Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 02/07

20070042232 - Method for preventing erroneous loading of component-to-be-loaded on main body side apparatus, component-to-be-loaded and battery pack: In case a similar component-to-be-loaded is erroneously loaded on a main body side apparatus, contact of terminals are avoided. To this end, a video camera (main body side apparatus) 1 has a main body side terminal 30, and a battery pack (component-to-be-loaded) 100 has a battery side terminal (component-to-be-loaded side... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070042233 - Systems and methods for initiating auxiliary fuel cell system operation: Fuel cell systems that provide backup, or auxiliary, power to one or more energy-consuming devices normally powered by a primary power source (PPS). Operating methods and controllers for auxiliary fuel cell systems and/or for power systems that include a PPS and an auxiliary power source in the form of an... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070042235 - Fuel cell system: Voltage rising detection unit detects a voltage rising condition of a fuel cell stack after the supply of reactant gas to the fuel cell stack is started. A control unit determines an internal state of the fuel cell stack on the basis of the detected voltage rising condition of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070042234 - Liquid fuel type fuel cell and fuel therefor: A dye is added into a methanol/water fuel of a direct methanol fuel cell, and the dye is adsorbed and removed by a filter cartridge provided in the upstream of a cell stack. Carbon black, etc. may be added instead of the dye. Alternatively, a scenting agent such as formic... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070042236 - Modular fuel cell power system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the inventions relate to power systems (for example, fuel cell power systems) and architectures having an integration plane to incorporate various technology modules therein including, for example, one or more fuel cell stacks, fuel storage containers/tanks (for example, hydrogen,... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070042237 - Mixed reactant fuel cell system with vapor recovery and method of recovering vapor: The invention is a mixed-reactant fuel cell system with vapor recovery and methods of recovering vapor and generating electrochemical power.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP (formerly Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP)

20070042238 - Fuel cell having water type radiating device: A fuel cell having a water type radiating device comprising a fuel supply unit for supplying a certain rate of fuel, a reformer for generating a hydrogen containing gas containing a hydrogen gas by receiving the fuel from the fuel supply unit, a stack unit for generating an electricity and... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042240 - Fuel cell having charging unit: A fuel cell having a charging unit, comprising: a fuel supplying unit for supplying a fuel; a reformer for generating hydrogen containing gas including hydrogen by receiving a fuel from the fuel supplying unit; a stack unit for generating electricity and heat by an electrochemical reaction between the hydrogen generated... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042239 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system has a distributor, at least one catalytic converter for the reformation reaction and a stack. When the fuel cell system has more than two catalytic converters for the reformation reaction a converging chamber can be added into the system to input the hydrogen gas generated by... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070042241 - Energy stations: An energy station includes a generating unit and a separate remotely located dispensing unit. The generating unit includes a housing having an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and a storage unit for storing hydrogen from the electrolyzer. The dispensing unit includes a housing for dispensing hydrogen from the generating unit. The... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070042242 - Fuel electrode of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: The present invention provides a fuel electrode of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell for advancing a fuel cell reaction to oxidize the fuel introduced through a diffusion layer, comprising at least one reaction layer which is in contact with a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and advances the fuel cell... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070042243 - Apparatus and method for controlling a fuel cell: An apparatus and method for controlling a fuel cell which has an anode and a cathode includes first and second circuitry which are utilized, to selectively short the anode to the cathode and further is useful in measuring the rate of voltage recovery following shorting, and which can be utilized... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070042244 - Hybrid hydrogen fuel systems and methods: Hybrid systems and methods for managing hydrogen system pressure and providing continuous electrical power during startup and hydrogen flow transients in an electrical power system are disclosed. The hybrid systems of the present invention comprise a hydrogen gas generator, an electricity producing hydrogen consuming device, and an auxiliary power source... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070042245 - Fuel cell unit, control method thereof, information processing apparatus, and power supply control method thereof: A fuel cell unit according to the present invention is connectable to an external apparatus and includes a fuel cell generating an electric power, an auxiliary device feeding a fuel and air to the fuel cell, and a controller controlling power generation performed using the fuel cell. After receiving an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070042248 - Extinguishing system for fuel cell: An extinguishing system for a fuel cell comprises: a stack unit for generating an electrical energy and a heat energy; a temperature sensing unit installed at the stack unit; an extinguishing unit operated according to a value sensed by the temperature sensing unit; and a control unit electrically connected to... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042247 - Fuel cell stacks and systems with fluid-responsive temperature regulation: Fuel cell stacks and systems with thermal management systems to deliver a liquid heat exchange fluid into thermal communication with the stack and thereafter recycle the stream. In some embodiments, the system is adapted to selectively apportion the recycled liquid stream between a stream that, prior to reuse as a... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070042246 - Fuel cell system, power generation method of fuel cell system, and electric device: A fuel cell system is provided in which waste energy hitherto exhausted from a computer (10) can be reduced to improve the power generation efficiency of a fuel cell (27). Heat generated from a CPU (11) is supplied to the fuel cell (27), thereby controlling the temperature of the fuel... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070042249 - System for preventing freezing of fuel cell: A system for preventing freezing of a fuel cell comprises: a stack unit for generating an electrical energy and a heat energy; a temperature sensing unit installed at the stack unit; a heater unit operated according to a value sensed by the temperature sensing unit; and a control unit electrically... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042251 - Electrochemical cell with membrane-electrode-assembly support: An electrochemical cell having a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA), a cell separator plate disposed on a side of the MEA and defining a flow field therebetween, a MEA support layer disposed adjacent the MEA within the flow field, and a MEA support layer stiffener disposed adjacent the support layer on a side... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20070042250 - Fuel cell stack: A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of multi-cell modules stacked and a restraining member. Each multi-cell module includes a plurality of fuel cells including opposite end fuel cells at opposite ends of the plurality of fuel cells layered. The restraining member restrains the multi-cell module in a direction perpendicular... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070042253 - Fuel cell unit: In order to produce a fuel cell unit comprising a cathode electrolyte anode unit and at least one contact element for making electrically conductive contact with the cathode electrolyte anode unit such that electrical contact with the KEA unit is producible in a reliable and simple manner, it is proposed... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20070042252 - Solid state, thin film proton exchange membrane for fuel cells: A fuel cell according to the invention comprises a multilayer proton exchange membrane having high proton conductivity in the temperature range of 300-500° C. This is achieved by the use of very thin (<1 μm) metal oxide polymer films on a metal substrate by electrolytic anodizing of a metal alloy.... Agent: Wendy W. Koba

20070042254 - Integrated seal for fuel cell assembly and fuel cell stack: A solid polymer fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly that is in adhesive contact with a first flow field plate around the circumferential edge of the membrane electrode assembly and in non-adhesive contact with a second flow field plate, and an elastomeric manifold seal member that circumscribes at least... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070042255 - Seal for fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly comprises an edge seal member, the edge seal member having a first compressive surface and an opposing second compressive surface wherein the first compressive surface comprises a seal protrusion and the opposing second compressive comprises an inner and outer seal protrusion. The seal protrusion on the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070042256 - Gas crossover barrier with electrochemical conversion cell membrane: A device is provided comprising at least one electrochemical conversion cell configured to convert first and second reactants to electrical energy. The electrochemical conversion cell comprises a membrane electrode assembly defining a partition between first and second reactant supplies. The membrane electrode assembly comprises a polymer electrolyte membrane configured to... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070042258 - Fuel cell stack including bypass: A fuel cell stack including a bypass is provided. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of electricity generating cells in the known manner. A bypass is included for reducing the water entering the electricity generating cells of the fuel cell stack. The bypass may comprise at least one bypass... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070042257 - Improvement on the uniformity of fluid flow rate for interconnecting plate for planar solid oxide fuel cell: A flat connecting plate designed for solid oxide fuel cell to improve the uniformity of fluid flow rate comprising a series of parallel ribs and grooves formed by the spaces between the ribs, the lengths of the ribs vary in accordance with the variation of the edge at proximity of... Agent: Michael Lin

20070042260 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell. The anode of the fuel cell comprises a hydrogen oxidation catalyst comprising a finely divided metal alloy particulate. The metal alloy particulate has an average particle size of less than about 100 Angstroms.... Agent: Philip H. Schlazer Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

20070042259 - Platinum-titanium-tungsten fuel cell catalyst: A fuel cell catalyst comprising platinum, titanium and tungsten. In one or more embodiments, the concentration of platinum is less than 60 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of titanium is at least 20 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of tungsten is at least 25 atomic percent.... Agent: Senniger Powers (smx)

20070042262 - Electrode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly comprising same and fuel cell system comprising same: An electrode for a fuel cell, and a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell system including the same. The electrode for a fuel cell includes a supporter including a nano-carbon fiber, a nano-carbon grown from the nano-carbon fiber, and a catalyst disposed on the nano-carbon.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070042261 - Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and electrode structure for the fuel cell: A solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell (2) is formed from an electrode structure (7) and first and second separators (8, 9). The electrode structure (7) has a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (10), first and second electrode layers (11, 12), and first and second diffusion layers (13, 14). The first separator... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070042263 - Single cell module system: A single cell module system, which has a mounting, base a module attached to the base, and at least one sleeve which fits into the module and receives a battery cell, with the modules stackable on the base.... Agent: Zachary T. Wobensmith, Iii

20070042264 - Rechargeable bipolar high power electrochemical device with reduced monitoring requirement: The present invention is drawn to a high power electrochemical energy storage device in a bipolar configuration, comprising at least n stackable cells (20) in bipolar configuration wherein subgroups of m cells are electronically monitored (63). The storage cells (20) have a lithium ion insertion anode (24) and a lithium... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070042265 - All-solid-state lithium secondary cell and method of manufacturing the same: An all-solid-state lithium secondary cell has a laminate, and a pair of external current collectors. The laminate is shaped into substantially a rectangular parallelepiped and is made of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive and negative electrodes. The external current collectors are disposed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070042266 - Electrolyte comprising eutectic mixture and electrochemical device using the same: Disclosed is an electrolyte comprising a eutectic mixture formed of: (a) an amide group-containing compound; and (b) a lithum-free ionizable salt. An electrochemical device comprising the electrolyte is also disclosed. The electrolyte improves the quality of and electrochemical device due to the excellent conductivity of the metal cation contained in... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070042267 - Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, lithium salt, and an additive that is either a dicarboxylic acid anhydride and a halogenated ethylene carbonate or a diglycolic acid anhydride and a halogenated ethylene... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070042268 - Mesoporous carbon composite, method of preparing the same, and fuel cell using the mesoporous carbon composite: A mesoporous carbon composite includes mesoporous carbon having mesopores; a conductive polymer coated on only an outer surface of the mesoporous carbon; and an organic electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The mesoporous carbon composite may be prepared by impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070042269 - Electrochemical device with high capacity and method for preparing the same: Disclosed is a method for preparing an electrochemical device, comprising the steps of: charging an electrochemical device using an electrode active material having a gas generation plateau potential in a charging period to an extent exceeding the plateau potential; and degassing the electrochemical device. An electrochemical device, which comprises an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070042270 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a porous electron-insulating layer adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte. The porous electron-insulating layer comprises a particulate filler and a resin binder,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070042271 - Quaternary ammonium salt, electrolyte, and electrochemical device: s

20070042273 - Negative electrode for lithium batteries: An active material for high-voltage negative electrodes (>1 V vs. Li) of secondary rechargeable lithium batteries is disclosed. Chemical composition is represented by the general formula Li2+vTi3−WFeXMyM′ZO7−α, where M and M′ are metal ions having an ionic radius between 0.5 and 0.8 A and forming an octahedral structure with oxygen,... Agent: Hutchison Law Group PLLC

20070042272 - Solid electrolyte and all solid state battery using the same: A solid electrolyte of the present invention is represented by a general formula: LixMOyNz, where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Ge, Al, C, Ga and S, and x, y and z respectively satisfy x=0.6 to 5.0, y=1.050 to 3.985, and z=0.01... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070042274 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode has a theoretical capacity per unit area from 3.0 to 4.5 mAh/cm2. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains ethylene carbonate (EC), ethylmethyl carbonate (EMC), and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) as... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070037021 - Fuel cell assembly with structural film: An assembly for use in a fuel cell comprising a first membrane having an inner portion and an outer peripheral portion; a second membrane having a corresponding inner portion to the inner portion of the first membrane, and a corresponding outer peripheral portion to the outer peripheral portion of the... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070037022 - Startup method of fuel cell system: In a startup method for fuel cell systems, and more particularly, a startup method which makes the fuel cell systems rapidly reach a steady state operation by significantly decreasing the time taken to increase the temperature of the shift reactor catalyst, gas discharged from a burner that heats a reformer... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070037023 - Fuel cell power and management system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as techniques for controlling and/or operating such systems. The fuel cell power... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070037024 - Solid oxide fuel cell-based auxiliary power unit: The invention provides an auxiliary power unit (APU) and process for electricity generation in combination with an internal combustion engine in which the APU includes a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having an inlet for fuel, an inlet for air and/or engine exhaust gas, and an outlet for off-gas; and... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070037025 - Control assembly for controlling a fuel cell system during shutdown and restart: A fuel cell system and method in which the fuel cell system receives and an input oxidant gas and an input fuel gas, and in which a fuel processing assembly is provided and is adapted to at least humidify the input fuel gas which is to be supplied to the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070037026 - Modular fuel cell power system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the inventions relate to power systems (for example, fuel cell power systems) and architectures having an integration plane to incorporate various technology modules therein including, for example, one or more fuel cell stacks, fuel storage containers/tanks (for example, hydrogen,... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070037027 - Fuel cell power plant: A fuel cell power plant comprises a fuel cell (37) which generates power by an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen supplied to an anode (32A) and oxygen supplied to a cathode (32B) via an electrolyte membrane (32). After the fuel cell (37) has stopped power generation, a cooling device (40, 41)... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070037028 - Solid oxide fuel cell of multiple tubular electrodes: The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell, which comprises: a plurality of tubular electrodes, reacting gases supplying means, and a preheat piping. The tubular electrodes are concentrically arranged while enabling the polarity of a surface of any one of the plural electrodes is the same as that... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070037030 - Fuel cell and method of manufacturing the fuel cell: A fuel cell is provided, in which the generation of hydrogen, which is one cause of degradation of the cell characteristics, is controlled, thus preventing the degradation of the electrolyte member and maintaining stable cell characteristics for a long time. The fuel cell has a fuel pole, an oxidizer pole... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037029 - Fuel cell membrane and fuel cell system with integrated gas separation: The present invention provides a protonically conductive membrane for use in a direct methanol fuel cell wherein a portion of said protonically conductive membrane conducts protons from the anode face of the membrane to the cathode face of the protonically conductive membrane, and a portion of which evolves gas from... Agent: Brian P. Hopkins Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky And Popeo PC

20070037031 - Cermet and ceramic interconnects for a solid oxide fuel cell: An interconnect and gas separator for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a cermet material comprising a first conductive phase and a second ceramic phase or a multi-component ceramic material including a first ceramic ionically conductive and electrically non-conductive component and a second ceramic electrically conductive component.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070037032 - Proton-conductive film, fuel cell comprising the same, and method for producing the same: The proton-conductive film comprises a mesoporous thin film that has, as the principal component thereof, a crosslinked structure having a metal-oxygen skeleton with an acid group bonding to at least a part thereof, in which the pores are periodically aligned and the inner wall of the pores is coated with... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070037034 - Fluid pump and connector assembly: A fluid pump and connector assembly is particularly suited for use in connecting a fuel cartridge to a fuel cell system. The assembly has a first sub-assembly comprising a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a flexible diaphragm in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet, and a first connector. The... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070037035 - Holding structure and electronic apparatus installing that therein: For providing a holding structure for holding a member to be held, such as a MEA, etc., suitably, while keeping holding plates to be closely contact therewith, being applicable into an electronic apparatus, a DMFC unit U1 comprises a MEA module of being an oblong on a plane view thereof,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070037036 - Hydrophilic coating for fuel cell bipolar plate and methods of making the same: One embodiment disclosed includes a product comprising: a fuel cell component comprising a substrate and a first coating overlying the substrate, the coating comprising a compound comprising at least one Si—O group, at least one polar group and at least one group including a saturated or unsaturated carbon chain.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070037033 - Separator for fuel cell, fuel cell stack, method for manufacturing separator for fuel cell, and fuel cell vehicle: A separator for a fuel cell comprises a corrugated or undulated gas flow path portion (4) formed on central portion (2) of a clad thin plate: and a flat portion (6) formed on an outer periphery of the central portion, wherein the clad thin plate is obtained by applying rolling... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070037037 - Pattern molding of polymeric flow channels for micro fuel cells: The invention relates to a method for large scale manufacturing of polymeric micro fuel cells using a metallic mold. The method includes creating a Gaussian-shaped channel on a first substrate using a laser; sputtering a metallic seed layer over the first substrate using a first metal; electroplating a second metal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070037038 - Fuel supply manifold assembly: A fuel supply manifold assembly (20) comprising a manifold (40), one or more supply inlet connections (42), pressure readers (44, 46), a manual turnoff (50), pressure-reducing devices (52,54), a pressure-relieving device (56), a flow-control device (60), and a delivery outlet port (62). The manifold (40) defines a flow path from... Agent: Don W. Bulson (parker Hannifin) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070037042 - Anode catalyst compositions for a voltage reversal tolerant fuel cell: In a solid polymer fuel cell series, various circumstances can result in a fuel cell being driven into voltage reversal. For instance, cell voltage reversal can occur if that cell receives an inadequate supply of fuel. In order to pass current, reactions other than fuel oxidation can take place at... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070037041 - Electrocatalyst supports for fuel cells: Titanium oxide (usually titanium dioxide) catalyst support particles are doped for electronic conductivity and formed with surface area-enhancing pores for use, for example, in electro-catalyzed electrodes on proton exchange membrane electrodes in hydrogen/oxygen fuel cells. Suitable compounds of titanium and a dopant are dispersed with pore-forming particles in a liquid... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070037040 - Fuel cell, fuel cell power source system and electronic devices using the same: Provided is a fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly for generating power by oxidizing fuel at an anode electrode and reducing oxygen at a cathode electrode, an anode diffusion layer for allowing fuel to pass therethrough to the outside of the anode electrode of the membrane electrode assembly and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070037039 - Platinum-copper-tungsten fuel cell catalyst: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and tungsten, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide... Agent: Senniger Powers (smx)

20070037043 - Pretreatment method of electrode active material: Disclosed is a pretreatment method for activating an electrode active material having a certain range of potential plateau beyond a redox potential range of a transition metal forming the electrode active material, which comprises charging the electrode active material to an extent exceeding the potential plateau at least once, so... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070037044 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack, and a positive electrode terminal... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037045 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance, is disclosed, which includes: a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack, and a positive electrode terminal... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037046 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be accommodated in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance, is disclosed, which includes a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack, and a positive electrode terminal... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037049 - Auxiliary power unit: An auxiliary power unit of the present invention has an auxiliary lithium-ion secondary battery, a charge connector connected to the auxiliary lithium-ion secondary battery and adapted to receive power from an external charger, and a supply connector connected to the auxiliary lithium-ion secondary battery and adapted to supply power of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070037047 - Microporous polyolefin film: A microporous polyolefin film that comprises polyethylene and polypropylene as essential components and is composed of a laminate film of two or more layers, wherein the percentage of polypropylene blended in at least one surface layer of the film is more than 50% by weight and 95% by weight or... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070037048 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes a cell stack of plural battery cells in each of which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037050 - Thermal control device: A thermal control device for a plurality of chambers comprising a flexible pouch (1) comprising at least one partition (4) delimiting at least two sections (4a, 4b) of a circulation path of a heat transfer fluid, one section being in contact with at least two chambers (5). The invention lies... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070037051 - Battery module with improved cell barrier between unit cells: A battery module, including a plurality of unit cells and a cell barrier interposed between the unit cells, is provided. The cell barrier includes a body member and a fixing part disposed on the edge of the body member and connected to an adjacent cell barrier while housing a unit... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070037052 - Battery module and method of making the same: A battery module including a plurality of unit batteries, a pair of end plates located at outermost sides of the plurality of unit batteries and connecting rods disposed at first and second edges of at least one of the end plates, the first and second edges being opposite edges, wherein... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070037053 - Battery case having improved thermal conductivity: The present invention discloses is a battery case, comprising a base case and an insert as two parts of the exterior case. The base case is formed of a first polymeric material and the insert is formed of a second polymeric material, wherein the second polymeric material has a higher... Agent: Anthony J. Serventi Cobasys LLC

20070037054 - Battery, method of manufacturing the same, method of manufacturing weldment, and pedestal: A metal plate and an electrode in a polymer lithium ion secondary. battery or the like are welded certainly, and it is accomplished to further improve the reliability and the durability thereof. Each of an upper metal plate (7a) and a lower metal plate (9a) on the positive pole/terminal is... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070037055 - Electrochemical electrode using nickel-containing nanostructured material having dendritic structure as active layer, and method for producing the same: The present invention provides an electrochemical electrode wherein transition metal (nickel) nanoparticles are used to form an active layer having a large surface area without using a conductive support while maintaining dispersibility and stability, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides an electrochemical electrode having a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070037056 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery uses as its positive electrode active material a mixture of a first lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing nickel and manganese as transition metals and having a crystal structure belonging to the space group R3m and a second lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070037057 - Non printed small volume in vitro analyte sensor and methods: An electrically conductive coating is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the coating includes a plurality of single-wall or multi-walled Carbon nanotubes having a diameter less than 20 nanometers. The disclosed coating demonstrates excellent conductivity and smooth surface morphology. Methods of preparing the coating as well as... Agent: Wayne R. Grohs Mysticmd Inc.

20070037058 - Compliant seal structures for protected active metal anodes: Protected anode architectures have ionically conductive protective membrane architectures that, in conjunction with compliant seal structures and anode backplanes, effectively enclose an active metal anode inside the interior of an anode compartment. This enclosure prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction with the environment external to the anode compartment, which... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070037059 - Microbattery with at least one electrode and electrolyte each comprising a common grouping (xy1y2y3y4) and method for production of said microbattery: A microbattery comprises, in the form of thin layers, at least first and second electrodes between which a solid electrolyte is disposed. The first electrode and the electrolyte both comprise at least one common grouping of [XY1Y2Y3Y4] type, where X is located in a tetrahedron whose peaks are respectively formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070037060 - All-solid-state primary film battery and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are an all-solid state primary film battery, and a method of manufacturing the same. The all-solid state primary film battery includes: a first polymer current collector film including a first polymer film and a first conductive layer; a first electrode layer formed on the first conductive layer; a second... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070037061 - Polymer electrolyte complex: A polymer electrolyte being configured to provide ion transport, said polymer electrolyte comprising: a main-chain first repeating unit configured to provide a primary ion coordinating site, a plurality of main-chain repeating units being arranged as a substantially helical ion coordinating channel; said polymer electrolyte further comprising and being characterised by:... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20070037062 - Rechargeable lithium battery and method of fabricating same: Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a polyacrylate compound having three or more acrylic groups.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070037063 - Lithium secondary battery: (wherein X and Y are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a halogen, and a fluorinated alkyl having C1 to C5; at least one of X and Y is selected from the group consisting of a halogen, and a fluorinated alkyl having C1 to C5; and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070037064 - Electrolyte solution and nonaqueous electrolyte lithium secondary battery: h

20070031707 - Fuel cell system and operating method of the same: A fuel cell system and an operating method of the same. The fuel cell system includes a carbon monoxide adsorbing device that is disposed at an exit of a shift reactor and removes carbon monoxide which is not completely removed in the shift reactor. Therefore, a start-up time of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070031709 - Electronic apparatus and fuel cell control method for electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus is provided which includes a fuel cell device configured to supply electrical power to the electronic apparatus; a temperature sensor configured to measure, other than at the fuel cell device, temperature within the electronic apparatus; a power storage unit configured to store electrical power generated by the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070031708 - Fuel cell cogeneration system: To provide a fuel cell cogeneration system which can achieve high electricity generation efficiency, high waste heat recovery efficiency and a high system operation rate. A fuel cell cogeneration system comprises: a reforming device 7 for reforming raw material fuel 2 to generate reformate 3; a humidifying device 70 for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070031710 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system in which fuel cell flooding is eliminated by providing necessary flow speed of fuel gas within a channel while improving system efficiency of the fuel cell by re-circulating unreacted fuel gas, which has been discharged externally from a circulation channel in order to provide the flow... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070031711 - Fuel-cell system and method for scavenging fuel cell: A fuel-cell system 1 includes: a fuel cell 13 configured to generate electricity through reaction between hydrogen gas and air; a compressor 12 configured to supply air as a scavenging gas to a reactant gas path 13a of the fuel cell 13; a control part 18 configured to control an... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070031712 - Catalyst assembly for use in anode gas oxidizing systems of high temperature fuel cells: An oxidizer catalyst assembly for use in a fuel cell system for oxidizing anode exhaust gas and in which a first catalyst member is situated along a gas flow path and a second catalyst member is situated along the gas flow path following the first catalyst member. Each of the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070031713 - High temperature fuel cell system having cooling apparatus and method of operating the same: A high temperature fuel cell system having a cooling apparatus, including: a fuel cell stack including a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode on opposing surfaces of an electrolyte membrane containing acid and a plurality of conductive plates contacting each electrode;... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070031714 - Metal-air battery system with programmed-timing activation: This invention provides an actively controlled battery with a programmed-timing actuation capability. As a preferred embodiment, the battery comprises a first electrochemical assembly, at least a second electrochemical cell assembly electronically connected in parallel with the first assembly, and control means in control relation to the first assembly and the... Agent: Wen C. Huang

20070031717 - Composite proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same: A composite proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same. The composite proton exchange membrane comprises a proton exchange membrane which has been modified by replacing membrane protons in desired areas of the membrane with a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer is preferably formed by introducing a quaternary salt... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070031716 - Process for making cation exchange membranes with reduced methanol permeability: The present invention provides for a process to prepare a solid polymer electrolyte membrane having an ionomer having imbibed therein a polymer is selected from the group consisting of a polyamine, a polyvinyl amine, and derivatives thereof, wherein the membrane is irradiated after the impregnation. The invention also provides a... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070031715 - Sulfonated perfluorosulfonic acid polyelectrolyte membranes: New proton conducting membranes are made of perfluorosulfonic acid polymers films that have been treated by exposing them to a chlorosulfonating agent. The membranes are used as a proton exchange membrane in PEM fuel cells operating at temperatures above 95° C., or at low relative humidity. In various embodiments, the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070031718 - Fuel cell power generation system: A fuel cell power generation system includes a hydrogen gas separator between a fuel gas feed unit and a fuel cell, and a circulation passage and a circulation blower for conveying an anode exhaust gas to the inlet of the hydrogen gas separator. The system is so configured as to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070031720 - Laminar bypass for cascaded stack: A fuel cell stack that includes cascaded stack stages and tube bundle flow restrictions for providing a cathode input gas to each stage in the stack. The stack includes a first flow pipe for providing cathode gas flow to a first stage of the plurality of stages of the fuel... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070031721 - Process for application of a hydrophilic coating to fuel cell bipolar plates: A process comprising: depositing a coating on a fuel cell bipolar plate using plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070031719 - Separator and cell using the same for use in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A separator for use in a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, including a membrane/electrode assembly including a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode disposed on either side of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a first separator superposed against a surface of the oxidant electrode forming an oxidant gas flow passage;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070031723 - Durability for the mea and bipolar plates in pem fuel cells using hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalysts: A fuel cell that employs a decomposition catalyst on one or more of the membrane, bipolar plates or diffusion media layers in the fuel cell that decomposes hydrogen peroxide, and thus reduces the generation of hydroxyl free radicals. In one embodiment, the decomposition catalyst is ruthenium oxide and is deposited... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070031722 - Electrocatalysts having platinum monolayers on palladium, palladium alloy, and gold alloy nanoparticle cores, and uses thereof: The invention relates to platinum-coated particles useful as fuel cell electrocatalysts. The particles are composed of a noble metal or metal alloy core at least partially encapsulated by an atomically thin surface layer of platinum atoms. The invention particularly relates to such particles having a palladium, palladium alloy, gold alloy,... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20070031724 - Fuel cell, fuel cell assembly, and method for manufacturing the fuel cell: A fuel cell includes two flow field plates and a membrane electrode assembly sandwiched therebetween. A plurality of flow channels is formed on surface facing the membrane electrode assembly of the flow field plate. A carbon material layer is formed on the flow field plate and a catalyst layer is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070031726 - Fuel cell power and management system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as techniques for controlling and/or operating such systems. The fuel cell power... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070031725 - Method of determining acid stratification in rechargeable batteries: A method of determining a stratification of an electrolyte in an active mass of positive electrode plates in rechargeable batteries includes determining a variation of at least one of a charging current and a charging voltage of the rechargeable battery occurring during charging of the rechargeable battery; and detecting a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070031727 - Portable electronic device having a latched battery cover: A portable electronic device includes a battery for providing electricity to the portable electronic device; a housing for accommodating the battery; a battery cover for covering the battery; a latch affixed to the housing in a slidable manner along a first direction, wherein when the latch is at a first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070031728 - Battery module having improved cooling efficiency: A battery module includes one or more cell assemblies with a plurality of unit cells, and a housing for mounting the cell assemblies therein and circulating a temperature control cooling medium through the cell assemblies. The cell assemblies are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the housing. A guidance unit... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070031729 - Ionic liquids, electrolyte salts for electrical storage devices, liquid electrolytes for electrical storage devices, electrical double-layer capacitors, and secondary batteries: In formula (1), R1 to R4 are each independently an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons or an alkoxyalkyl group of the formula R′—O—(CH2)n—, with the proviso that at least one group from among R1 to R4 is the above alkoxyalkyl group. X is a nitrogen or phosphorus atom,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070031730 - Electrode material for anode of rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body using said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery using said electrode structural body, process for producing said electrode structural body, and process for: An electrode material for an anode of a rechargeable lithium battery, containing a particulate comprising an amorphous Sn.A.X alloy with a substantially non-stoichiometric ratio composition. For said formula Sn.A.X, A indicates at least one kind of an element selected from a group consisting of transition metal elements, X indicates at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070031731 - Preparation of epsilon-phase silver vanadium oxide from gamma-phase svo starting material: The current invention relates to the preparation of an improved cathode active material for non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell. In particular, the cathode active material comprises ε-phase silver vanadium oxide prepared by using a γ-phase silver vanadium oxide starting material. The reaction of γ-phase SVO with a silver salt produces the... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070031732 - Nanoscale ion storage materials: Nanoscale ion storage materials are provided that exhibit unique properties measurably distinct from their larger scale counterparts. For example, the nanoscale materials can exhibit increased electronic conductivity, improved electromechanical stability, increased rate of intercalation, and/or an extended range of solid solution. Useful nanoscale materials include alkaline transition metal phosphates, such... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070031733 - Lithium secondary battery: In order to enhance charge and discharge efficiency and to improve cycle characteristics by increasing a facing area between a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material, in a negative electrode for lithium secondary battery having a current collector and an active material layer carried on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070031734 - Electrolyte additives for lithium metal and lithium ion rechargeable batteries: An electrolyte providing an improved SEI layer for a lithium ion cell or lithium metal cell battery. The addition of one or a plurality of additives to the electrolyte of a lithium ion cell or lithium metal cell battery yields an improved SEI layer in the battery. The SEI layer... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070031735 - Active material for cathode film, polyether polymer composition for cathode film, cathode film, and method for producing cathode film: The present invention relates to a technique for producing a cathode film having a thin and even thickness and having stable electrical characteristics at a high productivity by an extrusion molding method. That is, the present invention provides an active material for a cathode film comprising a lithium compound having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070026266 - Distributed electrochemical cells integrated with microelectronic structures: An electronic device includes an integrated circuit having a plurality of domains, and at least one bias source. Each domain of the plurality of domains is independently electrically connected to at least one of the at least one bias source.... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20070026268 - Aircraft having a fuel cell: The invention relates to an aircraft, in particular to an airplane, having at least one fuel cell, having at least one supply line which connects the fuel cell to a fuel supply, having at least one outlet line by means of which fuel supplied by the supply line and not... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070026267 - Fuel cell system provided with a cooling circuit: A method and apparatus for cooling a fuel cell system. The system includes a fuel cell (1) having a cooling device (15) which forms part of a cooling circuit including a liquid coolant. The cooling circuit, outside the fuel cell (1), contains a device by which any gases which may... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070026269 - Relief valve, method of manufacturing relief valve, and fuel cell: Provided is a relief valve that is small in size and has a simple structure in which a flow path is provided so as to penetrate a diaphragm or a support portion of the diaphragm, and an outlet is located at an opposite side of an inlet through the diaphragm.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070026270 - Direct oxidation fuel cell system: The present invention relates to a direct oxidation fuel cell system including at least one electricity generating element including at least one membrane-electrode assembly which includes an anode and a cathode on opposite sides of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a separator. The direct oxidation fuel cell generates electricity through... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026271 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises a hydrogen storage system for storing and releasing hydrogen, a fuel cell in fluid communication with the hydrogen storage system for receiving released hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system and for electrochemically reacting the hydrogen with an oxidant to produce electricity and an anode exhaust.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070026272 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises a hydrogen storage system for storing and releasing hydrogen, a fuel cell in fluid communication with the hydrogen storage system for receiving released hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system and for electrochemically reacting the hydrogen with an oxidant to produce electricity and an anode exhaust.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070026273 - Device and method for controlling fuel cell system and fuel cell system: A fuel cell system has a fuel cell generating power using a fuel gas and an oxidizing agent gas serving as materials of the system and a material supply section supplying the materials to the fuel cell. The power generated by the fuel cell is extracted to a load. A... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070026278 - Fuel cell system and charge amount adjustment method for energy storage: When it is detected that the ignition switch is turned off a short period of time after the ignition switch turned on at the temperature below the freezing point, the charge threshold of a capacitor is changed to a larger charge threshold C for increasing the amount of electrical energy... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070026274 - Fuel cell system and control method for fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes an anode electrode to which fuel is to be supplied; a cathode electrode to which an oxidant containing air or oxygen is to be supplied; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a catalyst section configured to accelerate a chemical... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070026276 - Fuel cell system and control method of fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided which estimates a water content in a fuel cell based on a predetermined map using an integrated value of electric current generated by the fuel cell (ST4) before power generation is stopped (ST5). When a temperature of the fuel cell has fallen lower than... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070026277 - Fuel cell system and method: A fuel cell system and a method for scavenging it are provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas passage, an oxidant gas passage, a communicating passage, a communicating valve, a monitoring device, a valve controller, a scavenging device and a computing device. The monitoring device... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070026275 - Gas sensor, gas sensor system, and controlling method thereof: A gas sensor disposed on a wall of a gas passage, the gas sensor including: a gas detector detecting a target gas contained in the gas flowing in the gas passage; a detector which houses therein the gas detector and has a gas chamber into which the gas is introduced;... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070026279 - Vapor feed fuel cell system with controllable fuel delivery: An adjustable fuel delivery regulation assembly is provided which can be disposed within a direct oxidation fuel cell system, or the fuel reservoir or fuel tank that supplies such a system. One embodiment of the fuel delivery regulation assembly is a shutter assembly, which includes two correspondingly perforated components. The... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070026280 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling gas pressure in fuel cell system: A controllable range of an air flow rate and an air pressure in a fuel cell system is calculated from air flow rates and air pressures when the air back pressure valve is fully open and fully closed. A target generation current is calculated from an accelerator position or an... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070026281 - Fuel cell system with cooling and method of controlling the same: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that generates an electric power and heat by a reaction of a reaction gas; a heat exchanger; a coolant circuit for a coolant between the fuel cell and the heat exchanger; a coolant circulating pump for circulating the coolant in the coolant... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070026282 - Polymer electrolyte membrane, process for production thereof, polymer electrolyte, electrolyte composition, membrane-electrode assembly, and fuel cell: The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention is constituted of a block copolymer having an ion-conductive block. In the membrane, the ion-conductive block 12 forms ion-conductive domains 14 in a cylindrical shape arranged parallel to the thickness direction d of the polymer electrolyte membrane. The polymer electrolyte membrane has... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070026283 - 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 contact with the outer face of... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070026284 - High temperature proton exchange membrane using ionomer/soild proton conductor, preparation method thereof and fuel cell containing the same: The present invention relates to a high temperature proton-conducting polymer membrane, a preparation method thereof, a membrane-electrode assembly using the same and a fuel cell containing the same. More particularly, it relates to a proton-conducting polymer membrane enabling fuel cell operation under high temperature and normal pressure condition, wherein sulfoalkyl... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070026285 - Proton conducting solid oxide electrolytes, electrochemical cells utilizing the proton conducting materials and methods of making the same: Disclosed herein are electrochemical cells comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a solid oxide electrolyte disposed between and in ionic communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. The solid oxide electrolyte comprises the reaction product of a solid oxide electrolyte material, an aliovalent cation dopant, and... Agent: Paul L. Marshall Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070026286 - Direct methanol fuel cell having reduced crossover of methanol and comprising a layer of material for controlling the diffusion rate of fuel: The present invention relates to a direct methanol fuel cell having reduced methanol crossover, which comprises a layer of material for controlling the diffusion rate of fuel. More particularly, it relates to a direct methanol fuel cell in which the material for controlling the diffusion rate of fuel is interposed... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070026287 - Electronic equipment: In order to provide a small electronic equipment which can be used for a long time, an electronic equipment including: a casing; a hold portion provided to a part of the casing, for holding the equipment; and a fuel cell, in which a recessed portion provided to the hold portion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070026288 - Electrochemical cell with flow field member: An electrochemical cell having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a cell separator plate, and a plurality of compressible layers of a carbon material is disclosed. The cell separator plate is disposed on a side of the MEA and defines a flow field that extends from the MEA to the cell... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20070026290 - Cathode catalyst for fuel cell, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising same: A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell that includes Ru, M, and Te, wherein M is Mo, W, or an alloy thereof. The cathode catalyst can inhibit catalyst poisoning by oxygen and improve catalyst activity.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026291 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising the same: The present invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell system including the membrane-electrode assembly. The membrane-electrode assembly includes a corrugated polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and a cathode respectively disposed at each side of the polymer electrolyte membrane. The corrugated polymer electrolyte membrane has a pattern... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070026289 - Solid oxide fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same: A solid oxide fuel cell includes: a solid electrolyte; and electrodes on both surfaces of the solid electrolyte, wherein at least one of joint surfaces where the solid electrolyte and the electrodes are in contact with each other is a roughened surface having at least two different types of surface... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070026294 - Catalyst nanoparticle: Although nanoparticles capable of providing an extremely large active surface area have highly marked advantages, when a PEFC electrode utilizing nanoparticles is used for a prolonged period of time, the catalyst nanoparticles on carrier of the PEFC electrode because of the nano-size thereof migrate and aggregate together to result in... Agent: Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070026292 - Electrocatalysts having gold monolayers on platinum nanoparticle cores, and uses thereof: The invention relates to gold-coated particles useful as fuel cell electrocatalysts. The particles are composed of an electrocatalytically active core at least partially encapsulated by an outer shell of gold or gold alloy. The invention more particularly relates to such particles having a noble metal-containing core, and more particularly, a... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20070026293 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising same: A membrane-electrode assembly constructed with an anode and a cathode facing each other, and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween. At least one of the anode and the cathode includes an electrode substrate that includes a carbon fiber based sheet coated with micro-carbons and a catalyst layer disposed on the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070026295 - Ionic liquids & ionic liquid acids with high temperature stability for fuel cell and other high temperature applications, method of making and cell employing same: Disclosed are developments in high temperature fuel cells including ionic liquids with high temperature stability and the storage of inorganic acids as di-anion salts of low volatility. The formation of ionically conducting liquids of this type having conductivities of unprecedented magnitude for non-aqueous systems is described. The stability of the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070026296 - Secondary battery with enhanced connection of protection circuit unit to cap plate: In the secondary battery, a lead plate is provided so as not to overlap the position of the sealing unit of the electrolyte injection hole to enhance the fixation of the lead plate to the upper surface of the cap plate of a cap assembly. The position of a connection... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026299 - Apparatus for locking detachable battery pack case of portable terminal: Disclosed is a detachable battery pack case locking apparatus of a portable terminal. The case is mounted to the lower case frame of a body, and the apparatus includes locker housings provided on both side surfaces of the lower case frame, locker assemblies engaged with the locker housings, for restricting... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070026297 - Battery cover latching mechanism for portable electronic device: A battery cover latching mechanism (300) is used in a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device has a housing (10) and a battery cover (20). The battery cover latching mechanism comprises a fixing portion (206) formed on the battery cover, a locking member (30) and a switch (40). The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070026298 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a body, a button and a battery. The body includes a printed circuit board, a switch and a processor. The switch and the processor are disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to each other. The button... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070026300 - Battery module: The present invention relates to a battery module including an aggregation comprising unit cells and a housing for housing the aggregation and circulating a coolant therein. The housing includes an inlet part disposed on an upper side of the aggregation, through which the coolant can flow into and along the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070026301 - Battery module having improved cooling efficiency: A battery module includes a battery assembly having a plurality of unit batteries. A housing receives the battery assembly and has an coolant flow passage formed around the battery assembly. A divider is installed in the coolant flow passage to divide the coolant flow passage into a plurality of sub-coolant... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026302 - Rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery includes a case having an opening; an electrode assembly accommodated into the case and having first and second electrode taps protruding upwardly; a cap assembly including a cap plate covering the opening of the case and a electrode terminal insulated from the cap plate; first and second... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070026303 - Battery module: A battery module including unit cells and a cell barrier interposed between the unit cells is disclosed. The cell barrier includes a plate and protrusions formed on one or both sides of the plate. The cell barrier supports the unit cells and provides coolant passages through which a coolant can... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070026304 - Battery module and restraint rod: A battery module includes an aggregate cell including a plurality of unit cells, a pair of end plates arranged respectively at first and second sides of the aggregate cell, and a restraint rod fastened with the end plates and fixing the end plates to the aggregate cell, the restraint rod... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070026305 - Battery module: A battery module including a plurality of unit batteries arranged in series, an end plate located at each end of the plurality of unit batteries, a plurality of connecting members connected to each end plate to fix the end plates to the unit batteries, and at least one reinforcing member... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026306 - Battery module: A battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries each having an electrode terminal and a connecting member for interconnecting the electrode terminals of the unit batteries. The connecting member includes a pair of coupling devices elastically coupled to the electrode terminal. The coupling devices are connected to each other... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070026307 - Rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrodes and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. Each of the positive and negative electrodes has an active material coated part and an active material uncoated part. A case receives the electrode assembly, the case being... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070026308 - Lithium secondary battery: A thermally stabilized Li secondary battery in which at least a portion of the inner surface of a secondary battery case includes an ignition inhibitor so as to prevent an internal temperature of the secondary battery from rising to a predetermined temperature or higher. The Li secondary battery includes: an... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070026309 - Electrochemical energy source, electronic device and method of manufacturing said energy source: The invention relates to an electrochemical energy source comprising at least one assembly of: a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate solid-state electrolyte separating said first electrode and said second electrode. The invention also relates to an electronic module provided with such an electrochemical energy source. The invention... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070026310 - Redox-active reversible electrode and secondary battery using the same: A redox-active reversible electrode has a redox-active film on a surface of an electrically conductive substrate. The redox-active film includes a redox-active sulfur-containing substance which has at least one aromatic ring and a ring containing at least one disulfide bond, with a side of the disulfide-containing ring constituting a side... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070026312 - Apparatus for and method of manufacturing electrodes, and battery using the electrode manufactured by the method: A method of manufacturing an electrode having a current collector (1) and a plurality of active material layers (2, 3) formed on a surface of the current collector is provided. The method includes applying, one after another, a plurality of active material slurries in layers onto the surface of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070026311 - Battery: A battery capable of improving the charge and discharge efficiency even when the battery voltage is set to over 4.2 V is provided. A cathode and an anode are oppositely arranged with an electrolyte and a separator in between. The open circuit voltage in full charge is in the range... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20070026313 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode containing Si as a negative electrode active material, a binder containing a non-crosslinked polyacrylic acid having a weight-average molecular weight of 300,000 to 3,000,000 is incorporated into a negative electrode molded article that constitutes the negative electrode, so as to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070026314 - Process for producing lithium-containing composite oxide for positive electrode for lithium secondary battery: A process for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula LipNxMmOzFa (wherein N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, alkaline earth metal elements and transition metal... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070026315 - Lithium-ion secondary battery: A lithium-ion battery includes a cathode that includes an active cathode material. The active cathode material includes a cathode mixture that includes a lithium cobaltate and a manganate spinel a manganate spinel represented by an empirical formula of Li(1+x1)(Mn1−y1A′y2)2−x2Oz1. The lithium cobaltate and the manganate spinel are in a weight... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070026316 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided that achieves an improvement in safety, particularly an improvement in tolerance of the battery to overcharging, and also prevents discharge capacity from degrading, without compromising conventional battery designs considerably. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material-layer stack... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070026317 - Composite electrode and method for fabricating same: Composite electrodes are constructed with pressure-bonding techniques instead of an adhesive. A current collector is made from aluminum foil roughed on both surfaces. The surfaces of the collector can be treated to enhance adhesion to the surfaces. Layers of film that includes active electrode material, such as activated carbon, are... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070026318 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery pack: m