Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 10/07

20070248851 - Fuel cell power system having dock-type device, and technique for controlling and/or operating same: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the inventions relate to a fuel cell power system comprising (i) a plurality of removable fuel storage cartridges, each cartridge having a vessel to store hydrogen (for example, hydrogen, methanol and/or hydrogen containing compounds or substances from which hydrogen... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070248854 - Power generation module, system, and method for driving the power generation module: Disclosed is a power generation module including a fuel take-in unit to take in fuel from at least one of a plurality of fuel containers, the fuel take-in unit being coupled with the plurality of fuel containers; a power generator to generate electricity by using the fuel supplied from the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070248857 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a power source system control device. The control device is configured to determine a humidification state in the fuel cell based on a difference between power consumption of an air blower that supplies air to the fuel cell and a preset... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070248860 - Integrated exhaust combustor and thermal recovery for fuel cells: An apparatus includes a combustor and a thermal recovery device that is integrated with the combustor. The combustor produces an exhaust flow in response to an exhaust flow from an electrochemical cell.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070248865 - Membrane electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A polymer electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including a proton conductive membrane having superior workability is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a proton conductive membrane, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode being disposed on opposite sides of the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070248869 - Ceramic thin plate member: A thin plate member is a thin plate member that is formed by sintering, contains a ceramic layer, and comprises a thin part having two or more types of layers laminated, each of which is made of a material having a different thermal expansion coefficient, and a thick part that... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070248870 - Fuel cell: There is provided a fuel cell in which produced water can be efficiently conveyed to an upstream region of hydrogen gas flow, thereby quickly increasing the power generation performance of an electrolyte membrane after activation in a short period of time and giving a stable output for a long period... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070248873 - Membrane-electrode assembly for a direct oxidation fuel cell and a direct oxidation fuel cell system comprising the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a direct oxidation fuel cell and a direct oxidation fuel cell system including the same. The membrane-electrode assembly includes an anode and a cathode facing each other and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed therebetween. The cathode includes an electrode substrate including a hydrocarbon fuel oxidizing catalyst... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070248845 - Biochemical fuel cell: A fuel cell and a method of operating the fuel cell, which fuel cell comprises an anode having a catalyst adsorbed thereon, said catalyst comprising an oxygen tolerant hydrogenase enzyme, in particular a hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha. The hydrogenase enzyme is typically also tolerant to carbon monoxide.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070248846 - Method for producing membrane-electrode units: The invention relates to a process for producing a five-layer membrane-electrode unit comprising an ionomer membrane, a first catalyst layer, a second catalyst layer, a first gas diffusion layer and a second gas diffusion layer. In the process of the invention, at least one gas diffusion layer is provided with... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070248850 - Biological fuel cell and methods: A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070248849 - Method for operation of an energy system, as well as an energy system: An energy system, in at least one embodiment, includes an energy production device for production of energy for the energy system with the aid of an working medium, a superconductor for low-loss conduction of electrical energy in the energy system, and a cooling device for cooling of the superconductor with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070248848 - Power cell and power chip architecture: A power cell comprises a membrane with a first side and a second side. The membrane has a geometric structure encompassing a volume. The power cell also has a cover that is coupled to the membrane to separate the first flow path from the second flow path at the membrane.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070248847 - Shutdown methods and designs for fuel cell stacks: Improved water distribution can be obtained within the cells of a fuel cell series stack by maintaining a suitable temperature difference between the cathode and anode sides of each cell in the stack during shutdown.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070248853 - Fuel cell system and method for operating fuel cell system: The fuel cell system (100) is comprised of: a hydrogen generator (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas from a feed gas and steam; a fuel cell (5) configured to generate electric power using the hydrogen-containing gas and an oxidizing gas; a water recovery device (12) configured to recover water... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070248852 - Method for the controlled storage and release of gases using an electrochemically produced crystalline, porous, organometallic skeleton material: The present invention relates to a method of absorbing and/or storing gases, in which the gas to be stored is brought into contact with an electrochemically prepared metal-organic framework under conditions suitable for absorption of the gas, with absorption of the gas into the metal-organic framework occurring, and, if appropriate,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070248855 - Fuel-cell stack comprising a tensioning device: A fuel cell stack (10) with fuel cells (12), a clamping device (16) and a heat insulating device (14), the clamping device (16) having pressure distribution elements (18) and the fuel cells (12) being located between the pressure distribution elements (18). The fuel cell stack (10) is characterized by the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070248856 - Fuel cell system and operating method thereof: wherein during a shutdown period of the fuel cell (4), the controller (20) determines whether the fuel cell system is in a normal condition where a shutdown operation of the fuel cell (4) is performed; and wherein if the controller (20) determines that the fuel cell system is not in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070248858 - Fuel cell system with improved fuel recirculation: A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack, a fuel recirculation line provided with a jet pump and a valve controlled by a control unit based on the anode-cathode pressure differential such that the valve is closed to reduce or stop fuel supply when the anode-cathode pressure differential reaches... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070248861 - Cooling device for fuel cells and motor vehicle equipped with such cooling device: A cooling water flow path 41 connected with a radiator 40 includes a fuel cell flow path 41a that makes circulation of cooling water from the radiator 40 via a fuel cell stack 20 to the radiator 40, and an exothermic equipment flow path 41b that is placed in parallel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070248859 - Recuperative exhaust gas processor for a fuel cell system: Fuel cell systems and methods are disclosed, where the systems include a burner configured to receive a first gas that is exhausted from a fuel cell and to combust the first gas to provide a second gas, and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the burner, the heat exchanger... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070248862 - Electrode catalyst with improved longevity properties and fuel cell using the same: Disclosed is an electrode catalyst comprising: (a) a support; (b) metal catalyst particles supported on the support and formed of a catalytically active metal or metal-containing alloy; and (c) an anti-coarsening compound, which is dispersed in at least one region selected from the group consisting of interstitial spaces among the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070248863 - Membrane-electrode unit and fuel elements with increased service life: The invention relates to a membrane-electrode unit comprising a) two electrochemically active electrodes divided by a polymer electrolytic membrane, wherein the surfaces of said polymer electrolytic membrane are in contact with the electrodes in such a way that the first electrode partially or entirely covers the front side of the... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070248864 - Solid oxide fuel cell: The solid oxide fuel cell of the present invention has a substrate (1); an electrolyte (3) that is disposed on one surface of the substrate (1); and at least one electrode element E having an anode (5) and a cathode (7) disposed on the same surface of the electrolyte (3)... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070248866 - Insert-molded, externally manifolded, sealed membrane based electrochemical cell stacks: The present invention provides, among other things, membrane cassettes and stacks thereof which are suitable for a use in a variety of electrochemical applications. The invention further provides membrane cassettes which comprise one or more external manifolds which deliver reagents and/or coolant to one or more reactant or coolant flow... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070248867 - Etched interconnect for fuel cell elements: An etched interconnect for fuel cell elements comprising solid oxide electrolyte, an anode, and a cathode, includes a conductive base sheet having first and second faces having anode and cathode gas flow passages, respectively. The anode gas flow passages and cathode gas flow passages each have a unique geometry selected... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070248868 - Solid oxide fuel cell stack having an integral gas distribution manifold: An SOFC stack module including an integral individual stack manifold containing all of the gas pathways necessary for supply and exhaust of fuel gas and cathode air to and from the stack chimneys. The stack is mounted and hermetically joined directly to the manifold without an intermediate base plate. Flanges... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070248871 - Clad current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell stack: A current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising a current-carrying core formed of a high-conductivity metallic material such as copper, brass, bronze, silver, silver-copper alloys, molybdenum, tungsten, or the like, and a protective jacket surrounding the core material. Preferably, the jacket is metallurgically bonded to the core.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070248872 - Membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell: An electrolyte layer (121) and a hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122) are fitted in a fitting portion (131) of a low thermal expansion member (130), and a cathode electrode (110) is provided on the electrolyte layer (121). Gas separators (100, 150) are provided such that a low thermal expansion member (130)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070248874 - Hydrogen separation membrane and fuel cell, and manufacturing method therefor: A method of manufacturing a hydrogen separation membrane comprises the steps of forming an intermediate layer suitable for controlling oxidation of a hydrogen permeable metal layer on the surface of the hydrogen permeable metal layer on the surface of the hydrogen permeable metal used as a substrate; and attaching a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070248875 - Oxygen-reducing catalyst layer: An oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, and a method of making the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, where the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer includes a catalytic material film disposed on a substrate with the use of physical vapor deposition and thermal treatment. The catalytic material film includes a transition metal that is substantially free of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070248876 - Sealed type heat exchanging system of battery pack: Disclosed herein is a heat exchange system that controls the temperature of a medium- or large-sized battery pack including a plurality of unit cells. The heat exchange system includes a sealed type housing surrounding the outer surface of the battery pack such that a predetermined flow channel, through which a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070248877 - Gradient non-linear adaptive power architecture and scheme: Techniques related to a power module employing multiple power sub-modules are described. More specifically, an embodiment combines and controls multiple power sub-modules of varying characteristics to improve the overall efficiency of the power module across varying load currents, power outputs, input voltages, and other operating conditions. Moreover, the power module... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070248878 - Electrode including a multi-region current collector: An electrochemical cell is provided that includes a current collector plate and a pellet. The current collector plate includes a circumferential outer peripheral wall and an inner wall coupled thereto, where the circumferential outer peripheral wall defines a cavity and has a height, and the inner wall extends across and... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070248879 - Alkaline battery including nickel oxyhydroxide cathode and zinc anode: A primary alkaline battery includes a cathode including a nickel oxyhydroxide and an anode including zinc or zinc alloy particles. Performance of the nickel oxyhydroxide alkaline cell is improved by adding zinc fines to the anode and by including an oxidation resistant graphite in the cathode as well as in... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20070248880 - Alkaline cell with performance enhancing additives: Alkaline electrochemical cells having extended service life and acceptable gassing and corrosion properties are disclosed. An amphoteric surfactant can be incorporated into the gelled anode mixture of an alkaline electrochemical cell, optionally with an organic phosphate ester surfactant or a sulfonic acid type organic surfactant or both. Zinc particles having... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27840) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070248881 - Implantable medical device and lithium battery: A lithium battery includes a housing and a first electrode and a second electrode provided within the housing. A first tab is coupled to the first electrode and a second tab coupled to the second electrode. A pin is coupled to the second tab and extends to a location outside... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070248882 - Methods for production of zinc oxide electrodes for alkaline batteries: A zinc electrode for use in alkaline batteries comprises a mixture of 0.425 to 1.55 volume parts of zinc oxide with a volume part of a metallic oxide chosen from the group consisting of: calcium oxide, barium oxide, and mixtures thereof, together with hydroxy-ethyl cellulose, an oxide dispersant chosen from... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070248883 - Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using same: To provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which if used as a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the battery internal resistance can be reduced, giving a secondary battery superior in output characteristics and life property. After mixing raw material powders in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070248884 - Negative electrode and secondary battery: There is provided a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. In the negative electrode, the negative electrode active material layer includes a first layer having contact with the negative electrode current collector, and a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070248885 - Lithium ion secondary battery: The invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolysis solution containing an aprotic solvent having an electrolyte dissolved in it, wherein the negative electrodes uses an amorphous carbon material as a negative electrode active material. The amorphous carbon material has (A)... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070248886 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode (11), a negative electrode (12), and a non-aqueous electrolyte (14). The positive electrode contains a lithium-free metal oxide and a positive electrode active material composed of an olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate represented by the general formula LixMPO4, where M is at least... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070248887 - Using metal foam to make high-performance, low-cost lithium batteries: New wireless devices need better batteries, more powerful but still low cost. We have created one—a high-performance lithium-based battery using metal foam (or some other three-dimensional, fillable, conductive material) to make its electrodes. Our battery offers as much as 30% to 100% greater power and energy density. Similar increases in... Agent: Edward G. Durney Patent Strategies

20070248888 - High-performance all-solid lithium battery: The present invention provides a method of efficiently producing a lithium ion conductive inorganic solid electrolyte having high ionic conductivity, including: conducting a melt reaction of lithium sulfide containing 0.15 mass % or less of each of a lithium salt of sulfur oxide and lithium N-methylaminobutyrate, and one or more... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070248889 - Membrane electrode units and fuel cells with an increased service life: The invention relates to a membrane-electrode unit comprising two gas diffusion layers, each layer being in contact with a catalyst layer and said gas diffusion layers being separated by a polymer electrolyte membrane. A polymer frame is provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the polymer electrolyte... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070243423 - Non-directional connection module: A non-directional connection module is described for connecting with a battery. The non-directional connection module uses a first conductive element to connect the positive pole of the battery, and a second conductive element to connect the negative pole of the battery. An insulation element is positioned between the first conductive... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070243424 - Composite battery pack of power tool: A composite battery set of a power tool, comprising a battery, a non-polarity ultracapacitor, a switch, a motor, etc. The ultracapacitor is a non-polarity ultracapacitor, and the power released by the fully charged battery at a high discharge rate is utilized to drive a motor. As such, a switch is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070243425 - Field deployable power distribution system and method thereof: A system for providing field deployable electrical power distribution is provided. The system includes a plurality of power sources providing electrical power to meet the electrical needs of a field operations camp. The power sources include at least one regenerative fuel cell that is arranged to provide a electrical power... Agent: Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

20070243433 - Reformer with a plurality of heaters and fuel cell system using the same: Disclosed are a reformer with a plurality of heaters for precisely controlling the temperature thereof, and a fuel cell system using the same. The fuel cell system is constructed with an electric generator that generates electricity through electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, a pump that supply the electric generator... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070243447 - High capacity micro fuel cell system: A high capacity micro fuel cell system for supplying power to a portable device. A fuel supply includes a fuel inlet formed at one side of a substrate and a gas outlet formed at the other side of the substrate. A pair of cell units are disposed at opposed sides... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070243453 - Membrane-electrode assembly for mixed reactant fuel cell and mixed reactant fuel cell system comprising same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a mixed reactant fuel cell and a mixed reactant fuel cell system including the same. The membrane-electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, and a conductive substrate positioned at least one outer surface of the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070243452 - Reliable fuel cell electrode design: The present invention generally relates to the creation of fuel cell components and the method of forming the various fuel cell components that have an improved lifetime, lower production cost and improved process performance. The invention generally includes treating or conditioning a substrate surface by depositing a material layer, or... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070243458 - Battery pack: A battery pack for an electric appliance has a base body, a locking element that is movable relative to the base body, is provided for locking the base body to the electric appliance, and has a locked position, and a holding element, which is provided to maintain the locked position... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070243427 - Fuel cell employing local power generation when starting at low temperature: A fuel cell which can self-heat in a short time, in which no reaction gas is necessary for combustion, thereby improving the starting performance at low temperatures. The fuel cell comprises a cell structure in which an anode and a cathode are provided on either side of a solid polymer... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070243426 - Fuel cell system: An object is to provide a fuel cell system capable of suitably avoiding damage to the equipment caused by abnormally high pressure of fuel gas and appropriately discharge fuel gas at a safe concentration to the outside. The fuel cell system (1) includes a fuel gas passage (38) that feeds... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243428 - Method of commencing operation of an electrochemical fuel cell stack from freeze-start conditions: A method of commencing operation of an electrochemical fuel cell stack from freeze-start conditions is disclosed. The method comprises detecting the temperature of the electrochemical fuel cell stack, detecting the temperature of the ambient environment, and, if the temperature of the electrochemical fuel cell stack is below the freezing temperature... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070243429 - Fuel cell separator, fuel cell stack, fuel cell vehicle, and method of manufacturing the fuel cell separator: A fuel cell separator (1) of the present invention has a base material (5) formed of titanium, and a nitride compound layer (6) composed of titanium and nitrogen and provided on a surface of the base material (5). In the fuel cell separator (1), the contact resistance which occurs between... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070243431 - Hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge: Disclosed herein is a novel hydrogen-generating, solid fuel cartridge which may be used to provide hydrogen to a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The cartridge contains a mixture of the hydrogen-generating solid fuel and a catalyst. The solid fuel/catalyst mixture has a packing fraction greater than about 55 percent.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070243432 - Method and apparatus for facilitating a chemical reaction: A method of facilitating a chemical reaction includes raising a temperature of a protective layer covering a catalyst in the presence of a chemical solution.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070243430 - Method of preserving polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and preservation assembly of polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack: Provided is a method of preserving a PEFC stack, which is capable of controlling degradation of performance of the PEFC stack during a time period that elapses from when the stack is placed in an uninstalled state until it is placed in an installation position and is practically used. Provided... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070243434 - Fuel cell system with fuel flow control assembly including a low flow bypass: A fuel cell system with a fuel cell having an anode adapted to receive fuel and a cathode adapted to receive oxidant, an anode oxidizing assembly adapted to receive output of said anode and input oxidant and to output oxidant gas for said cathode, a fuel supply assembly including a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070243435 - Online configurable control system for fuel cells: A fuel cell system control system includes a fuel cell system and a controller. The controller includes a display and a processor configured to execute a program for managing an operation of a fuel cell state machine having a plurality of states and capable of executing logic to execute state... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070243436 - Coolant system for fuel processor: A coolant subsystem for use in a fuel processor and a method for its operation are disclosed. In accordance with a first aspect, the coolant subsystem is separate from the feed to the processor reactor and is capable of circulating a coolant through the processor reactor. In accordance with a... Agent: Chevron Services Company Law, Intellectual Property Group

20070243437 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system (50) includes pressure obtaining means (4) for obtaining the pressure in a hydrogen system (anode (1b)) of a fuel cell (1), pressure estimation means (10) for estimating the hydrogen partial pressure in the hydrogen system. Further, the fuel cell system (50) includes impurity concentration estimation means... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243439 - Fuel cell structures and assemblies: The present invention relates to microfibrous fuel cell sub-bundle structures, fuel cell bundles and fuel cell assemblies formed by such fuel cell sub-bundles and bundles. Specifically, a fuel cell sub-bundle is provided, which comprises multiple microfibrous fuel cells. Each microfibrous fuel cell comprises: (a) a hollow microfibrous membrane separator comprising... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070243438 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell body; a first portion continuously supplied with heat following start up of the fuel cell body; a second portion continuously supplied with heat following start up of the fuel cell body; and a hydrogen exhaust valve. The first portion and the second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243440 - System of a fuel cell and an internal combustion engine: A system including a fuel cell and an internal-combustion engine, particularly for a motor vehicle. Preferably, exhaust gas from the internal-combustion engine flows at least essentially around the fuel cell. Exhaust gas from the internal-combustion engine may also flow around an afterburner for the fuel cell exhaust gas and/or around... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070243442 - Fuel cell: The present invention provides a fuel cell comprising: a cathode catalyst layer 2; an anode catalyst layer 3; a proton conductive membrane 6 disposed between the cathode catalyst layer 2 and the anode catalyst layer 3; a liquid fuel tank 9 for storing a liquid fuel L; a fuel vaporizing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070243441 - Fuel cell and fuel cell stack: In the fuel cell, eight electrolyte electrode assemblies are sandwiched between a pair of separators. The separator includes a first plate, a second plate, and a third plate, the first plate stacked on the third plate, and the third plate stacked on the second plate. A fuel gas channel connected... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070243443 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell having a single cell 20 comprises a hydrogen permeable metal layer 22 and a cathode 24 as layers equipped with catalytic metal for promoting a reaction of a labile substance supplied to the fuel cell during production of electricity in the fuel cell. Also, the fuel cell... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243444 - Heating solid oxide for fuel cell stack: This invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising at least one longitudinally extending tubular solid oxide fuel cell and a longitudinally extending heater mounted in thermal proximity to the fuel cell to provide heat to the fuel cell during start up and during operation as needed. The... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070243445 - High power density seal-less tubular solid oxide fuel cell by means of a wide interconnection: The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell that includes at least one flat support tube having a first side, a second side, and an outer surface and at least one interconnection (3) deposited to the full surface of the outer surface of at least one side of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070243446 - Fuel cell electrolyte membrane with acidic polymer: An electrolyte membrane is formed by an acidic polymer and a low-volatility acid that is fluorinated, substantially free of basic groups, and is either oligomeric or non-polymeric.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070243448 - Fuel cell electrode, membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system including membrane-electrode assembly: The electrode for a fuel cell includes an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the electrode substrate. The catalyst layer includes a first catalyst including a tungsten-containing compound and a second catalyst including a noble metal.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070243449 - Electrode for use in oxygen reduction: e

20070243451 - Anode support member and bipolar separator for use in a fuel cell assembly and for preventing poisoning of reforming catalyst: An anode support for supporting an anode electrode in a fuel cell assembly in which the anode support has a first support member formed of a porous non-wettable material and a second support member abutting and joined with the second member and having a plurality of through openings. Also disclosed... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070243450 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 22 that contains a hydrogen-permeable metal, an electrolyte layer 21 that comprises a solid oxide material exhibiting proton conductivity, and an intermediate layer 23 comprising one or more metal layers that are laminated together with and between the hydrogen-permeable metal layer 22... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070243454 - Lithium/air batteries with lipon as separator and protective barrier and method: A method and apparatus for making lithium/air batteries with LiPON as separator and protective barrier, and the resulting cell(s) and/or battery(s). Some embodiments include an apparatus that includes a lithium anode; a polymer-air cathode; and a LiPON separator between the anode and cathode. In some embodiments, the polymer-air cathode includes... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070243455 - Machinable and hand-mouldable compound: A compound, Phyxall (T.M.), is available on the Internet as a multi-purpose filler. It contains glass microbeads and solidifies rapidly by the addition of a liquid glue component. Previously used to mend vinyl pool liners, the compound has unexpectedly been found to have unusual adherent and sealing qualities for bridging... Agent: D.w. Eggins

20070243456 - Thread-type flexible battery: The present invention relates to a thread-type flexible battery, more precisely a thread-type flexible battery that can be transformed into various forms in necessary and easily connected to an instrument from outside thereof by having a shape of a thread, which is constructed by forming an inside electrode by coating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070243457 - Electronic device with multiple battery contacts: An electronic device comprises a housing having a cavity configured to removably receive a battery. A first electrical contact associated with the housing is adapted to be electrically coupled to the battery in a first contact plane and a second electrical contact is adapted to be electrically coupled to the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070243459 - Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte: A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is supplied directly to the material forming the film. The energy... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070243460 - Safety shutdown separators: The present invention pertains to electrochemical cells which comprise (a) an anode; (b) a cathode; (c) a solid porous separator, such as a polyolefin, xerogel, or inorganic oxide separator; and (d) a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the separator comprises a porous membrane having a microporous coating comprising polymer particles which have... Agent: Optodot Corporation

20070243461 - Nickel bright-plated battery: A battery comprising electrode terminals 12a, 32a of a steel plate having a nickel bright-plating. The surface of the steel plate is dull finished and the concentration of sulfur and sulfur compound in the nickel bright-plating is at 0.02% or less by weight.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070243462 - Generally oval battery: A generally oval battery including a battery case (2) having a generally oval cross section, a generally oval sealing plate (3) and an electrode plate assembly, the sealing plate (3) having a U-shaped cross section and the battery having a thickness of 4 mm or more and an aspect ratio... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070243463 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte includes an onium compound, a lithium salt and a chain carbonate having a C═C unsaturated bond. The onium compound is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070243464 - Nanotube position controlling method, nanotube position controlling flow path pattern and electronic element using nanotube: A flow-path pattern (5) provided with flow paths (5a) along the facing direction of electrodes (3a, 3b) is placed on the facing electrodes, a carbon nanotube (7)-dispersed solvent is guided to the flow paths to allow it to flow in one direction, and, after the solvent is dried, the flow-path... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070243465 - Anode for lithium rechargeable battery and lithium rechargeable battery including the same and method of fabricating the lithium rechargeable battery: The present invention provides an anode for a lithium rechargeable battery, a lithium rechargeable battery including the same, and a method of fabricating the lithium rechargeable battery. An antigelling agent is added in an anode slurry to prevent gelation, and the anode of the present invention is made with the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070243466 - Bismuth fluoride based nanocomposites as electrode materials: The present invention relates to primary and secondary electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly to such systems as battery cells, which use materials that take up and release ions as a means of storing and supplying electrical energy.... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20070243467 - Li4ti5o12, li(4-a)zati5o12 or li4zbetati(5-beta)o12 particles, process for obtaining same and use as electrochemical generators: Synthesis process for new particles of Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-α)ZαTi5O12 or Li4ZβTi(5-β)O12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein β is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), a representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070243468 - Secondary battery of improved life characteristics: n

20070243469 - Anode active material and method of preparing the same: Anode active materials and methods of preparing the same are provided. One anode active material includes a carbonaceous material capable of improving battery cycle characteristics. The carbonaceous material bonds to and coats metal active material particles and fibrous metallic particles to suppress volumetric changes.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070243470 - Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and secondary battery using the electrolyte solution: (In the formulae, each of R1, R2, and R3 independently represents a C1-8 alkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, C2-8 alkynyl, or C6-8 aryl group; R4 represents a C1-8 alkylene, C2-8 alkenylene, C2-8 alkynylene, or C6-8 arylene group; and n represents 1 or 2. When n is 1, X represents a fluorine atom,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070243471 - Nonaqueous secondary battery: Accordingly, a nonaqueous secondary battery can be obtained which is excellent in charging load property and cycle property at room temperature and at high temperatures and in which even when the battery is preserved in a charged state in a high temperature atmosphere, not only remaining capacity is large, but... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070237989 - Power source system using a fuel cell and its control method: A control method of a power source system having at least two kind of power supply, such as a fuel cell and an auxiliary power supply and supplying power to electronic devices, the fuel cell characteristics being recovered by increasing the fuel cell output voltage.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070237992 - Method and circuit for managing start-up phase of at least a micro fuel cell to be connected to a load: A managing method of the start-up phase of at least one micro fuel cell to be connected to a load includes: measuring a micro fuel cell voltage value across the micro fuel cell activated by means of a fuel injection; comparing the micro fuel cell voltage value with a first... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070237995 - Silicide fueled power generators and methods related thereto: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a power generator comprising one or more fuel cells and a fuel, wherein the fuel comprises an alkali metal silicide.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070238000 - Electrolyte, electrolyte membrane, membrane/electrode assembly and fuel cell power source: Sulfoalkyl groups or sulfonic groups as proton-conductive groups, and a phosphoalkyl group as oxidation-resistance imparting groups are introduced into a hydrocarbon electrolyte membrane. A fuel cell is provided wherein the membrane is insoluble in an aqueous methanol solution as a fuel and can stably generate electricity over extended periods of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070238003 - Fuel cell system: Provided is a fuel cell system that include at least one fuel cell stack and at least one Venturi pump. The Venturi pump has a main inlet, a main outlet, and a secondary inlet. A main stream flows into the Venturi pump through the main inlet, and is mixed with... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070238011 - Battery pack: A battery pack for an electrical device has a base body, a locking element for locking the base body to the electrical device, and an actuating element for actuating the locking element. The locking element has a retaining region, which is provided for retaining the actuating element at least in... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070238012 - Battery pack: In a battery pack for an electrical device having a base body, a locking unit for locking the base body to the electrical device, and at least one battery cell, the battery pack has a fastening module, which is intended for securing the locking unit to the battery cell.... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070238013 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a body, a cover, a button, a movable pin and a battery. The button is movably disposed on the body to move between a first position and a second position. The movable pin is disposed in the body. The battery is... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070237990 - Carbon nanotube electrode comprising sulfur or metal nanoparticles as a binder and process for preparing the same: The present invention provides an electrode made of carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers and a process for preparing the same. The electrode comprising a current collector, sulfur or metal nanoparticles as a binder, and carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers is characterized in that the sulfur or metal nanoparticles are bonded,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070237991 - Au-pt heteroaggregate dendritic nanostructures and au-pt alloy nanoparticles and their use as catalysts: Au—Pt heteroaggregate dendritic nanostructures and AuPt alloy nanoparticles, and their use as anodic catalysts in fuel cells.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070237993 - Fuel cell reforming: Apparatus for chemoelectric generating includes an anode constructed and arranged to receive fuel, a cathode constructed and arranged to receive an oxidizer and an electrolyte that is positioned at least partially between the anode and the cathode. A controllable switch is constructed and arranged to selectively couple a load between... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070237994 - Hydrogen generating material, hydrogen generator and fuel cell: A hydrogen generating material reacts with water to produce hydrogen and includes at least one metal material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, and their alloys. The metal material includes particles with a particle size of 60 μm or less in a proportion of 80 wt % or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070237996 - Fuel cell system: To provide a fuel cell system, comprising a fuel cell device having one or more fuel cell blocks in which chemical energy can be converted into electrical energy, an oxidant supply device for the fuel cell device, a fuel supply device for the fuel cell device, and a control device,... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070237997 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a stack body that is formed by stacking a membrane-electrode assembly and a separator. The membrane-electrode assembly includes electrolyte layer and electrode layers one of which is provided on one side of the electrolyte layer and the other of which is provided on the other... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070237998 - Solid oxide fuel cell having internal active layers: A solid oxide electrochemical device includes: a porous support structure having a porous outer surface and a tubular porous inner surface; a first electrode layer disposed radially inside the tubular porous inner surface and supported by the porous support structure; a dense electrolyte layer disposed radially inside and supported by... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070237999 - Sofc stack having a high temperature bonded ceramic interconnect and method for making same: The present disclosure is directed to an integrated SOFC stack including, a first cell having a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer overlying the cathode layer, and an anode layer overlying the electrolyte layer. The SOFC stack also includes a second cell having a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer overlying the... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070238001 - Carbon support for fuel cell, electrode material for fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly using the same, fuel cell, fuel cell power system, and eletronic equipment: It is an object of the present invention to allow a membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell to stably work for extended periods. A highly electron-conductive carbon supporting a catalyst is incorporated with a proton-conductivity providing group, e.g., sulfonic acid group or sulfoalkyl group, and hydrogen peroxide decomposing group, e.g.,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070238002 - Fuel cell system with acid trap: We disclose a system that includes a fuel cell which during operation exhausts a fluid composition that includes an acid or a derivative of the acid, and an acid trap arranged to receive the fluid composition and configured to reduce a concentration of the acid or the derivative of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070238004 - Insert-molded, externally manifolded, one-shot sealed membrane based electrochemical cell stacks: The present invention provides membrane cassettes and stacks thereof which are suitable for a use in a variety of electrochemical applications. The invention further provides membrane cassettes which comprise one or more external manifolds which deliver reagents and/or coolant to one or more reactant or coolant flow fields of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070238005 - Separator for fuel cells: The object of the invention is to provide a separator for fuel cells which is of improved strength and corrosion resistance and facilitates the assembling of unit cells. The separator comprises an electrically conductive resin layer formed by electrodeposition in such a way as to cover a metal substrate and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070238006 - Water management properties of pem fuel cell bipolar plates using carbon nano tube coatings: A flow field plate or bipolar plate for a fuel cell that includes a carbon nano tube or carbon nano fiber coating that makes the bipolar plate conductive hydrophilic. Further, the carbon nano tube or carbon nano fiber coating is stable in the fuel cell environment and does not corrode.... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation - Legal Staff

20070238007 - Solid electrolyte fuel cell and process for the production thereof: A solid electrolyte fuel cell comprising a cathode layer 12 formed on one side of a solid electrolyte layer 10 and an anode layer 18 formed on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer 10, wherein the cathode layer 16 comprises a first cathode layer 12 formed in contact... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070238008 - Aerogel-based vehicle thermal management systems and methods: Aerogel-based thermal management systems and methods for vehicles incorporate aerogel materials to provide insulation and heat shielding. Various components of a vehicle must be protected from high temperatures, and conventional insulation undesirably adds weight and mass to the vehicle. Aerogel materials can be used for heat insulation and heat shielding... Agent: Aspen Aerogels Inc.IPDepartment

20070238009 - Cathode catalyst for fuel cell and membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system including same: A cathode catalyst includes a carrier including Mo, S, and I, and an active metal supported on the carrier and including a material selected from the group consisting of Ru, Pt, Rh, and combinations thereof. It is shown that such a catalyst for a cathode has improved activity over platinum... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070238010 - Nano-based gas diffusion media: The present invention relates to novel methods for producing a nano-porous gas diffusion media, compositions thereof, and devices comprising the same. The nano-porous gas diffusion media of the invention is produced using photolithographic techniques to create a solid substrate comprising a plurality of nano-scale (1 nm-300 μm) pores or holes... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Basil S. Krikelis

20070238014 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a liquid electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and an alkali metal salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; a positive electrode active material including a redox material that is dissolved or dispersed in the liquid electrolyte; a positive electrode current collector that provides a place... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070238016 - Battery pack: A battery pack includes battery modules; battery module stacked members including the stacked battery modules; a battery module group including the battery module stacked members arranged in a plane; and a lower plate arranged to hold the battery module group. The lower plate includes a main body made from a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070238015 - Vehicular power source device: A vehicle power source includes a number of battery modules in a first layer on one end side in a battery module laminating direction which is smaller than the number of battery modules in a fourth layer on an other end side. A cooling-air supply port is opened over the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070238017 - Multilayer separator exhibiting improved strength and stability: A multi-layer microporous battery separator which comprises: a high molecular weight polypropylene layer having a melt flow index of ≦1.2 measured at layer; a polyethylene layer; and a high molecular weight polypropylene layer having a melt flow index of ≦1.2 measured at layer. The resulting microporous battery separator which is... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070238018 - Connection apparatus of battery cell module: A connection apparatus of a battery cell module having a battery cell cover with connecting plates formed at opposing ends thereof, a main frame having guide channels that receive the cell cover, and a top cover to secured the cell cover to the main frame, the connection apparatus having holes... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070238019 - Microbattery comprising through-connections and production method thereof: A microbattery has a support having a front face, a rear face, first and second current collectors arranged on the front face. A stack including a cathode and an anode separated by an electrolyte is arranged on the current collectors. The anode and cathode respectively contact the first and second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070238020 - Composite magnetic particles and foils: A method and apparatus for microencapsulating or electrodeposited coating of ferromagnetic and soft-magnetic sub-micron or nano sized powderized material comprising use of a rotary flow-through device assisted by an electromagnet within the electrode ring to alternately position the powder at the face of the cathode ring and electroplate the powder... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070238021 - Ion storage compound of cathode material and method for preparing the same: An ion storage compound of cathode material and method for preparing the same are disclosed. The method for preparing the ion storage compound comprises steps of providing a first reactant having a formula of A3xM12y(PO4)3, providing a second reactant being at least one compound selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070238022 - Lead-zinc storage battery: A storage battery is provided such that in its charged condition the positive electrode comprises lead dioxide and the negative electrode zinc. Upon discharge the lead dioxide is reduced to lead monoxide and the zinc is oxidized to zinc oxide. The electrolyte comprising an aqueous solution of a chromate salt.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070238023 - Lithium titanate and method of forming the same: wherein x is greater than 0. The lithium titanate is formed by providing a mixture of titanium dioxide and a lithium-based component. The mixture is sintered in a gaseous atmosphere comprising a reducing agent to form the lithium titanate having the above formula. A lithium-based cell includes an electrolyte, an... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070238024 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery excellent in reliability, capable of surely suppressing an internal short circuit due to the growth of a dendritic crystal of zinc oxide, even when the amount of sodium remaining in an electrolytic manganese dioxide powder used for a positive electrode active material is large is provided. The... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070238025 - Nonaqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery employing the same: The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein, wherein the nonaqueous organic solvent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acid anhydrides and carbonic esters having an unsaturated bond, and at least one compound selected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231627 - Concentration detection device and the detection method: The present invention provides a concentration detection device, which is used to detect the concentration of liquid fuel within a container. The device comprises: a float, which is floating on the surface of liquid fuel, wherein the upper portion of the float has a figure of a first reference circle,... Agent: G. Link Co ., Ltd

20070231628 - Fuel cell system ventilation scheme: A method of operating a fuel cell system includes purging heavier and lighter than air gases from a system cabinet containing at least one fuel cell stack during a single purge step, and starting-up the fuel cell system after the purging step. The system includes an air blower, a purge... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231631 - Hybrid reformer for fuel flexibility: A reformer for a fuel cell system includes a leading segment and a trailing segment. The leading segment includes less reactive catalyst and/or more stabilizing catalyst than the trailing segment. The reformer may be used for reformation of high and low hydrocarbon fuels.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231635 - Fuel cell system operated on liquid fuels: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a heavy hydrocarbon fuel source, and a fractionator configured to separate light ends from heavy ends of a heavy hydrocarbon fuel provided from the heavy hydrocarbon fuel source.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231633 - Fuel system and fuel cell system: A fuel system includes: a fuel vessel storing an organic raw material which has a higher saturated vapor pressure than the atmospheric pressure; a first flow rate unit regulating a flow rate of the organic raw material supplied from the fuel vessel; a reforming unit reforming at least a part... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231634 - Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system using the same: Provided is a hydrogen generator which is capable of reducing a size of an entire apparatus and reducing a running cost by utilizing heat of a heat exchanger (1) for hydrogen reforming in a reformer (2), and which can particularly preferably be used in a facility such as a hospital,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070231638 - Fuel feeder, electric equipment and fuel feed system thereof: A fuel feeder includes a fuel reserve body reserving a fuel, a fuel feed unit feeding the fuel in the fuel reserve body to electric equipment, and a control unit controlling the fuel feed unit, wherein the control unit obtains equipment information from by the electric equipment and operates the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070231639 - Fuel-cell electric vehicle: When a fuel-cell electric vehicle is running at idle, and a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the vehicle comes into the idle state, forthcoming stopping of an operation of the vehicle is predicted, and the operation mode of a fuel cell is shifted to a residual water reduction... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070231643 - Fuel cell system: The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel cell temperature sensor for measuring the internal temperature of the fuel cell, a voltage sensor for measuring the power generation voltage of the fuel cell, a current sensor for measuring the current flowing from the fuel cell, a radiator... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070231648 - Membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell system including the same: The membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes an anode and a cathode facing each other, and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed there between. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes a first proton conductive polymer substrate and a coating layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate. The coating... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070231651 - Fuel cell with insulating element: The invention relates to an insulating element for a fuel cell stack, which is composed of a thermally insulating plastic or plastic composite material. The insulating element is connected to the end plate and the bipolar end plate of the stack and achieves virtually uniform distribution of temperature and flow... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070231652 - Polymer electrolyte, membrane/electrode assembly, and fuel cell: e

20070231653 - Reinforced composite electrolyte membrane for fuel cell: Disclosed is a composite electrolyte membrane comprising a microporous polymer substrate and a sulfonated polymer electrolyte. The composite electrolyte membrane comprises: a first polymer electrolyte layer formed of a first non-fluorinated or partially-fluorinated sulfonated polymer electrolyte; a non-fluorinated or partially-fluorinated microporous polymer substrate stacked on the first polymer electrolyte layer,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070231658 - Connecting structure, flow path control section, fuel cell-type power generation device, and electronic apparatus: Disclosed herein is a connecting structure for connecting to an electro-osmotic flow pump with electrodes formed on both surfaces of electro-osmotic material, including: a first liquid absorber for absorbing liquid; and a second liquid absorber for absorbing the liquid, the second liquid absorber being superposed on the first liquid absorber... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070231657 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a power generation unit, a fuel supply source, gas-liquid separator, and a circulating circuit. The gas-liquid separator includes a lyophobic tube, a lyophilic tube which communicates with the lyophobic tube, and a lyophilic member provided to clog a passage of the lyophobic tube or a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231660 - Sealing element for anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell and sealing method using the same: Disclosed are a sealing element and a sealing method for sealing both ends of an anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell. The sealing element includes a coupling tube having a first end portion opened to an exterior and a second end portion having a perforation hole, in which the coupling... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070231662 - Separator for fuel cell, method of producing the separator, and method of assembling the fuel cell: A fuel cell includes first and second separators sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly. The first and second separators include first and second metal plates, first and second insulating bushings for positioning the first and second metal plates in alignment with each other, and first and second seal members formed integrally... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070231665 - Fuel cell: Provided is a fuel cell which can increase a ratio of an area of a power generation region to an area of a fuel cell unit to increase power per unit volume and unit weight of a fuel cell. The fuel cell includes an oxidizer electrode surrounding member provided at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070231668 - Fuel cell device: A fuel cell device is disclosed, which comprises one or more membrane electrode assemblies and at least one two-sided flow board disposed on one side of the membrane electrode assembly. The two-sided flow board comprises a substrate including one or more flow channels, wherein the flow channels are disposed corresponding... Agent: G.link Co., Ltd

20070231672 - Cell for fuel cell, production method for the same and polymer electrolyte fuel cell: One object of the present invention is to provide a cell, a production method for a fuel cell to produce a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having high electric generating performance, the present invention provides a cell for a fuel cell comprising an electrolyte membrane, conductive porous members in a sheet... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070231674 - Dendritic metal nanostructures for fuel cells and other applications: Embodiment of the present invention relate to dendrimers useful for application as catalysts, in particular as improved electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs). Methods of preparing such catalysts are described. Examples include dendritic nanostructured metal catalysts, such as platinum and platinum-alloy catalysts.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070231617 - Rechargeable and pluggable electric power storage device: A rechargeable and pluggable electric power storage device used as a backup battery for an electronic device is provided, which is used for both charging and plugging in, i.e., the electric power is stored through charging; after having been charged, the rechargeable and pluggable electric power storage device serves as... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070231618 - Variable power micro power generator: A fuel cell based power generator exhibits a plurality of different power outputs. A selection structure carried by the generator facilitates specification of a desired output power.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070231619 - Electrochemical system: The invention deals with an electrochemical system for compressing gases and/or for producing gases by electrolysis, consisting of an electrochemical compressor stack (1) having layering of several electrochemical cells, which are separated from one another in each case by bipolar plates (3; 3′), wherein the bipolar plates have openings for... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070231621 - Fuel cartridge coupling valve: Fuel cartridges for delivering fuel to a fuel consuming device, such as a fuel cell, are provided. Valves for use on cartridges or devices may include one or more internal seals that prevent fuel flow except when a valve is connected to a properly coupled corresponding valve and a seal... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070231622 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cell and fuel cell system: A fuel cartridge for fuel cells is configured to include an inner bag made of a flexible material and filled with liquid fuel, a valve provided to the inner bag for discharging the fuel, and an outer case encasing the inner bag with the valve being exposed to the outside,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231620 - Method for producing catalyst for fuel cell: The present invention provides a method for producing a catalyst for a fuel cell comprising: a step for forming an inverted micelle consisting of an aqueous solution containing the iridium compound clathrated by a surfactant, by mixing an organic solvent containing said surfactant, and the aqueous solution containing said iridium... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231625 - Fuel cell system: The present invention is to solve the above problem by providing, in the fuel cell system, control means for delaying the timing for opening the downstream-side shut-off valve (33) by a predetermined time period with respect to the timing for opening the upstream-side shut-off valve (31) when the pressure difference... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070231626 - Hybrid power supply system: A hybrid power supply system having a fuel cell and a secondary power storage device is used as the power source of a drive motor for a motorcycle. Oxygen supplied from an air blower and hydrogen gas supplied from a hydrogen tank react with each other in the fuel cell... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070231629 - Method for providing back-pressure for a fuel cell stack: A method for controlling the pressure within a fuel cell stack to control the stack relative humidity. In one embodiment, a two-position valve receiving the cathode exhaust is switchable between a fully open and a fully closed position, where the valve is opened when the fuel cell system is operating... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20070231623 - Method of operation of a fuel cell system and of ceasing the same: A method of ceasing operation of a fuel cell system comprises terminating a supply of a hydrogen-containing fuel to a fuel cell stack, drawing a potential of the fuel cell stack to a load to substantially consume hydrogen in the fuel cell stack, introducing a dose of air to at... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070231624 - Photocatalytic electrode and fuel cell: The invention provides an electrode comprising an electrically conductive material having a surface capable of producing surface enhanced Raman scattering of incident light from an adsorbate material adsorbed on the surface of the electrode. The adsorbate is substantially reducible and not substantially oxidizable. The surface of the electrode can be... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070231630 - Supply of power utilizing fuel cell and rechargeable storage portion: Intended to utilize a fuel cell efficiently while ensuring good output responsiveness by the fuel cell. In a vehicle having a motor as the drive power source, a fuel cell and battery are on board as the power source for the motor. A target output value for the fuel cell... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231632 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises a hydrogen storage system for storing and releasing hydrogen, a fuel cell in fluid communication with the hydrogen storage system for receiving released hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system and for electrochemically reacting the hydrogen with an oxidant to produce electricity and an anode exhaust.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070231636 - Adaptive anode nitrogen management control: A method is provided for controlling the concentration of nitrogen in a fuel cell stack. The method includes providing a fuel cell stack with cathode passages and anode passages including a valve in communication with the anode passages. The method further comprises selecting a maximum desired amount of nitrogen to... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070231637 - Fuel cell system: The fuel cell system of the present invention supplies oxidant gas to a fuel cell during periods where generation of electrical power by the fuel cell is stopped. As a result, an amount of oxidant gas that is just sufficient to continue a reaction with remaining fuel gas is continued... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231640 - Fuel cell system including a two-position back-pressure valve: A fuel cell system that employs a two-position valve at the cathode exhaust gas output for controlling the pressure within the fuel cell stack to control the stack relative humidity. In one embodiment, the two-position valve is switchable between a fully open and a fully closed position, where the valve... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20070231644 - Fuel cell system and control method for an open/close mechanism thereof: In a fuel cell system (10), an anode exhaust gas discharge pipe (50) is full of hydrogen at the start of operation of a fuel cell (20). As time passes when the fuel cell (20) is operating, the concentration of impurities within the anode exhaust gas discharge pipe (50) increases.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231645 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling operation of the same: A fuel cell system includes an information processor and a fuel cell unit connected to the information processor. The fuel cell unit has a cell stack which includes a plurality of single cells stacked in layers on one another, a fuel passage, and an air passage, and generates electric power... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070231642 - Fuel cell voltage unit for detecting a failed plate connection: A fuel cell system that includes a cell voltage monitoring sub-system that measures the cell voltage of each cell in a fuel cell stack and provides an indication of a low performing or failed cell. The fuel cell system uses the cell voltage monitoring sub-system to determine if one of... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070231641 - Optical fuel cell stack cell voltage monitor: A voltage monitoring system for measuring the voltage of the fuel cells in a fuel cell stack that employs optical devices for providing an optical signal of the measured voltages, where one or more of the fuel cells power the optical devices. A surface mount device is electrically coupled to... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070231646 - Fuel flow board for the fuel cell: A fuel flow board for a fuel cell includes a body, at least fuel supply portion and at least a dissipating component. The fuel supply portions are disposed on the surface of the body. The dissipating component is disposed within the body. A part of the dissipating component protrudes from... Agent: G.link Co., Ltd

20070231649 - Direct methanol fuel cell system, portable electronic appliance, and method of detecting an amount of liquid fuel remaining in direct methanol type fuel cell system: The invention provides a direct methanol fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell main body comprising an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte membrane provided between the anode and the cathode, and a feed tank containing a methanol-containing liquid fuel to be fed to the anode, a first liquid fuel storage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231647 - Proton conductor and fuel cell using the same: The present invention is to provide a novel proton conductor comprising a zwitterionic type ionic liquid that can solve a problem of a complicated and enlarged system caused by installing a system of a humidifying device, a recovering device and a resupplying device that are necessary to keep proton transportation... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231650 - Sofc thermal management via direct injection: The present invention provides structures and methods that utilize fuel reformation to assist in thermal management of a channel-less SOFC at the device cell and/or stack assembly level. At the device level, passive and/or active control of unreformed fuel, or a mixture of reformed and unreformed fuel, is used to... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070231655 - Method to manufacture composite polymer electrolyte membranes coated with inorganic thin films for fuel cells: The manufacturing method of composite polymer electrolyte membranes coated with inorganic thin films for fuel cells according to the present invention is characterized to obtain composite membranes by coating the surface of commercial composite polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells with inorganic thin films using a PECVD method or a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070231654 - Process of producing sulfonic group-containing substituted polyacetylene membrane, membrane obtained thereby and application thereof: e

20070231656 - Thermally enhanced insulator plates and fuel cell stack incorporating the same: According to the present invention, a stacked electrochemical conversion assembly is provided with an electrically and thermally insulating plate within one or both of the end unit assemblies of the stack. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the electrochemical conversion assembly includes at least one... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20070231659 - Fuel cell plate structure having baffles in wet seal area: An assembly having fuel cell plate structure adapted for use in a fuel cell in which gas flow channels are arranged to carry process gas adjacent the active and wet seal areas of the fuel cell, the plate structure having one or more baffles arranged such that when the plate... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070231661 - Separator of fuel battery, method of joining separator, and fuel battery: In a separator member to be joined to an adjacent member adjacent thereto with an adhesive in a cell stacking direction, guide paths are provided to guide, in a specific direction, the adhesive applied to a joint surface of the separator member to be joined to the adjacent member. Thus,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070231664 - Fuel cell stack: In order to produce a fuell cell stack which comprises a plurality of fuel cell units succeeding one another in the direction of the pile and wherein each of the fuel cell units comprises a housing incorporating at least one housing part consisting of a metallic material, such that the... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20070231663 - Wet-seal caulk for carbonate fuel cell: A caulk is provided for use in a fuel cell system having an externally manifolded fuel cell stack, forming a gas seal between a manifold gasket and the stack face. The caulk is formed of a ceramic material and a binder formed into a paste.... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070231669 - Design of fuel cell and electrolyzer for small volume, low cost and high efficiency: An electrochemical fuel cell designed for a large electrochemical reaction surface area per unit volume for high power density and high efficiency. The fuel cell is designed for counter propagating reactants flow for uniform reaction rate over the whole reaction area. This design is scalable and a single cell can... Agent: Chuni Lal Ghosh

20070231666 - Fuel cell interconnect: Provided, in one embodiment, is a fuel cell interconnect comprising: a first primary conduit located at the periphery of the interconnect; a second primary conduit located at the periphery of the interconnect; a fuel cell distribution plate located at the top or bottom of the interconnect adapted to interface with... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070231670 - Fuel cell stack: In a fuel cell stack that is made by stacking unit cells in alternation with separators, lower edges of collector members that are in contact with oxygen electrodes of the unit cells project downward, providing projecting portions that project below lower edges of frames. Water-repellent regions are provided on lower... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070231667 - Toughened electrode-supported ceramic fuel cells and method for making: A solid oxide electrochemical device having a laminar composite electrode with improved electrochemical and mechanical performance, the laminar composite electrode comprising a porous support electrode layer, a thin and patterned structure layer, and a thin and dense electrolyte layer and methods for making.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070231671 - Catalyst material for use in fuel cell, catalyst membrane, membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell: A catalyst for a fuel cell comprising one or more hydrophilic segments and one or more hydrophobic segments jointly or separately connected to the surface of the carbon material by a single bond or a connection group having a solvolysis resistance and a heat resistance on a surface of a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070231676 - Compliant cathode contact materials: A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells, wherein each solid oxide fuel cell comprises an electrolyte located between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a plurality of gas separators, and at least one compliant cathode contact material. The contact material may be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070231673 - Electrode for a fuel cell, and a membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising the same: The present invention relates to an electrode for a fuel cell which includes an electrode substrate composed of nano-carbon fiber, with a catalyst layer formed on the electrode substrate. The electrode substrate has a better strength than an electrode substrate composed of a conventional carbonaceous material, and a pore size... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070231675 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising same: A membrane-electrode assembly constructed as an embodiment of the present invention includes double catalyst layers on an anode or a cathode. The compositions and particle sizes of the double catalyst layers can be different from each other. The membrane-electrode assembly of the present invention includes a cathode and an anode... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070231677 - Accumulator with explosion-proof valve device: An electric accumulator, in particular of the lead acid type, comprises a container for the active elements that make up the accumulator arranged in one or more cells, and a cover that closes the container, the cover having plugs for sealing the access to each of the cells, the accumulator... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070231678 - Heat exchanging system of battery pack using thermoelectric element: Disclosed herein is a heat exchange system for battery packs, which controls the temperature of a medium- or large-sized battery pack including a plurality of unit cells such that the battery pack can be operated under the optimum operating conditions. The heat exchange system includes an air inlet port and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070231679 - Center pin and lithium ion secondary battery using the same: A center pin and a lithium ion secondary battery are provided. The center pin has a hollow body and a solid extinguishant is disposed inside the hollow body. The solid extinguishant has a certain shape that can fit into the hollow body, and can be made by compressing a powder... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070231680 - Overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus and overdischarge preventing method: c

20070231681 - Immobilization system for an electrochemical cell: An electrochemical cell of an implantable medical device is provided. The electrochemical cell comprises a conductive case and a cover welded to the case to form a hermetically-sealed housing. A cathode is disposed adjacent to a surface of the case within the hermetically-sealed housing and an anode is disposed within... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070231682 - Battery pack: A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes one or more battery assemblies and a circuit board connected to the battery assemblies. The battery assembly includes first and second battery cells having the predetermined surfaces overlaid on each other. The first and second battery cells each have battery elements... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070231684 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery includes: a plurality of sheets of a positive electrode; at least one sheet of a negative electrode; a separator disposed between each of the positive electrode sheets and the negative electrode sheet; an electrode assembly (20) including the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separators;... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070231683 - Secondary battery of improved safety: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery having an electrode assembly received in a receiving part of a battery case, the electrode assembly being constructed in a structure in which pluralities of cathodes and anodes are stacked one on another while separators are disposed between the respective cathodes and anodes, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070231685 - Laminate type secondary battery and battery pack thereof: An electrode terminal 42 is connected to a current collector part 12 of electrodes through a deformation restricting member 3. Between laminate seals 2 and 2, a space 15 is formed above and below the current collector part 12. The deformation restricting member 3 is placed close to the inner... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070231686 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery in which the structure of an insulating case arranged between an electrode assembly and a cap assembly prevents electrode tabs from being bent. The secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070231687 - Packing structure for lithium ion polymer battery: Disclosed is a packing structure for a lithium ion polymer battery, which includes: a battery casing including a lower multilayer polymer and an upper multilayer polymer, wherein the lower multilayer polymer has an inner space of a predetermined size for housing at least one electrode assembly and an electrolyte and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070231690 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material has a lithium ion insertion potential of 0.4V (vs. Li/Li+) or higher and a pore diameter distribution in which a median... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231688 - Component comprising an electron collector and an active material, and the use thereof as a battery electrode: The invention relates to a component for an accumulator or for a supercondenser, said component comprising at least one election collector and an active material containing at least one transition metal and having been formed at least partially from the collector. The active material is at least partially at the... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070231689 - Multi-layer membrane-electrode-assembly (ml-mea) and method for its manufacture: The invention relates to the field of electrochemical cells and fuel cells, more specifically to polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC). A multi-layer membrane-electrode-assembly (ML-MEA) comprising two electrically conductive bipolar plates and a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) bonded together by means of an electrically insulating adhesive material is... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070231691 - Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte-based secondary battery, production method therefor and non-aqueous electrolyte-based secondary battery using the same: e

20070231692 - Zinc-alkaline battery: A zinc-alkaline battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a zinc alloy powder including 20 to 50 wt % of a micropowder with a particle size of 75 μm or less. In a constant resistance discharge, a time period for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231693 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle: z

20070231694 - Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte-based secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte-based secondary battery using the same:

20070231695 - Positive-electrode material for lithium secondary battery, secondary battery employing the same, and process for producing positive-electrode material for lithium secondary battery: A subject for the invention is to provide a positive-electrode material, which has high capacity and high output and is inhibited from suffering a decrease in output with repetitions of charge and use. The invention provides a positive-electrode material for lithium secondary battery, which comprises a secondary particle of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231697 - Electrochemistry of carbon subfluorides: Subfluorinated carbonaceous materials obtained through direct fluorination of graphite or coke particles are provided. One set of subfluorinated carbonaceous materials has an average chemical composition CFx in which 0.63<x≦0.95, 0.66<x≦0.95 or 0.7<x≦0.95. The subfluorinated carbonaceous materials are capable of electrochemical performance superior to commercial CF at relatively high rates of... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070231696 - Fluorination of multi-layered carbon nanomaterials: The invention provides fluorinated multi-layered carbon nanomaterials and methods for their production. In one aspect of the invention, the carbon nanomaterials are partially fluorinated and retain some unreacted carbon. The invention also provides electrodes and electrochemical devices incorporating the fluorinated carbon nanomaterials of the invention. In one aspect of the... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070231698 - Current collector, negative electrode and battery: A current collector includes a first principal plane and a second principal plane. In the current collector, the roughness of the first principal plane and second principal plane being mutually different.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070231699 - Energy storage device having a collector plate: In one embodiment, an energy storage device comprises a container containing a first electrode generating a positive charge, a second electrode generating a negative charge, and an electrolyte in ionic contact with the electrodes. The container comprises a base and one or more walls defining an opening in the container,... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20070231701 - Electrode assembly and pouch type lithium rechargeable battery having the same: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a pouch type lithium rechargeable battery having the same, which can minimize the total volume of a battery while maximizing a distance between electrode tabs. Insulation members cover portions of electrode tabs to prevent contact of an electrode tab with another... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070231700 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an insulating porous membrane, on at least one of a positive electrode, negative electrode, and separator thereof. The membrane contains an inorganic filler, and an active agent for dispersing the inorganic filler uniformly.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070231702 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Lithium ion insertion potential of 0.4 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more. The separator is provided between the positive electrode and the negative... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231703 - Gelling agent for alkaline battery and alkaline battery: A gelling agent for use in an alkaline battery comprises a cross-linked polymer (A) formed with a (meth)acrylic acid (salt) as a principal constituent monomer unit, wherein the gelling agent allows an obtained gel (GA) to have a viscosity ratio (N1/N60), determined as follows, of 0.7 to 1.3, and includes... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070231704 - Lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte and production process thereof: A lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte formed by sintering a molding product containing an inorganic powder and having a porosity of 10 vol % or less, which is obtained by preparing a molding product comprising an inorganic powder as a main ingredient and sintering the molding product after pressing and/or... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070231705 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a unit cell including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode capacity being greater than the negative electrode capacity, and at least a portion of the non-aqueous... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070231706 - Non-aqueous electrolytic solution with mixed salts: The use of at least two electrolyte salts in a lithium secondary battery provides improved battery performance such as long cycle life of high discharge capacity and high capacity retention.... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070231707 - Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery, in which 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a sulfur-containing acid ester and 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a triple bond-containing compound are dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, and a lithium secondary battery employing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.... Agent: Nixon Peabody