Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 04/08

20080096058 - Fuel cell system having pressurizing system: A fuel cell system having a fuel pressurizing system. The fuel cell system includes: a cartridge comprising a fuel storage pack; a main body; and a pressurizing unit disposed in the main body to pressurize the fuel storage pack when the cartridge is mated to the main body. The cartridge... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080096059 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling the system: A fuel cell system is provided in which the concentration increase of discharged fuel gas is inhibited even when abnormality is detected in a discharge unit. A fuel cell system in which a fuel gas discharged from a discharge unit (SV5) is diluted with an oxidizing gas (14) and discharged... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080096062 - Reformer of fuel cell system and method of controlling the same: A reformer for a fuel cell system, and a method of controlling the reformer. The reformer includes a cylindrical reforming catalyst; a burner disposed inside of the reforming catalyst and comprising a plurality of nozzles to direct flames at the reforming catalyst; a nozzle covering element to selectively cover a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080096063 - Fuel cell power generating system for executing off gas treatment of fuel cells: An aspect of the present invention provides a fuel cell power generating system that includes a fuel cell having an anode serving as a fuel electrode and a cathode serving as an oxidant electrode a treatment unit configured to treat anode off gas that is discharged from the anode of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080096064 - Current: a total energy management system: The invention is a complete energy management system that utilizes renewable energy to generate electricity, makes hydrogen via electrolysis and then utilizes hydrogen to generate electricity on demand.... Agent: David A. Elia

20080096065 - Fuel-cell comprising capillaries: A fuel cell comprising a reaction chamber; a plurality of capillary tubes configured to permit a fuel component to flow there through, the capillary tubes being arranged in bundles in adjacent segments within the reaction chamber; a plurality of electrodes, at least one of the plurality of electrodes passing through... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080096068 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell, a system power source, an inverter system and a fuel gas supply device for supplying the fuel cell with fuel gas of a regulated quantity, wherein when the system power source falls in a power failure during the power use... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096070 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a reformer which generates a reformed gas through a reforming reaction between a gaseous fuel and water and supplies the reformed gas to the fuel cell stack, a fuel tank which compresses the gaseous fuel, stores the compressed fuel in an... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080096073 - Dual function heat exchanger for start-up humidification and facility heating in sofc system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger vaporizes water which is provided to the fuel cell stack during start-up of the fuel cell system and heats a heat transfer medium which is provided to a facility associated with the fuel cell... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080096074 - Electrochemical air cell batteries with air flow channels: Air depolarized electrochemical cells are formed having a cell construction for improving or enhancing air flow to an air electrode. The electrochemical cell includes a layer of material disposed between a positive air electrode and an inner surface of a base of a cell casing, and having a surface facing... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080096076 - Thin plate member for unit cell of solid oxide fuel cell: A thin plate member 10 includes an electrolyte layer 11, a fuel electrode layer 12 laminated and formed on the upper surface of the electrolyte layer 11 and having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than that of the electrolyte layer 11, and an air electrode layer 13 laminated and formed... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080096083 - Assembly structre for fuel cell stacks and fan: This invention discloses an assembly structure for the fuel cell stack and the fan, which comprises at least one or two fuel cell stack(s) and a fan. Each fuel cell stack includes more than one air inlets and more than one air outlets. The fan includes at least one shaft... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20080096084 - Fuel cell structure: The present invention discloses a fuel cell structure, which comprises a membrane electrode assembly pallet, a cathode channel pallet and an anode channel pallet. These membrane electrode assemblies are sandwiched and configured between the upper frame pallet and the lower frame pallet, and the material for the two frame pallets... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080096087 - Metal-air fuel cell and power source therefor: A metal-air fuel cell has electrodes including a cathode and an anode, current pickups provided for each of said electrodes for taking currents from a respective one of the electrode, wherein at least one of the electrodes being formed as a frameless box-shaped element, wherein additional hydrogen electrode, an electrolyte... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20080096091 - Flat fuel cell assembly: A flat fuel cell assembly including a membrane electrode assembly, a cathode porous current collector, an anode porous current collector and a gas barrier material layer is provided. The membrane electrode assembly includes a proton conducting membrane, an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer disposed respectively on two... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080096092 - Fuel cell systems: A fuel cell system is provided, comprising a cell unit capable of gas exhausting. The cell unit comprises an anode current collector and a cathode current collector. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is interposed between the anode current collector and the cathode current collector. A frame is formed to surround... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080096093 - Electro-catalyst compositions for fuel cells: A precursor electro-catalyst composition for producing a fuel cell electrode. The precursor composition comprises (a) a molecular metal precursor dissolved or dispersed in a liquid medium and (b) a polymer dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium, wherein the polymer is both ion-conductive and electron-conductive with an electronic conductivity no... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20080096094 - Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly includes a flouorine-based ion exchange resin membrane, a diffusion layer and a catalyst layer that supports a battery reaction. The catalyst layer is formed from Pt-carrying carbon nanotubes that is oriented on the fluorine-based ion exchange resin membrane, and non-Pt-carrying carbon nanotubes that is oriented on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080096097 - Novel narrowband crystal uv filters: Crystals having a narrowband transmission window in the UV range and methods for producing such crystals are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of preparing a saturated nutrient solution of a nickel compound and a dopant salt; and incubating the nutrient solution under conditions suitable for crystal growth. The nickel... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080096098 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode (1), a negative electrode (2), and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, a binder agent, and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material in the positive electrode mixture... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080096056 - Safe battery solvents: An ion transporting solvent maintains very low vapor pressure, contains flame retarding elements, and is nontoxic. The solvent in combination with common battery electrolyte salts can be used to replace the current carbonate electrolyte solution, creating a safer battery. It can also be used in combination with polymer gels or... Agent: Alan D. Kirsch Bechtel Bwxt Idaho, LLC

20080096057 - Fuel cell system, operation method thereof, and fuel cell vehicle: In order to prevent the fuel economy from being lowered by a wasteful discharge of fuel gas, in the operation method of a fuel cell system capable of performing intermittent operation for temporarily stopping power generation of the fuel cell, in the case where the secondary pressure (step S1: pressure... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080096061 - Metal-air battery or fuel cell: A metal-air battery or fuel cell comprising a metal or metal hydride anode, an aqueous liquid electrolyte containing an ion conducting material, and an air electrode which allows ingress and egress of oxygen and which contains one or more catalysts capable of evolution and/or reduction of oxygen, wherein the air... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080096060 - Startup and shutdown procedures for operating a fuel cell assembly: A fuel cell assembly (20) has an extended operational life, in part, because of unique startup and shutdown procedures used for operating the fuel cell assembly. In disclosed examples, a purge gas mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen includes less than 2% hydrogen for selectively purging portions of the assembly during... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080096067 - Battery including a fluid manager: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080096066 - Power-supply unit: An object of the present invention is to provide a power supply unit configured with a fuel cell generating electric power that is stable over a longer period than similar prior art power supply units, which is achieved by preventing the accumulation of peroxides, one major cause of decreasing the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080096069 - Fluid manager using two shape memory alloy components and a battery including the same: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080096072 - Battery pack structure with heater: A battery pack structure with heater including a plurality of secondary batteries, a housing case housing them, and a heater is arranged to prevent uneven heating among the secondary batteries, reducing temperature variations among the secondary batteries. Specifically, the battery pack structure with heater of the present invention includes: a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080096071 - Line system for a supplying and/or discharging fluids for a fuel cell: The invention relates to a line system for supplying and/or discharging fluids for an assembly of at least two identical fuel cell modules (A, B, C, D), in particular mounted on a motor vehicle, each of which comprises an elementary cell (21) stack and input and output pipes (1, 2,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096075 - Electrochemical device: A polymer electrolyte electrochemical device includes an anode current collector (1), a membrane electrode assembly (2) with anode and cathode gas backings (3, 4), and a cathode current collector (5), wherein the membrane electrode assembly is sealed and attached at least to the anode current collector by adhesive elements, thereby... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080096077 - Fuel cell and catalyst layer electrode for fuel cell: Catalyst layer electrodes have its two-dimensional projection plane shape formed in a rectangular shape, having cut-off fillet portions cutting off part of the fillet so that terminal ends of mutually adjacent short side and long side of at least one corner do not meet orthogonally, and are compressed to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096080 - Anode with remarkable stability under conditions of extreme fuel starvation: A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode electrode, a solid oxide electrolyte, and an anode electrode having a first portion and a second portion, such that the first portion is located between the electrolyte and the second portion. The anode electrode comprises a cermet comprising a nickel containing... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080096078 - Highly durable electrode catalyst layer: An electrode catalyst layer characterized by comprising composite particles comprising electrode catalyst particles supported on electrically conductive particles, a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) and a polyazole compound (component B), the content of the composite particles being 20 to 95% by weight, the total weight of component A and component... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080096079 - Method for shrinkage and porosity control during sintering of multilayer structures: A method of producing porous membrane structure for fuel cells by means of Fe—Cr alloy powders and oxides of Fe—Cr alloy powders and oxides of Fe, Cr, Ni or Co is characterised by said powders being mixed so that Fe/(Fe+Cr) is in the range of 50-90%, a paste of said... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080096082 - Battery including a fluid manager mounted external to cell: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080096081 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell system which includes: a fuel cell fed with a reaction gas for generating power; an output detection unit which detects output current and voltage of the fuel cell; a storage unit which stores a standard current-voltage characteristic of the fuel cell, from which a standard voltage of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080096085 - Fuel cell and fuel cell stack: A first separator and a second separator make up separator bodies having the same shape, which are oriented 180° opposite to each other. The first separator has first sandwiching sections sandwiching electrolyte electrode assemblies therebetween, along with fuel gas supply units. A fuel gas supply passage extends in a stacking... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080096086 - Fuel cell and fuel cell stack: A separator includes a plurality of first and second sandwiching sections, a plurality of first bridges connected thereto, and first and second fuel gas supply units integrally connected to the first bridges. Electrolyte electrode assemblies are sandwiched between the first and second sandwiching sections. A fuel gas supply channel is... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080096088 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell is formed by stacking an electrolyte electrode assembly and a pair of separators alternately. Each of the separators includes first to third plates. A first cylindrical portion provided at a first small diameter end portion of one separator is inserted into a fuel gas supply passage of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080096089 - Fabrication of mesoporous metal electrodes in non-liquid-crystalline phase and its application: A method for the fabrication of a mesoporous metal electrode in a non-liquid crystalline phase was tested. Specifically, there was tested the efficacy of the method for the fabrication of a mesoporous metal electrode which comprises forming the mesoporous metal electrode on a substrate by chemical or electrochemical reduction of... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080096090 - Mea seal structure containing catalyzed layer: A membrane electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, a catalyzed layer in at least one position selected from the group consisting of between the cathode and the membrane and between the anode and the membrane, and an edge seal positioned... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (utc)

20080096095 - Thermal battery with long life time and long shelf life: A thermal battery comprises a plurality of stacked cells, each cell consisting essentially of: a) a first anode comprising lithium or a lithium compound; b) a second anode comprising a second anode material; c) an oxidizing agent in contact with said second anode; and, d) a low temperature electrolyte placed... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080096096 - Nickel-metal hydride storage battery: A nickel-metal hydride storage battery is provided capable of suppressing changes in discharge reserve and charge reserve of a negative electrode to prevent lowering of battery characteristics for a long term. A nickel-metal hydride storage battery 100 of the present invention comprises a battery main part (an electrode plate group... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080096099 - Magnetic resonance (mr) conditional medical equipment for use in mr environments: Magnetic Resonance (MR) conditional medical equipment for use in MR environments. The MR conditional medical equipment includes MR conditional handheld battery operated devices, for example, laryngoscopes, flashlights, and the like, and MR conditional carbon zinc power packs for operating the devices. The devices can be designed to be inoperable by... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20080096100 - Battery and electronic apparatus: A battery and an electronic apparatus are disclosed by which it can be discriminated with a simple configuration whether or not the battery is of a thin type. The battery is configured such that a wall portion for discrimination of a battery characteristic which is swollen in a lengthwise direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096101 - Lithium rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery according to an embodiment of the invention includes a core pack having a bare cell and a protective circuit module which is arranged on the top side of the bare cell so as to be electrically connected to the bare cell through lead plates; outer covers... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080096102 - Microporous polyolefin film and separator for storage cell: A microporous film, characterized in that it is prepared by a method comprising melting and kneading a polyolefin resin, inorganic particles and a plasticizer, forming the resultant mixture into a sheet, subjecting the rejecting the resultant sheet to a biaxial stretching treatment of a surface magnification of not less than... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080096103 - Separator for lithium polymer batteries and method for the production thereof: Separators for lithium-polymer batteries and methods for their production are described. One separator has the capability of preventing meltdown and short-circuit in the event of overheating an overvoltage. One separator is a dual-component fabric based on glass fibers and polymer fibers and comprises micropores for impregnation. One such fabric has... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080096104 - Battery module: A battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, each of which includes an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrodes and a separator interposed therebetween, a casing which has an opened top face and stores the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly disposed on top of the casing. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080096105 - Battery pack: A battery pack including: a bare cell including an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates, a case to house the electrode assembly; an outer case to cover the bare cell and including a recessed portion; and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080096106 - 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.

20080096107 - Cylindrical battery capable of preventing occurrence of defects due to vibration-absorbing ring: A cylindrical battery, comprising: a casing that is in a shape of a cylinder having a bottom, and has a short-diameter part near an opening thereof; an electrode assembly that is housed in the casing; and a sealing plate that seals the opening, wherein an insulating ring is inserted in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080096108 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery of this invention includes: a positive electrode including at least one selected from the group consisting of a manganese dioxide powder and a nickel oxyhydroxide powder; a gelled negative electrode including a zinc alloy powder, a gelling agent, and an alkaline electrolyte; and a separator interposed between... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080096109 - Composition for electrode, electrode and battery: Disclosed is a composition for electrode comprising (i) a positive electrode active material comprising an iron compound and carbon, and (ii) a copolymer (P) prepared by copolymerization of acrylic acid esters and/or methacrylic acid esters, with an α,β-unsaturated nitrile compound. Also disclosed is an electrode comprised of an active material... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096110 - Negative electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same: The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a conductive porous substrate, and a conductive material and an active material filled in pores of the porous substrate. The active material contains at least one of a metal element and a semi-metal element capable of... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080096111 - Positive electrode active material and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the same: The present invention provides a high-capacity and low-cost non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a negative electrode containing, as a negative electrode active material, a substance capable of absorbing/desorbing lithium ions and/or metal lithium; a separator; a positive electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material contained in the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080096112 - Battery: A battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics and the storage characteristics is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode contains a material that can insert and extract an electrode reactant and contains at least one of a metal element and a metalloid... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080090107 - Integrated thermal management of a fuel cell and a fuel cell powered device: An integrated thermal management of an electrochemical energy conversion device (e.g., a fuel cell) and an electronic device powered by the electrochemical energy conversion device is described. According to the present invention, an integrated thermal management interface may be used to intentionally manage and control the heat generated by both... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080090111 - Fuel cell system and method of operating the same: A fuel cell system to rapidly increase the temperature of unit cells. The fuel cell system includes; a plurality of current generating unit cells; a load circuit to supply the current to a load; a short circuit to connect the cells to an electrically closed loop without passing through the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090112 - Hydrogen generator and method of operating the same: A hydrogen generator and a method of operating the hydrogen generator. The hydrogen generator includes: a cylindrical reformer catalyst; and a cylindrical shift catalyst disposed inside of the reformer catalyst; a separation wall provided between the reformer catalyst and the shift catalyst; a cylinder that is disposed inside of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090114 - Systems and methods for processing fuel for fuel cells: Presented herein is a fuel cell assembly, including a reformer housing, a reformer region within the reformer housing for producing hydrogen, a vacuum housing for containing the reformer housing, a low-pressure insulating region between the reformer housing and the vacuum housing for providing thermal insulation, radiation shields disposed about the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080090119 - Electrochemical deoxygenation of fuel by electrolysis: A fuel stabilization device reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen within a fuel stream utilizing the combination of an electrochemical device to produce hydrogen gas and water and a catalyst that promotes the formation of water utilizing dissolved oxygen within the fuel and hydrogen gas generated by the electrochemical device.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080090120 - Fuel remaining amount calculation device for fuel container in fuel cell device, fuel cell device, and electric power utilizing apparatus having fuel cell device mounted thereon: In order to provide a fuel remaining amount calculation device for a fuel container in a fuel cell device capable of accurately calculating a remaining amount of a fuel in a fuel container without using a special sensor, circuit or the like, and capable of achieving downsizing and cost reduction,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080090121 - Hydrogen storage materials, apparatus and systems: An apparatus, method, and material for storing and retrieving hydrogen are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a storage component, and this component comprises a hydrogen storage medium. The hydrogen storage medium comprises an aluminoborane hydride AlBxHn wherein x is equal to or greater than 4 and n is equal to or... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080090122 - Integrated pressure relief valve for fuel cell stack: A pressure relief valve for a fuel cell stack assembly is disclosed, wherein the valve is disposed in an insulation end plate to militate against an over pressurization of the fuel cell stack assembly.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080090123 - Fuel cell having stack with improved sealing structure: A fuel cell stack having a sealing structure for sealing gasses and cooling water. The sealing structure is also electrically insulative. The fuel cell stack includes O-ring beds that are combined to the gas flow plates and through which liquid flow holes cooling water passes, gaskets that surround the gas... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090125 - Hydrogen supply system: In a hydrogen supply system comprising at least hydrogen supply means for supplying hydrogen to hydrogen storing means such as a hydrogen storage container loaded on a fuel cell automobile, for example, and a hydrogen generating device (10) for generating a gas containing hydrogen to be supplied to the hydrogen... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080090133 - Battery management system and driving method thereof: A battery management system and a driving method thereof to manage a battery including a plurality of cells. The battery management system includes a sensing unit, an MCU, and a cell balancing unit. The sensing unit measures cell voltages of the plurality of cells. The MCU detects cells requiring cell... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090136 - Battery module and method of manufacturing the same: A battery module comprises: first and second rechargeable batteries, each of which includes a casing for storing an electrode assembly and a cap assembly provided on top of the casing; an interconnector provided between an upper portion of the first rechargeable battery and a lower portion of the second rechargeable... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080090109 - Portable fuel cell power source and methods related thereto: Embodiments of the invention relate to a fuel cell power source comprising one or more fuel cells, one or more power conditioning components in contact with the one or more fuel cells, fuel storage, an exterior casing in contact with one or more of the fuel cells, power conditioning components... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080090108 - Separator for polymer electrolyte type fuel cells and its fabrication process: The object of the invention is to provide a separator of high strength plus high corrosion resistance which makes it possible to easily fabricate a polymer electrolyte type fuel cell having an extremely limited contact resistance with unit cells of an increased effective area, and a process for the fabrication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080090110 - Fuel cell system and liquid discharging method for the same: A fuel cell system capable of reliably and rapidly discharging liquid in a fuel cell stack to the outside is provided. In a fuel cell system having a discharge path (76) that allows discharge of at least liquid in a fuel cell stack (20), at the time of actuation of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080090113 - Enhanced solid oxide fuel cell systems: Enhanced high temperature fuel cell systems, such as solid oxide fuel cell systems and molten carbonate fuel cell systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include solid oxide and molten carbonate fuel cell systems incorporating gas separation apparati facilitating the recycle of hydrogen fuel from fuel cell anode exhaust for... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080090115 - Desulfurizing agent for organousulfur compound-containing fuel oil, and process for producing hydrogen for fuel cell: To provide a desulfurizing agent which can efficiently desulfurize a liquid fuel containing organic sulfur compounds at 80° C. or lower so as to attain a considerably low sulfur content, so that hydrogen can be produced from the desulfurized fuel through steam reforming, autothermal reforming, or partial-oxidation reforming, and that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080090116 - Hydrogen producing apparatus, fuel cell system and electronic equipment: A hydrogen producing apparatus according to the present invention includes a reactor containing a hydrogen generating material that reacts with water to generate hydrogen, a water containing vessel, a water supply portion for supplying water from the water containing vessel to the reactor, and a hydrogen outflow portion for leading... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080090117 - Reformer for power supply of a portable electronic device: A reactor including a high-temperature reaction unit which causes a reaction of a first reaction material to create a second reaction material and a product, and a low-temperature reaction unit which causes a reaction of the second reaction material at a temperature lower than in the high-temperature reaction unit. A... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080090118 - Catalyst for oxidizing carbon monoxide for reformer used in fuel cell, method for preparing the same, and fuel cell system comprising the same: The carbon monoxide oxidizing catalyst for a reformer of a fuel cell system according to the present invention includes an active material including Au—Ag alloy nano-particles, and a carrier supporting the active material.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20080090124 - Fuel cell system with a liquid separator: A fuel cell system (10) includes at least one fuel cell (12) provided with an anode area (14) and a cathode area (18) which is separated from the anode area (14) by an electrolyte (16) and a first liquid separator (42). A liquid out (60) of the first liquid separator... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080090128 - Electrode catalyst for fuel cell and fuel cell: A flooding phenomenon is suppressed in a high current density loading region so as to attempt the improvement of cell performance of fuel cells. An electrode catalyst for fuel cells, in which a catalyst comprising an alloy catalyst composed of a noble metal and one or more transition metals and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080090127 - High-performance ceramic anodes for use with strategic and other hydrocarbon fuels: The embodiments generally relate to a high performance ceramic anode which will increase flexibility in the types of fuels that may be used with the anode. The embodiments further relate to high-performance, direct-oxidation SOFC utilizing the anodes, providing improved electro-catalytic activity and redox stability. The SOFCs are capable of use... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080090126 - Preservation method of polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assembly technical field: A preservation method of a polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which is capable of controlling its degradation that may be thereafter caused by the preservation is provided. A method of preserving a polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of catalyst layers disposed on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080090129 - Bipolar plate for fuel cell: The present disclosure provides for a bipolar plate assembly for use in a fuel cell stack. The bipolar plate assembly includes: (a) at least one flow field layer defining a flow field portion and a perimeter portion; (b) at least one core assembly including at least one porous carbon layer... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Attn: Basam E. Nabulsi

20080090130 - Manifold for fuel cell stack: The interior of a manifold (1) comprises, for each of a plurality of fluid types supplied to a fuel cell stack (2), an interior side passage (11b-13b) connected to a fluid supply/discharge port (2f) of the stack, and an exterior side passage (11a-13a) which connects the interior side passage to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080090131 - Membrane electrode assembly: A membrane electrode assembly wherein a film member (4) is interposed between the membrane (1) and an electrocatalyst layer (3) is disposed. The film member (4) contacts the edge region and not the central region of a first surface of the electrocatalyst layer (3).... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080090132 - Proton conducting mediums for electrochemical devices and electrochemical devices comprising the same: where H is a proton, M is a cation, Q is the fluoroborate or fluoroheteroborate anion, n ranges from 0.01 to 1000, a ranges from 0.01 to 2 and b ranges from 0 to 2, a and b are chosen to render the formula electrically neutral, and when b is... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080090134 - Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling an electrochemical cell: An apparatus for monitoring and controlling at least one electrochemical cell is disclosed and described, having a cell management device in electrical communication with the electrochemical cell. The cell management device monitors the electrochemical cell and controls electrical input into and output from the electrochemical cell based on a predetermined... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20080090135 - Fluid manager including electrical contacts and a battery including the same: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080090137 - Battery pack with integral cooling and bussing devices: A battery module of the present invention is adaptable to be utilized in various configurations including and not limited to an overlapping battery cell packaging configuration and a vertical stack battery cell packaging configuration used in an automotive vehicle. The battery module has a plurality of battery heatsink assemblies with... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080090138 - Copper-manganese mixed oxide cathode material for use in alkaline cells having high capacity: The present invention relates to a copper-manganese mixed oxide cathode material, which is suitable for use in a cathode of an electrochemical cell, and which has the formula MnxCuyOz,.nH2O, wherein the oxidation state of Cu is between about +1 and about +3, the oxidation state of Mn is between about... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27840) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080090139 - Precision battery pack circuits: A battery pack connection scheme is shown that provides an synchronized DC environment for every cell in the pack, such that every cell in the same or similar voltage level in the pack sees exactly the same voltage and current environment. In some embodiments, a pack is provided having a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080090140 - Electrochemical cell with dynamic endplate: An electrochemical cell stack and method are provided with use the generated hydrogen gas to pressurize a chamber. The electrochemical cell stack includes a plurality of cells mounted between a first static endplate and a dynamic endplate. A pressure chamber is formed between a second static endplate and the dynamic... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20080090141 - Electrochemical energy storage device: Apparatus and methodology subject matters relate to an improved electrochemical single or multi-cell energy storage device. Also, an outer casing may be provided as a pair of U-shaped shells, a single foil piece, or a tube-shaped structure which encases the internal electrochemical cell stack. The energy storage device and such... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080090142 - Battery: A battery capable of obtaining the superior battery performance is provided. An electrolyte is a gel electrolyte containing an electrolytic solution and a polymer compound. The polymer compound contains a ternary system copolymer containing vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and monomethylmaleic acid ester as a component. The copolymerization amounts of hexafluoropropylene and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080090143 - Film covered battery and stacked battery assembly: A film covered battery has a battery element, a positive and a negative lead terminal connected to the battery element, and a casing for sealing the lead terminals and the battery element together with an electrolytic solution, with portions of the lead terminals extending therefrom. The casing has a buffer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090144 - Gasket, a bipolar battery and a method for manufacturing a bipolar battery with such a gasket: A gasket is for use in a starved electrolyte bipolar battery. The gasket may be made from a hydrophobic material in the shape of a frame to prevent the creation of an electrolyte path between adjacent cells when mounted in a battery. The frame may be designed to at least... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20080090145 - Polyvinyl acetal resin varnish gelling agent, nonaqueous electrolyte solution, and electrochemical device: A polyvinyl acetal resin varnish which is so low in stimulus property, toxicity, environment-polluting property, offensive odor, and inflammability that no problem is caused in practical use, and which is high in safety, low in viscosity, and thus favorable in workability, and an application of the polyvinyl acetal resin varnish... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080090146 - Bipolar battery electrode structure and sealed bipolar battery assembly: The present disclosure describes embodiments of bipolar plate electrode structures for use in an electrochemical battery assembly and a bipolar battery assembly utilizing the bipolar electrode plate structure as a fundamental building block. An exemplary bipolar electrode assembly can have an electrically isolated mechanical supporting plate sandwiched between two electrically... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080090147 - Tin-zinc secondary battery: A rechargeable battery is provided with a positive electrode of tin, a negative electrode of zinc and an alkaline electrolyte. Upon charging, some tin is converted to stannic oxide, and zinc oxide is reduced to zinc. When the battery is discharged, stannic oxide is reduced to stannous oxide and zinc... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080090148 - Coated carbonaceous particles particularly useful as electrode materials in electrical storage cells, and method of making the same: A process for the production of coated carbonaceous particles including: providing a carbon-residue-forming material; providing particles of a carbonaceous material; mixing the carbon-residue-forming material and the particles of a carbonaceous material at an elevated temperature; depositing a coating of the carbon-residue-forming material onto the surface of the particles; and stabilizing... Agent: Conocophillips Company - I. P. Legal

20080090149 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery: The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a molded body including Si-containing negative electrode active material particles and a conductive agent. The conductive... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080090150 - Lithium ion secondary battery and manufacturing method therefor: Active material particles of a lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a first lithium-nickel composite oxide: LixNi1-y-zCoyMezO2 (where 0.85≦x≦1.25, 0<y≦0.5, 0≦z≦0.5, 0<y+z≦0.75, and element Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ti, Mg, and Ca) forming a core portion thereof. The surface layer... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080090151 - Positive electrode active matter and secondary battery using this: Provided are a cathode active material and a secondary battery both having a higher capacity and superior cycle characteristics and capable of obtaining a sufficient discharge capacity during large current discharge. A cathode (21) and an anode (22) with a separator (23) in between are spirally wound. The cathode (21)... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080090152 - Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body comprising said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery having said electrode structural body, process for the production of said electrode structual body, and process: An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R) in a range of 0.1 μm≦R<0.5 μm. An electrode structural body for a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080090153 - Electrolyte for high voltage lithium rechargeable battery and high voltage lithium rechargeable battery employing the same: Aspects of the present invention relate to an electrolyte for a high voltage lithium rechargeable battery and a high voltage lithium rechargeable battery employing the electrolyte, and more particularly to an electrolyte for a high voltage lithium rechargeable battery comprising a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; and a combination... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090154 - Electrolyte, battery including electrolyte, and method for manufacturing electrolyte: where R1, R2, R3, and R4 independently represent a hydrogen group, a fluorine group, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a group in which a fluorine group has substituted for a part of the methyl group or the ethyl group; at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080085430 - Battery integration and control in an auxiliary power unit powered by a solid oxide fuel cell system: An auxiliary power system providing electric power from a fuel cell stack at a nominal steady state output experiences an instantaneous voltage drop when maximum load is called for, which voltage drop can damage the fuel cell stack. Also, the required power increase cannot be provided for a short lag... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080085431 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided which can constantly control a fuel concentration of a liquid fuel supplied to a fuel cell, such as a DMFC. A DMFC system comprises a high-concentration cartridge in which a methanol aqueous solution having a concentration higher than a target fuel concentration is sealed,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080085442 - Anode for use in a fuel cell and method for making same: A method of making an anode element for use in a fuel cell, comprising providing a first amount of Ni—Al alloy material having a predetermined aluminum content, providing a second amount of Ni—Cr alloy material having a predetermined chromium content, providing at least one additive component, mixing the Ni—Al alloy... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20080085445 - Exhaust system and battery pack: Noise generated from some air leaking from a water drain hole formed in an exhaust duct is reduced. A first water drain hole for exhausting liquid that has collected within the exhaust duct to outside the exhaust duct is formed in a bottom face of the exhaust duct for exhausting... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080085446 - System made up of battery units and corresponding terminal connectors: In a system made up of battery units (2) and corresponding terminal connectors (10), the battery units may be combined in different ways in order to obtain larger battery groups. Each battery unit (2) has one surface that forms a terminal area (3) and that includes two terminals (6, 7),... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20080085432 - Solid oxide fuel cell module and control method thereof: In a solid oxide fuel cell module (1) incorporating a burner (6) not only in an oxidizer side burner (5) of the module (1) but also in a fuel side, directly heating from both sides by a combustion gas, and starting for a short time, a combustion state of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080085434 - Integrated fuel cell stack and catalytic combustor apparatus, assembly, and method of use: An integrated fuel cell stack and catalytic combustor apparatus includes a fuel cell stack assembly having multiple fuel cell stacks between which is defined a cavity, each of said fuel cell stacks including a plurality of individual fuel cells; and a catalytic combustor disposed at least partially within the cavity,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080085433 - Process and corresponding apparatus for continuously producing gaseous hydrogen to be supplied to micro fuel cells and integrated system for producing electric energy: A process for the production of hydrogen for micro fuel cells, comprises the successive steps of: continuously supplying a catalytic bed with an aqueous solution of sodium borohydride, the catalytic bed being made of at least one metal chosen among cobalt, nickel, platinum, ruthenium with obtainment of hydrogen and of... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080085435 - Fuel cell system: In a fuel cell system (10), an electrically conductive first case unit (86a) and an electrically conductive second case unit (86b) are fixed by screws such that insulating members (87a to 87d) are interposed between the first case unit (86a) and the second case unit (86b). A load applying mechanism... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080085436 - Fluid manager having a chassis-mounted actuator and a battery including the same: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080085437 - Pleated heat and humidity exchanger with flow field elements: A heat and humidity exchanger comprises a pleated membrane cartridge disposed in a housing. The cartridge comprises a pleated water-permeable membrane via which heat and humidity can be transferred between two fluid streams. A flow field element is disposed within some or all of the folds of the pleated membrane,... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080085438 - Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack: A fuel gas inlet, a fuel gas outlet, an oxygen-containing gas inlet, an oxygen-containing gas outlet, and other components, which are disposed at upper and lower portions at both ends in the lateral direction, are provided in a first fuel cell stack. A plurality of cooling medium inlets, a plurality... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080085440 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and production method of the same: where R1 and R2 are independent of each other and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having not less than 5 and not more than 15 carbon atoms, n and m are integers which satisfy 0≦n≦5, 0≦m≦5 and 1≦n+m≦5, and when neither n nor m is 0,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085439 - Solid oxide electrolytic device: An interconnect structure is disclosed for use in solid oxide electrolytic devices that use chrome-containing components, such as solid oxide fuel cells and solid oxide oxygen-generators. The invention provides a reliable and durable interconnect for both structural and electrical components of such devices. In general, the interconnect structure relies on... Agent: Donald Hilliard

20080085441 - Polymer electrolyte membrane comprising inorganic nanoparticle bonded with proton-conducting group and solid acid, fuel cell including the same, and method of preparing the polymer electrolyte membrane: Provided is a polymer electrolyte membrane including an inorganic nanoparticle bonded with a proton-conducting group, a solid acid and a proton-conducting polymer. The inorganic nanoparticle bonded with the proton-conducting group may be obtained by reacting a compound including a proton-conducting group with a metal precursor. The polymer electrolyte membrane has... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080085444 - Battery including a fluid manager mounted internal to cell: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080085443 - Fluid manager including a lever and a battery including the same: A fluid consuming battery (10) is provided with a fluid regulating system (50) for regulating fluid entry into the battery. The battery (10) includes a fluid consuming cell (20) having a cell housing with fluid entry ports for the passage of a fluid into the cell housing. A first fluid... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080085447 - Rechargeable battery and battery module using the same: Disclosed are a battery module of which positive and negative electrodes can be readily discriminated from each other in a short time and a manufacturing process can be simplified, and a battery module using the same. A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including positive and negative electrodes, and a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080085448 - Alkaline dry battery: A high-quality alkaline dry battery with small variation in the internal resistance having suppressed variations in the heights of positive electrode mixture pellets in a manufacturing process is provided. In an alkaline dry battery including: at least one hollow cylindrical positive electrode mixture pellet containing manganese dioxide and graphite; a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085449 - Ultra-miniature electrochemical cell and fabrication method: An ultra-miniature electrochemical cell and related fabrication method. The cell includes a cell case having a first cell electrode attached to an inside wall thereof. An electrode-header assembly is also disposed in the cell case. The electrode-header assembly includes an electrode plug providing a second cell electrode, a header assembly... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20080085450 - End cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell: An end cap assembly for an electrochemical cell such as an alkaline cell is disclosed. The end cap assembly is inserted into the open end of a cylindrical housing for the cell in order to seal the housing. The end cap assembly comprises a metal support disk and underlying insulating... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20080085451 - Highly compact electrochemical cell: A highly compact electrochemical cell comprised of a casing having a proximal opening, a distal opening, and an intermediate sidewall surrounding an enclosed volume. A glass-to-metal seal is disposed in the proximal opening and within the enclosed volume of the casing, and a terminal pin extends from outside the casing... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20080085452 - Cathode active material and lithium battery using the same: Cathode active materials including lithium composite metal oxides having layered-spinel composite structures are provided. The lithium metal oxide may be represented by the formula xLi2MO3-yLiMeO2-zLi1+dM′2−dO4, in which 0≦d≦0.33, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1 and x+y+z=1. In the formula M is selected from Mn, Ti, Zn, and combinations thereof. Me is selected from... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080085453 - Battery electrode substrate, and electrode employing the same: An electrode substrate for a battery has nickel applied as a coat on the surface of a base constituted of crossing of a plurality of fibers including a core formed of synthetic resin and a coating of synthetic resin having a softening temperature lower than the softening temperature of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080085454 - Electrolyte and battery using the same: An electrolyte is provided that includes at least one of a compound represented by Formula 1 (wherein, R 1, R2, 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 Formula 2 (wherein, R1... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080081222 - Heliatomic generator: A nuclear electric generator which utilizes particles produced during the spontaneous disintegration of selected radioisotopes as a means of generating electricity and production of coolant and insulating material. The apparatus shall consist of an alpha emitting radioisotope diffused within or sandwiched between a first lead plate. The alpha particles capture... Agent: Marcus R. Taylor

20080081223 - Film formed article: It is to prevent calcium contained in a material for interconnector from flowing out under a high temperature and humid atmosphere. Onto a fuel electrode 2 which includes zirconia in its composition, an interconnector film 5 made of lanthanum chromite-based perovskite type oxide which includes calcium in its composition is... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080081229 - Cell materials variation in sofc stacks to address thermal gradients in all planes: A solid oxide fuel cell having a plurality of planar layered fuel cell units, an electrically conductive flow separator plate disposed between each of the fuel cell units, and a cathode contact material element disposed between each cathode electrode of the fuel cell units and each electrically conductive flow separator... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080081224 - Fuel cell startup method for fast freeze startup: A method for starting a cold or frozen fuel cell stack as efficiently and quickly as possible in a vehicle application is based upon a state of charge of a first power source such as a high voltage battery. Power flow between the first power source and fuel cell system... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080081225 - Method for managing fuel cell power increases using air flow feedback delay: A method for managing fuel cell power increases in a fuel cell system using an air flow feedback delay. The method comprises the steps of determining a required air mass flow rate at a predetermined point in the fuel cell system, determining an actual air mass flow at a predetermined... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080081226 - Structure and material of over-voltage protection device and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention relates to a material and structure of an over-voltage protection device. The material of the over-voltage protection device includes either a P-type semiconductor powder or an N-type semiconductor powder and an adhesive. The structure of the over-voltage protection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080081230 - Fuel cell power generation system and method of operating thereof: A temperature adjustment member is arranged to control temperature of a reformer independently of temperature of a fuel cell module. The reformer is structured as a three-fluid heat exchanger into which a fluid is introducible whose temperature is higher or lower than exhaust-gas temperature of the fuel cell module. Then,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080081231 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling same: A fuel cell system includes a reformer that generates reformed gas using reforming fuel; a fuel cell that generates electric power using the reformed gas generated by the reformer; and a control device. The control device includes a plurality of different stop control modes for stopping operation of the fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080081233 - Energy generation unit comprising at least one high temperature fuel cell: The invention relates to an energy generation unit comprising at least one high-temperature fuel cell, which is preceded by a reformer for preprocessing the fuel for the high-temperature fuel cell, having an outgoing line at the cathode side, which transfers thermal energy to the reformer. The reformer is placed in... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080081234 - Fuel source recognition and gating apparatus and associated method: A gating device (100) and associated method (900) for identifying a fuel container (101) used to refill a fuel cell (102) are presented. A fuel source identification device (103) identifies a fuel container (101) to verify that it is compatible with the fuel cell (102). Upon identification, a gating engine... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080081236 - Electric power supply system of fuel cell: In order to provide an electric power supply system of a fuel cell capable of making the system smaller and lightweight and counteracting the instantaneous fluctuation of a load current, the electric power supply system of a fuel cell includes: a plurality of fuel cell blocks each having at least... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080081235 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system having a fuel cell 1, a load 8 connected to the output line of the fuel cell 1 and a control apparatus 20 for controlling an amount of current flowing to the load 8, wherein a stopping state for stopping the fuel cell system includes a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080081237 - Power generation system: The present invention provides a power generation system including: a fuel supply device; a first power generation device and a second power generation device for performing power generation by using a fuel supplied by the fuel supply device; a fuel path connecting the fuel supply device to the first power... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080081239 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a membrane electrode assembly, a bipolar plate for guiding a reaction gas to the membrane electrode assembly, two layers of coolant flow fields formed on the bipolar plane opposite to another plane on which a reaction gas flow field is formed,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080081238 - Water transfer efficiency improvement in a membrane humidifier by reducing dry air inlet temperature: A fuel cell system that employs a heat exchanger and a charge air cooler for reducing the temperature of the cathode inlet air to a fuel cell stack during certain system operating conditions so that the cathode inlet air is able to absorb more moisture in a water vapor transfer... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080081240 - Fuel cell structure: A fuel cell structure includes at least a cathode passage plate and a load member. The cathode passage plate is capable of transferring chemical energy to electrical power output. The load member receives the cathode passage plate and defines at least a partition for the inner sides of walls of... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080081241 - Liquid cartridge for storing liquid, electricity generating apparatus which generates electricity by liquid supplied from the liquid cartridge, and electronic device having the electricity generating apparatus as an electricity supply source: Disclosed is a liquid cartridge, including: a storing section to store liquid; an electroosmosis material to send the liquid, which is provided in a discharging section through which the liquid in the storing section is discharged; an electrode to drive the electroosmosis material; and an end partition to partition the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080081242 - Separator for fuel cell: A separator for fuel cell comprising an electrolyte with ionic conductivity, a pair of electrodes with the electrolyte sandwiched therebetween, and a separator 10 for individually supplying a fuel gas and an oxidizing agent gas to the pair of the electrodes, respectively, wherein the separator 10 is provided with a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080081243 - High performance cathode with controlled operating temperature range: In a solid oxide fuel cell having an anode, a cathode, and a dense electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, the cathode having a ceramic-ionic conducting phase of a plurality of ionic conducting particles and a metallic phase of a plurality of metallic particles. The metallic phase includes... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080081244 - Method for bypassing a power cell of a power supply: A method. The method includes determining that a failure has occurred in a power cell of a multi-cell power supply. The method also includes moving a part of a first contact which is connected to first and second output terminals of the power cell from a first position to a... Agent: Elsa Keller

20080081245 - Heat flow controlled ultracapacitor apparatus and article of manufacture: An electrode core apparatus and article of manufacture adapted for use in an energy storage device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a heat flow controlled ultracapacitor apparatus is disclosed. In another embodiment, a heat controlled electrode core is disclosed.... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080081246 - Battery cover device for portable terminal: A battery cover device for a portable terminal is provided. The battery cover device includes a battery recess formed on a surface of the terminal, a cover plate adapted to attach to and detach from a surface of the terminal to cover the battery recess, and a push rod adapted... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080081228 - Anode purge gas dilution: A system includes a fuel cell that has an anode chamber that is in a deadheaded configuration. A controller of the system controls a valve that is connected to the anode chamber pursuant to a modulation scheme to purge the anode chamber.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080081227 - Gas phase fuel cells: The invention provides gas phase fuel cells for use in such fuel cells and methods of operating such fuel cells.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20080081232 - Chemical reacting system and fuel cell system: A chemical reacting system includes a high temperature reactor; a low temperature reactor where reaction is conducted at a lower temperature than in the high temperature reactor; and a heat transmission joint with a heat transmission controller to join the high temperature reactor transferably in heat with the low temperature... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081247 - Cell frame for redox flow battery, and redox flow battery: This invention provides a cell frame for a redox flow battery that prevents leakage of electrolyte out of the cell frame and also provides a good workability in assembling the redox flow battery. Also, this invention provides a redox flow battery using the cell frame. In the cell frame 30... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080081248 - Activatable battery for an electronic artillery fuse: An activatable battery for an electronic artillery fuse and mortar fuse includes an ampoule filled with an electrolyte, and an activation device for rupturing the ampoule. In order to evaluate the duration of a mechanical impulse acting on the battery, the activation device can be freed by a timing member... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080081249 - Battery pack: A battery pack is provided that includes a plurality of batteries, a connection substrate being connected to the plurality of batteries, a circuit substrate for connecting an external electronic device, and a connection member for connecting the connection substrate and the circuit substrate. Each battery has a drawer portion for... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080081250 - Radii modulated annular electrode core apparatus and article of manufacture: An electrode core apparatus and article of manufacture adapter for use in an energy storage device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a radii modulated annual electrode core apparatus is disclosed. In another embodiment, a variable radii annual electrode core is disclosed. In yet another embodiment, a modulated electrode article of... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080081251 - Thermally decoupling energy storage electrode core apparatus and article of manufacture: An electrode core apparatus and article of manufacture adapted for use in an energy storage device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thermally decoupling electrode core apparatus is disclosed. In another embodiment, a heat controlled electrode core is disclosed. In yet another embodiment, a thermally decoupling electrode core article of... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080081252 - Battery pack and manufacturing method thereof: A battery pack couples first and second batteries mutually linearly via a connector of a metallic plate. The connector formed of a tube with a bottom is composed of a bottom portion and a side wall. Regarding the bottom portion, an outer periphery is welded to a bottom wall of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080081253 - Lead plate-attached coin-type battery whose lead plate is attached to exclusively either an outer can or a cap: A lead plate-attached coin-type battery is constituted from a combination of a coin-type battery and a positive lead plate. In the coin-type battery, a negative cap seals the aperture of a positive outer can. In a lateral view, the positive lead plate is crank-shaped, and one end thereof is attached... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080081254 - Battery pack: A battery pack, which can secure the strength of an outer case, minimize the thickness over the whole outer case and ensure a battery capacity of the battery pack, by forming a portion of a main wall of the outer case with a metal plate. The battery pack includes a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080081255 - Polymer electrolyte secondary cell: A polymer electrolyte secondary cell that is superior in the cycle characteristic and security during cell overcharge is provided. The polymer electrolyte of the cell includes a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt, and a polymer. The non-aqueous solvent contains at least one of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate. The volume... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080081257 - All-solid battery element: The all-solid battery element of the invention is designed to simultaneously satisfy the increased contact area of electrodes with an electrolyte layer and the decreased thickness of the electrolyte layer. The all-solid battery element of the invention has at least one unit cell. The unit cell includes: a cathode having... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080081258 - Carbon-coated composite material, manufacturing method thereof, positive electrode active material, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same: Carbon-coated composite material, manufacturing method thereof, positive electrode active material, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same wherein the composite material is a LixA1−xFeyB1−y(PO4)zC1−z composite carbon-coated by a process of using a carbon precursor in which hydrphilicity and hydrophobicity coexist on LixA1−xFeyB1−y(PO4)zC1−z particles, where 0<x≦1, 0≦y≦1, and 0≦z≦1, A includes... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080081256 - Electrodeposition of a polymer film as a thin film polymer electrolyte for 3d lithium ion batteries: Systems and methods for depositing a thin polymer layer on a 3D substrate, such as a carbon substrate or the like, by electrochemical means for use as an electrolyte in 3D lithium batteries. This layer stays adhered to the substrate surface by chemical bonding and provides electrical insulation and lithium... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080081259 - Hybrid cathode design for an electrochemical cell: An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode comprised of a first current collector, a first cathode active material having a first energy density and a first rate capability, and a second cathode active material having a second energy density and a second rate capability, and an electrolyte activating the... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20080081260 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, negative electrode material therefor, and method of manufacturing the negative electrode material: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes silicon and a transition metal, and has a silicon oxide film and an oxide film of the transition metal on the surface of the material. The thickness ratio of the transition metal oxide film to the silicon oxide film... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080081261 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell: n

20080081262 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising an electrolyte dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent. The negative electrode uses a low crystalline carbon coated graphite in which at least part of the surface of graphite is coated with a low crystalline... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080081263 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is obtained in which a potential of a positive-electrode active material in a fully charged condition is 4.4-4.6 V versus metallic lithium and an Li content of the positive-electrode active material at the potential does not exceed 40% of an initial Li content, and which... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik