises a resin conductive layer as a mixture of a resin and a conductive filler at least on one side of a metal substrate, wherein the resin conductive layer comprises (a) a first resin layer having a volume resistance of 1.0 Ω·cm or less and (b)... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060280993 - Power plant with energy recovery from fuel storage: Power plant systems and processes are described that enable recovery of at least a portion of the fuel storage energy associated with a storage system for supplying fuel to the power plant systems. A first embodiment of an energy-recovery power plant system includes at least one fuel storage container and... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20060280994 - Direct liquid feed fuel cell stack: A direct liquid feed fuel cell stack includes a first end plate and a second end plate facing each other, and a plurality of unit cell modules mounted between the first end plate and the second end plate, wherein an electrical circuit that contacts terminals of the unit cell modules... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060280995 - Small volume, fuel cell inlet fuel gas distributor having low pressure drop: In a fuel cell stack, an inlet fuel distributor (15, 31, 31a, 31b) comprises a plurality of fuel distributing passageways (17-23, 40-47, 64) of substantially equal length and equal flow cross section to uniformly distribute fuel cell inlet fuel from a fuel supply conduit (13, 14, 50) to a fuel... Agent: M. P. Williams

20060280998 - Electrode and catalytic materials: The invention relates to materials used as electrodes and/or catalysts, as well as methods associated with the same. The materials may comprise an alloy or intermetallic compound of a transition metal (e.g., Ni) and a metal additive (e.g., Sn). The transition metal and additive are selected to provide improved electrode... Agent: Theresa A Lober T.a. Lober Patent Services

20060280996 - Electrode having macropores and micropores therein: An electrode is disclosed. The electrode includes a substrate having macropores therein. A barrier support layer, established on the substrate, has micropores therein. The macropores and at least some of the micropores are substantially lined with an electrolyte layer. A catalyst is in ionic contact with the electrolyte layer. A... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060280997 - Ptni based supported electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cell having co tolerance: A supported electrochemical catalyst used to produce a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, the supported anode catalyst including an electrically conductive support and Pt/Ni based alloy nanoparticles. The supported electrochemical catalyst can be synthesized using an improved microwave-irradiated polyol (IMIP) method, and a heat treating method while being subjected to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060280999 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane containing an aromatic polymer electrolyte; an electrode comprising a catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer as an anode and a cathode to be joined on both surfaces of this solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a gas sealing material to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060281000 - Battery electrolyte level control system: An electrolyte level control system for adding a quantity of water to raise the electrolyte level in a forklift battery having a hydro-mechanical cutoff valve. The system includes a reservoir, a reservoir-level sensor, a transmitter, a distribution system, a battery-charge sensor, a solenoid valve, a battery electrolyte level sensor, and... Agent: The Law Office Of John A. Griecci

20060281001 - Cover for electric accumulator and relative electric accumulator: The invention concerns a cover (1, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105) for an electric accumulator (100) adapted to be integral with the container (2) of the accumulator (100) and a relative accumulator (100). The cover (1, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105) comprises: a reservoir (6), adapted to contain a topping... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060281002 - Battery device: Battery side terminals 14 and 24 disposed on the first and second battery devices 1, 2 are arranged at the same places at front surfaces 10D, 20D with respect to lower surfaces 10C, 20C and side surfaces 10A, 20A. On the front surface 20D of a case 20 of the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060281003 - Open alkaline accumulator including a microporous membrane: The invention proposes an open alkaline accumulator of the nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride type comprising at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode and at least one separator, said separator comprising a microporous membrane of polyolefin grafted with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and on either side... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060281004 - Non-aqueous secondary battery and its control methods: The invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery having positive and negative electrodes and non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium salt which has an energy capacity of 30 Wh or more, a volume energy density of 180 Wh/l or higher, which battery has a flat shape and is superior in heat radiation characteristic,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060281005 - Active material for battery and battery having the same: An active material for a battery includes an electrochemically reversibly oxidizable and reducible base material selected from the group consisting of a metal, a lithium-containing alloy, a sulfur-based compound, and a compound that can reversibly form a lithium-containing compound by a reaction with lithium ions and a surface-treatment layer formed... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060281007 - Lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing same: A lithium ion secondary battery with improved safety against both internal short-circuiting and overcharge is provided. This lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode comprising a composite lithium oxide, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode has a... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060281006 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode comprising a composite lithium oxide; a negative electrode comprising a material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The separator comprises non-woven fabric. At least one of the... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060281008 - Storage battery-use separator and storage battery: In a separator for use in storage battery of the invention comprising a paper sheet formed by wet process and mainly composed of glass fibers, since the fiber distribution is uniform in the longitudinal and the cross directions of the separator, and the fiber orientation is at random in the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060281009 - Treated filler and process for producing: The present invention is related to treated filler and processes for producing said treated filler. Untreated filler slurry can be treated with a treating material and, optionally, a coupling material and then subjected to conventional drying method(s), to produce the treated filler of the invention. Treated filler has a wide... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Law-intellectual Property 39s

20060281010 - Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same: An organic electrolytic solution and a lithium battery employing the same are provided. The organic electrolytic solution includes: a lithium salt; an organic solvent containing a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an acetate derivative including two or more substituted silyl groups as an additive.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060281011 - Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same: An organic electrolytic solution and a lithium battery employing the same are provided. The organic electrolytic solution includes: a lithium salt; an organic solvent containing a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an additive comprising a crotonate derivative including a substituted silyl group. The organic... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060281012 - Electrolytic solution and battery: An electrolytic solution capable of inhibiting self-discharge even under the high temperatures and a battery using the electrolytic solution are provided. A spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode and an anode are wound with a separator in between and spirally wound is included inside the battery can. An... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060275631 - Apparatus, system, and method for electronically adaptive percussion instruments: An apparatus, system and method for electronically controlling the acoustical characteristics of certain percussion musical instruments such as acoustical drums and cymbals are provided. The various embodiments incorporate one or more electroactive materials which are conjoined to the vibratory elements associated with a drumhead or cymbal. A processing unit may... Agent: Law Office Of Philip A Steiner

20060275632 - Auxiliary battery: When the main battery is exhausted temporarily, the auxiliary battery give impact power current to main battery, without impact power current can not start up the engine. (21v−15v)×(19A−15A0, (like these some, direct connection circuit capacity, or parallel circuit capacity) auxiliary battery (for 24v or 12v) impact power current directly go... Agent: Kyoung Hai Kim

20060275633 - Fuel processor: A fuel processor (10) comprises a supply of natural gas (12) and a compressor (14), which compresses the natural gas and supplies the natural gas to a partial oxidation reactor (16). A supply of oxygen (20) supplies the oxygen to the partial oxidation reactor (16). The partial oxidation reactor (16)... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20060275634 - Method for controlling output power of fuel cell: A method for controlling an output power of a fuel cell is disclosed. A DC converter and a fuel cell are provided, and a voltage input end of the DC converter is connected to a voltage output end of the fuel cell. The DC converter is used to convert an... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20060275635 - Method for controlling output power of fuel cell: I claim this is a self replenishing condensation fuel cell which means it makes all its own hydrogen gases right out of thin air with the aide of any type of refrigerant system that can produce a frost like surface on any surface or what is commonly known as condensation.... Agent: Todd J. Tocco

20060275637 - Electrolyte membrane and preparing method thereof: The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane in which permeation of an electrolyte solution such as water and methanol, and swelling by electrolyte solutions are suppressed, and which is excellent in mechanical strength; and providing a preparing method thereof. The present invention relates to an electrolyte membrane comprising a porous... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20060275636 - Fuel cell membrane containing zirconium phosphate: The present invention provides for a compound having the following structure: Zr(O3PZqYnX)2-m(03PR)m, wherein X=a functional group such as CO2H, PO(OH)2, and SO3H, and SO2NHSO2W, wherein W=aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms or Y; Y=perfluoro-linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group, wherein the alkylene is 1-20 carbon atoms, or a fluorinated... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20060275638 - Ion conductive copolymers containing ion-conducting oligomers: The invention provides ion-conductive copolymers that can be used to fabricate proton exchange membranes (PEM's), catalyst coated proton exchange membranes (CCM's) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) which are useful in fuel cells and their application in electronic devices, power sources and vehicles. The ion-conductive copolymers comprise one or more ion-conducting... Agent: Richard F. Trecartin Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060275639 - Solid electrolyte and fuel cell: In the present invention, a material having a structure represented by formula (1) or (2) (wherein W equals N or C) is used as a solid electrolyte for a fuel cell. An electrolyte membrane having a small fuel crossover and a fuel cell having excellent ion conductivity and service capacity... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060275640 - Combined accumulator and demineralizer functionality for a fuel cell: A fuel cell power plant assembly includes an accumulator having a housing. In one example, at least one demineralizer portion is positioned to interact with fluid within the accumulator housing. This allows for warm fluid within the accumulator housing to provide heat to the demineralizer portion. In one example, the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060275645 - Electrochemical fuel cell stack with integrated anode exhaust valves: An electrochemical fuel cell stack with integrated anode exhaust valves is disclosed, comprising a plurality of fuel cells, each fuel cell having an anode and at least one anode flow field channel, an anode exhaust manifold fluidly connected to the at least one anode flow field channel of each fuel... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20060275641 - Electrolyte migration control for large area mcfs stacks: The present invention relates to a new strategy against the electrolyte migration through the gasket in externally manifolded MCFC stacks. This is obtained by endowing a stack of molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) of an electrolyte management tool separated from the cells by an electronically conductive material which is impervious... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060275643 - Fuel cell separator plate coating: A fuel cell electroconductive element, or bipolar plate, that includes a substrate with a cationic or anionic exchange resin coating deposited thereon, and a method for making the same. The bipolar plate has a fluid flow field formed therein. The ion-exchange polymer is preferably deposited on a region of the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20060275642 - Method of making hydrophilic fuel cell bipolar plate coating by plasma induced polymerization: The present invention provides a fuel cell electrically conductive element with a polymeric surface comprising a flow field, at least a part of the flow field having a grafted, permanently hydrophilic, polymer coating. The element is made by applying a layer of a monomer mixture of a hydrophilic, ethylenically-unsaturated monomer... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060275644 - Reduction of voltage loss by voltage cycle through the use of specially formed bipolar plates: A fuel cell that includes specially configured bipolar plates that separate the reactant gas flow field in an active area of the fuel cell into a primary flow channels and a secondary channels. In one embodiment, the primary flow channels are in use over the entire operating range of the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20060275646 - Fuel cell, electrode catalyst and electrode for fuel cell: A fuel cell includes: a fuel electrode made of a hydrogen storage alloy coated with nickel, an oxygen electrode, and an electrolyte unit interposed between the fuel electrode and the oxygen electrode. The fuel cell can supply stable power even though it is used for a long time.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060275647 - Textile derived solid oxide fuel cell system: The present invention provides a novel article of manufacture, which includes a structure having at least two surfaces and a plurality of void passages. The present invention also provides a method of making an article of manufacture that includes a structure having at least one void passage, and the article... Agent: Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner LLP

20060275648 - Catalyst composite material fuel cell, method for preparing the same, membrane-electrode assembly comprising the same, and fuel cell system comprising the same: The present invention relates to a catalyst composite material which includes a catalyst characterized by oxygen-reducing activity and which is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal oxides, and combinations thereof, and a resin layer which covers at least a portion of the surface of the catalyst and comprises... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060275649 - Method and apparatus for forming electrode interconnect contacts for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack: An electrical interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack assembly, including a novel sintering paste and an improved manufacturing process for an anode and cathode electrical contacts is disclosed. On the anode side, the paste contains a metallic oxide such as NiO, and an amount of sacrificial pore-forming particles, such... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060275650 - Solid polyelectrolyte fuel cell: Provided is a solid polyelectrolyte fuel cell capable of suppressing a gas leak between a fuel electrode film side and an oxide electrode film side by suppressing deterioration of a solid polyelectrolyte film on its peripheral side. A solid polyelectrolyte fuel cell includes: a cell in which electrode films are... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060275651 - Electrostatic dust precipitator: An electrostatic dust precipitator (1) is constructed mainly to include a housing (11) in which an air path (10) communicating between an inlet (8) and an outlet (9), an airstream generating unit (14) that causes generation of an airstream in the air path (10), a discharging unit (2) and a... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20060275652 - Process for the concentration of noble metals from fluorine-containing fuel cell components: The present invention relates to a process for the concentration of noble metals from fluorine-containing components of fuel cells, for example from PEM fuel cell stacks, DMFC fuel cells, catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs), membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), catalyst pastes, etc. The process is based on an optionally multi-step heat treatment process... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20060275653 - Protection circuit for secondary battery and secondary battery comprising the same: Disclosed is a protection circuit for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having the same, which can interrupt electric current input into the secondary battery when the temperature of the secondary battery increases due to an overcharge, and also can protect the secondary battery in the case where the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060275654 - Battery pressure relief valve: A battery pressure relief valve has a center stem that extends downwardly through and is secured to a fill tube opening of the battery to securely hold the valve to the battery. A circular top panel is provided on the upper end of the stem. The top panel extends over... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20060275655 - Portable power source and portable power source system: A portable power source system including a battery pack housing at least one secondary battery, wherein first and second internal terminals for connecting to a pair of external terminals are provided inside the battery pack, and two or more operations in different operating directions are required to connect the external... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060275656 - Battery with side terminal: The invention is a battery with power output terminals on opposite ends of a battery and a power output terminal on the side wall of the battery that has the same polarity as one of the end power output terminals. The presence of the side terminal is indicative of a... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20060275658 - Battery pack of assembled battery and fixing method of assembled battery: A battery pack of a battery includes a plurality of laminated cells that are hermetically sealed by a laminated film, a case for storing the plurality of the laminated cells, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of a battery for connecting the cells in parallel or series... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060275657 - Sealed rechargeable battery and manufacturing method of the same: A sealed rechargeable battery containing an electrode unit and a liquid electrolyte in a metallic case with a bottom that is sealed with a closure assembly. The electrode unit includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each made up of a collector and electrode material paste coated thereon, wound... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060275659 - Secondary battery: Disclosed is a cylindrical lithium secondary battery capable of improving the stability thereof against the external pressure, The cylindrical lithium secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a core. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode sheet, a second electrode sheet and a separator interposed between the first and second... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060275660 - Process for producing high-strength polypyrrole film: In polypyrrole films obtained by a process for producing polypyrrole films comprising the steps of forming polypyrrole layers on working electrodes by electrochemical polymerization methods using pyrroles and/or pyrrole derivatives, followed by stripping off said polypyrrole layers, wherein said electrochemical polymerization methods use electrolytes including organic compounds comprising at least... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20060275661 - Polymer binder for electrochemical device comprising multiply stacked electrochemical cells: Disclosed is an electrochemical device, which comprises: (A) a binder comprising polymer particles obtained from the polymerization of: (a) 20-70 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer; (b) 20-60 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer; and (c) 0.01-30 parts by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060275662 - Anode for secondary battery, secondary battery, and method of manufacturing anode for secondary battery: An anode for secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics, a secondary battery using the anode, and a method of manufacturing an anode for secondary battery are provided. An anode active material layer is formed by vapor phase deposition method, and contains Si as an element. In the anode active... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060275663 - Negative electrode active material and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: where y and z fall within the ranges of 0.3≦y≦1 and 2≦z≦3, respectively, Ln denotes at least one element having an atomic radius in crystal in a range of 1.6×10−10 to 2.2×10−10 m, M1 denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060275664 - Positive electrode active material, production method thereof and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: In order to provide a 3V level non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a flat voltage and excellent cycle life at a high rate with low cost, the present invention provides a positive electrode represented by the formula: Li2±α[Me]4O8−x, wherein 0≦α<0.4, 0≦x<2, and Me is a transition metal containing Mn and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060275665 - Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery: A cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a center pin positioned within the electrode assembly and having upper and lower ends that are closed; a can containing the electrode assembly and the center pin; and a cap assembly coupled to the top of the can. The center... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060275666 - Lithium rechargeable battery: Lithium rechargeable batteries having functional center pins are provided. A lithium rechargeable battery has a center pin whose top and bottom ends are blocked by a thermal cut-off composition to reduce the void volume inside a bare cell during initial overcharge. The thermal cut-off composition melts at a temperature within... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20060275667 - Cathode active material, method of manufacturing it, cathode, and battery: A cathode active material capable of increasing a capacity and improving high temperature characteristics or cycle characteristics, a method of manufacturing it, a cathode using the cathode active material, and a battery using the cathode active material are provided. In a cathode active material contained in a cathode, a coating... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060275668 - Nanocomposite material for the anode of a lithium cell: a) providing a silicon powder obtained by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) technique or by CO2 laser, the size of the silicon particles being less than 100 nm; b) mixing the silicon powder with a carbon-containing polymer, and c) carrying out the pyrolysis of the mixture. The invention also... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC