Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 03/07

20070072014 - System for identification of genuine battery product in mobile device: Disclosed herein is a genuine product battery identification system for mobile devices. A tag for identifying whether a battery is a genuine product battery is included a battery, and a reader for transmitting and receiving radio frequency information is included in a mobile device body. When the battery is mounted... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070072015 - Fixed idc operation of fuel cell power plant background of the invention: A method for operating a fuel cell power plant to supply power to an internal load and an external load, includes the steps of evaluating power needs of the internal and external loads to determine a fixed IDC value sufficient to supply the needs; providing auxiliary power to the internal... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070072016 - Methods and apparatus for improving the cold starting capability of a fuel cell: Apparatus and methods of ceasing operation of an electric power generating system improve the cold starting capability of the system. The system comprises a fuel cell stack connectable to an external circuit for supplying power to the external circuit. The stack comprises at least one solid polymer fuel cell, and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070072017 - Fuel processing method and system: A fuel processing method for a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a feed stream comprising ethanol to a methanation reactor containing catalytic material for the methanation of ethanol; (b) processing the feed stream in the methanation reactor under adiabatic conditions to produce an effluent... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070072018 - Chemical reaction device and fuel cell system: There is disclosed a chemical reaction device which distributes reaction fluid through a microchannels having convex and concave portions. The chemical reaction device includes an anodized film for supporting a catalyst, convex and concave portions covered with the anodized film to define microchannel wall members, a curved convex corner disposed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072019 - Catalyst for partial oxidation reforming of fuel and fuel reforming apparatus and method using the catalyst: Disclosed is a catalyst for a partial oxidation reforming reaction of fuel in the form of disk having through-hole. In addition, according to the invention, there is provided a fuel reforming apparatus and method using the catalyst. The catalyst for a partial oxidation reforming reaction of fuel according to the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070072020 - Anode flowshifting with closed-injector bleeding: A fuel cell system that employs a technique for nitrogen bleeding. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack having a first sub-stack and a second sub-stack, where the hydrogen gas flow is flow-shifted between the sub-stacks. A first nitrogen bleed valve is provided in an anode gas input... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070072022 - Fuel cell system and transport equipment including the same: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell which generates electric energy by electrochemical reactions, an ultrasonic sensor which detects physical information of an aqueous methanol solution to be used for the generation of electric energy by the fuel cell based on an ultrasonic propagation speed in the aqueous methanol... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070072023 - Fuel cell unit, information processing apparatus, and power supply control method for information processing apparatus: A fuel cell unit according to the present invention includes a connection section used for establishing connection with an external device; fuel cells for generating power to be supplied to the external device through the connection section; a setting switch settable to power generation permission setting for permitting power generation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070072021 - Fuel-cell apparatus: A fuel-cell compressed-air supplying device 6 includes a compressor 12 including an impeller 15 provided on one side of a rotation shaft 13 and a turbine 16 provided on the other side of the rotation shaft 13 of the compressor 12. Compressed air is supplied to a fuel-cell stack 2... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072024 - Apparatus for controlling operations of fuel cell system and method thereof: An apparatus for controlling operation of a fuel cell system, and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises a power generation amount controlling unit for generating a user's heat usage pattern and a user's power usage pattern and outputting a power generation amount controlling signal for controlling a power generation amount... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070072025 - Portable fuel cell apparatus: The present invention relates to a portable fuel cell apparatus, comprising: a fuel cell, an interface controller, a voltage regulating circuit and a memory unit, wherein the voltage regulating circuit comprises a circuit for converting the electric power into a steady voltage output, and the interface controller comprises a data... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070072029 - Flow rate adjusting system and fuel cell system: A fuel supplied to a fuel cell is allowed to flow into an orifice channel in an orifice chip having a temperature control module such as a ceramic heater or a Peltier element. The temperature control module controls the temperature of the orifice channel to regulate the flow rate of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072030 - Fuel cell heating system: This disclosure relates to a fuel cell heating and electricity generating system. In one example embodiment a fuel cell heating system includes a fuel cell; a storage tank configured to store a liquid heated by heat generated at the fuel cell; a radiating unit installed at a space requiring a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070072028 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises: a stack unit having a cathode and an anode and generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen; a fuel supply unit for supplying hydrogen to the anode of the stack unit; an air supply unit for supplying air to the cathode of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070072027 - Fuel cell water purification system and method: A water purification system includes a fuel cell stack, a steam generator, and a water purification unit. The fuel cell stack is adapted to provide heat to the steam generator and the steam generator is adapted to provide steam to the water purification unit.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070072026 - Integrated electrically conductive electrochemical cell component: An electrically conductive electrochemical cell component is disclosed. The cell component includes a first coolant plate and an adjacent plate, wherein the adjacent plate is a second coolant plate or a bipolar plate. The first coolant plate has at least one mating region, preferably a rib, for mating with a... Agent: Thomas W Gorman E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20070072031 - Non-circulating coolant pem fuel cell power plant assembly with low thermal mass: A PEM fuel cell power plant includes fuel cells, each of which has a cathode reactant flow field plate which is substantially impermeable to fluids, a water coolant source, and a fluid permeable anode reactant flow field plate adjacent to said water coolant source. The anode reactant flow field plates... Agent: William W. Jones

20070072033 - Apparatus for controlling operation of fuel cell system and method thereof: An apparatus for controlling operation of a fuel cell system and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises a power generation amount controlling unit for generating a user's heat usage pattern and outputting a power generation amount controlling signal for controlling a power generation amount of a fuel cell based on... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070072032 - Fuel cell with a large exchange surface area: A support wafer made of silicon wafer comprising, on a first surface a porous silicon layer having protrusions, porous silicon pillars extending from the porous silicon layer to the second surface of the wafer, in front of each protrusion. Layers constituting a fuel cell can be formed on the support... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070072034 - Secondary electrochemical cell: The invention provides an electrochemical cell having a first electrode having an electrode active material containing at least one electrode active material charge-carrier, a second electrode, and an electrolyte containing at least one electrolyte charge-carrier. In the electrochemical cell's nascent state, the at least one electrolyte charge carrier differs from... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20070072035 - Solid oxide fuel cell structures, and related compositions and processes: A solid oxide fuel cell is disclosed. The fuel cell includes a porous anode, formed of finely-dispersed nickel/stabilized-zirconia powder particles. The particles have an average diameter of less than about 300 nanometers. They are also characterized by a tri-phase length of greater than about 50 μm/μm3. A solid oxide fuel... Agent: General Electric Company Gegr Patent Docket Rm.

20070072036 - Solid polymer electrolyte and process for making same: A solid polymer electrolyte membrane having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, where the solid polymer electrolyte membrane has a failure force greater than about 115 grams and comprises a composite membrane consisting essentially of (a) at least one expanded PTFE membrane having a porous... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070072038 - Fuel cartridge: A fuel cartridge is applicable to the fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a polymer electrolyte membrane and a fuel wicking structure for feeding liquid fuel to the anode. The fuel cartridge comprises a fuel container and a porous fuel transport wick. The porous fuel transport for transporting the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070072037 - Fuel cell: The present invention provides a fuel cell having an anode to oxidize liquid fuel, a cathode to reduce oxygen, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane formed between said anode and said cathode, wherein: a porous body, which faces the porous anode, having continuous micro pores which form a liquid fuel... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070072040 - Fuel cell: A fuel battery cell covered with a hydrophilic polymer layer.... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070072039 - Metallic separator for fuel cell: A metallic separator for a fuel cell including 2.2 to 6.0 parts by weight of tungsten based on 100 parts by weight of stainless steel containing molybdenum, and the weight ratio of molybdenum to tungsten (Mo/W) is 0.15 to 1.60. The separator for fuel cells has excellent anti-corrosive properties and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070072042 - Portable fuel cell power source: A portable fuel cell power source including a fuel reservoir for storage of fuel which is provided to one or more fuel cells for generating electricity. The fuel supply is controlled by a fuel supply on-off switch. The electricity produced may be optionally modulated by power conditioning electronics before being... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070072044 - Fluid management component for use in fuel cell: A fluid management component for use in a fuel cell comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte membrane provided between the anode and the cathode, a porous body having a fuel supplying surface portion which faces the surface of the anode opposite to the electrolyte membrane and has channel portions... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072045 - Membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for a fuel cell, which has a planar polymer membrane. This membrane, in a tangentially inner area, is coated on both sides with electrode structure, and, in a tangentially outer area projecting at least on one side beyond the electrode structure coating, is connected to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070072043 - Stress reducing mounting for electrolyte sheet assembly in a solid oxide fuel cell: A stress reducing mounting for an electrolyte sheet assembly in a solid electrolyte fuel cell is provided that includes a support frame or manifold having an inner edge portion that supports a peripheral portion of the sheet assembly, a seal that affixes an edge of the peripheral portion to the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070072046 - Electrochemcial cell structures and methods of making the same: An electrochemical cell structure comprises a conductive base, that defines a plurality of holes, and a grid layer disposed on the conductive base. A porous support layer at least partially interpenetrates the grid layer to at least one of the conductive base or the holes.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070072048 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes a fuel electrode, an oxidant electrode, a fuel supply port, and a porous material layer for transferring a liquid fuel from the fuel supply port to the fuel electrode. The porous material layer has different values of at least one of a porosity, a permeability and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072050 - Fuel cell: A small-sized fuel cell without performance deterioration is provided by a fuel cell unit including: a membrane electrode assembly which has an anode electrode and a cathode electrode provided on both sides of an electrolyte membrane; a diffusion layer for supplying the cathode electrode with air, disposed at the cathode... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070072049 - Fuel cell and fuel cell system: A fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and the cathode, a cathode passageway plate for supplying the air to the cathode, including a groove which forms an air passageway together with the cathode, and a hydrophilic member arranged on the inside surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072051 - Fuel cell and fuel cell system: Provided is a fuel cell including a container having at least two openings, a power generating unit contained in the container, the power generating unit having a membrane electrode assembly, an anode and a cathode channel plates, and a fan to supply oxygen into the membrane electrode assembly from one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072052 - Fuel cell and fuel cell system with the same: A fuel cell is provided. The fuel cell includes a medium member. Unit areas are formed at both sides of the medium member. The unit areas include outlets and inlets which allow a fuel to flow. First path members which have first flowpaths for circulating the fuel are disposed at... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070072047 - Fuel flow board structure for fuel cell: The present invention relates to an improvement of a fuel flow board structure for a fuel cell comprising a first substrate made of a material with good thermal conductivity and a second substrate made of a material with good adhesion connecting to the first substrate to become a one-piece structure.... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070072054 - Method for producing an electrode arrangement for use in a fuel cell: A microreactor includes a filament comprising a supporting core having an axial length and a plurality of webs extending radially from the core and axially along said length. The filament forms a radially internal, electrically conductive first electrode. The microreactor also includes a radially external membrane having a radially internal... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070072053 - Microreactor: A microreactor includes a filament comprising a supporting core having an axial length and a plurality of webs extending radially from the core and axially along said length. The filament forms a radially internal, electrically conductive first electrode. The microreactor also includes a radially external membrane having a radially internal... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070072055 - Membrane-electrode assemblies for direct methanol fuel cells: A catalyst ink for use in a fuel cell includes water, particles of a fluorocarbon polymer with a particle size of about 1 to about 12 microns, and a catalytic material. The ink may be applied to a substrate to form an electrode, or bonded with other electrode layers to... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070072058 - Fuel cell and electronic equipment with the same: a passive type fuel cell is comprised of an anode for oxidizing a liquid fuel, a cathode for reducing oxygen, a solid polymer electrolytic membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode, a current-collector for collecting extract electrons accompanying the power generating reaction from the anode, a first porous material... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070072056 - Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell system including the same: A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, in which electrical resistance is minimized by including a current collector between a catalyst layer and a fuel diffusion layer inside electrodes to shorten the electron transfer distance, and in which corrosion of the current collector due to direct contact between the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070072057 - Solid-oxide fuel cell with ferritic support: Cell of a solid-oxide fuel cell that comprises a ferritic support (2), a first electrode (3) deposited on said ferritic support, an electrolyte (4) deposited on said first electrode (3), and a second electrode (5) deposited on said electrolyte (4). The cell comprises, between the first electrode (3) and the... Agent: Keith Kline The Kline Law Firm

20070072059 - Method of charging and discharging a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: Good cycle performance is obtained with a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains as positive electrode active material a mixture of a lithium-manganese composite oxide and a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing at least Ni and Mn... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070072060 - Apparatus for protection of secondary battery: Disclosed is an apparatus for protecting a secondary battery, in which, when the secondary battery such as a lithium-ion secondary battery is exposed to high temperature exceeding a working range due to a change in external environment, external impacts, and so on, or heated due to spontaneous generation of heat... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070072061 - Power supply unit and method for cooling battery contained therein: A method for cooling a battery is disclosed, in which a power supply unit includes a plurality of batteries disposed up and down (in a multi-tier manner) within a case, a fan for cooling the batteries by forcibly blowing cooling air from top to bottom within the case, a temperature... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070072062 - Lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same: A lithium secondary battery is provided in which the current collector tab attachment structure has been improved to inhibit a drop in the charge-discharge cycle performance while inhibiting bulging in the battery, thereby allowing the volume energy density to be increased. The positive electrode current collector at the outermost periphery... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070072063 - Construction machine: A concave portion is provided on a front surface side of a counterweight provided in a rear end portion of an upper rotating body in a vertically penetrating state, a battery is housed in the concave portion in a state where a weight of the battery is supported by a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072065 - Barrel of variable focal length lens: A barrel for an electrically-controllable variable focal length lens in a button-battery type housing includes a hollow isolating cylindrical tube with an inner diameter substantially equal to that of the lens housing, with one or bumps extending radially towards the inside of the tube and forming bearing surfaces for the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070072064 - Frameless multi-size battery compartment with passive capture mechanism: A frameless battery cavity formed in a device enclosure retains a battery housing. Cantilever tabs on a battery end of a wall of the device housing have detents that forcibly engage the battery housing when the battery housing is fully inserted into the battery cavity. The detents are restrained from... Agent: Arris International, Inc

20070072066 - Battery cartridge for novel structure and open type battery module containing the same: A battery cartridge includes a pair of outer frame members for receiving unit cells and an inner frame member disposed between the outer frame members. The unit cells are mounted between the outer and inner frame members. The inner frame member has a plurality of through-holes, which communicate with the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070072067 - Vanadium redox battery cell stack: A vanadium redox battery energy storage system is disclosed. The system may include a battery cell stack having at least one cell having a catholyte solution, a positive electrode in communication with the catholyte solution, an anolyte solution, a negative electrode in communication with the anolyte solution, and an anion... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070072068 - Oxidation resistant separator for a battery: A lithium ion rechargeable battery comprises: a negative electrode adapted to give up electrons during discharge, a positive electrode adapted to gain electrons during discharge, a microporous separator sandwiched between said positive electrode and said negative electrode, an organic electrolyte being contained within said separator and being in electrochemical communication... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070072069 - Microporous composite membrane and its production method and use: A microporous composite membrane obtained by coating at least one surface of a microporous polyolefin membrane with a solution of a gelable fluororesin in a mixed solvent of a good solvent for the fluororesin, and a poor solvent having a dipole moment of 1.8 Debye or less and drying to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070072070 - Substrates for deposited electrochemical cell structures and methods of making the same: An electrochemical cell structure comprises a conductive base defining a plurality of holes passing through the conductive base and a microporous cellular substrate disposed on the conductive base. In another embodiment, an electrochemical cell structure comprises a conductive base defining a plurality of holes passing through the conductive base, a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070072071 - Pouch-type lithium secondary battery and fabricating method thereof: A pouch-type lithium secondary battery in which an additional packing case is not used is provided. The pouch material is used to perform packing processes, thereby simplifying packing processes and methods of manufacturing. The pouch-type lithium secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a pouch material. The electrode assembly includes... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070072072 - Cylindrical type alkaline storage battery: A cylindrical type alkaline storage battery includes a cylindrical container having electrical conductivity, and an electrode assembly contained in the container, the electrode assembly being a roll obtained by rolling up a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator together. Provided that the maximum diameter of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070072073 - Sealed cell and method of producing same: A sealed cell is provided having increased insulation between the current-collecting tab and the metal layer of a film outer casing, and providing easy mounting of a protection circuit or the like. The sealed cell has an electrode assembly composed of a positive electrode having a current-collecting tab and a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070072074 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using silicon as negative electrode active material and containing fluoroethylene carbonate in a non-aqueous electrolyte is provided that minimizes gas generation during storage in a charged state and improves charge-discharge cycle performance. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a negative electrode containing silicon... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070072075 - Anode-to-anode capacity ratios for svo/cfx hybrid cathode electrochemical cells: Improvements in the performance of lithium electrochemical cells comprising a first cathode active material of a relatively high energy density but of a relatively low rate capability, for example CFx, contacted to one side of a current collector and with a second cathode active material having a relatively low energy... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070072078 - Anode and battery: An anode capable of relaxing internal stress and thereby preventing deformation and a battery using it are provided. An anode provided with an anode active material layer is formed on an anode current collector. The anode active material layer has active material particles containing silicon (Si) as an element, and... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070072077 - Lithium secondary battery, negative electrode therefor, and method of their manufacture: A practical lithium secondary battery is provided having a greater battery capacity than in the case of using particulate graphite as its negative electrode active material but a less electrical resistance of its negative electrode mixture layer than in the case of using particulate Si as the negative electrode active... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070072076 - Lithium-sulphur battery with high specific energy: A battery or chemical source of electric energy may include a positive electrode including sulphur or sulphur-based organic compounds, sulphur-based polymeric compounds or sulphur-based inorganic compounds as a depolarizer, a negative electrode made of metallic lithium or lithium-containing alloys, and an electrolyte including a solution of at least one salt... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070072079 - Hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode, alkaline storage battery, and method of manufacturing the alkaline storage battery: Conductivity of a negative electrode is improved in an alkaline storage battery that uses as its negative electrode a hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode employing a hydrogen-absorbing alloy containing at least a rare-earth element, nickel, magnesium, and aluminum, to sufficiently enhance the cycle life of the alkaline storage battery. The negative electrode... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070072080 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle: n

20070072081 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A high battery capacity is achieved with a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery employing as a positive electrode active material a lithium-containing vanadium oxide containing at least lithium and vanadium. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode employing a positive electrode active material that intercalates and deintercalates lithium, a... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070072082 - Battery having a highly compressed positive electrode: An implantable medical device comprises a housing, circuitry enclosed in the housing and configured at least to transmit therapeutic stimulatory pulses to a patient, and an electrochemical cell enclosed therein. The electrochemical cell comprises an electrode assembly having a negative electrode, and a positive electrode.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070072083 - Electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, lithium ion secondary battery using the same, and method for manufacturing the battery: Disclosed is an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries which includes an active material layer containing active material particles and a porous insulating layer formed on the surface of the active material layer. The porous insulating layer includes an inorganic filler and a resin binder, and the surface of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070072084 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which has a negative electrode including silicon-containing material, in which the battery has a nonaqueous electrolyte solution and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution includes a phosphazene derivative.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070072085 - Overcharge protection for electrochemical cells: n

20070072086 - Nonaqueous electrolyte cell:

20070072087 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using silicon as negative electrode active material and containing carbon dioxide in a non-aqueous electrolyte is provided that minimizes gas generation during storage in a charged state and improves charge-discharge cycle performance. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a negative electrode containing silicon... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070065686 - Direct carbon fueled solid oxide fuel cell or high temperature battery: A direct carbon fuel electrochemical device and method for generating electricity. The apparatus includes a solid oxide electrolyte having an anode side and a cathode side. Carbon and at least one metal oxide are provided to the anode side for reaction at the anode and air is provided to the... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20070065687 - Method and apparatus for light internal reforming in a solid oxide fuel cell system: In an SOFC stack system, wherein a CPOx reformer supplies reformate to the stack, a portion of the anode tail gas is recycled directly into the anode inlet of the stack, such that the fuel reaching the anodes is a mixture of fresh reformate and recycled anode tail gas and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070065688 - Fuel cell system and method of generating electricity thereby: The fuel cell system 1 has a reformer 2 and a fuel cell 3. The reformer 2 has a reforming reaction channel 21 that generates a hydrogen-containing reformed gas Ga and a heat exchange channel 22 for heating. The fuel cell 3 has an anode channel 32 to which the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070065689 - Thermally primed hydrogen-producing fuel cell system: Thermally primed fuel processing assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel cell systems that include the same. The thermally primed fuel processing assemblies include at least one hydrogen-producing region housed within an internal compartment of a heated containment structure. In some embodiments, the heated containment structure is an oven. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070065690 - Coolant flow estimation by an electrical driven pump: A thermal sub-system for a fuel cell system that uses pump characteristics to determine a required cooling fluid volume flow. An algorithm controls the speed of the pump to provide the desired volume flow of the cooling fluid for the system parameters. The algorithm determines a motor efficiency value based... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065691 - Feedforward control of the volume flow in a hydraulic system: A thermal sub-system for a fuel cell system that employs an algorithm using feed-forward control. The algorithm calculates a Reynolds number based on the velocity of the cooling fluid, a diameter of a coolant loop pipe and a kinematic viscosity (temperature) of a cooling fluid. The algorithm also uses a... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065692 - Purge system for fuel cell: A purge system for a fuel cell generates an inactive gas by complete combustion of a fuel supplied to a stack unit, and allows the stack unit to be purged using the inactive gas at the time of starting or stopping the system, so that the purging of the system... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070065694 - Advanced control for an electrical heatable wax thermostat in the thermal coolant loop of fuel cell systems: A control algorithm for a by-pass valve in a thermal sub-system of a fuel cell system, where the by-pass valve includes a wax element that is heated by a heating element. A stack power loss is applied to a PDT1 controller that associates a PDT dynamic function to the loss.... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065695 - Coolant flow estimation for the thermal loop of a fuel cell system using stack loss power: A thermal sub-system for a fuel cell system that calculates a desired volume flow or mass flow of a cooling fluid pumped through a fuel cell stack solely on thermal stack power loss and cooling fluid temperature. An algorithm calculates a power loss of the stack and then calculates the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065693 - Diagnostic method for detecting a coolant pump failure in a fuel cell system by temperature measurement: A technique for determining whether a cooling fluid pump used for pumping a cooling fluid through a fuel cell stack has failed. The technique includes measuring the temperature of the cooling fluid at the output from the stack and/or measuring the cathode exhaust gas temperature as close as possible to... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070065696 - In-vehicle fuel cell system: A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a coolant supply mechanism, and a fuel gas supply mechanism. The coolant supply mechanism includes a coolant supply pipe and a coolant discharge pipe, provided on a front side in a traveling direction of the vehicle, relative... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070065698 - Fuel cell built-in serial/parallel connecting mechanism: The present invention is a fuel cell having built-in serial/parallel connecting mechanism. The anode circuit board comprises anode current collection circuitries and anode solder pads placed on the peripheral of the anode circuit board. The cathode circuit board comprises cathode current collection circuitries and cathode solder pads placed on the... Agent: G.link Co., Ltd

20070065697 - Fuel cell having serial/parallel connecting mechanism of golden finger: The present invention is a fuel cell having serial/parallel connecting mechanism of golden finger. The anode circuit board comprises anode current collection circuitries and one anode golden finger. The anode current collection circuitries are electrically connected to the anode golden finger. The cathode circuit board comprises cathode current collection circuitries... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070065699 - Fuel cell electrolyte membrane with basic polymer: The present invention is an electrolyte membrane comprising an acid and a basic polymer, where the acid is a low-volatile acid that is fluorinated and is either oligomeric or non-polymeric, and where the basic polymer is protonated by the acid and is stable to hydrolysis.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070065700 - High temperature polymer electrolyte membranes: Sulfonated polymer compositions including a polymer or copolymer derived from the monomer 2,2′-di-(4,4′dihydroxyphenyl) pentafluoropropanesulfonic acid are provided. Such compositions can provide improved polymer electrolyte membranes, especially in preferred embodiments including polybenzimidazole and polyacrylonitrile in the composition. These membranes can provide high ion conductivity in combination with improved thermal and mechanical... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070065703 - Durable conductive adhesive bonds for fuel cell separator plates: The present invention relates to an electrically conductive element, such as a bipolar plate, for a fuel cell which has an improved adhesive bond. The conductive element generally comprises a first and a second conductive sheet, each having a surface that confronts one another. The first and said second coated... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065704 - Fluid leak preventing structure: A leak preventing structure is provided with a first unit, a second unit and an absorbing member. The first unit includes a first casing, a convex portion, and a first passage which is open in an end of the convex portion. The second unit includes a second casing, a concave... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070065702 - Fuel cell with anisotropic wetting surfaces: A fuel cell with components having durable anisotropic wetting surfaces at selected locations where condensation of water may occur. The anisotropic wetting surface generally includes a substrate portion with a multiplicity of projecting microscale or nanoscale asperities disposed on the surface. Each asperity has a first asperity rise angle and... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070065701 - Symmetrical, bi-electrode supported solid oxide fuel cell: The present invention is a symmetrical bi-electrode supported solid oxide fuel cell comprising a sintered monolithic framework having graded pore electrode scaffolds that, upon treatment with metal solutions and heat subsequent to sintering, acquire respective anodic and cathodic catalytic activity. The invention is also a method for making such a... Agent: Howard M Cohn Patent Attorney LLC

20070065705 - Gasketed subassembly for use in fuel cells: The present invention is an electrochemical device subassembly that includes a membrane electrode assembly and a gasket. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a peripheral edge. The gasket is disposed adjacent the first... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070065706 - Method and apparatus for filing a fuel container: A filling device for use to manually or automatically refill a fuel cartridge using a separate fuel container or a second fuel cartridge is disclosed. The filling device provides for the sharing or fuel among numerous fuel containers and fuel cartridges in various consumer electronic devices. Fuel cartridges can be... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070065707 - Method of producing a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell stack and a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell stack: In order to provide a method of producing an electrically insulating sealing arrangement for a fuel cell stack which comprises a plurality of fuel cell units that succeed one another along a stack direction by means of which the housings of the fuel cell units are connectable to one another... Agent: Edward J. Timmer

20070065711 - Air independent power production: A fuel cell system having a fuel cell with a first reactant inlet, a first reactant outlet, a second reactant inlet, a second reactant outlet, a coolant inlet and coolant outlet. A first reactant supply subsystem supplies a first reactant incoming stream to the first reactant inlet of the fuel... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070065710 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes electrolyte electrode assemblies and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrolyte electrode assemblies. The separator includes a plurality of circular disks, and a plurality of protrusions forming a fuel gas channel for supplying a fuel gas along an electrode surface of an anode are provided on... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070065709 - Method and apparatus for porous catalyst on a fuel cell flow field and high temperature membrane: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a fuel cell flow field is provided with a porous catalyst layer formed over the flow field. The flow field can be used to ionize reactant gases. In accordance with another embodiment, a high temperature fuel cell membrane, such as a polymer... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070065708 - Water blocking layer and wicking reservoir for pemfc: A fuel cell including a water blocking layer positioned between anode gas flow channels and a gas diffusion media. The blocking layer prevents water from propagating through the gas diffusion media layer and entering the anode flow channels, while allowing gas from the flow channels to flow through the diffusion... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070065712 - Composite porous body, gas diffusion layer member, cell member, and manufacturing method thereof: A composite porous body, a gas diffusion layer member of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, a cell member for the polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The composite porous body is a metallic composite porous body in which a sheet-like metal portion composed of a composite... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070065714 - Electrochemical battery cell: An electrochemical battery cell having a negative electrode, an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, and a positive electrode, the electrolyte being based on SO2 and the intermediate chamber between the positive electrode and the negative electrode being implemented such that active mass deposited on the negative electrode during the charging... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070065713 - Method for detecting acid stratification in a battery: A method for detecting acid stratification in a battery includes the following steps: determining a first state of charge value during a load period of the battery on the basis of an estimated open-circuit voltage, determining a second state of charge value during a rest period of the battery following... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070065715 - Battery pack: A battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells with each end of different polarities, and a conductive plate with a bent portion, and having a first part and a second part with respect to the bent portion, the first part of the conductive plate in contact with and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070065716 - Battery module fixture: A battery module fixture applicable to a battery module having a first positioning portion is disclosed. The battery module fixture includes a base and a spring member. The base includes a second positioning portion having a first end for engaging with the first positioning portion, and a second end connected... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070065717 - Material of case for storage cell: There is provided a casing material for a storage cell having sufficient corrosion resistance and strength even under a charging environment of a high voltage exceeding 2.8 V. This casing material for the storage cell comprises C: not more than 0.03 mass %, Si: 0.01-0.50 mass %, Mn: not more... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070065718 - Small battery pack having frame retardant adhesive member: Provided is a small battery pack having flame retardancy-imparted adhesive members which are external to a battery cell, such as a double-sided adhesive tape used for adhesion between the battery cell and a battery pack case in which the battery cell is mounted, an adhesive used for attachment of a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070065719 - Electrode for energy storage devices and electrochemical supercapacitor based on said electrode: o

20070065720 - Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery prepared by using the same: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing lithium, and a binder. The binder comprises at least one polymer selected from the group consisting... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070065722 - Alkaline storage cell and hydrogen storage alloy for negative electrode of alkaline storage cell: An alkaline storage cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen storage alloy has a composition expressed by a general expression: ((PrNd)αLn1-α)1-βMgβNiγ-δ-εAlδTε, where Ln represents at least one element chosen from a group consisting of La, Ce, etc., T... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070065721 - Alkaline storage cell and hydrogen storage alloy for negative electrode or alkaline storage cell: An alkaline storage cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen storage alloy has a composition expressed by a general expression: Ln1-αMgαNiβ-γ-δTγAlδ, where Ln represents at least one element chosen from a group consisting of La, Ce, etc., T... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070065723 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: Li2-xAxMO3 obtained by replacing lithium in Li2MO3 having a layered structure by an alkali metal having ion radius larger than that of lithium is used as a positive electrode active material. In this Li2-xAxMO3, x satisfies the relation 0<x≦O.5, the above-mentioned A indicates the alkali metal having the ion radius... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070065724 - Lithium-based active materials and preparation thereof: The invention provides novel lithium-mixed metal materials which, upon electrochemical interaction, release lithium ions, and are capable of reversibly cycling lithium ions. The invention provides a rechargeable lithium battery which comprises an electrode formed from the novel lithium-mixed metal materials. Methods for making the novel lithium-mixed metal materials and methods... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20070065725 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery wherein the capacity per volume of positive electrode active material layer can be larger than in the use of carbon black only as a conductive material. This nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprises positive electrode (1) having a positive electrode active material layer, negative electrode (2) having a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070065728 - Battery having electrolyte with mixed solvent: The battery includes an electrolyte activating one or more cathodes and one or more anodes. The electrolyte includes one or more salts in a solvent. The solvent includes one or more organic solvents and one or more silanes and/or one or more siloxanes.... Agent: Mary Elizabeth Bush Quallion LLC

20070065726 - Battery having electrolyte with organoborate additive: The battery has an electrolyte that includes an organoborate additive and one or more salts in a solvent. The organoborate additive can be present in a concentration less than 0.2 M or less than 0.05 M. A molar ratio of the organoborate additive:one or more salts is in a range... Agent: Mary Elizabeth Bush Quallion LLC

20070065727 - Electrolyte: An electrolyte for a battery comprises a lithium organoborate salt in a lactone and a low viscosity solvent. The lithium organoborate salt may comprise LiBOB. The lactone may comprise gamma butyrolactone. The low viscosity solvent may comprise a nitrile, an ether, a linear carbonate, or a linear ester. The electrolyte... Agent: Mary Elizabeth Bush Quallion LLC

20070059565 - microbial fuel cell with flexible substrate and micro-pillar structure: A microbial fuel cell includes a bio-compatible body having a micro-pillar structure defining an anode compartment adapted to contain a catalyst that metabolizes glucose to generate electrons and protons. A nano-porous membrane prevents loss of the catalyst from the anode compartment, while providing fluid access for ingress of glucose fuel... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070059566 - Warm-up apparatus for fuel cell: A warm-up apparatus GS for a fuel cell 1, 51 comprising: a compressor 22, 71 for feeding supply gas A to the fuel cell 1, 51; a main passage W1, W3 connecting the compressor 22, 71 and the fuel cell 1, 51 and feeding supply gas A; an intercooler 23,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070059567 - Complex oil-in-water-in-oil (o/w/o) emulsion compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up: The present invention relates to emulsion compositions for starting a reformer of a fuel cell system. In particular, the invention includes oil-in-water-in-oil (O/W/O) emulsion compositions comprising hydrocarbon fuel, water, alkoxylated alkyl alcohol, alkoxylated alkyl ester and alkyl polyglycerol surfactants for starting a reformer of a fuel cell system.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20070059568 - Electronic equipment with cell-power supply unit: Fuel concentration near a power generator of a DMFC is adjusted by decreasing current taken from the DMFC when the concentration near the power generator of the DMFC is higher than an optimum value and increasing the current taken from the DMFC when the concentration near the power generator of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070059569 - Fuel cell system and method for permitting idle stop in fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided which includes a fuel cell to which fuel gas and oxidizing gas are supplied to generate electricity, a purge valve which purges fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell, a dilutor which mixes the purged fuel gas with the oxidizing gas and purges the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070059570 - Fuel cell system: This fuel cell system is equipped with a fuel cell having a reaction gas flow passage, generating power by the reaction gas being supplied to the reaction gas flow passage, having a refrigerant flow passage, and cooled by the refrigerant being supplied to the refrigerant flow passage; a reaction gas... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070059572 - Portable fuel cell device: A fuel cell device comprising: (a) a catalytic oxidiser; (b) means for delivering gaseous fuel and oxidiser to the catalytic oxidiser; and (c) a fuel cell assembly located in the vicinity of the catalytic oxidiser such that the fuel cell assembly is able to be heated by heat generated from... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070059571 - Process for sealing plates in an electrochemical cell: There is provided a process for sealing a coolant plate to an adjacent bi-polar plate or coolant plate in an electrochemical cell. The first coolant plate comprises at least one mating region for mating with a complementary region on the adjacent plate, the adjacent plate is a second coolant plate... Agent: Thomas W Gorman E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20070059573 - Enhanced catalyst interface for membrane electrode assembly: A membrane electrode subassembly includes an ion conducting membrane and a microporous layer having microtextured surfaces. Complementary features of the microtextured surfaces may be formed as grooves, ridges, pyramids or other shapes. Features of the microtextured surface of the ion conducting membrane engage features of the microporous layer. The engagement... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070059575 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes a cathode catalyst layer, an anode catalyst layer, a proton-conductive membrane provided between the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer, and a fuel transmitting layer that supplies a vaporized component of a liquid fuel to the anode catalyst layer. Water generated in the cathode... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070059574 - Polymer membrane for fuel cell, method of preparing the same, and stack for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising the same: The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention includes a porous supporter having pores, and a metal ion adsorptive material and a proton conductive polymer which are present in the pores of the porous supporter.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070059576 - Electrochemical cell stack assembly: Multiple stacks of tubular electrochemical cells having a dense electrolyte disposed between an anode and a cathode preferably deposited as thin films arranged in parallel on stamped conductive interconnect sheets or ferrules. The stack allows one or more electrochemical cell to malfunction without disabling the entire stack. Stack efficiency is... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070059577 - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell using solid electrolyte membrane of sheet silicate minerals and an intercalation compound: A solid proton exchange membrane and a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) for use in fabricating an inexpensive and efficient proton exchange fuel cell (PEFC) which enables direct use of an organic fuel without a reformer and use of hydrogen gas. In particular, an electrochemical cell including a solid electrolyte membrane made... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070059578 - Electronic device having fuel cell system: There is provided an electronic device including an electronic device main body and a fuel cell main body which has an electricity generator for generating electrical energy and is rotated with respect to the electronic device main body. The electricity generator includes first and second electrode layers and an electrolyte... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070059579 - Fuel cell system: There is provided a fuel cell system which can prevent the drying of a proton exchange membrane and prevent the generation of liquid droplets at a hydrogen tank surface which blocks the supply of air, at the same time, and which includes a hydrogen tank, a fuel cell stack disposed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070059580 - Design strategies for corrosion mitigation: Fuel cells are provided that are at least partially resistant to corrosion, including the use of components that are comprised of materials that are at least partially resistant to corrosion. The fuel cells include subgasket materials and designs, involving geometric arrangements of the subgasket that reduce oxygen permeation from, the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070059581 - Electrochemical cell component: An electroconductive integrated substrate and a process of producing the same, which comprises a porous conductive gas diffusion layer having large number of pores with significant gas permeability, and a gas impermeable electroconductive flow field plate having landing surfaces laminated on the surface of gas diffusion layer and integrally bonded... Agent: Thomas W Gorman E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20070059582 - Fluid conduit for an electrochemical cell and method of assembling the same: A fluid conduit for use in an electrochemical cell, the fluid conduit comprising a support comprising an elastically deformable material and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough defining a mesh through which fluid communication can be maintained and a peripheral sealing area; a flow plate positioned adjacent the support,... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070059583 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes multiple fuel cells. Each fuel cell may be a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that is arranged to optimize the performance of the fuel cell. The fuel cells may include silicon wafer substrates that define flow channels through the fuel cells for hydrogen and oxidant... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070059584 - Electrode for use in electrochemical device, solid electrolyte/electrode assembly, and production method thereof: In an electrode in electrochemical device, particularly an anode lithium ion secondary battery, a cathode for use in alkali storage battery, an electrode for use in fuel cell, or a capacitor electrode, a metal structure has nano size micro-pillars is constructed with an electrode active material being formed on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070059585 - Supported catalyst, electrode using the supported catalyst and fuel cell including the electrode: Provided are a supported catalyst, an electrode including the same, and a fuel cell using the electrode. The supported catalyst includes a carbon-based catalyst support and metal catalyst particles having an average diameter of 3.5 to 5 nm and an amount of 80 to 90 parts by weight based on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070059586 - Sealed prismatic battery: A sealed prismatic battery according to the present invention comprises a laterally long cap sealing an opening of an upper surface of a battery can and a safety vent placed on the cap and having a thin-walled valve body which opens in an abnormal rise of a battery internal pressure.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070059587 - Charge accumulating system and charge accumulating method: A charge accumulating system of the present invention comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte battery unit including a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid, a negative electrode and a positive electrode, a temperature detector which detects an ambient temperature of the battery unit, a first controller which lowers a maximum battery voltage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059588 - Additives for non-aqueous electrolytes and electrochemical device using the same: Disclosed is an electrolyte for batteries, which comprises: (a) an electrolyte salt; (b) an electrolyte solvent; and (c) a sulfonate-based compound containing at least one electron withdrawing group (EWG) selected from the group consisting of a cyano group (—CN), an isocyanate group (—NCO), a thiocyanate group (—SCN) and an isothiocyanate... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070059589 - Optical member for measuring concentration, concentration measurement unit including the optical member, and fuel cell: Light (P1) emitted from a light source (P) for inspection is refracted at a boundary surface between an emitting surface (11b) of a first optical element (11) and a substance (7) to be measured, the substance circulating in a path (15), by an angle (θ2) of refraction depending on the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070059590 - Lithium ion secondary battery and production method thereof: A lithium ion secondary battery of this invention includes an electrode group that includes: (1) a winding core, (2) a positive electrode containing a positive electrode core member and a positive electrode active material layer carried thereon, (3) a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode core member and a negative... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070059591 - High-voltage battery switch: A battery assembly is provided for electrical concatenation in series. The battery assembly includes a plurality of battery packs; a switch; a receiver; and an actuator. Each battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable battery cells electrically connected in series. The switch electrically connects and disconnects first and second battery... Agent: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Office Of Counsel, Code Xdc1

20070059592 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery module: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059593 - Battery suitable for preparation of battery module: Disclosed herein are a battery having an electrode assembly which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a plate-shaped battery case, and cathode and anode terminals protruding from opposite ends of the battery case, wherein the electrode terminals are deviated from each other about the vertical central axis on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070059594 - Lithium ion secondary battery: A thin and wide area lithium ion secondary battery is disclosed. The lithium ion secondary battery has a container having a flange extended outwardly from a region where a terminal is located in the container, and constituted by a can and a cap having preferred shapes, respectively, wherein the flange... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070059595 - Polymer electrolyte battery and method for manufacturing same: In a polymer electrolyte battery including a battery element having a cathode and an anode coiled through a polymer electrolyte, a section of the battery element perpendicular to the coiling axis has a curved form. As compared with a polymer electrolyte battery having a flat plate type battery element curved,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070059596 - Nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery: A nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising an electricity-generating element formed by spirally winding a laminate of a positive electrode plate, a separating material and a negative electrode plate, and an electrolytic solution with which the separating material, if it is a separator, is impregnated. The electricity-generating element is sealed in... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070059597 - Cyclic carbonate-modified siloxane, method of making, non-aqueous electrolytic solution, secondary battery, and capacitor: n

20070059598 - Cathode material for manufacturing a rechargeable battery: A cathode material has one of olivine and NASICON structures and includes micrometer-sized secondary particles having a particle size ranging from 1 to 50 μm. Each of the micrometer-sized secondary particles is composed of crystalline nanometer-sized primary particles of a metal compound having a particle size ranging from 10 to... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070059599 - Sandwich cathode electrochemical cell with wound electrode assembly: A new design for a cathode having a configuration of: SVO/first current collector/CFx/second current collector/SVO is described. The two cathode current collectors are vertically aligned one on top of the other in a middle region or zone of the cathode. This coincides to where a winding mandrel will be positioned... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070059600 - Anode and lithium battery including the anode: An anode including: an anode active material; a first binder coating layer formed on the anode active material; a second binder coating layer formed on the first binder coating layer; and a collector, wherein the first binder coating layer has an elasticity higher than the second binder layer and the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070059601 - Negative electrode for lithium secondary cell, lithium secondary cell employing the negative electrode, film deposition material b used for forming negative electrode, and process for producing negative electrode: Greatly improved is an initial efficiency, which would be otherwise low as a fault, without reducing a magnitude of an initial charge capacity, which is a feature of a lithium secondary battery using an SiO as an negative electrode. A cycle characteristic is improved. In order to realize the improvements,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059602 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack: A nonaqueous eletrolyte battery includes a negative electrode containing a titanium-containing oxide, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide and at least one kind of oxide selected from a group consisting of FePO4, Li3Fe2(PO4)3, LiFeP2O7, Fe4(P2O7)3, Fe2(SO4) 3, and V2O5.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059603 - Electrode, battery using the same and method for manufacturing the electrode: An electrode includes a composite mixture layer formed by applying a composite mixture having one of a cathode active material or an anode active material on one of main surfaces of a plurality of current collectors formed in substantially rectangular shapes; and a non-applied part to which the composite mixture... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070059604 - Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same: A negative electrode for a lithium rechargeable battery is provided. The negative electrode includes a current collector, a thermosetting resin layer disposed on the current collector, and a negative active material layer disposed on the thermosetting resin layer. Metal ions in the current collector are diffused into the thermosetting resin... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070059605 - Battery: A battery in which the relative positions of a cathode, an anode and a separator are maintained with high precision is provided. A cathode and an anode face each other with a polymer electrolyte including a polymer and a separator in between. In each of the cathode and the anode,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070059606 - Nonaqueous electrolyte for improving performance and litium secondary battery comprising the same: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte and a separator, wherein the anode comprises an anode active material having a specific surface area of 3 m2/g or less, and the electrolyte comprises 0.1˜6 parts by weight of a propane sultone-based compound based on 100... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070059607 - Cyclic carbonate-modified organosilicon compound, non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising same, secondary battery, and capacitor: A cyclic carbonate-modified silane or siloxane is combined with a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt to form a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, which is used to construct a secondary battery having improved temperature and cycle characteristics.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070054155 - Alkaline fuel cell comprising an anode consisting of aluminum and zinc and method for producing one such anode: An alkaline fuel cell comprises at least one electrolyte having an anode disposed thereon. The anode is formed by a stack of a first thin layer and a second thin layer disposed between the electrolyte and the first thin layer. The first thin layer consists of aluminium or an aluminium... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070054156 - Electrochemical energy storage cell: An electrochemical energy storage cell is provided, in particular an accumulator or a double layer capacitor. In the energy storage cell a core tube, which is open on its two ends, runs through the energy storage cell. Leads may be disposed inside the core tube and gaseous decomposition products, issuing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070054157 - Secondary battery employing safety device: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery having a mechanical connection sensor, as a safety device, fixed to the outer surface of a prismatic or pouch-shaped battery cell while the mechanical connection sensor is set to OFF. The mechanical connection sensor is connected in series with a resistor having a predetermined... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070054158 - Combination of photovoltaic devices and batteries which utilize a solid polymeric electrolyte: A combination of photovoltaic devices and solid state batteries. The solid state battery comprising at least one negative electrode which may include a metal hydride active material, at least one positive electrode including an active material, and an anionic exchange membrane disposed between said negative electrode and said positive electrode.... Agent: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

20070054159 - Direct methanol type fuel cell and method of preventing elution of its fuel pole, quality control method and operation method: Elution of a fuel electrode material into a fuel in a direct methanol fuel cell is monitored. The elution arises resulting from elution of a perfluorosulfonic acid polymer in the fuel electrode into the fuel in a high-concentration fuel equal to or more than 2 M or at an operating... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20070054160 - Method and apparatus for maintaining high voltage in a fuel cell: A method and apparatus for elevating the operating voltage in a fuel cell having a hydrogen electrode with hydrogen storage capacity and/or an oxygen electrode with oxygen storage capacity. The fuel cell is able to sustain the elevated voltage through application of an electrical current to the fuel cell resulting... Agent: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

20070054161 - Method for purging fuel cell system: A method for purging a fuel cell system comprises detecting a signal for stopping an operation of a fuel cell system, cutting off an electricity output of the fuel cell system, driving a steam generator of a fuel supply unit of the fuel cell system for a certain time and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070054162 - Reacting device: A reacting device includes a base plate, a first reaction unit provided on the base plate, a reaction material being supplied thereto, the first reaction unit being set at a first temperature, a reaction flow channel being formed such that the reaction material flows therein, the first reaction unit causing... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070054163 - Contact device and fuel cell stack or fuel cell block comprising one such contact device: The invention relates to a contact device which is arranged in a terminal compartment of a fuel cell stack and is used to electrically contact the fuel cell stack. According to the invention, the surface of said contact device is at least partially provided with a hydrophobic surface layer, facilitating... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070054164 - Reactor, fuel cell system and electronic equipment: A reactor comprising, a low-temperature reaction part which causes reaction of a reactant, a high-temperature reaction part which causes reaction of the reactant at higher temperature than that of the low-temperature reaction part, a high-temperature reaction part heating element which heats high-temperature reaction part, and a wire which is connected... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070054165 - Energy output device and control method of energy output device: In a power supply device including a fuel cell unit with a stack of fuel cells or a fuel cell stack and a secondary battery, an intermittent drive mode is selected under a preset condition to receive power supply only from the secondary battery. The control procedure of the invention... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070054166 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling electrical energy discharged in the fuel cell system: When a control device detects a request for stopping power generation of a fuel cell, electrical energy discharged from the fuel cell is supplied to an energy storage and other electrical devices such as an air compressor. At this time, electrical energy is supplied preferentially to the other electrical devices.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070054167 - Fuel cell system and method of operating a fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a control device for setting an oxygen-containing gas operating pressure target value on the cathode side using a relative pressure relative to atmospheric pressure, setting a fuel gas operating pressure target value on the anode side using an absolute pressure, and controlling a power generation... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070054168 - Zinc/air cell: A zinc/air button cell having an air spacer member within the air inlet space of the cathode can. The spacer member may be of solid plastic, rubber, or metal construction inserted into the air inlet space (plenum region) of the cathode can adjacent air holes in the can. The spacer... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20070054169 - Ceramic membranes with integral seals and support, and electrochemical cells and electrochemical cell stacks including the same: Ceramic membranes with integral seals and support, and related electrochemical cells and cell stacks. The membrane comprises a thin electrolyte layer supported on a porous electrode layer which in turn is supported on a thick ceramic support layer, preferably a ceramic electrolyte support. The support layer is divided into a... Agent: Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP Ip Docketing, Attn: Charma Murphy

20070054170 - Oxygen ion conductors for electrochemical cells: In solid oxygen ion conducting electrolytes for electrochemical cells based on magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, obtained by the addition of metal fluorides selected from elements in the groups of alkali metals and earth alkali metals to the host oxides of magnesium and calcium, conductivity values are obtained, which are... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20070054172 - Fuel-cell stack: A fuel-cell stack includes a laminate having a plurality of unit cells laminated and accommodated in a box-like casing. The casing includes pairs of side plates arranged at the sides of the laminate and formed of a metal plate having a first thickness, and a plurality of hinge plates spot-welded... Agent: Arent Fox Pllc

20070054171 - Micro fuel cell with an electrolytic membrane reinforced by an anchoring element and method for production of a micro fuel cell: A micro fuel cell comprises at least a substrate provided with front and rear faces. The front face of the substrate supports a successive stacking of a first electrode, a substantially flat electrolytic membrane and a second electrode. The electrolytic membrane comprises at least one anchoring element salient substantially perpendicularly... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070054174 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes a substrate having a pair of grooves, an electrolyte membrane lying on the substrate so as to define a pair of flow channels, and catalyst-bearing current collector layer sections disposed on the inner wall of the grooves or the inside surface of the electrolyte membrane defining... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070054173 - Fuel cell device having circuit components: A fuel cell device with circuit components is disclosed, which includes at least one fuel cell board, a flow board and at least one circuit component. The fuel cell board is made of at least one laminated and stacked printed circuit substrate, and includes at least one membrane electrode assembly... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070054175 - Electrode and composite structural unit for a fuel cell and fuel cell having the electrode or the structural unit: An electrode for fuel cells includes several consecutive layers of electrically conductive porous material. The consecutive layers include recesses which form sections of flow channels. Within the individual layers, however, the channels are not continuous. When the consecutive layers are combined, the channel sections of the various layers, which are... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070054176 - Sorfc system with non-noble metal electrode compositions: A solid oxide regenerative fuel cell includes a ceramic electrolyte, a first electrode which is adapted to be positively biased when the fuel cell operates in a fuel cell mode and in an electrolysis mode, and a second electrode which is adapted to be negatively biased when the fuel cell... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070054177 - Method and apparatus for judging degradation of storage battery: A degradation judgment method, for a storage battery, according to the invention detects generation of a gas (hydrogen, oxygen, etc) after the start of charging of a lead-acid storage battery 10 and measures the electrical characteristics (voltage, current, resistance, etc) of the lead-acid storage battery upon generation of the gas... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070054178 - Cell having irreversible heat sensor: Disclosed is a battery having a heat sensor, and more particularly a battery having an irreversible heat senor capable of indicating temperature variation of two or more levels, or three or more levels if necessary.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070054179 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent properties such as energy density and electromotive force and being excellent in cycle life, storage property and safety. In the present invention, the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a substance having a peak from 162.9 to 164.0 eV by... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070054180 - 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: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070054181 - Battery loading mechanism and electronic apparatus: A battery loading mechanism includes: a battery loading section having an insertion space capable for accommodating a battery, in which a portion of an outer circumference of each of two end sur