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

20070172707 - Combined fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises a combination of a first fuel cell of a first type and a second fuel cell of a second type, arranged downstream of the first fuel cell. The anode side of the first fuel cell is coupled with a cathode side of the second fuel... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070172709 - Fuel cell system: There is provided a fuel cell system including a supply port, a supply-side main flow path, a discharge-side main flow path, a plurality of branch flow paths, and a discharge port, wherein with respect to each of the branch flow paths, the magnitudes of flow path resistances of predetermined portions... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070172712 - Pressure-adjustable fixture for fuel cell unit testing: A pressure-adjustable fixture for fuel cell unit includes a controllable pressure source, a pressure guiding mechanism, a press plate, and a pressure-applying carrier mechanism. The controllable pressure source supplies an amount of pressure, which is transmitted via the pressure guiding mechanism to the press plate, and the pressure is further... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070172715 - Compact, modular regenerative fuel cell: The invention provides a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system can include a modular power section, the power section including at least one power module, and at least one modular energy storage section, the energy storage section including at least one reactant storage module. The power section can include... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070172717 - Fuel cell device: The present invention is a fuel cell device, which at least comprises: at least one membrane electrode assembly, in which the membrane electrode assembly at least comprises: an anode electrode, a proton exchange membrane, and a cathode electrode; and, at least one double-sided flow board, which is configured on one... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070172718 - Structure of cathode electrode for fuel cell: A structure of a cathode electrode for a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer formed by mixing a carbon material with a catalyst material and a hydrophilic ion conductive material. The hydrophilic ion conductive material is embedded on the catalyst layer and contacts an electrolyte membrane and a diffusion layer... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070172720 - Fuel cell unit: The present invention provides a fuel cell unit having a structure in which vapor is efficiently diffused in a fuel diffusion layer through a region having a reduced diffusion resistance, so that vapor is spread to every corner in a direction along an opening, thereby reducing variation in wetness of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070172722 - Battery and method of assembling battery: A battery includes a casing made of metal; and a safety valve made of a thin plate. The casing includes a vent hole that provides communication between the inside of the battery and the outside of the battery. A seal member made of synthetic resin is provided between the peripheral... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070172708 - Fuel cell system failure diagnosis method, failure diagnosis device using same, and fuel cell system: It was difficult to specify a portion which is a cause of a power generation abnormality of a fuel cell which performs the power generation by feeding an oxygen-containing oxidizer gas into a cathode and feeding a hydrogen-containing fuel gas into an anode. A failure diagnosis method of a fuel... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070172710 - Carbon-fueled fuel cell: A fuel cell in which carbon and water react to form hydrogen or water. The cells utilize electrolyte materials that hold or coordinate water to allow the useful reaction of carbon and water at moderate temperatures without the use of expensive pressure reactors. Activated carbon or carbon recovered from organic... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070172711 - Fuel cell, power supply method using fuel cell, function card, fuel supply mechanism for fuel cell, and generator and production thereof: A fuel cell having a structure capable of certainly supplying a gas by making effective use of a limited space while ensuring the portability of the fuel cell is provided. The fuel cell includes two generators, a fuel supply portion, and two planar current collectors. Each of the generators has... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070172713 - Stress reducing bus bar for an electrolyte sheet and a solid oxide fuel cell utilizing such: A bus bar for an electrolyte sheet is provided that includes a bus strip of electrically conductive material in contact with a side edge of the cell or cells in the electrolyte sheet, wherein the amount of material in shoulder portions of the bus strip decreases as the strip approaches... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070172714 - Fuel cell power generating apparatus: A fuel cell power generating apparatus includes a fuel cell that generates electric power by an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidizer gas; a fuel gas generating section connected to the fuel cell and generating the fuel gas; a raw fuel supply line that supplies a raw... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070172716 - Modified fuel cells with internal humidification and/or temperature control systems: Modified fuel cells with improved distribution of humidity and/or temperature are provided.... Agent: Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20070172721 - Mesoporous carbon molecular sieve and supported catalyst employing the same: The present invention is related to a mesoporous carbon molecular sieve, which can be used as a catalyst carrier capable of improving the activity of a supported catalyst and a method of preparing the same. Additionally, the invention is related to a supported catalyst employing the mesoporous carbon molecular sieve... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070172719 - Solid oxide fuel cell anodes and electrodes for other electrochemical devices: An anode supported electrochemical device, such as a SOFC, is disclosed. A thin layer of electrolyte 310 is supported on an anode layer comprised of an active anode layer 320 and a bulk anode layer 340. The bulk anode layer includes silicon carbide 340 in an amount between about 0.5... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070172723 - Lithium-ion battery protector device: A lithium-ion battery protector device is composed of a lithium-ion battery which is serially connected to form a lithium-ion battery set. When the throttle signal of lithium-ion battery reaches to a low potential, the battery protector will enter into a protection mode. When the throttle signal of lithium-ion battery reaches... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070172724 - Battery controlled device that can operate with alternative size batteries: A battery powered device comprising a housing having a battery compartment apparatus disposed therein, with the battery compartment apparatus being configured to accept at least one battery. The battery compartment apparatus comprises a battery carrier and a locking hold down mechanism. The carrier is slidably mounted in the housing. The... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070172725 - Method and apparatus for thermal energy transfer: A thermal energy transfer element includes a thermally conductive core and, in some embodiments, a sleeve. The core has first and second portions. The first portion is for placement in direct contact with and to be surrounded by an electrolyte. The sleeve surrounds at least the first portion of the... Agent: Richard A. Wilhelm

20070172726 - Systems and methods for internal short circuit protection in battery cells: Systems and methods for preventing separator failure in wound battery structures using reinforcing material attached or otherwise positioned relative to one or more battery structure components in area/s adjacent to a separator of a layered battery structure and in a manner that reinforces or otherwise protects the area/s of the... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20070172727 - Lead storage battery: A lead storage battery of the present invention has: an electrode plate pack including a plurality of negative electrode plates which each comprise a negative electrode grid having a tab and a negative electrode active material layer retained by the negative electrode grid, a plurality of positive electrode plates which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070172728 - Sealed battery: A sealed battery according to the present invention includes a sealing body 18A having a terminal cap 19′ made of an iron-based material and a safety valve 25 made of an aluminum-based material. In the sealing body 18A, at least one of the flange of the terminal cap 19′ and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070172729 - Non-aqueous-electrolyte and lithium secondary battery using the same: Disclosed are nonaqueous electrolyte additives, which can improve the safety of a battery upon overcharge of the battery without reducing the performance of the battery, as well as a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising the additives, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the nonaqueous electrolyte. More particularly, disclosed are a nonaqueous electrolyte... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070172730 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, nonaqueous electrolyte, and charging method therefor: s

20070172731 - Proton-conducting polymer battery: An objective of this invention is to provide a proton-conducting polymer battery comprising an electrode containing a proton-conducting conductive compound as an active material and an aqueous electrolytic solution, which exhibits good battery properties and higher safety and higher reliability after reflow processing. There is provided a proton-conducting polymer battery... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070172732 - Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the anode active material: An anode active material is provided. The anode active material includes a silicon thin film containing crystalline silicon having a Raman shift in a Raman spectrum ranging from about 490 to about 500 cm−1 and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) ranging from about 10 to about 30 cm−1.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070172733 - Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, method of manufacturing the electrode, and lithium secondary battery: In a lithium secondary battery using a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, the mixture layer made of a binder and negative electrode active material particles of silicon and/or a silicon alloy, charge-discharge cycle performance is improved without... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070172734 - Lithium secondary battery:

20070172736 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a strip-shaped positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer carried on each surface of the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a strip-shaped negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer carried... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070172735 - Thin-film battery: A battery has a cathode layer deposited on a first current collector layer, an anode layer, and a solid-state electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer. The cathode layer has a first projection and the anode layer has a second projection. The solid-state electrolyte layer has a... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20070172737 - Electrochemical device and electrode: An electrochemical device having battery characteristics and an electrode used therefor. The electrochemical device has a first pole, a second pole, and an electrolyte, said first pole containing an active material having at least one element selected from the group consisting of 1B Group, 2B Group, 6A Group, 7A Group,... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070172738 - Lithium ion conducting lithium sulphur oxynitride thin film, and a process for the preparation thereof: The disclosure herein relates to a lithium ion conducting electrolyte. This electrolytic material has improved ionic conductivity. The material disclosed herein is an amorphous compound of the formula LixSMwOyNz wherein x is between approximately 0.5 and 3, y is between 1 and 6, z is between 0.1 and 1, w... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070172739 - Composite solid electrolyte for protection of active metal anodes: A composite solid electrolyte include a monolithic solid electrolyte base component that is a continuous matrix of an inorganic active metal ion conductor and a filler component used to eliminate through porosity in the solid electrolyte. In this way a solid electrolyte produced by any process that yields residual through... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070172740 - Non-aqueous electrolyte for cell, non-aqueous electrolyte cell having the same as well as electrolyte for polymer cell and polymer cell having the same: This invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a cell and an electrolyte for a polymer cell in which the risk of igniting-firing an aprotic organic solvent retained in the cell and leaked out of the cell through vaporization or the like when the temperature of the cell rises abnormally... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070172741 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and method for producing same: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that provides good wettability between the non-aqueous electrolyte and the separator and that is superior in cycle characteristics. This object is solved by a method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, the cell having: an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070166574 - Hybrid power supply unit: A hybrid power supply unit, comprises a high-capacity nonaqueous electrolyte battery group and a high-power nonaqueous electrolyte battery group different in discharge characteristics connected to each other in parallel. The high-capacity nonaqueous electrolyte battery group has a 0.2 C discharge capacity per cell greater than that of the high-power nonaqueous... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166573 - Solar energy power supply system: A solar energy power supply system includes a solar battery, an electrolyte supply device, an electrolyte recycling device, a hydrogen recycling device, a fuel cell, a heating device and a power management device. Electric power generation is accomplished by first activating the electrolyte supply device to inject electrolyte into the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070166577 - Method of actuating fuel cell system and fuel cell system: A method of actuating a fuel cell system equipped with a fuel cell is disclosed. The fuel cell system is supplied with reaction gases for generating electricity. The method includes the steps of: a first step for actuating the fuel cell in a low-temperature actuation mode to thereby warm up... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070166579 - Fuel cell system using butane: A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel container for storing fuel liquefied with pressure; a reformer for generating hydrogen from the fuel through a catalyst reaction based on heat energy; an electric generator for generating electricity by transforming energy of an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen into electric energy;... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070166580 - Fuel reforming system having movable heat source and fuel cell system comprising the same: A fuel reforming system and a fuel cell system including the same, the fuel reforming system including: a fuel reformer adapted to produce a reformed gas having hydrogen as a main component from a fuel containing hydrogen; a carbon monoxide (CO) remover adapted to remove carbon monoxide from the reformed... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070166585 - Rapid response sensor for carbon monoxide: Species detection techniques are described based on measurement of a dynamic response to an external stimulus. One embodiment includes a voltage stimulus applied to a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC), with the response to said stimulus used to measure CO concentration on the anode catalyst. The principles of symbolic dynamics,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070166588 - Membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method for producing the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells is provided which has a solid polymer electrolyte membrane having a high concentration of protonic acid groups enabling high proton conductivity and high humid condition, along with superior dimensional stability, without the membrane-electrode assembly dissolving in hot water. The membrane-electrode assembly... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070166603 - Cell module for fuel cell, method for forming cell module, and fuel cell: A cell module for a fuel cell according to embodiments of the invention includes a hollow-core electrolyte membrane; two electrodes one of which is arranged on the inner face of the hollow-core electrolyte membrane and the other of which is arranged on the outer face of the hollow-core electrolyte membrane;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070166607 - Assembled battery, power-supply system and production method of assembled battery: An assembled battery comprises mainly multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A and at least one electric device B for voltage detection containing a non-aqueous electrolyte connected to the multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A in series. When a difference in the non-aqueous secondary cell A between a voltage per cell (VA1) at... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166608 - Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device: A battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20), a housing (10), and a locking member (30). The battery cover has a receiving hole (16) defined therein. The receiving hole is located proximate one end of the battery cover. The housing has a locking groove (184) defined in one end... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070166572 - Battery cover structure to identify the positive and negative poles of a battery: A battery cover structure to identify the positive or negative poles of a battery has installed with identifiers at the location nearby conducting terminals. The identifiers are made with insulating plastics material in different colors or shapes inserted into the mold for injection. The differential colors or shapes make the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070166575 - Fluid fuel cartridge with an integrated content module: A removable fluid fuel cartridge has an integrated content module. The cartridge/content module includes a cartridge housing, a fuel reservoir and a content module incorporated in the cartridge. The cartridge housing fluidly connectable to the fuel inlet of at least one electrochemical fuel cell providing electric power to a mobile... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070166576 - Fuel cell power generation control methodology and the applications thereof: This invention comprises a fuel cell power generation control methodology and the applications thereof, comprising the step of providing a DC converter and a fuel cell and then electrically connecting an input side of the DC converter to an output side of the fuel cell; converting output electricity of the... Agent: G. Link Co. Ltd.

20070166578 - Electric power generation system incorporating a liquid feed fuel cell: An electric power generation system incorporates one or more liquid feed fuel cells, and includes a removable and replaceable fuel cartridge module for storing, delivering and receiving a vaporizable liquid fuel such as aqueous formic acid. The system also includes a fuel delivery module, a fuel cell module, an exhaust... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070166581 - Reactor device: A reactor device includes a reactor including at least one reacting unit supplied with a reactant to cause a reaction, a terminal portion provided at the reacting unit, and an electrically conductive member comprising an electrically conductive material and connected to the terminal portion, a space which extends between the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070166582 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system and a related operating method are disclosed. The system includes a fuel cell body 1 having an anode electrode supplied with fuel gas containing hydrogen and a cathode electrode supplied with oxidizer gas, a catalyst degradation -suppressing means operative to interrupt supplying oxidizer gas to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070166584 - Fuel cell system and electric vehicle having the system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that generates electric power via the reaction of hydrogen gas supplied by a hydrogen cylinder with oxygen gas supplied by an air blower. The electric power generated by the fuel cell is used to operate a drive motor and charge a secondary... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070166583 - Fuel cell system and operating method thereof: A fuel cell system and an operating method thereof are capable of reliably reducing fuel crossover and electrolyte film deterioration. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having an electrolyte film, an aqueous solution circulation unit arranged to circulate a supply of aqueous methanol solution to the fuel cell,... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070166586 - Passive-pumping liquid feed fuel cell system: A passive-pumping liquid feed fuel cell system includes a cartridge module, a fuel delivery module, a fuel cell module and an exhaust module. In fuel delivery mode, a bladder in the cartridge module is passively pressurized by permeable gas separated from liquid fuel to a pressure greater than fuel cell... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070166587 - Fuel cell: Even when a temperature is lowered, a temperature of a fuel cell is raised, thereby improving the availability. In a fuel cell 1311, a combustion unit 1303 is provided in contact with a unit cell structure 101. In addition, a fuel tank 1309 is provided in contact with a fuel... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070166589 - Membrane electrode assembly for a tube-shaped fuel cell and tube-shaped fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly (11) for a tube-shaped fuel cell, which is provided with a tube-shaped solid electrolyte membrane (1); an outside catalyst electrode layer (2) formed on an outer peripheral surface of the solid electrolyte membrane (1); an inside catalyst electrode layer (3) formed on an inner peripheral surface... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070166594 - Electrode structure for polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same: There is provided an electrode structure for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having excellent power generation performance and excellent durability and a method for manufacturing the same. Also provided is a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including the electrode structure and an electrical apparatus and a transport apparatus using the polymer... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070166590 - Electrolytic membrane, process for producing the same, membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell and method of operating the same: wherein A represents a repeating unit having an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by at least a sulfonic acid group, B represents a repeating unit having one of a nitrogen-containing hetero ring compound residue, and the sulfate, hydrochloride or organic sulfonate thereof, C represents a repeating unit having a cross-linked group,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166591 - Polymer electrolyte composition and application thereof: e

20070166592 - Polymer electrolyte membrane, method of preparing the same and fuel cell employing the same: wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl group, or substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl group; and n is an integer in the range of 1 to 5. The polymer electrolyte membrane may be prepared by preparing a composition for forming a polymer electrolyte... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070166593 - Solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell provided with a power cell (1) in which a fuel electrode layer (4) is arranged on one surface of a solid electrolyte layer (3) and an air electrode layer (2) is arranged on the other surface thereof, wherein the solid electrolyte layer (3) has a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070166595 - Fuel cell, fuel cartridge and fuel cell system: A fuel cell (100) is mounted with a fuel cartridge (1220) in a detachable manner. The fuel cartridge (1220) is provided with a connecting part (1225) and the fuel cell (100) is provided with a fitting part (1205) into which the connecting part (1225) is fitted. The fuel cell (100)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070166596 - Fuel cell gas distribution: A fuel cell comprising a membrane-electrode assembly having an anode electrode face; an anode plate adjacent said membrane-electrode assembly electrode face and coupled thereto by a sealing gasket. The sealing gasket, electrode face and anode plate together define a fluid containment volume for delivery of anode fluid to the electrode... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070166597 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell has unit cells wherein gas discharged from an oxidizer electrode in one unit cell and gas discharged from a fuel electrode in other adjacent unit cell are merged in and charged through a discharge flow passage provided outside these unit cells. The discharge flow passage is shared... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070166598 - Passive electrode blanketing in a fuel cell: When a conventional fuel cell module is shutdown the conditions within the fuel cell stack change. The conditions change because elements that support and regulate the operation of the fuel cell stack switch to their respective shutdown states. For example, the input and output valves are closed, which cuts off... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070166599 - Ion source with removable anode assembly: An ion source has a removable anode assembly that is separable and from a base assembly to allow for ease of servicing the consumable components of the anode assembly. Such consumables may include a gas distributor, a thermal control plate, an anode, and one or more thermal transfer sheets interposed... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070166600 - Electrode for fuel cell, method of producing the same, and fuel cell including the electrode: An electrode, a method of producing the same, and a fuel cell including the electrode are disclosed. The electrode includes: a support; and a catalyst layer formed on the support, the catalyst layer includes: a support catalyst; and a proton conductor having an amorphous phase greater than about 60% by... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070166601 - Direct alcohol fuel cell and method for producing same: The direct alcohol fuel cell of the present invention is a direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode 20 having an anode catalyst layer 2, a cathode 30 having a cathode catalyst layer 3, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 1 arranged between the anode 20 and cathode 30, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070166602 - Bifunctional air electrode: Air electrodes for secondary metal-air batteries or secondary metal hydride-air batteries, in particular, bifunctional air electrodes that can undergo oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution with high reaction rates. A method of manufacturing such electrodes.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070166604 - Solid electrolyte fuel cell: A solid electrolyte fuel cell including a cathode layer formed on one surface of a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the cathode layer is a multi-layer structure including at least two layers, the outermost layer constituting the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070166605 - Battery: A battery with improved safety which can establish a short circuit between electrodes more reliably when the battery is crushed by an external force is provided. A battery includes a battery element including a cathode and an anode, a battery can containing the battery element, and a conductive short circuit... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070166606 - Hinged battery vent cap and related ganged vent assembly: A deep cycle battery is provided that has at least one vent cap. Each vent cap is capable of entry into and exit from a fill opening in a battery cover. The vent cap is attached to the battery cover by a hinge connection which allows for play between the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070166609 - Additives for non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery using the same: Disclosed is an electrolyte for batteries, comprising: (a) an electrolyte salt; (b) an organic solvent; (c) a first compound having an oxidation initiation voltage (vs. Li/Li+) higher than the operating voltage of a cathode; and (d) a second reversible compound having an oxidation initiation voltage higher than the operating voltage... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070166610 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and power supply unit: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a high-capacity positive electrode portion with a plate area per capacity of smaller than 200 cm2/Ah, and a high-power positive electrode portion with a plate area per capacity of 200 cm2/Ah... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166611 - High power lithium unit cell and high power lithium battery pack having the same: Disclosed herein are a high power lithium unit cell and a high power lithium battery pack having the high power lithium unit cell. The present invention increases the width of an electrode terminal of a lithium battery, thus reducing heat generation and a potential drop due to resistance of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070166612 - Method of fabricating thin film battery with annealed substrate: A thin film battery manufacturing method comprises annealing a battery substrate to a temperature at which organic materials are burned off the battery substrate to clean the battery substrate. The battery substrate comprises a thickness of less than about 100 microns. After annealing, a plurality of thin films are formed... Agent: Janah & Associates A Professional Corp

20070166613 - Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery using the negative electrode: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a sheet-like current collector and an active material layer being carried thereon and including silicon atom. The active material layer includes a plurality of columnar particles, and in each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166614 - Alkaline battery: Disclosed is an alkaline battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an alkaline electrolyte, (1) the positive electrode having a positive electrode material mixture containing electrolytic manganese doxide and nickel oxyhydroxide, (2) the nickel oxyhydroxide having a crystal in which at least Mg is dissolved, and (3) the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166615 - Negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, method for preparing the same, and rechargeable lithium battery including the same: where 1≦x≦2.5, 0≦y≦0.5, 0.5≦z≦1.5, 0≦d≦0.5, and M is an element selected from Al, Cr, Mo, Ti, W, Zr, and combinations thereof. The compound powder may include a multi-faced particle that has a plurality of flattened parts on a particle surface at the plan view of the multi-faced particle. The multi-faced... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070166616 - Anode material for secondary battery, method for producing the same and secondary batteries using the same: Disclosed are an anode material for a secondary battery, a method for producing the same and a secondary battery using the same. The present invention provides the anode material for a secondary battery produced by coating a high-crystallinity core carbonaceous material with a coating carbonaceous material and calcinating the high-crystallinity... Agent: Jones Day

20070166618 - Cathode materials for secondary (rechargeable) lithium batteries: The invention relates to materials for use as. electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine, a modified olivine, or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO4)3− as at least one constituent for use as electrode material for... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070166617 - Lithium secondary cell with high charge and discharge rate capability and low impedance growth: A lithium-ion battery is provided that has a fast charge and discharge rate capability and low rate of capacity fade during high rate cycling. The battery can exhibit low impedance growth and other properties allowing for its use in hybrid electric vehicle applications and other applications where high power and... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070166620 - Alkaline cell with improved anode: An alkaline cell having an anode mixture comprising zinc particles, aqueous alkaline electrolyte, and molecular sieve additive. The cathode preferably comprises manganese dioxide. The cell may be cylindrical or any other shape or size. The molecular sieve additive preferably comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate material which is in at least a... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20070166619 - Lead acid batteries with plates that contain silver: Lead acid batteries of the gel, or absorbment glassmat (AGM) type with lead plates that have a silver content in the range of 19 to 185 PPM, which silver enhances their performance.... Agent: Zachary T. Wobensmith, Iii

20070166621 - Polymer membrane, method of preparing the same, and fuel cell using the same: Provided are a polymer membrane that includes a porous polymer matrix and an acryl-based polymer infiltrated in pores of the porous polymer matrix, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell using the polymer membrane. The polymer membrane effectively decreases a crossover phenomenon of a fuel cell.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070166622 - Method for the production of hydrogen-bis (chelato) borates and alkali metal-bis (chelalo) borates: R5, R6, R7, R8 independently of one another denote H, alkyl, aryl or silyl, wherein the respective raw materials are mixed in solid form without the addition of solvents and are reacted. Lithium-bis (oxalato) borate, lithium-bis (malonato)borate, caesium-bis-(oxalato)borate, caesium-bis-(malonato)borate and the mixed salts lithium (lactato, oxalato) borate and lithium(glycolato,oxalato)borate for... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070166623 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the positive electrode including a positive electrode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070166624 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the positive electrode including a positive electrode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070160882 - Gasket being capable of measuring voltage and fuel cell system having the same: A fuel cell system having an electricity generator that generates electricity by the electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. The electricity generator includes a membrane electrode assembly with a conductive polymer membrane, and anode and cathode electrode layers on opposite sides of the conductive polymer membrane. The electricity generator has... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070160885 - Plate-type heat exchanger and fuel cell system with the same: A plate-type heat exchanger for use in a fuel cell system that has a fuel cell stack and a reformer is provided. The heat exchanger includes a substrate and a pair of cover plates. The substrate has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070160893 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and separator used in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell having a separator for separating a fuel gas from an oxidant gas and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the separator has a gas passage formed by a channel for flowing a fuel gas or an oxidant gas through thereof, and the shape of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070160878 - No-welding type battery pack using forced-inserting type rivet: Disclosed herein is a no-welding type battery pack using one or more forced-inserting type rivets. A cap assembly includes a base plate mounted to an open upper end of a battery case, a protection circuit module (PCM) mounted on the base plate, and a top cap coupled to the upper... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070160879 - Methods for controlling fluid delivery in a micro fuel cell system: The invention relates to micro fuel cell systems whose performance is enhanced by an accurate fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system improves reactant fluid provision to meet electrical output, while maintaining correct stoichiometries for chemical processing in a downstream reactor. The fluid delivery system includes a pressure source and... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070160880 - Fuel-staged hydrocarbon reformer system: A two-stage hydrocarbon reformer system for supplying reformate to a fuel cell stack. The system comprises first and second catalytic reformers arranged in flow series. The first reformer is an adiabatic reactor supplied with hydrocarbon fuel and air, as is well known in the reforming arts. The second reformer is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070160881 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided, which is capable of effectively suppressing progress of decay of water with a simple configuration and without energy consumption so as not to substantially cause problems to occur in water supply and water purification functions. [Solving means] A fuel cell system includes a hydrogen... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070160883 - Fuel cell system with a porous hydrophobic plug for maintaining system back pressure and methods for designing the plug and for designing systems for using the plug: A polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant is cooled evaporatively by a non-circulating pressurized water coolant system. The coolant system utilizes a hydrophobic porous plug for bleeding air from the coolant water while maintaining coolant back pressure in a coolant flow field of the system. Furthermore, there is... Agent: William W. Jones

20070160884 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell of the invention has a hydrogen permeable metal layer, which is formed on a plane of an electrolyte layer that has proton conductivity and includes a hydrogen permeable metal. The fuel cell includes a higher temperature zone and a lower temperature zone that has a lower temperature... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070160886 - Seamless solid oxide fuel cell: In still another embodiment the present invention comprises a seamless flat solid oxide fuel cell that comprises an anode layer 10, an electrolyte layer 8, and a cathode. The cathode contains a series of ellipsoidal annular spaces 2 and the series of ellipsoidal annular spaces have an open end and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070160887 - Power generator having multiple layers of fuel cells: A power generator has a hydrogen source, such as a hydrogen producing fuel and a fuel cell having a proton exchange membrane separating the hydrogen producing fuel from ambient. A valve is disposed between the fuel cell and ambient such that water is controllably prevented from entering or leaving the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070160888 - Curable resin composition for fuel cell electrolyte film and electrolyte film, process for producing the same, electrolyte film/electrode assembly, and process for producing the same: A curable resin composition for fuel cell electrolyte films characterized by comprising (1) 100 parts by mass of a monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group per molecule and having, per molecule, either at least one, tonically conductive group or at least one precursor group capable of giving an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160889 - Fuel cells membrane: A polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for fuel cells is provided, as well as a method for manufacturing the PEM by direct casting on the fuel cells electrodes. The PEM, consisting of an ionic liquid entrapped within polysiloxane-RTV matrix, is stable at high temperatures, in acidic and basic environments, and exhibits... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20070160890 - Micro ejector static mixer for combining and homogenizing fluids: A static mixer including first, second, and third chambers arranged in flow sequence. Nozzles extend from the first chamber through the second chamber to matching orifices in a wall between the second and third chambers. A first fluid to be is forced through the nozzles, and a second fluid is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070160891 - Method and apparatus for gasketing a fuel cell: In a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of components having electrically-conductive mating surfaces therebetween, the surfaces are sealed by gasket elements that include first and second silver braze alloy layers and a dielectric layer, formed preferably of yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), disposed between the alloy layers. The alloy is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070160892 - Separator for fuel cell, method for producing separator, and solid oxide fuel cell: Gas discharge ports are provided in almost the entire area of a layer surface of a separator, and a gas for reaction is discharged like a shower from the separator toward a power generation cell. The separator is constructed by layering plate-shaped members containing iron-base alloy, nickel-base alloy, or chrome-base... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070160894 - Structure of bipolar plate for direct methanol fuel cell and shape of flow path thereof and fuel cells including them: The present invention relates to the structure of a bipolar plate for direction methanol fuel cell, the shape of a flow path and a fuel cell including them, more particularly, to the structure of a bipolar plate for direct methanol fuel cell using a flow path with a dispersion structure... Agent: Clements Walker

20070160896 - Plasmonic fuel cell: The invention discloses novel solutions in fuel cell technology that are based upon advances in nanotechnology. The solutions relate to the use of an embedded plurality of nanostructures in a fuel cell, to the nanostructures micro- to nano-positions with respect to each other, to tuned nanostructure properties to energy sources... Agent: Henryk Malak

20070160895 - Platinum and titanium containing electrocatalysts: The present teachings are directed toward electrocatalyst compositions of platinum, titanium and at least a third metal for use in fuel cells. The electrocatalyst composition is composed essentially of platinum present in an atomic percentage ranging between about 55 percent and about 85 percent, titanium present in an atomic percentage... Agent: Irving, Prass & Stelacone, LLP

20070160897 - Platinum and titanium containing electrocatalysts: The present teachings are directed toward electrocatalyst compositions of platinum, titanium, a third, fourth and possibly fifth metal for use in fuel cells. The electrocatalyst composition is composed essentially of platinum present in an atomic percentage ranging between about 30 percent and about 85 percent, titanium present in an atomic... Agent: Irving, Prass & Stelacone, LLP

20070160898 - Air battery and method for producing air electrode for air battery: An air battery that is excellent in heavy-load discharge characteristics and storage characteristics is provided by ensuring the stability of the three-phase interface of a catalyst layer of an air electrode. The air battery has an air electrode including a catalyst layer that is bonded under pressure to a current... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070160899 - Alloy catalyst compositions and processes for making and using same: Composite particles comprising inorganic nanoparticles disposed on a substrate particle and processes for making and using same. A flowing aerosol is generated that includes droplets of a precursor medium dispersed in a gas phase. The precursor medium contains a liquid vehicle and at least one precursor. At least a portion... Agent: Jaimes Sher, Esq. Cabot Corporation

20070160900 - Battery, electrical equipment, and a powering method implementing means for short-circuiting the battery: The present invention relates to a method of supplying electrical power to an equipment by means of a battery, said method including the step of short-circuiting the battery until it has a temperature greater than a predetermined threshold, characterized in that the battery is short-circuited with a temporal duty ratio... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070160901 - Cell structure for electrochemical devices and method of making same: An electrochemical device comprising alternating layers of positive and negative electrodes separated from each other by separator layers. The electrode layers extend beyond the periphery of the separator layers providing superior contact between the electrodes and battery terminals, eliminating the need for welding the electrode to the terminal. Electrical resistance... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070160902 - Alkaline storage battery: To present an alkaline storage battery capable of maintaining a favorable self-discharge characteristic for a long period. An alkaline storage battery 10 of the invention comprises a positive electrode 12b, a negative electrode 12c, a separator 12d, and an alkaline electrolyte. The separator 12d is composed of a nonwoven fabric... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070160903 - Lead storage battery: A lead storage battery of the present invention has an electrode plate pack including: a plurality of negative electrode plates in each of which a negative electrode active material layer is retained by a negative electrode grid, a plurality of positive electrode plates in each of which a positive electrode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070160904 - Battery and method of making the same: A battery includes a case having an opening, an electrode assembly disposed in the case and having first and second electrode tabs extending therefrom, and a cap assembly covering the opening in the case, the cap assembly including an insulation case disposed adjacent to the electrode assembly, the insulation case... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070160905 - Novel imide derivative, material for organic electroluminescent device and organic electroluminescent device using the same: wherein Ra and Rb are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, a fluoroalkyl group or an aryl group; at least one of Ra and Rb is a fluoroalkyl group; and Rc and Rd are each a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, an aryl... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160906 - Cathode materials for lithium secondary batteries: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery small in the volume variation caused by charge-discharge and excellent in cycle performance. The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode capable of storing and releasing lithium and an anode capable of storing and releasing lithium, the cathode including a lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt compound oxide... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070160907 - Electrode comprising lithium nickel oxide layer, method for preparing the same, and electrochromic device comprising the same: The present invention provides A method for preparing an electrode containing lithium nickel oxide wherein nickel has a single oxidation number, which comprises the following steps: a) preparing an electrode containing the lithium nickel oxide (LixNi1-yO, 0.4<x<1, 0<y<1) layer formed on the conductive substrate; and b) applying oxidative voltage to... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070160908 - Anode material for secondary battery and secondary batteries using the same: Disclosed are an anode material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery using the same. The present invention provides the anode material for a secondary battery, produced by coating a high-crystallinity core carbonaceous material with a coating carbonaceous material and calcining the high-crystallinity core carbonaceous material, wherein the anode... Agent: Jones Day

20070160909 - Negative electrode carbon material for lithium ion secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof: Provided is a negative electrode carbon material for a lithium ion secondary battery manufactured by calcinating a rice starch portion obtained by removing the pericarp and testa from unpolished rice and a method for manufacturing the same. The rice starch portion is preferably middle-grade white bran or high-grade white bran... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070160910 - Lead acid battery: A lead acid battery of the present invention has: an electrode plate pack including a plurality of negative electrode plates which each comprise a negative electrode grid having a tab and a negative electrode active material layer retained by the negative electrode grid, a plurality of positive electrode plates which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070160911 - Lithium ion conducting sulfide based crystallized glass and method for production thereof: A lithium-ion-conducting sulfide-based crystallized glass including: lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) elements, wherein the glass has diffraction peaks at 2θ=17.8±0.3 deg, 18.2±0.3 deg, 19.8±0.3 deg, 21.8±0.3 deg, 23.8±0.3 deg, 25.9±0.3 deg, 29.5±0.3 deg and 30.0±0.3 deg in X-ray diffraction (CuKα: λ=1.5418 Å).... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154754 - Direct methanol fuel cell system and operating method thereof: A direct methanol fuel cell system includes a fuel cell main body including at least one membrane-electrode assembly having an electrolyte membrane, and an anode and a cathode positioned on opposite sides of the electrolyte membrane; a fuel-supplying unit feeding a mixing tank with high concentration fuel; the mixing tank... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154783 - Battery cap assembly, battery having the same, and method of making the same: A battery cap assembly, including a first cap part and a safety apparatus provided under the first cap part, wherein the first cap part includes protrusions on a lower surface thereof, the protrusions configured to engage the safety apparatus.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070154785 - Polymer battery pack: A polymer battery pack includes a polymer battery, an outer case having a first outer panel and a second outer panel, the outer case enclosing the polymer battery, an electrode tap in electrical communication with the polymer battery and positioned outside the outer case, and a protecting circuit board in... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070154784 - Rechargeable battery and its fabrication method: A rechargeable battery, which features a simplified assembly process by reducing the number of components includes a bare cell, a body portion which is attached to one side surface of the bare cell and a protective circuit board portion which has two electrical terminals respectively electrically connected to two electrode... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154744 - Fuel cell coolant bubble control: To mitigate bubble blockage in water passageways (78, 85), in or near reactant gas flow field plates (74, 81) of fuel cells (38), passageways are configured with (a) intersecting polygons, obtuse angles including triangles, trapezoids, or (b) hydrophobic surfaces (111), or (c) differing adjacent channels (127, 128), or (d) water... Agent: M. P. Williams

20070154747 - Fuel cell coolant bubble control: To mitigate bubble blockage in water passageways (78, 85), in or near reactant gas flow field plates (74, 81) of fuel cells (38), passageways are configured with (a) cross sections having intersecting polygons or other shapes, obtuse angles including triangles and trapezoids, or (b) hydrophobic surfaces (111), or (c) differing... Agent: M. P. Williams

20070154743 - Micro-energy re-activating method to recover pem fuel cell performance: A method and system for counteracting performance deterioration in an electrochemical fuel cell includes passive re-activation, active re-activation, or both. Active re-activation includes intermittently applying positive voltage electrical pulse across the anode. The positive voltage applied is less than that required for decomposition of water. Passive re-activation includes interposing a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070154745 - Purging a fuel cell system: A technique to shut down a fuel cell system includes halting a fuel flow to a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system. The technique includes subsequently flowing steam through fuel passageways of the fuel cell system to purge fuel from the system.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070154746 - Purging a fuel cell system: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell system includes shutting off a fuel flow to an anode chamber of a fuel cell stack of the system. The technique includes providing an oxidant flow to fuel passageways of the fuel cell system until fuel is significantly purged from the... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070154742 - Starting up and shutting down a fuel cell: A technique to shut down a fuel cell stack includes reducing an oxidant flow through the fuel cell stack, and decreasing the current of the fuel cell stack while maintaining an approximately constant rate of fuel flow to the fuel cell stack. Once the power output of the fuel cell... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070154748 - Hydrogen generating method and hydrogen generating system based on the method: The hydrogen generating method provided by the present invention comprises providing a fuel electrode (12) in contact with one surface of a partition membrane (11), supplying fuel containing an organic compound and water to the fuel electrode (12), providing an oxidizing electrode (14) in contact with the other surface of... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070154749 - Fuel cell stack: A fuel cell stack which comprises a plurality of unit fuel cells laminated via separators, and is connected to external resistors each allowing a feeble current to flow to each unit fuel cell, whereby such problems as an open-circuit voltage generation and corrosion that may be caused by fuel gas... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070154750 - Hydrogen generator, method of operating hydrogen generator, and fuel cell system: A hydrogen generator that is able to maintain an ability to supply a reformed gas containing less CO for a long time period while dealing with degradation of a catalytic activity of a shift reaction by a reliable and simple method, an operation method thereof, and a fuel cell system... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070154753 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell of the present invention includes a stack structure composed by stacking a plurality of solid oxide fuel cell units with current collectors. Each of the fuel cell unit includes: a cell plate which holds at least one cell and has a gas introduction hole for one of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070154751 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system (100) includes two supply passages (30, 32) for supplying the hydrogen to the anode (14). Valves (22, 23) which control flow amounts of the hydrogen passing through the two supply passages (30, 32) are provided. An exhaust passage (34) which outputs exhaust gas from the anode... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070154752 - Starting up and shutting down a fuel cell stack: A technique includes shutting down operation of a fuel cell stack that includes an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. The shutting down includes storing fuel in the anode and cathode chambers of the fuel cell stack.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070154755 - Apparatus for measuring an electrical characteristic of an electrochemical device: Measurement systems for electrochemical devices employ a semi-conductive measurement strip that can be coupled to the electrochemical device to indicate an electrical characteristic of the electrochemical device. The measurement systems may further include electrical contactors and/or measurement devices. Methods for monitoring cells of an electrochemical device are disclosed for monitoring... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070154756 - Power output device with fuel cell and method therefor: An output limitation warning lamp is turned on when a possible output Qf of the fuel cell is less than a predetermined value L2. The output limitation warning lamp is provided at a combination meter in an instrument panel. The output limitation warning lamp is also turned on when a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154758 - Fuel cell stack: This fuel cell stack includes: a coolant-supplying penetration hole and a coolant-discharging penetration hole each communicating with a coolant passage and each penetrates unit fuel cells in a stacking direction. A coolant-supplying penetration hole and a coolant-discharging penetration hole are arranged in a horizontal direction opposing with each other so... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070154757 - Fuel cell vehicle: A stack of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is immersed in a stack container case, in a liquid coolant such as an organic solvent, and the stack is operated in this state. The stack whose temperature has risen by heat energy produced by the operation is cooled by the liquid... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070154759 - Solid oxide fuel cell electric power generation apparatus: The solid oxide fuel cell electric power generation apparatus comprises a fuel cell pair having solid oxide fuel cells C1 and C2 each comprising a flat solid electrolyte substrate 1 having a cathode electrode layer 2 and an anode electrode layer 3 formed thereon with a solid fuel F provided... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070154760 - Composite polymer electrolyte membranes and electrode assemblies for reducing fuel crossover in direct liquid feed fuel cells: A composite proton exchange membrane includes first and second outer proton exchange membrane layers each having an exterior peripheral portion. An inner proton exchange membrane layer is interposed between the first and second outer membrane layers. The inner membrane layer has an exterior peripheral portion encompassed within each of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070154761 - Flat type fuel cell assembly having connector: A flat type fuel cell assembly having a connector. The flat type fuel cell assembly further includes: a fuel cell main body having membrane-electrode assemblies, each membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, and anode and cathode electrodes being placed at opposite sides of the electrolyte membrane; anode collectors corresponding to... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154763 - Polymer electrolytic membrane, and fuel cell employing the same: A proton conductive copolymer includes styrene repeating units that have proton conductive functional groups and dimethylsiloxane repeating units. A polymer electrolyte membrane includes the proton conductive copolymer and a fuel cell uses the polymer electrolyte membrane. The proton conductive copolymer has excellent chemical and mechanical properties, excellent ability to form... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154762 - Thin film composite electrolyte: The invention is a thin film composite solid (and a means for making such) suitable for use as an electrolyte, having a first layer of a dense, non-porous conductive material; a second layer of a porous ionic conductive material; and a third layer of a dense non-porous conductive material, wherein... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070154764 - Water insoluble additive for improving conductivity of an ion exchange membrane: A water insoluble additive for improving the performance of an ion-exchange membrane, such as in the context of the high temperature operation of electrochemical fuel cells. The insoluble additive comprises a metal oxide cross-linked matrix having proton conducting groups covalently attached to the matrix through linkers. In one embodiment, the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070154766 - Collapsible metal air battery: The present invention relates to a collapsible metal air fuel cell, and in particular to a collapsible metal air battery capable of generating an electric power in such a manner that an active metal of aluminum and magnesium is oxidized using oxygen from the air. The collapsible metal air battery... Agent: Coleman Sudol Sapone, P.C.

20070154767 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same: Fuel cartridge 1501 has a double structure including case 1502 and inner container 1503 stored with liquid fuel 124. Case 1502 is made of a resin that is impact-resistant. Inner container 1503 is made of a resin resistant to liquid fuel.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070154768 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same: Wall portion 1372 of fuel cartridge 1361 is provided with fuel outlet port 1363 for feeding liquid fuel 124 to fuel cell main body 100 and has an opening for fuel introduction. Detachable fuel injection part 1365 is fitted into the opening for fuel introduction. Fuel injection part 136 of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070154765 - Methods and apparatus for breath alcohol testing: A fuel cell assembly includes a fuel cell, a fuel cell housing, and a diaphragm. The fuel cell housing includes an endwall and an inlet port extending through said endwall. The inlet port is for admitting a breath sample into the housing. The diaphragm is coupled within the housing such... Agent: John S. Beulick C/o Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

20070154769 - Gasket: In order to provide a gasket which has a good handling property as a gasket used for a fuel battery or a gasket for an HDD, can be easily integrated with the other end mounting member even in the case that the other end mounting member such as a separator... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070154773 - Electrochemical cells, a producing process thereof, and electrochemical devices using such electrochemical cells: An electrochemical cell including at least one dense solid electrolyte body, at least two dense interconnectors for collecting current flowing the cell, cathodes and anodes, wherein the at least one dense solid electrolyte body and at least two dense interconnectors constitute a structural body, a plurality of first gas flow... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070154770 - End plate for an electrochemical cell stack: An end plate for an electrochemical cell stack is described herein. The end plate includes an outer face and an inner face, wherein a plurality of cavities are provided on the inner face. The inner face comprises a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region and a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070154771 - Highly conductive composites for fuel cell flow field plates and bipolar plates: This invention provides a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate having flow channels on faces of the plate, comprising an electrically conductive polymer composite. The composite is composed of (A) at least 50% by weight of a conductive filler, comprising at least 5% by weight reinforcement fibers, expanded... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20070154772 - Plate structure for multi-slice fuel cell: The present invention relates to a combined plate structure for a multi-slice fuel cell, which comprises a conducting substrate and a channel plate. The conducting substrate is in the form of a base, and the channel plate is in the form of a sheet having a channel therein. By assembling... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070154775 - Anode for direct oxidation fuel cell, and membrane-electrode assembly and direct oxidation fuel cell system including the same: The provided is an anode structure that can be employed in a fuel cell system, and a fuel cell system using the anode structure. The anode structure includes a catalyst-impregnated electrode substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the catalyst-impregnated electrode substrate. The catalyst-impregnated electrode substrate is made by impregnating... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154774 - Hydrophilized anode for a direct liquid fuel cell: An anode for a liquid fuel cell which has been subjected to a hydrophilization treatment in at least a part of a side thereof that is intended to contact the liquid fuel. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070154777 - Cathode electrodes for direct oxidation fuel cells and systems operating with concentrated liquid fuel at low oxidant stoichiometry: A cathode electrode for use in a fuel cell comprises, in sequence, a catalyst layer, a hydrophobic microporous layer (MPL), and a gas diffusion layer (GDL), wherein the MPL comprises a mixture of first and second hydrophobic materials having different melt viscosities. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070154778 - Gas diffusion electrodes, method for the production of gas diffusion electrodes, and fuel cells using said gas diffusion electrodes: Gas diffusion electrodes with improved proton conduction between an electrocatalyst located in a catalyst layer and an adjacent polymer electrolyte membrane, capable of being used at operating temperatures up to or above the boiling point of water, ensuring lasting high gas permeability. Also, a production method and corresponding fuel cells.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070154776 - Gas diffusion element, method of manufacturing the same, and device using the same: A gas diffusion element has a hydrophobic layer which includes a thermoplastic material and particles embedded in the thermoplastic material so that the hydrophobic layer has voids and is a porous layer configured so that water can not pass through the hydrophobic layer from its one side to its another... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20070154780 - Electrode structure: An electrode structure of a fuel cell for power generation comprises an anodic structure, a cathodic structure, and an ionic exchange membrane disposed between the anodic and cathodic structures. The anodic and cathodic structures respectively are formed by multi-layer structures, to reduce the fuel crossover from the anodic structure to... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070154779 - Porous carbon electrode substrates and methods for preparing the same: The present invention relates to a porous carbon electrode substrate with a woven structure and having a property combination of a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 mm, a bending strength of 0.7 MPa or more, a porosity of 50% or more, and a surface resistivity of 1.0 Ω/sq or... Agent: Venable LLP Raymond J. Ho

20070154781 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery includes a supporting sealing member between a safety vent and a gasket to enhance a safety of the lithium secondary battery by preventing a gas or an electrolyte from leaking.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154782 - Secondary battery and its method of manufacture: A secondary battery has a depression having a thickness less than that of other portions of the periphery of a cap plate or a can. The depression includes a rupture section having a smallest thickness in the depression and further includes wrinkles between the rupture section and the periphery of... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154786 - End electrode for a bipolar battery and a method for producing an end electrode: An end electrode for a bipolar battery, and including a disk including lead or a corresponding metal or an alloy thereof and a current collector of metal being applied to the disk is distinguished by the current collector being firmly fastened to the metal or the alloy in the wall... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070154787 - Electrode assembly for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery using the same: An electrode assembly for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery using the same are provided. In a sealing tape attached to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly in order to prevent the wound electrode assembly from being unwound, the sealing tape is formed of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154789 - Lithium ion rechargeable battery: A lithium ion secondary battery in which an electrode assembly is easily impregnated with an electrolyte is provided. The lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode assembly wrapped by a sealing tape, an upper insulating plate positioned on the top of the electrode assembly, a lower insulating plate positioned at... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070154788 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, a lithium secondary battery which can improve the impregnation of an electrolyte solution either by modifying the material of a protection layer, such as a laminating tape and others, to be formed to protect the elimination of active materials, into a material with... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154790 - Battery assembly employed with separator of sealed top portion and secondary battery comprising the same: Disclosed herein are an electrode assembly having separators the upper ends of which are sealed and a secondary battery including the same. The electrode assembly has a cathode/separator/anode structure that can be charged and discharged. The separators, which protrude beyond the upper ends of the electrodes, are bent in one... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070154791 - Alkaline dry battery: An alkaline dry battery of the present invention has a cylindrical separator, and a bottom separator including a first bottom paper and a second bottom paper. The first bottom paper has a first bottom part and a first rising part which is placed around the first bottom part and upright... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070154792 - Conductive plate and secondary battery pack using conductive plate: A conductive plate connects the electrode terminals between batteries of a battery pack and prevents a change in thickness of the battery pack due to swelling of a battery during charging by forming an expansion unit in a conductive plate electrically connecting batteries of the battery pack in which at... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154793 - Electrode connector containing plate and battery module employed with the same: Disclosed herein are an electrode connector including a conductive wire and a plurality of plates mounted on the wire such that the plates can be electrically connected to electrodes of cells, wherein the plates are electrically connected to the wire in a structure in which the plates are coupled to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070154794 - Pouch-type battery and method of assembling for the same: A pouch, in which an electrode assembly of a battery is held, including a frame, including a groove into which the electrode assembly is inserted with a front of the electrode assembly temporarily exposed, upper and lower flanges bordering upper and lower ends of the groove, and extended parts on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154795 - Lithium ion battery: A lithium ion battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode plate folded into a V-shaped sectional surface, a second electrode plate which is inserted into an inner-side surface of the first electrode plate and which has an opposite polarity to the said first electrode plate, and separator which... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154797 - Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery: In a cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery, the width of an electrode tab positioned at a center of an electrode assembly is extended so that it serves as a center pin and functions to release heat. Thus, it is not necessary to separately insert a center pin, thereby reducing the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070154796 - Secondary battery: Disclosed is a secondary battery which can prevent twist or bend of a mold resin part of the battery. In one embodiment, a side wall extension part is formed on a top edge of a side wall of a can of the battery. The side wall extension part protrudes upwardly... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154798 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly in which anode and cathode electrodes are laminated with a separator interposed therebetween and are wound together, a can to receive the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly attached to an opening of the top of the can, the cap assembly having an... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154799 - Apparatus for manufacturing secondary battery: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery by performing insert injection molding with respect to a portion of a battery cell while the battery cell is located in a mold, wherein the apparatus comprises a pair of upper and lower molds, at which are formed shapes corresponding... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070154800 - Battery device and electronic apparatus: A battery apparatus and electronic equipment, in which the battery apparatus having a characteristic compatible with the electronic equipment can be suitably attached to the electronic equipment, and which are advantageous in miniaturizing themselves and improving their operability. In a battery apparatus (100), an identification section (18) of the battery... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154801 - Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery: A cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes a center pin fabricated with an inexpensive material and having a coating layer formed on the outer surface of the center pin. The cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having the center pin inserted through the center of the electrode.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154802 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and a can housing the electrode assembly, the can having an opening on one end. The secondary battery further includes a cap assembly having... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154804 - Lithium ion secondary battery: Electrode assemblies easily impregnated with an electrolyte are provided. A sealing tape attached to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly comprises a material having an affinity for the electrolyte. Alternatively, the entire sealing tape or a portion of the tape is coated with the material. In another alternative, the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154803 - Pouch type lithium rechargeable battery: A pouch type lithium secondary battery includes an electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein disposed facing against each other, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and a case includes a lower plate wherein a second... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070154807 - Nanostructural electrode and method of forming the same: An electrode and method of forming the same of the present invention is used for the high-rate deposition of materials, such as carbon, silicon, metals, metal oxides, and the like, onto a metal substrate defined by a metal tape used as cathode or anode combined with a separator to form... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070154805 - Process for the preparation of an electrode from a porous material, electrode thus obtained and corresponding electrochemical system: Process for the preparation of electrodes from a porous material making it possible to obtain electrodes that are useful in electrochemical systems and that have at least one of the following properties: a high capacity in mnAh/gram, a high capaciaty in mAh/liter, a good capacity for cycling, a low rate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070154806 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery having a feature in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and electrolyte are provided; the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer which is alloying at least at a portion of a boundary face with a negative electrode current collector; an approximately tabular electrode... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070154808 - Anode, method of manufacturing it, and battery: An anode which can improve contact characteristics between an active material layer and anode lead and can prevent electrical resistance from increasing, a method of manufacturing the anode, and a battery including the anode are provided. An active material layer containing silicon as an element is provided on a current... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070154809 - High rate capability design of lithium ion secondary battery: A lithium ion secondary battery includes LiFePO4 as a major component of the positive electrode active material. In order to implement the high rate capability with 10C/1C rate larger than 80%, the invention designs a positive electrode on a current collector with a ratio (A/t) of coating area to coating... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070154811 - Carbonaceous electrode material for secondary battery, process for producing the same, and secondary batteries using the same: The carbonaceous electrode material for a secondary battery includes a core carbonaceous material composed of high-crystallinity graphite, and a surface covering, layer coated to surround the core carbonaceous material. The surface covering layer is formed of a mixture of a shape-controlled metallic material and a pitch which is an amorphous... Agent: Jones Day

20070154812 - Graphite powders suited for negative electrode material of lithium ion secondary battery: A graphite powder suitable for a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery which assures a high discharging capacity not lower than 320 mAh/g is to be manufactured at a lower cost. Specifically, a graphite powder containing 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of boron and having a looped... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070154810 - Rechargeable lithium battery: A rechargeable lithium battery is provided. The battery includes an electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent including an ethylene carbonate-based compound and a pyrocarbonate-based additive; a negative electrode that includes a negative active material including a crystalline-based carbon core and an amorphous-based carbon shell surrounding the crystalline-based... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070154813 - Electrode structure secondary cell and electrode double layer capacitor: An electrode structure 1 comprising a powdered active electrode substance 11 coated by an ion-conducting polymer 12 which is made to adhere to a current-collecting member 13, a secondary cell employing this structure and a method of manufacturing this structure are proposed to provide an electrode, secondary cell, or electric... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070154814 - Nas battery using liquid electrolyte: The present invention relates to a sodium-sulfur battery consisted of solid sodium for the negative electrode (comprising carbon, sodium metal oxide and the like comprising sodium compound, sodium ion); solid sulfur for the positive electrode (comprising sulfur, sulfur compound such as iron sulfide, nickel sulfide); and liquid electrolyte which sodium... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070154815 - Secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery which has excellent characteristics such as energy density and electromotive force and is excellent in cycle life and storage stability is provided. The secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution comprising an aprotic solvent having at least an electrolyte dissolved... Agent: Young & Thompson