06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130034696 | COLORED ROOFING GRANULES WITH INCREASED SOLAR HEAT REFLECTANCE, SOLAR HEAT-REFLECTIVE SHINGLES, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Solar-reflective roofing granules having deep-tone colors are formed by coating base mineral particles with a coating composition including an infrared-reflective pigment. Color is provided by a colored infrared pigment, a light-interference platelet pigment, or a metal oxide. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034697 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING SURFACE SOLAR REFLECTANCE OF ROOFING - A roofing product has a substrate having a binder layer and roofing granules on a majority of the binder layer, such that an exposed portion of the binder layer does not have the roofing granules. In addition, reflective particles may be located on the exposed portion of the binder layer. The reflective particles are smaller in size than the roofing granules, and the reflective particles have a solar reflectance of greater than 40%. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034698 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE WITH SURFACE STRUCTURE COPYING FROM A TEMPLATE - Disclosed herein are a flexible substrate with surface structure and a method for manufacturing the flexible substrate. The disclosure relates to a low-cost process to manufacturing the flexible substrate that is adapted to the large-area mass production. According to one of the embodiments in the disclosure, the method introduces a mold with surface structure. An isolation material is formed on the mold surface in an earlier stage. Upon the isolation layer, a flexible substrate material is coated. After that, a baking step is employed to cure the flexible substrate material. The flexible substrate with surface structure is therefore formed after de-molding the cured substrate. Another aspect to the disclosure adopts the above-formed substrate to be a base substrate. A second flexible substrate with the surface structure identical to the mold is then formed by performing the above steps. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034699 | BASE MATERIAL FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT DISSIPATER OF LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is a base material for manufacturing a heat dissipater of lighting device, which includes a board having opposite surfaces respectively forming a planar face section and a curved face section. The board forms a channel in an edge portion of the planar face section and also forms a pawl on an edge portion of the curved face section that is distant from the channel. Heat dissipation fins may obtain a desired configuration with the primary processing without additional processing applied to the external shape thereof, so that product passing rate can be improved. Further, cutting and shoveling operation applied to the fins allow the thickness of the fins to be reduced so that the number of the heat dissipation fins can be increased and the heat dissipation efficiency improved. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034700 | LAMINATED FOAMS WITH MATING PEAKS AND GROOVES - A laminated foam article contains at least two foam boards having mating peak and groove surface profiles where surface skin remains on at least a portion of the profiles and wherein the foam boards are laminated to one another in a mating orientation with the peaks of one foam surface within the grooves of the adjoining foam surface with an adhesive between the mating surfaces of the foams and wherein the laminated foam article has a thickness that exceeds 200 millimeters. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034701 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND COMPOSITE MADE BY SAME - A resin composition used to being injection molded to metal to make composite of resin and metal, comprises 40% to 90% by weight of main resin, 5% to 30% by weight of crystallization modifier; and 0% to 40% by weight of filler. The main resin comprises one or more ingredients selected from a group consisting of one or more ingredients selected from polyamide polymers. The resin composition has a low crystallization temperature and an appropriate crystallization rate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034702 | COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A composite is provided that has a structured sol-gel layer on a substrate. The sol-gel layer is extremely resistant against mechanical stress and other influences from outside due to its production method. The composite is suitable for use in a lot of technical fields, since the sol-gel layer can be provided with nearly any arbitrary structure. For example, the structure may result in optical effects and may be used in optical systems. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034703 | FILM STACKS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a plurality of spacers in a film stack includes forming at least one electrically-conductive element having sidewalls on a substrate, depositing a plurality of passivation layers proximate to the substrate, and performing etching on one of the plurality of passivation layers to form a plurality of spacers substantially across from the sidewalls of the at least one electrically-conductive element. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034704 | NESTABLE MOLDED ARTICLES, AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, and a ledge between the bead and cove portions. The articles are stackable, one above another for transport, in a nestable relationship in which multiple contact zones are present between the contoured walls of an adjacently stacked pair of the molded articles. The contact zones include an arcuately extending contact interface zone between the bead exterior and interior surfaces. The depression has a substantially uniform thickness varying by no more than about +1 percent to about −11 percent in relation to a thickness of the planar wall. Related methods and assemblies are also provided. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034705 | Molybdenum Composite Hybrid Laminates and Methods - In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate. The laminate has a plurality of composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of surface treated molybdenum foil layers interweaved between the composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of adhesive layers disposed between and bonding adjacent layers of the composite material layers and the molybdenum foil layers. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034706 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, PRODUCTION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to a pattern forming method comprising:
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20130034707 | MICROSTRUCTURED DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A security device has a support substrate of a first material having a softening temperature t1 and an embossed layer of a second different material supported by the support substrate having a softening temperature t2, wherein t22013-02-07 | |
20130034708 | METHOD OF PREPARING THIN FILM, THIN FILM, APPARATUS FOR PREPARING THIN FILM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THIN FILM - A method of preparing a thin film includes coating a thin film-forming composition on a substrate, and heat-treating the coated thin film-forming composition under a pressure less than 760 Torr. The thin film includes a compact layer having a thickness in a range of greater than 50 Å to about 20,000 Å and a refractive index in a range of about 1.85 to about 2.0. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034709 | RESIN COMPOSITION, SYNTHETIC RESIN SHEET, SYNTHETIC RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE, AND SYNTHETIC RESIN LAMINATE - The present invention provides a resin composition which can be molded easily and from which can be obtained synthetic resin molded articles superior in mechanical strength such as modulus of tensile elasticity, appearance such as surface smoothness, and dimensional stability. Since the resin composition of the present invention is characterized by containing a synthetic resin and a flaked graphite that is a laminate of graphene sheets the number of which is 150 or less and that has an aspect ratio of 20 or more, it is superior in moldability and synthetic resin molded articles with desired shapes can be produced therefrom by a widely used molding method. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034710 | OPTICALLY CLEAR BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM WITH ANTI-IRIDESCENT PRIMER LAYER - A highly optically clear, composite film has a predominantly thermoplastic polyester base layer of A/B/C-layered structure and a polyester and polyurethane blend primer layer Preferably core layer B of the base layer is substantially particle-free polyester and outer layers A and C include organic and/or inorganic particles. The primer layer is crosslinked using a carbodiimide crosslinking agent. The primer layer and base layer composite can be laminated with a protective layer of primarily acrylic polymer for a solar control film. Functional additives, such as UV light blockers can be present in layers of the composite and solar control films. The primer layer combination of polyurethane and crosslinking by carbodiimide, provides the acrylic coated polyester solar control film with notably reduced iridescence and durable adhesion between polyester and acrylic layers in moist and warm service conditions. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034711 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING SAME - The optical element of the present invention has an anti-reflection film formed on a substrate. The anti-reflection film comprises a low refractive index layer that is formed by mutually binding hollow fine particles, each of which has a vacancy therein, using a binder, and the low refractive index layer consists of a first layer serving as an outermost layer and a second layer which is adjacent to the first layer and is located on the substrate side. Here, the filling ratio of the binder to the first layer is lower than the filling ratio of the binder to the second layer, the refractive index of the first layer is 1.1 or more but not more than 1.25 and the refractive index of the second layer is 1.26 or more but not more than 1.35 | 2013-02-07 |
20130034712 | Coated CBN Sintered Body - A coated cBN sintered body has excellent wear resistance, fracture resistance, adhesiveness between a substrate and a coating, and a tool life of which is elongated as compared with conventional cBN sintered bodies. The coated cBN sintered body has a cBN sintered body substrate and a coating coated on the surface thereof. The cBN sintered body includes 76 to 90% by volume of cBN, and 10 to 24% by volume of a binder phase and inevitable impurities. An average grain size of cBN is 0.5 to 5.0 μm, an average value of the thickness of the binder phase is 0.05 to 0.8 μm, and the standard deviation of the thickness of the binder phase is 0.8 μm or less. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034713 | DISPLAY PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A display panel assembly is made by optically bonding a display panel and a substantially transparent substrate. Optical bonding is carried out by forming an optical bonding layer having regions of different physical properties. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034714 | POROUS SILICON - A method of making porous silicon using a chemical etchant comprising metal ions is described. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034715 | Method of Fabricating Doped Lutetium Aluminum Garnet (LuAG) or Other Lutetium Aluminum Oxide Based Transparent Ceramic Scintillators - Optical quality doped polycrystalline lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG) scintillator materials having a transmittance in the visible light spectrum greater than 75% and methods for producing same from aluminum oxide and doped lutetium oxide powders. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034716 | IMPERVIOUS BREATHABLE ETHYLENE COPOLYMER FILM - The invention relates to an impervious breathable film made of a composition that does not include polymers having polyether units and includes one or more polymers, at least one of which is an ethylene copolymer. Said impervious breathable film is moreover made of a comonomer, having the function of an acid or one of the derivatives thereof. In said impervious breathable film, the weight of comonomers, having the function of carboxylic acid or a derivative of said acid, is greater than or equal to 21 wt % in said copolymer. Said impervious film moreover relates to a slip additive. The film has a thickness of 2 to 30 μm and preferably 5 to 24 μm, for example, 10 to 20 μm. The invention also relates to an impervious breathable structure, containing a fibrous material and said film, and moreover relates to a method for manufacturing said structure. Said film and said structure are advantageously usable as an impervious breathable material for, for example, construction siding, | 2013-02-07 |
20130034717 | ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR WOOD CONSTRUCTION - An article of manufacture for wood construction, comprising: a plurality of layers facially attached to each other, each layer comprising a plurality of primary wood members, each neighboring two of the primary wood members being connected by a plurality of connecting wood members, each connecting wood member extending between the two neighboring primary wood members, each one of the layers being oriented with each primary wood member of the layer overlapping a plurality of respective connecting wood members of a neighboring one of the layers. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034718 | RUBBER REINFORCED ARTICLE WITH HIGH MODULUS, RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION TAPE ELEMENTS - A reinforced rubber article containing a rubber article and a fibrous layer embedded into the rubber article. The fibrous layer contains monoaxially drawn tape elements having a rectangular cross-section and at least a first layer having a draw ratio of at least about 5, a modulus of at least about 2 GPa, a density of at least 0.85 g/cm | 2013-02-07 |
20130034719 | Cooling Signal Device For Use In An Absorbent Article - A signal device includes a signal composite made with a coextruded film having at least two layers, a polymer skin layer and a stimulation layer. The stimulation layer includes a cooling agent and a polymer binder. The stimulation layer may be about 50 to 98 percent by weight of the signal composite. The signal device may be used in an absorbent article to provide a cooling sensation after a body-fluid insult has taken place. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034720 | Sliding Member and Image-Fixing Device - An object is to provide a sliding member having improved lubricant retention capacity without deteriorating the strength of a woven fabric. The sliding member includes: a fabric woven with a yarn containing a fiber bundle of fluororesin; and a lubricant attached to the fabric. In the sliding member, the fluororesin may be polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., expanded polytetrafluoroethylene). An oil may be used as the lubricant. The sliding member can be used in an image-fixing device. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034721 | POLYMER MODIFIED MORTAR FOR ROOFING SYSTEM - A roofing system comprising a thermal insulation foam layer which is applied onto a roof deck, and a mortar layer, wherein the thermal insulation foam layer is between the roof deck and the mortar layer. The mortar layer is made of a mortar composition, which could achieve the ratio of compressive strength to bending strength is less than 3 while keeping the bending strength larger than 7 MPa. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034722 | SOL-GEL BASED ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS USING PARTICLE-BINDER APPROACH WITH HIGH DURABILITY, MOISTURE RESISTANCE, CLOSED PORE STRUCTURE AND CONTROLLABLE PORE SIZE - Durable porous low refractive index coatings, methods and compositions for forming the porous low refractive index coatings are provided. The method comprises coating a substrate with a sol formulation comprising a silane-based binder having one or more reactive groups and silica based nanoparticles and annealing the coated substrate. The silane-based binder comprises from about 30 wt. % to about 70 wt. % ash contribution in the total ash content of the sol formulation. Porous coatings formed according to the embodiments described herein demonstrate good optical properties (e.g., a low refractive index) while maintaining good mechanical durability due to the presence of a high amount of binder and a closed pore structure. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034723 | METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATING A SUBSTRATE AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for surface treating a substrate ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034724 | INTERLAMINER REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - In an embodiment of the invention, a laminar composite has at least one interlaminar reinforced interface comprising a dispersion of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles with a large aspect ratio fixed between adjacent lamina by residues of the binding agents. In another embodiment of the invention, a method to prepare a laminar composite having reinforced interfaces involves the deposition of binding-agent-treated low-dimensional nanoparticles from a solution or suspension onto the surface or a prepreg sheet, where, optionally, after removal of the liquid that comprises the solution or suspension, sheets of the prepreg are layed-up and cured to form the laminar composite. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034725 | CIRCUIT MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED BOND, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM - A circuit material, comprising a conductive metal layer or a dielectric circuit substrate layer and an adhesive layer disposed on the conductive metal layer or the dielectric substrate layer, wherein the adhesive comprises a poly(arylene ether) and a polybutadiene or polyisoprene polymer. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034726 | FLUID ACTIVATABLE ADHESIVES AND FLUIDS FOR ACTIVATING SAME FOR USE WITH LINER-FREE LABELS - Fluid activatable adhesive compositions and activating fluid(s) for activating the adhesive composition are described herein. The adhesive compositions contain at least two polymers with different hydrophilicities. The hydrophilic polymer has quick tack when exposed to a hydrophilic solvent, such as water or other aqueous solvent, while the hydrophobic polymer provides strong adhesion to a paper or polymeric substrate. The adhesive composition may contain particulate fillers which enable fast exhaustion of the activation fluid out of the adhesive when applied to a substrate, thereby allowing the hydrophobic polymers of the adhesive composition to achieve strong adhesion of the liner-free label to the paper or polymeric substrate. The particulate fillers may also function as anti-blocking agents when liner-free label media are tightly wound in a roll. The adhesive compositions described herein may be used not only on paper, cardboard, and metal, but also on glass and plastics commonly used in commercial applications. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034727 | ADHESIVE STACK WITH A CENTRAL SHEAR LAYER - An adhesive stack comprises a shear layer positioned between two adhesive layers. The shear layer, comprised of a weak adhesive sub-layer positioned between substrate sub-layers, is designed to fail upon application of a deliberate and appropriate shear force and before the failure of the adhesive layers. The adhesive sub-layer defines a width and/or length less than a width and/or length of another layer or sub-layer of the adhesive stack. The adhesive stack aids in securing components within an electronic device to prevent movement of the component when the device is dropped, hit, or bumped. The adhesive stack may occupy minimal space within the device, and reduce the cost of securing the component within the device's interior. The adhesive stack may allow for replacement of the component by an authorized person applying an appropriate and deliberate force. The adhesive stack may aid in identifying components replaced by an unauthorized person. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034728 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYERS, AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEETS - The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in removability, peel adhesive power temporal stability and staining properties; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer produced with the same; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The present invention also provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can prevent electrification of a non-antistatic protected adherend when peeled off using an ionic compound which is an antistatic agent, and is less likely to cause lifting and is also excellent in removability; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer produced with the same; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034729 | BASE MATERIAL FILM FOR DICING SHEET AND DICING SHEET - A base material film used for a dicing sheet, the dicing sheet including the base material film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on one surface of the base material film. The base material film includes a single layer of resin film or multiple layers of resin films, at least the resin film in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer being formed from a resin composition containing ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer as a main constituent, the resin composition further containing 0.3 to 17.0 parts by mass of an epoxy compound based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer. The dicing sheet that uses the base material film does not require application of physical energy such as an electron beam or a γ-ray, and can be reduced in dicing dust that is generated during the dicing of a cut object. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034730 | REMOVABLE WATER-DISPERSIBLE ACRYLIC PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided is a water-dispersible acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has satisfactory resistance to increase in adhesive strength and a good appearance and less causes staining on an adherend. The removable water-dispersible acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes an acrylic emulsion polymer (A) formed from constitutive monomers essentially including 70 to 99.5 percent by weight of a (meth)acrylic alkyl ester and 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of a carboxyl-containing unsaturated monomer based on the total amount of the constitutive monomers; a water-insoluble crosslinking agent (B); an acetylenic diol compound (C); and a specific polyether defoaming agent (D). The acetylenic diol compound (C) has an HLB of less than 13, and the polyether defoaming agent (D) has a PO in a content of from 70 to 100 percent by weight and a number-average molecular weight of from 1200 to 4000. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034731 | ADJUVANT CONTAINING beta-HEMATIN - The present invention is directed to providing a method for preparing a vaccine adjuvant composition containing β-hematin and a vaccine adjuvant composition obtained by the preparation method. The present invention is directed to a vaccine adjuvant composition containing a β-hematin crystal having an average particle size of 20 to 500 nm. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034732 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS - The present invention provides methods of producing manufactured aggregates and other compositions from an encapsulated PCM slurry, suspension or emulsion by combining a cementitious binder and a adsorbent and/or absorbent with the PCM slurry. The encapsulated PCM-containing composition can be produced in an agglomeration process. The ingredients can also be mixed to form a viscous mass which can be extruded or otherwise formed to produce useful products. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034733 | BIARYL POLYCARBONATE INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - An intermediate transfer member that includes biaryl polycarbonates, an optional polysiloxane, and an optional conductive filler component. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034734 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND COMPOSITE MADE BY SAME - A resin composition used to being injection molded to metal to make composite of resin and metal, comprises 40% to 90% by weight of main resin, 0% to 30% by weight of reinforcer; and 0% to 40% by weight of filler. The main resin comprises one or more ingredients selected from a group consisting of PCT and derivatives of PCT. The resin composition has a low crystallization temperature and an appropriate crystallization rate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034735 | ACTINIC-LIGHT-CURABLE COMPOSITION, MOLDED POLYCARBONATE RESIN OBJECT WITH A CURED FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is an active energy ray-curing composition containing an active energy ray-curing prepolymer (A) obtainable by a reaction of an acrylic-based prepolymer having a hydroxyl group and an acrylic monomer (a4) having an isocyanate group, an active energy ray-curing compound (B) having a benzotriazole group, another active energy ray-curing compound (C) differing from the (A) component and the (B) component, and inorganic oxide particles (D). The acrylic-based prepolymer having the hydroxyl group is a copolymer that includes an acrylic monomer (a1) having a piperidinyl group, an acrylic monomer (a2) having a hydroxyl group, etc., as monomer units. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034736 | SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL BASED ON A STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE - A composition, including at least one curable structural adhesive, and at least one thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is present in the structural adhesive as penetrating polymer network. Such a composition constitutes a so-called shape memory material and is suitable for reinforcing cavities in structural components, such as, for example, in automobile bodies. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034737 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF CURED MULTILAYER SHEET AND CURED MULTILAYER SHEET - Disclosed is a cured multilayer sheet production method, comprising adjacently laminating a first uncured layer formed by a first curable resin and a second uncured layer formed by a second curable resin to form a laminated body, wherein the first curable resin contains a first monomer or partial polymer thereof, and an immiscible substance, the second curable resin contains a second monomer and polymer, the first monomer concentration in the first curable resin is higher than the polymerizable monomer concentration in the second curable resin, wherein in the laminating step, the immiscible substance is eccentrically distributed on or near an interface on the side opposite to the second uncured layer, and thereafter curing the layers, so that a cured multilayer sheet, wherein a substance different from a polymer cured layer is eccentrically located on the surface of the polymer cured layer, is produced at high productivity. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034738 | USE OF N-ETHYL PYRROLIDONE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRODES FOR DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS - The invention relates to the use of N-ethyl pyrrolidone in the production of electrodes for double-layer capacitors. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034739 | MICROCAPSULES ADAPTED TO RUPTURE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD TO ENABLE EASY REMOVAL OF ONE SUBSTRATE FROM ANOTHER FOR ENHANCED REWORKABILITY - An enhanced thermal interface material (TIM) gap filler for filling a gap between two substrates (e.g., between a coldplate and an electronics module) includes microcapsules adapted to rupture in a magnetic field. The microcapsules, which are distributed in a TIM gap filler, each have a shell that encapsulates a solvent. One or more organosilane-coated magnetic nanoparticles is/are covalently bound into the shell of each microcapsule. In one embodiment, (3-aminopropyl) trimethylsilane-coated magnetite nanoparticles are incorporated into the shell of a urea-formaldehyde (UF) microcapsule during in situ polymerization. To enable easy removal of one substrate affixed to another substrate by the enhanced TIM gap filler, the substrates are positioned within a magnetic field sufficient to rupture the microcapsule shells through magnetic stimulation of the organosilane-coated magnetic nanoparticles. The ruptured microcapsule shells release the solvent, which dissolves and/or swells the TIM gap filler, thereby reducing the bond strength between the substrates. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034740 | FUNCTIONALIZED NANO-SILICA FIBER COATING FOR USE AS AN ADHESIVE LAYER FOR INORGANIC FIBERS IN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES - Using nano-particles to topographically enhance the reacting surface of an inorganic fiber used as a reinforcement medium in an embedding matrix is described. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034741 | BRANCHED POLYESTER POLYMERS COMPRISING ISOPHTHALIC ACID AND COATINGS COMPRISING THE SAME - A branched polyester prepared as the reaction product of a polyacid comprising at least 90 mole % isophthalic acid, including its ester and/or anhydride, and a polyol comprising a tri- or higher-functional polyol is disclosed. Coatings comprising the same are also disclosed, as are substrates coated at least in part with such coatings. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034742 | ZIRCONIUM PRETREATMENT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A RARE EARTH METAL, ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR TREATING METAL SUBSTRATES, AND RELATED COATED METAL SUBSTRATES - Disclosed are methods for treating metal substrates that include contacting the substrate with a pretreatment composition comprising a rare earth metal and a zirconyl compound. The present invention also relates to coated substrates produced thereby and further to substrates additionally coated with an electrophoretically applied coating composition. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034743 | ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL HAVING SURFACE TREATMENT COATING FILM, AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SURFACE THEREOF - Provided is an aluminum or aluminum alloy material having a surface treatment coating film on a surface of a substrate formed by an aluminum or aluminum alloy. The aluminum or aluminum alloy material has: a substrate formed by an aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a first protective layer and a second protective layer in the order on a surface of the substrate, wherein the first protective layer is a conversion coating film including vanadium and at least one or more types of metals selected from titanium, zirconium, and hafnium, the second protective layer is an organic coating film having a composition that includes (1) a chitosan derivative and a solubilizing agent, (2) a modified polyvinyl alcohol formed by graft polymerization of a hydrophilic polymer to a side chain of polyvinyl alcohol, and (3) a water-soluble crosslinking agent. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034744 | METHOD FOR CASTING COMPOSITE INGOT - A method and apparatus are described for the casting of a composite metal ingot having two or more separately formed layers of one or more alloys. An open ended annular mould is provided having a divider wall dividing a feed end of the mould into at least two separate feed chambers. For each pair of adjacent feed chambers, a first alloy stream is fed through one of the pair of feed chambers into the mould and a second alloy stream is fed through another of the feed chambers. A self-supporting surface is generated on the surface of the first alloy stream and the second alloy stream is contacted with the first stream. By carefully selecting conditions and positions where the alloy streams meet, a composite metal ingot is formed in which the alloy layers are mutually attached with a substantially continuous metallurgical bond. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034745 | STEEL SHEET FOR CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a steel sheet for a container including: a plated layer containing an adhesion amount of 300 to 1000 mg/m | 2013-02-07 |
20130034746 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium for recording and reproducing information by means of a head which performs information readout and writing based on magnetic principles is disclosed. The medium comprises a magnetic layer formed on a substrate and a protective layer formed on the magnetic layer. The protective layer comprises an underlayer formed on the magnetic layer and includes a material selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon carbide and germanium. A carbon layer formed on the underlayer includes amorphous carbon containing hydrogen. The amount of hydrogen in the carbon layer is 24.7 at % or higher and 46.8 at % or lower, the thickness of the underlayer is 0.3 nm or greater and 1.8 nm or less, and the thickness of the carbon layer is 0.2 nm or greater and 1.7 nm or less. The medium exhibits corrosion resistance, sliding durability and head flying characteristics, and reduces magnetic spacing while securing reliability. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034747 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium can suppress the increase in head spacing and decrease in magnetic anisotropy of a magnetic layer. The method includes forming the magnetic recording layer and a protective layer precursor. The magnetic recording layer includes crystal grains of an ordered alloy and a grain boundary layer constituted by carbon and is formed on the non-magnetic substrate by a sputtering method using a target including metals constituting the ordered alloy and carbon. The protective layer precursor is constituted by carbon and is present on the magnetic recording layer. The method further includes irradiating the protective layer precursor with hydrocarbon ions generated by plasma discharge in a hydrocarbon gas and changing the protective layer precursor into the protective layer. The hydrocarbon ions have energy equal to or higher than 300 eV when the hydrocarbon ions reach the protective layer precursor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034748 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides: a method of producing, at low temperature, a magnetic recording medium comprising an L1 | 2013-02-07 |
20130034749 | CYCLOPHOSPHAZENE COMPOUND, LUBRICANT COMPRISING SAME, AND MAGNETIC DISK - A cyclophosphazene compound of the formula (I), and lubricants and magnetic disks using the compound | 2013-02-07 |
20130034750 | SECONDARY BATTERY PACK OF NOVEL STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including an anode terminal and a cathode terminal of a battery cell, and being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the anode terminal and the cathode terminal being electrically connected to a protection circuit module (PCM), a battery cell having the anode terminal and the cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell being provided at the end thereof with a thermally welded surplus portion, and a PCM including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, the PCB being provided at one side thereof with a cathode terminal connection portion and an anode terminal connection portion and at the other side thereof with an external input and output terminal connection portion, an external input and output terminal electrically connected to the protection circuit of the PCB via the external input and output terminal connection portion of the PCB. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034751 | ELECTRODE BOARD HAVING SECURITY DEVICE AND POWER BATTERY SYSTEM USING SAME - A power battery system includes a number of parallel groups that being connected in series and a number of improved electrode boards. Each of the parallel groups comprising a number of single batteries connected in parallel. Each of the improved electrode boards being connected between two neighbored parallel groups. Each of the improved electrode boards includes a number of electrode contact plate, a conductive substrate, and a number of security devices. Each electrode contact plate connects two neighbored single batteries of two neighbored parallel groups in series. Each of the security devices corresponds to an electrode connection plate and electrically connects an electrode connection plate to the conductive substrate. Each of the security devices fuses when one of the single batteries of a parallel group occurs short circuit. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034752 | SECONDARY BATTERY PACK WITH IMPROVED SAFETY - Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including an anode terminal of a battery cell, the anode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the anode terminal being electrically connected to a protection circuit module (PCM) via a safety element, a cathode terminal of the battery cell, the cathode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the cathode terminal being directly electrically connected to the PCM, a battery cell having the anode terminal and the cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell being provided at the end thereof with a thermally welded surplus portion, and a PCM including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034753 | STORAGE BATTERY MODULE - A storage battery module is provided in which, even in a case where the storage battery module is formed by integrally assembling a plurality of secondary batteries, the secondary batteries can be compactly assembled while non-uniformity in battery temperature distribution is prevented, and wiring connection work is facilitated. Using a secondary battery RB (RB | 2013-02-07 |
20130034754 | BATTERY WITH VOLTAGE-GENERATING CELLS AND INTERPOSED COMPENSATING PLATES - A battery having a plurality of voltage-generating cells in which a plate-shaped intermediate element having elastic ribs at least on one side thereof is arranged at least between adjacent voltage-generating cells. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034755 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a direction, and a plurality of barriers, each arranged between battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and including a body unit having at least one opening and facing a face of a battery cell of the battery cells, at least one side unit connected to at least one end of the body unit such that at least a portion of the at least one side unit contacts a side of the battery cell, and at least one fixing unit on the side unit and configured to connect the barrier to an adjacent barrier of the plurality of barriers. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034756 | BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY - A vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps to be received in respective vent ports formed in a battery cover. Each of the vent caps includes a cylindrical body having first pin located at an axial center thereof and a second pin offset from the axial center. A plurality of elongate members is operably coupled to each of the vent caps by the first and second pins. An actuator is operably coupled to the elongate members and at least one of the vent caps to cause simultaneous rotational movement of the vent caps. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034757 | BATTERY VENT CAP - A battery vent cap includes a cylindrical body having an upper portion and a lower portion. A pair of diametrically opposed, radially outwardly extending bayonet tabs is formed on the lower portion. The bayonet tabs permit an installation of the vent cap into a vent port of a battery cover without rotational movement thereof and a removal of the vent cap from the vent port with less than about 180 degrees rotational movement. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034758 | ACCUMULATOR ARRANGEMENT - An accumulator arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The accumulator arrangement includes an array of a plurality of galvanically connected accumulator cells. Each cell is individually removable from the array and replaceable. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034759 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER SYSTEM - A nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte that contains a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one phosphorus compound selected from the group consisting of phosphine oxide, phosphonic ester, and phosphinic ester, and the phosphine oxide, the phosphonic ester, and the phosphinic ester are phosphorus compounds represented by the following formulae (I), (II), and (III), respectively. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034760 | BIOCOMPATIBLE WIRE BATTERY - A rechargeable electrochemical battery in the form of a single or multi-stranded wire assembly may be utilized as a power source for any number of implantable or non-implantable medical devices. As the wire form battery may be scaled to micro size, it may be utilized to power medical devices that were traditionally non-active devices, but which may be enhanced with active components. The wire form battery may be cut to size for a particular application which provides the same open circuit voltage regardless of how the wire is ultimately configured and the length of the wire utilized. Although the battery is in wire form, various arrangements of the components within the battery are also possible. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034761 | Electrochemical Cell with Improved Internal Contact - Electrochemical battery cells with strip-like electrodes and having a pressure contact between a lead from one of the electrodes and a sidewall of the cell container. An electrochemical cell having a spiral wound electrode assembly having an internal lead in direct pressure contact with a lithium foil negative electrode free of a separate current collector and in contact with an inner portion of the cell container, wherein specified contact between the lead and lithium foil provides current flow between the container and foil. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034762 | High Discharge Capacity Lithium Battery - A lithium/iron disulfide electrochemical battery cell with a high discharge capacity. The cell has a lithium negative electrode, an iron disulfide positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The iron disulfide of the positive electrode has a controlled average particle size range which allows the electrochemical cells to exhibit desired properties in both low and high rate applications. In various embodiments, the iron disulfide particles are wet milled, preferably utilizing a media mill or milled utilizing a non-mechanical mill such as a jet mill, which reduces the iron disulfide particles to a desired average particle size range for incorporation into the positive electrode. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034763 | Battery Pack and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A battery pack and a method of manufacturing the battery pack, to include a pouch battery cell and a casing frame to accommodate and securely surround the battery cell. The casing frame may be constructed with a base frame, a first lateral frame protruding from one edge of the base frame, and a wing portion that is rotatable with respect to the base frame. The wing portion rotates from a first position where the battery cell can be inserted into the casing frame, to a second position where the battery cell is surrounded by and secured within the casing frame against damage from external forces, impulses and impacts. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034764 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply includes rectangular battery cells | 2013-02-07 |
20130034765 | Automotive battery connection system - An automotive battery connection system, which includes a substantially cylindrical battery case acting as a terminal for an automotive battery. The battery case includes partitions defining a keyway for cables and a center partition dividing the battery case into two case pockets. A battery positive post is situated within one of the case pockets. A battery negative post is situated in the other of the case pockets. A substantially cylindrical plug is adapted to seat on the partitions of the battery case. The plug comprises a pair of sockets defined within its base, each socket defined within one of the plug pockets shaped identical to the battery positive post and the battery negative post and sized to have the battery positive post and the battery negative post securely seat therein. Therefore, cables terminating within the base of the plug are in conductive communication with the sockets. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034766 | SEPARATOR FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERY AND REDOX FLOW BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - A separator for a redox flow battery including a proton conductive polymer including a first repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1a and a second repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1b, and a redox flow battery including the same. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034767 | BATTERY PACK LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system operable to cool a battery pack or other device through a heat exchange operation supported, at least in part, with cycling of a coolant relative to a coldplate or other thermally conducting surface of the device and/or attached thereto. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034768 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes; a plurality of battery cell packs; a plurality of heat dissipation plates and a cooler that absorbs heat radiated from the battery cell packs and absorbed by the heat dissipation plates. The battery cell packs and the heat dissipation plates being alternately stacked. Each of the heat dissipation plates has an interlayer plate portion that is in contact with corresponding two of the battery cell packs and side wall plate portions that extend in the stacking direction with respect to the interlayer plate portion on both end sides of the interlayer plate portion and that are in contact with the cooler at outer faces thereof, and each of the heat dissipation plates has a low thermal resistance region between the interlayer plate portion and each side wall plate portion, the low thermal resistance region having a lower thermal resistance than the interlayer plate portion. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034769 | LAMINATED POROUS FILM, SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a laminated porous film that simultaneously satisfies communication, heat resistance and workability and has excellent properties as a separator for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The laminated porous film is characterized in that a heat-resistant layer comprising a filler (a), a resin binder(b), and an extending agent(c) is laminated on at least one side of a porous polyolefin resin film, and in that the air permeability is no more than 2,000 s/100 ml. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034770 | FLEXIBLE, POROUS CERAMIC COMPOSITE FILM - The present invention is directed toward a laminated electrode and porous separator film combination including a solid electrolyte salt within the porous separator film, the combination comprising layer of powdered cathode material adhering to a surface of a separator film with a solid electrolyte therebetween; the separator film comprising 50% to 95% by weight of electrically non-conductive ceramic fibers having a coating of magnesium oxide on the surface of the fibers in an amount in the range of 5% to 50% by weight; wherein the ceramic fibers comprise Al | 2013-02-07 |
20130034771 | MULTI-CELL BATTERY - A battery with improved power output, reduced heat production and longer performance under constant discharge is disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034772 | BATTERY - Provided is a battery having an outer package made of a laminated film, and further with a terminal having a plate-form first metal layer, and second metal layers laid over both surfaces of the first metal layer, respectively. The terminal is sandwiched between portions of the resin layer or between the resin layers, and at its sandwiched region the second metal layers of the terminal contact the resin layer(s) of the laminated film. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034773 | SECONDARY CELL - Provided is a secondary cell in which the production takt time can be improved, airtightness of a cell canister is exhibited, cell capacity can be increased, and excellent handling properties can be obtained. A secondary cell comprising an electrode group ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034774 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode and the negative electrode occlude and discharge lithium irons. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains an additive and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The additive includes an organic solvent having a donor number of 18 to 24. A content of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is 0% to 2.0% of a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034775 | CARBON NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A carbon negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery includes: a core carbon material; and a coated layer covering the core carbon material and comprising a carbon coating material and carbon fiber. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034776 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE CONTAINING SULFUR COMPOUND BASED UPON SULFIDE BOND AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is lithium iron phosphate having an olivine crystal structure, wherein the lithium iron phosphate has a composition represented by the following Formula 1, a sulfur compound with a sulfide bond is contained, as an impurity, in the lithium iron phosphate particles, and carbon (C) is coated on particle surfaces of the lithium iron phosphate: | 2013-02-07 |
20130034777 | MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE, BATTERY SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - A method of manufacturing a microporous polymeric membrane including: heat-setting the microporous polymeric membrane in at least a first stage and a final stage, the first stage being upstream of the final stage and a temperature of the first stage being at least 15° C. cooler than a temperature of the final stage. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034778 | METHOD OF FORMING A FILM MADE OF A FLUOROPOLYMER OF THE POLYVINYLLDENE FLUORIDE TYPE THAT CAN BE USED AS A SEPARATOR FOR A LITHIUM BATTERY - A film made of a fluorinated polymer of the polyvinylidene fluoride type having suitable properties for use as a lithium storage battery separator is produced using a phase inversion technique in which a solution containing the fluorinated polymer is brought into the presence of an atmosphere laden with water vapor to precipitate the fluorinated polymer. The fluorinated polymer can be precipitated by placing the support on which the solution is deposited, in which the fluorinated polymer has been previously dissolved, in an enclosure containing an atmosphere laden with water vapor and thermostatically regulated to a temperature comprised between 30° C. and 70° C. The relative humidity content during precipitation of the fluorinated polymer is advantageously between about 60% and about 98%. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034779 | ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - In one aspect, an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent including ethylene carbonate and an additive including diphenyl carbonate, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034780 | ELECTROLYTE FOR MAGNESIUM BATTERY - A magnesium battery, having an anode containing magnesium; a cathode stable to a voltage of at least 2.6 V relative to a magnesium reference; and an electrolyte containing an electrochemically active magnesium salt obtained by reaction of a Grignard reagent or Hauser base with a boron compound of formula BR | 2013-02-07 |
20130034781 | ELECTROLYTE SYSTEM FOR METAL-AIR BATTERIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - This invention is directed to electrolyte systems for metal-air electrochemical power sources, particularly Al-Air batteries and fuel cells with alkaline electrolyte, methods of increasing the ionic conductivity of such electrolytes, methods of increasing the electrolyte utilization coefficient and to methods of use thereof. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034782 | Fuel Cell System and Method of Operating the fuel Cell System - A method of operating a fuel cell system includes the steps of temporarily supplying a raw fuel to an electrode surface of an anode at the time of starting operation of the fuel cell system, supplying water vapor to the electrode surface of the anode at least based on any of the temperature of a fuel cell stack and the temperature of an evaporator after stopping the supply of the raw fuel, and supplying a fuel gas to the electrode surface of the anode by supplying the raw fuel and the water to the evaporator at least based on any of detection results of the pressure of the water supplied to the evaporator, the flow rate of the water supplied to the evaporator), the pressure of the water vapor discharged from the evaporator, and the flow rate of the water vapor discharged from the evaporator. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034783 | Energy storage system - A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their storage in their respective tanks. The heat exchanger also uses excess fuel cell heat to preheat streams of hydrogen and oxygen coming from the tanks. Phase separators serve both to separate water from hydrogen and oxygen, and to store the water. A thermal management system encloses all the system components except the tanks. An airfoil-shaped shell covers the system, and the larger of the two tanks extends substantially across the shell at its point of greatest camber thickness. The tanks are composed of polymer liners integral with composite shells. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034784 | BATTERY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BATTERY - A battery has a cathode and an anode, between which a solid electrolyte is disposed. The battery has a process gas feed on the cathode side. The battery is characterized in that an electrically conductive supporting body is disposed on the cathode surface. At least one chamber connected to the anode has a porous, oxidizable material and a redox pair that is gaseous at an operating temperature of the battery. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034785 | HYDROGEN GENERATION UTILIZING INTEGRATED CO2 REMOVAL WITH STEAM REFORMING - A steam reformer may comprise fluid inlet and outlet connections and have a substantially cylindrical geometry divided into reforming segments and reforming compartments extending longitudinally within the reformer, each being in fluid communication. With the fluid inlets and outlets. Further, methods for generating hydrogen may comprise steam reformation and material adsorption in one operation followed by regeneration of adsorbers in another operation. Cathode off-gas from a fuel cell may be used to regenerate and sweep the adsorbers, and the operations may cycle among a plurality of adsorption enhanced reformers to provide a continuous flow of hydrogen. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034786 | METHOD OF STARTING FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of starting a fuel cell system for a vehicle includes determining whether or not an activation signal of a fuel cell provided in the fuel cell system has been inputted, operating, if it is determined that the activation signal has been inputted, a cooling medium circulation pump to supply a cooling medium to an impurity removal mechanism for reducing a conductivity of the cooling medium, and driving an oxidant gas supply device and a fuel gas supply device in the fuel cell system to start activation of the fuel cell if it is determined that the conductivity of the cooling medium is less than or equal to a predetermined value. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034787 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply channel, a fuel off-gas discharge channel, an oxidant gas supply channel, an oxidant off-gas discharge channel, a first shut valve, a second shut valve, a shut valve controller, a temperature detector, a scavenging device, and an elapsed-time detector. The elapsed-time detector is configured to detect an elapsed time elapsed from a timing at which the fuel cell is shut down. The scavenging device scavenges the oxidant gas flow channel and the fuel gas flow channel in sequence if the elapsed time detected by the elapsed-time detector is within a first predetermined period of time. The scavenging device scavenges the fuel gas flow channel and the oxidant gas flow channel in sequence if the elapsed time detected by the elapsed-time detector is outside the first predetermined period of time. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034788 | INJECTOR OPENING DELAY DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY - A system and method for detecting an intermittent failure of an injector that injects hydrogen gas fuel into the anode side of a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system. The method includes operating the injector at a fixed injector pulse width and frequency, which causes the stack to generate a constant current, and therefore, a constant fuel consumption rate. While at a constant current, the injector is commanded to a constant duty cycle and frequency that matches the rate of fuel consumption in the fuel cell system. The resulting fuel pressure feedback is then monitored, and if it diverges from a defined nominal value, either in a constant or oscillatory manner, it can be determined that the injector has an intermittent opening failure. In one embodiment, the determination of the injector failure is performed during a shut-down sequence of the fuel cell system. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034789 | BIPOLAR PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A FUEL CELL - A bipolar plate assembly includes a first material and a second material. The second material has an in-plane thermal conductivity greater than the first material. The second material has a width and a thickness. A ratio of the width to the thickness of the second material is between 50 and 400. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034790 | FUEL CELL STACK HAVING A STRUCTURAL HEAT EXCHANGER - Disclosed are fuel cell stacks incorporating heat exchangers capable of also acting as members to compress the fuel cell stack. Heat exchange through conduction is enabled by placing the heat exchanger into contact with the edges of the bipolar plates. A compressive force within the fuel cell stack is achieved by placing the heat exchanger in tension between the endplates at the opposite ends of the fuel cell stack. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034791 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING FUEL FEED IN THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a fuel cell system that is fed fuel and provided information on the fed fuel. The system generates information about fuel utilization in the fuel cells and oxygen to carbon ratio (O/C ratio) in the fuel cell system process and includes features for controlling a loading of the fuel cells. The fuel cell system also includes a first closed loop controller for controlling the feeding of fuel by taking into account the fuel utilization information as process feedback information, and by implementing a constraint function taking control of O/C ratio by restricting output of the first controller when said O/C ratio deviates from an allowed range, and a second controller for controlling active fuel cell loading by implementing a constraint function taking control of fuel utilization restricting output of the second controller when said fuel utilization deviates from an allowed range. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034792 | FUEL CELL STACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell stack and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The fuel cell stack has at least one unit cell. The unit cell includes a first electrode collector, a first electrode layer formed on the first electrode collector, an electrolyte layer formed on the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer formed on the electrolyte layer, and a second electrode collector formed on the second electrode layer. At least one of the first and second electrode collectors may include a porous metal substrate having a density in a range from about 800 kg/m | 2013-02-07 |
20130034793 | FUEL BATTERY - Provided is a fuel battery including: a fuel battery cell assembly having at least two fuel battery cells coplanarly disposed, the fuel battery cell including a membrane electrode assembly having an anode, an electrolytic membrane, and a cathode stacked on one another in this order, and a flow channel plate provided on an anode side and having on an anode-side surface thereof an in-cell fuel flow channel through which liquid fuel flows; and a fuel distributor having an out-cell fuel flow channel connected to each of the in-cell fuel flow channels to distribute the liquid fuel to the fuel battery cells. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034794 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes two electrodes and a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between the two electrodes. Each electrode includes a catalyst layer. The catalyst layer includes a number of tube carriers having electron conductibility, a number of catalyst particles uniformly adsorbed on inner wall of each of the plurality of tube carriers, and proton conductor filled in each of the plurality of tube carriers. The tube carriers jointly define a plurality of reaction gas passages for transferring reaction gas to surfaces of the plurality of catalyst particles. One end of each of the tube carriers is connected with the proton exchange membrane. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034795 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel cell box, a ventilation device, an air intake duct, and a gas outlet pipe. The fuel cell is disposed in the fuel cell box. The ventilation device is provided to supply air to the fuel cell box. The air intake duct connects the ventilation device to the fuel cell box to supply air from the ventilation device into the fuel cell box. The gas outlet pipe is connected to the air intake duct and connects an inside space of the fuel cell box to an outside space of the fuel cell box through the air intake duct. The gas outlet pipe has an opening cross-sectional area smaller than an opening cross-sectional area of the air intake duct. | 2013-02-07 |