Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 04/07

20070092763 - Fuel cell system: There is provided a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, a secondary battery having an open circuit voltage lower than an open circuit voltage of the fuel cell, a voltage detector for detecting a voltage of the fuel cell, a switch for connecting the secondary battery in parallel to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092764 - Fuel-cell-driven electric vehicle: A fuel-cell-driven electric vehicle can be provided on which the maintenance work can be performed easily without the need for removing the fuel-cell system from the vehicle body. A fuel-cell accommodating part with an opening and closing lid can be provided between a front wheel and a rear wheel on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070092765 - Heater for fuel reforming reactor and fuel cell system using the same: Disclosed is a fuel reforming system, which includes a heater to combustion fuel that mainly contains butane gas and a reformer to receive heat energy from the heater. The reformer produces reformed gas that mainly contains hydrogen from reforming fuel that mainly contains butane gas. An igniter has an electrode... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070092768 - Catalyst for oxidizing carbon monoxide and method of manufacturing the same: A catalyst that oxidizes carbon monoxide includes a bimetal consisting of platinum and a transition metal in a bimetallic phase that is loaded on γ-alumina support. The catalyst is manufactured by uniformly mixing a platinum precursor, a transition metal precursor, and γ-alumina (γ-Al2O3) in a dispersion medium to provide a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070092766 - Method and apparatus for desulfurization of fuels: A system for desulfurizing hydrocarbon fuel for a reformer and SOFC stack in an SOFC system. The system comprises a liquid phase desulfurizer for low-temperature desulfurization of an amount of liquid fuel ahead of reformer/stack startup and for continuous removal of large refractory sulfur-containing compounds from low-temperature fuel thereafter during... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070092767 - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell: A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070092769 - Electrochemical cells: An electrochemical cell includes a hydrogen generator and a hydrogen fuel cell.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070092771 - Fuel cell system and scavenging method for use in a fuel cell system: After an ignition switch is turned off, in order to suppress operation of an air compressor and thereby reduce noise, liquid droplets residing in an oxygen-containing gas flow field as well as liquid droplets residing in a fuel gas flow field are removed during separate time periods, such that the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070092770 - Method of measuring alcohol concentration, alcohol concentration measurement apparatus, and fuel cell system including the apparatus: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell main body which has a solid polymer electrolytic membrane, a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode attached to the solid electrolyte membrane; a fuel storage unit which stores liquid fuel; a polymer membrane having a proton conductivity and provided in the fuel... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070092772 - Fuel cell system and polymer electrolyte fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises an electrolyte membrane having an ion conductivity, a pair of electrodes contacting with the electrolyte membrane, and a separator having at least a passage for an oxidant gas, and a device for setting a cell voltage to substantially zero at the time of an stop... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070092773 - Organic vapor fuel cell: A fuel cell including primarily (a) a membrane electrode assembly, which comprises (i) a proton exchange membrane having a front face and a rear face, (ii) an anode being coupled to the front face, and (iii) a cathode being coupled to the rear face; (b) a fuel permeation-controlling member positioned... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20070092774 - Fuel cell system having no fuel pump: A fuel cell system having no fuel pump, including: an electric generator to generate electricity by electrochemical reaction between hydrogen-containing fuel and an oxidant; and a fuel feeder including a fuel tank in which the hydrogen-containing fuel to be supplied to the electric generator is stored, wherein the fuel feeder... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070092775 - Solid oxide fuel cell and separator: A solid oxide fuel cell is formed by arranging a fuel electrode layer and an air electrode layer on both surfaces of a solid electrolyte, respectively, a fuel electrode current collector and an air electrode current collector outside the fuel electrode layer and the air electrode layer, respectively, and separators... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070092779 - Dendrimer solid acid and polymer electrolyte membrane including the same: Provided are a dendrimer solid acid and a polymer electrolyte membrane using the same. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes a macromolecule of a dendrimer solid acid having ionically conductive terminal groups at the surface thereof and a minimum amount of ionically conductive terminal groups required for ionic conduction, thus suppressing... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070092778 - Oligomer solid acid and polymer electrolyte membrane including the same: An oligomer solid acid and a polymer electrolyte membrane using the same. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes a macromolecule of oligomer solid acid having an ionically conductive terminal group at its terminal end and the minimum amount of ionically conductive terminal groups required for ion conduction, thus suppressing swelling and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070092777 - Self-humidifying proton exchange membrane, membrane-electrode assembly, and fuel cell: A self-humidifying proton exchange membrane (PEM) composition, a membrane-electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The PEM composition comprises (a) a proton-conducting polymer; (b) a catalyst that promotes the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen molecules to generate water in the membrane, and (c) a deliquescent material dispersed in this polymer.... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20070092776 - Sulfonic acid group-containing organic-silica composite membrane and method for producing thereof: Problems of the invention are to provide an organic-silica complex-type electrolyte membrane which is expected to show electrolyte properties such as sufficient ion conductivity to be used in an electrochemical device, to have sufficient thermal resistance and mechanical strength in accordance with applications, to contain no halogen element which exerts... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070092780 - Fuel cell component having a durable conductive and hydrophilic coating: A fuel cell component having a coating thereon including binary and ternary nitrides and oxynitrides of elements of IVb and Vb groups of the periodic table of elements.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070092782 - Multiple flowfield circuits to increase fuel cell dynamic range: A method and device for operating a fuel cell system. The device includes a flowfield plate that includes a header section and a channel section. The header section includes inlet flowpaths and outlet flowpaths, where the inlets formed in the header section are fluidly decoupled from one another, as are... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070092781 - Sofc seal and cell thermal management: The solid oxide fuel cell module includes a manifold, a plate, a cathode electrode, a fuel cell and an anode electrode. The manifold includes an air or oxygen inlet in communication with divergent passages above the periphery of the cell which combine to flow the air or oxygen radially or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070092783 - Methods of synchronizing process flows within hierarchical process flows and systems for use with the methods: A method of generating a hierarchical process flow can include generating a first command within a first process flow of the hierarchical process flow, wherein the first command includes a wait condition that has a first trigger status value for a first object associated with a second process flow of... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070092784 - Gas diffusion cathode using nanometer sized particles of transition metals for catalysis: A gas diffusion cathode for electrochemical cells provides higher power capability through the use of nano-particle catalysts. The catalysts comprise nanometer-sized particles of transition metals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, iron, palladium, ruthenium, gold, silver, and lead, as well as alloys thereof, and respective oxides. These catalysts can substantially replace... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070092785 - Fuel cell stack: A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070092786 - Platinum electrode surface coating and method for manufacturing the same: An electrode surface coating and method for manufacturing the electrode surface coating comprising a conductive substrate; a surface coating of platinum having a rough configuration and an increase in the surface area of 5 times to 500 times of the corresponding surface area resulting from the basic geometric shape of... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20070092787 - Air cathode having multiple layered sintering structure and its process for producing the same: An air cathode having multiple layered structure formed by at least a layer of base material, two sintered diffusion layers and a sintered activation layer in laminating shape wherein the base material is as the electric current collector which is made of metal wire net or metal foam net carrying... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070092788 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery according to the present invention includes: a power generation element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte; a positive terminal portion electrically connected to the positive electrode; and a negative terminal portion electrically... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070092789 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery according to the present invention includes: a power generation element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte; a positive terminal portion electrically connected to the positive electrode; and a negative terminal portion electrically... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070092790 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device is disclosed and comprises a body having a cell trough, wherein the sidewall of the cell trough has at least one fixing structure for at least one decorating accessory passing through; and a cell combined with the cell trough, wherein an accommodation area is between the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070092792 - Electrode unit for prismatic battery, prismatic battery, and method of manufacturing electrode unit for prismatic battery: To provide an electrode unit for a prismatic battery capable of increasing the output of the battery while suppressing the battery internal resistance value and improving the degree of freedom of the size of the electrode plate. An electrode unit for a prismatic battery including an electrode group in which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092791 - Rechargeable battery, method for manufacturing rechargeable battery, and collector plate for rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery for eliminating the need for attaching a joining metal member to a collector plate, while lowering the cost for forming collector plates and lowering resistance in the collector plate and in a joining portion. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode plate group formed by alternately superimposing positive... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070092793 - Electrochromic device having the functionality of a secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed herein is an electrochromic device having the functionality of a secondary battery. The electrochromic device includes a plurality of secondary battery/display segments in which a double metal oxide layer comprising mesoporous metal oxide particles and macroporous metal oxide particles is disposed on a transparent electrode, and a cathode active... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070092794 - Embedded electrode conformations for balanced energy, power, and cost in an alkaline cell: A battery cell, such as a cylindrical or prismatic alkaline cell, is disclosed having significantly improved capacity utilization at mid-range power levels of discharge by implementing a curvilinear-like inner electrode configuration that provides moderated surface area between the inner and outer electrodes as compared to high-power discharge applications utilizing a... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070092795 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery according to the present invention includes: a battery case that houses a power generation element therein; and an assembly sealing portion that closes an opening of the battery case. The assembly sealing portion includes a negative terminal portion, a negative current collector electrically connected to the negative... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070092796 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive and negative electrodes are wound together with the separator. The negative electrode includes composite particles and a binder. Each of the composite particles... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070092797 - Anode, battery, and methods of manufacturing them: A battery using the anode, and methods of manufacturing the anode and the battery are provided. The battery is capable of relaxing stress while securing the contact characteristics between an anode current collector and an anode active material layer, and capable of improving the characteristics. The anode active material layer... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070092798 - Lithium ion batteries: The present invention is generally directed to lithium ion batteries. More specifically, it is directed to lithium ion batteries that provide for rapid recharge, longer battery life and inherently safe operation. In a battery aspect, the present invention provides a battery that includes the following elements: an anode comprising nano-crystalline... Agent: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

20070092799 - Heat resistant separators and electrical and electronic parts using the same: e

20070092800 - Ionic conductor, process for production thereof, and electrochemical device: Disclosed herein are an ionic conductor including a proton conductor, a process for production thereof, and an electrochemical device (such as fuel cell) with said ionic conductor, said ionic conductor being superior in ionic conductivity, water resistance, and film forming properties. The ionic conductor is formed from a polymer in... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070092801 - Molten salt electrolyte for a battery and electrochemical capacitor: A molten salt electrolyte is disclosed having a high ionic conductivity and a high decomposition voltage for use in electrochemical devices such as batteries, capacitors and electrochromic windows. An electrochemical cell including first and second electrodes and a molten salt electrolyte is disclosed. The electrodes and separator, if there is... Agent: Andrew Tipton

20070092802 - Inhibitor of reduction of life cycle of redox shuttle additive and non-aqueous electrolyte and secondary battery comprising the same: Disclosed is an inhibitor of the reduction of life cycle of a redox shuttle additive that undergoes oxidation-reduction cycling, the inhibitor being at least of one compound selected from the group consisting of vinylene carbonates, ethylene carbonates, cyclic sulfites and unsaturated sultones. Also, Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte and secondary... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070092803 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: where R1 and R2 each independently represent CnX2n+1, X represents a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, and n is an integer equal to or greater than 1, and the amount of the chain phosphoric acid ester is 50 to 20000 ppm relative to the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070087230 - Method and apparatus for integrated-circuit battery devices: A combined battery and device apparatus and associated method. This apparatus includes a first conductive layer, a battery comprising a cathode layer; an anode layer, and an electrolyte layer located between and electrically isolating the anode layer from the cathode layer, wherein the anode or the cathode or both include... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070087231 - Method and apparatus for multiple mode control of voltage from a fuel cell system: A fuel cell system determines each of a battery charging current error, a battery voltage error, and a stack current error. The fuel cell system regulates current through a series pass element in response to a greater of the determined errors. Thus, the fuel cell system operates in three modes:... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070087232 - Capacitor hybrid fuel cell power generator: An electrical power generator comprising at least one fuel cell and at least one capacitor electrically coupled together in parallel is operated in a manner that reduces stress on the fuel cell and prolongs fuel cell operating life. The operation comprises: monitoring a current drawn by a load; monitoring a... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070087233 - System and method of controlling fuel cell shutdown: A system and method for implementing a fuel cell shutdown process are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises establishing an oxidant recirculation path from a portion of the cathode flow path upon initiation of the fuel cell shutdown process, wherein the oxidant is recirculated during an oxygen depletion phase to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070087234 - Dual-pump anode system with circulating liquid for direct oxidation fuel cells: A direct oxidation fuel cell anode system includes an anode; a circulation loop in fluid communication with the anode and including a circulation pump, the circulation pump being configured to circulate a circulating liquid in the circulation loop; a fuel cartridge; and a fuel pump in fluid communication with the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070087235 - Multi-layered thin film hydrogen fuel cell system: The invention relates to a micro multi-layered thin film hydrogen fuel cell system, which includes a reformer comprising a flow path formed at a side of a substrate and a catalyst in the flow path to reform a fuel into hydrogen. The fuel cell system also includes a cell for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070087236 - Fuel cell device and fuel cell management system: A fuel cell device including a fuel cell stack unit, a fuel reform unit, a material feed unit, a cooling water supply unit, and a control unit further includes a memory section, constructed of a rewritable memory, for storing information necessary for maintenance or inspection of the fuel cell device.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070087237 - Cell voltage measurer for fuel cell stack and fuel cell system using the same: A cell voltage measurer of a fuel cell stack and a fuel cell system using the same, the cell voltage measurer including a plurality of terminals electrically connected to a plurality of separators of the stack, respectively; and a plurality of wiring lines coupled to at least one of a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070087238 - Fuel cell system and shutoff method: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an operation controller, a checking unit, a scavenging unit, an instructing unit, a temperature sensor, a humidifier and a humidification controller. The operation controller selects one of a normal operation mode and a low-temperature operation mode. The checking unit determines whether the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070087243 - Electronic apparatus having fuel cell: The invention provides an electronic apparatus having a fuel cell which sufficiently supplies air to the fuel cell without a separate air pump or fan. In the electronic apparatus, a cooling fan cools heat-generating parts. A guide bracket guides wind of the cooling fan, upon having cooled the heat-generating parts,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070087240 - Fuel cell fluid dissipater: A fuel cell fluid dissipater dissipates excess air, water and unreacted fuel from a fuel cell and comprises a gas permeable and water absorbing dissipation media and a fluid intake assembly. The fluid intake assembly directs excess water and unreacted fuel and air from the fuel cell to the dissipation... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070087239 - Fuel cell fluid management system: A fuel cell fluid management system that transfers water vapor from a fuel cell stack's oxidant exhaust to the fuel cell stack's fluid supplies through membrane tubes; that coalesces and separates liquid water from the fuel cell's fluid exhaust streams for removal to the environment; that transfers heat from the... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070087242 - Fuel cell having temperature-humidity controller: A fuel cell having a temperature-humidity controller comprising a fuel supply unit for supplying a certain rate of fuel, a stack unit for generating electricity and heat according to an electrochemical reaction between the fuel supplied from the fuel supply unit and oxygen, a heat exchanger for dividing a by-product... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070087241 - Fuel cell power pack: A fuel cell power pack comprises a base module, a ballast module, a fuel supply module, a generator module and an enclosure consisting in part of panels, that is shaped to fit within the battery bay of an electric vehicle. The base and ballast modules are configured to provide ballast... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070087244 - Membrane-electrode assembly, polymer membranes for a membrane-electrode assembly, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and methods for the production thereof: A membrane-electrode assembly and polymer electrolyte fuel cells and methods of production thereof, in which a polymer membrane, containing at least one basic polymer membrane, is sandwiched between two flat gas diffusion electrodes each of which is loaded with a dopant, whereby after reaching a mass transport equilibrium for the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070087249 - Composite oxides comprising strontium, lantanium, yttrium and ionic conductors using the same: Disclosed is a novel strontium-lanthanum-yttrium-containing metal composite oxide. An ionic conductor comprising the metal composite oxide and an electrochemical device comprising the ionic conductor are also disclosed. The metal composite oxide has an improved ionic conductivity, because formation of an open space within a lattice is ensured by the defects... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070087247 - Fullerene based proton conductive materials: A fullerene-based proton conductor including a proton conductive functional group connected to the fullerene by an at least partially fluorinated spacer molecule. Also, a polymer including at least two of the proton conductors that are connected by a linking molecule. Further, an electrochemical device employing the polymer as a proton... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070087246 - Materials and methods for making proton exchange polymers, polymer membranes, membrane-electrode assemblies and fuel cells: The present invention provides materials and methods for making proton conductive polymer, polymer membranes comprising the proton conductive polymer, membrane-electrode assemblies comprising the polymer membrane, and fuel cells comprising the membrane-electrode assemblies. The proton conductive polymer can be formed in the following manner: a) silicon inorganic polymers and silane compounds... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070087245 - Multilayer polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cells: Polyelectrolyte membranes are multilayer composites, comprising a plurality of porous or expanded fluoropolymer support layers having macromolecules, polymer aggregates and particles of ionomers with proton exchange groups imbibed into pores of the support layers. Preferred membranes contain two or three support layers. Exemplary support layers include expanded fluoropolymer materials such... Agent: Gary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070087248 - Proton conductive electrolyte membrane, method of preparing the same and fuel cell including the proton conductive electrolyte membrane: A proton conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, a method of preparing the same and a fuel cell including the proton conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, and more particularly, a proton conductive electrolyte membrane formed by impregnating polybenzimidazoles with inorganic phosphoric acids and organic phosphonates, wherein a total amount of the inorganic phosphoric... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070087250 - Alloy for fuel cell interconnect: An alloy for an interconnect for a fuel cell is provided. The alloy comprises iron at least about 60 weight percent, chromium in the range of about 15 to about 30 weight percent and tungsten in the range of about 3 to about 4.5 weight percent. The alloy also includes... Agent: Patricks S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070087252 - Fuel cell system: The present invention discloses a laser light source for implementing pulsed oscillation of laser light, which has a laser cavity in which a laser medium for generating emitted light with supply of excitation energy is placed on a resonance path; an excitation device for continuously supplying excitation energy to the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070087251 - Water recovery system and direct liquid feed fuel cell having the same: A water recovery system of a direct liquid feed fuel cell and a direct liquid feed fuel cell having the water recovery system. The water recovery system in which water produced at a cathode electrode of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is recovered to supply to an anode electrode, the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070087253 - Method of manufacturing a fuel cell array and a related array: A sealed fuel cell is provided which has been manufactured with a lead frame assembly encompassing a first and second current collector adapted to serve as lead frame components in an associated mold device. Fuel cell components include a catalyzed protonically conductive, electronically non-conductive membrane that has first and second... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070087257 - Bipolar plate and fuel cell stack using the same: A bipolar plate and a fuel cell stack using the same. The bipolar plate used in the fuel cell stack includes: a first plate having a fuel flow passage; and a second plate having an oxidant flow passage and a land, the land being on the second plate and formed... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070087255 - Device to control the flow speed of media through a fuel cell stack: A fuel cell stack that includes a stack of fuel cells each having a cathode side bipolar plate including parallel cathode gas flow channels. Airflow from a cathode inlet manifold is directed to the flow channels to provide the cathode gas to the fuel cell membrane. The fuel cell stack... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070087256 - Fuel cell: A PEFC (polymer electrolyte fuel cell) has a cathode separator for a PEFC working at 100° C. or higher. The cathode separator has gas passages to fed oxidant gas. Each of the passages increases the sectional area thereof with going down stream along with gas flow. That is, the PEFC... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070087254 - Mid-sectional fuel distributor for fuel cells: In one embodiment the present comprises an air inlet 2, a series of fuel cells 6, a new fuel inlet 14, a fuel distributor 16, a recirculation plenum 19, and an exhaust 12. Fresh fuel from the fuel distributor 16 enters the fuel cell stack in a middle-third section of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070087258 - Catalyst, electrode for fuel electrode in fuel cell, and fuel cell: Catalysts contain noble metal-containing particles that has a composition except oxygen represented by a formula PtXRuYAZSnS and exhibits a mean particle diameter of from 0.5 nm to 10 nm, both inclusively. A is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Rh, Au, Pd, Ir and Os, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070087259 - Method for manufacturing catalyst-coated membrane using mask: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a catalyst-coated membrane, the catalyst-coated membrane manufactured by the method, and a fuel cell including the catalyst-coated membrane manufactured by the method. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a mask including a masking film layer and a first adhesive layer laminated on... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070087260 - Fuel cells with hydrophobic diffusion medium: Diffusion media for use in PEM fuel cells are provided with silicone coatings. The media are made of a porous electroconductive substrate, a first hydrophobic fluorocarbon polymer coating adhered to the substrate, and a second coating comprising a hydrophobic silicone polymer adhered to the substrate. The substrate is preferably a... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070087262 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell, method for manufacturing the same, and fuel cell system using the membrane-electrode assembly: A membrane-electrode assembly in which an opening, a catalyst layer and a diffusing layer are placed within a cathode active region; a method for manufacturing the same; and a fuel cell system using the membrane-electrode assembly. The membrane-electrode assembly comprises: a cathode with a catalyst layer, an opening in the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070087261 - Membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A membrane-electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises an anode and a cathode each having a catalyst layer containing a catalyst powder and an ion exchange resin, and an electrolyte membrane made of an ion exchange membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, characterized in that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070087263 - Battery cover latching assembly for portable electronic device: An exemplary battery cover latching assembly (80) is used in a portable electronic device (100). The portable electronic device has a battery cover and a housing releasably mounted with the battery cover latching assembly. The housing has a cavity. The battery cover latching assembly includes a latching member, a first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070087264 - System and a method of solid storage and dissolution of a catholyte for use in electrochemical cell: A system and a method of storage and dissolution of solid catholyte are provided. The system and the method employ a solid medium having a controlled surface from which solid catholyte particles suspended within a matrix of encapsulating species are dissolved and hydrolyzed producing-hydrogen peroxide to be used in semi... Agent: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport

20070087265 - Lithium battery: A lithium battery includes a casing having at least one reacting trough in which at least one electrode device is installed and the at least one electrode device includes a first electrode having a lithium compound that contains ionizable lithium ions and a first electric conductor. A second electrode includes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070087266 - Modular battery system: Disclosed herein is a modular battery system having at least one set of battery modules, preferably monoblock modules connected in series. Each of the battery modules may be designed with a first endplate and a second endplate, wherein each battery module is set between the first and second endplates and... Agent: Cobasys, LLC

20070087267 - Electrode with enhanced performance and electrochemical device comprising the same: Disclosed is an electrode slurry comprising: (a) an electrode active material capable of lithium intercalation/deintercalation; and (b) monomers capable of forming a polymer via polymerization. An electrode having a binder polymer formed by applying the electrode slurry onto a current collector and carrying out in situ polymerization of the monomers,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070087268 - Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the material: An anode active material comprises metal core particles, metal nano wires formed on the metal core particles, pores between the metal core particles and the metal nano wires, and a carbon-based coating layer formed on a surface of the metal core particles and metal nano wires. In the anode active... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070087269 - Lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte and method for manufacturing the same: A solid electrolyte suitable for use in all solid type lithium ion secondary battery is made by sintering a form, particularly a greensheet, comprising at least lithium ion conductive inorganic substance powder. The solid electrolyte has porosity of 20 vol % or over.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070087270 - Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery employing the same: A subject for the invention is to provide an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery which are preventd from causing or suffering battery performance deterioration in high-temperature storage or high-temperature trickle charge. The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery which comprises solute, phosphinic ester compound,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082233 - Double-electrode plate with electrical circuitry layer laminate and the secondary battery with the same: The present invention is a double-electrode plate with electrical circuitry laminate and comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and a electrical circuitry layer. The first electrode layer comprises a first substrate and a first metal foil covering upon the first substrate surface. The second electrode layer comprises... Agent: G. Link Co.,ltd

20070082234 - Expandable battery compartment for handheld electronic devices: In a portable electronic device having a battery compartment and a removeable cover therefor, the battery compartment and cover are configured to accommodate batteries of at least two different sizes.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070082235 - System and method for controlling cathode stoichiometry to minimize rh excursions during transients: A system and method for providing dynamic cathode stoichiometry control in a fuel cell during stack load transients to minimize relative humidity excursions. Particularly, changes in the cathode stoichiometry is controlled as a function of time in response to a decrease or increase in stack current density. Thus, if the... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070082236 - Catalyst for reforming fuel and fuel cell system comprising the same: A catalyst for reforming a fuel and a fuel cell system including the same is provided. The catalyst for reforming a fuel includes at least one active metal selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo),... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070082237 - Fuel reforming apparatus and fuel cell system with the same: A fuel reforming apparatus which generates a reformed gas containing hydrogen by reforming a fuel and supplies the reformed gas to a fuel cell body is provided. The fuel reforming apparatus is constructed with a burner which generates a flame by burning the fuel together with the atmospheric air, a... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070082238 - Reformer and fuel cell system using the same: A reformer that directly receives heat and performs an ATR catalyst reaction and an SR catalyst reaction. The reformer includes: a reforming reactor to reform hydrogen containing fuel into reformed gas having abundant hydrogen by performing an ATR catalyst reaction and an SR catalyst reaction; a heat source contacting one... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070082239 - Thermal management system for regenerative fuel cells and method thereof: A regenerative fuel cell power system has a plurality of fuel cell power modules, a plurality of electrolysis modules, a water management system and a master controller. The master controller manages the temperature within the electrolysis system to prevent freezing through circulation of water from the water management system.... Agent: Proton Energy System

20070082240 - Abnormality detecting device of fuel cell system: An abnormality detecting device of a fuel cell system according to the invention includes a hydrogen off-gas circulation passage for making hydrogen off-gas discharged from a fuel cell flow back to an anode; a discharge passage for discharging part of the hydrogen off-gas, which is circulated through the hydrogen off-gas... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070082243 - Compact anode flow shift design for small fuel cell vehicles: An anode inlet unit for a split fuel cell stack or two fuel cell stacks having two anode inlets. The anode inlet unit has particular application for a small vehicle that requires less power. In one embodiment, the anode inlet unit only includes three injectors. Two of the injectors provide... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070082241 - Fuel cell apparatus of feedback module: The present invention is a fuel cell apparatus of feedback module which comprises at least one fuel cell unit and energy management unit. The energy management unit used to manage the power efficiency of the fuel cell unit at least comprises the following components: sensing module, which is used to... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070082242 - Integrated air supply with humidification control for fuel cell power systems: A fluid delivery device for an electrochemical conversion assembly. In one embodiment, the electrochemical conversion assembly is a fuel cell system. The device includes one or more fluid-manipulating components combined into a housing to minimize weight, size and complexity. In one form, the device may include a compressor, heat exchanger... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070082244 - Control device for fuel cell system and related method: A fuel cell system and a control device and a control method thereof capable of simply and accurately controlling concentration of fuel without using a fuel concentration sensor detecting concentration of fuel, includes a fuel cell system including: a fuel cell generating electric energy by electrochemically reacting a fuel mixture... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070082245 - Evaporative cooling system for fuel cell systems using cathode product water: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack that employs a thermal sub-system having a specialized radiator. The cooling fluid from the fuel cell stack is directed through the radiator to remove or dissipate waste heat before the cooling fluid is returned to the stack. The radiator includes a... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070082246 - Polymer membrane for fuel cell, method of preparing the same, membrane-electrode assembly including the same, and fuel cell system including the same: The present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a method for manufacturing the polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell including the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a fuel cell system including the membrane-electrode assembly. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes a proton-conductive polymer... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070082247 - Ion-conducting crosslinked copolymer and fuel cell comprising the same: An ion-conducting, sulfonated and crosslinked copolymer for use in a fuel cell is disclosed. The ion-conducting, sulfonated and crosslinked copolymer is made up of four monomers. The first monomer is an aromatic diol. The second monomer includes two groups, each group capable of reacting with the hydroxy groups of the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070082248 - Solid acid, polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, and fuel cell using the polymer electrolyte membrane: A solid acid having a core of calixarene or calix resorcinarene. The solid acid is an ion conducting compound in which at least one of the hydroxyl groups is substituted by an organic group having a cation exchange group at a terminal end, a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070082249 - Two-sided fuel flow board structure: A two-sided fuel flow board structure is disclosed, which includes a plate, at least one top concave portion, at least one bottom concave potion, at least one injection flow channel, and at least one exhaust flow channel. The top and the bottom concave portions separately formed on an upper surface... Agent: G. Link Co.,ltd

20070082250 - Fuel cell disassembly method and fuel cell: A process of disassembling a fuel cell 10 supplies a fluid to both a fuel gas conduit 6g and an oxidizing gas conduit 7g. Since outlets of the respective gas conduits 6g and 7g are shielded, the internal pressure or in-passage pressure of the respective gas conduits 6g and 7g... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070082251 - Fuel cell stack structure: (1) In a fuel cell stack structure wherein a stack is formed by stacking cells each of which is formed by sandwiching an MEA between two separators, an adhesive layer 33a is provided between the two separators sandwiching the MEA, without a constant thickness structure or pseudo constant thickness structure... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070082252 - Pressurized coolant for stamped plate fuel cell without diffusion media in the inactive feed region: Clearance gaps in the inactive feed regions of a fuel cell stack are controlled by non-bonded, non-nested bipolar plates to provide reactant flow uniformity and pressure within fuel cells and fuel cell stacks utilizing nested bipolar plates in the active feed regions and non-nested bipolar plates in the inactive feed... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070082253 - Metal-polymer composite catalysts: A metal-polymer-carbon composite catalyst for use as a cathode electrocatalyst in fuel cells. The catalyst includes a heteroatomic polymer; a transition metal linked to the heteroatomic polymer by one of nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus, and a recast ionomer dispersed throughout the heteroatomic polymer-carbon composite. A membrane electrode assembly for fuel... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20070082256 - Fuel cell nanocatalyst: A fuel cell cathode catalyst is provided comprising nanostructured elements comprising microstructured support whiskers bearing nanoscopic catalyst particles; wherein the catalyst comprises platinum and manganese and at least one other metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIb metals, Group VIIb metals and Group VIIIb metals other than platinum... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070082255 - Fuel cells and fuel cell catalysts incorporating a nanoring support: The fuel cells include electrode membrane assemblies having a nanoparticle catalyst supported on carbon nanorings. The carbon nanorings are formed from one or more carbon layers that form a wall that defines a generally annular nanostructure having a hole. The length of the nanoring is less than or about equal... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070082254 - Solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell is disclosed which is excellent in output performance and durability. The solid oxide fuel cell comprises at least an electrolyte, an air electrode and a fuel electrode, and the air electrode includes a perovskite oxide containing at least manganese. A layer which is in contact... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070082257 - Membrane electrode, membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell, method of manufacturing the membrane electrode: According to one embodiment, a catalyst layer of an electrode for a fuel cell has a proton conductive inorganic oxide containing an oxide superacid compound. The compound contains an element X (Titanium, Zirconium, Silicon, Tin, Hafnium, Germanium, Gallium, Indium, Cerium, Niobium or Aluminium) and an element Y (Tungsten, Molybdenum, Chromium,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082258 - System and method for controlling a rechargeable battery: A control system for a rechargeable battery comprising at least two electrochemical generators electrically connected by a power line comprises a protection unit and at least two control units respectively connected to the terminals of each electrochemical generator. Each control unit is designed to measure at least one operating parameter... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070082259 - Battery latch mechanism: A latch mechanism for securing a battery module (70) includes a bracket (10), and a pair latch members (50). The bracket includes a recess (18), a back plate (16) defining a pair of cutouts (162), and a pair of fixing frame (30) disposed besides the cutouts. Each the fixing frame... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070082260 - Separator for cylindrical cells: Separator for cylindrical cell of the outwardly guided type, wherein a sheet material is wound around a mandrel, and starting from the winding step until the insertion of a separator into the cell, an outward support is used that renders the binding of neighboring turns of the separator winding unnecessary,... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070082261 - Lithium rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery includes a cathode including a cathode collector and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode collector; an anode including an anode collector and an anode active material layer formed on the anode collector; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. A first separator layer, containing an electrolyte... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070082263 - Binder for a lithium-sulfur battery, positive active material composition comprising same and lithium-sulfur battery using same: Disclosed is a binder for a lithium-sulfur battery including a butadiene-based copolymer. The binder exhibits chemical resistance to polysulfides, is stable a battery working temperatures, forms an emulsion in organic solvents and exhibits high adherence to positive active materials and electrodes used in the lithium-sulfur battery. The disclosed binder compositions,... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070082262 - Compounding agent composition for cathode film, polyether polymer composition for 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 a compounding agent composition for a cathode film comprising an active material... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070082264 - Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells: Disclosed is an electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode and a sulfur-containing cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The cell exhibits high utilization of the electroactive sulfur-containing material of the cathode and a high charge-dis-charge efficiency.... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey Two Renaissance Square

20070082265 - Positive electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte lithium ion battery and battery using the same: A positive electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte lithium ion battery (31, 41) of the present invention has an oxide (11) containing lithium and nickel, and a lithium compound (13) which is deposited on a surface of the oxide (11) and covers nickel present on the surface of the oxide (11).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070082266 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and positive electrode active material therefor: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a manganese oxide having a spinel structure, wherein the manganese oxide is represented by the general formula: Li1+aMn2−x−aMxO4+y, where M is a transition metal element having an oxidation number of 2 or greater, M≠Mn, 0.17≦x≦0.5, −0.2≦y≦−0.5 and 0≦a≦0.2.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070082267 - Cathodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries: The present invention includes an apparatus and method of making and using a composition that includes the replacement of electrochemically inactive additives with a conductive and electrochemically active polymer that is attached so as to make an electrical contract to the redox couples of the electrochemically active oxide particles into/from... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070082268 - Chemical protection of metal surface: An electrochemical cell includes an anode having a metal material having an oxygen containing layer. The electrochemical cell also includes a cathode and an electrolyte. The anode includes a chemically bonded protective layer formed by reacting a D or P block precursor with the oxygen containing layer.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070082269 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: As a negative electrode active material, carbon materials such as natural graphite, artificial graphite, non-graphitized carbon, and cork (charcoal) can be used. Further, a negative electrode comprises an active material layer including a group of particulate negative electrode active materials, and nickel is carried on a surface of the active... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070082270 - Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells: Disclosed is an additive for an electrochemical cell wherein the additive includes an N—O bond. The additive is most preferably included in a nonaqueous electrolyte of the cell. Also disclosed are cells and batteries including the additive, and methods of charging the batteries and cells. An electrochemical cell including the... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey Two Renaissance Square

20070082271 - Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery which is improved in cycle characteristics and storage stability at an elevated temperature as well as protection from overcharge. In the battery, generation of a gas is also inhibited to prevent the battery from expansion. A non-aqueous electrolytic solution for the lithium... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070077459 - Compressor-expander with high to idle air flow to fuel cell: Fuel cell or other combustor apparatus which utilizes a compressor as a source of compressed air. The exhaust is routed to a expander turbine which partially powers the compressor and is on a common shaft therewith. The shaft is borne by hydrodynamic foil bearings. In order to maintain a high... Agent: James C. Simmons

20070077461 - Drug delivery from electroactive molecularly imprinted polymer: A device delivers a chemical or biological agent, the device comprises an imprint molecule (IM) to be delivered by the device; an electroactive molecularly imprinted polymer (EMIP) imprinted with the imprint molecule, the EMIP having a plurality of binding sites capable of binding the imprint; and an electric potential producing... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070077460 - Metal-supported porous carbon film, fuel cell electrode and fuel cell employing the electrode: A metal-supported porous carbon film wherein metal fine particles with a mean particle diameter of 0.7-20 nm are dispersed and supported on pore surface walls, fuel cell electrodes employing the metal-supported porous carbon film, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the fuel cell electrodes bonded on both sides of a polymer electrolyte... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070077463 - Fuel cartridge of a fuel cell with fuel stored outside fuel liner: A fuel supply connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The fuel supply comprises an outer casing and a fuel liner and an effective amount of fuel in the space between the outer casing and the fuel liner to control the pressure inside the fuel liner. In one example, the... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070077464 - Method of controlling fuel concentration in a direct liquid fuel cell: A method of controlling fuel concentration in a direct liquid fuel cell is disclosed. In step 101, a direct liquid fuel cell including a first set of membrane electrode assemblies and a second set of membrane electrode assemblies is provided. In step 103, anodic liquid fuels with a known, low-limited... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070077462 - System and method for fuel cell operation with in-situ reformer regeneration: A system and method for operating a fuel cell, including reacting a fuel with an oxidant within the fuel cell to produce electricity and reaction products comprising steam. The fuel is fed through the fuel cell, wherein a concentration of the steam increases in the first direction through the fuel... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070077465 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell is provided which can enhance the CO resistance to thereby improve the voltage characteristics thereof. A fuel cell includes an electrolyte layer, a first electrode provided on one surface of the electrolyte layer, and a second electrode provided on the other surface of the electrolyte layer. In... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077466 - Dynamically controllable direct oxidation fuel cell systems & methods therefor: A direct oxidation fuel cell (DOFC) system comprises at least one fuel cell assembly including a cathode and an anode with an electrolyte positioned therebetween; a source of liquid fuel in fluid communication with an anode inlet; an oxidant supply in fluid communication with a cathode inlet; a liquid/gas (L/G)... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077467 - Fuel cell system and method of correcting fuel cell current: A fuel cell system in accordance with the present invention comprises a fuel cell connected to a load for supplying power thereto; a voltage regulating unit connected between the fuel cell and the load for controlling a voltage between the terminals of the load; a rectifier, which is connected to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070077468 - Power supply apparatus with fuel cell and method of controlling the same: A power supply apparatus has a fuel cell unit as a source of input power. A control device limits the output of the fuel cell unit within an operating range of up to a maximum power point, even if a load power is not lower than the maximum power of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070077469 - Direct oxidation fuel cell systems with regulated fuel cell stack and liquid-gas separator temperatures: A direct oxidation fuel cell system comprises at least one membrane electrode assembly (MEA) including a cathode and an anode with an electrolyte membrane therebetween, the MEA adapted for performing selected electrochemical reactions at the cathode and anode; a liquid/gas (L/G) separator in fluid communication with the cathode and anode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077470 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cells: A fuel cartridge with a deformable inner fuel container connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The pressure in the inner fuel container is controlled.... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070077471 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack; a diluted fuel tank for storing diluted fuel; a diluted fuel conduit for supplying the diluted fuel from the fuel dilution tank to the fuel cell stack; a differential pressure sensor in the diluted fuel conduit to sense a differential pressure... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070077472 - Fuel cell system and method of discharging gas from the fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell to which a reaction gas is supplied to generate electricity; a circulating system which returns unreacted reaction gas discharged from the fuel cell to an upstream of the fuel cell to thereby circulate the unreacted reaction gas; a discharge device which discharges... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070077474 - Fuel cell system water mass balancing scheme: A fuel cell system and a scheme for its operation are provided for improving overall water mass balance within the system. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an electrochemical conversion assembly is provided where the coolant flowfield portion defines an operating coolant temperature profile characterized by areas... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070077473 - Fuel cell system which can be used in a mobile manner with an adsoprition accumulator: A fuel cell system which can be used in a mobile manner with a fuel cell unit (1) in order to produce electric energy, and an adsorption accumulator (3) which is associated with a fuel cell unit (1) are provided. The adsorption accumulator (3) is used to release heat and... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070077476 - Paste for solid oxide fuel cells, anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells using the same, and fabricating method thereof: The present invention discloses a paste for screen printing which is used in a process of fabricating an anode functional layer, an electrolyte layer and a cathode layer of an anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell. The paste for the solid oxide fuel cell contains raw material powder of each layer,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070077475 - Reinforced membrane electrode assembly: The present invention is directed to addressing performance issues attributable to membrane electrode assemblies, and the components thereof, in electrochemical conversion cells. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a device comprising at least one electrochemical conversion cell is provided. The cell is configured to convert first and... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070077477 - Fuel cell unit: A fuel cell unit is provided which comprises at least one structural member, the structural member comprising two electrolyte/electrode bonded members (14) each comprising a first electrode (13) and a second electrode (12) and an electrolyte membrane (11) disposed between the electrodes, a conductive porous substrate (15) disposed between the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070077478 - Electrolyte membrane for fuel cell utilizing nano composite: An electrolyte membrane is disclosed, for use in a fuel cell, and is composed of ionic transporting elements embedded in a polymer matrix. The elements can be carbon products, dye stuffs molecules, organic molecules, inorganic molecules, semiconductors, oxides, or superconductors. The elements carry ionic groups by chemical attachment of physical... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20070077482 - Fuel cell system and fuel storage apparatus: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell main body having a fuel cell; a fuel storage portion coupled attachably and detachably to the fuel cell main body for storing fuel to be supplied to the fuel cell; and a coupling portion which couples between the fuel cell main body... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077479 - High electrical performance direct oxidation fuel cells & systems: A direct oxidation fuel cell (DOFC) system, comprises at least one fuel cell assembly including a cathode and an anode with an electrolyte positioned therebetween, adapted for performing selected electrochemical reactions; a source of concentrated liquid fuel in fluid communication with an inlet of the anode; an oxidant supply in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077481 - Metallic structures for solid oxide fuel cells: A method and resulting device for metallic structures including interconnects and sealed frames for solid oxide fuel cells, particularly those with multi-cell electrolyte sheets, includes providing a high-temperature aluminum-containing surface-alumina-forming steel, forming an interconnect structure from the steel, removing any alumina layer from a surface portion of the interconnect where... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070077480 - Scavenger materials in fuel cartridge: A fuel cartridge connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. To eliminate the internal pressure of the fuel liner (bladder), scavengers of oxygen, carbon dioxide, transition metal ion and water are stored inside the fuel liner in order to remove oxygen, carbon dioxide, transition metal ions, and water. Also, the... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070077483 - Enzyme electrode and method of producing the same: An enzyme electrode that enables to enhance the rate of charge transfer from a redox center of an enzyme and catalytic current is provided. An enzyme electrode capable of increasing catalytic current by increasing the rate of charge transfer from an enzyme using an enzyme/metal fine particle complex in which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070077484 - Water transport features for diffusion media: A diffusion media for use in a fuel cell stack and that is adjacently aligned with lands of a reactant plate of the fuel cell stack. The diffusion media includes a sheet having a permeable material with a thickness. A plurality of water transport pores are defined through the sheet.... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070077485 - Thin film for package of alkaline battery and thin air battery using the same: There is provided a thin air battery comprising a power-generating element including air diffusion paper and a water repellent film, the power-generating element sealed in a package composed of first and third sheet layers that cover the air electrode side and negative electrode side of the power-generating element, and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077486 - Battery pack: In accordance with the present invention, an improved battery pack is employed. The battery pack includes a housing with opposing walls, a plurality of cells disposed within the housing, at least two terminals electrically connected to the cells, a latching mechanism disposed on each opposing wall for latching the battery... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20070077487 - Battery and portable electronic device incorporating the same: A battery (10) includes two end surfaces and two side surfaces. One of the two end surfaces and the two side surfaces form a groove (18) pressed by a user so as to detach the battery from a housing (20). The groove does not effect the size of the battery,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070077488 - Power capability of a cathode: An electrochemical cell is presented. The electrochemical cell includes an anode, a separator, and a cathode. The separator is coupled to the anode and to the cathode. The cathode comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a single current collector. The first layer includes a first surface and a... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070077489 - Positive electrode for an alkaline battery: A positive electrode for an alkaline electrolyte battery comprising a conductive support covered with a paste comprising: an electrochemically-active material, a binder and non-conductive fibres with a length comprised between 0.05 and 1 mm, the weight percentage of the fibres representing from 0.6 to 1.5% of the weight of said... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070077490 - Anode active material, method of manufacturing the same, and lithium battery using the same: Anode active materials, methods of producing the same and lithium batteries using the same are provided. More particularly, an anode active material having high capacity and excellent capacity retention, a method of producing the same and a lithium battery having a long lifespan using the same are provided. The anode... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070077491 - Electrode, method of its production, metal-air fuel cell and metal hydride cell: The invention described concerns an anode electrode comprising a hydrogen storage material/alloy and a high energy density metal. In addition a hydrogen electrocatalyst may be added to increase the hydrogen reaction rate. The high energy density metal is selected from a group consisting of Al, Zn, Mg and Fe, or... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070077492 - Nickel oxyhydroxide, manufacturing method therefor, and alkaline primary battery: A nickel oxyhydroxide having a β-type structure is used to greatly improve low-temperature discharge performance and pulse discharge performance under high-load of an alkaline primary battery including a positive electrode containing nickel oxyhydroxide. In the nickel oxyhydroxide having β-type structure, a half-width of a peak of the (001) plane is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070077493 - Subfluorinated graphite fluorides as electrode materials: Subfluorinated graphite fluorides of formula CFx, wherein x is in the range of 0.06 to 0.63, e.g., 0.10 to 0.46, are used as electrode materials in electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy to electrical current, e.g., batteries. The invention additionally provides methods of manufacturing electrodes with the subfluorinated graphite fluorides,... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070077494 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode (1), a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and an electrode assembly having the negative electrode (1), the positive electrode, and the separator. The negative electrode (1) has a negative electrode current collector (11) and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070077495 - Subfluorinated graphite fluorides as electrode materials: Subfluorinated graphite fluorides of formula CFx wherein x is in the range of 0.06 to 0.63, e.g., 0.10 to 0.46, are used as electrode materials in electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy to electrical current, e.g., batteries. The invention additionally provides methods of manufacturing electrodes with the subfluorinated graphite fluorides,... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070077496 - Lithium-ion battery: A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising carbon, and an electrolyte containing a first and second additive. The first additive includes a borane or borate compound that acts as an ion receptor and the second additive includes an alkene capable of reacting on a surface of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070077497 - Lead-acid battery and manufacturing method thereof: A lead-acid battery which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte contains volatile organic acid and the content of volatile organic acid is 250 mg or lower per liter of the electrolyte. The present invention can improve the performance of the lead-acid... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC