Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 02/08

20080050617 - Catalyst for oxidizing carbon monoxide for reformer of fuel cell, method for preparing the same, and fuel cell system including the same: A carbon monoxide oxidizing catalyst for a reformer of a fuel cell system comprises: a compound including selenium oxide, tellurium oxide, bismuth oxide, or a combination thereof; copper oxide; and cesium oxide.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080050620 - Detection of cell-to-cell variability in water holdup using pattern recognition techniques: A system and method for preventing low performing cells in a fuel cell stack. The method includes periodically providing a pulse of the cathode input airflow at low stack current densities, and comparing the current density output of each cell in response to the pulse. Those cells that do not... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050619 - Fuel cell life counter and method of managing remaining life: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a fuel cell life counter is configured to determine membrane degradation using fuel cell cycling data and S-N curve data for the membrane. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method of managing remaining fuel cell life is provided where... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050621 - Managing mea hydration cycling life: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating an electrochemical conversion cell is provided wherein the method comprises the steps of (i) initiating a membrane dehydration sequence when the membrane is characterized by an initial membrane hydration λWET and (ii) maintaining the membrane dehydration sequence... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050622 - Hydrogen elevator: A system used to generate energy by utilizing the effects of gravity on the lighter “supplied molecules” and the heavier “produced modules” in relation to the air pressure and gravity surrounding the system. While there are many applications to this concept, the example provided utilizes the electrolysis of distilled water... Agent: Daren French

20080050626 - Control strategy to prevent humidity cycling in a fuel cell: A system and method for reducing RH cycling of the membranes in a fuel cell stack. A control algorithm damps a power request signal using a first order filter during low power transients so that the fuel cell stack continues generating power at a higher rate than is requested. The... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080050625 - Fuel cell valve with hydrophobically enhanced surface: A product including a control valve. The control valve includes a body having a passage therethrough defined by an inner surface. A movable part is provided for closing the passage. At least one of the inner surface or the movable part includes a hydrophobically enhanced surface.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050627 - Fuel cell stack and hydrogen supply including a positive temperature coefficient ceramic heater: A fuel cell system that employs one or more PTC ceramic heaters that do not need to be self-regulated, and thus will not require various control components, such as temperature sensors. The PTC ceramic heaters include a ceramic material that is designed for a particular temperature depending on the particular... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050628 - Passive cooling system for fuel cell stack: A passive cooling system for a fuel cell stack is provided. The passive cooling system includes a plurality of cooling plates, each installed between every few unit cells, each having flow channels for flowing a primary coolant on at least one surface, and each comprising an inlet hole through which... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080050632 - Functionally integrated hydrogen fuel cell: A proton exchange membrane fuel cell has a unit cell assembly including an anode side and a cathode side. The anode side has a cooling base plate, a conductor assembly, a hydrogen flow field, a water absorbing element, and a hydrogen duct assembly. The cathode side has an air flow... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080050633 - Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell employing the same: A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell employing the same. The membrane electrode assembly includes: a cathode; an anode; and a polymer electrolyte membrane that is interposed between the cathode and the anode, and comprises a proton conductive polymer that is doped with acid to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080050636 - Mixer for liquid fuels: A liquid fuel mixer is disclosed, which is used to store liquid fuels for a fuel cell. The liquid fuel mixer includes a casing, one or more radiators and a gas permeable but liquid impermeable film. The casing forms a first internal compartment and a second internal compartment, and the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080050638 - Bipolar plate and fuel cell having stack of bipolar plates: A structure of a bipolar plate for a fuel cell to ensure continuous flow of fluids to flow channels. The bipolar plate includes a plate main body having a surface and an opposite surface, each surface having reaction flow channels through which fluids pass; manifolds formed on the plate main... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080050639 - Bipolar flow field plate assembly and method of making the same: A bipolar flow field plate assembly comprising an anode plate assembly and a cathode plate assembly, each further comprising an anode flow field plate and a cathode flow field plate, respectively. The anode and cathode flow field plates each comprise an active surface and an inactive surface. The anode and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080050641 - Catalyst nanoparticle: A catalyst nanoparticle covalently bonded to a surface ligand wherein the surface ligand has a peripheral functional group having a property suitable to ensure solubility in a fluid such as a hydroxylic solvent, water, lower molecular weight alcohol, methanol, ethanol, iso-propanol, or and mixtures thereof. The peripheral functional group can... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080050642 - Materials and structures thereof useful as electrocatalysts: A nanostructured electrode comprising a conductive electrode substrate having a surface functional group, a catalytic nanoparticle stabilized by a covalently-bound ligand bearing a peripheral functional group capable of interacting to the surface functional group, and a material capable of binding to the peripheral functional group. The conductive electrode substrate can... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080050643 - Electrically conductive lands adhered to gas diffusion media and methods of making and using the same: A product including a fuel cell gas diffusion media layer and a plurality of electrically conductive lands secured thereto.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080050645 - Cell controller, battery module and power supply system: A cell controller having excellent productivity is provided. A cell-con 80 has 12 ICs IC-1 to IC-2 mounted on a substrate, and these ICs detect voltages of respective cells constituting a cell pack, perform capacity adjustment on the respective cells, and are mounted two by two on rectangular longer sides... Agent: Jason H. Vick Sheridan Ross, PC

20080050618 - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate: A proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate molded from a composition that includes a graphite powder, a thermosetting resin and an internal mold release agent has specific surface characteristics which endow the bipolar plate with a high hydrophilicity that enables water formed during power generation by the fuel cell... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080050623 - Method and system for recovering catalyst for fuel cell: A method for recovering a catalyst for a fuel cell includes a collection step in which a catalyst is collected by attracting, using a magnetic force, a magnetic material contained in at least one of the catalyst and a carrier on which the catalyst is supported. A system for recovering... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080050624 - Electric generator for motor vehicle: The invention concerns an electric generator for a motor vehicle, comprising: a reformer (60) for producing a reformate from a primary fuel, water and air; circuits supplying the reformer with primary fuel (64), air (36, 40, 38, 62) and water (82, 86, 90, 66), a fuel cell (20) for production... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080050629 - Apparatus and method for managing a flow of cooling media in a fuel cell stack: An apparatus and method for managing cooling characteristics of a fuel cell stack in distinct regions thereof, the fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, each fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), at least one flow field plate interposed between the MEAs of adjacent fuel cells,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080050630 - Membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cell, their manufacture and use and fuel cells incorporating them: Fuel cell incorporating membrane-electrode assembly, methods for preparing the latter and their use in fuel cells are described.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080050631 - Fuel cell system and composition for electrode: According to the invention, a fuel cell system features a fuel cell (1) having an electrode (5, 6), and an antioxidant residing in or contacting the electrode (5, 6), for inactivating active oxygen.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080050634 - Micro channel heater for even heating: A heater has microchannels for uniform heating, and includes an upper plate having an inlet of material to be heated, a fuel inlet and an oxidant inlet. A lower plate has a heated material outlet and an exhaust gas outlet. A plurality of combustion thin plates and a plurality of... Agent: Bardmesser Law Group, P.C.

20080050637 - Microfabricated fuel cell: One or more microfabricated fuel cells may be integrated into a printed circuit board or a printed wiring board within an electronic device. The electrical energy created by the integrated microfabricated fuel cells within the metal wiring on the PWB may then be used by the electronic components within and... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080050635 - Separator for fuel cell with austenitic stainless steel substrate: A fuel cell separator having excellent corrosion resistance, electric conductivity and durability comprising a substrate made of austenitic stainless steel, and a nitride layer formed on a surface of the substrate in contact with an oxygen electrode or a current collector on the oxygen electrode side, the nitride layer comprising... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080050640 - Electrocatalyst: An electrocatalyst including an active catalyst component and an additive including a transitional metal, transitional metal oxide or complex precursor thereof, products including such an electrocatalyst and methods of making and using the same.... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080050644 - Lithium reservoir system and method for rechargeable lithium ion batteries: A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged between the at least two working electrodes to separate the at least two working electrodes so that none of the working... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080050646 - Leak sensor for flowing electrolyte batteries: A leak detection system for a flowing electrolyte battery comprising a containment member associated with at least one of a stack of a flowing electrolyte battery and an electrolyte reservoir of a flowing electrolyte battery and a sensing member for sensing a fluid leak within the containment member.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080050647 - Starter battery and case: A starter battery and case assembly includes a rechargeable battery contained within a battery box and a lid constructed to releasably engage the battery box. An electrical connector is electrically attached to the battery. The battery and battery box define an upper surface with upwardly extending upper edges and the... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20080050648 - Battery device, electronic apparatus, and battery system: Disclosed a battery device including a first battery device and a second battery device each having a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080050649 - Apparatus and method for a power source casing with a stepped bevelled edge: One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a stack of substantially planar electrodes, the stack in alignment and having a stack form factor. Embodiments include a first housing portion including a first beveled edge at least partially defining a first stack aperture adapted to at least partially receive the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080050650 - Battery device, electronic apparatus, and battery system: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery enclosure incorporating a battery cell. The battery device further includes an output terminal that outputs power of the battery cell. The battery enclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, a first step surface, a second step surface, a first engaging portion,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080050651 - Multilayer heat shrinkable film and wrapped battery: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Specifically disclosed is a heat shrinkable film comprising an intermediate layer (1), a front surface layer (2) and a back surface layer (3) so arranged as to sandwich the intermediate layer (1), and an overcoat layer (4) arranged on top of the front surface layer (2).... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080050652 - Negative electrode and secondary cell: A negative electrode wherein a negative electrode current collector has a conductive foil including a conductive substrate and a multiplicity of conductive lumpy projections provided at a surface of the substrate is provided. The multiplicity of lumpy projections are so disposed that a plurality of the lumpy projections are aligned... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080050654 - Battery: Batteries, as well as related components and methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080050653 - Battery electrodes: A cathode includes a foil current collector including a coating containing iron disulfide on one side that covers less than 100% of the side.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080050655 - Cathode material containing two types of conductive materials and lithium secondary battery comprising the same: Provided is a cathode mix for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a cathode active material, a conductive material and a binder, wherein the cathode mix uses a mixture of a flake-like carbon material (a), and a spherical chain-like carbon material (b) in a weight ratio (a/b) of 0.01 to 1... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080050656 - Thin film battery having textured layer: A monolithically integrated lithium thin film battery (10) provides increased areal capacity on a single level (without stacking of multiple cells). The Lithium thin film battery (10) comprises a substrate (12) having a surface (13) textured to comprise a plurality of openings (16) having sides (15) angled between 10 and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080050657 - Quaternary ammonium salt, electrolyte, electrolyte, solution and electrochemical device: m

20080050658 - Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary batteries: In order to manufacture a lithium secondary battery having excellent performances in safety under overcharge condition, cycle property, electric capacity, and storage endurance, 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. of a tert-alkylbenzene compound is favorably incorporated into a non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte, preferably in... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080044690 - Gas-liquid separator and fuel cell system having the same: Disclosed is a gas-liquid separator capable of allowing carbon dioxide to be exhausted to the atmosphere so as to recover and recycle only unreacted fuel discharged from an electric generator, and a fuel cell system having the same. The fuel cell system includes an electric generator to generate electricity by... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080044689 - Pallet-type membrane electrode assembly layer structure: The present invention discloses a pallet-type membrane electrode assembly layer structure, which comprises an upper frame, at least one membrane electrode assembly, and a lower frame; wherein, the upper frame is provided with at least one first opening; the lower frame is provided with at least one second opening, and... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080044694 - Fuel cell system and method of operating the same: A fuel cell system and a method of operating the same, the fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell including at least one unit cell; an switch having first and second ends connected to different type electrodes of the fuel cell; and a circuit unit to detect whether a load... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080044696 - Hydrogen generation cartridge: A hydrogen generation cartridge (12) for supplying hydrogen gas to the anode side of a fuel cell system. The cartridge (12) comprises a first compartment (30) containing a first reactant (32) and a second compartment (34) containing a second reactant (36). The first compartment (30) is positioned within the second... Agent: Don W. Bulson (parker Hannifin) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080044695 - Reformer system: A reformer system for generating a hydrogen-containing gas for a fuel cell system, especially in a motor vehicle, includes an evaporator arrangement (12) to be fed with hydrocarbon and mixed material for generating a hydrocarbon vapor/mixed material mixture, and a reformer arrangement (14) with reformer catalytic converter material (40, 42)... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080044701 - Connecting member, a hydrogen generation apparatus and a fuel cell system: A connecting member includes a metallic inner tube surrounding a flow path through which fluid flows; a polyimide resin-made outer tube covering an outer circumference of the inner tube; and a polyimide resin-made intermediate layer provided between the inner tube and the outer tube.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080044698 - Fuel cell system: A multi-unit fuel cell system that includes a common-use reforming unit configured to supply hydrogen to multiple fuel cell units that are installed in multiple units, such as apartments within an apartment building. In one example embodiment, a fuel cell system including a common-use reforming unit and multiple fuel cell... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080044699 - Fuel processor having carbon monoxide removing unit and method of operating the same: A fuel processor having a CO removal unit including an apparatus for warming a CO shifter, is provided. A method of using the fuel processor is also provided. The fuel processor includes a reformer that extracts hydrogen gas from a raw fuel by reacting the raw fuel with water. A... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080044700 - Heater for fuel cell system: A heater for heating a reformer of a fuel cell system includes a combustion chamber having a combustion catalyst layer; a distributor having an inner space and uniformly distributing a combustion fuel and an oxidant flowing along the inner space to the combustion catalyst layer of the combustion chamber; and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080044702 - Diagnostic system for unbalanced motor shafts for high speed compressor: A diagnostic system for determining whether a rotor shaft of a compressor is unbalanced. The compressor includes a displacement sensor that measures the displacement of the rotor shaft as it is rotating. The sensor dynamic frequency signal is sent to a bandpass filter that filters out an eigen-frequency frequency that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080044707 - Flexible fuel cell: The present invention is a flexible fuel cell, which overcomes the shortcomings of a conventional fuel cell made of solid materials. The flexible fuel cell includes a battery pack of fuel cell units with a preset amount and configuration of fuel cell units, and a flexible locator. The flexible locator... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080044711 - Contact plate for fuel cells: The present invention relates to a contact plate for fuel cells with a coherent active area (11) on at least one side of the contact plate, wherein the active area (11) consists of a contact surface (2) which over the whole surface comprises a coating (4) of an electrically conductive,... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20080044712 - Fuel cell stack: The fuel cell stack includes: two end plates arranged to be opposite to each other with a predetermined interval therebetween; first current collectors respectively contacting insides of the end plates; second current collectors respectively contacting the first current collectors and having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than that of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080044713 - Fuel cell stack: In order to produce a fuel cell stack which comprises a plurality of fuel cell units that succeed one another in the direction of the stack and at least one tensioning device by means of which the fuel cell units are braced against each other such that tensioning forces can... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20080044714 - Fuel cell stack: In order to produce a fuel cell stack which comprises several fuel cell units that succeed one another in the direction of the stack, at least one tensioning device by means of which the fuel cell units are braced against each other, and at least one stack end element which... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20080044718 - Column type fuel cell, series device thereof and stack thereof: A column type fuel cell is provided, including a column electrode, a first catalytic layer, one or more channels, an electrolyte layer, a second catalytic layer, and a ring electrode. The surrounding surface of the column electrode has several protruding blocks. The first catalytic layer is on the surrounding surface... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20080044716 - Durable layer structure and method for making same: A bipolar plate for a fuel cell that includes a hydrophilic layer deposited on the bipolar plate to a suitable thickness to satisfy hydrofluoric acid etching for the desired lifetime of the fuel cell. In one embodiment, the hydrophilic layer is a relatively thick silicon dioxide layer that is deposited... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080044715 - Hydrophilic layer on flowfield for water management in pem fuel cell: A fluid distribution element is provided for a fuel cell having a major surface facing a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and one or more flow channels for transporting gas and liquid to and from the MEA. One or more regions of the major surface are overlaid with a super-hydrophilic corrosion-resistant... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20080044717 - Portable power supply device with a fuel cell: The present invention provides a portable power supply device with a fuel cell. The device includes a main body with predefined internal and exterior parts. A fuel cell stack is mounted onto a predefined location of the main body. A fuel supplier is mounted at a preset location of the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080044720 - Membrane electrode assembly having porous electrode layers, manufacturing method thereof, and electrochemical cell comprising the same: The present invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly for electrochemical cells, and a manufacturing method thereof. In the membrane electrode assembly, electro-catalytic layers forming electrodes on both surfaces of an ion-exchange membrane have a plurality of pores evenly distributed therein. According to the invention, the electro-catalytic layers are made... Agent: John M. Janeway Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080044721 - Miniature biological fuel cell that is operational under physiological conditions, and associated devices and methods: A fuel cell is provided with an anode and a cathode. The anode is in electrical communication with an anode enzyme and the cathode is in electrical communication with a cathode enzyme. The anode enzyme is preferably an oxidase or a dehydrogenase. The cathode enzyme is a copper-containing enzyme, such... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080044722 - Fuel cell with carbon nanotube diffusion element and methods of manufacture and use: A fuel cell includes a first current collector; a second current collector; an ion exchange membrane disposed between the first and second current collectors; a diffusion element; and catalyst. The diffusion element is disposed between the first current collector and the ion exchange membrane. The diffusion element includes carbon nanotubes... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080044723 - Battery box: A battery box includes a housing, a positive electrode member, and a negative electrode member. The housing includes a receiving space in a side thereof for receiving at least one battery therein. The receiving space defines two slots at opposite ends thereof. The positive electrode member is mounted to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080044693 - Fuel cell system and method for controlling current: A fuel cell is provided, which includes a first plenum around an anode for receiving fuel, and a second plenum around a cathode for receiving oxygen. A fluid controller controls the supply of fuel to the first plenum or oxygen to the second plenum. A sensor detects the load on... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080044691 - Fuel cell system with purging and method of operating the same: Upon stop of electric power generation of a fuel cell a hydrogen shutoff valve is closed, and a cathode is purged. At the same time, an air introducing valve and the purge valve are opened. The air taken in by the compressor is introduced into the anode through the air... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080044692 - Method for in situ immobilization of water-soluble nanodispersed metal oxide colloids: The invention relates to heterogeneous catalysts which are particularly easy to produce. Said heterogeneous catalysts are generated by immobilizing preformed monometallic or multimetallic metal oxide particles in situ on an oxidic or non-oxidic carrier, wherefore metal oxide colloids which are stabilized by hydroxide ions and immobilized on carriers contained in... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080044697 - Catalyst for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly, method of manufacturing the assembly, and fuel cell using the assembly: A membrane-electrode assembly comprising a cathode catalyst layer for reducing an oxidant gas, a polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode catalyst layer, the polymer electrolyte membrane being sandwiched between the catalyst layers, wherein the cathode catalyst layer exhibits super-water-repellency. The disclosure is also concerned with a method of manufacturing the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080044703 - Fuel cell system: At system shutdown, supply of hydrogen to a fuel electrode of a fuel cell stack is stopped, and at the same time dry air is supplied to an oxidant electrode. The dry air is subsequently supplied also to the fuel electrode, and finally the system is shut down. This allows... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080044705 - Density sensing device and fuel cell system with it: The disclosed is a density sensing device of a fuel cell system and a fuel cell system having the density sensing device. The density sensing device includes a density sensor that includes a collision sensor and a variable resistor coupled to the collision sensor. The collision sensor is dipped into... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080044704 - Fuel cell system: In a fuel cell system 10, hydrogen is supplied to a fuel cell 11 from a hydrogen storage tank 12 provided with a hydrogen-absorbing alloy MH and a heat exchanger 18. In this process, the pressure in the hydrogen storage tank 12 is held at a level equal to or... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080044706 - Fuel cell production method and fuel cell: First, a solid-state electrolyte layer that has conductivity for ions of one of hydrogen and oxygen is formed. After that, a dense layer made of an electrode material that has electron conductivity, catalyst activity to accelerate the electrochemical reaction, and a characteristic of allowing permeation of ions and/or atoms of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080044710 - Electrolyte membrane having excellent adhesion to electrodes: The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane that can maintain its properties even during long-term use in a solid polymer fuel cell. More specifically, the present invention provides an electrolyte membrane that exhibits excellent adhesion to the electrodes in a solid polymer fuel cell. The electrolyte membrane of the present... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080044709 - Fuel cell system and solid polymer electrolyte film: According to the invention, a fuel cell system features a fuel cell (14) having a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (4), and an antioxidant residing in or contacting the solid polymer electrolyte membrane (4), for inactivating active oxygen.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080044708 - Hydrocarbon-based polymer for use of a fuel cell: The present invention provides a hydrocarbon-based polymer for use in an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell having high durability, an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell using the polymer, a fuel cell using the electrolyte membrane. The present invention provides a hydrocarbon-based polymer comprising a repeating unit, wherein a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080044719 - Platinum-copper-titanium fuel cell catalyst: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and titanium, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and titanium, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and titanium, including an oxide, carbide... Agent: Senniger Powers (smx)

20080044724 - Sealed secondary battery having bottomed tubular casing, closure plate fixed to opening of the casing, and valve plate closing hole formed through the closure plate: The aim is to provide a sealed secondary battery with an electrode body that is larger in volume and thus incapacity, without affecting the operability of a valve member and the battery hermeticity. To achieve the aim, the sealed secondary battery includes an electrode body, an external casing, a closure... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080044725 - High-amperage energy storage device and method: An electrochemical method and apparatus for high-amperage electrical energy storage features a high-temperature, all-liquid chemistry. The reaction products created during charging remain part of the electrodes during storage for discharge on demand. In a simultaneous ambipolar electrodeposition cell, a reaction compound is electrolyzed to effect transfer from an external power... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080044726 - Liquid low-sodium silicate electrolyte used for a storage battery and manufactured by magnetization process, and the usage thereof: A liquid low concentration sodium-containing silicate solution as electrolyte for lead-acid storage batteries and its applications, is prepared by mixing a silica gel containing 40˜60 wt % SiO2, the weight units of such a silica gel are 5˜15; add 15-25 weight units water and stir until the concentration of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080044727 - Process for production of active material and electrode, active material, and electrode: An active material with a sufficient cycle characteristic and a process for its production are provided. According to the process for production of an active material of this invention, an aqueous solution containing a metal fluorocomplex is contacted with a metal oxide to form a surface-modified layer on the surface... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080044728 - Lithium-ion battery: A lithium-ion battery a lithium-ion battery that includes a first electrode that includes a first current collector having a first active material provided on at least one surface thereof The battery also includes a second electrode that includes a second current collector having a second active material provided on at... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080044730 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery includes a positive electrode case, a positive electrode material mixture including a hollow portion and contacting the inner side of the positive electrode case, a gelled negative electrode disposed in the hollow portion of the positive electrode material mixture, a separator disposed between the positive electrode material... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080044729 - Electrochemical cell having \"in situ generated\" component: An electrochemical cell having a solid polymer separator/electrolyte whose ion conductivity is markedly increased by in situ generation of a fluid acidic anhydride. The electrochemical cell comprises a solid polymer electrolyte, an anode of an alkali or alkaline earth metal such as lithium and a cathode containing the lithium or... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20080044731 - Material for solid polymer electrolyte, and polyether polymer and process for producing same: A material for solid polymer electrolyte, made of a polyether polymer having a moisture content in the range of 400 to 5,000 ppm by weight. A formed solid polymer electrolyte, which is made by mixing the material for solid polymer electrolyte together with an electrolyte salt compound soluble in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080044732 - Nanostructured electrode for a microbattery: A new anode configuration (20) is proposed for a lithium microbattery (10). The anode (20) preferably consists of nanotubes or of nanowires (24) such that the empty space (26) left between the different components (24) provides compensation for the inherent swelling upon discharging the microbattery (10). With the absence of... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080044734 - Organic electrolyte solution including electrografting monomer and lithium battery using the same: An organic electrolyte solution and a lithium battery using the same are provided. The organic electrolyte solution uses a monomer compound which can be electrografted, and which prevents crack formation caused by volumetric changes in the anode active material during battery charging/discharging. This improves charge/discharge characteristics, thereby improving the stability,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080044733 - Lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing the same: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode substrate, and a positive electrode material mixture layer carried on the positive electrode substrate; a negative electrode including a negative electrode substrate, and a negative electrode material mixture layer carried on the negative electrode substrate; a separator;... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080044735 - Silane compound, organic electrolyte solution using the silane compound, and lithium battery using the organic electrolyte solution: Organic electrolyte solutions and lithium batteries using the same are provided. The organic electrolyte solutions use a silane compound that prevents crack formation caused by volumetric changes in the anode active material during battery charging/discharging. This improves charge/discharge characteristics, thereby also improving stability, reliability, and charge/discharge efficiency of the battery.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080044736 - Lithium ion secondary battery: The positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes active material particles represented by LixNi1-yMyMezO2+δ, and the active material particles include a lithium composite oxide represented by LixNi1-yMyO2, (where 0.95≦x≦1.1, 0<y≦0.75, 0.001≦z≦0.05). The element M is selected from the group consisting of alkaline-earth elements, transition elements, rare-earth elements, IIIb... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080038590 - Combustible gas detector, process for producing combustible gas detector, and fuel cell system equipped with combustible gas detector: A combustible gas detector which has low power consumption, low noise and high speed response and which enable miniaturization, a process for producing the combustible gas detector, and a fuel cell system equipped with a combustible gas detector are provided. The combustible gas detector for detecting a combustible gas includes... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080038591 - Fuel storage device capable of detecting liquid level: A fuel storage device, which contains liquid fuel needed by a fuel cell and is capable of detecting liquid level, includes a main fuel storage tank, a liquid level tube and a liquid level gage. The main fuel storage tank contains liquid fuel. The liquid level tube is disposed independent... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080038593 - Fuel cell system and method for driving same: A fuel system with a high power generation efficiency in which drive means can be reduced in size. The fuel cell system of the present invention is equipped with a fuel cell (FC) for generating power by circulating a fuel gas and comprises a circulation route (R) for circulating the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080038594 - Method of operating a fuel cell stack by monitoring membrane hydration: An electrochemical conversion assembly (10) is provided comprising a plurality of electrochemical conversion cells arranged in a conductively coupled fuel cell stack (20), a condition sensor (30, 40) operatively coupled to the fuel cell stack (20), and a programmable controller operatively coupled to the condition sensor and the fuel cell... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080038597 - Semi-autonomous central supply system for passenger seats: A system for generating energy for a consumer element in an aircraft includes the consumer element with a fuel cell element and a rechargeable metal hydride storage cell. The rechargeable metal hydride storage cell is designed for supplying the fuel cell element with hydrogen such that energy can be generated... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080038600 - Integrated solid oxide fuel cell and fuel processor: An integrated fuel cell unit (10) includes an annular array (12) of fuel cell stacks (14), an annular cathode recuperator (20), an annular anode recuperator (22), a reformer (24), and an anode exhaust cooler (26), all integrated within a common housing structure (28).... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080038603 - Fuel processor having desulfurizer with sulfer sensor, fuel cell system including the fuel processor, and method of operating the fuel cell system: A fuel processor and a fuel cell system which have a desulfurizer with multiple sensors, and a method of measuring an adsorbent state in of an adsorbent the desulfurizer The desulfurizer determines the saturation state of the adsorbent using a signal difference between at least two sensors installed adjacent to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080038602 - Method for mitigating cell degradation due to startup and shutdown via cathode re-circulation combined with electrical shorting of stack: A fuel cell system that employs a process for minimizing corrosion in the cathode side of a fuel cell stack in the system by combining cathode re-circulation and stack short-circuiting at system shut-down and start-up.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080038605 - Electronic equipment: Disclosed is an electronic equipment including: a power source section including a fuel cell; and an electronic equipment main body driven by the electric power, wherein the power source section includes: a generation section including the fuel cell to perform power generation by the fuel cell and to discharge a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080038607 - Flow rate sensor and fuel cell system with flow rate sensor: A flow rate sensor includes a collision sensing plate and a variable resistance unit. The collision sensing plate is positioned in a flow path of the fluid and is bent with a different degree depending on a flow rate of the fluid. The variable resistance unit is connected to the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080038612 - Localized deactivation of a membrane: A method including providing an ion conductive membrane and deactivating a selected region of the membrane.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080038614 - Proton-conducting electrolyte membrane, production process thereof, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell using the same: The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane capable of inhibiting permeation of water, methanol or other electrolyte solutions, permeation of hydrogen and oxygen gas, and swelling caused by electrolyte solution, and having superior mechanical strength, a production process thereof and a membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell using that electrolyte membrane.... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080038611 - Supporting electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells and other electrochemical devices: An electrode supported electrolyte membrane includes an electrode layer 630 facing an electrolyte layer 620. The opposing side of the electrode layer 630 includes a backing layer 640 of a material with a thermal expansion coefficient approximately equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the electrolyte layer 620. The backing... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080038616 - Powder catalyst material, method for producing same and electrode for solid polymer fuel cell using same: The battery performance of a solid polymer fuel cell is enhanced by improving a three-phase interface. A catalyst carrier conductive material 10, solid polymer electrolyte 20 and 30, and a good solvent and a poor solvent with respect to the solid polymer electrolyte are mixed so as to prepare an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038619 - Metallic bipolar plate for fuel cells,and fuel cell comprising the same: The present invention relates to a metallic bipolar plate for fuel cells, including: a plate-like metallic substrate containing a metal capable of being passivated; and a noble-metal layer disposed partially on both surfaces of the metallic substrate to coat the metallic substrate, the metallic bipolar plate having a concave-convex portion... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080038621 - Electrochemical devices: A ceramic electrochemical cell 11 has a first electrode 12 contacting a first gas, a solid electrolyte film 13 and a second electrode 14 contacting a second gas. The electrochemical cell 11 is supported with a metal supporting member 1. A flow route 6 for a first gas is formed... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080038620 - Method for producing a fuel cell stack: A method for producing a fuel cell stack having the following steps: a) providing a first duplicating unit (10) with a first sealing surface (10a) and at least one second duplicating unit (16) with a second sealing surface (16a) and b) forming at least one sealing section (42) between the... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080038622 - Integrated solid oxide fuel cell and fuel processor: An integrated fuel cell unit (10) includes an annular array (12) of fuel cell stacks (14), an annular cathode recuperator (20), an annular anode recuperator (22), a reformer (24), and an anode exhaust cooler (26), all integrated within a common housing structure (28).... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080038625 - Fast recycling process for ruthenium, gold and titanium coatings from hydrophilic pem fuel cell bipolar plates: A method for recovering ruthenium oxide or gold and titanium or titanium oxide from a bipolar plate at the end of the life of a fuel cell stack so as to use these materials in other fuel cell stacks thereafter. The bipolar plate is immersed in a solution including a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080038626 - Method for preparing black phosphorus or black phosphorus-carbon composite, lithium rechargeable battery comprising the prepared black phosphorus or black phosphorus-carbon composite and method for using the rechargeable battery: Disclosed is black phosphorus or black phosphorus-carbon composite, which is very suitable for an anode material of lithium rechargeable battery. The black phosphorus or black phosphorus-carbon composite is prepared by using high energy ball-milling, which is easy and efficient way in transforming amorphous red phosphorus into orthorhombic black phosphorus at... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080038588 - Battery with porous material and fabrication method thereof: The present invention relates to batteries that can be activated by liquid. The battery with porous material is suitable for disposable healthcare test kits, bioMEMS (bio Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) and biosystems such as DNA chips, lab-on-a-chip or micro fluidics and can be easily integrated with disposable devices/systems.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080038592 - Method of operating a solid oxide fuel cell having a porous electrolyte: A method of extracting electrochemical energy from flowing hydrocarbon fluids, including positioning a porous electrolyte layer between a substantially porous anode layer and a substantially porous cathode layer to define a fuel cell, flowing a mixture of hydrocarbon fuel and oxidant over the fuel cell, heating the fuel cell to... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.

20080038589 - Porous electrode base material and production method thereof: One porous electrode base material for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises: short carbon fibers which are dispersed in random directions in a substantially two-dimensional plane and have a fiber diameter of 3 to 9 μm; an amorphous resin carbide which binds said short carbon fibers; and a filamentary resin... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20080038596 - Method and device for operational control of fuel cell modules: A method and a device for operational control of fuel cell modules, in particular, to maintain the lifespan thereof. The electrochemical cells of the fuel cell are electrically connected to a junction box by plural modules such that control density is maintained for a given period with a weak charge... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038595 - Stopping a fuel cell supplied with pure oxygen: A method for shutting down an electricity supply system comprising a fuel cell, the cell being supplied with pure oxygen as the combustive gas and delivering an electric voltage to an electric power line, the system comprising a fuel gas feed circuit on the anode side and an oxygen feed... Agent: Thomas Langer Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane

20080038598 - Fuel cell fuel processor with hydrogen buffering and staged membrane: A fuel cell system is provided which includes a hydrocarbon fuel processor for generating hydrogen for use in a fuel cell. The system further includes a hydrogen buffer for storing a portion of the hydrogen generated by the fuel processor. The system further includes a staged hydrogen selective membrane providing... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080038599 - Fuel cell system: The fuel cell system (39) of the invention comprises a fuel cell (1) configured to generate electric power by use of hydrogen contained in a fuel gas supplied to an anode (1a) and oxygen contained in an oxidizing gas supplied to a cathode (1c); and a combustor (4) configured to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080038601 - Efficient micro fuel cell systems and methods: Described herein are fuel cell systems and methods of using fuel cell systems. The systems include a fuel cell that generates electrical energy using hydrogen and a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. The fuel processor includes a reformer and a burner that heats the reformer.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080038604 - Control unit for fuel-cell power generation apparatus, and control method, control program and computer-readable record medium with control program for the same: A generated-power command-pattern creation section 212 creates a plurality of generated-power command patterns which are obtained from a combination of a start time and a stop time of the fuel-cell power generation apparatus, based on a power-consumption prediction value; a hot-water storage-tank heat-quantity calculation section 215 calculates a stored hot-water... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080038606 - System and method for thermal control of a fuel cell system mounted on a motor vehicle: (EN) The inventive system for thermal control of a fuel cell system mounted on a motor vehicle comprises a fluid heat carrier flow loop (BC) for thermally controlling a fuel cell (PAC) means for supplying said fuel cell (PAC) with oxygen (GCA) and hydrogen (R) and an electronic control unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038608 - Fuel cell system and method for controlling same: The present invention provides a fuel cell system capable of accurately controlling the pressure of fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell, the fuel cell system comprising: a fuel gas supply line (SL) which supplies the fuel gas from a fuel gas supply source (11) to the fuel cell (10);... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080038609 - Fuel cell having fuel and oxidation gas channels of different cross-sections: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (101); a first gas diffusion layer (104) having a first raised portion (104a); an anode side separator (102); a second gas diffusion layer (105) having a second raised portion (105a); and a cathode side separator (103). A fuel gas passage (102b) formed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080038610 - Fuel cells evaporative reactant gas cooling and operational freeze prevention: Fuel cells (38) have water passageways (67; 78, 85; 78a, 85a) that provide water through reactant gas flow field plates (74, 81) to cool the fuel cell. The water passageways may be vented to atmosphere (99), by a porous plug (69), or pumped (89, 146) with or without removing any... Agent: William W. Jones

20080038615 - Catalyst of a fuel cell, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system including catalyst: A fuel cell catalyst includes a carbon-containing core, and an active metal shell attached to the carbon core by an ionomer. The catalyst has a high catalyst utility, and facilitates a highly efficient and high power fuel cell.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080038613 - Method for the production of membrane/electrode units: The invention relates to a method for production of a membrane/electrode unit, whereby a conducting polymer membrane is compressed with two electrodes until a given compression is achieved. Said method permits an increase in resting voltage of the membrane/electrode unit in use, the amount of damage during production is reduced... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20080038618 - Fuel cell system: There is provided a fuel cell system having a moisture mixture separating mechanism capable of separating produced water in high purity. While a sheet member closes an outlet port of a drain port and an inlet port of a drain passage by closely adhering to an outlet-side opening end of... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080038617 - Methods and apparatus for refueling reversible hydrogen-storage systems: A method for refilling a hydrogen reservoir comprising a first hydrogen-storing material comprises establishing a fluid connection between the hydrogen reservoir and a cartridge containing a second hydrogen-storing material. The second hydrogen-storing material releases hydrogen at a pressure sufficient to charge the first hydrogen-storing material. Some embodiments involve heating the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080038623 - High-performance membrane electrode unit and the use thereof in fuel cells: The present invention relates to a membrane electrode unit comprising a polymer membrane doped with a mineral acid as well as two electrodes, characterized in that the polymer membrane comprises at least one polymer with at least one nitrogen atom and at least one electrode comprises a catalyst which is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080038624 - Proton-conducting polymer membrane coated with a catalyst layer, said polymer membrane comprising phosphonic acid polymers, membrane/electrode unit and use thereof in fuel cells: The present invention relates to a proton-conducting polymer membrane coated with a catalyst layer, said polymer membrane comprising polymers which comprise phosphonic acid groups and are obtainable by polymerizing monomers comprising phosphonic acid groups, characterized in that the catalyst layer comprises ionomers which comprise phosphonic acid groups and are obtainable... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080038627 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a current interrupting mechanism with excellent impact and vibration resistance. The mechanism includes a fragile portion which breaks when the diaphragm deforms and rises upward, thereby interrupting current flow thereto; and an insulating current collecting tab holder into which a part of a current... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080038628 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a pressure-sensitive elastic element reliably operating at a desired operating pressure. The battery includes an outer can having an opening; an electrode assembly which is housed in the outer can and comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a negative... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080038629 - Sealed battery, lead for sealed battery and battery stack comprising a plurality of sealed batteries: Provided is a sealed battery comprising a lid (50) for closing the open end of a container (60) which has, at the center of its upper surface, a valve body (90) covered with a cap (80) to form a safety valve, and an upper current collecting plate (2) connected via... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080038630 - Rechargeable ago cathode: The conductivity and rechargeability of silver oxide cathodes especially for secondary Ag-Zn batteries, is improved by coating silver oxide particles dispersed in an inert binder with a layer of an organic sulfonate especially a hydrophobic sulfonate such as a fluorinated alkyl sulfonate.... Agent: Jonathan P. O'brien / Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone

20080038631 - Lithium ion secondary battery: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode comprising a composite lithium oxide; a negative electrode capable of charge and discharge; a separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and a solute dissolved therein. The separator includes at least one heat-resistant porous film and at least one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080038632 - Sealed battery and method of manufacturing the sealed battery: An object is to provide a sealed battery with reduced electric resistance from a power generation element to an external terminal of the battery and also having a large space for housing the power generation element, and a method of manufacturing the same. A sealed battery 100 comprises a power... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038633 - Battery part: A battery part such as a battery terminal and method of making the same with the battery part having a sealing region or sealing bead located on a lateral face of the acid ring with the beveled sealing region increasing the resistance to leakage therepast as the container shrinks. Another... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20080038634 - High capacity alkaline cell utilizing cathode extender: An electrochemical cell is provided that includes a container, a cathode and anode disposed in the container, and a separator disposed between the anode and cathode. The cell further includes an extender either included in or separate from the cathode. An agent is further provided that interacts with soluble ionic... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27840) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080038635 - Active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same: The present invention relates to an active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The active material includes an active material and a fiber-shaped or tube-shaped carbon conductive material attached to the surface of the active material. The active material includes a conductive... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080038636 - Method for manufacturing polyradical compound and battery: e

20080038637 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode (11), a negative electrode (12), a separator (13), and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The positive electrode (11) contains a positive electrode active material (1), a conductive agent, and a binder. In the positive electrode, the positive electrode active material is not... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080038638 - High performance anode material for lithium-ion battery: An anode material with lithium-alloying particles contained within a porous support matrix is provided. The porous support matrix preferably has a porosity of between 5 and 80% afforded by porosity channels and expansion accommodation pores, and is electrically conductive. More preferably the support matrix has a porosity of between 10... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080038639 - Lithium ion secondary battery and method for producing the same: A method for producing a lithium ion secondary battery includes the steps of: forming a positive electrode mixture layer on a positive electrode substrate to obtain a positive electrode; forming a negative electrode mixture layer on a negative electrode substrate to obtain a negative electrode; forming an electronically insulating porous... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080038640 - Alkaline cell with nickel oxyhydroxide cathode and zinc anode: A primary alkaline cell has a cathode including a nickel oxyhydroxide and an anode including zinc or zinc alloy particles. Performance of the nickel oxyhydroxide alkaline cell is improved by adding an ionically conductive clay to the cathode.... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20080038641 - Protected active metal electrode and battery cell structures with non-aqueous interplayer architecture: Active metal and active metal intercalation electrode structures and battery cells having ionically conductive protective architecture including an active metal (e.g., lithium) conductive impervious layer separated from the electrode (anode) by a porous separator impregnated with a non-aqueous electrolyte (anolyte). This protective architecture prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080038642 - Porous film type solvent-free polymer electrolyte filled with oligomer/prepolymer electrolyte and secondary battery employing the same: Provided are a solvent-free polymer electrolyte and a secondary battery employing the same. The solvent-free polymer electrolyte includes: a porous film including a first polymer and a second oligomer, the first the group consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) copolymers, polyvinylidenefluorides, polymethylmethacrylates, polyacry-lonitriles, polyethyleneoxides, and celluloses having a polyether chain and the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080038643 - Lithium/fluorinated carbon cell for high-rate pulsatlie applications: The current invention describes a lithium/carbon monofluoride (Li/CFx) cell capable of delivering sufficient power to supply an ICD or similar demanding device. The cell exhibits the typical excellent long-term stability and predictability of the CFx system, as well as its high energy density (greater than about 300 Ah/cc, greater than... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20080038644 - Nonaques electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery which is excellent in battery characteristics such as long-term cycle characteristics, capacity and shelf life characteristics. Also disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which can be used for such a lithium secondary battery. Specifically disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038645 - Cell or battery with a metal lithium electrode and electrolytes therefor: An electrolyte for rechargeable batteries with a negative electrode of lithium or lithium containing alloys comprising: one or several non-aqueous organic solvents, one or several lithium salts and one or several additives increasing the cycle life of the lithium electrode. The electrolyte solution may comprise one or several solvents selected... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080032168 - Cooling device and cooling method for fuel cell: A cooling device for a fuel cell is provided which can maintain the electric conductivity of a liquid coolant within the predetermined range even if a load suddenly changes. In the cooling device for a fuel cell (10), the parameters (TH, TL) relating to the coolant temperature can be controlled... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080032170 - Light-weight, flexible edge collected fuel cells: The invention is a flexible, micro-fabricated fuel cell and fuel cell stack that can be helically wound or bend into cylindrical shapes. The electrolyte is a proton exchange membrane (PEM) upon which can be printed, by ink jet means, the anode and cathode electrodes and the current collectors that convey... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20080032172 - Conductive coating for solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell stack that contains a plurality of fuel cells, each of which includes an anode and a cathode disposed on opposite sides of a solid electrolyte, and an electrically conductive interconnect disposed between the anode and cathode. The interconnect includes a substrate and a first surface... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080032173 - Hydrocarbon type polymer electrolyte, membrane/electrode assembly, and fuel cell power source: An alkylenesulfonic group and/or an alkylenesulfo-ether group is introduced as an ionic conductivity-imparting group into a polyazole such as a polyimidazole, a polyoxazole, or a polythiazole each having good resistance to oxidation. The resulting polymer yields an electrolyte, an electrolyte membrane, and a membrane electrode assembly which are available at... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080032179 - Sealing structure of cooling plate for fuel cell stack: A sealing structure for a cooling plate of a fuel cell. The sealing structure includes grooves formed on corresponding regions of a separator of a unit cell and a cooling plate, a first sealing member formed between the grooves, second sealing members formed on each bottom of the grooves, and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080032178 - Solid oxide fuel cell device with an elongated seal geometry: A solid oxide fuel cell device comprises: an electrolyte sheet; at least one electrode pair sandwiching the electrolyte sheet; wherein the sealed area of said electrolyte sheet is elongated, has arcuate geometry and has a length to width aspect ratio of more than 1.0.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080032180 - Structure of fuel cell assembly: A structure of fuel cell assembly is disclosed. A flow channel plate with a plurality of flow fields is respectively disposed on two sides of a fuel cell unit. A plurality of graphic electrodes is arranged on two sides of the fuel cell unit and the flow field matches the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080032183 - Coated support material for use in fabricating a fuel cell matrix and method of forming same using alkaline precursors: A method of making a coated support material for use in fabricating a fuel cell matrix, comprising providing a support material, providing an alkaline precursor material, the alkaline precursor material being one of soluble in water and having a melting point of 400° C. or less, mixing the support material... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20080032184 - Stable trifluorostyrene containing compounds, and their use in polymer electroyte membranes: A monomer comprising the structure (1a) or (1b) wherein Z comprises S, SO2, or POR wherein R comprises a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group of 1 to 14 carbon atoms optionally containing oxygen or chlorine, an aryl or substituted aryl group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an alkyl... Agent: Gorman , Thomas W E.i Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20080032161 - Coated product and method of production thereof: A new coated product is disclosed consisting of a metallic substrate and a coating of a MAX material type. Furthermore, a method of producing such a coated product is disclosed using vapor deposition technique in a continuous roll to roll process.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080032160 - Fuel cartridge: Fuel cartridges for delivering fuel to a fuel consuming device, such as a fuel cell, are provided. Valves for use on cartridges or devices may include one or more internal seals that prevent fuel flow except when a valve is connected to a properly coupled corresponding valve and a seal... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080032162 - Electric power source control apparatus, electric power source control method, and vehicle including electric power source control apparatus: An electric power source control apparatus (50) includes a required electric power decision portion that receives an operation input signal from an outside of an electric power source (20), and decides an amount of electric power required of the electric power source (20), in accordance with the operation input signal;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080032164 - Fuel cell cooling and water management system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a reservoir, a water management circuit, a cooling circuit and a fan. The fuel cell stack communicates a reactant flow and communicates a water flow. The water management circuit is adapted to remove water from the reactant flow and store the... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080032165 - Fuel cell device, control device, control method, and control program: The fuel cell discussed herein includes embodiments a drive load, a load switch connecting either of a steady state load and a drive load to a fuel cell, and a load adjuster adjusting a value of the drive load. w A load switch switches the load of the fuel cell... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080032163 - Preventing corrosion during start up and shut down of a fuel cell: A technique includes preventing corrosion during one of start up and shut down of a fuel cell. The corrosion prevention includes controlling a load on the fuel cell during the start up/shut down to regulate a voltage of the fuel cell.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080032166 - Differential pressure-driven borohydride based generator: An arrangement for generating hydrogen gas utilizes differential pressure to transport fuel and spent fuel components without requiring an electrically powered fuel delivery pump.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080032167 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cell and fuel cell: A fuel cartridge for a fuel cell includes a casing configured to detachably connect to a predetermined position on the cell and having a connecting port communicated with a supply port of the cell, a fuel holding pack belt housed in the casing and including fuel holding packs holding fuels... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080032169 - Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells: A method and device for fuel cell heat and water management is provided. A thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element is provided to the fuel cell spanning from inside to outside the cell. The transport element is deposited between current collector and gas diffusion layers, where... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20080032171 - Fuel cell system: The invention is directed to developing a technique to estimate the remaining time for generating electrical power, which is applicable to small fuel cells used as a power supply in small electronic devices such as mobile phones or portable computers. In a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080032174 - Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrodes: A proton exchange membrane fuel cell and method for forming a fuel cell is disclosed and which includes, in its broadest aspect, a proton exchange membrane having opposite anode and cathode sides; and individual electrodes juxtaposed relative to each of the anode and cathode sides, and wherein at least one... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080032176 - Fuel cell separator composition, fuel cell separator, and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator composition which is a molding material for forming a fuel cell separator and comprises (A) a naphthalene ring-containing epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) a curing accelerator and (D) a carbon material. Also disclosed are a fuel cell separator comprising the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080032175 - Miniature fuel cell core: A method for producing a fuel cell including: providing two identical subassemblies each including a substrate and a current collector removably arranged thereon, depositing an ionic liquid or pasty polymerizable membrane on at least one of the subassemblies in such a way that the collector thereof is completely covered, applying... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080032177 - Vehicle power supply unit: A vehicle power supply unit is provided, which includes a part made of degradable plastic, which may be a battery case of a secondary battery, and may be a separator of a fuel cell when the degradable plastic is made conductive. A condition in which the degradable plastic is decomposed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080032181 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrode for a fuel cell excellent in both durability and catalytic performance. The present invention has been made to solve the problem, which object can be attained by an electrode for a fuel cell, wherein a cathode is composed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080032182 - Passive water management techniques in direct methanol fuel cells: Passive water management techniques are provided in an air-breathing direct oxidation fuel cell system. A highly hydrophobic component with sub-micrometer wide pores is laminated to the catalyzed membrane electrolyte on the cathode side. This component blocks liquid water from traveling out of the cathode and instead causes the water to... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080032185 - Cathode composition for rechargeable lithium battery: A cathode composition consists essentially of (a) at least one non-fully delithiatable cathode active material; and (b) at least one electrochemically inactive metal oxide; the cathode active material and the metal oxide being present only as separate phases that have essentially no chemical bonding between them.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080032186 - Battery: A battery includes a housing having a plurality of cell vessels and a plurality of positive and negative electrode plates provided within the cell vessels. The battery also includes a lower cover configured to close the cell vessels with a seal, the lower cover having openings for the cell vessels.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080032187 - Battery pack with nondirectional terminal: Provided is a battery pack with a nondirectional terminal, which includes a terminal part electrically connected to a connector part provided on a battery pack mounting surface of a body of an electronic device. The terminal part includes a plurality of individual terminals that are respectively connected to individual connectors... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080032188 - Flat recyclable battery: A flat recyclable battery has a housing, an anode plate, a cathode plate, a sponge and an optional absorbent duct. The housing is flat and has a supply hole. The anode plate is inserted in the housing and has a plate body, an active carbon and an anodic wire. The... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080032190 - Power tool and protector for power tool: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique to further increase protection performance for a battery pack of power tool. A representative power tool may include a tool body to which a tool bit is coupled to perform a predetermined operation, a driving motor that is disposed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080032189 - Modular fuel delivery subsystem for an electrochemical cell-based system: An apparatus includes a housing, a pullout drawer and at least one purification bed container. The housing is adapted to house at least one electrochemical cell, and the purification bed container(s) are mounted to the pullout drawer.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080032191 - Systems and methods for portable electrical storage: The present invention relates to a protected and portable battery storage system and method of use. One embodiment relates a portable battery storage system, including a plurality of batteries and a plurality of sealed pouches. The batteries are shaped in a coin or disc configuration. The sealed pouches are interconnected... Agent: Baker & Associates PLLC

20080032192 - Negative electrode material for lithium secondary battery, method for producing same, negative electrode for lithium secondary battery using same and lithium secondary battery: A negative-electrode material for a lithium secondary battery is provided that can be produced through a simple procedure and can yield a lithium secondary battery having a high electrode-mechanical strength, being excellent in immersibility, involving a small initial irreversible capacity, being excellent in charge-discharge characteristic under high current densities, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080032193 - Plasticized electrode for an alkaline battery: An electrode including a conductive metal support and a paste including an electrochemically-active material and a binder. The binder includes a compound of silane type, and a polymer having at least one acrylic monomer, and representing at least approximately 0.15% of the weight of said paste. The use of this... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080032194 - Nonaqueous electrolyte cell and positive electrode for same: A positive electrode having a positive-electrode active material and used for a nonaqu