Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 09/07

20070224461 - Power management and control in electronic equipment: To manage power of a fuel cell and a battery for an electronic device, an amount of power consumed by an operation module in the electronic device may be sensed. Generated voltage capacity of the fuel cell and remaining capacity of the battery may be acquired. The battery may be... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070224472 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel tank, a first passage which supplies liquid fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel cell, a cartridge holder in which a plurality of types of cartridges are replaceably loaded, a second passage which supplies the content discharged from the... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070224474 - Gas-inlet pressure adjustment structure for flow field plate of fuel cell stack: Disclosed is a gas-inlet pressure adjustment structure for a flow field plate of a fuel cell stack. At least one gas inlet opening, at least one gas outlet opening, and a plurality of channels are defined in a central zone of the flow field plate. A membrane electrode assembly is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070224475 - Fuel cell type power generation device, electronic apparatus and treatment method of fuel: A fuel cell type power generation device including: a fuel cell extracting electric power by an electrochemical reaction of a fuel; a first combustor burning an unreacted fuel exhausted from the fuel cell; and a second combustor burning an unburned fuel exhausted from the first combustor.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070224480 - Process for producing polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells, polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells produced by the process, and fuel cell membrane-electrode assemblies using the membranes: By performing photograft polymerization of functional monomers such that grafted chains will be introduced from the surface of a polymer base film into its interior without deteriorating its inherent characteristics and also by creating a multiplex crosslinked structure between the grafted chains and the base film under such conditions as... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070224481 - Manifold and stack of electrochemical reactor cells, and electrochemical reactor system composed of these components: The present invention provides a smaller and more efficient tube-type electrochemical reactor cell stack, along with an electrochemical reactor system using this stack, and the invention provides an electrochemical reactor cell stack which is a structure comprising electrochemical reactor cells with a tube structure composed of an anode (fuel electrode),... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224484 - Fuel cell and equipment with the same: A fuel cell comprises a fuel vessel, a unit cell, a fuel transport member. The fuel vessel is formed with a fuel chamber section for retaining a liquid fuel and a fuel tank section for supply the fuel to the fuel chamber section. The unit cell is placed on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070224485 - Fuel cell system and its control method: A fuel cell system having an activating apparatus and its driving method has an electric generator including a membrane having opposite sides respectively provided with anode and cathode electrodes in which an oxidation-reduction reaction of hydrogen and oxygen is performed; and a purging gas supplying unit to supply purging gas... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070224486 - Direct oxidation fuel cell and production method thereof: A direct oxidation fuel cell includes at least one unit cell. The at least one unit cell includes: an anode; a cathode; a hydrogen-ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode; an anode-side separator having a flow channel for supplying and discharging a fuel to and... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070224488 - Electrically conductive composite: The invention provides an electrically conductive composite having high conductivity, hermeticity, high mechanical strength, low surface roughness, lightweight, and thin profile. The composite comprises a rubber modified with vinyl ester resin. After curing in mold, the composite may serve as a bipolar plate in a fuel cell. For example, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224489 - Fuel cell: A DMFC is provided in which the structure is simplified and the thickness is reduced without impairing diffusibility of fuel, air and generated products. An anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer sandwich an electrolyte membrane. Liquid fuel stored in a fuel chamber is directly supplied to the anode... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070224491 - Secondary battery and method of fabricating the same: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a can having an opening at one end of the can. The electrode assembly is housed in the can. A cap plate seals the opening. The cap plate includes an electrolyte injection hole. An electrode terminal is coupled to the cap plate... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070224463 - Fuel gas substitution device for fuel cell stack: There is provided a fuel gas supply manifold (4) which extends through a plurality of cells (1) in the stacking direction and which is adapted to introduce a fuel gas to the cells (1). There are provided a bypass passage (9) connecting the downstream end of the fuel gas supply... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070224462 - Method to cold-start fuel cell system at sub-zero temperatures: The invention concerns a method to cold-start a fuel cell system at sub-zero temperatures, whereby the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cells stack, upstream of which is connected a heating device to heat a cooling agent to be circulated by a coolant pump. To reduce the demand for stored... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070224467 - Deferential presssure control method for molten carbonates fuel cell power plants: A molten carbonate fuel cell System in which the fuel cell stack(s) is (are) enclosed within a containment vessel and in which a burner exhaust is used to control the system operating pressure is described. Moreover, highly reliable, simple and low-cost differential pressure control method never affected by service interruption... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070224464 - Dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells: Dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells, as well as related modules, are disclosed.... Agent: Konarka Technologies, Inc.

20070224466 - Fuel cells, methods of using of using fuel cells, cathodes for fuel cells, electronic devices, devices using electrode reactions, and electrodes for devices using electrode reactions: To provide a fuel cell and a method of using the same, which enable such a reaction environment as to exhibit excellent properties as electrode sufficiently, and to provide a cathode for the fuel cell, a device using an electrode reaction, and an electrode for the device using an electrode... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070224468 - Method for operating fuel cell system: A method for operating a fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack composed of a plurality of cells connected in series. The method includes the steps of: (a) supplying a fuel and an oxidant to anodes and cathodes of the cells, respectively, depending on a load to generate power... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070224465 - Water controller system having stable structure for direct methanol fuel cell: Disclosed herein is a water controller system constructed such that water generated from a cathode of a direct methanol fuel cell system and carbon dioxide and an unreacted methanol solution generated from an anode of the direct methanol fuel cell system are introduced into the water controller system, the carbon... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070224469 - Fuel reforming apparatus and fuel cell system: A fuel reforming apparatus includes a heat insulating container, a reformer, a CO treatment unit, a reformer heating unit, a heat insulating member and a catalyst unit. The heat insulating container has an opening. The reformer is provided in the heat insulating container and reforms a fuel to obtain a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224471 - Fuel cell power generation system: A fuel cell power generation system of the present invention comprises a fuel cell (11), an object subjected to degradation determination (14, 15, 16) which is at least one of one or more fluid supply devices (14, 15, 16) that supply fluids associated with power generation in the fuel cell,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070224470 - Modular fuel cell: A modular fuel cell is disclosed, which can be assembled with various modular components including a fuel cell module, a control module and a fuel supply module, if desired. The fuel cell module is fabricated by a printed circuit board (PCB) process, and is used to perform an electrochemical reaction... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070224473 - Gas leak detection device and fuel cell system: In a fuel cell system (100), the amount of fuel gas supplied through an fuel gas supply passage (24) and the amount of fuel gas consumed by a fuel cell (10) are detected. A difference between the amount of supplied fuel gas and the amount of consumed fuel gas is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070224476 - Fuel cell with electrolyte condensation zone: A fuel cell 12 has a liquid electrolyte 20, a cathode electrode 28, and an anode electrode 26. The fuel cell includes an electrolyte condensation zone 58 extending from an edge 56 of a first catalyst layer 36 on the cathode electrode to an outer edge 48 of an edge... Agent: Utc Fuel Cells, LLC

20070224478 - Cathode for fuel cell and process of the same: The cathode 114 is formed by forming several layers comprising an inorganic material that is primarily electron conductive and a complex oxide B that is primarily oxygen ion conductive and that supports an oxygen dissociation-promoting catalyst, on an electrolytic membrane 112. The electrolytic membrane 112 and the outermost layer of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070224477 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell (1) comprises a cathode catalyst layer (3) and an anode catalyst layer (4) disposed on each surface of an electrolyte membrane (2), an oxidant gas passage (8) facing the cathode catalyst layer (3), and a fuel gas passage (9) facing the anode catalyst layer (9). The cathode... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070224479 - Fuel cell and fuel cell use gas diffusion electrode: A fuel cell comprised of a proton conductive electrolyte film sandwiched between a pair of catalyst layers, wherein the catalyst layer of at least the cathode is comprised of a mixture including a catalyst ingredient, an electrolytic material, and a carbon material, the carbon material is comprised of a catalyst-carrying... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070224482 - Fuel cell system: To suppress a rapid voltage change in each power generation cell constituting a fuel cell stack, power storage devices 11 are respectively connected to each power generation cell 2 or each cell assembly including a plurality of power generation cells 2 of a fuel cell stack 1 to transfer electric... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070224483 - Presursor organic of tetravalent metal phosphates and pyrophosphates and their use for electrode modification and for the preparation of composite membrane for fuel cells working at temperatures>90c and / or at low relative humidity: The invention is based on the preparation of precursor organic solutions of tetravalent metal phosphates and pyrophosphates with composition M(IV)(O3P—H)2, M(IV)[O2P(OH)2]2[O2PO(OH)] and M(IV)P2O7(M=Zr, Hf, Ti). An important property of these solutions is that the said compounds are formed when the solvent is evaporated. This peculiarity allows an easy insertion of... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070224487 - Membrane-electrode assembly for mixed reactant fuel cell and mixed reactant fuel cell system including the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a mixed reactant fuel cell system is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly does not require a separator that physically separates the membrane-electrode assemblies from each other in a stack. The membrane-electrode assembly of the present invention instead includes an electrode substrate that is disposed on a surface... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070224490 - Suspension for the generation of a current of electrons and the use and the preparation thereof: The present invention relates to a suspension that can be used to generate a current of electrons, which suspension comprises a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is entrapped in a hollow particle. It also relates to the use of the suspension described above for the production of a battery.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070224492 - Adapter for a power tool battery: The invention provides an electrical combination including a power tool having a housing supporting a motor, which is operable to drive a tool element. The electrical combination also includes a battery and an adapter supportable on the housing of the power tool and electrically connectable to the power tool and... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20070224493 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery having an wound electrode body including a positive electrode having a layer of a positive electrode active material formed on a current collector, a negative electrode having a layer of a negative electrode active material formed on a current collector and a separator interposed between the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224494 - Electrode assembly for rechargeable battery and rechargeable battery using the electrode assembly, and fabricating method thereof: An electrode assembly for a rechargeable battery resists external impacts applied to the rechargeable battery, and includes a sealing tape attached to an outer circumference of the rechargeable battery, which extends toward an upper part and a lower part to prevent the electrode assembly from unfastening, and a top insulating... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070224497 - Nickel hydrogen storage battery: A negative electrode plate of a nickel hydrogen storage battery includes a nonaqueous polymer binder and has an effective surface area per unit capacity of 70 cm2/Ah or more. The density of the first and second separators between positive and negative electrode plates ranges from 450 kg/m3 to 600 kg/m3.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224496 - Separator, a lithium rechargeable battery using the same and a method of manufacture thereof: A separator, a lithium rechargeable battery using the separator, and a method of manufacturing the lithium rechargeable battery. More particulary, a separator in which a plurality of porous films having different strength from one another are disposed between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate. A porous film... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070224495 - Zinc/air cell: A zinc/air depolarized cell wherein the anode comprises zinc particles, aqueous alkaline electrolyte, and aqueous alkaline electrolyte within said anode casing; a cathode within said cathode casing; and an electrolyte permeable separator between said cathode and anode; and a glue comprising crosslinked polyvinylalcohol, preferably crosslinked with a boron containing compound,... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20070224498 - Battery module having the attachment members between battery cells: Disclosed herein is a battery module constructed in a structure in which a plurality of plate-shaped battery cells are stacked one on another. The battery module has attachment members interposed between the battery cells to prevent the battery cells from sliding due to external impacts and also to absorb the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070224499 - Laminate cased battery: A laminate cased battery in which at least one of curvature radiuses RB and RD of the corners (bottom side corners) where the first side surface respectively meets the second main surface, the third side surface and the fourth side surface is set to be larger than at least one... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070224500 - Zinc/air cell: A zinc/air depolarized button cell having an anode casing and cathode casing in the form of cans each having an open end and opposing closed end with integral side walls therebetween. An improved insulator seal ring is inserted over the anode casing side walls. The improved insulator seal ring has... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20070224501 - Battery can and battery using the can and method of fabricating the can: A battery can, for example, a can for a lithium rechargeable battery, having at least one bottom groove for facilitating insertion and extraction to and from equipment is arranged on a bottom surface of the can, the can having a predetermined space for accommodating an electrode assembly through a top... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070224503 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer provided on a negative electrode current collector, and an electrolyte, in which the positive... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070224502 - Electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries: Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell includes an anode comprising lithium and a multi-layered structure positioned between the anode and an electrolyte of the cell. A multi-layered... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070224504 - Nonaqueous secondary battery and method of using the same: A nonaqueous secondary battery containing a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, two or more lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, and the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224505 - Nonaqueous secondary battery and method of using the same: A nonaqueous secondary battery containing a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, three or more lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, those transition metal oxides comprise a transition metal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070224506 - Cathode active material, method of manufacturing the same, and battery: A cathode active material capable of further improving chemical stability, a method of manufacturing the cathode active material, and a battery using the cathode active material are provided. The cathode includes a cathode active material in which a coating layer made of a compound including Li, at least one selected... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070224507 - Polymer separator for a lithium battery: A separator for a battery in lithium. The separator is a thick membrane, of around 60 to 120 μm in polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer, which has considerable porosity, of around 50 to 90%, with pores of size between 1 and 10 μm. With these characteristics, it is possible to optimize the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224509 - Sico-li composite, making method, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell negative electrode material: A SiCO—Li composite is prepared by causing a reactive silane and/or siloxane having crosslinkable groups to crosslink, sintering the crosslinked product into an inorganic Si—C—O composite, and doping the Si—C—O composite with lithium. When the SiCO—Li composite is used as a negative electrode, a lithium ion secondary cell exhibits good... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224508 - Silicon-silicon oxide-lithium composite, making method, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell negative electrode material: A silicon-silicon oxide-lithium composite comprises a silicon-silicon oxide composite having such a structure that silicon grains having a size of 0.5-50 nm are dispersed in silicon oxide, the silicon-silicon oxide composite being doped with lithium. Using the silicon-silicon oxide-lithium composite as a negative electrode material, a lithium ion secondary cell... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224510 - Anode and battery: An anode and a battery capable of improving conductivity in spite of reducing the ratio of a binder are provided. A cathode and an anode face each other with a separator and an electrolyte in between. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer arranged... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070224511 - Conductor composition, a mounting substrate and a mounting structure utilizing the composition: A conductor composition being able to easily secure the conductivity at the same level as an Ag bulk at low temperature process, a mounting substrate utilizing the conductor composition and a mounting structure utilizing the conductor composition are provided. In a mounting structure, wherein one or more electrodes (11) of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070224512 - Battery: A battery is adapted such that a nickel hydroxide particle group constituted of a number of nickel hydroxide particles filled in a void part of a positive electrode substrate contains, at a ratio of 15 wt % or less, small-diameter nickel hydroxide particles each having a particle diameter of 5... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070224513 - Electrode for cell of energy storage device and method of forming the same: A method 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 current collector. The particles of the material are mixed with fluid and are injected against the metal tape... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070224514 - Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same: (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070224515 - Stabilized nonaqueous electrolytes for rechargeable batteries: The invention relates to the use of aromatic phosphite compounds as stabilizers for nonaqueous electrolytic solutions containing halogenated salts such as LiPF6 and LiBF4. The electrolyte containing such a phosphite exhibits excellent shelf life storage at ambient and high temperatures. The electrolytic solution is suitable for use in electrochemical cells... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070224516 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070218324 - Fuel cell voltage stabilization apparatus: A fuel cell voltage stabilization apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus utilizes electronic circuits for voltage modulation to stabilize and fix the voltage load for a fuel cell. The apparatus comprises a voltage boost circuit and a voltage reducing circuit, which are realized by electronic circuits to stabilize an output voltage... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070218328 - Fuel cell system: The fuel system includes a fuel cell capable of generating electric power to be supplied to electric loads, a storage battery charged by the fuel cell and capable of supplying electric power stored therein to the electric loads, a first gas-supply path through which the oxidizing gas to be supplied... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218336 - Multiblock copolymer, method of preparing the same, polymer electrolyte membrane prepared from the multiblock copolymer, method of preparing the polymer electrolyte membrane, and fuel cell employing the polymer electrolyte membrane: where l, m, and n are integers of 1-200; each of R1 through R8 is independently hydrogen, fluorine, or a C1-C10 alkyl group that can be substituted by at least one fluorine atom; and X represents a tetraalkylamine cation that can be substituted by hydrogen ions or other cations by... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070218338 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell which can utilize the fuel in its fuel reservoir to the fullest possible extent. The fuel cell includes: an electrolyte layer; a first electrode which is provided on one surface of the electrolyte layer and to which a liquid fuel is supplied; and a second electrode which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070218339 - Leak-proof liquid fuel cell: Described is a leak-proof fuel cell which comprises at least one liquid within a casing that comprises at least one opening which is sealed by a first structure that is gas-pervious and substantially impervious to the at least one liquid. At least that portion of the casing which comprises the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070218342 - Membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell system including the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes an anode and a cathode facing each other and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween. At least one of the anode and the cathode includes a conductive electrode substrate and a catalyst layer formed thereon, and the catalyst layer includes a first... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070218347 - Membrane electrode assembly for use in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: The present invention provides a membrane electrode assembly for use in a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell which assembly can attain an excellent electric power generation performance both under low-humidity conditions and under high-humidity conditions. The membrane electrode assembly includes: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 2 having proton conductivity; a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070218348 - Membrane electrode assembly for use in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: The present invention provides a membrane electrode assembly for use in a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell which assembly can ensure the gas diffusivity, the capability of discharging the generated water and the moisture retentivity, and can attain an excellent electric power generation performance in the gas atmosphere under a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070218321 - Lithium secondary battery featuring electrolyte solution circulation: It is suggested to make a lithium secondary battery that has magnetized current collectors in its electrodes, and paramagnetic free radicals in its nonaqueous electrolyte solution, thereby procuring decreased internal resistance for this battery, compared to a similar one not utilizing techniques for magnetic field promoted stirring of the electrolyte... Agent: R. N. O'brien

20070218322 - Transport system with trucks which are driven by means of fuel cells: A for transporting workpieces to be machined on or in a workpiece carrier between machining stations on or in rails, with movement elements, for example running wheels, wherein the movement elements are powered by a fuel cell.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070218325 - Method of cleaning fuel cell: Methods of cleaning a fuel cell are described. The methods include providing a cleansing agent containing an acid or alcohol to an anode or cathode compartment in a fuel cell.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070218323 - Methods of operating fuel cell power generators, and fuel cell power generators: A method of operating a fuel cell power generator, and a fuel cell power generator to be operated by the method, which method enables feeding of a diluted fuel having an optimum concentration to a power generation unit even without measuring an absolute concentration typically using a sensor are provided.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070218326 - Approach of solving humidification device turndown ratio for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: An apparatus and method for controlling humidification device turndown ratio for proton exchange membrane fuel cells includes a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, a humidifier, a water separator for directing water vapor from the proton exchange membrane fuel cell to the humidifier, a bypass valve to regulate vapor flow into... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070218327 - Failure diagnostic device for discharge valve: A failure diagnostic device for accurately determining a failure of a discharge valve. A failure diagnostic device (50) serves to perform failure diagnostic of a discharge valve (62) installed in a discharge flow channel (32) of an anode discharge gas that is discharged from a fuel cell stack (20). The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218329 - Combinatorial method and apparatus for screening electrochemical materials: The present invention provides an apparatus and method to combinatorially screen a plurality of electrochemical material compositions for use in an electrochemical cell such as a fuel cell, battery or electro-catalytic cell. The apparatus includes an electrochemical cell with one or more windows, sealed with an infrared (IR) transparent material... Agent: Keith D. Kepler

20070218330 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system capable of estimating fuel gas concentration and/or impurity gas concentration, with a simple configuration, is provided. The fuel cell system has an anode path composed of a supply path 75 for supplying fuel to the anode electrode in a fuel cell stack 20 and a discharge... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218332 - Coolant manifold and methods for supplying and discharging coolant: There is provided a coolant manifold that is installed to a fuel cell stack so as to distribute coolant through the fuel cell stack, which is constituted by stacking a plurality of unit cells and has more than one communication holes for coolant supply and at least one communication hole... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070218331 - Fuel cell stack: A collector plate (14) is connected to an output terminal (16). The collector plate (14) is made such that heat capacity per unit area of a neighboring region (14A) thereof, which is near to a portion where the output terminal (16) is connected, is different to the heat capacity per... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218333 - Metal-oxide containing substrate and manufacturing method therefor: A metal-oxide containing substrate including: an alloy including Fe and Cr and including at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mo, Mn, Al and Si; an oxide of a metal element forming the alloy, wherein a powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the substrate observed by using Cu... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070218334 - Methods for making sulfonated non-aromatic polymer electrolyte membranes: A method for making a sulfonated polymer electrolyte membrane for use in an electrochemical fuel cell is disclosed, the method comprising sulfonating a non-aromatic polymer membrane material, wherein the membrane material is not irradiated prior to sulfonation. A sulfonated polymer electrolyte membrane for use in an electrochemical fuel cell produced... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070218335 - Polymer having oxocarbon group, and use thereof: Disclosed is a polymer having an oxocarbon group represented by the general formula (1). This polymer having an oxocarbon group is useful as a polymer electrolyte as the material for proton conductive membranes in solid polymer fuel cells which use a gas fuel such as a hydrogen gas or a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218337 - Cell module and fuel cell: A cell module for a fuel cell provided with a cell module body (18) which includes a pair of electrodes (16, 17) provided on an inner surface and an outer surface of a hollow electrolytre membranes (11), and collectors (21, 22), a respective one of the collectors being in contact... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070218340 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell has a fuel electrode and an oxidizing agent electrode, a fuel supply path that supplies a liquid fuel to the fuel electrode, an oxidizing agent supply path that supplies an oxidizing agent to the oxidizing agent electrode, and an opening/closing member that, by changing its shape, opens... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070218341 - Fuel cell: An aspect of the present invention provides a fuel cell that includes, hollow structural bodies each provided with an internal space for reacting a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, each hollow structural body including, a separator having a perimeter wall section that follows along a rim, a cell plate... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070218344 - Diffusion media with vapor deposited fluorocarbon polymer: Fuel cells contain diffusion media having vapor-deposited fluorocarbon polymers on a conductive substrate. A diffusion medium for use in a PEM fuel cell contains hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas for improved water management. A hydrophobic polymer such as a fluororesin is vapor deposited on the paper to define the hydrophobic areas;... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070218343 - Gas diffusion media and fuel cell: Diffusion media for fuel cell is made by preparing an aqueous dispersion comprising a powder resin, a binder material, and a fiber material comprising carbon fibers, of these; forming a layer of the dispersion on a support; removing water from the layer to form a fiber layer; molding the fiber... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070218345 - Fuel cell, electronic device, movable body, power generation system, and congeneration system: A fuel cell which can directly extract electric power from a polysaccharide, such as starch. A fuel electrode 1 is formed by immobilizing with an immobilizer, on an electrode 11 comprised of, e.g., carbon, an enzyme responsible for decomposing a polysaccharide into monosaccharides, an enzyme responsible for decomposing the monosaccharide... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070218346 - Acrylic fiber bonded carbon fiber paper as gas diffusion media for fuel cell: A gas diffusion media for a fuel cell, such as a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, is provided. The gas diffusion media includes carbonizable acrylic pulp fibers instead of conventional phenolic resin as a binder material. The acrylic fibers are mixed with the carbon fiber dispersion during the papermaking step,... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070218350 - Catalyst for fuel cell, and membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system including same: The catalyst for a fuel cell includes a carbon-based material, and Re-Ch supported on the carbon-based material, wherein Ch is selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and combinations thereof. The cathode catalyst has high activity and selectivity for reduction of oxidant and is capable of improving performance... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070218349 - Cathode catalyst for a fuel cell, and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell system comprising the same: A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell, and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell system that includes the same. The cathode catalyst includes an active material of an A-B—X compound where A is one of Cu, Ag or a combination thereof, B is one of... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070218351 - Battery system with gas discharge device: There is provided a battery system having a plurality of battery modules having joined top, bottom and side surfaces. The battery modules are connected for providing a power source. Each of the plurality of battery modules includes a vent having a discharge outlet. The vent includes a portion that extends... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070218352 - Nonaqueous liquid electrolyte and nonaqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery: Disclosed is a nonaqueous liquid electrolyte comprising a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent and a macromolecular material added to the nonaqueous solvent. The nonaqueous liquid electrolyte is a fluid having a viscosity at 20° C. of 7 cP to 30,000 cP. The nonaqueous liquid electrolyte suppresses... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070218353 - System and method for inhibiting the propagation of an exothermic event: A system and method disperses a sudden increase in heat generated by one battery cell to a large area including multiple battery cells, thereby preventing the sudden increase from being absorbed primarily by a small number of other battery cells, such as a single battery cell, that could otherwise cause... Agent: Innovation Partners

20070218354 - Secondary battery of improved life characteristics by elimination of metal ions: Disclosed herein is a lithium secondary battery having improved life characteristics by removal of metal ion impurities incorporated during an assembly process of the battery via a cation exchange process, thereby preventing electrodeposition of the metal ions on an anode, through the addition of a cation exchange material, containing cations... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070218355 - Multi-layered type electrochemistry cell of improved safety: Disclosed herein is an electrochemical cell constructed in a structure in which a plurality of full cells or bicells, as unit cells, are folded by a separation film formed in the shape of a long sheet, and separators of the unit cells are secured to the separation film by thermal... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070218356 - Lithium secondary battery: There is provided a lithium secondary battery with a negative electrode which comprises a negative electrode active material layer comprising alloy particles comprising silicon and tin and having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 2 μm as an active material, and a negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070218357 - Battery: A battery capable of improving the constant output discharge capacity is provided. A battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. The cathode contains iron sulfide. The anode contains lithium metal or a lithium alloy. A ratio of a discharge capacity per unit area of the cathode to a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070218358 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery includes a positive electrode mixture, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode mixture and the negative electrode. The positive electrode mixture contains a nickel oxyhydroxide, manganese dioxide and a conductive agent. (1) The nickel oxyhydroxide includes at least manganese dissolved therein, and the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070218359 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide having a hexagonal layered rock-salt structure that belongs to the space group... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070218360 - Lithium manganese-based composite oxide and method for preparing the same: The present invention provides a lithium manganese-based composite oxide represented by the compositional formula: Li1+x(Mnl-m-nFemTin)1-xO2, wherein 0<x<⅓, 0≦m≦0.75, 0.01≦n≦0.75, and 0.01≦m+n<1, and comprising a crystal phase of layered rock-salt type structure. The composite oxide is capable of maintaining an average discharge voltage of 3 V or more over long charge/discharge... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070218361 - Sodium ion secondary battery: The positive electrode active material of a positive electrode includes a sodium-containing transition metal oxide (NaaLibMxO2±α). The M includes at least two of manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni). For a negative electrode, a sodium metal or a metal that forms an alloy with sodium is used.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070218363 - Stoichiometric lithium cobalt oxide and method for preparation of the same: The present invention enables production of a LiCoO2 electrode active material which has improved high-temperature storage properties and high-voltage cycling properties, and is robust in composition fluctuation in the production process. Therefore, the present invention provides advantages such as reduction of time and labor required for quality control and process... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070218362 - Lithium ion secondary battery: There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery that includes a positive electrode having high thermal stability and is capable of greatly reducing the possibility of causing thermal runaway even in a nail penetration test. A lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode including a lithium composite oxide and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070218364 - Low temperature electrochemical cell: The present invention provides electrochemical cells providing good electronic performance at low temperatures. Electrochemical cells of the present invention include lithium batteries capable of providing useful specific capacities under significant discharge rates for temperatures as low as −60 degrees Celsius. The present invention also provides methods for making electrochemical cells... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070218365 - Manufacturing method of negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolytic rechargeable battery, and nonaqueous electrolytic rechargeable battery using it: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolytic rechargeable battery capable of storing and discharging lithium ions is manufactured in the steps of forming a lithium metal layer on a carrier substrate by a gas phase method, superimposing the surface of the lithium metal layer formed on the carrier substrate on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070218366 - Electrode for energy storage device and method of forming the same: A method 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. The particles of the material are mixed with fluid and are injected against the metal tape at... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070218367 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode containing carbon fibers and carbon flakes: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode further includes carbon fibers and carbon flakes. The synergistic effects of the improved retention of the electrolyte solution... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070218368 - Conductive thermoplastic-resin film and conductive thermoplastic-resin laminate film: The present invention provides a thermoplastic-resin film and a thermoplastic-resin laminate film which have excellent conductivity and are further excellent in water vapor barrier properties and/or tackiness. As an example, a conductive thermoplastic-resin film is provided which comprises a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a conductive material and having... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070218369 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery and method of manufacturing the same: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an electrode assembly comprising the positive electrode, the... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070218370 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: n

20070218371 - Nanoporous polymer electrolyte: A nanoporous polymer electrolyte and methods for making the polymer electrolyte are disclosed. The polymer electrolyte comprises a crosslinked self-assembly of a polymerizable salt surfactant, wherein the crosslinked self-assembly includes nanopores and wherein the crosslinked self-assembly has a conductivity of at least 1.0×10−6 S/cm at 25° C. The method of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070212580 - Hybrid power supply device: A hybrid power supply device is provided with a fuel cell, an electric storage device that is connected in parallel to the fuel cell via a switch, and a control circuit that controls connection between output terminals of the fuel cell and the electric storage device by controlling on/off of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070212583 - Air battery and manufacturing method: A battery (10) is disclosed having a lithium foil anode (11) embedded within a liquid electrolyte (12) which is positioned between two similarly constructed battery cathode halves (13) and (14). Each cathode half has a first glass barrier (16) coupled to a first porous metal substrate (17), a second glass... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20070212585 - Proton conductive electrolyte and fuel cell comprising the same: Aspects of the present invention provide a proton conductive electrolyte suitable for a fuel cell material and a fuel cell including the proton conductive electrolyte. More particularly, aspects of the present invention provide a proton conductive electrolyte that has good proton conductivity and can be used to form a membrane... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070212594 - Electrode catalyst for electrochemical reaction, process for producing the electrode catalyst and electrode for electrochemical reaction having the electrode catalyst: The present invention provides an electrode catalyst for electrochemical reaction, the electrode catalyst having: a conductive diamond particle having fine pores on a surface thereof; and a carbon-reactive catalyst metal in the fine pores, a process for producing the electrode catalyst, and an electrode.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070212593 - Stable proton exchange membranes and membrane electrode assemblies: A proton exchange membrane and a membrane electrode assembly for an electrochemical cell such as a fuel cell are provided. A catalytically active component is disposed within the membrane electrode assembly. The catalytically active component comprises particles containing a metal oxide such as silica, metal or metalloid ions such as... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070212598 - Apparatus for controlling temperature of secondary battery, vehicle battery pack, and computer-readable medium storing program for controlling temperature of secondary battery: A battery ECU reduces temperature variations and voltage variations, which would otherwise be caused at the time of heating of a secondary battery. The battery ECU activates a heater, to thus perform heating, when the temperature of the secondary battery is lower than a predetermined lower-limit temperature. The battery ECU... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070212599 - Wireless microphone: A wireless microphone includes a tubular housing having top and bottom open ends. The housing has an outer surrounding wall and an inner partition wall. The inner partition wall cooperates with an upper portion of the outer surrounding wall so as to define a battery-receiving space. A battery module is... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20070212578 - Direct liquid fuel cell comprising a hydride fuel and a gel electrolyte: A direct liquid fuel cell which comprises a gel electrolyte and a liquid fuel. The liquid fuel comprises a metal hydride compound and/or a borohydride compound. This Abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070212577 - Submarine boat: A submarine boat provided with a fuel cell (30) for power generation by supply of hydrogen and oxidizing agent, a hydrogen generating device (10) for generating a gas containing hydrogen to be supplied to the fuel cell, and propelling device driven by electricity generated by the fuel cell, characterized in... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070212579 - Fuel cell system: There is provided a fuel cell system which reduces voltage variations of a plurality of fuel cells and stabilizes a generated power of a fuel cell stack. A fuel cell system according to the invention includes a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells connected in series, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070212581 - Fuel cell system and fuel cell starting method: It is an object of the present invention to provide a system in which a fuel cell can be operated by use of a fuel having a constantly optimum concentration. It is another object of the present invention to shorten the time taken in starting a fuel cell. A low-concentration... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070212582 - Fuel cell system: The fuel cell system (100) comprises: a fuel cell (12) configured to generate power by consuming a fuel gas and having an outlet port (104) through which the fuel gas flows out; a moisture removal unit (15) configured to remove moisture contained in the fuel gas that has been sent... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070212584 - Carbon-based fuel cell: A direct-electrochemical-oxidation fuel cell and method for generating electrical energy from a solid-state organic fuel. The fuel cell includes a cathode provided with an electrochemical-reduction catalyst that promotes formation of oxygen ions from an oxygen-containing source at the cathode, an anode provided with an electrochemical-oxidation catalyst that promotes direct electrochemical... Agent: Roetzel And Andress

20070212586 - Proton conductor film, manufacturing method therefor, fuel cell provided with proton conductor film and manufacturing method therefor: A proton conductor and film thereof, electrochemical device, such as a fuel cell, employing same and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The proton conductor material film includes a proton conductor and polyvinyl alcohol as a binder for the proton conductor. The proton conductor film develops a high output by... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070212587 - Apparatus for and method of forming seals in an electrochemical cell assembly: A sealing and repair technique is provided for forming complex and multiple seal configurations for fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. To provide a seal, for sealing chambers for oxidant, fuel and/or coolant, a groove network is provided extending through the various elements of the fuel cell assembly. A source... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070212588 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system with a valve mechanism composed of valves provided to a fuel cell unit and a fuel cartridge, respectively. Part of the male valve is inserted into the female valve to cause their respective stems extending from the respective valve seal parts towards the valve ends to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070212589 - Seperator: Moreover, as a case of not using the press work, in a separator of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell described in a Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A 2001-76748, a gas channel is formed by printing an electrically conductive material onto an electrically conductive base material. To be specific, as the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070212591 - Catalyst layer for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method of producing: There is provided a dendritic catalyst layer for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell including: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; electrodes; and catalyst layers each provided between the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and the respective electrode, the catalyst layer for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a catalyst with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070212592 - Cathode catalyst for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell including same, and fuel cell system including same: The present invention relates to a cathode catalyst for a fuel cell, and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell system comprising the same. The cathode catalyst for a fuel cell includes A-B-S, where A is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, and combinations... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070212590 - Platinum, titanium and copper, manganese and iron 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 95 percent, titanium present in an atomic percentage... Agent: Prass & Irving, LLP

20070212595 - High rate charging and discharging cylindrical secondary battery: Disclosed herein is a cylindrical secondary battery including a cap assembly constructed in a structure in which a vent, which intercepts electric current and discharges pressurized gas when the interior pressure of the battery is increased due to abnormal operation of the battery, is in contact with a top cap... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070212596 - Single and multiple cell lithium ion battery with built-in controller: The invention concerns single and multiple cell lithium ion batteries. Embodiments of the invention concern single and multiple cell lithium ion batteries with built-in controllers that monitor the cell or cells and provide a safety disconnect when certain monitored conditions are detected by the controller. Preferred embodiment single and multiple... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070212597 - Insulated smart battery pack for low temperature applications: A battery heater for heating a battery of a hand-held electronic device is provided. The heater comprises a flexible substrate having a first and a second side, at least one heating element on the first side, a layer of insulating material adjacent to the second side, a controller for controlling... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070212600 - Temperature fuse and battery using the same: A thermal fuse includes an insulating case having a bottom and having an opening provided therein, a fusible alloy provided in the insulating case, a lead conductor having one end connected to the fusible alloy and other end led out from the insulating case through the opening of the insulating... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070212601 - Battery and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a battery prevented from causing a short circuit between a positive and negative electrode plates and a method of manufacturing the battery. This battery comprises an electrode plate assembly having a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates which are alternately... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070212602 - Positive electrode material, its manufacturing method and lithium secondary battery: The object of the invention is to provide positive electrode material in which a discharge rate characteristic and battery capacity are hardly deteriorated in the environment of low temperature of −30° C., its manufacturing method and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode material. The invention is characterized by... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070212603 - Three-dimensional microbattery: An electrical energy storage device includes a substrate having an outer surface and having a plurality of cavities communicating with the outer surface. The cavities have interior cavity surfaces. A first electrode layer is deposited at least over the interior cavity surfaces. An electrolyte separator layer is formed over the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070212604 - Bipolar battery: A bipolar battery comprising bipolar electrodes. The bipolar electrodes including corrugated bipolar substrates. The corrugated bipolar substrates may be formed as corrugated foils. The battery may be a nickel metal hydride battery.... Agent: Philip H. Schlazer Energy Conversion Devices, Inc

20070212606 - Cathode material for li-ion battery applications: A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070212605 - Positive electrode active material for non-aqueou electrolyte secondary cell: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrode secondary cell which comprises a composite oxide containing iron and sodium as main components, having a hexagonal crystal structure, and exhibiting a value obtained by dividing the intensity of a peak corresponding to an interplanar spacing of 2.20 Å by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070212607 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a positive electrode 11 having a positive electrode active material that can intercalate and deintercalate lithium, a negative electrode 12 having a negative electrode active material that can intercalate and deintercalate lithium, and a nonaqueous... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070212608 - Secondary battery material and synthesis method: A composite Li1+xMn2−x−yMyO4 cathode material stabilized by treatment with a second transition metal oxide phase that is highly suitable for use in high power and energy density Li-ion cells and batteries. A method for treating a Li1+xMn2−x−yMyO4 cathode material utilizing a dry mixing and firing process.... Agent: Keith D. Kepler

20070212609 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, as generating elements, a positive electrode 11 which comprises, as a positive electrode, lithium nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide (LiNixCoyMnzO2) which can intercalate and deintercalate lithium ions or the mixture of lithium nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide (LiNixCoyMnzO2) and lithium manganese oxide... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070212610 - Process for producing spherical carbon material: A process for producing a spherical carbon material, comprising: subjecting a spherical vinyl resin to an oxidation treatment in an oxidizing gas atmosphere to obtain a spherical carbon precursor, and carbonizing the spherical carbon precursor at 1000-2000° C. in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere. The thus-obtained spherical carbon material exhibits excellent... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070212612 - Alkaline battery and manufacturing method of positive electrode material therefor: An alkaline battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode material mixture including nickel oxyhydroxide. The nickel oxyhydroxide includes a secondary particle with a crystal structure mainly composed of γ-type at at least a portion of the surface layer of the secondary particle, and with a crystal structure mainly... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070212611 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery comprising a battery element composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator providing electrical isolation between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the positive electrode or negative electrode having a positive active material or a negative active material, a conductive material and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070212613 - Polymer gel electrolyte and polymer secondary battery using the same: A polymer gel electrolyte, comprising a polymer gel including an aprotic organic solvent, a carrier salt and a sulfur-containing organic compound having at least one —O—SO2— in its chemical structure, for instance, a straight-chain sulfonic acid ester or a cyclic sulfonic acid ester, and a lithium polymer secondary battery using... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070212614 - Electrolyte for lithium battery and lithium battery comprising same: wherein R1 is a C1 to C10 alkyl, a C1 to C10 alkoxy, or a C6 to C10 aryl, and preferably a methyl, ethyl, or methoxy, X is a halogen, and m and n are integers ranging from 1 to 5, where m+n is less than or equal to 6.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070212615 - Electrolyte composition in addition to the use thereof as an electrolyte material for electrochemical energy storage systems: The invention relates to an electrolyte composition consisting of an ionic liquid, a conducting salt, a film former and a viscosity modifier and also to the use of the electrolyte composition of the present invention as an electrolyte material for electrochemical energy storage systems, especially for lithium-metal and lithium-ion batteries.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207349 - Battery assembly and method of forming the same: A battery assembly includes a first cell and a second cell adjacent the first cell. A first insulator and a second insulator extend over and encapsulate first electrode and second electrode. A shell extends over the first and second insulators thereby encapsulating the first and second insulators. A mechanical connection... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070207352 - Fuel cell with recovering unit and method for driving the same: A fuel cell with a recovering unit and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fuel cell includes i) an electric generator to generate electricity based on electrochemical reaction, ii) a recovering unit to recover and mix the fuel, unreacted fuel, and gas and water... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070207356 - Fuel cell system with warming-up and method of operating the same: In a fuel cell system including a fuel cell supplied with reaction gases for generating an electric power, and a combustion heater supplied with the reaction gases for heating the fuel cell during warming-up, an electric discharging circuit is provided to discharge an electric current from the fuel cell supplied... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070207371 - Fuel cell: A power generation cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. The first separator includes an oxygen-containing gas flow field. An inlet buffer area is provided between the oxygen-containing gas flow field and an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, and an outlet buffer... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070207372 - Fuel cell: A fuel gas flow field is formed on a surface of a rectangular first metal separator. The fuel gas flow field includes flow grooves extending in the direction of gravity. An outlet buffer is provided at a lower end of the fuel gas flow field. The outlet buffer includes an... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070207374 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system including same: A membrane-electrode assembly includes a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode and an anode disposed on each side of a polymer electrolyte membrane. The anode includes a catalyst layer contacted with the polymer electrolyte membrane and an electrode substrate disposed the other surface of the catalyst layer. The electrode substrate... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070207350 - Method of performing electrochemical reaction: A method of performing an electrochemical reaction in an electrochemical cell comprising electrodes separated by a hydrophilic ion-exchange membrane, comprises conducting the reaction in the presence of an aqueous solution of an electrolyte of which the concentration is controlled.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070207351 - Use of an ammonia storage device in production of energy: An electric power generating unit comprising (i) an ammonia storage device in the form of a container comprising an ammonia absorbing and releasing salt of the general formula: Ma(NH3)nXz, wherein M is one or more cations selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and transition metals such as Li, K,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070207353 - Cascaded fuel cell stack operation with anode gas recirculation: A device and method to regulate humidification in a cascaded fuel cell stack. The cascaded fuel cell stack includes individual fuel cells placed together in multiple groups. A recirculation loop is fluidly coupled to an anode flowpath to permit the recirculation of hydrogen or a related fuel. A controller and... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070207354 - Fuel cartridge with an environmentally sensitive valve: The present invention is directed to a fuel supply with an environmentally sensitive valve. The environmentally sensitive valve is sensitive to the environmental factor(s) such as temperature, pressure or velocity. The valve may be configured so that the valve automatically resets when the environmental triggering event no longer exists.... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070207355 - Fuel cell system and gas leak determination method for fuel cell system: A fuel cell system (10) of the present invention comprises determination means (50) for consuming a fuel gas present at a gas leak detection portion of a fuel gas supply system (31, 32) through the power generation of a fuel cell (20), and performing a gas leak determination on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070207357 - Electrolyte layer for fuel cell, fuel cell, and method of manufacturing electrolyte layer for fuel cell: A fuel cell is produced using a fuel cell electrolyte layer comprising a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 27 serving as the compact substrate through which the gas supplied to the electrochemical reaction passes, a porous layer formed on the hydrogen-permeable metal layer 27, and an inorganic electrolyte supported in the pores... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070207358 - Fuel cell stack and related method: A fuel cell stack (FS) is provided with a plurality of unit cells (1) stacked in a stack direction to form a stack body (3), a pair of fixing members (37, 39) disposed on both sides of the stack body in the stack direction (y), a plurality of rod members... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070207361 - Aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane and direct methanol fuel cell using same: A proton exchange membrane is obtained which can give an excellent power generation characteristic when the membrane is applied to, in particular, a fuel cell wherein high-concentration methanol is used as a fuel. In the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane of the invention, the ion exchange capacity is set... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070207359 - Crosslinked nano-inorganic particle/polymer electrolyte membrane and method for producing same, and membrane electrode assembly using same: A crosslinked nano-inorganic particle/polymer electrolyte membrane composed of a polymer film substrate, graft molecular chains bound to the backbone skeleton of the polymer film substrate and comprising a vinyl monomer graft-polymerized, sulfonic groups bound to the graft molecular chains, and an inorganic material as nano-scale particles uniformly dispersed within a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070207360 - Electrolyte membrane, membrane electrode assembly, and fuel cell: An electrolyte membrane includes a porous membrane and a proton conductive inorganic material loaded in the porous membrane. The proton conductive inorganic material has a super strong acidity. The proton conductive inorganic material contains a first oxide and a second oxide bonded to the first oxide. The first oxide contains... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070207362 - Freeze capable compact fuel cell system with improved humidification and removal of excess water and trapped nitrogen: A freeze capable compact fuel cell system to facilitate improved humidification in dry operating conditions and improved freeze capability as well as to facilitate improved removal of excess water and trapped nitrogen gas from the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system is particularly adapted for integration into a small... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070207363 - Interconnect set of planar solid oxide fuel cell having flow paths: By adhering substrates in a fuel cell into a substrate set and stacking the substrate sets into a fuel cell stack, a large space for chemical reaction in the stack is formed, and a space required for the stack is greatly saved.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070207364 - Fuel cells comprising moldable gaskets, and methods of making: Devices comprising an electrochemical conversion assembly comprise a plurality of electrochemical conversion cells, and a plurality of electrically conductive bipolar plates, wherein the electrochemical conversion cells are disposed between the adjacent bipolar plates. The electrochemical conversion assembly further comprises a plurality of conversion assembly gaskets, wherein the respective conversion assembly... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070207366 - Bipolar plate and its use, as well as a method for its manufacture and an electrochemical system containing the bipolar plate: The present invention relates to a bipolar plate (1) for electrochemical systems which contains a first plate (2) with a first flowfield (2a) for media distribution as well as a second plate (3) with a second flowfield (3a) for media distribution. This first plate in the region of the first... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070207365 - Fuel cell: A metal separator defines a fluid passage. The fluid passage defines a reactant gas passage formed at a first, MEA-opposing surface of the metal separator, a coolant passage formed at a second, opposite surface of the metal separator, a reactant gas manifold fluidly connected to the reactant gas passage and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070207368 - Method and apparatus for electrochemical flow field member: A bonded flow field member for an electrochemical cell is disclosed. The member comprises a first layer and a second layer, each having a plurality of through-holes. The first layer is diffusion bonded to the second layer, thereby defining a bonded assembly. The bonded assembly includes interface surfaces that are... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP

20070207369 - Miniature fuel cells comprised of miniature carbon fluidic plates: An improved miniature fuel cell comprising fluidic plates having fluidic channel walls and a separator formed from high-temperature polymers. The fluid plates are heated at temperatures sufficient to convert the plates to conductive carbon structures. In one embodiment, the fluidic channel walls and separator are formed separately and bonded together... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

20070207370 - Stack for mixed reactant fuel cell and mixed reactant fuel cell system including the same: A stack for a mixed oxidant fuel cell and a mixed oxidant fuel cell system including the stack. The stack includes at least one membrane-electrode assembly that includes a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode and a cathode disposed on opposite sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and an electrode substrate... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070207367 - System and method of operation of a fuel cell system and of ceasing the same for inhibiting corrosion: An electrochemical system is provided, the electrochemical system comprising a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack comprising at least one fuel cell, each fuel cell having at least one membrane electrode assembly interposed between an anode flow field plate and a cathode flow field plate, each membrane electrode assembly... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070207373 - Solid oxide fuel cell cathode material: wherein: A is at least one element selected from the group: rare earth elements, Bi, and alkaline elements; B is at least one element selected from the group: Al, Ga, In, Mg, Si, and transition metal elements; 0≦x<2; 0≦y<2; and z is a variable, the value of which is such... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070207375 - Planar electrochemical device assembly: A pre-fabricated electrochemical device having a dense electrolyte disposed between an anode and a cathode preferably deposited as thin films is bonded to a porous electrically conductive support. A second porous electrically conductive support may be bonded to a counter electrode of the electrochemical device. Multiple electrochemical devices may be... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070207376 - Multilayer battery separators: A microporous battery separator is provided having a first co-extruded multilayered portion and a second co-extruded multilayered portion. The two portions are bonded together. In a preferred embodiment, the battery separator has two substantially identical multilayered portions bonded together face-to-face. Each of the two multilayered portions has at least one... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070207377 - Secondary battery and battery module having the same: Disclosed herein are a secondary battery, which is formed in the shape of a plate and has an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case made of a laminated sheet including a metal layer and a resin layer, wherein the secondary battery is constructed in a structure in which independent... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070207380 - Battery pack: A case is made by disposing side plate portions on the long side and a side plate portion on one short side on the circumference of a plate portion. Provided on the other short side of the case in two tiers are a side plate portion and a substrate casing... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070207379 - External packaging material for battery device, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same, and battery pack: An external packaging material for covering a battery device is provided. The packaging material includes a laminated film having a laminated structure having two or more resin film layers stacked. In the external packaging material, the laminated structure has no metallic foil, and at least one layer in the resin... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070207378 - Film covered electric device and collector covering member for the film covered electric device: Corners 3a′, 3b′ of anode collector 3a and cathode collector 3b are covered with collector protection member 10. Collector protection member 10a is a member in the form of a bag of a resin-made film, and is formed at front surface 10c thereof with insertion hole 10d for allowing anode... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070207381 - Negative-electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and negative electrode and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same: A negative-electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a silicon compound capable of inserting and extracting lithium ion, wherein the silicon compound contains silicon-hydrogen bonds and the silicon-hydrogen bonds are introduced into the compound by reduction of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of silicon... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070207383 - Positive electrode active material and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the same: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium-containing composite oxide containing nickel with an oxidation state of 2.0 to 2.5 and manganese with an oxidation state of 3.5 to 4.0, the oxidation state determined by the shifts of energy at which absorption maximum is observed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070207382 - Positive plate for alkaline secondary batteries and alkaline secondary battery: A positive plate for alkaline secondary batteries has a porous substrate having electrical conductivity and vacancies and a positive mixture filled into the vacancies of the porous substrate. The positive mixture includes a positive electrode active material and a binding agent, the positive electrode active material having generally spherical first... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070207384 - Lithium ion secondary battery: A lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode including a lithium composite oxide represented by the general formula (1): LixM1-yLyO2 (0.85≦x≦1.25 and 0≦y≦0.50; M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co; and L is at least one selected from the group of alkaline... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070207385 - Cathode material for manufacturing rechargeable battery: A cathode material including a first compound and a second compound is disclosed. The first compound has a formula of A3xM12y(PO4)3 and includes plural micrometer-sized secondary particles, each of which has a particle size larger than 1 μm and is composed of crystalline nanometer-sized primary particles, each of which has... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070207386 - Battery and method of manufacturing the same: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. An anode active material layer is formed by a vapor phase method, and includes Si as an element. In the anode active material layer, a plurality of primary particles formed by growth in a thickness direction are included, and the plurality... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070207387 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery of the present invention comprises an electrode assembly in which a strip-shaped positive electrode plate and a strip-shaped negative electrode plate are spirally wound with a strip-shaped separator interposed therebetween, the positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material mixture layer... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070207388 - Battery electrode producing method, and battery electrode: A method of producing an electrode includes the steps of filling an active material in an electrode substrate made of woven or non-woven fabric having its fiber surface coated with metal, and pressing the electrode substrate to obtain an electrode, wherein the pressing is performed using the electrode substrate having... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070207389 - Non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery using the same: m