Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
429515000 | Having means for storing reactant (e.g., tank, reservoir, etc.) | 35 |
20100151361 | Fuel Cartridges for Fuel Cells and Methods for Making Same - Fuel supplies for fuel cells are disclosed. The fuel supplies can be a pressurized or non-pressurized cartridge that can be used with any fuel cells, including but not limited to, direct methanol fuel cell or reformer fuel cell. In one aspect, a fuel supply may contain a reaction chamber to convert fuel to hydrogen. The fuel supplies may also contain a pump. The fuel supply may have a valve connecting the fuel to the fuel cell, and a vent to vent gas from the fuel supply. Methods for forming various fuel supplies are also disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100178594 | POWER GENERATION DEVICE, FUEL PACKAGE, AND REMAINING FUEL AMOUNT MEASURING DEVICE - A fuel package includes a vessel wherein the interior space is separated, and has a flow-out opening and a flow-in opening that lead to the interior space, a liquid fuel filled in the region at the side of the flow-out opening in the vessel, and a follower that separates the liquid fuel and the region at the side of the flow-in opening. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183953 | LIQUID TANK, TUBLUAR STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID TANK, FUEL CELL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid tank and a tubular structure for liquid tank capable of suctioning an internal liquid to the last drop even when the tank is tilted to any angle are provided. The tubular structure | 07-22-2010 |
20100183954 | WATER MANAGEMENT IN A FUEL CELL - A hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell including, on the anode side, a hydrogen storage buffer chamber. The buffer chamber includes a wall having at least a semi-permeable portion, impermeable to gases (hydrogen-oxygen-air) and permeable to water. | 07-22-2010 |
20100190092 | FUEL CARTRIDGE FOR FUEL CELL AND NOZZLE ATTACHMENT FOR FUEL CARTRIDGE - A fuel cartridge ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100227258 | FUEL CARTRIDGE FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A fuel cartridge | 09-09-2010 |
20100227259 | FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS HAVING BUILT-IN FUEL CELL - The fuel cell cartridge including: an external casing; a fuel cell body (stack), which is accommodated in the external casing and which includes at least a fuel electrode, an oxidizer electrode, and an ion conductor; and a fuel tank for storing a fuel, wherein the external casing has a penetration hole, which penetrates an inner portion of the external casing and which is in communication with outside air, and wherein an inner wall of the penetration hole is provided with at least an opening communicating with the oxidizer electrode. The fuel cell cartridge is detachably attached to an electric apparatus, and an inlet of the penetration hole of the fuel cell cartridge is situated at a position corresponding to an outside-air communicating port, which is provided in the electric apparatus and which is in communication with outside air. | 09-09-2010 |
20100261094 | Apparatus for containing metal-organic frameworks - An apparatus is disclosed for containing metal-organic frameworks for storing hydrogen for use in a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a cartridge for containing the metal-organic frameworks, a filter connected to the cartridge for filtering out powder of the metal-organic frameworks during the release of the hydrogen, a ball valve connected to the filter for controlling the travel of the hydrogen, a pressure regulator connected to the ball valve for regulating the pressure of the hydrogen, a flow controller connected to the pressure regulator for controlling the flow rate of the hydrogen and a pipe connected to the flow controller on one hand and connected to the fuel cell on the other hand for providing the hydrogen to the fuel cell. The flow controller includes a flow meter for showing the flow rate of the hydrogen and a needle valve operable for changing the flow rate of the hydrogen. | 10-14-2010 |
20100266934 | COUPLER FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - A coupler ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100304275 | CHANNEL MODULE AND FUEL CELL - A channel module suitable to diverge or converge a liquid fuel includes a first carrier, a second carrier, and a cover. The first carrier has a channel opening and a channel communicating with the channel opening. The second carrier disposed on the first carrier has at least one accommodation cavity and at least one main opening. The main opening is located at the geometry center of a bottom surface of the accommodation cavity and the accommodation cavity communicates with the channel through the main opening. The cover disposed on the second carrier has a plurality of sub-openings. The sub-openings communicate with the accommodation cavity, the locations of the sub-openings are on a same plane and form a geometry shape, and the orthogonally projected location on the plane of the main opening is the geometry center of the geometry shape. A fuel cell employing the channel module is also provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20110014547 | METHOD FOR STORING A FUEL CELL AT NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE - The method for storing a fuel cell comprises a first calibration phase of a reference membrane by nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain a progression curve of the maximum water load of the fuel cell membrane versus the temperature of the membrane, and a second calibration phase of a standard reference cell to obtain a relationship between the electrical resistance of the standard reference cell, the water load of its membrane and its temperature. The method then comprises a drying phase dependent on the two calibration phases. | 01-20-2011 |
20110020734 | LIQUID TANK, FUEL CELL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A fuel tank preventing an excessive supply when manually supplying a liquid such as a fuel, a fuel cell and an electronic apparatus using the fuel tank are provided. A fuel tank includes a deformable section which is deformable by external pressure in a part of a housing containing a liquid fuel. The deformable section has a projected shape outward from a top surface of the housing, and has a configuration in which a flat surface is arranged with a bending part in the top surface of the housing. The flat surface of the deformable section is pushed by a finger, a stick or the like to apply external pressure to the deformable section, thereby the deformable section is deformed so as to be flipped with respect to the top surface of the housing. The volumetric capacity in the housing is changed to push the liquid fuel out. | 01-27-2011 |
20110091795 | FUEL CONTAINER FOR STORING FUEL LIQUID FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL PACK - A fuel container for storing a fuel liquid for a fuel cell has a double wall structure including an inner container for storing a fuel liquid and an outer container for housing the inner container, and a material capable of retaining the fuel between the inner container and the outer container. A fuel cell pack includes a fuel cell and a fuel container for storing a fuel liquid for the fuel cell. The fuel cell pack includes a double wall exterior casing having an inner casing for housing the fuel cell and the fuel container and an outer casing for housing the inner casing, and a material capable of retaining the fuel between the inner casing and the outer casing. | 04-21-2011 |
20110123905 | FUEL CONTAINER FOR FUEL CELL - A fuel container for fuel cells is equipped with a container main body, containing liquid fuel therein to be supplied to a fuel cell, equipped with a connecting port, for connecting with the fuel cell or a pressure adjusting device, and extruding means, for extruding the liquid fuel. The fuel container is also equipped with a partitioning member, which is slidably provided within the container main body, for partitioning the interior of the container main body into a fuel storage chamber, in which the liquid fuel is contained, and an extruding means housing chamber, in which the extruding means is housed. The fuel container is further equipped with a valve provided in the connecting port, for enabling or preventing the flow of the liquid fuel. The frictional force generated at the surfaces of the connector main body and the partitioning member, which are in sliding contact, is 10N or less. | 05-26-2011 |
20110207026 | FUEL CELL BIPOLAR PLATE ASSEMBLY - A fuel cell bipolar plate assembly is revealed. The bipolar plate assembly includes a bipolar plate and a diffusion member. The bipolar plate consists of at least an inlet, at least an outlet, and a flow channel. The flow channel further includes at least one storage area used for disposition of the diffusion member made of porous material. The fuel of the fuel cell is distributed uniformly due to excellent permeability of the porous material. Moreover, by the design of zoning, the efficiency of fuel at corners is improved. Thus the fuel efficiency is increased and the fuel cell efficiency is further improved. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207027 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY TANK, AND HYDROGEN SUPPLY APPARATUS, HYDROGEN SUPPLY METHOD AND HYDROGEN-CONSUMING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a hydrogen supply tank including at least one hydrogen-generating container mounted thereto, wherein the hydrogen-generating container receives a hydrogen-generating material capable of heat emission and dehydrogenation under heating, and has a hydrogen discharge path that allows discharge of the generated hydrogen, on the wall surface thereof; the tank has a plurality of divided sections formed therein; the hydrogen-generating container is mounted to each section; and the hydrogen supply tank stores the hydrogen discharged from the hydrogen-generating container and supplies the hydrogen to external sites. Disclosed also are a hydrogen supply apparatus, a hydrogen supply method and a hydrogen-consuming device using the same. | 08-25-2011 |
20110262842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND DISCHARGING HEAT IN A VEHICLE - In at least one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a hydrogen storage system and a heat storage system is provided. The hydrogen storage system is configured to store hydrogen and to deliver a first heated fluid stream to an electrical generation system that generates a second heated fluid stream and electrical energy in response to the first heated fluid stream. The heat storage system includes a phase change material. The heat storage system is in fluid communication with the electrical generation system to deliver heat from the second heated fluid stream to a fuel cell stack. | 10-27-2011 |
20120003566 | FUEL CARTRDIGE FOR FUEL CELL - A fuel cartridge for a fuel cell capable of accurately measuring the residual amount of fuel is disclosed. A fuel cartridge for a fuel cell may include a housing and a pouch contained within the housing and forming an inner space. The inner space of the pouch is formed by mechanically connecting a first plane portion and a second plane portion parallel to each other with a side portion intersecting both the first plane portion and the second plane portion. The pouch may be configured to contract or expand according to a residual amount of fuel in the inner space. The pouch may include a fuel path formed on the upper portion thereof. First and second electrodes may be positioned facing each other at opposite sides of the side portion with the pouch in the housing positioned therebetween when viewed in a plane. The first electrode and the second electrode may also have a plurality of opposite directions. | 01-05-2012 |
20120077112 | FUEL TANK, HYDROGEN REMAINING LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel tank comprises: multiple pellets each formed of a hydrogen storage metal which is capable of storing hydrogen to be supplied to fuel cells; a support mechanism configured to support the multiple pellets such that they are layered mutually closest to one another while still permitting the volume of the multiple pellets to change; a housing unit configured to house the multiple pellets in a layered state which is maintained by the support mechanism; and a detection unit configured to detect the positions of both ends of the multiple pellets which change due to changes in the volume of the multiple pellets. | 03-29-2012 |
20120115070 | FUEL TANK LOCATED WITHIN A FRAME OF AN ELECTRONIC PORTABLE DEVICE - Embodiments herein relate to an electronic portable having at least one electronic component. The electronic portable device includes a fuel cell operable for powering at least in part the at least one electronic component, and a fuel tank for storing fuel to be used by the fuel cell. The fuel tank is defined by at least one body section, the at least one body section sized and shaped so as to form a frame of the electronic device. The frame has at least one hollow region for storing the fuel therein, the at least one body section including an inlet for introducing fuel into the hollow region and an outlet for releasing fuel from the hollow region to the fuel cell. | 05-10-2012 |
20120129081 | FUEL CARTRIDGE - The existing problem is supplying fuel at a fixed flow rate to a fuel cell, and moreover, miniaturization of the device in which the fuel cell is loaded, in a fuel cartridge for a fuel cell. The fuel cartridge for a fuel cell is equipped with a container main body that is equipped with a connection part that connects to the fuel cell, and houses the fuel that is supplied to the fuel cell in its interior, and a push out means for pushing out the fuel, and a valve that has a supply port for supplying fuel to the fuel cell, and that opens the supply port in response to the operation connecting the container main body to the fuel cell. On the connection part there is provided a pressure regulating mechanism, one end of which communicates with the valve, and the other end of which communicates with the inside of the container main body, and that causes the fuel that is housed in said interior to flow out to the valve, by regulating to a secondary pressure lower than the primary pressure inside the container main body. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135335 | Fuel Cartridge with Flexible Liner - A cartridge connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The cartridge comprises an outer casing and an inner flexible liner containing fuel for the fuel cell. The inner flexible liner may have an insert disposed inside the inner liner to facilitate the transport of fuel from the cartridge to the fuel cell. The insert minimizes the fuel that is trapped within the cartridge. The inner flexible liner can be used without the outer casing. The outer casing can be substantially rigid or flexible. The cartridge is also adaptable to receive byproducts from the fuel cell. The cartridge can also be pressurized to push fuel to the fuel cell. Unidirectional relief valves are also disclosed to prevent internal pressure in the cartridge from becoming too high or too low. | 05-31-2012 |
20120214088 | HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK - A pressure vessel includes an inner shell formed from a moldable material, an intermediate shell formed over the inner shell, and an outer shell formed over the intermediate shell. The inner shell has an inner surface that defines a cavity, and the outer shell is formed with a high temperature epoxy resin. | 08-23-2012 |
20120258385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VOLUME OF LIQUID AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The volume of liquid that remains in a liquid storage is calculated by measuring capacitances between several pairs of metal plates attached to each of several corresponding faces of the liquid storage and by combining liquid volumes corresponding to the capacitance based on the current position of the liquid storage. Such a method of measuring the volume of liquid can be used to measure the amount of fuel that remains in a fuel cell system. | 10-11-2012 |
20120315569 | Filament Winding Method and Apparatus, and Tank - In a filament winding method, while a rotating tank relatively reciprocates in a tank axial direction to a helical winding head, fibers are fed from yarn-feeding sections to the tank. After the tank turns back in the tank axial direction, a large number of fibers are wound around one domed portion and a trunk portion of the tank, and trailing ends of the large number of fibers are located at one end portion of the trunk portion. Then a piece or a small number of fibers are fed from a rotating hoop winding head to the trunk portion, and hoop winding is performed on helical winding layers formed around the trunk portion. Then, at the one end portion of the trunk portion, the large number of fibers pulled from the yarn-feeding sections of the helical winding head are cut off. | 12-13-2012 |
20130004883 | HIGH-NITROGEN STAINLESS STEEL PIPE WITH HIGH STRENGTH, HIGH DUCTILITY, AND EXCELLENT CORROSION AND HEAT RESISTANCE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a novel high-nitrogen stainless-steel pipe which is not obtained with any conventional technique, the stainless-steel pipe having high strength, high ductility, and excellent corrosion and heat resistance and being obtained through size reduction of crystal grains and strengthening by slight plastic working besides formation of a gradient structure in which the concentration of solid-solution nitrogen continuously decreases gradually from the surface. Also provided are hollow materials of various shapes and sizes which are formed from the steel pipe and processes for producing the steel pipe and the hollow materials. An austenitic stainless-steel pipe is treated in a range of the temperatures not higher than the critical temperature for crystal grain enlargement of the steel pipe material to cause nitrogen (N) to be absorbed into the surface of the pipe and diffused into the solid phase, while minimizing the enlargement of crystal grains during the treatment. Thus, a gradient structure is formed, the structure including a part that is close to the surface part of the pipe and has been highly strengthened by the formation of a high-concentration solid solution of N and a part in which ductility gradually increases toward around the center of the cross-section of the pipe as the N concentration decreases. Thereafter, the pipe is subjected to size reduction of crystal grains by utilizing, for example, eutectoid transformation of the austenite phase, thereby greatly improving the elongation (ductility) of the steel pipe. Furthermore, the steel pipe is strengthened by slight plastic working to give a high-nitrogen austenitic stainless-steel pipe having high strength, high ductility, and excellent corrosion and heat resistance. A plurality of the thus-obtained high-nitrogen austenitic stainless steel pipes of the same quality are disposed one over another so as to result in dimensions, e.g., diameter and wall thickness, according to the use or strength level, and this pipe arrangement is united by adhesion processing through hot drawing, hot rolling, or other method to give a high-nitrogen austenitic stainless-steel pipe or hollow material which has high strength, high ductility, and heat resistance and has repetitions of the gradient structure within the wall. This stainless-steel pipe or hollow material can have large or small sizes and be of various kinds, and examples thereof include a hollow material for use as a container for storing high-pressure hydrogen gas which is for fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and which does not suffer hydrogen gas embrittlement (HGE) in the presence of high-pressure hydrogen gas. | 01-03-2013 |
20130143147 | LIQUID BATTERY FORMED FROM ENCAPSULATED COMPONENTS - An apparatus includes at least one battery storage compartment configured to store one or more encapsulated anodes and one or more encapsulated cathodes and at least one beverage storage compartment configured to store at least a component of a beverage. The apparatus also includes a manifold operably connected to the at least one battery storage compartment and to the at least one beverage storage compartment. The manifold is configured to receive at least one of the one or more encapsulated anodes, at least one of the one or more encapsulated cathodes, and at least a portion of the component of the beverage to form a battery that is configured to generate an electrical current. | 06-06-2013 |
20130260284 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A cartridge holder houses a fuel cartridge between a first flat plate and a second flat plate, one each side of which is connected by a joining section, in a detachable manner. A fuel cell module and a second fuel cell module are fixed to the outer surface of the first flat plate and the outer surface of the second flat plate, respectively. As the fuel cartridge is housed in the cartridge holder, the first flat plate and the second flat plate are pressed against and then attached firmly to the outer surfaces of the fuel cartridge. | 10-03-2013 |
20140170530 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a storage device, a receptacle, a housing, and a vehicle side communication device. The housing has a bottom wall recessed from a surface of a body of the fuel cell vehicle by a predetermined depth. The receptacle protrudes from a bottom face of the bottom wall to an inner space of the housing. The vehicle side communication device is provided to the housing on an outer circumferential side of the receptacle. The vehicle side communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a nozzle side communication device provided to a nozzle. The vehicle side communication device is disposed on a deeper side than the bottom face of the bottom wall and/or is disposed via a partition wall configured to shield the vehicle side communication device from fuel gas in the inner space. | 06-19-2014 |
20140272670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A FUEL STORAGE TANK WITH A LINER AND INNER BAG FOR A FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of manufacturing a fuel storage tank for a fuel cell system used for storing various pressurized fluids having separate permeation characteristics for reducing permeation leakage during various temperature and pressure cycles. The fuel storage tank comprises a formed liner to define an inner cavity, as well as a boss connected to the liner, a reinforcement structure formed around a portion of the boss and the liner, a permeation bag affixed to a first securing member and inserted into the inner cavity of the liner. The first securing member is coupled with the boss and a second securing member is assembled to the boss adjacent the first securing member to secure a fluid tight connection between the permeation bag, the liner and the boss. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272671 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CONSUMPTION SYSTEM - A fuel cell system and a fuel consumption system verify the location of a filling failure at a time that a fuel gas filling process suffers from such a filling failure. Either one of encoded data indicating an infrared radiation signal related to the fuel gas filling process, which is sent from a vehicle to an external hydrogen station, and a drive signal, which comprises a train of binary pulses converted from the encoded data, is recorded in a recording unit of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A MATRIX LINER FOR A PRESSURE VESSEL - A pressure vessel for the storage of pressurized fluids for a fuel cell system, a liner for the pressurized vessel and a method of making. The method of manufacturing a pressure vessel includes forming a lost core assembly, a reinforcement structure around the assembly and removing the core from said assembly to define an internal compartment. The lost core assembly includes a first sacrificial material used to define the shape of the pressure vessel's internal compartment, boss attachable to the first material for the introduction and removal of the fluid into the pressure vessel, and a second material for placement around the first material and at least a portion of the boss such that upon removal of the sacrificial first material, the second material defines the liner. The reinforcement structure is wound around the liner to give the pressure vessel a unitary, composite structure. | 10-02-2014 |
20140363757 | PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT UNIT AND REDOX DEVICE HAVING A PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT UNIT - A pressure adjustment unit for an adjustment of fluid pressures in at least one first fluid chamber and in at least one second fluid chamber, which at least in the main is separate from the first fluid chamber, within at least one pressure interval, in particular for an at least substantial avoidance of a relative overpressure in one of the fluid chambers, having at least one first pressure expansion element which is provided for modifying a spatial volume of the at least one first fluid chamber, having at least one second pressure expansion element which is provided for modifying a spatial volume of the at least one second fluid chamber, and having at least one pressure coupling unit which is provided for effecting a negative feedback of spatial volume changes of the at least one first fluid chamber and of the at least one second fluid chamber. | 12-11-2014 |
20150372322 | STRUCTURE FOR SECURING HYDROGEN TANK IN FUEL-CELL-TYPE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL UNIT - Structure for securing hydrogen tank in fuel-cell-type industrial vehicle, wherein said hydrogen tank is characterized in that: a fuel cell unit accommodating a fuel cell is installed in an accommodation compartment for accommodating a battery, the accommodation compartment being provided to a vehicle body; a weight member for weight adjustment and a cross-sectionally cylindrical hydrogen tank are accommodated inside the fuel cell unit; a cross-sectionally-arcuate tank supporting surface that imitates the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank is formed on the top surface of the weight member; and the hydrogen tank is supported on the tank supporting surface and secured by a fixing band provided around the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank. | 12-24-2015 |
20160059734 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a fuel storage container, a container installation space, a fill lid box, and a fuel gas detector. The fuel cell is to generate power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas. At least part of the fuel storage container is disposed in the container installation space. The fill lid box includes a gas fill port inside the fill lid box and has a communication hole to connect an inside of the fill lid box with the container installation space. The fuel gas is to be supplied through the gas fill port into the fuel storage container from an outside of the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel gas detector is disposed inside the fill lid box to detect a fuel gas leakage and to detect a fuel gas density in the container installation space. | 03-03-2016 |