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

20080206603 - Arrangement having a battery: A system (1) has a battery (2) provided with a first contact pole (9), a second contact pole (10) and two connection lines (3, 4) each of which has the first (11) and second (12) ends associated with the contact pole (9, 10) in such a way that one end... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080206606 - Cathode for a large-surface fuel cell: A cathode for high-temperature fuel cell, comprising a layer of porous particles applied on a sintered electrolyte, the layer having a surface area of 15 to 900 m2 per gram and the average size of the porous particles do not exceed 30 nm and a method for preparing the same.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080206605 - Current collector for fuel cell systems: A current collector for a fuel cell stack includes a first member configured for coupling to a fuel cell stack, the first member comprising a generally planar portion and a tubular portion having an open end. The current collector also includes a flexible member coupled to the first member. At... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080206604 - Washer fluid system for fuel cell vehicles: A washer fluid system provides washer fluid by blending concentrated washer fluid with waste water produced in the operation of a fuel cell. The concentrated washer fluid is stored in a replenishable container. A mixing pump automatically meters the appropriate ratio of concentrated washer fluid to water (i.e., 1:10), preferably... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080206609 - Fuel cell apparatus: A fuel cell is disclosed having a water channel and a polymeric material contained in the water channel which minimizes freezing of water in the channel at sub-zero temperatures. Embodiments including attaching a thermo-responsive polymer such as an N-isopropyl acrylamide to the surface of the water channel to cause the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080206608 - Method for dynamic adaptive relative humidity control in the cathode of a fuel cell stack: A fuel cell system and method for controlling relative humidity in a fuel cell system. A controller can be signally coupled to one or more sensors and configured to operate at least one flow manipulation device in response to changes in a relative humidity of a reactant passing through the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080206610 - Method of operating an electrochemical device including mass flow and electrical parameter controls: This invention relates to a method of operating an electrochemical device. The method includes controlling the mass flow of fuel to the device so that the mass flow varies during the operation of the device. In combination with the mass flow control, the method also includes controlling an electrical parameter... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute

20080206607 - Method to reduce pressure when injectors are stuck open under faulted conditions and remedial action to prevent walk-home incident: A method for controlling a fuel cell system, capable of quickly detecting the pressure rise caused by a faulted open anode injector, reducing pressure in the fuel cell stack when the fault occurs, and taking remedial action to allow continued operation of the fuel cell stack, and militate against a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080206611 - Fuel cell system and control method thereof: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell (10), a supply passage (11) through which fuel gas and oxidizing gas are supplied to the fuel cell, an exhaust passage (12) through which the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas are discharged from the fuel cell, and a reactor (13) provided... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080206612 - Mixing tank for fuel cell: A mixing tank for a fuel cell is provided with a container housing fuel for the fuel cell, an absorbent member housed in the container, which has a cavity therein, an inlet flow path interconnecting the fuel cell and the container so as to conduct an exhaust from the fuel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080206613 - Reformer for fuel cell, and fuel cell system comprising the same: A reformer for a fuel cell system includes a heating source for generating heat by a reaction of a fuel and an oxidant using an oxidizing catalyst, and a reforming reaction part for generating hydrogen by a reforming catalyst reaction. The oxidizing catalyst includes a solid acid, including a strong... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080206616 - Catalyst coated membranes and sprayable inks and processes for forming same: The invention is directed to highly porous catalyst coated membranes and to sprayable inks and processes for forming catalyst coated membranes. In one aspect, the invention is to a sprayable ink, comprising catalyst particles, polymer electolyte ionomer, and a vehicle for dispersing the catalyst particles and polymer electolyte ionomer. In... Agent: Jaimes Sher, Esq. Cabot Corporation

20080206618 - Electrochemical devices and electrochemical apparatus: A planar type electrochemical device 10 has a first electrochemical cell 1A and a second electrochemical cell 1B integrated with each other. Each of the electrochemical cells has a first electrode 5 contacting a first gas, a solid electrolyte 4 and a second electrode 3 contacting a second gas. The... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080206619 - Fuel cell and method for connecting current connectors thereto: In a planar-array cell structure, an area required by interconnectors is reduced and a fuel cell is made further compact. A connection part which connects adjacent cells in series is provided within a sealing member provided in a peripheral edge part of an electrolyte membrane where multiple cells are formed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080206617 - Fuel cell separators: The disclosure relates to fuel cell systems including a multiplicity of unit fuel cells arranged in a stack, with each unit fuel cell separated by an electrode separator assembly. Each unit fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly with an anode, a cathode, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane disposed... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080206615 - Gas diffusion layer with controlled diffusivity over active area: A diffusion medium for use in a PEM fuel cell comprising a thin perforated layer having variable size and frequency of perforation patterns incorporated into a microporous layer on a first side of a porous substrate layer, wherein the diffusion medium is adapted to improve water management and performance of... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080206614 - Solid-electrolyte fuel cell and stack structure: For an enhanced rigidity and suppressed occurrences of stress concentration, a solid-electrolyte fuel cell is configured with simplex cells, a metallic separator of a circular thin-sheet form having a gas introducing port and gas discharging ports in the central portion, and cell mounting parts for the simplex cells to be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080206620 - Gas-liquid separation system and fuel cell system: A gas-liquid separation system includes a gas-liquid separator configured to separate a gas-liquid mixed fluid into a gas and a liquid; a fuel tank connected to the gas-liquid separator; a bag disposed in the fuel tank; a pressurization pump configured to apply a pressure into the bag; and a pressure... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080206621 - In-can fuel cell metering valve: A combined fuel cell and combustion tool including a combustion tool configured for receiving a fuel cell; the fuel cell having a housing defining an open end enclosed by a closure; a main valve stem having an outlet, disposed in operational relationship to the open end and reciprocating relative to... Agent: Lisa M. Soltis Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080206622 - Sealing member for fuel cell, method for producing the same and separator for fuel cell: A sealing member for a fuel cell of the present invention includes a resin forming a matrix phase, and particles which are formed of rubber-like elastic body and dispersed in the resin. The sealing member exhibits acid resistance due to the resin, as well as elasticity due to the elastic... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080206623 - Electrochemical cell apparatus: An electrochemical cell apparatus is disclosed. The electrochemical cell apparatus includes a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) having a membrane with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first electrode in contact with the first side, and a second electrode in contact with the second side. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20080206624 - Trifluorostyrene containing compounds, and their use in polymer electrolyte membranes: A fluorinated ion exchange polymer prepared by grafting a monomer on to a base polymer, wherein the grafting monomer is selected from the group consisting of structure 1a, structure 1b and mixtures thereof, (INSERT 1a and 1b HERE) wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of —RFSO2F (sulfonyl fluoride),... Agent: Thomas W Gorman E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20080206625 - Fuel cell with novel reaction layer: A fuel cell includes a reaction layer composed of a catalyst carrier, formed of a compound having inorganic electron conductor units and inorganic proton conductor units in its molecular structure, and a catalyst supported on the catalyst carrier.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080206626 - Operational guidance device of sodium-sulphur battery: An operation guidance program of a sodium-sulphur battery includes a unit that input an operation output and a time zone, a unit that continuously inputs the remaining battery capacity and the battery temperature, a unit that predicts the remaining battery capacity of the sodium-sulphur battery and the battery temperature of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080206627 - Battery with electronic compartment: An electronic containment battery includes a battery section and an electronic section that together form a standard battery form factor that allows insertion into conventional electronic devices. The electronic section can include Radio Frequency (RE) circuitry that enables electronic operations in the electronic containment battery to be communicated or controlled... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080206628 - Lithium secondary battery: There is disclosed a lithium secondary battery which is high in output characteristics and excellent in long-life properties. This battery comprises electrodes-wound bodies each constructed such that a lithium storable/releasable positive electrode and a lithium storable/releasable negative electrode are wound together with an electrolyte and a separator being interposed between... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080206629 - Power generation system: Disclosed is a power generation system including an attachment part to attach a fuel container which stores a fuel, a lock mechanism to detect a lock or a lock release of the fuel container which is attached to the attachment part and a data recording unit to record a data... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080206630 - Structural assembly of electric exchanger device: The present invention provides a structural assembly of electric exchanger device, structured from a main body, a movable member and a restraining member. The main body is provided with a holding space that is able to accommodate connecting pin sets having different spacings and electrically connected to a detector circuit,... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080206631 - Electrolytes, electrode compositions and electrochemical cells made therefrom: Electrochemical cells are disclosed that include electrodes comprising a composite that includes an active material, graphite and a binder. The amount of graphite in the composite is greater than about 20 volume percent of the total volume of the active material and graphite in the composite. The porosity of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080206632 - Battery separator: An alkaline battery includes a housing, a cathode disposed within the housing, an anode disposed within the housing, a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an alkaline electrolyte contacting the anode and the cathode. The separator can include a tube having at an inner tube layer and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080206633 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a battery can container which houses a wound electrode body formed by winding a belt-shaped anode and cathode isolated by a separator together with an electrolytic solution, an anode terminal fixed to the battery can container through a gasket, and a safety valve incorporated... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080206634 - Storage device for battery modules: A storage device for battery modules includes a housing made up of outer walls, inner walls between the outer walls, and bridge walls connecting the outer walls with the inner walls. The inner and outer walls define through holes, each configured to receive a battery module therein. The housing defines... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080206635 - Electrochemical element: An electrochemical element comprises a container and a sealing plate for sealing an opening of the container. The container is sealed with the sealing plate by welding a portion of the brazing material on the sealing plate and a portion of the metal film of the container which make contact... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080206636 - Lithium secondary battery with a laminate housing material: [Solution] A lithium secondary battery wherein a power generating element comprising a positive electrode material layer, a negative electrode material layer and a layer having a lithium salt electrolyte is sealed in a housing composed of a laminate housing material comprising a metallic layer and a synthetic resin layer, characterized... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080206637 - Flat alkaline primary battery: A flat alkaline primary battery is provided. The annular end portion of the negative electrode can is engaged with the annular end portion of the positive electrode can so that the positive electrode can and the negative electrode can are connected via a gasket to create an enclosed space inside... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080206639 - Active material particle for electrode, electrode, electrochemical device, and production method of electrode: An active material particle for electrode includes an active material body 4, and a conductive aid 6 with electron conductivity partially covering a surface of the active material body 4, a projection 8 comprised of the conductive aid 6 is formed on the surface of the active material body 4,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080206640 - Electrode structure and method of manufacturing the same, and battery and method of manufacturing the same: An electrode capable of preventing variations in electrical performance to stabilize performance and improve yields is provided. An electrode structure includes: an electrode including an current collector and an active material layer arranged on the current collector; and an electrode lead arranged on the active material layer, wherein a hole... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080206638 - Energy conversion device: A secondary battery comprises a single-plate lead acid battery (Va), a positive electrode capacitor layer and a negative electrode capacitor layer, which are formed on the respective surfaces of a positive electrode plate, and a negative electrode plate. Each of the positive electrode plate and negative electrode plate contains an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080206641 - Electrode compositions and electrodes made therefrom: A composite includes an active material, graphite, and a binder. The amount of graphite in the composite is greater than about 20 volume percent of the total volume of the active material and graphite in the composite. The porosity of the composite is less than about 20%.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080206642 - Hydrogen storage material and method for preparation of such a material: The invention relates to a hydrogen storage material comprising an intermetallic compound capable of forming a hydride with hydrogen. The invention also relates to an electrochemically active material, comprising such a hydrogen storage material. The invention further relates to an electrochemical cell comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080206643 - Method for preparing positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery: There is provided a simple and easy method of preparation of a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous secondary battery which comprises a compound comprising lithium, nickel and manganese and having a layered structure. Said method comprises firing a mixture of (1) at least one member selected from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080206644 - Lithium manganese composite oxide: To provide a lithium manganese composite oxide capable of improving the initial discharge capacity of secondary batteries by removing more Li ions than the conventional lithium manganese composite oxide does when used in the positive electrode used for secondary batteries. A lithium manganese composite oxide having a Li2MnO3 type crystal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080206646 - Alkaline secondary battery with separator containing aromatic polyamide fiber: An electrode assembly of an alkaline secondary battery includes positive and negative electrodes disposed to face each other via a separator sandwiched therebetween. The separator has a dual-layer structure composed of a main-fiber nonwoven layer and an aromatic-polyamide-fiber nonwoven layer that are laminated in the thickness direction. The main-fiber nonwoven... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080206645 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing same: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with excellent volume energy density and high safety. The battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. Between the positive and negative electrodes is interposed a microporous layer including insulating inorganic particles and a polyolefin. It is preferable that the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080206647 - Ethylene oxide copolymer, polymer composition, and lithium secondary battery: An ethylene oxide copolymer of the present invention has a crystallization temperature of not more than 20° C. and a glass transition temperature of not more than −64° C. This makes it possible to provide an ethylene oxide copolymer in which increase in the glass transition temperature is small even... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080206648 - Polyimide-based lithium metal battery: The present invention relates to Lithium Metal batteries. In particular, it is related to lithium metal batteries containing a polyimide-based electrolyte. The present invention concerns a new concept of polyimide-based electrolytic component having an electrolyte comprising of at least one solvent and at least one alkali metal salt, with specific... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080206649 - Nonaqueous electrolyte composition and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte composition containing an electrolyte salt, a nonaqueous solvent and a compound having a phosphorus-hydrogen bond or a phosphorus-carbon bond is provided. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a cathode and an anode having a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions as a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080206650 - Rechargeable lithium battery: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; a negative electrode including a negative active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and an electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt. The... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080206651 - Anode, method of manufacturing it, and battery: A battery having a high charge and discharge efficiency is provided. An anode being provided with an anode active material layer on an anode current collector, in which the anode active material layer contains silicon as an anode active material and includes a compound film having Si—O bond and Si—N... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080206652 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 according to an embodiment of the invention includes a positive electrode 11, a negative electrode 12, a separator 13 and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid in which not only the positive electrode 11 contains a positive electrode active material charged at or higher than 4.3... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080199736 - Apparatus for generating electrical current from radioactive material and method of making same: The present invention relates generally to synthesis of radioactive material, such as a tritiated polymer, and an apparatus for generating electrical current from the nuclear decay process of a radioactive material. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an energy cell (e.g., a battery) for generating electrical current derived from... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080199737 - Electrochemical supercapacitor/lead-acid battery hybrid electrical energy storage device: A hybrid lead-acid battery/electrochemical capacitor electrical energy storage device. The lead-acid battery and electrochemical capacitor reside in the same case and are electrically connected. Preferably, a hybrid device of the present invention includes at least one non-polarizable positive electrode, at least one non-polarizable negative electrode, and at least one polarizable... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080199739 - Electrochemical cell stack and a method of forming a bipolar interconnect for an electrochemical cell stack: A method of forming a bipolar interconnect for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell or electrolyser stack. The method includes providing a planar electrically-conductive blank, and deforming a portion of the conductive blank to provide a raised part on the blank defining an electrical contact and a fluid flow channel.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199741 - Fuel cell stack and fuel cell system: A fuel cell stack comprising a multitude of membrane-electrode assemblies stacked with a separator interposed therebetween is characterized in that an MEA of first a property having an anode and a cathode, and the MEA of second property having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode are stacked. Preferably the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080199740 - Interconnect of a planar fuel cell array: An electrochemical device including a series of interconnected electrochemical units, each of the electrochemical units including a membrane electrode assembly arranged between a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface and wherein: the first conductive surface preferably can include at least one conductive tab overlapping a conductive tab of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199738 - Solid oxide fuel cell interconnect: A fuel cell interconnect includes a first surface containing a first plurality of channels and a second surface containing a second plurality of channels. The first and second surfaces are disposed on opposite sides of the interconnect. The first plurality of channels is offset from the second plurality of channels.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080199743 - Ambient pressure fuel cell system employing partial air humidification: A fuel cell system is provided that is capable of operating at high temperatures and near-ambient pressure with partial humidification of air supplied to the fuel cell stack. The fuel cells of the stack incorporate gas diffusion barrier layers at the cathode side thereof. The system includes a cooling loop... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080199742 - System stability and performance improvement with anode heat exchanger plumbing and re-circulation rate: A fuel cell system that increases stack stability by reducing the amount of liquid water droplets at the anode input of a fuel cell stack in the system. Re-circulated anode exhaust gas from the fuel cell stack and fresh hydrogen gas are sent to an anode heat exchanger so that... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080199744 - Hydrogen generating apparatus, fuel cell power generation system, method of controlling hydrogen generating quantity and recorded medium recorded program performing the same: The present invention discloses a hydrogen generating apparatus that is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen generation. The hydrogen generating apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention has an electrolyzer, which is filled with an aqueous electrolyte solution containing hydrogen ions, a first electrode, which is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080199745 - Method of driving heating unit for reformer, and reformer and fuel cell system including the same: A method of driving a heating unit for a fuel cell reformer, a reformer applied with the method for driving the heating unit, and/or a fuel cell system including the reformer. The method includes: supplying an oxidant to the heating unit and absorbing the oxidant by a fuel oxidizing catalyst... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080199746 - Fuel cell system: An object is to provide a fuel cell system having a simple structure, which is capable of supplying gas appropriately through an ejector in accordance with the load of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system (1) uses an ejector (24) disposed in a gas supply system (4) to combine... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080199748 - Fuel cell power generation device: A fuel cell power generation device prevents contamination of the cooling water of the fuel cell and maintains the pressure of the cooling water tank at the atmospheric pressure. The fuel cell power generation device includes a communicating pipe that connects the cooling water tank and the recovered water tank.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080199747 - Membrane electrochemical generator: The present invention relates to a membrane electrochemical generator (100) characterised by improved electrical insulation and reduced volume. The membrane electrochemical generator (100) is fed with gaseous reactants and comprises a multiplicity of reaction cells (101) assembled in a filter-press configuration. Each of said reaction cells (101) is delimited by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080199749 - Organic anodes for hydrocarbon fuel cells: Novel anodes for hydrocarbon fuel cells are described herein. Embodiments of the anode incorporate free radical initiators to facilitate the electro-chemical reaction kinetics at the anode in hydrocarbon fuel cells. In an embodiment, an anode for a hydrocarbon fuel cell comprises an electrically conductive substrate. The anode further comprises a... Agent: Conocophillips Company I.p. Legal

20080199751 - Bipolar plate for an air breathing fuel cell stack: A bipolar interconnect plate for a fuel cell, including: a first surface having a series of conductive interconnect posts for forming a conductive interconnect for conductively interconnecting, in use, with a cathode surface of a MEA; the plate including a series of ridges surrounding the first surface having air access... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199752 - Electrochemical stack with pressed bipolar plate: An electrochemical cell having a central active area and a perimeter area, the electrochemical cell including: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having a first electrode, a proton exchange membrane, and a second electrode of opposite electrical polarity to the first electrode; a pressed metal interconnect having on a first side... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199750 - Unit cell header flow enhancement: A fluid flow field plate for an electrochemical fuel cell that includes a planar body having a first surface, a second surface. More than one header opening extends between the first surface and the second surface to define a flowpath. At least one open flow field channel with an inlet... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080199755 - Conductive polymers: There is provided a solid ionically conductive polymer having repeat units of a quaternary ammonium and including a plasticiser in an amount sufficient to render the polymer non-crystalline thereby increasing conductivity.... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080199753 - Fluorine treatment of polyelectrolyte membranes: A method for providing a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell that includes treating a hydrocarbon polymer membrane with fluorine to increase its acidity and acid content. Fluorine gas is mixed with an inert gas to dilute the fluorine so that it does not burn the hydrocarbon membrane. The... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080199754 - Method for preparing a radiation grafted fuel cell membrane with enhanced chemical stability and a membrane electrode assembly: In a method for preparing a membrane to be assembled in a membrane electrode assembly, such as a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, a base polymer film is irradiated with at least one of electromagnetic and particle radiation in order to form reactive centers within the polymer film. The irradiated... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080199757 - Polymer comprising terminal sulfonic acid group, and polymer electrolyte and fuel cell using the same:

20080199756 - Polymer electrolyte membranes comprising alkyl graft chains and a process for producing the same: Polymer electrolyte membranes for use in fuel cells are produced by first graft polymerizing acrylic acid derivatives or vinylketone derivatives as monomers on polymer substrates and by then performing selective conversion to a sulfonic acid group of hydrogen atoms on the carbon atom adjacent to the carbonyl in the ketone... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080199759 - Separable fuel cartridge: A fuel supply (10) is attachable to a fuel cell system (12). The fuel supply includes a fuel supply connector (14) configured to be attached to the fuel cell system. A fuel supply connector automatically separates the fuel supply from the fuel cell system in a predetermined manner if exposed... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20080199758 - Small portable fuel cell and membrane electrode assembly used therein: A fuel cell includes: a fuel cell body; and a fuel supplier supplying fuel to the fuel cell body, wherein the fuel cell body includes: a membrane electrode assembly including an ion exchange membrane, an anode catalyst layer positioned at one surface of the ion exchange membrane, an anode gas... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080199760 - Gas diffusion layer with integrated seal for use in a fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly is provided for use in a fuel cell and utilizes an external manifold and seal structure which are molded directly to the gas diffusion layers. The integrated manifold and gas diffusion layers are formed as duplicate components which can be oriented 180 degrees offset to one... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080199761 - Gas diffusion layers with integrated seals having interlocking features: A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is provided for a fuel cell and includes gas diffusion layers with integrated seals having interlocking features. The interlocking features of the gas diffusion layers allow the MEA to be constructed with a catalyst coated membrane between two gas diffusion layers with the integrated seals... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080199762 - Platinum alloy catalyst: A platinum alloy catalyst can be used as a fuel cell catalyst. The platinum alloy is a PtAuX alloy wherein X is one or more metals chosen from the group consisting of transition metals, and wherein the alloy contains 40-97% Pt, 1-40% Au and 2-20% X. Electrodes, catalysed membranes and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080199763 - Sealed battery: A battery cell comprising a battery housing case formed with a through hole communicating with an interior space, a hollow rivet, and a seal rubber. The hollow rivet has a seal surface annularly extending outside the battery housing case, and a hollow portion formed with an exhaust port continuous to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080199764 - Safer high energy battery: A lithium secondary cell includes a plurality of stacked layers. Each stacked layer includes a lithium-containing positive electrode in electronic contact with a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode in electronic contact with a negative electrode current collector, a separator positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080199765 - Novel bus bar for electric connection and middle and battery module comprising the same: Disclosed herein are a bus bar that simultaneously performs the electrical connection between a plurality of unit cells and the detection of voltage of the unit cells in a battery module having the unit cells mounted therein, wherein the bus bar includes: vertical bent parts formed by bending opposite ends... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080199766 - Power supply structure with air guide effect: The present invention discloses a power supply structure with an air guide effect, and the structure includes a casing for containing a power supply, and any surface of the casing has at least one opening, and the periphery of the opening includes an inwardly inclined fillet surface, and the surface... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080199767 - Corrosion-resistant interconnects for fuel cells: A method of construction of an electrochemical interconnect plate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) etching predetermined fluid flow channels in a first conductive sheet; and (b) coating the first conductive sheet with a corrosion resistant layer of nickel and tin.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199768 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which an electrode plate group including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate which have a positive electrode mixture layer formed on a positive electrode current collector to contain a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode mixture layer formed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080199769 - Valve-regulated lead-acid battery and production method thereof: To improve the penetration short-circuit resistance of a valve-regulated lead-acid battery. A mixed and scooped mat of glass fibers and organic fibers is used as a separator 3 of a battery comprising an electrode plate pack 4 obtained by inserting the separator 3 between a positive electrode plate 2 and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080199770 - Apparatus, system and method for battery connections: An apparatus, system and method for establishing electrical communication between various power sources, as well as with a variety of different electronic applications including smart fabrics having electrical characteristics, such as a conductive fiber network and/or electronic devices/systems, associated therewith is provided in which a connecting element (22, 122, 222)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080199771 - Battery positioning structure of an electric vehicle: The improved battery positioning structure of an electric vehicle includes a flexible pull handle, being mounted at one side of a battery and forming a handle portion and at least one snapping portion. The snapping portion can protrude from the hole at one side of the battery and is recessed... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080199772 - Metal fluoride and phosphate nanocomposites as electrode materials: The present invention relates to primary and secondary electrochemical energy storage systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to such systems as battery cells, especially battery cells utilizing metal fluorides with the presence of phosphates or fluorophosphates, which use materials that take up and release ions as a means of... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080199773 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode having a positive-electrode active material layer reversibly inserting and extracting lithium ions on a positive-electrode current collector, a negative electrode having a negative-electrode active material layer reversibly inserting and extracting lithium ions on a negative-electrode current collector, and a nonaqueous electrolyte... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080199775 - Battery, examination method and manufacturing method for negative electrode thereof, and examination apparatus and manufacturing apparatus for negative electrode thereof: In a method for examining a negative electrode of a battery, a total thickness of a current collector and an active material layer is measured. Then, in order to estimate a composition of the active material layer, the total resistivity of the current collector and the active material layer is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080199774 - Membrane electrode assembly with electrode support: A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for an electrochemical cell including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a proton exchange membrane (PEM) interposed between the first and second electrodes such that protons can pass between the first and second electrodes across the PEM; wherein the first electrode has a foraminous... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080199776 - Alloyed zinc powders with pierced particles for alkaline batteries: m

20080199778 - Electrode for secondary batteries and method for making same, and secondary batteries using the electrode: An electrode for secondary batteries comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a support electrolyte is used as at least one of the electrodes. The electrode comprises a radical compound and a single ion-conducting material. The single ion-conducting material has a functional group of —COOX or -S03X wherein X... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080199777 - Negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary cells, negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary cells, and nonaqueous secondary cell: A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery capable of realizing a nonaqueous secondary battery having a small charging/discharging irreversible capacity at an initial cycle and exhibiting an excellent high-rate charging/discharging characteristics and an excellent cycle performances is provided. The main component of the material is graphite particles. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199779 - Composite anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the material: A composite anode active material including a transition metal; an intermetallic compound which includes the transition metal as one component and is capable of alloy formation with lithium; and carbon, where both the transition metal and the intermetallic compound have crystallinity, and the transition metal exists in a phase structurally... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080199780 - Electrochemical element, method for manufacturing electrode thereof, and lithiation treatment method and lithiation treatment apparatus: A method for manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical element capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions includes a lithiation treatment method for compensating an irreversible capacity of the electrode for an electrochemical element. In the lithiation treatment method, lithium is provided to the electrode by allowing a lithium vapor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080199781 - Method of producing an electrochemical cell and articles produced therefrom: A method of producing an electrode assembly comprises positioning a first adhesive between a first surface of a first electrode layer having a width We1, and a first surface of a microporous separator layer having a width Wm at an edge of the first electrode layer and an edge of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080193803 - Precursor infiltration and coating method: A method of forming a composite (e.g., a mixed electrode) by infiltration of a porous structure (e.g., one formed from an ionically conductive material) with a solution of a precursor (e.g., for an electronically conductive material) results in a particulate layer on and within the porous structure with a single... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080193802 - Protein-coupled bioelectric solar cell: A Protein-Coupled Bioelectric Solar Cell having multiple compartments separated by active protein layers in which these layers contain either Bacteriorhodopsin or Cytochrome proteins. The biochemical reactions of these layers are coupled to transform solar energy into electricity. The Bacteriorhodopsin provides the solar energy conversion while the Cytochrome is sandwiched between... Agent: Corey J Centen

20080193804 - Power generation control system for fuel cell: A power generation control system for a fuel cell, which includes: a unit (102) for computing a target output power of the fuel cell; a unit (104) for taking output power from the fuel cell based on the computed target output power; a unit (101) for computing an output parameter... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080193805 - Water removal from gas flow channels of fuel cells: An apparatus for water management in a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a fuel cell having a first porous electrode layer, a second porous electrode layer, a proton-conducting membrane positioned between the first electrode and second electrode layers, and a first and second bi-polar distribution plate, wherein the first bi-polar... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080193806 - Device for and method of storage and generation of hydrogen for autonomous current sources based on fuel cells: A device for generating hydrogen for power system based on hydrolysis aluminum assisted water split has a housing, a unit for containing aluminum in the housing, a unit for periodically bringing the aluminum and the electrolyte in contact for production of hydrogen, and a unit for the withdrawing the hydrogen... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20080193807 - Methods for production of hydrogen: Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the production of hydrogen gases are provided. A catalytic amount of iodine is dissolved in a hydrocarbon fuel source, such as cyclopropane and/or benzene, and the mixture is heated to a temperature greater than about 80° C. A reaction vessel capable of maintaining pressures greater... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20080193808 - Reacting apparatus and electronic device comprising thereof: Disclosed is a reacting apparatus including: a reactor including a reacting section to which a reactant is supplied to cause a reaction of the reactant; one or a plurality of terminal section provided in the reacting section; and one or a plurality of conductive component including electrically conductive material, one... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080193809 - Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system: An aspect of the present invention features a hydrogen generating apparatus. The apparatus can comprise an electrolyzer that is filled with an aqueous electrolyte solution containing hydrogen ions; a first electrode that is accommodated in the electrolyzer, submerged in the aqueous electrolyte solution, and generates electrons; a second electrode that... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080193810 - Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system: Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system. Hydrogen generating apparatus includes an electrolyzer, which is filled with an aqueous electrolyte solution, a first electrode, which is accommodated in the electrolyzer, submerged in the aqueous electrolyte solution, and generates electrons, a second electrode, which is accommodated in the electrolyzer,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080193811 - Vibration generator and a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with a water removing structure using the vibration generator: The present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with a water removing structure capable of improving a performance of the fuel cell itself due to water removing efficiency higher than that of a conventional fuel cell. It is an object of the present invention to provide a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080193812 - Air-cooled fuel cell system: In an air-cooled fuel cell system (10), a controlling apparatus (100) performs a temperature controlling process on the basis of the temperature of a fuel cell detected by a temperature sensor (500). At this time, if the cell temperature is greater than a target temperature Ta and if the cell... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080193815 - Device and method for heating a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which has at least one fuel cell and has at least one electrical connection per terminal, wherein the fuel cell stack is connected via the connections to an alternating voltage generating device for electrical heating of the fuel cell stack, a... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.l.p.

20080193813 - Fuel cell device and mobile electronic device with the same: Produced water W is collected from fuel cell 24 and supplied to produced water collection chamber 22. This collected produced water W and fuel F are supplied to mixing chamber 23 via flow rate adjusting nozzles 25, 26 controlled by control signals g and h. They are mixed at a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080193814 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a circulatory device and a fuel cell module. The fuel cell module includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an anode flow field plate and a heat exchange module. The anode flow field plate is disposed at a side of the MEA and has an inlet... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080193816 - Fuel cell with substrate-patterned lower electrode: Electrically separate fuel cell units that may be connected in series or in parallel. More particularly, in one aspect, the solid oxide fuel cells include a substrate having multiple apertures, multiple electrically separate lower electrodes, such that at least one of the lower electrodes covers at least a portion an... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080193818 - Copolymers of fluorinated polydienes and sulfonated polystyrene: Copolymers of fluorinated polydienes and sulfonated polystyrene and their use in fuel cell membranes, batteries, breathable chemical-biological protective materials, and templates for sol-gel polymerization.... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080193819 - Fuel cell using the catalyst of metal clusters: According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a catalyst which includes metal clusters containing a non-platinum element as the catalyst active ingredient, these metal clusters having species of a metal having different valences, and exhibits an improved electrode performance per unit price of the used metal, compared... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080193817 - Unit cell for fuel cell, method for manufacturing thereof and fuel cell system: A unit cell for a fuel cell, a method for manufacturing thereof, and a fuel cell system are disclosed. With the unit cell for a fuel cell that includes a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) including an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrodes formed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080193820 - Method for fabricating proton exchange membrane having relational selective coefficient: A proton exchange membrane (PEM) is made. The PEM has a high relational selective coefficient. This means the PEM of the present invention can better confine methanol yet still remains good methanol conducting capacity. The present invention has an easy fabrication process with no additional material needed. And the present... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080193821 - Polymer, polymer electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and membrane/electrode assembly: Q1, Q2: a perfluoroalkylene group which may have —O— or the like; Rf1, Rf2: a perfluoroalkyl group which may have —O—; X: an oxygen atom or the like; a: 0 or the like; Y, Z: a fluorine atom, or a monovalent perfluoroorganic group such as —CF3; S: 0 to 1;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080193822 - Proton conducting membrane of polymer blend and process for preparing poly(amide imide) used therein: The present invention discloses a polymer blend of sulfonated polymer such as poly(ether ether ketone) and poly(amide imide) for use as an proton-conducting membrane. The poly(amide imide) is prepared by conducing a ring-opening and condensation reactions of diisocyanate and 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic anhydride (TMA). The polymer blend has a reduced methanol uptake... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080193823 - Connection structure of fuel cartridge for fuel cell: Erroneous installation of fuel cell fuel cartridges, in which different kinds of fuels are received, on an apparatus is prevented The fuel cell fuel cartridge has a container body (2) that is provided with a fuel supply opening (10) for supplying a fuel and with a connecting circular tube body... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20080193824 - Fuel cell separator plate: r

20080193825 - Fuel cell stack components: An interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes a first set of gas flow channels in a first portion of the interconnect, and a second set of gas flow channels in second portion of the interconnect. The channels of the first set have a larger cross sectional area than the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080193826 - Fluoroelastomer gasket compositions: A gasket elastomer precursor of admixed fluoroelastomer particulate, curing agent, and metallic oxide reduction-agent optionally admixed with any of microspheres, inert particulate, PTFE particles. In one embodiment, the composition is applied to a substrate and cured to provide a fuel cell gasket. The admixtures provide a basis for designed cured... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080193827 - Conducting polymer-transition metal electro-catalyst compositions for fuel cells: An electro-catalyst composition for use as an electrode, gas diffusion layer-supported electrode, catalytic electrode-coated solid electrolyte layer, and/or membrane-electrode assembly in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) type fuel cell. The composition comprises: (a) a proton- and electron-conducting polymer having at least one heteroatom per backbone monomer unit thereof and a... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20080193828 - Apparatus and methods of determination of state of charge in a redox flow battery: Apparatus and methods for determining the individual states of charge of electrolytes in a redox battery with mixed or unmixed reactants by optical absorption spectrophotometry are disclosed. The state of charge thus obtained may serve as a gauge for the amount of electro-chemical energy left in the system. Further, the... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080193829 - Battery and portable electronic device employing the same: A portable electronic device (100) includes a main body (10), a cover (20), and a battery (30). The cover has at least one claw (252), and the cover is mounted to the main body by the at least one claw. The battery has at least one protrusion (35). Each protrusion... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080193830 - Battery assembly with temperature control device: 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.

20080193831 - Anode active material, method of preparing the same, anode and lithium battery containing the material: Silicon oxide based anode active materials are provided. In one embodiment, the active materials include silicon oxides represented by the general formula SiOx, where 0<x<0.8. The anode active materials include silicon oxides having low oxygen contents. Further, anodes and lithium batteries employing such anode active materials have excellent charge-discharge characteristics.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080193832 - Device for supplying electric power to a motor vehicle: A connection box for connecting at least two electric power storage units. The two storage units are electrically connected by a connection box mounted at least on one of them, the box containing a circuit of connecting elements providing electrical connections to two separate distribution networks via terminals and to... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080193834 - Battery: A battery has a cathode, an anode, an electrolytic solution, and a separator are provided. An open circuit voltage per pair of cathode and anode in a perfect charging state lies within a range from 4.25V or more to 6.00V or less. The electrolytic solution contains: an additive of at... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080193833 - Polyolefin microporous membrane: Disclosed is a polyolefin microporous membrane including a multilayer film having two or more layers. In this polyolefin microporous membrane, at least one surface layer has a thickness of not less than 0.2 μm but not more than 5 μm and contains inorganic particles, while at least one layer contains... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080193835 - Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells: Disclosed is an additive for an electrochemical cell wherein the additive includes an N—O bond. The additive is most preferably included in a nonaqueous electrolyte of the cell. Also disclosed are cells and batteries including the additive, and methods of charging the batteries and cells. An electrochemical cell including the... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080193836 - Slim line battery pack: A battery pack is configured to reduce weight, enhance battery identification, ensure proper placement of a lid retaining the battery, and facilitate battery pack removal. The battery pack has one or more cells that lack an outer coverage except for a polymer sheathing. The battery pack includes a mating notch... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080193837 - Latching mechanism for battery cover assembly: A latching mechanism of a battery cover assembly (100) is provided. The battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20) and a housing (10). The latching mechanism includes a limiting mechanism, a hinged mechanism, at least one latching portion (133), and at least one latching arm (28). The limiting mechanism... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080193838 - Case for high-power rechargeable lithium battery: Disclosed herein is a case which protects a plurality of flexible lithium polymer unit cells, has a compact structure to reduce volume, has a simple assembly process, and minimizes heat generated during a high-power charging or discharging operation. The battery case includes a pouch support frame to support a pouch... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080193839 - Seal molding material for cell electrolytic solution: A seal molding material for cell electrolytic solution, which comprises an EPDM composition comprising a peroxide-crosslinkable EPDM and an organic peroxide, the seal molding material being for use at the electrode site of a nickel-hydrogen cell, wherein the EPDM composition comprises preferably 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-crosslinkable EPDM,... Agent: Butzel Long Ip Docketing Dept

20080193840 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising at least a negative electrode having a current collector provided thereon with convex portions and columnar bodies formed on the convex portions, each of the columnar bodies comprising n stages (where n≧2) of overlaid columnar body portions alternately tilted to different orientations along a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080193841 - Layered core-shell cathode active materials for lithium secondary batteries, method for preparing thereof and lithium secondary batteries using the same: Disclosed herein is a layered core-shell cathode active material for secondary lithium batteries, in which the core layer has a structural formula of Li1+a[MxMn1-x]2O4 (M is selected from a group consisting of Ni, Co, Mg, Zn, Ca, Sr, Cu, Zr, P, Fe, Al, Ga, In, Cr, Ge, Sn and combinations... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080193842 - Alkaline battery: This invention relates to an alkaline battery including spherical nickel oxyhydroxide that includes crystals having a β-type structure. In a powder X-ray diffraction profile of the spherical nickel oxyhydroxide obtained using a Cu target, a half-width W of a diffraction peak P derived from a (001) plane is 0.6° or... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080193843 - Alkaline dry battery: An alkaline dry battery including nickel oxyhydroxide and manganese dioxide as positive electrode active materials. The nickel oxyhydroxide is a solid solution including at least manganese and cobalt. The content of the manganese is 5.2×10−2 to 7.5×10−2 moles per mole of the nickel oxyhydroxide, and the content of the cobalt... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080193845 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous insulating layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a phosphoric compound having an olivine structure and expressed by a general formula of LizFe1-yXyPO4 (0≦y≦0.3, 0<z≦1) (X is one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080193844 - 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

20080193846 - Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and production method thereof: A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a positive electrode active material mixture according to an embodiment of the invention includes a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion, a conductive agent and a binder, in which the positive electrode active material... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080193847 - Electrolytic manganese dioxide, and method for its production and its application: p

20080193848 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a negative electrode having a current collector provided with convex portions and concave portions on both surfaces, a first columnar body formed in a tilting orientation on the convex portion on one of the surfaces of the current collector, and a second columnar body... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080193849 - Alkaline electrochemical cell with a blended zinc powder: An electrochemical cell with a blended zinc powder is disclosed. The blended zinc powder includes selected portions of a first zinc powder and a second zinc powder. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second powders are divided into groups based on ranges in their particle size distribution. Particle characteristics... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080193850 - Electrode and manufacturing methods: An electrode (30) comprises a plate (31) having a major surface to which there has been attached an initially separate raised pattern (32) for guiding application of and/or retaining electrolyte paste adjacent the plate (31).... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080193851 - Alkaline electrochemical cell having improved gelled anode: The present disclosure relates generally to an alkaline electrochemical cell, such as a battery, and in particular to an improved gelled anode suitable for use therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a gelled anode containing a highly crosslinked polyacrylic acid gelling agent that enables the benefits associated with... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27860) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080193852 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode containing a lithium complex oxide, a negative electrode which adsorbs/desorbs lithium, and an electrolyte, and not less than 0.1% by mass and not more than 2% by mass of one or more kinds of compounds selected from LiFOB and LiBOB, or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080193853 - Lithium salts of pyrroldinium type zwitterion and the preparation method of the same: Disclosed are a pyrrolidinium type sulphonated zwitterion, a method of preparing the same, a lithium salt prepared by using the same, a method of preparing the salt, an electrolytic composition containing the salt and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolytic composition. Since the pyrrolidinium type sulphonated zwitterions prepared according... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080193854 - Electrolytic solution and battery: An electrolytic solution capable of improving battery characteristics even at high temperature, and a battery using the electrolytic solution are provided. A separator is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The electrolyic solution includes a cyclic imide salt such as 1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane-1,3-disulfonimide lithium and a light metal salt such as difluoro[oxalato-O,O′] lithium... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080193855 - Electrolyte suitable for use in a lithium ion cell or battery: Electrolyte suitable for use in a lithium ion cell or battery. According to one embodiment, the electrolyte includes a fluorinated lithium ion salt and a solvent system that solvates lithium ions and that yields a high dielectric constant, a low viscosity and a high flashpoint. In one embodiment, the solvent... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20080193856 - Anode active material and battery: A battery with the high capacity, the superior cycle characteristics, and the superior initial charge and discharge efficiency, and an anode active material used for it are provided. The anode active material contains at least tin, cobalt, carbon, and phosphorus as an element. A carbon content is from 9.9 wt... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080187785 - Fuel system for an aircraft including a fuel tank inerting system: A fuel system for an aircraft is disclosed. The fuel system comprises a fuel tank and a fuel reformer for receiving fuel from the fuel tank. The system includes a hydrogen fuel cell array for receiving hydrogen from the fuel reformer. The system further includes mechanism for providing an inerting... Agent: Sawyer Law Group, LLP

20080187786 - Apparatus for hydrogen-air mixing in a fuel cell assembly and method: A fuel cell assembly and method is disclosed for the mixing and heating of hydrogen and air in the fuel cell assembly and introducing the heated hydrogen and air to the fuel cell assembly during a starting operation to heat the fuel cell assembly to militate against vapor condensation and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080187787 - Fuel cell stack end cell control methodology: A method of controlling the relative humidity in an electrochemical conversion device comprises the steps of: providing a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cells stackingly arranged, and at least one heater coupled to at least one end fuel cell; selecting a relative humidity setpoint for the at... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080187790 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system including: a fuel cell supplied with a fuel gas to a fuel electrode thereof and air to an air electrode thereof; a fuel gas supplying device which supplies the fuel gas to the fuel electrode; an air supplying device which supplies air to the air electrode;... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080187791 - Fuel cell system and scavenging method therefor: A fuel cell system includes a scavenging gas supply device for supplying a scavenging gas to a fuel cell stack; a scavenging switching valve for performing switching between first scavenging for performing scavenging by supplying the scavenging gas to one of a cathode gas passage and an anode gas passage,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080187789 - Integrated fuel cell and heat engine hybrid system for high efficiency power generation: A fuel cell and heat engine hybrid system using a high-temperature fuel cell having an anode compartment adapted to receive fuel from a fuel supply path and to output anode exhaust gas and a cathode compartment adapted to receive oxidant gas and to output cathode exhaust gas. A heat engine... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20080187792 - Membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and method for operating polymer electrolyte fuel cell: To provide a membrane/electrode assembly and a method for operating a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, whereby power generation will not be terminated even when the power generation is initiated in such an environment that the temperature of the membrane/electrode assembly is at most 0° C. A membrane/electrode assembly 10 for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187788 - System and method of operation of a fuel cell system and of ceasing the same for inhibiting corrosion: A fuel cell stack is provided having a plurality of fuel cells, each including a membrane electrode assembly interposed between anode and cathode flow field plates that form anode and cathode channels, respectively. An accumulating device is positioned downstream of the fuel cell stack. A purge control device is positioned... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080187793 - Anode accumulation tank with high nitrogen concentration bleed for a fuel cell stack fuel delivery system: A fuel cell system is described having a fuel cell stack including a PEM fuel cell having an anode and a cathode, the fuel cell stack further including an anode outlet and an anode inlet, a hydrogen storage device in communication with the anode inlet and configured to supply a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080187794 - Venturi catalytic reactor inlet fuel mixer: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, at least one catalytic reactor and at least one venturi. The venturi is fluidly connected to at least one catalytic reactor.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080187795 - Use of an electrochemical cell such as a fuel cell: A method of performing an electrochemical reaction in an electrochemical cell comprises electrodes separated by a membrane capable of taking up an electrolyte, the method comprises introducing into the cell a fuel or other oxidisable component and an electrolyte, and oxidising the fuel in the presence of an acid or... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080187799 - Flexible, high-efficiency fuel reforming in a solid oxide fuel cell system: An SOFC stack system including a reformer and fuel flow arrangement permitting optimized fuel reforming at all power load levels between 0% and 100%. A portion of the anode tail gas is combined with fresh air and fuel. The mixture is sent to a main reformer configured for endothermic reforming.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080187797 - Fuel processor for fuel cell systems: A fuel processor assembly for producing a hydrogen rich stream for a fuel cell includes a reformer, a vaporizer adjacent the reformer, a heat transfer block around at least a portion of the reformer and the vaporizer and a heating element coupled to the heat transfer block for providing heat... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080187796 - Integrated load following anode gas pump and cathode gas compressor for a fuel cell power system: A fuel cell system that employs an air compressor for providing cathode inlet air to the cathode side of a fuel cell stack and an anode gas recirculation blower that recirculates anode exhaust gas back to the anode side of the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell system also employs... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080187798 - Portable fuel cell power source: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a portable fuel cell power source including an expandable enclosure, a first reactant contained within the enclosure, one or more fuel cells and a fluid port positioned in the expandable enclosure and adapted to be in fluidic communication with the one or more... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080187801 - Fuel oxidizing catalyst, method for preparing the same, reformer including the same, and fuel cell system including the same: A fuel oxidizing catalyst, a method of preparing the same, and a reformer and a fuel cell system including the same. In one embodiment, the fuel oxidizing catalyst for a fuel cell includes CeO2, MO (wherein M is a transition metal), and CuO. In this embodiment, the fuel oxidizing catalyst... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080187800 - Water recycling system for fuel cell: A water recycling system for fuel cell includes a water trough, a first pump, a fuel tank, a mixing tank and a second pump. The water trough receives condensed water from the condenser and connects with a first throttle valve. The first pump is connected to the first throttle valve.... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080187802 - Ptc element as a self regulating start resistor for a fuel cell stack: At least one positive temperature coefficient element is used to efficiently control fuel cell voltage at startup and shutdown making the fuel cell more efficient and protecting the electro catalyst layer.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080187803 - Use of wax elements as passive control devices in fuel cell power systems: A fuel cell system that employs one or more wax elements to provide passive control. In one embodiment, a wax element device is positioned within a coolant stream pipe. The wax element device includes a wax element positioned within a container. An electrically conductive rod is positioned within the wax... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080187804 - Method for improved power up-transient response in the fuel cell system: A fuel cell system that employs a method for increasing stack power ramp up for high power up-transients by decoupling the build-up of stack current density from the cathode side pressure. The system gives the compressor power priority during the power up-transient to quickly provide the proper compressor speed, and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080187805 - Fuel cell stack: A fuel cell stack includes a first end power generation unit and a first dummy unit adjacent to a power generation unit at one end of a stack body in a stacking direction. In the first end power generation unit, a first separator is stacked on the power generation unit,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080187807 - Fuel cells with reduced weight and volume: The invention relates to a single fuel cell, comprising a) at least two electrochemically active electrodes, separated by a polymer electrolyte membrane and b) at least two separator plates, having at least one respective gas channel for reaction gases, whereby at least one separator plate is composed of glassy carbon.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080187806 - Solid oxide fuel cell: To an internal vessel that houses cells of a solid oxide fuel cell, an external vessel is further disposed. In the internal vessel, a plurality of planar cells is disposed vertically with a gap between the cells, a mixed gas of a fuel and air is descended from top down... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080187809 - Energy storage system: A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their storage in their respective tanks. The heat exchanger also uses excess fuel cell heat to preheat streams of... Agent: The Law Office Of John A. Griecci

20080187808 - Integrated humidified fuel cell assembly: A fuel cell stack (2) constructed and assembled so that a membrane-type humidifying exchanger (1) enables diffusional contact of a re-circulating aqueous liquid fuel supply and the oxidant air stream supplied to the fuel cell stack (2) is provided. The assembly is configured so that the fuel cell stack (2)... Agent: Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20080187810 - Separator for direct methanol fuel cell: A separator for separating a gas/liquid mixture for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) comprises a closed channel with at least one channel section whose wall completely or partially consists of a hydrophobic, gas-permeable membrane, in which the cross-sectional area of the channel decreases continuously or in steps from an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080187811 - Composite insulation assembly for a fuel cell: In one aspect, there is disclosed a high temperature composite insulation assembly for a fuel cell that includes a core portion having inner and outer surfaces. A temperature stable sealant is disposed on the outer surface of the core portion forming a gas retaining mechanically robust insulation assembly. In another... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080187812 - Fuel cell: A first metal separator of a fuel cell comprises a metal plate, and a first seal member is formed integrally on both surfaces of an outer edge of the metal plate. A first rib having a frame shape is provided around an oxygen-containing gas supply passage or the like of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080187813 - Fuel cell anode structure for voltage reversal tolerance: An anode catalyst layer for a fuel cell is presented having first and second catalyst compositions and a hydrophobic binder. The first catalyst composition includes a noble metal, other than Ru, on a corrosion-resistant support material; the second catalyst composition contains a single-phase solid solution of a metal oxide containing... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080187814 - Fuel cell structure and method of manufacturing same: A fuel cell structure comprises a diffusion layer and/or a catalyst layer which are made of a carbonaceous porous material having a nano-size structure, such as carbon nanowall (CNW). A method of manufacturing the structure is also disclosed. The structure and method simplify the process of manufacturing a fuel cell... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080187815 - Catalytic layer-electrolytic membrane assembly, transfer sheet, and production process thereof: The present invention provides a catalytic layer-electrolytic membrane laminate for an unhumidified-type fuel cell, comprising an electrolytic membrane containing a strong acid; a conductive layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the electrolytic membrane; and a catalytic layer formed on the conductive layer; wherein the conductive layer is... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080187816 - Fuel cell unit and fuel cell: There is provided a fuel cell unit including at least: a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and two catalyst layers sandwiching the electrolyte membrane therebetween; two gas diffusion layers sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly therebetween; an oxygen supplying layer brought into contact with one gas diffusion layer of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187817 - Gas diffusion substrate and electrode: An electrically conducting gas diffusion substrate, capable of removing oxidisable impurities from an impure gas stream, which comprises an electrically conducting porous structure and a first catalytic component, wherein the first catalytic component comprises a first catalyst supported on an electrically non-conducting support is disclosed. In addition, an electrode, a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080187819 - Sulfur fueled electro chemical cell: A method and apparatus is disclosed for utilizing sulfur as a consumable fuel in an electrochemical cell. The principal of the above described invention is that sulfur is oxidized or acts as an oxidizing agent to produce energy while avoiding the production of harmful gases and other byproducts, traditionally associated... Agent: Wesley M. Lang

20080187818 - Temperature dependent ionic gate: An electrochemical device having a liquid electrolyte which includes a protic solvent, an anode electrode disposed in contact with the liquid electrolyte, and a cathode electrode disposed in contact with the liquid electrolyte. A membrane which interrupts the transport of ions between the electrodes at a predetermined temperature is disposed... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20080187820 - Case for film-covered electrical device and film-covered electrical device assemblage: The cell case (10) of the present invention includes first cooling channel wall surfaces (13c) and second cooling channel wall surfaces (13d) that form a cooling channel (13A) through which cooling air flows for cooling a film-covered battery (1); wherein the area of the opening of a portion that is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080187821 - Power generation capacity indicator: Improved portable power sources such as batteries, fuel cells, power generators and the like can include structure or apparatus that are adapted to provide an indication of the power capacity remaining within the portable power source. In some cases, these power sources may be configured to accommodate remote communication regarding... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080187822 - Electrical device, in particular electric power tool: The invention relates to an electric device, particularly an electric hand tool, comprising: a removable power supply unit (18, 50, 66, 114, 148, 182); an accommodating area (16) for accommodating the power supply unit (18, 50, 66, 114, 148, 182) inserted in a receiving direction (20) into the accommodating area... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080187824 - Composite current collector: Composite current collectors containing coatings of metals, alloys or compounds, selected from the group of Zn, Cd, Hg, Ga, In, Tl, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi and Se on non-metallic, non-conductive or poorly-conductive substrates are disclosed. The composite current collectors can be used in electrochemical cells particularly sealed cells requiring... Agent: Rosecreek Technologies, Inc.

20080187823 - Protection circuit assembly and battery pack having the same: A protection circuit assembly and a battery pack having the same are capable of preventing a terminal part of a protection circuit board connected to an external terminal from being pushed when the external terminal is electrically connected to the protection circuit assembly. As a result, the external terminal is... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080187825 - Battery separator and lithium secondary battery: The battery separator comprises a long porous film in which plural non-porous linear regions are arranged in a width direction of the film, at least one surface of the linear regions being a concave or convex surface is advantageously used as a battery separator for lithium secondary batteries or the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080187826 - Method for evaluating battery safety under internal short-circuit condition, battery, battery pack, method for producing battery, and method for producing battery pack: The invention relates to a method for evaluating the safety of a battery under an internal short-circuit condition. The battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a wound laminate of a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrode plates. The positive... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187827 - Welding-type fixing cap and cell module equipped with the same: Disclosed is a welding-type fixing cap used for attachment to both ends of a cylindrical battery composed of metal materials. The welding-type fixing cap comprises a ring-shaped side wall; a visor surface extending outwards from one end of the side wall; a welding lug formed on the visor surface, wherein... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080187828 - Lithium secondary battery for improving bondability of tab to polymer film: A lithium secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having at least one tab which projects from one side of the electrode assembly, an external finishing material surrounding and sealing the tab except a distal end portion thereof and the electrode assembly, and polymer films interposed between the external finishing material... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080187829 - Electrochemical device: The present invention relates to an improved electrochemical device, such as a primary cell battery, that is capable of being manufactured on the miniature-level (e.g., a size amenable to being used in an injectable medical apparatus). An exemplary electrochemical device comprises a header comprising a pin extending into an electrode... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080187831 - Oxynitride-based electrode active materials for secondary electrochemical cells: The invention provides an electrochemical cell which includes a first electrode having a electrode active material, a second electrode which is a counter electrode to the first electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode active material is represented by the general formula AaMbXc[O(3c+1)−d,Ne].... Agent: Valence Technology, Inc.

20080187830 - 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.

20080187832 - Battery, method and apparatus for manufacturing negative electrode thereof: In a method for manufacturing a negative electrode for a battery, an active material layer including a metallic element M and an element A that is at least any one of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon is formed on a current collector. This active material layer is irradiated with an X-ray... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187834 - Battery, method and apparatus for manufacturing negative electrode thereof: A method for manufacturing a negative electrode of a battery includes forming an active material layer and a active material layer for measuring both including a material having a characteristic absorption in an infrared region on a surface of a sent current collector and a surface of a measuring current... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187833 - Secondary battery, method and device for testing the negatvie electrode, and method and device for producing negative electrode thereof: In a method for testing a negative electrode of a secondary battery, light is irradiate to an active material layer formed on a current collector having a plurality of projections at least on one side thereof, the active material layer including first columnar bodies of active material grown obliquely from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187835 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, examination method and manufacturing method for negative electrode thereof, and examination apparatus and manufacturing apparatus for negative electrode thereof: A method for examining a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes irradiating an active material layer including silicon or a silicon compound having a known composition, which is capable of electrochemically absorbing and releasing lithium ions on a current collector made of a metal including at least... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187836 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery uses, as its positive electrode or negative electrode, an electrode containing an active material and a conductive agent, the active material being made of a mixture of a molybdenum dioxide and a lithium titanium oxide in a weight ratio (molybdenum dioxide:lithium titanium oxide) of from... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080187837 - Electrode for electrochemical device, electrochemical device, and method for manufacturing electrochemical device: An electrochemical device includes an electrode formed using an electrode active material that includes: a carbon material having a crystal structure in which a plurality of graphite layers (31) are stacked; and a conductive polymer or conductive oligomer (32) which is intercalated between at least part of the graphite layers... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080187838 - Electrodes including polyacrylate binders and methods of making and using the same: Provided is an electrode composition comprising a powdered material capable of undergoing lithiation and delithiation, and a non-elastomeric binder comprising lithium polyacrylate, along with methods of making and using the same, as well as electrochemical cells incorporating the same.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080187839 - Cationic conductor, its intermediate, and lithium secondary battery using the conductor: wherein Rp is a residue of a polymer of a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, Q is an organic residue of n+1 valences and connected directly or through another group to Rp by means of a single bond, Mk+ is a cation of k valence, Z is an organic... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080187840 - Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells: Disclosed is an additive for an electrochemical cell wherein the additive includes an N—O bond. The additive is most preferably included in a nonaqueous electrolyte of the cell. Also disclosed are cells and batteries including the additive, and methods of charging the batteries and cells. An electrochemical cell including the... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP