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

20080107923 - Electrode arrangement for gas sensors: An electrochemical cell, comprising: an electrolyte having a first active exterior surface and a second active exterior surface aligned with the first active exterior surface; a first electrode having a main contact surface area disposed on the first active exterior surface of the electrolyte, wherein the main contact surface area... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107924 - Fuel cell system with refill alarm: A fuel cell system has fuel cell units, a cycling fuel container with a vent device, a control device, a cycling pump, a fan, a fuel injection device, and an alarm coupled to the control device. The control device monitors a working voltage of the fuel cell system. If the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080107927 - Edge design for eptfe-reinforced membranes for pem fuel cells: Edge designs, especially for ePTFE-reinforced membranes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, wherein the designs provide a proton barrier at the electrode edge of the PEM fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to provide, among other things, resistance to membrane chemical degradation. A portion of the ePTFE layer is... Agent: Miller Ip Group, Plc General Motors Corporation

20080107926 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell is provided in which a unit comprising a unit cell and a current collector or a stack comprising a plurality of unit cells and current collectors is supported by an end plate, wherein the end plate employing a printed board having printed wiring on its surface.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080107925 - Fuel cell device: A fuel cell device includes a fuel cell main body, a balance of plant and a water collecting trough. The fuel cell main body is employed to generate power. The balance of plant is connected to the fuel cell main body. The water collecting trough is disposed under the fuel... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080107928 - Fuel cell separator and method for manufacturing the same: A separator for a fuel cell includes: a base 1 formed of a steel which contains 10.5 mass % or more of Cr; a metal film 3 formed on the surface of the base 1; and an intermediate layer 2 formed between the base 1 and the metal film 3,... Agent: Jeffrey L. Costellia Nixon Peabody

20080107930 - Fuel cell power generator with water reservoir: A power generator includes a fuel container adapted to hold a hydrogen containing fuel. A two stage valve is coupled between a fuel cell and a fuel container and between a water reservoir and the fuel container. A pressure responsive actuator is coupled to the two stage valve and the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080107929 - Fuel cell system having water-retaining material: A product comprising a fuel cell stack comprising a cathode outlet, a first conduit connected to the cathode outlet and to a first housing, a water-retaining material provided in said first housing, a bypass conduit connected to the cathode outlet of the fuel cell system, and a first valve for... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080107931 - Water supply device and fuel cell system having the same: Disclosed is a fuel cell system which includes a generator, a reformer generating a reformed gas by reforming a gaseous fuel and water and supplying the reformed gas to the generator. A fuel tank stores the gaseous fuel in a liquid state by compressing the gaseous fuel and supplying the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080107932 - Process for the conversion of oil-based liquid fuels to a fuel mixture suitable for use in solid oxide fuel cell applications: Processes for generating electricity using a solid oxide fuel cell are disclosed. The processes are controlled by adjusting the hourly spaced velocity of the hydrocarbon feed through the solid oxide fuel cell. Hydrocarbon fuel is transported at an hourly spaced velocity through a pre-reformer having a catalyst. The hydrocarbon fuel... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080107933 - Fuel cell hibernation mode method and apparatus: A system and method for operating a power system with a fuel cell stack and a power source are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method that halts a flow of an oxidant to the first fuel cell stack in response to at least one of a power demand... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080107934 - Reformer for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same: Disclosed is a reformer for a fuel cell. The reformer for a fuel cell includes a reforming reactor generating reformed gas having abundant hydrogen gas by reforming fuel and steam and a standing shape of a water gas shift reactor coupled to the reforming reactor for lowering the concentration of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080107937 - Electrically-heated metal vaporizer for fuel/air preparation in a hydrocarbon reformer assembly: A catalytic reformer assembly and methods of operation, including fast start-up, are provided. The reformer assembly includes an electrically-conductive metallic vaporizer having a very high surface area. At start-up of the reformer, electric current is passed through the vaporizer to heat the material by resistance heating, providing a high-temperature, high-surface... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080107938 - Reforming reaction unit for reformer comprising preheater and method of manufacturing the same: A reforming reaction unit for a reformer, and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. One embodiment of the reforming reaction unit includes: a cylindrical structure having a hollow space inside thereof; a cover surrounding the outer surface of the cylindrical structure; and a disc plate having a plurality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080107940 - Fuel cell system for computing fuel level: A fuel cell system capable of computing fuel level stored in a fuel tank, and more particularly to a fuel cell system capable of computing fuel level without using a flux sensor or flow rate sensor includes: a fuel tank storing fuel; a stack for generating electricity by the electro-chemical... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080107942 - Fuel cell system and transportation equipment including the same: A fuel cell system is capable of shifting to a normal operation quickly, and can be provided in transportation equipment such as a motorbike. The fuel cell system includes a cell stack which has a plurality of fuel cells; an aqueous solution tank which holds aqueous methanol solution to be... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080107941 - Method and apparatus for increasing a reliability of a fuel cell system: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes detecting a negative cell voltage condition of the fuel cell stack and operating the fuel cell stack for an amount of time during which the negative cell voltage condition is present until the amount of time exceeds a first... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080107943 - Condenser in a fuel cell device: A condenser in a fuel cell device includes a casing and a plurality of heat dissipating elements. The casing formed with an enclosed structure and provides casing walls with a steam intake port, a steam outlet port and a plurality of drain ports and a containing space is defined by... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080107944 - Folded edge seal for reduced cost fuel cell: A technique for sealing the edges of fuel cells in a fuel cell stack that employs folding over the edge of bipolar plates. For those bipolar plates include both an anode side uni-polar plate and a cathode side uni-polar plate, one or both of the edges of the uni-polar plates... Agent: Miller Ip Group, Plc General Motors Corporation

20080107945 - Fuel cell substrate with an overcoat: A fuel cell substrate with an overcoat including an ionomer modified to include a cerium or manganese group and methods of making and using the same.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080107946 - Fuel cells power generation system: In a fuel cells power generation system provided with a power generation module having a plurality of fuel cells, the structure is made such that a cross sectional area of at least one of a fuel flow path and an air flow path is larger in an inner portion of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080107947 - Ferritic steels for solid oxide fuel cells and other high temperature applications: Oxidation-resistant ferritic steel alloys for high temperature applications consist essentially of chromium (Cr) in an amount from about 18 to about 25 atom percent, tungsten (W) in an amount from about 0.5 to about 2 atom percent, manganese (Mn) in an amount less than about 0.8 atom percent, aluminum (Al)... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080107951 - Fuel cell device and the manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a fuel cell device, which at least comprises: at least one membrane electrode assembly, at least one fuel flow board, and at least one permeability membrane; wherein, the membrane electrode assembly is provided with an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte membrane; and, the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080107949 - Fuel cell, fuel cell system and electronic device: There are provided a fuel cell having stable and good power generation characteristics and good safety, a fuel cell system including the fuel cell and an electronic device equipped with the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes at least an electrolyte membrane, an anode formed on one surface of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080107948 - High specific power solid oxide fuel cell stack: A metallic, rigidized foil support structure (11) supports a cell (14) of a solid oxide fuel cell (10). The support structure (11) includes a separator sheet (18), a support sheet (16) having perforations (26) configured to communicate a fluid, and a porous layer (20) positioned between the separator sheet (18)... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080107950 - Perfluoropolyether rubber composition and ion-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane: A perfluoropolyether rubber composition is useful for forming a polymer electrolyte membrane, comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing perfluoropolyether, (B) a silicon-oxygen crosslinked structure having ionic conduction, and (C) a peroxide crosslinker. The silicon-oxygen crosslinked structure is obtained by simultaneously effecting oxidation and hydrolysis on an organoxysilane having an epoxy group and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107952 - Bipolar separators with improved fluid distribution: A fuel cell separator having a first plate, the first plate including an active surface comprising a reactant flow field and a header fluidly connected thereto, an opposing non-active surface, and a header channel fluidly connected to the header, wherein the header further includes a recess directly fluidly connected to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080107954 - Fuel cell stack: A fuel cell stack comprises: an electricity generating assembly including electricity generators based on a unit cell; a pair of pressing plates that respectively come in close contact with the outermost surfaces of the electricity generators so as to press the electricity generators; a plurality of connection rods connecting the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080107956 - Catalyst used to form fuel cell and fuel cell using the same: A catalyst, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a fuel cell using the catalyst. The catalyst includes a catalyst metal particle, and a porous coating layer of a conductive ceramic material disposed on the surface of the catalyst metal particle. The catalyst has a methanol tolerance index of 80%,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080107957 - Battery: A battery capable of preventing deformation thereof when gas is generated is provided. In the battery, a safety valve is electrically connected to a battery element, and an insulating plate is arranged between the battery element and the safety valve. The safety valve has a plurality of vent holes around... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080107936 - Hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant: The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant (10). An anode flow path (24) is in fluid communication with an anode catalyst (14) for directing hydrogen fuel to flow adjacent to the anode catalyst (14), and a cathode flow path (38) is in... Agent: Malcolm J. Chisholm, Jr. Attorney At Law

20080107935 - Integrated micro fuel processor and flow delivery infrastructure: Apparatus for transporting a fluid, atomizers, reactors, integrated fuel processing apparatus, combinations thereof, methods of atomizing reactants, methods of moving fluids, methods of reverse-flow in a reactor, and combinations thereof, are provided. One exemplary apparatus for transporting a fluid, among others, includes: a channel for receiving a fluid; a sensor... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080107939 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system, in particular, improvement to a fuel cell system intended to enhance the drainage of generation water produced during power generation and to maintain and stabilize the power generation efficiency of fuel cell. Monitor keeps watch over the state of use of FC stack and upon judging... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080107955 - Direct type fuel cell power generator: A direct type fuel cell power generator comprises an anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer, a cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer, a fuel container comprising at least two electromotive portion units, each of which comprises an electrolyte film disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107953 - Solid oxide fuel cell generator with mid-stack fuel feed: A fuel cell generator including a housing defining a plurality of chambers including a generator chamber having first and second generator sections. A plurality of elongated fuel cells extend through the first and second generator sections. An oxidant supply supplies oxidant to at least one of the chambers within the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107958 - Chargeable electrochemical cell: A rechargeable electrochemical cell, made out of electrodes, which differ in the active material, installed in a canister. The electrodes are made of an expanded or woven metal mesh or foil substrate coated with pressed, not sintered nor resin bonded active material powder. One kind of the electrodes are wrapped... Agent: Bruce E. Lilling Lilling & Lilling Pllc

20080107959 - Composite sheet, manufacturing method thereof, and electric and electronic component using the same: A composite sheet having a layer structure of at least two or more layers in which a porous sheet layer of a thermoplastic polymer having at least a melting point of not higher than 200° C. and a nonwoven fabric-like sheet layer containing at least one component of a fibrid,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080107960 - Lead storage battery and manufacturing method of the same: There is disclosed a lead storage battery comprising a group of plates housed in a battery jar, and an electrolyte injected therein to impregnate the group of plates with the electrolyte, thus performing formation treatment, the lead storage battery being adapted to be used in a partial state of charge... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080107961 - Rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly, a casing which stores the electrode assembly and which includes a support to support the electrode assembly that protrudes inwardly from in an inner surface thereof, and a cap assembly which is combined with the casing and which has an electrode terminal electrically... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080107962 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery including: a bare cell including an electrode assembly, a can to receive the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly attached to an opening of the top of the can; a protection circuit board electrically connected to the bare cell, and a molded resin disposed between the cap... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080107963 - Case for batteries and preparation method thereof: Disclosed is a battery casing, comprising one or more sub-layers as constitutional elements, wherein at least one region selected from the group consisting of a surface of the casing and the sub-layers of the casing is coated partially or totally with a metal having a grain size of 50 nm... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107964 - Secondary battery and method of fabricating the same: The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a method of fabricating the same. In a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the invention, holding members for holding a molded resin member are formed on a cap plate of a bare cell, which prevents the molded resin member... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080107965 - Battery with nonaqueous electrolyte: This invention provides a battery with a non-aqueous electrolyte that has excellent pulse discharge characteristics and has prolonged discharge duration days. In this battery with a non-aqueous electrolyte, lithium or a lithium alloy is used in a negative electrode (2), and an oxyhalide, which is liquid at room temperature, is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107966 - Manufacturing method of anode plate of lithium ion battery, anode plate manufactured thereby, and lithium ion battery provided with the anode plate: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of an anode plate of a lithium ion battery, comprising a water-phase slurry preparation process including a raw-material mixing step, that is, mix the raw materials of anode active material powder and particles, a conductive agent, and a conductive agent adhesive uniformly into... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080107967 - Electrochemical composition and associated technology: A composition for use in an electrochemical redox reaction may comprise a first material represented by MyXO4 or AxMyXO4, where each of A, M, and X independently represents at least one element, O represents oxygen, and each of x and y represent a number, and second material selected from SiC,... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20080107968 - High-voltage positive electrode material having a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese for lithium cell batteries: This material or spinel structure compound has the formula LiyNi0.5−xMn1.5+xO4−δ where: 0.9<y≦1.1; 0<x≦0.1; δ>0. Also, it has a lattice parameter of 8.167 to 8.190 Å, preferably from 8.179 to 8.183 Å.... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080107969 - Pentafluorophenyloxy compound, and nonaqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same: wherein R1 represents a —COCO— group, a S═O group or a S(═O)2 group, R2 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group with the proviso that at least one of the hydrogen atoms of R2 may be each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080102326 - Fuel cell start optimization: A method of starting a fuel cell stack in subzero conditions that minimizes start times while avoiding cell reversal by using an iterative model to determine the optimal current density time profile for startup.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080102330 - Anode side hydrogen/oxygen interface formation inhibition structure of a fuel cell vehicle: The present invention relates to an anode side hydrogen/oxygen interface formation inhibition structure of a fuel cell vehicle which prevents a high voltage field due to hydrogen/oxygen interface formation from being formed so that a stable stack driving may be realized when the fuel cell vehicle starts up or shuts... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080102331 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell, a reforming section, a burner section and a system controller, wherein in supplying offgas from a fuel pole of the fuel cell to the burner section, the system controller regulates the combustion at the burner section in consideration of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102332 - Device for measuring electrical output and fuel cell stack including the same: A fuel cell stack includes a body that includes electrical generators and a device that is electrically connected to the electrical generators to measure an electrical output from the electrical generators. The device includes a base substrate that is fixed to the body and terminal members that are formed on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102333 - Fuel cell unit: According to one embodiment, a fuel cell unit is provided with a unit body including an electromotive section which performs power generation operation, a fuel cartridge removably attached to the unit body and stored with a fuel, a fuel supply line through which the fuel is supplied from the fuel... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080102334 - Pressure relief feature for a fuel cell stack: A pressure relief feature for a fuel cell stack is disclosed, wherein the pressure relief feature relieves excess pressure from the fuel cell stack and facilitates control of a maximum pressure reached within the fuel cell stack.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080102335 - Thermally integrated fuel cell humidifier for rapid warm-up: A fuel cell stack module that includes a fuel cell stack and an end unit that are part of a thermally integrated assembly. The module also includes a charge air cooler and a WVT unit integrated within the end unit. A cooling fluid is pumped through a line in the... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080102336 - Fuel cell system with a metering unit: The invention relates to a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell unit (1) and a metering unit for metering a quantity of a substance for at least one electrode (3, 5), said metering unit comprising at least two metering elements (16, 17) that are connected in parallel. Said system... Agent: Stricker, Stricker & Stenby

20080102337 - Solid oxide type fuel battery cell and process for producing the same: A process for producing a cell for solid oxide fuel cells comprising a porous electrolyte layer-forming step of obtaining an electrolyte substrate in which a porous electrolyte layer is formed by applying a slurry for forming an electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte substance powder and a pore-forming agent to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102341 - High intensity complex membrane and membrane-electrode assembly including the same: The membrane-electrode assembly includes: a high intensity film with a shape of a porous thin plate having a high intensity; an electrolyte solution which is impregnated into the high intensity film by applying heat and pressure in a state of being sprayed on the high intensity film, thereby forming a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080102342 - Polysulfone, electrolyte membrane using the same, and fuel cell using the electrolyte membrane: A polysulfone is provided with a nitrogen-containing functional group having an affinity to an acid, an electrolyte membrane using the polysulfone, and a fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane. In particular, the polysulfone includes a nitrogen-containing functional group that has an affinity to an acid, such as a phosphoric acid,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080102339 - Process for preparing proton-conducting clay particles and composite material comprising such particles: p

20080102340 - Solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell which has high output capacity especially at an operating temperature of 600° C.-800° C. and effectively prevents influence of reaction between respective layers. The solid oxide fuel cell includes a solid electrolyte layer between a fuel electrode and an air electrode, a support comprised of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080102343 - Mounting structure of fuel cell stack: A mounting structure of a fuel cell stack includes a first and a second end plate respectively attached to a first and a second side of a separation plate of the fuel cell stack, and a pair of enclosure panels detachably mounted to the end plates. The enclosure panels may... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080102344 - Single cell and method for producing single cell, fuel cell and method for producing fuel cell: A single cell ensuring appropriate bonding of the components while suitably enhancing the productivity, a producing method of the single cell, a fuel cell, and a producing method of the fuel cell are provided. The single cell (2) is formed by stacking a plurality of components constituting the single cell... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080102345 - Fuel cell stack compression retention system with external springs: A fuel cell system is provided including a fuel cell stack having a first end and second end; an upper end unit adjacent the first end of the fuel cell stack; a lower end unit adjacent the second end of the fuel cell stack; and a compression retention system disposed... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080102346 - Current collector plate: Disclosed is a new conductive current collector plate. The plate has alternating concentric ridges and channels on one side and a series of holes drilled perpendicular to and through the diameter of the concentric ridges. Two plates used in combination as the cathode and anode side of a typical proton... Agent: Justin Loew

20080102348 - Saparator for fuel cell having channels for self-humidifaction: A separator for a fuel cell includes a main separator and a sub separator. A plurality of intake manifolds and exhaust manifolds are perforated on both end portions of the main separator and the sub separator. A plurality of channels are formed on an upper surface of the main separator... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080102347 - Super-hydrophobic composite bipolar plate: A method for making a super-hydrophobic composite bipolar plate including providing a substrate comprising a composite material including carbon, and a surface layer on the substrate, and wherein the surface layer includes silicon and oxygen, and heating the substrate and surface layer to cause moieties including carbon from the substrate... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20080102350 - Catalyst for cathode of fuel cell, preparing method and fixing method thereof, and fuel cell including same: A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell is inexpensive and has high durability against methanol. A method of manufacturing and fixing the cathode catalyst, and a fuel cell including it, are disclosed. The cathode catalyst includes a compound selected from the group consisting of PdSn, PdAu, PdCo, PdWO3, and mixtures... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080102349 - Membrane-electrode assembly having reduced interfacial resistance between catalyst electrode and electrolyte membrane: The membrane-electrode assembly includes: a porous first catalyst electrode layer; a first gas diffusion layer which is coupled to a lower surface of the first catalyst electrode layer; a porous second catalyst electrode layer which is coupled to an upper surface of the first catalyst electrode layer; a conductive electrolyte... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080102351 - Battery cover grounding device for portable terminal: A battery cover grounding device for a portable terminal including a metallic battery cover is provided. The grounding device includes a grounding member installed on the terminal to be connected to a grounding surface of the terminal and to be in contact with the battery cover. The grounding member has... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080102354 - Prismatic lithium ion rechargeable battery: The provided is a prismatic lithium ion battery including an electrode assembly having a wound structure of a stack of a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode. The stack has a first side edge and a second side edge, and the wound structure of the stack is formed... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080102322 - Method and apparatus for improving the performance of a fuel cell electric power system: Current pulsing improves the performance of fuel cells in a fuel cell stack based power system. Voltage clamping limits the voltage peaks that occur after a current pulse. In a hybrid power system, an electric storage device supplies the loads during current pulsing. The electric storage device may sink current... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080102323 - Enzyme electrode, enzyme electrode producing method, sensor and fuel cell each using enzyme electrode: An amino acid capable of coordinately binding to a metallic complex is introduced to an active site within the enzyme or another controlled position near the active site. Therefore, when a mediator is introduced into the enzyme, a mediator-introduced position is controlled to be held at or near the active... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080102324 - Fuel cell: A simple, inexpensive and highly efficient fuel cell has boundary structures made of a photo-sensitive material in combination with selective patterning. Printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication techniques combine boundary structures with two and three dimensional electrical flow path. Photo-sensitive material and PCB fabrication techniques are alternately or combined utilized for... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080102325 - Fuel cell: A simple, inexpensive and highly efficient fuel cell has boundary structures made of a photo-sensitive material in combination with selective patterning. Printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication techniques combine boundary structures with two and three dimensional electrical flow path. Photo-sensitive material and PCB fabrication techniques are alternately or combined utilized for... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080102327 - Fuel cell and method for cold-starting such a fuel cell: A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly having a cathode disposed on a first side and an anode disposed on a second side of the electrolyte electrode assembly, a first flow module disposed adjacent the cathode, and a second flow module disposed adjacent the anode. At least one of... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080102328 - Fuel processor for a fuel cell arrangement and a method of operating a fuel processor for a fuel cell arrangement: The fuel processor (10) comprises a desulphurisation reactor (12), a catalytic partial oxidation reactor (14), a combustor (16) and a pre-reformer (18), means (20) to supply a hydrocarbon fuel to the desulphurisation reactor (12), means (24) to supply air to the catalytic partial oxidation reactor (14) and means (24) to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080102329 - Material neutral power generation: A renewable electrical power generation system is provided having energy storage and a power generation system to convert the stored energy to electrical power to ensure the end user with a continuous source of electrical power. The system comprises a renewable energy to electrical power unit plus a system to... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20080102338 - Electrode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell including same, and fuel cell system including the same: An electrode for a fuel cell according to the present invention includes an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer on the electrode substrate. The catalyst layer includes an active catalyst and a heteropoly acid additive including a heteropoly acid supported by an inorganic carrier... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080102352 - Battery pack including multiple battery cell technologies: A battery pack includes a housing. A first battery is located in the housing, the first battery using a first cell technology. A second battery is located in the housing, the second battery using a second cell technology that is different from the first cell technology. The battery pack can... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080102353 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method of the same: In a method for manufacturing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a negative electrode having a current collector exposed portion in a portion corresponding to an outer winding end of an electrode body, metallic lithium piece is allowed to precipitate or be deposited on this current collector exposed portion, and this... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080102355 - Battery cooling system: A cordless power tool has a housing which includes a mechanism to couple with a removable battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more battery cells as well as a vent system in the battery pack housing which enables fluid to move through the housing. A mechanism is associated... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080102356 - Rechargeable battery: c

20080102357 - Secondary battery: The present invention relates to a secondary battery, and in particular relating to a secondary battery in which connection between the bare cell and the protection circuit can be established by a mechanical connection system without using molding method. A secondary battery of the present invention includes a bare cell... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080102358 - Lithium metal anode construction for seawater or air semi-fuel cells having flexible pouch packaging: Lithium metal anode protection, and various semi-fuel cell constructions for use in deep, high pressure seawater or air media are provided. The described lithium semi-fuel cells achieve record high energy densities, due to the high energy density of lithium anode and the use of the cathode reactant from the surrounding... Agent: Ian Kowalczyk Maxpower, Inc.

20080102359 - Electrode plate for battery and lithium secondary battery including the same: An electrode plate for a battery includes a current collector having a substrate and a plurality of protrusions that are carried on the substrate; and an active material layer that is carried on the current collector. The protrusions include a conductive material that undergoes plastic deformation more easily than the... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080102360 - Alkaline electrochemical cell with reduced gassing: Electrochemical cells including a casing or cup for direct electrical contact with a negative electrode or counter electrode and serving as the current collector for the electrode. The casing includes a substrate having a plated coating of an alloy including copper, tin and zinc, the coating having a composition gradient... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080102361 - Electrode assembly and secondary battery with the same: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a secondary battery with the same, more particularly to the electrode assembly which includes an anode plate, a cathode plate, and a separator disposed between the anode plate and the cathode plate, wherein the separator includes a ceramic separator including a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080102362 - Lead member and boding method thereof and nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storing device: A first member 11 and a second member 12 connected to each other are provided. The first member 11 is electrically connected to an electrode. The second member 12 is bonded to a position of the first member 11 remote from the electrode and is constituted by a material of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080102363 - Thin film lithium battery: A thin film lithium battery according to the present invention is a thin film lithium battery in which a positive electrode layer 20, a negative electrode layer 50, a solid electrolyte layer 40 provided therebetween, and a collector 10 electrically connected to at least one of the positive electrode layer... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080102364 - Prismatic can type lithium ion rechargeable battery: A prismatic can type lithium ion rechargeable battery of the present invention includes an electrode assembly, a prismatic can accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap assembly including a cap plate closing an upper opening portion of the prismatic can. A distortion prevention portion is formed on a side surface of... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080102365 - End cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell: An end cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell such as an alkaline cell is disclosed. The end cap assembly comprises a metal support disk and underlying insulating sealing disk and a metal end cap overlying the metal support disk. The edge of the end cap and metal support disk... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20080102366 - End cap seal for an electrochemical cell: An end cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell such as an alkaline cell is disclosed. The end cap assembly comprises a metal support disk and underlying insulating sealing disk and a metal end cap overlying the metal support disk. The edge of the end cap and metal support disk... Agent: Mr. Barry D. Josephs Attorney At Law

20080102367 - Battery having positive temperature coefficient element:

20080102368 - Battery pack: In a battery pack, a circuit board (10) has a plurality of external output terminals (3, 5) on the front, and a cover (16) has a plurality of openings (19, 20) that correspond to the external output terminals (3, 5) as through holes, respectively. A groove (29) filled with a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080102369 - Nonaqueous secondary battery and method of using the same: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080102370 - Lithium ion secondary battery and method for forming negative electrode plate for lithium ion secondary battery: An active material of silicon, tin or a compound containing silicon or tin is formed on a current collector of a negative electrode in form of a plurality of island regions so that the island regions are separated from one another. Furthermore, a conductive protective film is formed on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080102371 - Dry particle based adhesive electrode and methods of making same: A dry process based capacitor and method for a self-supporting dry adhesive electrode film for use therein is disclosed.... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080102372 - Cathode active material for lithium ion rechargeable battery and manufacturing method thereof: A method for manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium ion rechargeable battery, including: impact grinding a bulk sintered lithium transition metal composite oxide using an impact fine grinding mill to obtain a lithium transition metal composite oxide powder having an average particle size of D μm (D being... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080102373 - Solid-state secondary power supply: Application: in electric equipment as a secondary current source (storage battery). Nature of the invention: Solid-state secondary current source, consisting from an anode (An0), in a form of a metal or an alloy of metals, whose fluorination leads to generation of fluoride or fluorides with high isobar generation potential, an... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080102374 - Active material for secondary battery, and secondary battery: An active material for a secondary battery has excellent large current charge-discharge characteristic and a high energy density. The secondary battery is composed mainly of the active material having a conductive polymer compound represented by formula B or F as the positive electrode. Because this conductive polymer compound works as... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080102375 - Non-aqueous liquid electrolyte and non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery using the same:

20080102376 - Method for producing difluorophosphate, nonaqueous electrolyte solution for secondary battery and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: The present invention provides a simple method for producing a difluorophosphate from a source material, the difluorophosphate being useful as additives for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions for secondary batteries. In the method, a source material containing a carbonate and/or a borate is allowed to react with a source gas which contains... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102377 - Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same: e

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 a