http://www.freshpatents.com/Chemistry--electrical-current-producing-apparatus-product-and-process-dtnewntc429.php USPTO Class 429 - Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process en-us Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028079.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A system and method for bio-electricity production are provided. The system includes a microorganism fuel cell in which the anode compartment comprises a microorganism cell having displayed thereon an enzyme to oxidize the substrate and generate electrons. Microorganism cells, such as bacteria or yeast, may be transformed to display enzymes... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028082.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A battery pack including a cap plate; a bare cell, the bare cell being sealed by the cap plate; and a circuit board facing the cap plate, wherein the circuit board includes opening units adjacent to edges thereof, the opening units providing an opening for coupling the circuit board to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028085.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Battery apparatus for use in starting railroad locomotives includes a portable housing. A Lithium Iron Phosphate chemistry Lithium ion battery is carried within the housing. The battery has a positive output lead and a negative output lead accessible from the exterior of the housing. A low voltage and high voltage... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028080.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A portable electronic device includes a body for housing processing circuitry, the body configured for being carried or worn by a user. A battery is coupled with the body for providing power to the processing circuitry. A flexible heater unit is disposed adjacent to the battery, the flexible heater unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028083.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A protection circuit module with a thermistor and a battery pack including the same. In one embodiment, a battery pack includes a protection circuit module and one or more bare cells. The protection circuit module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit portion, a flexible film electrically... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028081.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A secondary battery includes a bare cell comprising an electrode assembly; a protection circuit module electrically coupled to the bare cell; an upper case including a first case and a second case opposite to the first case joined together, the upper case generally encompassing the protection circuit module; and at... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028084.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Disclosed herein is a spacer used in a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells mounted in a pack case, wherein the spacer is configured to have a top shape corresponding to the inner shape of the pack case in vertical section and a bottom shape corresponding to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028087.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Methods for managing the heat in an electric battery, including, when recharging said battery, preconditioning at an average temperature T0 and, when using said battery, determining the difference ΔT1 between the temperatures of the hottest element and of the coolest element and as the absolute value ΔT2 of the difference... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028086.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Disclosed or provided are non-shutdown high melt temperature or ultra high melt temperature microporous battery separators, high melt temperature separators, battery separators, membranes, composites, and the like that preferably prevent contact between the anode and cathode when the battery is maintained at elevated temperatures for a period of time and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028089.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A lithium-ion or polymer-ion battery or generally a battery with electrolyte that is incompatible with water. The battery has a battery cell and a gas-tight casing around the battery cell. A vent is arranged in the casing and configured to allow exit of gases from the battery cell. The vent... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028088.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The positive electrode substrate exposed portions or the negative electrode substrate exposed portions, or both, of an electrode assembly is split into two groups, and therebetween is disposed an intermediate member made of a resin material and holding one or more connecting conductive members. Collector members for the substrate exposed... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028090.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in which a cathode plate and an anode plate are arranged with a separator being interposed therebetween, a case in which the electrode assembly is received, a cap assembly capable of sealing an open end of the case, a gasket interposed between the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028092.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An AA lithium primary battery includes: an electrode group 4 including a positive electrode 1 containing iron sulfide as a positive electrode active material, and a negative electrode 2 containing lithium as a negative electrode active material which are wound with a separator 3 interposed therebetween. Part of the negative... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028093.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 wherein the polymer electrolyte has composition wherein a cation is added to a polymer having a side chain consisting of R1 and Z binding through Y to a polymer main chain consisting of Rp. wherein Rp represents an organic group obtained via polymerization of monomer compounds containing polymerizable unsaturated linkages or... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028091.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A secondary battery including a wound electrode assembly formed by winding a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode tab fixed thereto, a negative electrode plate having a negative electrode tab fixed thereto, and a separator interposed therebetween, and pressing them in one side direction thereof, the wound electrode assembly... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028094.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A battery pack including a battery cell including an electrode assembly, and a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein and including an end wall at a first end, a side wall connected to the end wall and extending toward a second end opposite the first end, and a rounded portion... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028095.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A battery cover latching mechanism employed in an electronic device is used to assemble a battery cover to a housing. The battery cover latching mechanism includes a hook, a base body, a sliding element, and an operating element. The hook is mounted on the battery cover, and the base body... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028096.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An electrochemical energy generation system can include a sealed vessel that contains inside (i) at least one electrochemical cell, which has two electrodes and a reaction zone between them; (ii) a liquefied halogen reactant, such as a liquefied molecular chlorine; (iii) at least one metal halide electrolyte; and (iv) a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028099.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An electric storage module includes: a cooling plate with a predetermined thickness between a front surface and a rear surface, with the front surface and the rear surface functioning as cooling surfaces by a coolant flowing in the cooling plate; a first battery row made up with a plurality of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028098.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A battery pack is described. One embodiment of the battery pack includes a pair of end frames, the end frames having a top and a bottom and a pair of sides, the end frames having a detent on at least one of the sides of the end frames to receive... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028097.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A repeating cell frame for a battery pack assembly is disclosed having a cooling module and a spacer module. The cooling module includes a frame having a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector disposed thereon, wherein a first battery cell includes a first electrically conductive tab in electrical... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028100.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A prismatic secondary battery is a prismatic lithium-ion battery including a stack-type electrode assembly in which square positive and negative electrode plates are stacked with separators interposed therebetween. The positive electrode plates are arranged inside a bag-like separator. The width of the separator protruding from an end portion of each... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028101.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A microporous membrane comprising layers, wherein at least one layer comprises a first polymer having a Tm in the range of 115.0° C. to 130.0° C. and an Mw of from 5.0×103 to 4.0×105, and the membrane has a shutdown temperature ≦130.5° C. and a rupture temperature ≧170.0° C.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028103.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A separator for a battery includes a base having an anode side configured to contact an anode of the battery and a cathode side configured to contact a cathode of the battery. The anode side has a different material consistency than the cathode side.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028102.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A multilayer microporous membrane including polymer and having a shutdown temperature of ≦130.5° C. and a storage stability of 0.3V or less.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028104.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A thermoplastic film including a microporous polymeric membrane; and a non-woven web bonded to the polymeric microporous membrane, wherein the web comprises a plurality of fibers comprising polyolefin having a Tm≧85.0° C. and a Te-Tm≦10.0° C.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028105.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 High performance battery packs are described especially for use in electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Based on high energy lithium ion battery designs, the battery packs can have pairs of parallel connected batteries to supply an energy capacity at full discharge of at least about 40 kilowatt-hours or... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028107.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A battery pack includes: a plurality of batteries; a housing for containing the batteries; and at least one partition plate for separating the batteries from one another. The at least one partition plate includes a metal mesh and a heat insulating layer disposed on each side of the metal mesh.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028106.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The battery comprises a positive electrode includes a lithium-nickel complex oxide, a negative electrode includes a lithium-titanium complex oxide and a lithium-containing phosphorous oxide, and a nonaqueous electrolyte.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028108.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material for a battery. The active material comprises a monoclinic β-type titanium composite oxide which contains fluorine.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028110.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A method for producing a button cell with a housing includes a cell cup with a base region, a lateral region, an edge region lying therebetween and a cut edge, and a cell cover with a cover region, a lateral region, an edge region lying therebetween and a cut edge,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028109.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 In an electrochemical device having an element main body 1A enclosed in an exterior package 1B, a peripheral region of the exterior package 1B is provided with an elastic structure or a plurality of elastic structures R1, R2 having an elastic force in a thickness direction (Z-axis direction) of films.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028111.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The invention is sealing plastic accumulator cover used in accumulators (1) so called as maintenance-free accumulator (1) having a secondary cover (4) on the body cover (3) and it is characterized in that it consists of at least one locking clamp (4.1) located on the said secondary cover (4) in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028112.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator therebetween; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case; and an electrode terminal installed in the cap plate, wherein the electrode terminal includes a first terminal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028113.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An anode composite material includes an anode active material particle having a surface and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer. The continuous aluminum phosphate layer is coated on the surface of the anode active material particle. The present disclosure also relates to a lithium ion battery that includes the cathode composite... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028116.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 This invention relates to a composition for producing a cathode for an electricity storage device, including carbon nanofibers prepared by electrospinning a spinning solution including a cathode active material, a conductive material and a carbon fiber precursor; and a binder, and to a cathode for an electricity storage device made... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028114.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A cathode composite material includes a cathode active material particle having a surface, and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer coated on the surface of the cathode active material particle. A material of the cathode active material particle is spinel type lithium manganese oxide. The present disclosure also relates to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028115.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A cathode composite material includes a cathode active material particle having a surface, and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer coated on the surface of the cathode active material particle. A material of the cathode active material particle is layered type lithium nickel oxide. The present disclosure also relates to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028117.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The present invention relates to a positive electrode composite material for Li-ion battery, to the preparation method thereof, and to the use thereof in a Li-ion battery. The composite material according to the invention includes: a) at least one conductive additive including carbon nanotubes at a content between 1 and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028118.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A cathode composite material includes a cathode active material particle having a surface and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer. The continuous aluminum phosphate layer is coated on the surface of the cathode active material particle. The present disclosure also relates to a lithium ion battery including the cathode composite material.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028119.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A cathode composite material includes a cathode active material particle having a surface and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer coated on the surface of the cathode active material particle. A material of the cathode active material particle is layered type lithium nickel manganese oxide. The present disclosure also relates to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028120.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A cathode composite material includes a cathode active material particle having a surface and a continuous aluminum phosphate layer coated on the surface of the cathode active material particle. A material of the cathode active material particle is layered type lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide. The present disclosure also relates... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028122.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The positive active material is a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery, including a lithium transition metal compound that has an olivine crystal structure and contains at least Ni, Fe, and Mn as transition metal elements, wherein when the sum of mole atoms of Ni, Fe, and Mn... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028121.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A process for preparing an at least partially lithiated transition metal oxyanion-based lithium-ion reversible electrode material, which includes providing a precursor of said lithium-ion reversible electrode material, heating said precursor, melting same at a temperature sufficient to produce a melt including an oxyanion containing liquid phase, cooling said melt under... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028123.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided are a substrate on which carbon nanotubes each having one end connected to the substrate can be formed at a high synthetic rate and from which the carbon nanotubes are less likely to be peeled off. The substrate is a substrate for forming the carbon nanotubes and includes a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028124.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An anode material for lithium-ion batteries is provided that comprises an elongated core structure capable of forming an alloy with lithium; and a plurality of nanostructures placed on a surface of the core structure, with each nanostructure being capable of forming an alloy with lithium and spaced at a predetermined... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028125.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least part of the surface of the current collector. The electrode active material layer contains a particulate electrode active material and a binding material. The binding material is made of a crystalline... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028126.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Disclosed are glass compositions, glass fiber compositions, glass fiber battery separators, glass fiber filter media, battery additives and active materials formed with glass compositions disclosed, glass fiber radiation shields, and glass fiber paper compositions. Certain embodiments include, among other components, bismuth oxide. Certain embodiments include about 0.5-30% bismuth oxide of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028127.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An electrode comprises graphene, titanium dioxide and a binder, the binder configured to facilitate the binding together of the graphene and titanium dioxide to form the electrode.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028128.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 (1.01≦a≦1.05; f: 2 or 4; σ: not less than −0.2 and not more than 0.2; M: Mg, Ca, Y, rare earth elements, etc.; provided that when f=2, 0≦b≦1, 0≦c≦1, 0≦d≦1, 0≦e≦0.5, and b+c+d+e=1; when f=4, 0≦b≦2, 0≦c≦2, 0≦d≦2, 0≦e≦1, and b+c+d+e=2). LiaNibCocMndMeOf+σ  (1) There is provided an all-solid lithium battery having excellent output... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028129.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 There are provided a method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte battery and a solid electrolyte battery, each of which can reduce the number of films and can obtain excellent performance. This method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte battery has a laminate formation step of forming a laminate in which a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028131.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The invention relates to microporous membranes comprising polymer and having well-balanced permeability, shutdown temperature, and pin puncture strength. The invention also relates to methods for making such membranes, and the use of such membranes as battery separator film in, e.g., lithium ion secondary batteries. The membrane has a shutdown temperature... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028130.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt. And the positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by Lia(NibCocMnd)1−x−yWxZryO2 (0.9≦a≦1.2, 0.3≦b≦0.6,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028132.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 n is a number of 0-3 when M is a group 13 element, and is a number of 0-5 when M is a group 15 element; and R is a halogen atom, a C1-C10 halogenated alkyl group, a C6-C20 aryl group, a C6-C20 halogenated aryl group. The electrolyte may have... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028133.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided are an electrolyte which may prevent the degradation of the battery performance by including a functional group which can react with a side reaction site which is responsible for decomposition of negative electrode material components and a functional group which can react with moisture which is responsible for decomposition... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028134.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided is a lithium secondary battery with enhanced energy density including a cathode using a cathode active material containing lithium mixed transition metal oxide absorbing and discharging lithium ions, wherein a final discharge voltage is in the range of about 1.5 V to about 2.75 V. A final discharge voltage... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028135.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided is a mounting structure of a fuel cell system capable of withstanding a collision from the side face of a fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell unit for housing a fuel cell, and a protective structure having a mounting surface for mounting the fuel... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028136.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 There is provided an air battery that has sufficient discharge performance and can withstand prolonged use. The air battery having an electrode and a polymer film, wherein the polymer film is situated on the air intake side of the electrode, and the polymer film is a film of a polymer... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028137.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Rechargeable metal-air battery, air electrodes for use in the metal-air battery, and methods to manufacture the same are provided. The battery includes a negative electrode capable of taking and releasing active metal ions, a porous positive electrode using oxygen as an electroactive material and an electrolyte configured to conduct ions... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028138.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, a cathode at one side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode at an opposite side of the electrolyte membrane, and separators at respective sides... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028139.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An electrode structure 15 is received in a joint portion of frames 13, 14. A first gas diffusion layer 19 and a first gas passage forming member 21 are arranged on a first surface of the electrode structure 15. A second gas diffusion layer 20 and a second gas passage... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028141.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A photoelectrochemical cell (100) includes: a semiconductor electrode (120) including a substrate (121), a first n-type semiconductor layer (122) disposed on the substrate (121), and a second n-type semiconductor layer (123) and a conductor (124) disposed apart from each other on the first n-type semiconductor layer (122); a counter electrode... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028140.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A compressor for compressing a gas. The compressor receives the gas at a base pressure from a source and provides the gas at a higher pressure to a target. The compressor includes a series of pressure vessels and a one-way valve between the vessels, where a first pressure vessel is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028144.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell system 100 includes: a hydrogen generating unit 16 configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material; a heater 18 configured to heat the hydrogen generating unit; an electric power generation start command unit 32 configured to receive a command of start of an electric... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028142.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An on-board fuel processor includes a microchannel steam reforming reactor (30) and a water vaporizer (40) heated in series with a combustion gas. The reformer (30) and the vaporizer (40) are both of a cross-flow panel configuration that allows for low combustion side pressure drop. Fuel is directly injected into... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028143.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The present invention comprises fuel cells 84 disposed within a fuel cell module 2, a reformer 20, a reformer temperature sensor 148 for detecting a reforming state temperature, and a control section 110 for controlling the operation of the fuel cell module. The control section prohibits the normal startup POX... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028145.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An arrangement and a method are provided for generating hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuel, wherein hydrocarbon fuel is supplied to a fuel reformer for producing hydrogen rich gas including hydrogen, carbon monoxide and possibly unconverted fuel compounds, wherein the amount of carbon monoxide and/or the unconverted fuel compounds is reduced with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028146.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The present invention relates to a fuel cell system for vehicles and a method for controlling the same which stably maintains an output of a fuel cell by precisely estimating a recirculated hydrogen amount to a stack. A fuel cell system according to the present invention may include: a stack... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028148.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell system that enables an assisted anode purge upon start-up is provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells with anodes and cathodes. The fuel cell stack has an anode supply manifold and an anode exhaust manifold in fluid communication... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028147.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell vehicle includes a stack that generates electrical energy by a fuel gas, a blower that blows air into the stack, an air cut-off valve that is mounted on an air supply line, a bypass line diverged between the air cut-off valve and the blower and having an... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028149.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided is a method for shutting down an indirect internal reforming SOFC, in which reliable reforming and the prevention of the oxidative degradation of the anode are possible. A1) A reforming catalyst layer temperature T is measured; C1) if T≧TrE, and there exists, among fuel flow rates Fk(j), a flow... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028150.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An exemplary power plant assembly includes a plurality of cell stack assemblies each having a plurality of fuel cells and a manifold. A fuse includes an indicator that provides an output when the fuse interrupts an electrically conductive connection between the manifold of a first one of the cell stack... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028151.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A method is provided for fuel cell system control. In this method, the operation of a fuel cell system is divided into several modes, and the operation mode of the fuel cell system can be decided according to voltage signals, current signals and temperature signals of the fuel cell system.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028152.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A system and method for preventing anode reactant starvation. The system includes a hydrogen source, an anode bleed valve, and a cell voltage monitor. The system also includes an anode sub-system pressure sensor and a controller configured to control the anode sub-system. The controller determines the average cell voltage and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028153.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A solid oxide fuel cell capable of extending the time period over which initial rated output power is maintained, while restraining increases in running cost. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell (1), having a fuel cell module (2) furnished with multiple fuel cell units, a fuel supply... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028154.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 One exemplary embodiment includes a fuel cell comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, a gas diffusion layer disposed over each of the cathode and the anode, a gas flow distributor layer disposed over the gas diffusion layer on both the anode and cathode sides,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028155.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Systems and methods for initiating use of, or starting up, fuel cell stacks in subfreezing temperatures. The fuel cell stacks include a thermal management system that is adapted to deliver a liquid heat exchange fluid into thermal communication with a fuel cell stack, such as to heat the stack during... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028156.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A stack and a method of operating the stack. A method of operating a stack having a plurality of cells and a plurality of cooling plates includes: supplying a working fluid to a first group of the cooling plates; and re-supplying the working fluid passed through the first group of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028158.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A solid oxide fuel cell is provided with which the further advance of degradation can be restrained relative to fuel cell units in which degradation has advanced. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell (1) which varies output power in response to a required generation amount, having a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028157.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A solid oxide fuel cell stack is provided in which a separate fuel-blocking unit is provided to each fuel supply tube that connects a fuel supply unit to each bundle portion of the stack, so that the fuel supply to a defective bundle portion may be selectively blocked, thereby preventing... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028159.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell or electrolysis cell stack has force distribution members with one planar and one convex shape applied to at least its top and bottom face and in one embodiment further to two of its side faces. A compressed mat and further a rigid fixing collar surrounds the stack... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028160.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A stack (10) of fuel cells (11) is provided with barriers (32) to prevent migration of a liquid electrolyte (such as phosphoric acid) out of the cells (11). The barrier (32) is secured within a step (34) defined within a land region (28) of a separator plate assembly (18) and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028161.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of anodes, a plurality of cathodes each forming a pair with a corresponding one of the plurality of anodes, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anodes and the cathodes, a current collector configured to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028162.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and a solid oxide electrolyte located between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The cathode electrode is a porous ceramic layer infiltrated with a cathode catalyst material, and the anode electrode is a porous ceramic layer... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028163.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A composition comprising an admixture of at least platinum particles and metal nanoparticles of metal that, when in admixture with the platinum particles, beneficially alters the characteristics of the platinum, including metals selected from one or more of the metals in groups 3-16, lanthanides, combinations thereof, and/or alloys thereof. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028164.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A lithium air battery including an aqueous electrolyte. In the lithium air battery, a lithium halide is included in the aqueous electrolyte in order to prevent lithium hydroxide and a solid electrolyte from reacting with each other so as to protect the negative electrode, thereby improving electrical characteristics of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028165.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A composite including a metal having oxygen-reducing activity, nitrogen and carbon, the composite comprising polyhedral particles, an electrode catalyst including the composite, a method of preparing the composite, and a fuel cell using the composite.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028166.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A catalyst carrier is used to adhere a catalyst metal (23) to the surface of a protective layer for carbon (22), the catalyst carrier comprising carbon (21) and the protective layer for carbon (22) with which the carbon (21) is coated, the protective layer for carbon (22) comprising silicon oxide... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028167.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous polyimide film, comprising reacting an aromatic dianhydride with one or more aromatic diamines in a suitable solvent to form poly(amic acid), adding a dehydrated agent of an acid anhydride and an organic base to the reaction mixture to convert... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028168.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 Provided is an electrolyte equipped with a hydrophilic portion having a cyclic quaternary ammonium salt and a hydrophobic portion bonded to the hydrophilic portion; and a fuel cell, a Li secondary battery, secondary battery and a primary battery using the electrolyte. The electrolyte has preferably a structure represented by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028169.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 The present invention provides a support for an electrode of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a platinum-supported catalyst, and an electrode using the same. In particular, the present invention provides a method in which linear crystalline carbon nanofibers and nonlinear crystalline carbon particles with increased... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028170.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A fuel cell electrode and a method for forming the fuel cell electrode are disclosed. Initially, carbon nanotubes grafted with poly(citric acid) encapsulating platinum group metal nanoparticles are synthesized. The carbon nanotubes grafted with poly(citric acid) encapsulating platinum group metal nanoparticles are then electrospray deposited on an electrode of a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028171.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, a membrane electrode assembly including the electrode catalyst, and a fuel cell including the electrode catalyst. The electrode catalyst has excellent electrochemical activity compared to the currently commercially available Pt/C catalyst and is much cheaper than a catalyst using platinum. The electrode catalyst... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120202ptan20120028172.php Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:32:56 -0800 A stack (10) of fuel cells (11) is manufactured with barriers (32) to prevent migration of a liquid electrolyte (such as phosphoric acid) out of the cells (11). The barrier (32) is secured within a step (34) formed within a land region (28) of a separator plate assembly (18) and...