Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 11/07

20070275272 - Fuel cell system and operation method therefor: A fuel cell system and operation methods therefore are capable of ensuring transfer to normal operation while maintaining convenience. A fuel cell system includes a cell stack, a secondary battery, and a controller including a CPU, a main switch, and a stop button. After the main switch is turned OFF,... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070275275 - Fuel cell anode purge systems and methods: Systems and methods of purging liquid from an anode flow field of a fuel cell having an anode region and a cathode region. A fuel cell is electrically coupled to an energy consuming device that applies a load to the fuel cell. A fuel stream is delivered to the anode... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070275274 - Method of calculating fuel concentration in direct methanol fuel cell: A method of calculating a fuel concentration in a direct methanol fuel cell is disclosed, and comprises the following steps. A direct methanol fuel cell is provided. One or more fuels with different known concentrations are separately provided for the direct methanol fuel cell such that the direct methanol fuel... Agent: G. Link Co ., Ltd

20070275276 - Power supply system of fuel cell vehicle: This power supply system of a fuel cell vehicle is provided with a load, a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first DC-DC converter, a second DC-DC converter, a current-measuring device, a voltage-measuring device, and a controller. The controller performs a feedback control of the first DC-DC converter such... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070275278 - Integrated catalytic and turbine system and process for the generation of electricity: i

20070275279 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a stack unit which generates electricity by an electrochemical reaction between air and hydrogen. A fuel supply unit supplies hydrogen to the stack unit, and an air supply unit supplies air to the stack unit. A load corresponding unit measures an amount of electricity drawn... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070275280 - Fuel processor having movable burner, method of operating the same, and fuel cell system having the same: A fuel processor having a movable burner, a method of operating the fuel processor, and a fuel cell system having the fuel processor. The fuel processor includes a combustion chamber, a reformer burner, a portion of which is partially disposed inside the combustion chamber, a reformer which is heated by... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070275282 - Anode gas stack start-up heater and purge gas generator: In one embodiment the present invention provides for an anode side gas flow heater for a fuel cell generator that comprises a recirculating anode gas flow 28, at least one burner 24, and an energy source 22. The energy source heats the burner, the anode gas flow passes over the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070275283 - Slim-type fuel cell device: The present invention discloses a slim type fuel cell device; wherein, the shell is provided with at least one first internal space and one second internal space, and, the shell portion forming the first internal space is compatible to the profile of the slim-type optical storage drive; the fuel cell... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070275285 - Polybenzoxazines, electrolyte membrane comprising the same, and fuel cell employing the electrolyte membrane: Crosslinked polybenzoxazines obtained by crosslinking a monofunctional first benzoxazine monomer and a multifunctional second benzoxazine monomer with a crosslinkable compound, an electrolyte membrane including the same, a method of preparing the electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane having the crosslinked polybenzoxazines using the method. The crosslinked polybenzoxazines... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070275288 - Diffusion media for seal support for improved fuel cell design: A fuel cell stack that includes straight cathode flow channels and straight anode flow channels through a seal area between bipolar plates in the stack. The fuel cell stack includes a seal that extends around the active area of the stack and between the stack headers and the active area.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070275289 - Microjet reactant delivery system for use in fuel cells: A new reactant delivery system for delivering reactants to the membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell. The invention uses a plurality of small holes to propel high-velocity streams of reactant gases (“microjets”) against an impingement plate. The microjets assist in catalyzing the reactant gases and forcing them toward the... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070275290 - Catalyst for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell system including the same: The cathode catalyst for a fuel cell of the present invention includes A-S—B, where A is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, and combinations thereof, and B is selected from the group consisting of Se, Te, and combinations thereof.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070275293 - Battery can having vent and asymmetric welded cover: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that allows for effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The cell includes a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070275294 - Battery can having off-center c-shaped vent: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that allows for effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The cell includes a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070275295 - Battery container having cruciform vent and cover: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that achieves effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The electrochemical cell including a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070275298 - Current interrupt device for batteries: The invention is a battery containing at least one electrochemical cell having a sealing plate with a pressure relief vent, the sealing plate being part of an electrical circuit between one of the electrodes and the corresponding terminal under normal conditions but capable of changing shape to break the circuit... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070275271 - Method and apparatus for controlling fuel cell in portable device: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for allowing a fuel cell to be used in a portable device. The apparatus according to the present invention includes a detecting unit for detecting which of a battery and a fuel cell is mounted in a battery mounting structure of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070275273 - Trimetaspheres for ion selective membranes: An ion selective membrane is provided where the membrane has improved ionic conductivity and mobility at elevated temperatures. The ion selective membrane includes a metallofullerene, where the metallofullerene may be a trimetasphere. The metallofullerene is incorporated into membrane materials that can withstand elevated temperatures, where the metallofullerene improves ionic conductivity... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070275277 - Fuel cell and fuel supply module thereof: A fuel supply module, which is used for a fuel cell, includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a separator. In this case, the first substrate has a reaction area. The second substrate has a supply channel and an exhaust channel, wherein the supply channel and the exhaust channel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070275281 - Fuel cell thermal management system: The invention provides fuel cell systems and methods of operation where a fuel cell system is used as a backup power supply in a cold environment where the system must be maintained at a suitable temperature to allow the fuel cell to operate when needed. In one embodiment, the invention... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070275284 - Liquid electrolyte for an electrochemical cell: A liquid electrolyte for use in an electrochemical cell having an alkali metal anode is provided. The liquid electrolyte comprises an additive formed of at least one selected from the group comprising: a tautomer; an alcohol having the formula R—OH, where R is one selected from the group comprising an... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070275286 - Method for cross-linking sulfonated polymers: A method for the preparation of a cross-linked, sulfonated, proton exchange membrane for fuel cells, which includes: providing a sulfonated polymer, for example SPEEK; dissolving the sulfonated polymer in a polar casting solvent; adding at least one polyol cross-linking agent to obtain a solution, the cross-linking agent being added in... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070275287 - Active test fuel cell for characterizing and qualifying cell-internal fuel cell components: An active test fuel cell characterizes and qualifies cell-internal components to establish technical data on the cell-internal components to be tested at low assembly costs, at a low error rate and with a high degree of reproducibility of the measuring results. The test fuel cell includes two housing plates. One... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070275291 - Novel membrane electrode assembly and its manufacturing process: A membrane electrode assembly including a gas diffusion layer and a layered structure made up of from 4 to 1000 layers including layers of a first type and layers of a second type, wherein the layers of the first type are electrolyte layers and the layers of the second type... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070275292 - Solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell has a cathode, at least an electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a ceramic containing at least one of cobalt and iron, the ceramic being mixed with doped ceria.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070275296 - Acid liquid leakage sensor: An acid liquid leakage sensor quickly detecting liquid leakage from a device, such as a battery or the like, containing an acid liquid includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member, and an electrically insulating material which establishes an electrically insulating state between these first and second conductive members.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070275297 - Battery pack which can be recycled: A battery pack is provided, which can exchange a cell easily and safely when the life of the cell has expired, and can reuse the unnecessary cell. The battery pack includes a battery part including a battery body, and a safety control part which prevents overcharge and overcurrent of the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070275299 - Eliminating incorrect battery installation: One or more dual-contact assemblies and a battery receptacle including such assemblies. A dual-contact assembly includes a positive contact, a negative contact, and an insulating connector disposed between and connecting each of the positive contact and the negative contact in an electrically insulating disposition relative to each other. A dual-contact... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070275300 - Integrated microcomponent combining energy recovery and storage functions: The invention relates to a microcomponent including an electrochemical storage source. It includes a first substrate (1) having a contact face (3) and a second substrate (10) having a contact face (13), at least one cavity (5) being formed in at least one of the substrates from the contact face,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070275301 - Alkaline storage battery: An alkaline storage battery has an electrode terminal that is inserted in a penetration hole, and disposed astride an inside of a battery case and an outside of the battery case, and fastened to a hole periphery portion via a packing. The negative terminal has a seal portion that, together... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070275302 - Negative electrode material for lithium battery, and lithium battery: The present invention relates to a negative electrode material for a lithium battery characterized by comprising a carbonaceous negative electrode active substance having a specific surface area of 1 m2/g or more, a binder formed of styrene-butadiene rubber and a carbon fiber having a fiber diameter of 1 to 1,000... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070275303 - Cathode active material and battery: A cathode contains: a lithium cobalt composite oxide expressed by LixCoaM1bM2cO2, where M1 denotes the first element; M2 indicates the second element; x, a, b, and c are set to values within ranges of 0.9≦x≦1.1, 0.9≦a≦1, 0.001≦b≦0.05, and 0.001≦c≦0.05; and a+b+c=1; a first sub-component element of at least one kind... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070275304 - Method and plasmatron for the production of a modified material and corresponding modified material: Among other things, a method for the production of a modified material, for example, a carbon material, is described, having the following steps: Generation of a high-frequency field in a chamber (2) of a plasmatron (1); introduction of a plasma gas into chamber (2); generation of a plasma with the... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070275305 - Non-aqueous electrolyte and secondary battery containing same: An aluminum secondary battery exhibiting favorable characteristics is provided. The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising an electrolyte containing Al(CF3SO3)3 and a room temperature molten salt of a quaternary ammonium salt where CF3SO3− is anion, and to an aluminum secondary battery containing that non-aqueous electrolyte.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070275306 - Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery using the same: Organic electrolytic solutions and lithium batteries using the organic electrolytic solutions are provided. One organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt, a mixed organic solvent consisting of a high-dielectric constant solvent and a low-boiling point solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2 as an additive. The organic... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070269686 - Monopolar membrane-electrode assembly: A monopolar membrane-electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane with a plurality of cell regions, an anode supporting body and a cathode supporting body on both sides of the electrolyte membrane, respectively having a plurality of apertures corresponding to the cell regions, a plurality of anode and cathode current collectors, each... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070269689 - Integrated fuel recycling module for use in fuel cell system and fuel cell system using the same: Disclosed is a fuel feeder housing having a mixing tank and a carbon dioxide remover supporting operation of a fuel cell are formed as a single body. A peripheral module having the fuel feeder housing and a pump are modularized, thereby consulting the compactness and the light weight and enhancing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070269690 - Control system, process and apparatus for hydrogen production from reforming: A hydrogen generator contains a membrane separator and a pressure swing sorption system to produce two hydrogen product streams of differing purity. One of those streams is used as a feed to a fuel cell to generate electricity and the other is used as the primary hydrogen product.... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070269691 - Reformer with oxygen supplier and fuel cell system using the same: A reformer comprises an oxygen supplying unit that supplies oxygen having a high purity, a combustion reacting unit that burns oxygen and a combustible fuel, a reforming reacting unit that converts a hydrogen-containing reforming fuel into a reforming gas comprising molecular hydrogen using heat generated from combustion reacting unit, and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070269692 - Fuel cell apparatus and a charging/discharging management system and method using such apparatus: The present invention relates to a fuel cell apparatus, which comprises: a fuel cell, for providing a first voltage to an electrical load; and an auxiliary power device, electrically connected to the fuel cell and the load, for providing a second voltage to the electrical load while enabling the second... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070269693 - Hermetic high temperature dielectric and thermal expansion compensator: The present invention relates to a gas delivery device or conduit for a fuel cell stack. According to an embodiment, a gas delivery device for a fuel cell system includes a hollow ceramic element comprising a dielectric material and a hollow flexible element which compensates for differences in coefficients of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070269696 - Fuel cell hybrid power generation system and method for gas distribution systems: A fuel cell hybrid power generation system and method which is to be used in a gas distribution system in which a higher pressure gas is transported/distributed and reduced to a lower pressure gas for a gas distribution or transmission line and a pre-heater is used to heat the higher... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070269699 - Catalyst coated membrane, membrane electrode assembly containing the same, method of producing the same, and fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly: A catalyst coated membrane (CCM) comprising an anode catalyst layer having a first catalyst layer composed of a non-supported catalyst and a second catalyst layer composed of a supported catalyst, a cathode catalyst layer composed of a supported catalyst, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070269709 - Fuel cell and method of producing the same: In the fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly, the diffusion layer of the membrane electrode assembly includes an electrode part having one surface in contact with the electrode catalytic layer and the other surface facing the separator and a non-electric-power generating part around the electrode part having one surface... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070269708 - Fuel cell system having water recovering and circulating structure: A fuel cell system having a water recovering and circulating structure, includes an electric generator provided with a membrane electrode assembly including an anode electrode into which a hydrogen containing fuel is introduced, a cathode electrode into which an oxidant is introduced, and an electrolyte polymer membrane interposed between the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070269712 - Clipping mechanism and electronic apparatus using the same: A clipping mechanism and electronic apparatus are provided. The clipping mechanism for clipping an object comprises a casing and a sliding device. The casing has a socket for containing the object. The sliding device disposed on the casing, has a clipping bump and sliding between a first position and a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070269713 - Battery retainer for a golf car: A battery hold-down assembly is provided including a retaining member and a fastener member. The retaining member can have a body with first and second surfaces generally connected by a sidewall. The second surface can include a dividing member generally extending therefrom. The dividing member can have a width generally... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070269685 - Battery cell design and method of its construction: A compact, robust, multifunctional and highly manufacturable rechargeable cylindrical electrochemical cell is provided. In some embodiments, a cell can include a spirally wound assembly having an anode sheet and a cathode sheet separated by separator membranes, each sheet having a electroactive layer on a current collector. At least one of... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070269688 - Liquid anode electrochemical cell: An electrochemical cell is provided which has a liquid anode. Preferably the liquid anode comprises molten salt and a fuel, which preferably has a significant elemental carbon content. The supply of fuel is preferably continuously replenished in the anode. Where the fuel contains or pyrolizes to elemental carbon, the reaction... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070269687 - Reactor for simultaneous separation of hydrogen and oxygen from water: We disclose a device for the production of hydrogen from water using heat. The device employs thermal water splitting and works essentially without electricity. It is based on the concept of a membrane reactor with two kinds of membranes allowing the separation of hydrogen and oxygen simultaneously in stoichiometric quantities... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070269694 - Temperature zones in a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit: A method for fuel cell system thermal management includes: maintaining a first zone at a first selected temperature range, maintaining a second zone at a second selected temperature range, and maintaining a third zone at a third selected temperature range. The second zone is in thermal communication with a first... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070269695 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system (10, 200) includes an intake pipe (45, 46) that admits an introduction of oxidizing gas upstream of an oxidizing gas supply source that supplies the oxidizing gas to a fuel cell (20), and an exhaust pipe (51, 52, 221, 222) that discharges exhaust gas which contains... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070269697 - Solid electrolyte fuel cell: A solid electrolyte fuel cell comprising an electrode-membrane (5) unit disposed between two bi-polar plates (3) and (4), also comprising at least one electroconductive cross-member (6) arranged between one of the bi-polar plates (4) and the electrode-membrane unit (5) in order to keep the bipolar plates at a distance, wherein... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070269698 - Membrane electrode assembly and its manufacturing method: A membrane electrode assembly including comprising of a central electrolyte layer a catalyst film layer adjacent to each side of the electrolyte layer, wherein the catalyst film layer includes a hydrophobic porous polymer membrane containing a mix of catalyst particles and ionomers inside the porous polymer membrane and on the... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070269700 - Polymeric materials: A polymer electrolyte membrane or gas diffusion electrode includes an ion-conducting polymeric material which includes moieties of formula (A) which are substituted on average with more than 1 and 3 or fewer groups (e.g. sulphonate groups) which provide ion-exchange sites and hydrogen atoms of said moieties are optionally substituted, wherein... Agent: Scott A Mccollister Fay Sharpe Fagan Minnich & Mckee

20070269701 - Solid oxide fuel cell: SOFC cell comprising a metallic support 1 ending in a substantially pure electron conducting oxide, an active anode layer 2 consisting of doped ceria, ScYSZ, Ni—Fe alloy, an electrolyte layer 3 consisting of co-doped zirconia based on oxygen ionic conductor, an active cathode layer 5 and a layer of a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070269702 - Fuel cell stack structure and fuel cell stack structure manufacturing method: A fuel cell stack structure is basically provided with a stack entity and at least one tie rod. The stack entity includes a plurality of solid electrolyte fuel cell units stacked together in a stacking direction. The tie rod extends through the stack entity to fasten the solid electrolyte fuel... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070269703 - Micro fuel cell architecture: The present invention relates to fuel cells and components used within a fuel cell. Heat transfer appendages are described that improve fuel cell thermal management. Each heat transfer appendage is arranged on an external portion of a bi-polar plate and permits conductive heat transfer between inner portions of the bi-polar... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070269704 - Interconnect device, fuel cell and fuel cell stack: The invention provides an interconnect device for a fuel cell comprising an electrolyte, an anode and a cathode, the interconnect device comprising a channel system having a plurality of channels, each channel being closed in one end and having either an inlet side or an outlet side at the open... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070269705 - Catalyst for anode of fuel cell and membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell: The anode catalyst for a fuel cell, the anode catalyst containing a Pd—Au—Sn alloy. The anode catalyst has an equivalent catalyst performance to that of platinum-based catalysts but costs significantly less.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070269706 - Solid oxide fuel cell with reforming chamber integrated within separator plates: A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and a pair of separators sandwiching the electrolyte electrode assembly. The separator includes first to third plates. A fuel gas channel is formed between the first and third plates. The fuel gas channel forms a fuel gas pressure chamber over an electrode... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070269707 - Nanoporous tungsten carbide catalyst and preparation method thereof: Provided are a nanoporous tungsten carbide catalyst that can be used as an electrode of a fuel cell and a preparation method thereof. The nanoporous tungsten carbide catalyst includes tungsten carbide crystalline particles and has nanopores of a mean pore diameter ranging from 2 nm to 5 nm and a... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070269710 - Liquid electrolyte: A liquid electrolyte composed of a base A and phosphoric acid B in a molar ratio A:B in a range of 1:3 to 1:50 having a solidification temperature of lower than −30° C.; and a composite electrolyte membrane comprising a porous body impregnated with such a liquid electrolyte.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070269711 - Battery and center pin: A battery with improved safety that can more surely short-circuit electrodes when flattened out by the external force is provided. A center pin (30) is inserted in the center of a spirally wound electrode body formed by layering and spirally winding a cathode and an anode with a separator in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070269714 - Battery structure: A battery structure for improving a heat dissipating property and a vibration absorbing performance. The battery structure comprises a plurality of unit cell layers, each formed by alternately stacking a cathode active material layer formed on a surface of one collector, a separator for retaining an electrolyte and an anode... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070269715 - Conducting salts for galvanic cells, the production thereof and their use: The invention relates to conducting salts which contain lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) and mixed lithium borate salts of the type of formula the conducting salt is 0.01 to 20 mole-% and X in formula (I) is a bridge linked with the boron via two oxygen atoms, selected from formula (II), wherein... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070269716 - Multifunctional battery and method of making the same: Disclosed herein is a multifunctional battery for supplying power to an electrical circuit, and the related method of making the same. Use of the multifunctional battery permits structural integrity and versatility, wile maximizing power output of the cells and minimizing the overall weight of the structure. The multifunctional battery includes... Agent: University Of Virginia Patent Foundation

20070269717 - Hydrogen absorbing electrode and nickel metal-hydridge battery: The object of the present invention is to provide a nickel metal-hydride battery excellent in cycle performance, high-rate discharging ability, and output power performance, by utilizing a hydrogen absorbing electrode comprising a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder as an active material, which is excellent in resistance to corrosion and high-rate discharging... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070269718 - Electrode composition, method of making the same, and lithium ion battery including the same: An electrode composition for a lithium ion battery comprises a binder, electrochemically active particles, metallic conductive diluent particles, and non-metallic conductive diluent particles. The electrochemically active particles and the metallic conductive diluent particles do not share a common phase boundary, and are present in a molar ratio less than or... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070269719 - Successively biaxial-oriented porous polypropylene film and process for production thereof: Disclosed is a successively biaxially stretched film obtained by successive biaxial stretching method comprising extruding a melt of a β-crystal nucleating agent-containing polypropylene-based resin composition from a T-die, cooling the extruded resin on a chill roll, and stretching the resulting web sheet longitudinally and then transversely, wherein the longitudinally stretched... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070264534 - Biohydrogen production by an artificial enzymatic pathway: The present invention comprises an in vitro enzymatic process that effectively converts renewable polysaccharides into high yields of hydrogen at mild conditions, using only enzymes and water. The process comprises a number of enzymes: (1) phosphorylases, (2) phosphoglucomutases, (3) hydrogenases, and (4) enzymes involved in the pentose-phosphate pathway. Preferred embodiments... Agent: LatimerIPLaw, LLP

20070264536 - Battery pack for electric tool: A battery pack for an electric tool storing a plurality of battery cells each having identical size, but size of the battery cell can be selected among a plurality of sizes. In a battery pack, a plurality of battery cells is packaged by a separator in at least two stages... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070264542 - Solid oxide fuel cell device and system: The invention provides solid oxide fuel cell devices and a fuel cell system incorporating a plurality of the fuel devices, each device including an elongate substrate having a reaction zone for heating to an operating reaction temperature, and at least one cold zone that remains at a low temperature below... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070264543 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system that includes a liquid fuel tank containing a non-sulfur-containing liquid fuel and water; a reformer generating a hydrogen-rich gas from the liquid fuel and water received from the liquid fuel tank; a reformer burner heating the reformer by burning a gaseous fuel received from a gaseous... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070264544 - Method and apparatus for controlling operation of direct methanol fuel cell system: A method and an apparatus for controlling the operation of a fuel cell system. The method can include, actively controlling the fuel cell system without a fuel concentration sensor by: measuring an output voltage, an output current, and a temperature of a fuel cell stack; obtaining a first fuel feeding... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070264546 - Hydrogen-producing fuel cell systems with load-responsive feedstock delivery systems: Hydrogen-producing fuel cell systems with load-responsive feedstock delivery systems, and methods for regulating the delivery of feedstock to the hydrogen-producing region of a fuel cell system. The fuel cell systems include a control system that is adapted to monitor and selectively regulate the rate at which the feedstock is delivered... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070264545 - Refractive fuel concentration detector: A refractive fuel concentration detector comprises mainly a light source device and a light-sensing device. The light source device supplies light source incident on the fuel and refracts light source to the light-sensing device such that a plurality of light sensor therein would respectively output a corresponding electrophysical quantity signal... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070264547 - Contactor failure detecting apparatus for fuel cell system: A contactor electrically connects and disconnects a fuel cell from a load. When a failure-detecting mode for detecting a closing failure of a contactor is initiated, an opening command is transmitted to the contactor, and a DC/DC converter connected to a motor changes the load voltage. Then, the load voltage... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070264559 - Layer lamination integrated fuel cell: The present invention provides a layer lamination integrated fuel cell, which comprises: two sheets of one-sided cathode flow field boards, at least one sheet of two-sided cathode flow field board, at least one sheet of two-sided anode flow field board, and, at least one sheet of bipolar fuel cell boards;... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070264560 - Catalyst for a fuel cell, a method for preparing the same, a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell including the same, and a fuel cell system including the same: A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell includes a carrier and an A-B alloy supported on the carrier, where A is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ir, Rh, and combinations thereof, and B is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070264535 - Small battery pack employing pcm on side sealing part: Disclosed herein is a battery pack constructed such that a battery case, in which an electrode assembly is mounted, is made of a laminate sheet having high strength, side sealing parts of the battery case are formed in a specific shape, and a protection circuit module (PCM) is located in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264540 - Clad metal bipolar plates: A clad metal bipolar plate and method for manufacture that can be cost efficiently produced and which provides excellent functional qualities. In one preferred embodiment of the invention the transition metal cladding is selected from a group of materials that form a self passivating layer when in use in a... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20070264537 - Fuel cell device with remote control interface: A fuel cell device with a remote control interface comprises at least a fuel cell module and a communication module. Each fuel cell module performs electrochemical reactions and outputs power. The fuel cell module is composed of a plurality of stacked printed circuit substrates and at least a membrane electrode... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070264538 - Gas conditioning device and method: A humidification device is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the humidification device includes at least one wet gas channel and at least one dry gas channel disposed in adjacent relationship to the at least one wet gas channel. The at least one wet gas channel and the at least one... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070264539 - High-temperature fuel cell system and method for the production of contacting elements for such a fuel cell system: Disclosed is a high-temperature fuel cell system including individual SOFC fuel cells which are in contact with each other to be electrically connected in parallel or in series. Contacting elements are provided, in at least one embodiment, that are suitable for the fuel cell system with a certain flexibility in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070264541 - Method of operating fuel cell system and fuel cell system: In a fuel cell power source system comprising a fuel cell, a fuel supplier for supplying a fuel to the fuel cell, an electricity storing member capable of charging and discharging an energy, and a control circuit for controlling outputs of the fuel cell and the electricity storing member and... Agent: Bruce L Adams Adams & Wilks

20070264548 - Fuel cell system and control method thereof: In a power generation unit incorporated in a fuel cell system, a mixture fuel with a certain concentration is supplied to an anode, power is generated by electrochemical reaction between the anode and a cathode exposed to air, and a discharge liquid containing an unreacted mixture fuel is discharged from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070264549 - Power generator with a pneumatic slide valve: A power generator having a fuel cell and a fuel container in an enclosure with a pneumatic slide valve interposed between the fuel cell and the fuel container. The fuel cell may provide water vapor which goes to react with the fuel of the container and result in a production... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070264550 - Air diffusion cathodes for fuel cells: An air-diffusion cathode and methods to make the same. The product and method comprise treating the metal substrate, applying multiple pastes containing catalyst, carbon powder, hydrophilic and hydrophobic property chemicals onto a metal substrate for cathodes in fuel cells, in which the metal substrate has a mesh or foam structure.... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20070264551 - Membrane/electrode assembly and fuel cell:

20070264552 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell which generates electricity by using a fuel and oxygen, includes: an anode; a cathode; and a plate-like member provided between the anode and the cathode, the plate-like member including: a matrix having a plurality of through holes; and an electrolytic material buried in the through holes. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070264555 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell including separators opposing each other and squeezing a power generating reaction portion. Each of the separators includes a gas passage, a gas passage dividing rib, and a protrusion formed in the gas passage. In a first separator, which is an at least one separator of the separators... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070264554 - Fuel cell system: An ion exchange resin member 20 that serves as an impurity remover for removing impurities from fluid F discharged from a fuel cell 100 is placed in a discharge passage for the fluid F to flow through, and a dispersion means for dispersing the fluid F over, and making the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070264553 - Water controller system for direct methanol fuel cell: Disclosed herein is a direct methanol fuel cell system. More particularly, the present invention provides a water controller system constructed such that water generated from a cathode of the direct methanol fuel cell system and carbon dioxide and an unreacted methanol solution generated from an anode of the direct methanol... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264556 - Non-permeable low contact resistance shim for composite fuel cell stacks: A fuel cell stack that includes a non-permeable shim plate positioned between a composite unipolar plate and a terminal plate at both ends of the stack, where the shim plate is made of a non-corrosive material, such as stainless steel, titanium or sealed graphite. Because the shim plate is non-permeable,... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070264557 - Mea-gasket assembly and polymer electrolyte fuel cell using same: The invention provides an MEA-gasket assembly (1) comprising: an MEA (5) having a polymer electrolyte membrane (5A), catalyst layers and gas diffusing layers (5C); a plate-like frame (6) which is joined to a portion of the polymer electrolyte membrane (5A) so as to enclose the MEA (5), the portion being... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070264558 - Flow board with capillary flow structure for fuel cell: A flow board with a capillary flow structure for a fuel cell comprises a substrate and capillary flow channels. Each of the capillary flow channels is a small serpentine trench disposed on the surface of the substrate to make the adhesion of liquid fuels in the capillary flow channels greater... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070264561 - Reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane: A method is provided for making a reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane, such as may be used in electrolytic cells such as fuel cells, by mixing a sulfonate- or sulfonyl halide-functional polymer with a bisamidine compound and subsequently trimerizing the amidine groups of the bisamidine compound to form triazine linkages. The... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070264562 - Frame member and battery pack employed with the same: Disclosed herein are a frame member including an upper frame member having one major surface to which a protection circuit module (PCM) is mounted, and a lower frame member coupled with the upper frame member, the upper and lower frame members being provided at opposite major surfaces thereof with semi-cylindrical... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264563 - Frame member for fabrication of battery module: Disclosed herein is a frame member for fabrication of a battery module including two battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at upper and lower ends thereof, as unit cells. The frame member includes a lower-end frame having a groove, into which lower electrode terminals of the unit... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264564 - Thin film battery on an integrated circuit or circuit board and method thereof: The present invention relates to flexible thin film batteries on semiconducting surface or the conductive or insulating packaging surface of a semiconductor device and methods of constructing such batteries. Electrochemical devices may be glued to a semiconducting surface or the conductive or insulating packaging surface of a semiconductor device or... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070264565 - Prismatic battery having electrolyte injection-hole capable of excellent sealing-disposition: Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery having an electrode assembly mounted in a prismatic battery case, wherein an electrolyte injection hole formed in a base plate mounted to an open upper end of the battery case is constructed such that an inside upper end of the electrolyte injection hole is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264566 - Electrode arrangement having variable geometry for electrochemical treatments: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement having a variable geometry which can be adapted to a component which is to be treated. The treatment of the component can be an electrochemical coating or a removal of said electrochemical coating. According to the invention, said electrode arrangement comprises rod-shaped electrodes... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070264567 - Cathode material for manufacturing a rechargeable battery: A cathode material composition includes a composite compound having a formula of A3xM12y(PO4)3, and a conductive metal oxide having a formula of M2aOb, wherein A represents a metal element selected from Groups IA, IIA and IIIA; each of M1 and M2 independently represents a metal element selected from Groups IIA... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070264568 - Electrode material containing polyvinyl alcohol as binder and rechargeable lithium battery comprising the same: Provided is an electrode mix for a secondary battery containing an electrode active material, comprising a PVA having a degree of polymerization of more than 2500 and a degree of saponification of more than 90% as a binder, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. Use of the binder... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264569 - Lithium secondary battery of improved performance: Disclosed is a secondary battery comprising a lithium transition metal oxide as a cathode active material, wherein an organic ammonium compound is added to a cathode and/or is coated on a separator. Therefore, the secondary battery according to the present invention can achieve improvements in residual capacity and recovery capacity... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264570 - Binder of polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked with polyurethane and lithium secondary battery employed with the same: Provided is a binder having a crosslinked structure of a polyvinyl alcohol having superior adhesive strength between an active material and a current collector and between the active materials, crosslinked with polyurethane, in order to improve elasticity and solvent resistance to an electrolyte. Therefore, the binder of the present invention... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264571 - Mixture for anode of improved adhesive strength and lithium secondary battery containing the same: Provided is an anode mix for a secondary battery comprising an anode active material, a conductive material and a binder, wherein the anode mix contains 0.01 to 1.0% by weight of alumina having an average particle diameter of less than 1000 nm, based on the total weight of the mix,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070264572 - Battery anodes: Batteries, as well as related components and methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070264573 - Process for producing lithium-containing composite oxide: A process for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula LipNxMyOzFa (wherein N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, alkaline earth metal elements and transition metal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070264574 - Negative active material including metal nanocrystal composite, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery including the negative active material: Negative active materials including metal nanocrystal composites comprising metal nanocrystals having an average particle diameter of about 20 nm or less and a carbon coating layer are provided. The negative active material includes metal nanocrystals coated by a carbon layer, which decreases the absolute value of the change in volume... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070264575 - Lithium ion battery: A battery is provided. In the battery including a cathode, an anode having an anode active material layer provided on an anode current collector, said anode active material layer containing a carbon material as an anode active material, and an electrolyte solution, the anode active material layer contains nano-particles of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070264576 - Sintered refractory block based on silicon carbide with a silicon nitride bond: A sintered refractory block based on silicon carbide (SiC) with a silicon nitride (Si3N4) bond, for the manufacture of a aluminium electrolysis vessel, characterized in that it comprises, expressed in percentage by weight, at least 0.05% boron and/or between 0.05 and 1.2% calcium.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070264577 - Separator for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device: An electrochemical device having excellent safety at high temperature is provided by using a separator for an electrochemical device, which is made of a porous film comprising: a porous base (5) having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher and including filler particles (3); at least one kind of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070264578 - Microporous polyolefin membrane, its production method and battery separator: A microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polyethylene resin, and polypropylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 6×105 or more and a heat of fusion of 90 J/g or more (measured by a differential scanning calorimeter), a fraction having a molecular weight of 5×104 or less being 5% or less by... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070264579 - Solid electrolyte and method of producing the same: apexes of X-ray diffraction peaks in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by an X-ray diffraction method using a Kα-ray of Cu exist at diffraction angles 2θ of 16.7°±0.25°, 20.4°±0.25°, 23.8°±0.25°, 25.9°, 0.25°, 29.4°±0.25°, 30.4°±0.25°, 31.7°±0.25°, 33.5°±0.25°, 41.5°±0.25°, 43.7°±0.25°, and 51.2°±0.25°, respectively, in the X-ray diffraction pattern, and a half-width of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070259217 - Materials and configurations for scalable microbial fuel cells: Devices for production of electricity and/or hydrogen gas are provided by the present invention. In particular, microbial fuel cells for production of electricity and modified microbial fuel cells for production of hydrogen are detailed. A tube cathode is provided which includes a membrane forming a general tube shape. An anode... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070259216 - Substrate-enhanced microbial fuel cells: A microbial fuel cell configuration of the invention includes a substrate particularly formulated for a microbial fuel cell configured to produce electricity and/or a modified microbial fuel cell configured to produce hydrogen. A substrate formulation according to one embodiment includes a solid biodegradable organic material in a package porous to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070259218 - Fuel cell capable of power management: The present invention discloses a fuel cell capable of power management, including: a fuel cell power generator; an internal secondary battery; an internal load, which is a control member inside the fuel cell; an external load power-supply circuit, which converts electrical power generated by the fuel cell power generator into... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070259224 - Shut-down procedure for fuel cell: The invention discloses a shut-down procedure for the fuel cell, which includes a portion of electricity generation, a control unit, an inner load end, an outer load end, a fan, a pump and means of judging the temperature difference between the inside and the outside of the fuel cell, and... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070259228 - Plasma-catalyzed, thermally-integrated reformer for fuel cell systems: A reformer is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a channel to convey a preheated plurality of reactants containing both a feedstock fuel and an oxidant. A plasma generator is provided to apply an electrical potential to the reactants sufficient to ionize one or more of the... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070259229 - Fuel cell activation method and the device thereof: The present invention discloses a fuel cell activation method having an operational procedure formed by an electrical power generator, a fuel processing unit, a fan unit and a control unit. The operational procedure includes the step of the control unit selects a startup mode; the step of the control unit... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070259233 - Fuel cell system having unreacted gas discharge pipeline: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a humidifier. The humidifier includes an unreacted gas inlet port connected to an end of an unreacted hydrogen discharge pipeline, which is connected at the other end to a hydrogen outlet port of the fuel cell stack, such that the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070259232 - Fuel cell system with discharged water treatment facilities: A fuel folded structure cell system with discharged water treatment facilities includes a fuel cell stack, a water collecting device, and a cooling water system. The fuel cell stack discharges hydrogen and oxygen that are not reacted in the electrochemical reaction occurred in the fuel cell stack, and heat produced... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070259236 - Anionic fuel cells, hybrid fuel cells, and methods of fabrication thereof: Anionic fuel cells, methods of fabrication thereof, CO2 pumps, hybrid fuel cells, and methods for fabricating an anionic fuel cell, are disclosed.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070259246 - Fuel cartridge coupler for fuel cell: A fuel cartridge coupler to couple a cartridge body storing fuel to a fuel cell system, the fuel cartridge coupler including: a first coupling member arranged in the cartridge body; a second coupling member assembled with the first coupling member in the fuel cell system; a first nozzle assembly including... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070259245 - Fuel cell system with unreacted anode gas treatment and discharge facilities: A fuel cell system with unreacted anode gas treatment and discharge facilities includes a fuel cell stack and an unreacted anode gas discharge pipeline connected at an end to a hydrogen outlet port of the fuel cell stack. Unreacted anode gas discharged via the hydrogen outlet port is led by... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070259249 - Separator for fuel cell: Disclosed is a separator for a fuel cell. The separator includes a plate configured to face an anode electrode and a cathode electrode of a fuel cell to generate electricity by electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. The separator includes channels through which fluid can flow and ribs forming the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070259252 - Ceramic cathode material for solid oxide fuel cells and gas separation systems: A ceramic composition for use in cathode and interconnect materials in solid oxide fuel cells and other electrolytic gas separation systems, such as oxygen separation systems, comprising Lanthanum doped with either Calcium, Strontium, or Barium, in combination with Coboltite, Chromite and Ferrite Oxides.... Agent: Jeff Myers Office Of Research Development & Administration

20070259220 - Hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery system: Cassette based systems and methods of hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery are disclosed. A cassette or other container may contain a hydrogen storage or storing material. Information may be stored in the material and subsequently read or accessed. A probe may be used to interrogate the material. The hydrogen content... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070259219 - Technique and apparatus to detect and recover from an unhealthy condition of a fuel cell stack: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes detecting an unhealthy condition of the stack, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, flooding, or fuel starvation, and implementing a recovery action to correct the detected condition. The technique further includes observing the response of the stack to the recovery... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070259221 - Titanium-based material for fuel cell separators and a method for the production thereof: A separator material effective for decreasing the weight of fuel cells is provided which is lightweight, has good corrosion resistance, and exhibits a minimized increase in electrical contact resistance during use for a long period. Titanium or a titanium alloy is prepared by melting so as to contain not greater... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070259223 - Capturing heat from a fuel cell stack: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes flowing a fluid through the fuel cell stack to remove thermal energy from the stack. The technique includes flowing the fluid through an expander to produce electrical power.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070259222 - Distributed control method for fuel cell system and the fuel cell system operated thereby: A distributed control method for a fuel cell system is disclosed. An auxiliary power source first provides power for a main control unit and a power management unit during the fuel cell system is turned on. The main control unit repeatedly receives status data of fuel cells from the power... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070259225 - Recovering a reactant from a fuel cell exhaust flow: A technique includes lowering a temperature of a cathode exhaust flow from an electrochemical cell to produce a second flow and routing the second flow to a contaminant trap.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070259226 - Fuel cell system with variable coanda amplifiers for gas recirculation and system pressure regulation: A Coanda flow amplifier has a suction intake, an outlet, a fluid channel extending between the suction intake and the outlet, and a drive-flow inlet, which is fluidly connected to the fluid channel via a drive-flow discharge slit, whereby the flow cross section of the drive-flow discharge slit is variably... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070259227 - Fuel cell system and control method therefor: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack is capable of raising the temperature of a fuel cell stack to a predetermined temperature within a short time without decreasing methanol fuel utilization efficiency. During system startup, the concentration of methanol aqueous solution which is to be supplied to the... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070259230 - Fuel cell assembly using multiple fuel cell stacks and control method therefor: A multi-stack assembly receiving fuel from a fuel supply and producing power output for consumption by a load, the assembly comprising a plurality of fuel cell stacks for producing DC power and forming a plurality of fuel cell stack groups, wherein each of the stack groups includes at least one... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070259231 - Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell: The present invention provides a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising a fuel cell stack formed by laminating a plurality of fuel cell units each of which includes a fuel electrode, an oxidant electrode, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the fuel and oxidant electrodes. The fuel cell... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070259234 - Metal-air semi-fuel cell with an aqueous acid based cathode: A metal-air semi-fuel cell is provided, preferably based on lithium anode and a fuel cell type air/oxygen electrode immersed in an aqueous neutral, alkali or acid solution. The lithium anode is comprised of the active metal and one or more separators protecting the anode from reacting with an aqueous solution.... Agent: David Chua

20070259237 - Apparatus for the deionization of cooling media for fuel cells: The present invention relates to a process for the deionization of a cooling medium in a fuel cell (11) circulating in a cooling circuit (20), in which the cooling medium is subjected to at least intermittent, but preferably continuous, electrochemical deionization. To this end, at least one electrode deionization cell... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070259235 - Compact fuel cell: A novel electrochemical cell which may be a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is disclosed where the cathodes (144, 140) may be exposed to the air and open to the ambient atmosphere without further housing. Current collector (145) extends through a first cathode on one side of a unit and... Agent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

20070259240 - Non-perfluorinated resins containing ionic or ionizable groups and products containing the same: A non-perfluoropolymer is described which contains at least one acrylic resin or vinyl resin having at least one ionic or ionizable group and optionally at least one additional polymer. Preferably, the polymers are useful in a variety of applications including in the formation of a membrane which is useful in... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070259238 - Novel fabrication method for fuel cell membranes with high performance and long lifetime: This invention relates to the use of a blend of polymers for the preparation of membranes to perform as the solid electrolyte for hydrogen and methanol fuel cells (FC), which operate at temperatures above 100° C. Said membranes should have as little permeability to the fuel and oxidant as possible... Agent: Jun Guo Promissing Energy, LLC.

20070259239 - Proton-conductive material, proton-conductive electrolyte for fuel cell comprising the material and fuel cell employing the electrolyte: The present teachings encompass proton-conductive material comprising a new polymer compound. A proton-conductive electrolyte comprising the proton-conductive material, and a fuel cell comprising the proton-conductive electrolyte are disclosed. A proton-conductive material comprising poly(phosphophenylene oxide) that comprises polyphenylene oxide as the main chain, and at least one phosphonic acid group as... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070259247 - Fuel cell and fuel cell case: A direct liquid fuel cell is provided, which can prevent a gas such as carbon dioxide generated by an anode of the fuel cell from adhering to an electrode. A DMFC that is a direct liquid fuel cell includes: an electrolyte membrane; an anode electrode provided on a surface of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070259241 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system (1) capable of securely removing moisture in particulate form floating in an exhaust gas passage along with impurities mixed in the moisture, enhancing the performance of a fuel cell, and extending the service life of the fuel cell. The fuel cell system (1) includes a gas... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070259243 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system according to the present invention comprises fuel cell stacks for generating electrical power upon receipt of hydrogen gas and oxidized gas; an end plate to which the fuel cell stacks are fastened; hydrogen system parts (hydrogen inlet valve, regulator, hydrogen pump, gas-liquid separator, hydrogen discharge valve,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070259244 - Sheet produced by paper making methods, multilayered sheet, and separator for fuel cell: A sheet produced by a paper making method comprises electrically conductive fibers whose length is over 2 mm, electrically conductive powder, and resin. Since the sheet has high electrical conductivity and excellent flexural property, it is suitable for use of a fuel cell separator etc.... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070259242 - Systems and methods for stacking fuel cells: The invention, in various embodiments, provides planar fuel cell stack of a plurality of fuel cells, comprising an anode layer including a first anode and a second anode, an electrolyte layer, a cathode layer including a first cathode and a second cathode, and at least one interconnect at least partially... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20070259248 - Multi-layer seal for electrochemical devices: Multi-layer seals are provided that find advantageous use for reducing leakage of gases between adjacent components of electrochemical devices. Multi-layer seals of the invention include a gasket body defining first and second opposing surfaces and a compliant interlayer positioned adjacent each of the first and second surfaces. Also provided are... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070259250 - Fuel reservoir for fuel cell: The fuel reservoir for a fuel cell is a fuel reservoir detachably connected with a fuel cell main body, and it is equipped with a fuel-storing vessel of a tube type for storing a liquid fuel and a fuel discharge part; the fuel discharge part is provided with a valve... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070259251 - Platinum, titanium, cobalt and palladium 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 50 percent and about 85 percent, titanium present in an atomic percentage... Agent: Prass & Irving, LLP

20070259253 - Electrode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell, and fuel cell system including the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell of the present invention includes: an anode and a cathode facing each other; and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode. The anode and the cathode or both include an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer. The catalyst layer... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070259254 - Fuel cell casing: In a fuel cell casing of the invention, a laminate structure of a first double-sided adhesive tape, an interposed member, and a second double-sided adhesive tape is placed between a casing body and a depressurizing cover. In the fuel cell casing of this structure, adequate selection of the material for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070259255 - Secondary electrochemical cell: A secondary electrochemical cell with at least one positive electrode includes an active material and one negative electrode, which are held directly in a hermetically tight housing which has at least one detector element or which is dynamically connected to one such detector element. The detector element is designed or... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070259256 - Systems and methods for detecting and indicating fault conditions in electrochemical cells: Some embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for more accurately determining the cause of a particular fault in an electrochemical cell based on an impedance measurement characterizing the electrochemical cell. In some very specific embodiments the impedance of an electrochemical cell or stack is measured across a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070259257 - Handling an electrochemical cell stack: An assembly includes an electrochemical cell stack and an outer insulation layer. The electrochemical cell stack includes a port to form a releasable connection with a stack handling mechanism. The outer insulation layer substantially covers the stack and an opening through the insulation layer exposes the port for connection with... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070259258 - Battery assembly with temperature control device: A battery assembly has a plurality of battery packs each presenting a housing and multiple cells adjacent one and the other and disposed in the housing. A foam solution is injected into the case of each battery pack. The foam extends around each cell and the case to encapsulate each... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070259259 - Lithium battery which is protected in case of inappropriate use: A lithium battery comprises at least a positive electrode containing a material whose lithium insertion and deinsertion potential is lower than or equal to 3.5 Volts in relation to the potential of the Li+/Li couple, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070259260 - Electrochemical lead-acid rechargeable battery: An electrochemical lead-acid rechargeable battery includes a plurality of alternately arranged anode and cathode plates having separators therebetween, the separators each having a microporous separator layer composed of polyethylene and a fibre layer on each surface of the separator layer. The battery also includes an electrolyte surrounding the anode and... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070259261 - Battery pack: The invention relates to a battery pack (2) for supplying an electrical appliance or an electromobile, especially a power tool, with power. Said battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells (4) and at least one heat compensation element (18) interposed between neighboring battery cells (4). The invention is characterized... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070259262 - Electrochemical sensing method: A method of confining an electroactive substance within an electrochemical cell in the form of a receptacle, said method that includes (a) providing an electrochemical cell in the form of a receptacle, the receptacle having a first open part to allow entry of a sample into the receptacle, and a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070259263 - Battery box structure, inter-locking structure of electrical equipment box, and electrical equipment box structure: The battery box structure of the present invention includes: a plurality of battery modules; a pair of holding frames which hold the battery modules; and an insulator which is made from expanded insulating resin and which stores the holding frame.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070259264 - Hydrogen absorbing alloy and secondary battery: e

20070259265 - Secondary electrochemical cell having a novel electrode active material: The invention provides a novel polyanion-based electrode active material for use in a secondary or rechargeable electrochemical cell having a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte.... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20070259266 - 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

20070259267 - Metal oxide electrode catalyst: A corrosion-resistant electrode catalyst for oxygen reduction includes a main catalyst composed of at least one transition metal oxide selected from oxygen-deficient ZrO2, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, TiO2, V2O5, MoO3, and WO3 and a co-catalyst composed of gold. The electrode catalyst is used in contact with an acidic electrolyte at a potential... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070259268 - Electrode for a lithium battery and method for producing the same: c

20070259269 - Thickener for alkaline battery and alkaline battery: A thickener for use in an alkaline battery provides a gel viscosity ratio (N1h/N12h) of 0.7 to 1.3, the gel viscosity ratio (N1h/N12h) being a ratio of a viscosity (N1h) of a gel after being left to stand for one hour to a viscosity (N12h) of the gel after being... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070259270 - Lithium ion secondary cell: A lithium ion secondary cell comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a solid electrolyte and a fiber layer provided in an interface between the solid electrolyte and the positive electrode and/or in an interface between the solid electrolyte and the negative electrode.... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070259271 - Laminate including active material layer and solid electrolyte layer, and all solid lithium secondary battery using the same: A laminate includes an active material layer and a solid electrolyte layer bonded to the active material layer by sintering. The active material layer includes a crystalline first substance capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a crystalline second substance with lithium ion conductivity.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070254197 - Fuel cell with embedded series/parallel mechanism: The present invention is a fuel cell with embedded series/parallel mechanism, which comprises: an anode circuit board including: anode current collector circuits; anode wirings which are electrically connected to these anode current collector circuit, respectively; anode pads which are configured at the board edge of the anode circuit board and... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070254199 - Assembly method for assembling plate-type membrane electrode assembly layer and the structure thereof: The present invention discloses an assembly method for assembling plate-type membrane electrode assembly layer and the structure thereof; wherein, the assembly method includes the following steps: providing at least one membrane electrode assembly (MEA); providing a frame, in which the frame is provided with at least one first hole, and... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070254201 - Anode flow field board for fuel cell: The present invention is an anode flow field board for fuel cell, which comprises a substrate, and a shunt portion configured on the substrate, an inlet channel structure, at least one slot body, an outlet channel structure, and an outlet hole; wherein, the shunt portion is formed by digging a... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070254202 - Cathode flow field board for fuel cell: The present invention is a cathode flow field board for fuel cell, which comprises a substrate, an inlet channel structure configured on the substrate, at least one slot body, an outlet channel structure, a first hollow area, and a second hollow area; wherein, the inlet channel structure is connected between... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070254203 - Fuel cell stack: In a fuel cell module, a first membrane electrode assembly is sandwiched between a first metal separator and a second metal separator, and a second membrane electrode assembly is sandwiched between the second metal separator and the third metal separator. An oxygen-containing gas distribution section connected to a first oxygen-containing... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070254200 - Separator unit and fuel cell stack: A separator unit is inserted between adjacent stacked fuel cells, in each of which an electrolyte layer is sandwiched between a fuel electrode and an oxygen electrode. The separator unit includes a sheet-shaped gas barrier member, which blocks a gas, and a collector, which is inserted between the gas barrier... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070254205 - Polymer fuel cell and separator: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising a first separators for oxidizing gas and a second separator for fuel gas and a membrane/electrode assembly sandwiched between the separators. A first group of oxidizing gas flow passages flowing, from an entrance towards a turning point, has the longer length than a second... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070254207 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell, method for manufacturing the same, and fuel cell system including the same: A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell including an anode and a cathode disposed to face each other and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween. The anode and the cathode include a conductive electrode substrate and a catalyst layer formed thereon. The catalyst layer includes ion conductive polymer particles and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070254193 - Fuel cell power generation system: An electric power generator is particularly suitable for providing back-up power to sites with multiple power requirements. This generator comprises a rack having multiple module bays; at least one power conversion module is mounted in one of the bays and is electrically coupled to a fuel cell stack also mounted... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070254194 - Fuel cell with metal alloy contacts that form passivating conductive oxide surfaces: A metal alloy which when oxidized forms a highly conductive surface oxide layer. Alloy compositions such as, but not limited to, Ti—Nb, Ti—Ta, La—Sr—Cr, and La—Sr—Co are known to form oxide passivation layers which are highly conductive. Such alloys are useful in electrical contact apparatus. An electrical contact element formed... Agent: Patrick M. Griffin, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070254195 - Combination fuel cell and ion pump, and methods and infrastructure systems employing same: A combination fuel cell and hydrogen or oxygen pump includes an electrochemical cell comprising an anode inlet for receiving fuel, an anode outlet for exhausting fuel, a cathode inlet for receiving oxidant, a cathode outlet for exhausting oxidant, and first and second electrical connectors. A controller is operable for applying... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070254196 - Modular electric power generation system