Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 12/07

20070298287 - Circuit board device and battery pack: A circuit board device is disclosed that is able to be made thin. The a circuit board device includes a substrate having a notch at one end thereof, plural electrical parts mounted on an upper surface of the substrate, a resin portion burying the electrical parts, a metal plate arranged... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070298288 - Self-charging lithium battery: A lithium battery includes a lithium battery body, and a generating device; the generating device is fitted on one side of the lithium battery body, and it includes a motive power mechanism, and a magnetic line of force cutting mechanism; the magnetic line of force cutting mechanism is connected to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070298289 - Fuel cell system water management strategy for freeze capability: A fuel cell system that employs a method for determining the potential that a freeze condition will exist after the system is shut-down based on predetermined input, such as ambient temperature, geographical location, user usage profile, date, weather reports, etc. If the system determines that a freeze condition is probable,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070298292 - Regenerating an adsorption bed in a fuel cell-based system: A system includes a fuel generator, a thermal swing adsorber and a fuel cell-based power generator. The fuel generator provides fuel for the fuel cell-based power generator and has an exhaust flow. The thermal swing adsorber includes a bed to enrich a first oxidant flow with oxygen to produce a... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070298294 - Fuel cell and information electronic device mounting the fuel cell: A fuel cell wherein cell units are each composed of a hydrogen ion conductive polymeric electrolyte membrane, a pair of electrodes arranged on the front and rear faces of the hydrogen ion conductive polymeric electrolyte membrane, and a diffusion layer contacting the electrodes to cover the electrodes, and the cell... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070298295 - Method and system for recovering high power output operation of high temperature fuel cells using a rapid load recovery procedure: A fuel cell system for receiving input fuel, input water and input oxidant comprising a humidifying assembly for combining the input fuel with input water to produce humidified fuel, a fuel cell having an anode for receiving the humidified fuel and a cathode for receiving the input oxidant, and a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20070298296 - External control of a vehicle coolant pump with remote heating option: A system and method for operating a cooling fluid pump and cooling fluid heater in a vehicle when the vehicle is not being used so that the temperature of the cooling fluid does not drop to low in a cold environment. The system includes an AC connector for plugging the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070298297 - Stack end cell heater control methodology: A fuel cell system that employs end cell heaters in the end cells of a fuel cell stack in the fuel cell system that consistently maintain the temperature of the end cells above the operating temperature of the stack so as to reduce water in the end cells. In one... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070298300 - Fuel cell device with charger function: The present invention discloses a fuel cell device with charger function, which comprises a base, a fuel cell stack, a system fan, a wind cover, a display, a circuit board, a condenser structure, a condensing fan, a mixing tank and a pump. The fuel cell device could not only supply... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070298305 - Electrochemical cell: An electrochemical cell comprising a electrode and a fuel compartment. The fuel compartment includes input and output sidewalls of dimension h and end walls of dimension w. The fuel compartment is arranged between an input flow plate and output flow channel with the input flow plate adjacent to the input... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070298306 - Stationary cartridge based fuel cell system, fuel cell power supply system, and method of activating the fuel cell: A power supply system, in particular for use during emergencies and/or power outages, that includes at least one liquid fuel cell, at least one cartridge, and a system or device for transferring the contents of the cartridge to the fuel cell. A cartridge-free power supply system is also disclosed. This... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070298309 - Low-cost bipolar plate coatings for pem fuel cell: A method for depositing a hydrophilic and electrically conductive layer onto a bipolar plate substrate for a fuel cell in a one step process. The method includes mixing a solution of a conductive material, such as gold particles, and a hydrophilic material, such as silicon dioxide particles, in a suitable... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070298316 - Battery cooling device, air flow control device, and computer readable medium: In a battery cooling device for cooling a battery with air from a cooling unit, such as a cooling fan, the air flow of the cooling unit is optimally controlled. A air flow control device calculates a calorific value of the battery based on an internal resistance of the battery... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070298315 - Battery cooling device, battery cooling air flow control device, and computer readable medium: In a battery cooling device for cooling a battery with cooling air from a cooling unit, such as a cooling fan, the cooling fan is not to be driven more than necessary. A cooling air flow control unit calculates a battery temperature change rate indicating an amount of change in... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070298314 - Lithium battery with external positive thermal coefficient layer: A lithium-ion battery includes a first terminal in electrical communication with a first electrode of the battery, a second terminal in electrical communication with a second electrode of the battery, a cell casing that includes a lid electrically connected to the cell casing, and a positive thermal coefficient (PTC) layer... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070298318 - Battery cover assembly mechanism for portable electronic device: A battery cover assembly mechanism (200) of a portable electronic device (100) includes a housing (10), a battery cover (20), and an elastic member (30) mounted on the housing. The housing has at least one latching portion (126). The battery cover includes at least one latching block (28), a first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070298290 - Fuel cell having a hydrophilic substrate layer: A fuel cell power plant (10) includes a fuel cell (12) having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) (16), disposed between an anode support plate (14) and a cathode support plate (18), the anode and/or cathode support plates include a hydrophilic substrate layer (80, 82) having a predetermined pore size. The... Agent: M. P. Williams

20070298291 - Coolant composition, cooling system and process for producing coolant: When a coolant composition characterized in that ion exchange resin is uniformly dispersed in a water-based coolant is used as a coolant for a fuel cell stack from a viewpoint of high-voltage safety, eluted substance from parts in the cooling system is removed in the initial stages and with the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070298293 - Electrode for fuel cell and, membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system including the same: 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 that includes at least one non-noble element-containing compound that includes at least one non-noble element such as cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, iron, and combination thereof... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070298298 - Fuel cell system: Disclosed is a fuel cell system capable of restraining a temperature change in a fuel cell caused by a refrigerant. The fuel cell system has a refrigerant circulating system for circulating the refrigerant from the fuel cell to the fuel cell. The refrigerant circulating system has flow control means for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070298299 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell of the invention has a hydrogen permeable metal layer, which is formed on a plane of an electrolyte layer that has proton conductivity and includes a hydrogen permeable metal. The amount of a catalyst supported on a catalyst layer in the fuel cell is regulated according to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070298301 - Fuel cell: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell which is easy in renewal of parts and repair. A fuel cell of the present invention is comprised of an outer case storing cell cartridges each of which gathers two or more cell modules, the cell module comprising... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070298302 - Catalyst-coated membrane with integrated sealing material and membrane-electrode assembly produced therefrom: The invention relates to a catalyst-coated ion-conducting membrane and a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) for electrochemical devices, in particular for fuel cells. The catalyst-coated, ion-conducting membrane is provided with a sealing material which is applied in the edge region to one side of the membrane and has a thickness which corresponds... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070298304 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell: For a combination of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 107, catalytic layers 111 and 113 disposed on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane 107, gas diffusion layers 112 and 114 disposed outside the catalytic layers 111 and 113, and separators 103 and 104 disposed outside the gas diffusion... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070298303 - Processing techniques for the fabrication of solid acid fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies: Processes, techniques, and compositions used to fabricate high performance solid acid fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies are disclosed. The techniques include preparing the solid acid electrolyte material, depositing the electrolyte membrane, depositing the electrocatalyst layer, preparing the electrodes, fabricating the gas seals, and constructing the membrane electrode assembly.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070298308 - Fuel cell and fuel cell separator: The fuel cell of the invention includes an electrolyte assembly, and a separator having one face as a gas flow path-forming face with a gas flow path formed thereon to allow flow of a reactive gas and the other face, which is reverse to the one face, as a refrigerant... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070298307 - Fuel reservoir for fuel cell: In order to provide a fuel reservoir for a small sized fuel cell which is suitably used as an electric power source for portable electronic appliances such as cellular phones, note type personal computers and PDA, assumed is a structure in which a fuel reservoir for a fuel cell detachably... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070298310 - Fuel cell: In a fuel cell in which an electrode and a separator are stacked together, a rib which is provided on the separator and forms a reaction gas flow path is fixed to an electrode by a liquid sealant, and the porosity of a portion of the electrode which has been... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070298311 - Fuel cell separator: In a fuel cell separator, reaction gas fluid grooves form a serpentine fuel gas flow path wherein a plurality of parallel flow paths reverse directions at multiple stages, and the ratio of a fluid groove width to a ridge width downstream along the fluid path is larger than the ratio... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070298312 - Membrane-electrode unit for direct methanol fuel cells (dmfc): The invention relates to a membrane electrode unit (MEU) for electrochemical apparatuses, in particular for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC). The membrane electrode unit contains backings (i.e. gas diffusion layers) on the anode side and cathode side, which have a different water tightness (WT). The anode backing must have a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070298313 - Refueling facility, refueling device, and refueling method: A refueling facility (200) according to the present invention comprises a refueling source (210) for refueling a fuel cell vehicle with fuel, a power supply source (220) for supplying power to the fuel cell vehicle, and a controller (230) for controlling refueling and power supply from the refueling facility (200)... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070298317 - Secondary electrochemical cell with increased current collecting efficiency: The invention provides a cylindrical electrochemical cell which includes a first electrode and a second electrode which is a counter electrode to the first electrode, and an electrolyte. The first electrode includes a polyanion-based electrode active material.... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20070298319 - Uninterruptable battery holder: A dry cell battery holder with the ability to output the total voltage of the installed batteries, even when less than fully populated. Cost is reduced by the absence of holes in the walls of the battery holder case and thereby reducing molding complexity. Cost is also reduced by all... Agent: Morris L. Barwick

20070298320 - Crosslinkable composition for a battery electrolyte: The field of the present invention relates to the field of batteries and of polymer electrolytes for batteries and more particularly to the field of lithium batteries. The invention relates to a composition which can be polymerized and/or crosslinked by dehydrocondensation for a battery electrolyte comprising: a) at least one... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070298321 - Aqueous dispersion with a starch and lithium and titanium mixed oxide base for a lithium storage battery electrode: A dispersion comprises at least one aqueous solvent, a lithium and titanium mixed oxide such as Li4Ti5O12 and an organic binder comprising a starch-type polysaccharide. The starch-type polysaccharide comprises amylose and amylopectin, with a ratio between the weight proportion of amylose and the weight proportion of amylopectin that is less... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070298322 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode containing at least an anode active material and a conductive agent; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the anode has an anode mixture, the anode mixture containing 1.5 wt % or more to 10... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070298323 - Enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery, its anode and production methods for them: A high-capacity enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery excellent in characteristics such as capacity maintenance factor, energy density, and high-efficient discharge characteristics, an anode using it, and a production method for them. An enclosed nickel-zinc primary battery which uses as an anode an anode active material of nickel hydroxide compound, such as... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070298324 - Process for producing lithium-containing composite oxide for positive electrode for lithium secondary battery: A process for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula LipLqNxMyOzFa (wherein L is at least one element selected from the group of B and P, N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni, M is at least one element... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070298325 - Battery: The invention provides a battery, which can improve battery characteristics such as high temperature storage characteristics. The battery comprises a battery device, wherein a cathode and an anode are wound with a separator in between. The anode contains an anode material capable of inserting and extracting Li as an anode... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070298326 - Electric current-producing device having sulfone-based electrolyte: Electrolytic solvents and applications of such solvents including electric current-producing devices. For example, a solvent can include a sulfone compound of R1—SO2—R2, with R1 being an alkyl group and R2 a partially oxygenated alkyl group, to exhibit high chemical and thermal stability and high oxidation resistance. For another example, a... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070292724 - System and method to start a fuel cell stack during a cold-start condition: A system and method for operating a fuel cell stack and at least one battery during at least a cold-start condition includes operating a fuel cell stack at a reduced voltage during the cold-start condition, and/or sourcing pulsating current to a battery during the cold-start condition.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070292736 - Fuel cell separator plate and method of forming same: A method of forming a separator plate assembly for a fuel cell, including the steps of forming at least one electrode separator plate by molding a first component, placing the first component in a mold tool, and molding a second component into contact with the first component, wherein the first... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20070292739 - Mixed reactant fuel cell system: The provided is a mixed reactant fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell body including a membrane-electrode assembly, a fuel tank, and a fuel pump. The fuel tank stores a mixed fuel including a hydrocarbon-based fuel and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) acts as an oxidant, and... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070292741 - Flow board of fuel cells: A flow board suitable for fuel cell applications is disclosed. The flow board includes a body substrate formed by injection molding methods, which is resistive to methanol or chemical corrosion and has superior mechanical properties. The flow board further includes a wave-shaped reaction zone having thereon a plurality of independent... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070292740 - Fuel flow board for fuel cell: A fuel flow board of a fuel cell is disclosed, which is sandwiched between an upper fuel cell board and a lower fuel cell board, and each fuel cell board includes at least a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The fuel flow board comprises a substrate having a first surface, a... Agent: G. Link Co ., Ltd

20070292745 - Process for recycling components of a pem fuel cell membrane electrode assembly: The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a PEM fuel cell can be recycled by contacting the MEA with a lower alkyl alcohol solvent which separates the membrane from the anode and cathode layers of the assembly. The resulting solution containing both the polymer membrane and supported noble metal catalysts can... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos, Esq. Chief Patent Counsel

20070292749 - Battery assembly for vacuums: Disclosed is a removable battery pack for use with a vacuum cleaner, for use with a recharging station. The battery pack is used to power a vacuum, and when discharged can be removed and replaced with another charged battery pack.... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070292723 - Battery packs: In a battery pack including a battery case containing therein a battery cell, a wiring circuit board, and a liquid-absorbing element capable of absorbing the electrolyte leaking out from the battery cell, the liquid-absorbing element is inserted with looseness allowing for expansion in a gap formed by a retaining element... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070292725 - Fuel cell assembly with operating temperatures for extended life: A fuel cell assembly (20) includes an electrochemically active portion (40) that operates at an average operating temperature within a temperature range that is selected based upon an expected life cycle of the fuel cell assembly (20). In a disclosed example, the average operating temperature range for the electrochemically active... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070292726 - Fuel cell system and method for inspecting gas leakage of same: A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel system for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack, and on-off valves which form a closed space not including the fuel cell stack in the fuel system. The closed space is filled with... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070292727 - Fuel cell system and method for generating electrical energy using a fuel cell system: A fuel-cell system, particularly a fuel-cell system for a drive system of a motor vehicle, includes an autothermic reformer unit configured to generate hydrogen from a raw material. The hydrogen is used to operate a fuel-cell unit disposed downstream of the reformer unit. An oxidation device configured to convert carbon... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070292728 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that is subjected to a purge operation of supplying an inert gas to an anode and/or cathode upon shut-down of the fuel cell. The differential pressure ΔP is defined as ΔP=Pa−Pc where Pa is the pressure in an inlet-side flow path leading... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070292729 - Heat efficient portable fuel cell systems: The invention relates to fuel cell systems with improved thermal efficiency. The systems include a fuel cell that generates electrical energy using hydrogen and a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel. Some heat efficient systems described herein include a thermal catalyst that generates heat when the catalyst interacts... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070292733 - Binder for fuel cell, composition for forming electrode, electrode, and fuel cell using the electrode: This invention provides a binder for a fuel cell which has high adhesion, low methanol solubility, high methanol permeability and high proton conductivity, a composition for electrode formation, an electrode for a fuel cell, and a fuel cell using them. The binder is particularly suitable for a binder for a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070292732 - Carbon-based foam nanocomposite hydrogen storage material: A carbon-based foam composite including a carbon-based foam and a solid state hydrogen storage material, methods for making the carbon-based foam composite, and methods for using the carbon-based foam composite. Representative carbon-based foams include cryogels, aerogels, and xerogels. Representative solid state hydrogen storage materials include metal hydrides and chemical hydrides.... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070292731 - Ether nitrile co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups for pem application: Ether nitrile co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups, including wholly aromatic poly(aryl ether ether nitrile)s containing sulfonic acid groups (SPAEEN)s, and poly(phthalazinone ether ketone nitrile) co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups (SPPEKN)s, intended for fuel cells applications as proton conducting membrane materials, were prepared.... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20070292730 - Multiblock copolymers containing hydrophilic hydrophobic segments for proton exchange membrane: Novel multiblock copolymers containing perfluorinated poly(arylene ether) as a hydrophobic segment and disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) as a hydrophilic segment are provided. The multiblock copolymers are used to form proton exchange membranes that are thermally and hydrolytically stable, flexible, and that exhibit low methanol permeability and high proton conductivity. The... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070292735 - 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 a complex adsorbed at the surface of the electrode, the complex including the electrically conductive material combined with a second material that is substantially reducible and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070292734 - Polymer electrolyte membrane, method for the production thereof, and application thereof in fuel cells: The present invention relates to a proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane based on polyvinylphosphonic acid/polyvinylsulfonic acid polymers, which owing to their excellent chemical and thermal properties, can be used for a variety of purposes and is particularly suitable as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) in PEM fuel cells.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070292738 - Flow distribution characteristics of fuel cell: A fuel cell has a plurality of unit fuel cells and a gas manifold configured to path through the plurality of the unit fuel cells. Each of the plurality of unit fuel cells has an electrode and a separator. The separator includes in its interior a plurality of gas channels... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070292737 - System for producing electrochemical energy and method for driving such system: An electrochemical energy generating apparatus and a method for driving the apparatus which includes: an electrochemical device (2) such as fuel cell, for generating electrochemical energy; a measurement section measuring the operational state of the electrochemical device (2) ; a regulation section regulating the operating conditions of the electrochemical device... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070292742 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes one or more fuel cell stacks. The fuel cell stack(s) include a first group of membrane electrode assemblies and a second group of membrane electrode assemblies, wherein the first and second groups of membrane electrode assemblies are connected in series such that a feed stream... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070292743 - Anode structure: An anode structure for incorporation into a fuel cell includes a first region having one or more electrocatalysts, in which the first region is adjacent to the fuel inlet when the anode structure is incorporated into a fuel cell, and a second region having one or more electrocatalysts, in which... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070292744 - Precious metal oxide catalyst for water electrolysis: The invention is directed to iridium oxide based catalysts for use as anode catalysts in PEM water electrolysis. The claimed composite catalyst materials comprise iridium oxide (IrO2) and optionally ruthenium oxide (RuO2) in combination with a high surface area inorganic oxide (for example TiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 and mixtures thereof). The... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070292746 - System and method for removing an electrolyte from an energy storage and/or conversion device using a supercritical fluid: A method of recycling a lithium-containing energy storage device including an electrolyte is provided. The method includes placing the storage device in an extraction vessel, sealing the extraction vessel, adding a fluid containing CO2 as a primary component to the extraction vessel under such conditions that the CO2 is in... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070292747 - Amorphous and partially amorphous nanoscale ion storage materials: Amorphous or partially amorphous nanoscale ion storage materials are provided. For example, lithium transition metal phosphate storage compounds are nanoscale and amorphous or partially amorphous in an as-prepared state, or become amorphous or partially amorphous upon electrochemical intercalation or de-intercalation by lithium. These nanoscale ion storage materials are useful for... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20070292748 - Thermal batteries using cathode-precursor pyrotechnic pellets: A thermal battery which comprises a number of stacked cells, each cell consisting essentially of an anode with a lithium compound, a lithium free pyrotechnic heat source pellet which includes a cathode precursor and an all lithium electrolyte layer separating between the anode and the pyrotechnic heat source pellet. Upon... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070292750 - Optimized microporous structure of electrochemical cells: An optimized electrochemical cell comprised of a housing divided into two chambers, a first chamber containing a protogenous, ion-conducting liquid and a positive high density electrode including a first active material and a porous binder, surrounded by a surface in which the porosity level increases towards the surface, a second... Agent: Law Offices Of J.d. Geraigery, P.C.

20070292751 - Battery apparatus with heat absorbing body: A battery apparatus with a heat absorbing body includes a casing, a cell and a heat absorbing body. The casing includes a containing space, an anode and a cathode disposed at the exterior of the casing, and a cell and a heat absorbing body installed in the containing space. The... Agent: Hdsl

20070292752 - Cooling structure for secondary battery: The cooling structure for a secondary battery has a first center exhaust duct and a second center exhaust duct arranged on a floor between the driver seat and the front passenger seat. Each exhaust duct is located between the bottommost face of the first battery pack and the vehicle floor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070292753 - Sealed battery with a film casing: A sealed battery with a film casing, comprising: a film casing covering a battery element; an electrode terminal pulled out by being conductive-connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery element is taken out from a sealing part of the film casing; and a part of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070292754 - Electrolyte for improving life characteristics at high temperature and lithium secondary battery comprising the same: The battery electrolyte according to the present invention can achieve improved high-temperature storage characteristics and the life characteristics of the battery, by using a compound decreasing a concentration of HX (X=F, Cl, Br or I) through a chemical reaction with HX (X=F, Cl, Br or I) which is present in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070292755 - Button alkaline battery cell: A Hg-free button alkaline battery cell comprising: anode shell, cathode cap, anode mixture and cathode mixture. Said cathode cap has outward flange. Separator lies between the anode mixture and the cathode mixture, and gasket with bottom and outer wall places on the separator. The open-end portion of said anode and... Agent: Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

20070292756 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The battery includes a cathode containing at least a cathode active material, an anode containing at least an anode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. A specific surface area of the cathode active material ranges from 0.1 m2/g or more to 0.8 m2/g... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070292757 - Cathode active material, method for producing the same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A cathode active material capable of improving chemical stability, a method for producing the same, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same which has high capacity and good charge-discharge cycling characteristics is provided. The cathode has a cathode active material. The cathode active material includes a coating layer... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070292760 - Lithium-ion storage battery comprising tio2-b as negative electrode active material: The state of charge of a Li-Ion storage battery comprising a positive electrode active material presenting a constant lithium insertion/extraction potential over most of the capacity operating range and titanium oxide TiO2 of bronze type structure as negative electrode active material can be easily monitored by simple reading of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070292761 - Material for lithium secondary battery of high performance: Provided is a lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I of LixMyO2 (M, x and y are as defined in the specification) having mixed transition metal oxide layers (“MO layers”) comprising Ni ions and lithium ions, wherein lithium ions intercalate into and deintercalate from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070292758 - Nickel hydroxide powder and method for producing same: Disclosed are a nickel hydroxide powder and a method for producing the same. The nickel hydroxide powder comprises a particle in the form of sphere, an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 30 μm or less, and the amount of the particles having a diameter of 0.7... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070292759 - Positive electrode for lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery using same: A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery has a conductive collector, a positive electrode active material layer being contact with the collector, and a cover layer disposed on at least part of the surface of the positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer has a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070292762 - Alkaline electrochemical cell: An alkaline electrochemical cell is provided which efficiently utilizes active materials within the cell to achieve enhanced cost efficiency. The electrochemical cell includes a container defining a sealed volume and an anode and cathode disposed in the sealed volume of the container. The cathode includes manganese dioxide and the anode... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070292763 - Cathode material for lithium batteries: A method of manufacture an article of a cathode (positive electrode) material for lithium batteries. The cathode material is a lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide material and is prepared by mixing in a solid state an intermediate molybdenum composite transition metal oxide and a lithium source. The mixture is... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070292764 - Cathode active material, its manufacturing method, cathode, its manufacturing method, and secondary battery: A secondary battery having a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte is provided. The cathode includes a cathode active material containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of sulfur S and phosphorus P in a portion near the particle surface of a lithium composite oxide. A content... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070292765 - Lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing negative electrode therefor: The present invention relates to an improvement in a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a porous film formed on at least one electrode surface. The porous film includes inorganic compound particles and polyvinylidene fluoride. The viscosity of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070292766 - Organic semiconductor material and semiconductor device: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. An electrolytic solution impregnated with a separator includes an ionic compound with an asymmetric structure such as fluorotrifluoromethyl[oxalage-O,O′] lithium borate as an electrolyte salt. Thereby, compared to the case where an ionic compound with a symmetric structure such as bis[oxalate-O,O′] lithium... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070287041 - System level adjustments for increasing stack inlet rh: A control system for a fuel cell stack that maintains the relative humidity of the cathode inlet air above a predetermined percentage by doing one or more of decreasing stack cooling fluid temperature, increasing cathode pressure, and/or decreasing the cathode stoichiometry when necessary to increase the relative humidity of the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070287042 - Cathode transient humidity control in a fuel cell system: A fuel cell system that selectively causes cathode input air to by-pass a water vapor transfer (WVT) device during high to low power transients. During normal stack operation, the cathode input air is sent through the WVT device to humidify the cathode input air for proper membrane humidification. For low... Agent: Charles H. Ellerbrock General Motors Corporation

20070287044 - Exhaust emissions control of hydrogen throughout fuel cell stack operation: A system and method for limiting the amount of hydrogen being bled from an anode exhaust line. The method includes maintaining a pressure bias between an anode outlet and a cathode outlet of a fuel cell stack so that when an anode exhaust gas is bled from the anode exhaust... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070287045 - Fuel cell having heat exchanger built in stack: A fuel cell having a heat exchanger that has a structure suitable for reducing space occupancy of the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes a stack where a chemical reaction for transforming chemical energy of a fuel into electricity occurs and a heat exchanger that removes heat generated during the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070287050 - Mea for fuel cell, method for preparing the same and fuel cell using the mea: Provided is an MEA for fuel cell containing hygroscopic inorganic material such as TEOS (tetraethylorthosilicate), zirconium propoxide or titanium t-butoxide.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070287051 - Polymer electroyte membrane, membrane/electrode assembly and fuel cell using the assembly: Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane which is slowly degraded by a peroxide occurring at an air electrode catalyst layer, is low in cost, and is long in life, and a membrane electrode assembly. The electrolyte membrane has a first electrolyte layer which has an ion conductivity, a second electrolyte layer... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070287054 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including at least one unit cell having an anode, an anode-side flow channel for supplying a fuel to the anode, a cathode, and a cathode-side flow channel for supplying an oxidant to the cathode. The fuel cell system further includes a gas-liquid... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070287055 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which is composed of an assembly of fuel cells, each of which is provided with an anode that is supplied with fuel and a cathode that is supplied with oxygen. The fuel cell system further includes an air duct for supplying... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070287052 - Method and apparatus for separating liquid droplets from a fluid flow stream: A device (150, 250) for recovering liquid droplets from a fluid flow stream containing the liquid droplets entrained therein includes a rotatable element (164, 256) formed with a partially enclosed fluid volume (184, 262). The fluid is injected into the partially enclosed fluid volume while the rotatable element (164, 256)... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070287056 - Adhesive sealing member and a fuel cell using the same: An adhesive sealing member having favorable creep resistance and providing excellent productivity of fuel cells, and a fuel cell using the same. The adhesive sealing member satisfies (a) a requirement that the adhesive sealing member is used in a fuel cell, (b) a requirement that the adhesive sealing member includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070287057 - Method for making a hydrophilic corrosion resistant coating on low grade stainless steel/alloys for bipolar plates: A stainless steel flow field plate for a fuel cell that includes a layer of titanium or titanium oxide and a layer of titanium oxide/ruthenium oxide that makes the plate conductive and hydrophilic. In one embodiment, titanium is deposited on the surface of a stainless steel bipolar plate as a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070287059 - Fuel cell recharger: A portable fuel cell charger has a water source and an electrolyzer coupled to the water source and adapted to be coupled to a power source. A fuel cell cartridge coupler is coupled to the electrolyzer and is adapted to be coupled to a fuel cell cartridge for providing pressurized... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070287034 - Microfluidic biofuel cell: Microfluidic biofuel cells comprising a bioanode and/or a biocathode are formed using microfluidic principles and soft lithography. The enzymes utilized in the redox reactions at the bioanode and/or the biocathode are stabilized in a micellar or inverted micellar structure. The biofuel cell is used to produce high power densities.... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070287035 - Attachable battery for attachment to electrically conductive connector: Current batteries lack the requisite design, functionality, and user interface required by the fashion/garment industry. The invention proposes a battery, a battery housing, a wearable garment, and a method for supplying power, all of which involve a battery. The portable power source of the invention includes a fuel cell, or... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070287037 - Fuel cell based power generation systems and methods of operating the same: A power generation system has a fuel cell stack and at least one condensation point in the system at which water present after shutdown of the power generation system can condense or collect. Drying after shutdown is improved by maintaining a temperature gradient between the condensation point and at least... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070287036 - Gas separator and operating method for the same: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] This gas separator is characterized in that the upper and lower surfaces of the pleat elements of a pleat molding are covered by a plate having at least a set of intake and exhaust ports. The pleat molding is formed by pleating a compound membrane formed... Agent: Staas & Halsey

20070287039 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises: a DBFC for generating a power by receiving a fuel; a PEMFC for generating a power by receiving hydrogen, a byproduct generated at an anode of the DBFC after a reaction, as a fuel; a supplementary power partially charged by a power generated at the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070287038 - Method and arrangement for reforming fuel: A method and an arrangement for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel such as dimethyl ether (DME), methanol, ethanol, propanol, or any variants or other oxidized fuels is disclosed for generating hydrogen especially for supplying a fuel cell. Furthermore, a fuel cell system is disclosed which includes such an arrangement, especially for... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070287040 - Electrical generation system comprising membrane fuel cells fed with dry gases: An electrical generation system, a membrane fuel cell system, suitable for being employed in mobile application, for instance in vehicular applications as a direct electric current generation system comprising at least one polymer membrane fuel cell stack with means for adjusting the temperature of the cells comprising circulating a coolant... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070287043 - Method and apparatus for controlling an array of power generators: A control circuit controls power generation by a power cell in a presence of fuel and oxidant through electrical control. The control circuit may be extended to an array of power cells or array of banks of power cells to configure the cells or banks in series-row and column combinations... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070287046 - Combined power generation equipment: Combined power generation equipment combining a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) and a gas turbine so as to construct a closed cycle system adapted to recover the total amount of carbon dioxide produced during power generation by feeding fuel and only O2 at an equivalent ratio, thereby obtaining CO2 as... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070287047 - Device for carrying out a chemical reaction: The invention relates to a device for carrying out a chemical reaction, particularly for producing electrical energy. The inventive device comprises at least one first flow channel for a first reaction medium, at least a second flow channel for a second reaction medium that is different from the first reaction... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070287048 - Deactivation of sofc anode substrate for direct internal reforming: A SOFC includes a cathode electrode, a solid oxide electrolyte, an anode electrode, and a hydrocarbon fuel inlet. The SOFC is configured for internal reforming of a hydrocarbon fuel at the anode electrode. The SOFC is configured to limit an interaction between the hydrocarbon fuel and the anode electrode adjacent... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070287049 - Fuel cell with non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated membrane and method for preparing said membrane: The invention concerns a fuel cell with non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated membrane wherein said membrane comprises a non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated polymer and an antioxidant for protecting said polymer against the free radicals formed. The invention also concerns methods for obtaining such fuel cells.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070287053 - Collecting plate, fuel cell, and method for manufacturing same: The collecting plate of the present invention is used in a stacked fuel cell, and comprises a collecting section and an output terminal that is electrically connected to the collecting section and has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the collecting section. For example, the output terminal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070287058 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell comprising a cathode catalyst layer, an anode catalyst layer including a conductive perfluoro-binder having a micellar structure formed by outwardly orienting hydrophilic groups and inwardly orienting hydrophobic (lipophilic) groups, and a proton conductive membrane provided between the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070287060 - Battery positive electrode material containing sulfur and /or sulfur compound having s-s bond, and process for producing the same: A positive electrode material that contains sulfur of high capacitance density as an active material without containing any large amount of conduction aid, namely, a positive electrode material for a battery of high energy density. There is provided a battery positive electrode material comprising a composite of conductive substance and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070287061 - Method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide of the li(1+sg(a)) v3op type: The invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide and the thus obtained products. The method comprises preparing a precursor gel by reacting hydrogen peroxide with V2O5-α in an aqueous medium in the presence of a lithium precurosor and exposing the gel to a heat treatment... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070287062 - Separator for electrochemical element: The present invention discloses a separator for an electrochemical element which comprises wet nonwoven fabric containing fibrillated cellulose, non-fibrillated fiber, and fibrillated heat-resistant fiber having all of a softening point, a melting point and a thermal decomposition temperature of 250° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower, and dimensional... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070287063 - Battery pack: By using a DI molding method or a roll forming method, a casing member made of a thin cylindrical metal pipe is formed and molded so as to almost coincide with a shape of a battery element, thereby forming an outer casing. A power generating element to which a circuit... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070287064 - Binder resin emulsion for energy device electrode and energy device electrode and energy device that use same: A binder resin emulsion for energy device electrodes is provided that is used in energy device electrodes and more particularly that is used as a binder to dispose an active material on the current collector of such an electrode. An energy device electrode and energy device that use this emulsion... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070287065 - Electrochemical electrode surface encapsulation: The present invention is directed to a metal air electrochemical cell whereby the anode is encapsulated with a protective layer. The encapsulated metal air anode provides prolonged submersion of anodes in electrolyte, improved metal anode discharge and decreased metal anode corrosion.... Agent: Reveo, Inc.

20070287066 - Alkaline primary battery: An alkaline primary battery includes a positive electrode containing at least nickel oxyhydroxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing zinc or a zinc alloy as a negative electrode active material, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte. The... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070287067 - Electrolytic manganese dioxide, positive electrode active material, and battery: Electrolytic manganese dioxide characterized by having a surface sulfate (SO4) content of smaller than 0.10% by weight and a JIS-pH value, as measured according to JIS K1467, of at least 1.5 but smaller than 3.5, preferably at least 2.1 but smaller than 3.2 is provided. Preferably 3% to 25% in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070287068 - Negative electrode material for nonacqueous electrolyte secondary battery of high input/output current, method for producing the same and battery employing negative electrode material: A negative electrode material for a high input/output currant-type non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a carbon material having an average (002) interlayer spacing d002 of 0.355-0.400 nm determined by X-ray diffractometry and a true density of 1.50-1.60 g/cm3, and exhibiting a capacity (A) of at least 50 mAh/g in a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070287069 - Organic solid electrolyte and secondary battery: An organic solid electrolyte comprises a polymer obtained by (co)polymerization of cyanoethyl acrylate and/or cyanoethyl methacrylate, the polymer being doped with an inorganic ion salt. The electrolyte has a high ionic conductivity and is based on a hydroxyl-free polymer so that it may be used to construct a secondary battery... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070287070 - Electrode for polymer electrolyte secondary battery and polymer electrolyte secondary battery: This invention provides a high-power secondary battery using a polymer electrolyte, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. Such secondary battery comprises a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material that deintercalates and intercalates cations, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material that intercalates and deintercalates cations... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070287071 - Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the electrolyte solution: A non-aqueous electrolyte for a secondary battery includes a solvent and an electrolyte containing a lithium salt. The solvent contains 4-fluoroethylene carbonate and a chain carboxylic ester represented by the formula R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having 3 or less carbon atoms. The amount of the 4-fluoroethylene... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070281192 - Fuel cell power generation system: A fuel cell power generation system has a condensing heat exchanger with a decarbonation device for removing carbon dioxide dissolved in condensed water including an inclined plate which has an upper side with an upper surface and a lower side with a lower surface. The inclined plate is made of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070281193 - Multiple pressure regime control to minimize rh excursions during transients: A control system for a fuel cell stack that controls the relative humidity of the cathode outlet gas during stack power transients to provide better cathode outlet gas relative humidity control by reducing the dynamic pressure range and thus the dynamic cathode outlet gas relative humidity range. In one embodiment,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070281194 - Portable fuel cell assembly: c

20070281196 - Fuel cell and fuel cell module: A base as a support in a fuel cell is provided with a plurality of through holes. An electrolyte membrane covers the entirety of the base facing the anode and is partly embedded in the plurality of through holes. A cathode is embedded in the through holes such that each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070281197 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell system: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a fuel cell stack and a humidifier. The fuel cell stack includes plural cells in which each cell has a pair of electrodes and a proton-conductive electrolyte membrane arranged between the pair of electrodes, wherein an oxidant gas or a fuel gas passes through... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070281203 - Catalyst for removing metal carbonyl, process for producing mixed reformed gas containing hydrogen, process for removing metal carbonyl, and fuel cells system: The present invention relates to a catalyst for removing a metal carbonyl which comprises a nickel-containing catalyst component and copper, said copper being present in an amount of 0.001 to 250% by weight in terms of metallic copper on the basis of a weight of the nickel contained in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070281206 - Separator for lithium secondary battery, method for producing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the same: A separator for a lithium secondary battery includes a high molecular porous film with a shut-down function and a heat-resistant porous layer integrally formed on each side of the high molecular porous film. The heat-resistant porous layers contain a heat-resistant high-molecular material and a ceramic filler. By using the separator,... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070281187 - Membrane fuel cell countercurrent-fed with non-humidified air: A membrane fuel cell delimited by bipolar plates comprising a cathodic compartment and an anodic compartment, said cathodic compartment comprising means for feeding air from the bottom to the top, said anodic compartment comprising means for feeding a hydrogen-containing fuel from the top to the bottom, at least one of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070281188 - Method for operating a fuel cell system and fuel cell system: During the operation of a fuel-cell assembly, the latter is supplied with ambient air with the aid of a liquid ring pump. Any foreign matter that is contained in the air is taken up by the service fluid of the liquid ring pump. The charging of the service fluid with... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070281189 - Fuel cell apparatus: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell apparatus includes a power generator portion which generates electricity through a chemical reaction, a fuel tank containing fuel and having a fuel supply port which supplies fuel and an air inlet which lets air into the fuel tank, and a circulation system which... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070281191 - Fuel cell apparatus: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell apparatus includes a power generator portion which has an anode and a cathode and generates electricity, a fuel tank containing fuel, and a circulating system which supplies fuel and air to the power generator portion. The circulating system includes a fuel passage which... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070281190 - Fuel cell arrangement and device for mounting a fuel cell arrangement on a housing: A fuel cell array comprising a fuel cell stack (12) with several fuel cells (10) and a first (14) and a second end plate (16) defining the fuel cell stack (12) on the end thereof, and a device for fixing the fuel cell array to a housing (38). At least... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070281195 - Block copolymer and use thereof: f

20070281199 - Crosslinked membrane electrode assemblies: Described are membrane electrode assemblies and electrochemical cells, containing crosslinked membranes and electrodes, which membranes and electrodes are prepared from fluoropolymer organic-liquid dispersions.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070281198 - Membranes electrode assemblies prepared from fluoropolymer dispersions: Described are to membrane electrode assemblies and electrochemical cells, containing membranes prepared from fluoropolymer organic-liquid dispersions containing a homogeneous mixture of reacted and unreacted sulfonyl halide groups.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070281200 - Electrode catalyst, method for preparation thereof, direct alcohol fuel cell: An anode is formed by a metal electrocatalyst including an element mixture made up of platinum and at least one of ruthenium and molybdenum as an active constituent which electrocatalyst is fabricated under vacuum using a vapor phase method, and in this way, the speed of electrode oxidation reaction of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281201 - Fuel release management for fuel cell systems: Methods and apparatus for fuel release mitigation including enclosing a fuel cell stack (12) within an enclosure (20), supplying oxidant to the enclosure, circulating the oxidant within the enclosure to mix with any fuel present in the enclosure, withdrawing circulated oxidant from the enclosure; and supplying at least a portion... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070281202 - Fuel cell arrangement: A fuel cell arrangement for transporting gases to a number of fuel cell units and for exhausting reaction products from the fuel cell unit, the flow arrangement comprising a number of fuel cell units and a fastening platform onto which each fuel cell unit is supported to. The fastening platform... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070281204 - Membrane electrode assemblies and highly durable fuel cells: The invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly which comprises two gas diffusion layers, each contacted with a catalyst layer, which are separated by a polymer-electrolyte membrane. Said polymer electrolyte membrane has an inner area which is contacted with a catalyst layer, and an outer area which is not provided... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070281205 - Fluid separation device: The present invention relates to a fluid separation device (10) for separating fluid, oil and oil spray from a gas. This fluid separation device (10) comprises a base carrier (21) in which fluid separator elements (20) in the form of flow-through tubes with worm-like segments (23) arranged therein, are integrated.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070281207 - Prevention of lithium deposition in nonaqueous electrolyte cells by matching device usage to cell capacity: The prevention of lithium clusters from bridging between the negative and positive portions of a cell during discharge is described. This is done by matching the pulse-discharged capacity of a primary lithium cell powering a therapy device to one where should lithium clusters form, the total lithium cluster surface area... Agent: Michael F. Scalise Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

20070281208 - Secondary battery module: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery module constructed approximately in a rectangular parallelepiped structure. The battery module includes a pair of side members (right and left side members) having pluralities of grooves formed at the inside surfaces thereof such that the sides of unit cells are securely fitted in the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070281209 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery: This invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that has excellent output characteristics, is small in individual difference, and is more stable. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode that contain or can occlude and release lithium, a lithium salt-containing ionic liquid and is characterized in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281210 - Lithium secondary battery for operation over a wide range of temperatures: A rechargeable cell for operation at temperatures above from −40° C. to +120° C. which has a positive electrode comprising sulfur and/or organic and/or non-organic compounds (including polymer compounds) of sulfur as an electrode active material, and a negative electrode made of metal lithium or lithium alloys, and an electrolyte... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070281211 - Alkali metal titanates and methods for their synthesis: Disclosed is a doped lithium titanate and its use as an electrode in a battery. Further disclosed is a method for making an alkali metal titanate, which method includes mixing an alkali metal compound and a titanium compound, impact milling the mixture, and heating the milled mixture for a time,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070281212 - Surface stabilized electrodes for lithium batteries: An uncycled, preconditioned positive metal-oxide or lithium-metal-oxide electrode for a non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell, the electrode being preconditioned in an aqueous or a non-aqueous solution containing stabilizing cations and anions that are etched into the electrode surface to form a protective layer. Methods of preconditioning the electrodes are disclosed as... Agent: Harry M. Levy Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070281213 - Carbon monofluoride cathode materials providing simplified elective replacement indication: An electrochemical cell includes an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte operatively associated with the anode and the cathode. The cathode comprises a blend of a first electrochemically active fluorinated carbon material and one or more additional electrochemically active fluorinated carbon materials. The fluorinated carbon materials provide an electrochemical cell... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20070281215 - Cathode materials for secondary (rechargeable) lithium batteries: The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine, a modified olivine, or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO4)3− as at least one constituent for use as electrode material for... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070281214 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and rechargeable vacuum cleaner: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode comprises a current collector made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an active material layer laminated on the current collector. The active material... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281216 - Nanoscalar silicon particles in negative electrode materials for use in lithium-ion batteries: 5-85% by weight of nanoscale silicon particles which have a BET surface area of from 5 to 700 m2/g and a mean primary particle diameter of from 5 to 200 nm, 0-10% by weight of conductive carbon black, 5-80% by weight of graphite having a mean particle diameter of from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070281217 - Electrolyte and battery using the same: An electrolyte and battery using same is provided. The electrolyte comprising at least one of a compound represented by Formula 1, wherein, R1, P2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen group, or a methyl group and an ethyl group; X, Y, and Z represent sulfur (S) or oxygen (O) or... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP